"What is your real purpose?" Su Hua asked coldly.
"Ling," Zhao Long raised an eyebrow. "In your eyes, am I really such an untrustworthy person?"
"I’ve said it before—I’m just giving Lin Xuan a chance to tell you his true thoughts."
After speaking, Zhao Long turned to Lin Xuan. "Lin Xuan, you can now speak your mind freely. Tell Ling what you truly want to say."
"Fine."
Lin Xuan turned around.
Su Hua saw an icy expression on his face—one she had never seen before.
Her fists clenched slightly.
Why was Ah Xuan looking at her like this?
Even when he had caught her killing someone, he hadn’t looked at her with such coldness...
"Go on, Lin Xuan. Do you choose to stay on this island or leave?" Zhao Long asked with a smirk.
Lin Xuan took a deep breath, then answered without hesitation, "I choose to leave."
As he spoke, he couldn’t bring himself to meet Su Hua’s eyes.
Zhao Long chuckled. "Only one of you can leave. If you go, then she—" He pointed at Su Hua, grinning. "—will die. Weren’t the two of you close? Are you really willing to let her die just so you can escape?"
"Every man for himself—that’s the law of survival," Lin Xuan replied icily. "Besides, our relationship wasn’t as good as you think."
Su Hua’s eyes trembled slightly.
"Ah Xuan, what are you saying? What do you mean, 'let me die'? And what do you mean, 'our relationship wasn’t that good'?" She stared at him in disbelief.
Lin Xuan’s gaze remained just as cold. He smirked.
"Su Hua, did you really think we were close?" His tone was mocking, as if discussing something trivial.
Su Hua tightened her fists. "Didn’t you take care of me when I had a fever?"
"You laughed and talked with me every day, built a shelter for me, gave me flowers. When I sprained my ankle, you carried me back so gently."
"Every time I was upset, you comforted me."
"And… you even took a bullet for me."
Wasn’t all of that proof of how much you cared?
Lin Xuan let out a cold laugh. "Hah. Everything you just mentioned was an act. None of it was real."
An act…
Had it all been an act?
Su Hua stared at him intently, searching his eyes for any trace of pain, reluctance, or hesitation—anything to prove he was being forced to say these things.
But there was nothing.
His eyes were utterly cold, filled only with disgust. Not a shred of emotion remained.
A sharp pain tore through her heart.
She pressed a hand to her chest, the agony unbearable.
It was all fake.
Every bit of warmth she had clung to—fake!
But… anyone else could deceive her. Not him.
Lin Xuan watched Su Hua’s suffering, fighting the urge to rush forward and tell her the truth.
But if he did, no matter how cruel his words became afterward, they would lose their effect.
And Su Hua… might end up discarded by these people.
In a killer’s organization, discarded pawns never survived.
Lin Xuan took another deep breath and continued, "Su Hua, think about it. Would I ever truly care for a woman who tried to kill me the moment we met?"
Su Hua lifted her bloodshot eyes. "Then why did you save me?"
"Because I needed to use you," Lin Xuan answered coldly. "Alone on this island, I wouldn’t last. Having you around meant an extra pair of hands. And if those people came for me, you could handle them."
Su Hua’s fists trembled.
So, it had all been about utility.
She had been a fool to hope otherwise.
Her heart ached unbearably.
"After seeing you kill someone with your own hands, I was terrified of you," Lin Xuan added. "But I pretended not to be afraid because I thought you might turn on me too."
"And when I took that bullet for you? I just didn’t want you dead before you could eliminate the other assassins. As long as you survived, so would I."
Every word Lin Xuan spoke twisted the past into a narrative of pure exploitation.
Su Hua dug her nails into her palms. "Was there ever… even a sliver of sincerity in how you treated me?"
Lin Xuan let out a scornful laugh. "Su Hua, a cold-blooded, ruthless woman like you—how could I ever feel anything real for you?"
"So, that sincerity…" He paused, then delivered the final blow. "Never existed."
Never existed.
Su Hua clutched at her chest, the pain like a hand ruthlessly squeezing her heart.
Bitterness welled up in her eyes.
Of course.
Someone like her, destined for the cold darkness of hell, should never have dared to yearn for warmth.
All she would ever know was deception and exploitation.
But… he had been the one to pry open her long-sealed heart. Why couldn’t he have lied to her a little longer?
This beautiful dream had lasted only two months.
"Su Hua," Lin Xuan spoke again, his voice icy. "Don’t blame me. We’ve been stranded here for two months with no rescue. Assassins keep coming."
"If I don’t leave with them, I’ll either die here or rot forever. To survive, I have no choice but to sacrifice you."
Su Hua’s lashes fluttered. One last time, she asked, voice trembling, "Did you… really never love me? Not even a little?"
"Ah Xuan, look at me when you answer!"
She needed to see his eyes—to confirm the truth in them.
"Fine. Look."
Lin Xuan took a deep breath, meeting her gaze squarely. His words were merciless. "Since you still don’t believe me, I’ll say it one last time."
"I, Lin Xuan, never once loved you. There was no sincerity, only calculation. From beginning to end, I was using you."
The last flicker of hope in Su Hua’s eyes extinguished.
She staggered back, barely catching herself against a tree. Without its support, her legs would have given way.
"Ha… hahaha—"
Su Hua threw her head back, laughing bitterly at the clear blue sky.
That fortune-teller had been right. She was cursed—destined to be alone, with no one who truly cared for her.
What had she been longing for these past two months?
She should have known better.
Thanks for the gifts, (～￣▽￣)→, Ruo Ling Xizi, and other sweethearts.
Good night.
Uu.
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
