It wasn’t just an innocent young woman like Jiang Yino who would be shaken; even the most worldly and sensible woman would surely experience the sa emotional turmoil. For an ordinary college student, having her seemingly average boyfriend suddenly revealed as a person of Supre status was a lot to take in.
How many could easily accept that? If any could, they would be nothing more than vain, power-hungry gold-diggers.
Unfortunately, Jiang Yino was not that type of person. Her desires were simple. She didn’t need a fiery romance; an ordinary life free from financial worries was enough. She was all too aware of her background—an ordinary family and a common origin. Suddenly faced with such a prestigious status, she felt completely out of her depth and even had a subconscious urge to run and hide. If she had been the type to crave the thrill of power and money, she might have been swayed by Du Tiancong from the very beginning.
However, the most important thing wasn’t his status—it was that Qin Fan had murdered Xu Jiayi.
Even though Qin Fan’s reasoning was sound—that he didn’t want any harm to co to Jiang Yino’s life—it wasn’t enough to justify murder.
Murder. To Jiang Yino, the word was incredibly distant. She had never imagined such a term would ever be associated with her life. Life wasn’t a novel, and her own life wasn’t a plot from one. This was the real world, and from the perspective of a normal person, her thoughts revolved around what was right according to the law.
Perhaps she could have accepted his status as the revered Master Qin. She might have even accepted the grueso fate he had dealt to the man in the rcedes. But when it ca to murder, she truly struggled to accept such a sudden, brutal fact.
She was in turmoil. Her thoughts were a ss, and so were her nerves. At this mont, she suddenly had no idea how to face Qin Fan. She was afraid. She was truly, deeply afraid. The impact of this intangible truth was a shock that no ordinary college student, not yet twenty years old, could process in a short amount of ti.
For Jiang Yino, life wasn’t a novel. But from Qin Fan’s perspective, his experiences had taught him that life was indeed a novel—an extrely lodramatic one at that.
Murder. Whether during those five hundred years on the Cangqiong Continent or in the ti since his rebirth, the number of people who had died by his hands was already countless.
However, he had overlooked one crucial issue. In his past life with Jiang Yino, their relationship had never involved breaking any laws. He had been just an ordinary, inconspicuous college student without the exalted identity of Master Qin. He wasn’t surrounded by top-tier scions, but by other normal students.
As Qin Fan processed this while watching Jiang Yino clutch her head in distress, he belatedly realized he had been too rash.
Perhaps this was a sign of his low emotional intelligence?
But thinking about it, it felt inevitable. This was a problem they would have to face sooner or later. He could hide it from Jiang Yino for a while, but not for a lifeti. He was destined to be a man whose hands were stained with blood.
Amidst his helplessness, Jiang Yino stopped shaking her head. No longer waiting for Qin Fan to answer her repeated "whys," she lifted her bewildered eyes, looked at him with a hint of unfamiliarity, and spoke.
"Qin Fan, do you know? You’ve shattered my blueprint for the future! From the mont I accepted you, I’ve been dreaming about our future. Yes, I know many college romances, no matter how intense, end with a storm of breakups after graduation as everyone goes their separate ways. But I never thought that way. I believed in myself, and I believed in you. I fantasized that we would grow old together, living a peaceful life without strife, just for us. We would buy our own car and our own house with our own hard work, then have children, raise them, and build our nest of love together. What a wonderful, vibrant life that would be! I was dreaming, just as every girl does, hoping for that simple yet warm happiness! But now, you’ve destroyed my blueprint. You’ve overturned my dreams! I don’t know how to adapt to your life. I’ve suddenly realized that everything I imagined was just a joke! Qin Fan, tell , what should I do? What should I do?"
As she stared into his eyes, a mist began to form in hers. At this mont, she truly did not know what to do.
"Don’t cry. It hurts ," he said, slowly reaching his trembling hands toward her eyes.
Jiang Yino reflexively flinched away.
At this, Qin Fan paused, slightly taken aback. But he didn’t give up and reached out again. This ti, she didn’t dodge. She allowed his hand to touch the corner of her eye, wiping away the single crystal tear that escaped.
Emotionally, her feelings for Qin Fan remained unchanged. But she couldn’t convince herself to simply accept everything he had just revealed.
"Whether I’m the widely admired Master Qin or a ruthless Demon, to you, I will always be the Qin Fan you see. Yinuo, I know it’s hard for you to accept all this, but I told you anyway. Not for any reason other than to let you understand the other side of . You have the right to know, and you should know. Yes, I know your dreams and your aspirations, but do you know what my dream, my aspiration, is? It’s you, Jiang Yino. My world is surrounded by too many dangers, too many dead ends. Maybe that day hasn’t co yet, but it’s inevitable."
He gazed at Jiang Yino, murmuring to her as if in a dream. Then, he suddenly pulled her into a tight embrace. Ignoring her instinctive resistance, he rested his chin on her back, over her flowing black hair.
"Yinuo," he said, "I’ve never thought about whether what I do is right or wrong. I only think about preventing any harm from reaching the people around . Perhaps you feel our relationship hasn’t reached the level of undying love, but in my heart, you’ve long beco my Achilles’ heel. Anyone who touches Qin Fan’s Achilles’ heel must be punished! Must be executed! That won’t change now, and I don’t ever want it to change.
"Besides, this world is far from being as beautiful as you imagine. Simplicity has its own sorrows, and intensity has its own unspeakable burdens. In the end, it’s the people who make the difference, not the type of relationship. I haven’t shattered your blueprint; I’ve just presented a better version of it to you in a different way. As for rules and laws, those are often just shackles to bind ordinary people. In the eyes of those in power, laws certainly exist, but they are the ones who set them, the ones who write them. Making Xu Jiayi vanish was not my initial intention. I warned her several tis, but she kept treading on my Achilles’ heel, provoking again and again. If I had let her continue, what would have been the outco? If so unforeseen accident had happened, I couldn’t have borne the cost. At that point, not even slaughtering the entire world would have been enough to sate my hatred. Yinuo, I care about you. I cherish you. I care enough to make an enemy of the world for you, and I cherish you enough to slaughter it for your sake!"
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