"I will never let you kill my father! Absolutely not!" Qin Ge opened her arms, looking stubbornly at the person in front of her, hoping he would show a bit of mercy.
But this was undoubtedly a delusion for Qin Ge. She barely saw how he moved; in an instant, her body was thrown back, and she turned just in time to see the cold sword plunge into her father's chest!
Time seemed to freeze in that moment as her horrified eyes fixed on the man who had raised and protected her for fourteen years, lying motionless on the ground!
"…Father—!!" With a hoarse and piercing cry, she ran towards her father's lifeless body! But after shaking him a few times, she no longer saw the man who had spoiled her open his eyes, and Qin Ge stopped crying.
She leaned against a nearby pillar and stood up. Raising her eyes, she hazily looked at the man across from her. "…You killed my father; are you going to kill me too?"
The man glanced at her for a moment before turning away and leaving. Qin Ge screamed behind him, "Why not kill me too?! Why?!!"
When Yuer finally managed to evade the pursuers and rushed over, she happened to witness this scene. She didn't understand why the Enemy Marshal didn't kill the princess or why the princess questioned him so fiercely; her thoughts were simple: save the princess and secure Great Yan's future!
"Princess! Hurry and go!" She pulled Qin Ge over, noticing that the Enemy Marshal showed no intention of stopping them, and quickly led the emotionally shattered princess away.
"In the princess's palace, I found a secret passage leading outside. This is the address of Yuer's brother; after you get out, you can seek refuge with him. Don't worry, Yuer has arranged everything." After finally escaping back to the more remote Eldest Princess's hall, Yuer removed Qin Ge's outer clothing while advising her.
Qin Ge grabbed her hand tightly: "Yuer, what are you doing? Aren't you coming with me?"
Yuer smiled as she held Qin Ge's hand in hers: "Eldest Princess, you are Great Yan's future, so you must live! Remember to take revenge for us!" Then she opened the door to the secret passage and pushed Qin Ge inside. "Princess, please make sure to survive!"
Qin Ge would never forget the moment when the stone door closed; she saw how Yuer was torn apart by soldiers and how she was pressed down beneath them, sobbing…
Family grievances and national hatred! A surge of hatred instantly filled Qin Ge! "Qi—Mo! If I, Qin Ge, can escape this time, I will repay today's hatred and humiliation a hundredfold!"
With her delicate hand fiercely wiping away her tears, crying was useless now! She had to survive; as long as she could live, there would be hope for revenge!
Qin Ge stumbled through the secret passage, completely unfamiliar with it, but relying on her instincts, she found the exit. She could see that as long as she passed through the stone chamber ahead, she would be able to escape, but her feet could no longer move...
The man she wished she could devour in hatred was standing there, calmly staring at her.
"Are you regretting not killing me just now, so you came here to eliminate this threat?" Qin Ge said with a sarcastic smile. She had no weapons for self-defense and had never learned any martial arts; as a completely weak woman, how could she resist Yuan Cang, the feared Smiling Face Yama?
"Qi Mo... you ungrateful person!" She picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at him. He did not dodge, allowing the stone to stain his black clothes with dust.
Seeing him not evade made Qin Ge laugh even more sarcastically. She picked up a pile of stones and continuously hurled them at Qi Mo. You’re not going to dodge? Then let’s see just how much patience you have!
Although Qin Ge had never practiced martial arts, she was extremely accurate in throwing things, and soon Qi Mo had blood oozing from his forehead.
Qin Ge laughed with delight: "If you can really stand there and let me kill you, then after you're dead, I will come to accompany you!"
"That’s impossible." The low, magnetic voice of Elegant echoed in the passage. Almost without her noticing how he moved, Qin Ge’s hand was already caught in his grip, and the stones fell to the ground.
"Impossible?!... Do I not know what is impossible? Qi Mo, ever since you led your troops into my Great Yan and killed my people, I Qin Ge have sworn to never coexist with you! So you'd better not give me a chance; otherwise— I will definitely kill you!" Qin Ge said with a smile that was both playful and filled with murderous intent.
Qi Mo frowned slightly, his thin lips parted: "I won’t kill you, but don’t think about leaving."
Qin Ge laughed as if she had heard a great joke: "Not killing me but not letting me leave? Qi Mo, what do you want? Coming into this secret passage alone and saying this to a deposed princess—are you planning to keep me imprisoned in a golden house?"
"I have not forgotten your life-saving grace." Qi Mo said these words softly, loosening his grip and taking a step back. At that moment! Qin Ge seized his sword sheath, causing Qi Mo to instinctively retreat as the Cold Sword was drawn.
Qin Ge tightened her grip on the sword sheath while her gaze was fixed on the Cold Sword in Qi Mo's hand. Suddenly she spoke: "You used this sword to kill my father and my uncle, didn’t you?"
Qi Mo looked at Qin Ge in silence, neither denying nor admitting anything.
"Then what right do you have to forget my life-saving grace?! Qi Mo, with national hatred and personal enmity, you can never repay what you owe me in this lifetime!" Qin Ge suddenly raised her sword sheath, and Qi Mo swiftly dodged, the blade pressing against the sheath, impatience already evident in his brows and eyes.
"Qin Ge, don’t force me to take action against you."
Upon hearing this, the shy boy who once smiled in Qin Ge's heart began to fade away. Her dim eyes suddenly erupted with hatred, and she directly grasped the blade with her delicate hand. The sharp sword energy immediately cut through her palm, blood dripping down the blade with a crisp sound.
At that moment, Qi Mo's originally pitch-black eyes suddenly turned Azure, even the affectionate corners of his peach blossom eyes became cold. "Let go."
"Look at you getting so worked up! Is it because I’m holding your sword? But next, I want to hold your hand. What will you do then?" Qin Ge said as her hand pressed down on Qi Mo's right hand.
She looked up at him: "Qi Mo, don’t be too soft-hearted. Because if I get even the slightest chance, I will kill you without hesitation!"
Qi Mo gazed into the clear eyes of the girl before him, where hatred surged forth. In the end, he had ruined her. With his own hands, he had destroyed her.
Yet even after ruining her, he still did not wish for her to disappear from this world.
If there were only one way to keep you by my side, I would go to any lengths!
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