Chapter 171: Wang Xing, We Will Meet Again

Inside a courtyard in Tianji City.

Sikong Wangxing, now a wife, sat on a stone stool, holding her already sleeping son, Lin Feng.

Sikong Wangxing rested her head on her husband’s shoulder, and in her husband’s arms was their daughter, Lin Ye.

Looking at the myriad stars, the cool breeze of the summer night gently caressed the hair of the gentle wife.

Her children in her arms, her husband by her side; everything was so peaceful and beautiful.

“It’s like a dream.”

By her husband’s side, Sikong Wangxing whispered.

“Then if this is a dream, would my wife be willing to wake up?” Lin Xun gently held Sikong Wangxing’s incredibly smooth little hand.

“I really don’t want to wake up.” Sikong Wangxing smiled, raising her head to look at Lin Xun’s profile.

“Then we won’t wake up.” Lin Xun caressed his wife’s cheek.

“But this is a dream after all. Young Master Lin must be in a difficult situation right now, and I want to help Young Master Lin.”

‘Lin Xun’ was slightly surprised, but soon, the corners of his mouth curled up gently, and his eyes revealed a woman’s tenderness.

In the blink of an eye, the children in their arms disappeared, and the courtyard transformed into a world of black.

The Lin Xun who was beside her turned into the appearance of a young girl.

Two identical young girls looked at each other, but even the Heart Demon gave a feeling of closeness and a gentle smile.

“I knew I couldn’t deceive myself.” ‘Sikong Wangxing’ shook her head, “But isn’t this what you’ve always wanted?”

“Yes.” Sikong Wangxing smiled with curved eyes, “This is indeed what Wang Xing has always wanted in her heart: Grandpa is still alive, Wang Xing marries Young Master Lin, raises children, and bears a son and a daughter for Young Master Lin. This is the most beautiful life in Wang Xing’s heart.”

“Then why…”

“Because Young Master Lin already has someone he likes.” There was loss and sadness in the girl’s eyes, but more than that, there was a resilience that contrasted with her delicate appearance, “Wang Xing doesn’t want to deceive herself.”

“Deceive yourself?”

“Mmm.”

Wang Xing lightly nodded her beautiful head.

“Actually, Wang Xing doesn’t even know if she truly likes Young Master Lin. Perhaps, Wang Xing is just used to it, used to Young Master Lin being in her heart.

Although Wang Xing desires a dream-like family, Wang Xing knows that it is ultimately impossible.

But even so, even if alone, Wang Xing will live well.

Wang Xing will help Young Master Lin obtain the rootless fruit and will help Young Master Lin be with Jiang Qing.

As long as Young Master Lin is happy, that is the best.”

“Is that so?” ‘Sikong Wangxing’ reached out and gently caressed the cheek of the girl in front of her, “Wang Xing, I am your Heart Demon, I am you. Are you truly thinking this way?”

Sikong Wangxing lowered her beautiful head, lightly biting her red lips. Then, the girl looked up at herself in front of her and nodded: “Mmm!”

“I hope it truly is so.” ‘Sikong Wangxing’ slowly dispersed, but her voice drifted over, “Wang Xing, we will meet again.”

“Qingshang! I’ll say it again! Get out of the way!”

In a courtyard on Dongma Street in Luo City, Jiang Qingshang was still kneeling before Jiang Yuerou. Behind Jiang Qingshang was the unconscious Lin Xun, fallen to the ground.

“If Master intends to harm my husband, then please, Master, take Qinger’s life instead.”

“Why are you so stubborn?!” Jiang Yuerou trembled with anger, “Fine! In that case! Qingshang, you choose!”

With that, Jiang Yuerou threw the longsword in her hand onto the ground in front of Jiang Qingshang: “Today, either he dies, or I die?! Qingshang, how do you choose?!”

Picking up the longsword, the glint of the blade reflected the girl’s face.

“Master… please forgive Qinger for being unable to repay Master’s nurturing grace.”

The girl reversed the blade, placed it against her fair swan-like neck, and forcefully drew it across.

Just as the crimson blood flower was about to bloom on the girl’s fair neck, the longsword in her hand disappeared, and everything around her turned into nothingness.

Jiang Qingshang slowly opened her eyes.

Before her, Master was long gone; there was only herself.

“Sure enough, I am me. Even if I die, I don’t want the person I love to be hurt.” ‘Jiang Qingshang’ looked directly at herself, sighing softly.

“Now, I also realize how I would ultimately choose.”

Jiang Qingshang looked directly at herself in front of her, without the slightest surprise.

From the beginning, Jiang Qingshang knew this was her Heart Demon, and also knew she had been in a dream.

However, Jiang Qingshang followed the dream because she wanted to know how she would choose.

To fall out with Master, or to elope with her husband.

But no matter which choice, Jiang Qingshang had never thought of harming Lin Pei.

And at the end of the dream, Jiang Qingshang did not harm Lin Pei, but she also could not fall out with Jiang Yuerou, who was like a Master and a Mother to her.

Finally, the girl chose to end her own life.

The Heart Demon shook its head: “Jiang Qingshang, you ultimately chose not to harm either of them, but your death hurt them both. Have you ever considered that after your death, Master and your husband, they might resent each other because of your demise?”

Jiang Qingshang’s willow-like brows furrowed; the girl could not answer.

“Qingshang, what will we, in the end, choose when this situation truly arises in reality? Will it still be the same as in the dream?”

“Qiqi, Qiqi has grown so tall, and her figure has become graceful and elegant.”

In the Imperial Palace’s back garden, She Qiqi lay in her Mother’s arms, as the dignified and refined wife gently stroked She Qiqi’s long hair.

“Mmm.” She Qiqi snuggled into her Mother’s embrace, “Qiqi wants to be as beautiful as Mother.”

“No, Qiqi is even more beautiful than Mother.” The former number one beauty under heaven smiled and pinched her daughter’s cheek, “Does Qiqi have a man she likes?”

“Those men?” She Qiqi smiled with curved eyes, “There really isn’t anyone worthy of your daughter.”

“Oh, you, your standards are always so high, you’ll suffer for it.”

“So what? Men are all bad news. No man will ever touch your daughter. It’s fine for your daughter to stay single her whole life.”

“Alas, never mind then. Qiqi can just stay with Mother. It’s fine for us Mother and daughter to live together.”

“Mother, that won’t do.” She Qiqi sat up from her Mother’s embrace, “Qiqi still has things to do, and cannot be indulged in this dream.”

Listening to She Qiqi’s words.

Before She Qiqi, her Mother showed no surprise, only smiled, slowly transformed, and finally became the appearance of a young girl.

“She Qiqi, it’s rare to see Mother, won’t you stay a little longer?” ‘She Qiqi’ looked at herself playfully.

“No.” She Qiqi tidied her hair and dress, stood up and left, “What’s fake is fake after all. Mother can never be resurrected.”

“But does Mother really want you to be so tired? Is it truly necessary for the sake of the so-called Throne?”

She Qiqi stopped, turned around and smiled: “Who knows?”