Gu Chengyin was now certain that Lin Qingyan must possess some kind of talent or spell akin to mind reading.
Otherwise, how could she immediately find out every time he merely thought about something.
Before, it was electrocution.
Now, it was being tied up.
If things continued to develop like this, he did not even dare to imagine what would come next.
Gu Chengyin's mind raced.
The current situation was obvious.
He wanted to keep his distance, and then Lin Qingyan found out again.
The deeper the love, the harsher the hate.
No, Lin Qingyan was not feeling hatred; she was feeling unwilling to accept it.
Unwilling to let him stop here.
Unwilling to accept that he did not want to take things a step further.
So she directly knocked him out with lightning, tied him up securely, and used this to threaten him.
And she gave him two choices.
The first was to continue like this and be escorted back to the capital.
The second was to release her inner demon and become Lin Qingyan's master.
If it were anyone else, how would they choose when faced with these two options?
Of course, they would choose the second one.
After all, such a beautiful fairy willingly throwing herself into his arms was simply a tremendous stroke of luck.
It was something countless people could only dream of.
But Gu Chengyin was different; he never succumbed to pressure.
Nor did he ever hand over the initiative to anyone.
Only children make choices.
As for him, he wanted it all.
Gu Chengyin raised his head to look at Lin Qingyan.
Lin Qingyan was looking right at him.
Those eyes were still aloof and breathtakingly beautiful.
Yet beneath that aloofness hid a trace of anticipation.
She was waiting for Gu Chengyin's choice.
Waiting to see if he would choose the second option, or choose the second option.
But Gu Chengyin just looked at Lin Qingyan.
He neither made a choice nor said anything.
He did not even show a single expression.
He merely looked at Lin Qingyan indifferently, his gaze as calm as a pool of stagnant water.
But beneath that calm, something was surging.
That was...
Lin Qingyan's pupils shrank slightly.
She understood Gu Chengyin's look.
It was indifference.
It was a chilling disappointment.
It was... the disappointment of being stabbed in the back by the woman he loved most.
In Gu Chengyin's eyes, there was none of the emotion she had anticipated.
Lin Qingyan's heart suddenly clenched.
Right at that moment.
Gu Chengyin's shoulders slumped slightly.
It was just a minuscule change in posture.
But it felt like a knife stabbing fiercely into Lin Qingyan's heart.
This was the stubbornness of still refusing to bow his head after experiencing betrayal.
This was the pride of still keeping his spine straight after being ruthlessly stabbed by the person he trusted most.
This was... the beautiful, strong, yet tragic Gu Chengyin.
Lin Qingyan's breathing stopped.
She looked at Gu Chengyin.
Looked at his slumped shoulders.
Looked at his disappointed and chilled eyes.
Looked at his slightly pursed lips.
Those lips had just been gently calling her Little Aunt.
Those eyes had just been looking at her with a smile.
Those shoulders had just been holding her steadily, giving her something to rely on.
But now... there was nothing left.
Lin Qingyan panicked.
She completely panicked.
To hell with deadlines.
To hell with whether he wanted it or not.
To hell with keeping a distance.
Right now, her mind was filled with only one thought.
Gu Chengyin was heartbroken.
Lin Qingyan's hand raised subconsciously.
She wanted to untie the ropes, but she stopped halfway.
No.
She could not untie them.
She was still threatening him.
She was still waiting for his choice.
But...
But that look in Gu Chengyin's eyes...
Lin Qingyan bit her lower lip.
She thought of what she had just done.
Knocking him out with lightning, tying him up firmly, and hanging him from the roof of the carriage.
Threatening him, forcing him to make a choice.
She had done so many bad things, but what about Gu Chengyin?
He just watched all of this indifferently.
He did not say a single word.
He did not complain at all.
But the more Gu Chengyin acted this way, the more panicked Lin Qingyan became.
Because she knew that Gu Chengyin was not the type of person to make a huge fuss.
The quieter he was, the more serious the situation.
The more silent he was, the more his heart had died.
The more he looked at her so indifferently, the more it proved...
He did not want her anymore.
This thought struck Lin Qingyan's heart like a bolt of lightning.
She suddenly lunged forward.
She frantically began to untie the ropes binding Gu Chengyin.
She had tied these ropes herself, very tightly, with every knot tied securely.
Lin Qingyan struggled for a long time but could not untie them, her fingers trembling.
Damn it...
She cursed in a low voice and simply stopped trying to untie them.
With a backhand wave.
A streak of golden lightning surged from her fingertips, accurately striking the ropes.
The ropes snapped instantly, and Gu Chengyin's entire body plummeted.
Lin Qingyan was quick-eyed and deft-handed, catching him steadily.
She pressed her whole body against his.
Her face was pressed against his chest, her hands tightly wrapping around his waist, hugging him incredibly tight.
I'm sorry, Chengcheng!
Lin Qingyan's voice was muffled against his chest, carrying obvious panic and grievance.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
Lin Qingyan said I'm sorry over a dozen times in a row, babbling incoherently and turning her words upside down.
Only at this moment did she finally realize what she had just done.
She had actually tied Gu Chengyin up.
She had actually hung him up there.
She had actually taken the opportunity to threaten him.
How could she do this!
Was Gu Chengyin the kind of person who would submit to coercion?
No!
He never was!
From the first day they met, Gu Chengyin had always held the initiative.
Facing the overt plot of Emperor Luo, he did not change his expression.
Facing the coercion of the Golden Core enshrinee, he dealt with it calmly.
Facing any predicament, he always wore an expression of calm confidence.
How could someone like that be coerced by her?
The things she just did must have seemed utterly ridiculous in Gu Chengyin's eyes, right?
No, not ridiculous.
It was terrible.
She had actually treated him this way.
She had actually treated him as a target for coercion.
What if...
What if Gu Chengyin ended up hating her because of this?
What if he did not want her anymore because of this?
What if he never spoke to her again from now on?
The more Lin Qingyan thought about it, the more chaotic her heart became, and the more chaotic it became, the less she knew what to do.
She could only bury her face in Gu Chengyin's chest, apologizing desperately and explaining frantically.
Chengcheng, it's not like that...
Her voice was muffled and even carried a hint of a sob.
That wasn't me just now, it was... it was... it was my inner demon!
Lin Qingyan seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, her speaking speed growing faster and faster.
That's right! It was the inner demon!
It's all that damn inner demon's fault! Chengcheng, you know this, she is my negative consciousness.
She constantly interferes with me, causing me to lose control of myself!
Just like just now! She controlled me and made me do those things!
You must believe me, Chengcheng! I...
Lin Qingyan could not continue speaking because Gu Chengyin gave no response.
He just stood there in front of her, letting her hug him, letting her explain, letting her apologize incoherently.
But he did not say a single word, nor make a single movement.
Lin Qingyan raised her head and looked at Gu Chengyin's face.
That face was still calm.
Those eyes were still disappointed.
Like a wall, shutting her out.
Lin Qingyan's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the valley.
She had never been this terrified before.
Even when her inner demon was at its worst, even in the most dangerous moments, she had never been as terrified as she was now.
Chengcheng...
Please... please say something...
Even if you scold me, even if you hit me, please just say something...
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ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
