Chapter 87: A Very Flustered Ye Chen

Nobody expected the slap in the face to come so quickly.

Ye Chen’s expression was awkward as he just stood there as stiffly as a piece of wood, avoiding the gazes of everyone around him.

…

In the mirror.

Even Changxi thought that Gu Changqing had put her down and left for good.

She pursed her lips into a thin, bitter smile. Her gaze reflected relief, but also some despair.

Who would have thought.

More than half a day later, that man came back.

He came back with a dead deer around his shoulders.

His arms had several wounds, his lips were dry and cracked, his face pale, making him look like he was about to collapse.

“Why did you come back?”

Changxi had a conflicted look in her eyes.

If this man had really left just like that, she could go ahead and hate him with all her heart. But now…

Gu Changqing remained silent as he picked up a sharp rock from the waters, then with a practiced hand, sliced open the deer, removed the internal organs, skinned the animal and washed it properly.

In the dark of the night.

Gu Changqing sat by the water, roasting the deer meat over the bonfire.

The smell of the meat was strong. The air was filled with the fragrance of roasting meat.

Changxi couldn’t help but swallow hard because she was simply too hungry. Her eyes that were as bright as galaxies stared at the plump flesh of the deer’s thigh and she simply couldn’t look away.

But she really didn’t expect.

The man who had been aloof toward her and ignored her the whole way, actually tore off that deer leg and gave it to her.

Changxi was too obstinate, so she turned to look away. She was afraid she would give in and accept the man’s kind act.

“You will only have the strength to think after you’ve eaten your fill. Eat first, think about whether you want to kill me later,” his faint voice resounded.

Her will struggled for just a moment before she completely caved in. She disregarded her image and pride, grabbing hold of the deer leg and chomping on it with huge bites.

She was too hungry.

And the deer meat that he had roasted was simply too fragrant…

Gu Changqing did not bother about her after that. He had to recover his strength too.

In no time, they were full from the meat.

The woman actually started rubbing her belly. She seemed to have temporarily forgotten her hatred and there was a tinge of satisfaction on her face.

The way she looked and behaved now actually made her seem rather adorable.

Gu Changqing got up and walked toward her.

“What do you want?” She looked warily at Gu Changqing.

He ignored her question, grabbed hold of her leg and removed her shoes.

Her feet were covered in bloody blisters. Her white shoes were already covered in dried blood.

“Let go of me.”

She seemed to have figured out what he was trying to do. She was both embarrassed and angry, and started using her free leg to kick him like crazy.

She was like a little deer driven into a corner, desperately struggling to break free.

Gu Changqing felt the pain in his waist where she was kicking him, and began regretting feeding this woman.

“I don’t want to carry you for the road ahead.”

“I can walk by myself!” she retorted stubbornly.

“Are you sure?”

Gu Changqing used the sharp rock to burst the blisters on the sole of her foot.

In that moment, he felt like he had just heard the scream of an ancient beast finally breaking through the seal that had held them back for centuries.

She finally stopped struggling.

In fact, she was very quiet, like an obedient kitten.

Her eyes were filled with tears and looked so pitiful, yet still a little obstinate, as if to say: Be gentler with me!

…

Gu Changqing put her two little feet in the water to wash them.

In that instant, Changxi’s body trembled a little and her face flushed red.

“It’s cold,” she explained rather weakly.

Gu Changqing ignored her and continued washing her feet.

Her feet were very fair and soft, like a pair of divine grade jade feet.

After washing them, Gu Changqing used the rock to cut the deerskin that had been drying over the fire and wrapped it around her feet.

She kept quiet the whole way, her gaze flickering. It was impossible to know what she was thinking about.

As for the remainder of the deerskin, he made a very simple scarf for her.

Surprisingly, this proud and unbridled little deer of a woman did not fight back this time.

Only after everything was done did Gu Changqing finally fall into a deep sleep.

This time, he slept very soundly and very well.

He was too tired.

He only woke up again at noon. She seemed to have woken up much earlier and was fiddling with the scarf that he had given her.

As she fiddled with it, she grumbled, “So ugly, so ugly…”

“It’s time to go.”

Gu Changqing’s sullen voice gave her a fright.

“This time, I can walk by myself,” said Changxi.

But he ignored what she said, walking over and lifting her off the ground again.

Her blisters hadn’t healed yet, so if he let her walk on her own, her feet would be dead by the time they got out of this mountain range.

The moment her body touched his back, she stiffened up, but she did not struggle anymore.

The flicker in her eyes reflected the great conflict in her heart.

Gu Changqing carried her on his back as well as some deer meat that he had dried overnight for food and continued walking.

During this journey, they did not interact again.

…

Outside the mirror.

The cultivators watched this scene closely.

“Do any of you feel it? It seems like the two of them have gotten closer,” one of them murmured.

They could understand why Changxi felt conflicted.

On one hand, this man killed her older sister and brother-in-law.

On the other hand, she had her own sense of justice. She felt that this killing was justified and Gu Changqing hadn’t done anything wrong, and that was why she couldn’t find it in herself to kill Gu Changqing even after so long.

The two opposing forces in her made her put up a thick wall between herself and Gu Changqing. It made her draw her boundaries very clearly.

But in that moment, that boundary she had seemed to have blurred significantly.

…

Ye Chen was very flustered now. He was about to go mad.

This image was wrong!

Very wrong!

Didn’t the two have great enmity toward each other?!

Ye Chen turned to look at Changxi in disbelief.

In that moment, he suddenly made a guess: surely this goddess didn’t end up falling in love with the Heavenly Emperor, did she?

After all, she was now a woman who knew nothing about the world. If this situation went on, then the hatred that caused her conflict initially would definitely be washed away in due course.

And once that happened, they would end up together!

“Changxi’s feud with the Heavenly Emperor is definitely not simply because he had destroyed her Sacred Moon Body. Could it be that the true reason she had fallen out with him was because of love?”

Ye Chen’s eyes widened.

He was thrown into inner turmoil.

Gu Changqing had captured the heart of the Demon Empress Bai Su but that wasn’t enough? He had also captured the heart of this Moon Goddess?!

“Heavenly Emperor!!!”

Ye Chen gritted his teeth, barely enduring the terrible pain in his heart.

Right now, he could only hope that the two of them only shared emotions and did not actually share any physical intimacy.

If that happened, he was afraid he might break down completely!

…

Changxi’s expression shifted.

The scene in the Bronze Ancient Mirror reminded her of what happened then.

The warm scenes that flashed before her overwhelmed her heart once more.

But it was just for a moment. After that, her gaze was filled with unending iciness.

“You were true toward Gu Youwei, you were true toward Bai Su.”

“But to me…you were just a hypocrite.”

Changxi had to admit that it was this man’s warm actions that slowly but surely melted her hatred away.

It allowed this man to find his way into her heart.

But from beginning to end, she had never found her way into his heart.

Back when she was trapped on the Sun Planet, no matter how hard she pressed him for a reason, this man did not say a word.

Even as he watched her burn in the rays of the true sun, no matter how she begged and pleaded with him, this man remained as expressionless as ever.

His aloof manner was the same as what she saw in the mirror now.

It was as though she had never made it into his heart at all.

And now, it seemed like the kindness he had showed her back then was nothing but pure hypocrisy…