Chapter 2200: Chapter 2264: Inner Demon
After all, having weathered many storms, Wu Shuwei was initially taken aback but soon cald down. Without needing an introduction, she recognized Su ngxin. Compared to Su ngxin’s reputation as the top beauty in Capital City, and even across Huaxia, Wu Shuwei was more ordinary. Due to her personality, she didn’t engage in such social affairs. Despite being invited to many gatherings in certain circles, she often didn’t attend, resulting in her lesser known status.
However, when it cos to looks alone, even though Wu Shuwei might be the lesser compared to Su ngxin, she isn’t too far off. Su ngxin’s beauty is nearly perfect, while Wu Shuwei has minor flaws yet is equally stunning. Moreover, she is at an age when her youthful freshness fades and charm increases, with recent love infusing her with radiance—even if she refuses to acknowledge what exists between her and Li Yifei as love, there are noticeable positive changes.
After sizing each other up, Su ngxin smiled and said, "You must be Wu Shuwei. Please, have a seat."
"Hello, I’ve heard a lot about you. Seeing you today, I realize that the rumors didn’t do justice; ngxin, you are even more beautiful than they’ve said."
"You as well. Even though we’re both from Capital City, this is our first eting."
Background, grace, aura, and experiences ultimately need a good family environnt for developnt, a continuous accumulation from childhood onward. In this regard, the Li family probably doesn’t have many won who can compare to Wu Shuwei. Among the wives, truly distinguished family backgrounds are unique to Su ngxin, including Lin Qiong, Ye Yunzhu, Xiao Ling’er, Zheng Yuling, and even Ning Xin’er—although they co from notable families, they lack in certain aspects.
Having encountered a lot, she is all the more composed; while Wu Shuwei might feel awkward and shy before Li Yifei, in a different environnt, her presence is intimidating to many. If not for Su ngxin being present today, it’s likely the other won wouldn’t have been able to suppress Wu Shuwei’s imposing aura. In just a few exchanges, their unspoken rivalry unveiled, with Wu Shuwei realizing Su ngxin’s prowess surpasses what the rumors hinted at.
However, today she ca to see Li Yifei. Wu Shuwei feels guilty about Li Yifei’s heart demon flare-up, believing that if not for her, Li Yifei wouldn’t be in such a state. Thus, she quickly subdued her sharpness, stating her intentions for her visit. Initially, she intended to relocate everyone to a villa she borrowed, as it was more convenient than staying at a hotel, but with Su ngxin here, finding accommodation isn’t a concern.
After less than an hour, Wu Shuwei got up to say goodbye, and the won escorted her out. Back in the room, the won looked at Su ngxin.
"Our husband sure has good taste," Su ngxin remarked with a slight smile.
He Fangqing followed, "He does have quite an eye, though she has so edges to smooth. She’ll need so polishing once she’s in the family."
Su Lio remained silent, feeling a peculiar vibe throughout, as if witnessing a harem drama unfold like in novels. anwhile, Xu Shanshan rolled her eyes at their comnts and said, "Enough already, what’s up, plotting to groom the newcor together?"
"You don’t quite count as a newcor, why are you upset!" Su ngxin glanced at her and said.
"How do I... what does all this have to do with , newcor or old hand?" About to retort, Xu Shanshan realized sothing amiss and turned to the washroom.
Su Lio was about to speak when Su ngxin approached and asked with concern, "Auntie, how are you?"
"I’m fine, nothing bad at all. You all are tired, take so rest. I’ve opened the room next door; you can rest there." Su Lio said.
"Hmm, I am indeed a bit tired. But tonight, I’ll stay and take care of Yifei while you all rest. We can switch tomorrow and decide then whether to return ho or to stay in Capital City for a while." Su ngxin proposed.
Staying in Capital City is an option, going ho isn’t much hassle either, especially since they have a family plane.
But the next morning, Li Yifei woke up early. Naturally, he didn’t know what had transpired during his coma. As the heart demon began its attack, Li Yifei only felt imnse pain. Throughout his life, he faced nurous hardships, both physically and ntally, priding himself on enduring them well. However, the heart demon’s invasion, the reversal of True Qi, and the sudden eruption overwheld him to the point of passing out.
It’s not quite accurate to say he was unconscious; more precisely, he entered a peculiar realm, as if descending into his consciousness ocean. Li Yifei saw countless versions of himself—joy, anger, sorrow, laughter, scolding—fragnted scenes, akin to accessing a magical mory retrieval device, where he witnessed nurous mories from a unique perspective.
In mory, there are good parts, naturally there are bad parts as well. In monts of joy, Li Yifei also felt so comfort, reliving the happiness of those tis, while in monts of sorrow, Li Yifei was completely imrsed in it.
Within the mory, there were fragnts that contained both, and Li Yifei felt the struggle and the choice. At the crossroads, whether to go left or right, Li Yifei made a choice at that ti, but he also saw the consequences. Now, upon revisiting it, Li Yifei still needs to make a choice. He hesitates, he gets confused, and he stands still, even feeling helpless, which is why he gets lost.
The inner demons that Li Yifei encountered were not that strong, nor did they erupt at the right mont, so their harm to him was not great. The reason he remained unconscious for so long was because of a mory. When Li Yifei had to make a choice again, he hesitated, hesitated greatly, and this was sothing that happened recently.
On the Island of All Beings, Li Yifei and Xu Shanshan encountered Shen Tianfang and Zheng Feihu. In the ensuing fight, Li Yifei learned about their fates. At that ti, his choice was to act, ending their lives, but the fragnt in his mory showed that if Li Yifei hadn’t killed them, they would have been freed after he defeated the entity.
Seeing this fragnt of mory caused a violent emotional upheaval in Li Yifei. He imdiately believed it was he who caused the death of two brothers and the others who were innocent. If he hadn’t killed them and instead restrained them, and then defeated the evil spirit, wouldn’t he have been able to save them?
But he chose to kill them, dead beyond redemption...
Thinking of this, Li Yifei’s emotions collapsed severely. He still rembered the reactions of his Phantom Squad teammates when he inford them of what had happened. Although everyone must die, to die like that was sowhat disgraceful and made them unwilling to accept it. Even though they did not bla Li Yifei and even comforted him, Li Yifei always found it hard to let go of this matter.
This ti, seeing this result within his mory, Li Yifei couldn’t take it instantly.
Such intense guilt caused Li Yifei’s emotions to crumble in an instant. At this mont, he couldn’t forgive himself. He clearly could have saved them, yet he had killed them all. Thinking of Zheng Feihu and Shen Tianfang’s expressions when they died, what he had interpreted as relief at the ti seed now, on reflection, to be extre hatred.
"Li Yifei, you fancy yourself a real man, you think you’re loyal, but you did such a heinous thing. Do you still deserve to be human?" Li Yifei kneeled on the ground, clutching his hair, pulling hard as if he couldn’t feel the pain, tears and snot streaming down, crying sorrowfully, and constantly questioning himself.
Do you still deserve to be a man? You even killed your brothers without trying to save them!
"Li Yifei, a person like you, why don’t you just die?" A voice suddenly rang out, as if it was right in front of him. Li Yifei hurriedly looked up, the voice both familiar and strange, he couldn’t recall where he’d heard it before. Looking up, there was nothing in front of him, a look of confusion appeared in Li Yifei’s eyes. But at that mont, a person suddenly appeared before him, bald, hideous, extrely ugly.
Li Yifei asked woodenly, "Who are you, and why do you want
to die?"
"Hahaha, why don’t you die? How many people have died at your hands over the years? You still pretend to be a good person, pfft, Li Yifei, you’re just an executioner, you are the one who deserves to die the most. If a life must repay a life, you dying a hundred tis would not be enough!" The ugly person suddenly shouted ferociously at Li Yifei.
Li Yifei was stunned. As the other yelled, faces began to appear in front of Li Yifei, so bewildered, so in extre pain, so full of terror. But regardless of their expressions, in the next second, these people all died, their deaths occurring in countless ways, but without exception, all killed by Li Yifei. Many of them Li Yifei didn’t know, didn’t even know what they looked like, and as for so, Li Yifei not only recognized them but could call out their nas.
Even so, they died, dead beyond redemption. Terrified, Li Yifei sat on the ground, crawling backward, trying to dispel those faces. But even when he closed his eyes, those faces appeared in his mind, scene by scene, one after another. Li Yifei instantly rembered where these people died, why they died, so indeed were deserving of death, and so... Li Yifei couldn’t even say if they truly deserved to die.
"Ah! No, don’t co looking for !" Li Yifei kept retreating but soon hit a transparent wall, blocking him from moving further back, forcing him to watch as those people pounced on him, like a myriad of vengeful spirits coming to seek revenge from Li Yifei.
He was in extre pain, scared, fearing the countless negative emotions surging together. Li Yifei clutched his chest, falling to the ground, his facial features seemingly twisted, showing extre fright.
The hideous person appeared again, floating in front of Li Yifei, smiling and saying, "So many people died tragically at your hands, and you still don’t think you deserve to die?"
"I... I deserve to die. I deserve to die, don’t co any closer, don’t co any closer!" Li Yifei cried, looking crazed, howling for a while, and then the person said again, "So, go and die, Li Yifei. Once you die, the sins will disappear."
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