Chapter 25: Then Say It to My Face!

Looking at Sikong Wangxing, under the white fox mask, Lin Xun was already breaking out in a cold sweat.

To describe this Sikong Wangxing as beautiful didn’t seem quite accurate. To be precise…

In short, she was extremely cute!

A small, pebble-like face with a bit of baby fat, a cherry-like mouth, a pair of large, watery almond eyes, pure with a hint of innocence and charm. Especially that pert little nose, it made one want to pinch it after looking for a while.

Even with this girl standing in front of him, Lin Xun had the urge to bully her.

The scientific explanation for this is a self-protection mechanism that humans develop to prevent themselves from dying of cuteness.

To prevent being “killed by cuteness,” a person’s self-defense mechanism will produce the opposite emotion to resist it, which is to say, the desire to bully her!

Commonly known as “awsl” [Ah, wo si le – Ah, I’m dead (from cuteness)]…

But so what if she was cute? I, Lin Xun, am devoted to Qing’er!
It was just that Lin Xun’s head was hurting a lot right now, a headache over how to handle this thread of karma.

After all, it was fine for ordinary people, but karma between cultivators was very troublesome. The moment that old man recklessly set up a marriage contract for him, the karma already existed.

Lin Xun stared at Sikong Wangxing and asked, “I wonder if Miss Wangxing has a marriage contract.”

“Eh?” Wangxing was stunned at first, then her big, Maybelline-like eyes blinked and blinked again, her crystal-clear pearly teeth lightly biting her lower lip. “You… how do you know…”

At the same time, Jiang Qingshang was also stunned. She never expected that her best friend actually had a fiancé.

Lin Xun sighed in his heart, feeling utterly speechless: “Not only do I know, I also know that your fiancé is the Myriad Demons Sect’s Lin Xun.”

“Who… who on earth are you?”

Sikong Wangxing’s pretty little face had already turned slightly pale. She never imagined that this “big sister” holding a demonic sword in front of her would know her deepest secret!

After her grandfather passed away, only she, her father, and her mother knew about this matter. She had never told anyone else.

Because if the nine provinces under the heavens knew that Tianji City had a marriage contract with the Myriad Demons Sect’s Demon Lord, Lin Xun, the consequences would be unimaginable.

“Don’t be nervous.” Seeing Sikong Wangxing’s pale little face, Lin Xun was secretly delighted. He knew it, this girl was very opposed to this marriage.

It made sense when he thought about it. His image was that of a great demon lord who “killed like scything hemp,” “devoured raw meat and drank blood,” “burned, killed, and plundered,” and “committed every evil imaginable.” His reputation in the nine provinces had already reached the level of “stopping a child’s cry.”

How could this girl possibly want to marry a great demon lord?

“Back then, the Myriad Demons Sect’s Master used some unknown means to force your grandfather to have you marry that Lin Xun. Are you very disgusted with this marriage?”

Sikong Wangxing remained silent, which in Lin Xun’s eyes was a tacit admission.

Lin Xun continued to press on.

“Do you hate that Lin Xun very much? Do you want to be free? Do you not want to marry him even if you die, is that right…”

“No!”

Before Lin Xun could finish, Sikong Wangxing raised her head, her beautiful eyes looking at the demonic-sword-wielding Lin Xun with fear yet strength.

“At that time, when grandfather decided my life, Wangxing was indeed very desperate. I didn’t know why grandfather would do that, and even now, Wangxing still doesn’t understand!
“But it was the order of my parents and the words of the matchmaker. Since Wangxing’s life has already been decided with that Young Master Lin, then, whether Young Master Lin is a demon or a Buddha, Wangxing will follow him through thick and thin. Even if Young Master Lin is the greatest demon, he is still Wangxing’s husband! So…”

Wangxing took a deep breath, her chest heaving noticeably.

“So, Wangxing does not know how sister came to know of this! Nor does Wangxing know why sister is trying to sow discord, but! Young Master Lin is Wangxing’s husband! Even if Young Master Lin is truly dead, Wangxing will remain a widow for him!”

“…”

Lin Xun was dumbfounded…
Lin Xun froze on the spot…
Lin Xun never, ever expected! That he would get this kind of answer!
It’s the year 1202! How can this girl’s thinking be so conservative…

Ah, no, why are you talking about being a widow at the drop of a hat? You’re still young, and so beautiful, you should live a good life.

And I’m not even dead yet…

“Then I’ll just tell you directly.”

Lin Xun held the demonic sword horizontally, then slapped it hard to make it behave.

“Regarding your marriage contract, it was Lin Xun who told me. And the person you’re willing to die to marry, your fiancé Lin Xun, he said he wants to annul the marriage contract with you!

“I was entrusted to come this time, to take this demonic sword, and then go to your Tianji City to break off the engagement, to declare that from now on, all ties of kindness and righteousness between you and him are severed, and you have no relationship anymore.”

As soon as Lin Xun’s words fell, Sikong Wangxing stood stunned on the ground, all the color drained from her face…
Annul a marriage contract, which was equivalent to divorcing a wife… it was devastating to a woman’s reputation. In this world, it was even tantamount to crushing the girl’s dignity…
Even if the other party was a cultivator, she was still influenced by the mainstream thought of the mortal world, especially a girl as conservative as this Sikong Wangxing!
Although doing this made Lin Xun’s conscience feel very guilty, if he didn’t do this, how could he sever the karma? He was already married.

Although it was extremely normal to have three wives and four concubines in this world—after all, it was ancient times, if you talked about “monogamy,” you’d probably be seen as an oddity.

But leaving aside the fact that he was walking the path of pure love, if Qing’er knew he was going to marry another wife, the washboard would probably be knelt on until it broke.

Moreover, a marriage contract was about a proper, official marriage. He already had a wife. Was he going to ask her to marry him as a concubine?
Ah, this… but she was clearly the one who came first…

Anyway, the news hasn’t spread. Her reputation can definitely be preserved. It’s best if both sides just pretend nothing happened. If this girl hates me, then let her hate me.
“This demonic sword has already been suppressed by me, its evil nature sealed. As long as you don’t mess around with it, nothing will happen. I happened to run into you today, so you can take this demonic sword. Alright, I’m leaving. Miss, there are plenty of fish in the sea, why be fixated on a single scumbag?”

After disparaging himself one more time, Lin Xun turned and left, the kind of departure where he didn’t look back.

Only Sikong Wangxing stood there blankly, and that demonic sword, which could cause a scramble throughout the world, was just stuck foolishly in the ground beside Sikong Wangxing, placed there without any dignity…
“Sister Wangxing…”

She had originally thought it was some power fighting over the demonic sword, but it turned out to be just for breaking off an engagement. The plot’s direction was too exaggerated.

Although Jiang Qingshang hadn’t fully accepted it, seeing her best friend’s completely colorless face, Jiang Qingshang kicked the demonic sword aside and gently held her in her arms.

“Sister Qingshang…” The young woman’s eyes were moist, her words carrying a heart-wrenching sob.

“It’s alright.” Jiang Qingshang gently stroked the ends of Wangxing’s hair. “That Lin Xun trampled on your dignity like this. In the future, I will definitely make him pay!”

“No… Sister Qingshang…”

Lightly biting her red lip, the young woman raised her head in Jiang Qingshang’s embrace, her moist eyes filled with a heart-wrenching strength.

“Wangxing will find him! Since he wants to divorce me! Then he can say it to my face!”

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(End of this chapter)