CHAPTER 826: CHAPTER 826: HEART KNOT (PART 2)

Zhu Fei, while speaking, seemed to remember something he didn’t want to recall, and a faint expression of pain and struggle appeared on his face.

Since she had known Zhu Fei, this was the first time Qiu Ruoxue had seen such an expression on him. Inside, she was surprised and also felt a bit guilty and distressed.

She reached out her arms once again, hugging Zhu Fei, and rested her face on his chest, speaking softly:

"Zhu Fei, let it go, no need to say more. Can we not talk about this anymore?"

However, Zhu Fei shook his head, forcing a smile as he patted Qiu Ruoxue’s back, and in turn, comforted her:

"It’s okay. The events have been pressing on my heart for two lifetimes now. Perhaps speaking them out fully might make me feel a bit better."

Seeing Zhu Fei insist, Qiu Ruoxue understood that the matters between Zhu Fei and Huan Sha in his past life were probably the biggest knot in his heart during these two lifetimes.

If indeed he could, as Zhu Fei said, completely reveal those past events, it might truly help him untie the knot in his heart.

Thinking of this, Qiu Ruoxue no longer insisted, and her arms around Zhu Fei naturally tightened a bit more.

It was as if Qiu Ruoxue wanted to provide greater comfort and encouragement to Zhu Fei in this manner.

Zhu Fei could feel the fiery affection hidden beneath Qiu Ruoxue’s cool exterior. Seeing this, he gave her a slight smile and continued:

"One day, because I purchased alchemy ingredients, I inadvertently had a conflict with a Su family cultivation family. At that time, I had only Nascent Soul cultivation, while the Su family was a powerful family with a Returning to Void Cultivator guarding it.

Perhaps to maintain their family’s dignity at the time, the Su family sent nearly ten Nascent Soul Cultivators to hunt me down. Fortunately, I had a friend named Xu Yang, who used certain hidden means to temporarily help me evade the Su family’s pursuit.

But because of this, it eventually brought disaster to my good friend Xu Yang..."

At this, Zhu Fei bitterly rubbed his forehead, took a deep breath, and then refocused his spirit before continuing:

"I remember very clearly, it was a twilight with a setting sun as red as blood. I arrived with Sha Sha at the meeting place agreed upon with Xu Yang. But do you know what I saw?"

Zhu Fei, slightly emotional, said, "I saw Xu Yang’s corpse hanging high in the middle of the city wall! Surrounding the city walls were the Cultivators from the Su family who had previously hunted me."

Zhu Fei slowly closed his eyes as if recalling the scene he saw back then.

After some silence, Zhu Fei, with a slightly hoarse voice, spoke again:

"It was only then that I learned Sha Sha, who had followed me for decades, was actually a member of the Su family, haha. On one side were the murderers of my friend, and on the other was the person closest to me at the time. Faced with such an absurd situation, what else could I do?"

Zhu Fei shook his head with a bitter smile, "Even though I knew that Sha Sha actually had little to do with it, she was after all a member of the Su family, and she had been with me for so long without ever revealing her true identity.

Even if I had no intention to investigate further, I couldn’t convince myself. After all, Sha Sha was from the Su family, and the Su family was the enemy who killed my friend. Such a complex situation left me really not knowing what to do..."

"So later on, you only killed the Su family members involved in the incident, while you sent Sister Huan Sha to the Pavilion Master, avoiding her for nearly hundreds of years?"

Since Zhu Fei began speaking, it was the first time that Qiu Ruoxue had spoken.

She looked at Zhu Fei’s bitter and complicated expression and saw him nod with difficulty, feeling somewhat distressed. She couldn’t help but comfort him:

"There’s no need to think too much, everything has been in the past for so long. Some things, you don’t have to bear alone. Mengyun and I will always stand by your side."

At this point, Qiu Ruoxue’s expression was slightly hesitant, but in the end, she said nothing.

Zhu Fei noticed this, took a deep breath as if to exhale all the suffering he had endured over the years.

Finally, Zhu Fei forced a relaxed laugh, "Haha, saying these things that have been weighing on my heart really does make me feel much better."

After a brief pause, Zhu Fei smiled at Qiu Ruoxue, as if the bitter and painful person before wasn’t him at all.

"By the way, previously, I thought you seemed to have something you wanted to say to me, what’s the matter? Are you not planning to tell me now?"

Seeing Zhu Fei’s smiling face, Qiu Ruoxue knew it was intentional, and she lightly shook her head:

"Forget it. I’ll tell you some things when the opportunity arises."

"Oh."

Zhu Fei was not surprised by Qiu Ruoxue’s response.

But because of this, Zhu Fei felt even more moved in his heart.

He knew that no matter what happened, no matter what situation he encountered, everything about him would always be of primary importance to Qiu Ruoxue.

Even with someone like Huan Sha, who was kind to Qiu Ruoxue, she still considered his feelings first.

Thinking of this, the shadow caused by the matter with Huan Sha earlier seemed to inexplicably disappear.

He chuckled as he looked at Qiu Ruoxue and suddenly said, "Ruoxue, if I’m not mistaken, you were probably going to talk to me about something related to Sha Sha, weren’t you?"

Seeing Qiu Ruoxue’s slightly unnatural expression, he immediately picked her up and placed her on his lap, feeling the elasticity and softness of her body, and said with a smile:

"Actually, it’s nothing, as you just said, everything has passed for so long. Some things, indeed, it’s time to let go of.

But as you know, we Cultivators either don’t have heart knots, or once we do, even if we want to let go of them, it’s not something that can be done quickly.

So now I think, if I can adjust my mindset and face the current people and things positively, can it help me untie my heart’s knot more quickly, Ruoxue, what do you think?"

"What you said... is it all true?"

Qiu Ruoxue’s expression still showed some concern and she asked Zhu Fei uncertainly.

Zhu Fei raised his hand, gently tapped Qiu Ruoxue on the forehead, and then pretended to be stern:

"So untrusting of your husband, deserves punishment!"

After speaking, Zhu Fei ignored Qiu Ruoxue’s surprised expression and resolutely picked her up, heading towards the ’bed’ not far away.

"Since you’re unwilling to speak now, we’ll talk later."

"Ah! No!"

Qiu Ruoxue exclaimed.

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