Chapter 220: Chapter 200 The Mountains are Covered with Flora (Part 2) Chapter 220: Chapter 200 The Mountains are Covered with Flora (Part 2) “Give up on Rong Zhi,” Tian Rujing slowly uttered these words, and Hua Cuo almost couldn’t suppress the murderous rage boiling inside him.
He was sprawled on the rooftop, his face aligned with the gap where half a tile was pushed aside, peering into the scene inside the house, while their conversation naturally reached his ears.
Hua Cuo, entrusted by Rong Zhi to watch over Chu Yu and prevent her from taking actions against Tian Rujing that might endanger his life, had been worried about Rong Zhi’s health and only occasionally sneaked peeks to make sure Tian Rujing wasn’t dead before returning.
This ti, however, he happened to arrive just as Tian Rujing was suggesting that Chu Yu give up Rong Zhi.
Even though he knew Rong Zhi never intended to rely on Chu Yu to save his life, he still felt an uncontrollable anger at these words and nearly lost his composure on the spot.
But Hua Cuo also knew that this was not the ti to reveal his feelings, as that would only bring unnecessary trouble to Rong Zhi. So, after forcibly containing himself for a while, his wandering thoughts were once again drawn to the voices coming from below.
“Will you exchange or not?”
“No exchange!”
“Exchange!”
“No exchange!”
The one demanding an exchange was Chu Yu, and the one insisting on “no exchange”, naturally, was Tian Rujing.
After so thought, Hua Cuo guessed that the part of the conversation he missed likely involved Chu Yu asking to exchange a favor promised by Tian Rujing for saving Rong Zhi. Despite Tian Rujing’s persistence and knowing that Rong Zhi already had a plan in place, Hua Cuo couldn’t help but feel a trace of gratitude towards Chu Yu.
Regardless of what had happened before or what she had done, at this mont, she was willing to sacrifice her own benefits for Rong Zhi’s sake—and it was enough to slightly alter Hua Cuo’s opinion of her.
Nevertheless, despite all this, Hua Cuo still didn’t believe Chu Yu could persuade Tian Rujing. It had taken her three days to make Tian Rujing back down even a small step, and Rong Zhi’s plan only allowed her that much ti; there wouldn’t be a second three days.
In the end, he would have to take action himself.
This ti, Hua Cuo decided not to go back; he waited on the rooftop, biding his ti until the two inside let their guard down. He would wait at most another two hours before he would seize the opportunity to sneak in, knock Chu Yu unconscious, take the bracelet, and then return and release Tian Rujing.
With his martial arts skills, knocking out Chu Yu before she even realized was not an issue.
Even though it was unfair to Chu Yu, for Rong Zhi, he had no other choice.
Hua Cuo silently waited on the rooftop, while the argunt inside grew increasingly contentious.
“Exchange!”
“No exchange!”
The dialogue remained the sa, but not only was Chu Yu increasingly frustrated, Tian Rujing was also growing impatient, “Stop talking! My conceding this step is already the epito of tolerance, don’t be too greedy!”
“Exchange!”
“No exchange!”
Why did it have to be Rong Zhi? Why must it be him?
“Exchange!”
“No exchange!”
Tian Rujing thought in a near frenzy, why wouldn’t she give up? Was that man really that important to her? More important than her own life?
“Exchange!”
“No exchange!”
Having co to this point in the conversation, clearly delineating stakes and limits, with both pushed into a corner, why wouldn’t she give up?
What’s so good about Rong Zhi?
“Exchange!”
“No exchange!”
Caught up in emotional turmoil, he unexpectedly lost his usual calm and composure, not viewing the situation with the detachnt of an outsider, but instead, subconsciously devaluing Rong Zhi in his mind.
“Exchange!”
“No exchange!”
At this mont, Tian Rujing was no longer the lofty, ethereal Heavenly Master. He had fallen from the clouds, into the dust, covered in mud, his belly full of grievance and jealousy.
The world was like a charcoal furnace, and he was just one of the beings being tornted.
Love cannot be spoken, desires unattainable.
“Exchange!”
“No…”
Tian Rujing couldn’t believe his eyes, his voice stuck in his throat as he stared fixedly at Chu Yu in front of him.
At the sa ti, Hua Cuo on the rooftop also drew in a breath of cold air, questioning whether his eyes were deceiving him.
Chu Yu spoke calmly and slowly, “Tian Rujing, I beg you, please exchange what you promised for saving Rong Zhi.” Her voice suddenly lost all its heat, like a cool stream erging in the midst of a hot sumr, calmly and gently spreading in all directions.
She knelt before Tian Rujing.
Even after arriving in the distinctly hierarchical ancient world, due to her unique status, Chu Yu had never bowed deeply to anyone. The little emperor, haughty and dictatorial, was the brother of her present body, extrely reliant on her. Even in their estrangent, he never made her perform an act that signified submission.
But now, Chu Yu was kneeling, for the sake of Rong Zhi.
Her elegant face was expressionless, her dark eyes like black gemstones that had been polished a thousand tis, her tightly closed lips pale, and the gleam in her eyes suppressed a deep humiliation.
Facing Tian Rujing, there was no way to entice him with interest, no way to coerce him with death or pain. The only minor weakness was perhaps a bit of sympathetic softness of the heart.
She had nothing, she only had herself. With the resoluteness of a hero cutting off his own hand, she abandoned the dignity and pride of an equal, and with such humiliation, yet also such composure, she made her final request to Tian Rujing.
Even disregarding Chu Yu’s modern identity, for her to kneel as a Princess to save soone was shocking enough, not just to Tian Rujing, but to Hua Cuo on the rooftop as well.
He’d concealed himself, staring dumbfounded at the scene below: The proud, unrivalled, overbearing girl he rembered was actually kneeling for Rong Zhi…
Tian Rujing held his breath, his gaze becoming lost as if it was cast toward an unknowable faraway place.
Even though Tian Rujing and Hua Cuo were imnsely shaken, they would never understand what this act of kneeling ant for Chu Yu.
Even the forr Shan Yin’s Princess had knelt before her Emperor and the gods, but Chu Yu ca from a completely different background. She had never knelt before her parents, never worshipped heaven and earth, nor had she deliberately flattered or begged anyone. The humiliation this kneeling brought her was twice as intense as what others could perceive.
But she was just calm, frankly suppressing her emotions, looking straight at Tian Rujing, her knees bent, her spine erect.
Tian Rujing’s gaze slowly returned from the distant unknown and refocused on Chu Yu. He asked in a low voice, “If I let you go, it’s really just this once. I won’t show rcy again. When the ti cos for you to die, if you don’t, I will have soone kill you. And as for Rong Zhi, I will deal with him with all my strength… Even so, do you still insist on this?”
Noticing the hint of relenting in his words, a sliver of joy surfaced in Chu Yu’s heart. Regardless of how seriously Tian Rujing stated the consequences, as long as he could save Rong Zhi, she was willing to agree to anything and answered, “Yes.”
A look of bewildernt flashed across Tian Rujing’s face, his breath suddenly becoming rapid, as though his emotions were too intense to control. But in the next instant, he suppressed them again, clenching his teeth tightly, his words popping out one by one with a petulance he didn’t even notice, “Fine, I’ll grant your wish. Just don’t regret it later.”
Now that her objective was achieved, Chu Yu approached to untie the ropes binding Tian Rujing. anwhile, Hua Cuo had finally co to his senses on the roof. He softly pushed the tile back into place and leaped down from the back of the house.
With such a significant change in events, he had to inform Rong Zhi.
Chu Yu released Tian Rujing and upon seeing the deep purple welts on his pale wrists, she felt an upsurge of apology as her tension eased, “I’m going to check on Rong Zhi now. You rest here for a mont.”
After she spoke, she hurriedly walked out the door. Watching the door close behind her, Tian Rujing quickly lowered his head, he raised his hand to cover his lips firmly, but from between his fingers, muffled sobs of suppressed pain still escaped.
He could bear it no longer!
He knew she was doing it for another person, knew there was no place for him in her heart, so why now, did her pain still double his own?
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After much thought and nurous deletions and rewrites, it still turned out this way.
Muah, Chu, be good. The hardships you endure and everything you’ve given, I will slowly return to you in the end…
Absolutely.
*pats head*… In fact, so readers have been giving feedback recently, saying that I’ve been too harsh on little Chu and so on, and hoping that I wouldn’t return the bracelet to Tian Rujing… So, I wrote this chapter with a lot of hesitation. However, after thinking it through, I decided to stick to the original plan. I still want to write the story that I have in my mind. If I change it at this point, then all my subsequent arrangents will be completely disrupted, and many of the plots I have designed will also beco invalid. Therefore, this step is necessary.
If reading this chapter made you unhappy, I apologize here, but I still insist on it.
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