Chapter 495: Chapter 497: A Family of Three (Part One)
Zi Qianjing hugged the woman in his arms tightly, wanting to vent all the grievances he had endured over the years.
“A thousand years, mother, I have waited for you for a thousand years. I went to Zhongzhou Academy just to find you, but even after finding you, I didn’t dare to recognize you. I feared you wouldn’t recognize me, and even more that you wouldn’t believe what I said, but I truly missed you so much…”
That kind of longing, it seeped into his bones.
Mu Ruyue’s body suddenly stiffened, and she scrutinized the youth in front of her from head to toe, a hint of confusion in her gaze.
“Jingjing, are you the little fellow that Nangong Zifeng locked up?”
Zi Qianjing nodded fiercely, his aggrieved eyes misting up, “Zi Feng crippled my limbs, then to continue threatening you all, she locked me in a space where time stood still. Later, Aunt saved me and reattached my limbs.”
No one could understand the pain of having one’s limbs reattached.
But he, not wanting to see the pained look in his parents’ eyes and to protect them, was willing to endure this pain…
Finally, a trace of emotion appeared on Mu Ruyue’s face. Her unblinking eyes remained fixed on the youth before her, and she raised her hand to gently caress the handsome face in front of her, tears blurring her vision.
It turned out the person she had been looking for was by her side all along, and it was comical that she had never noticed.
How then, had this little fellow spent all these years alone?
“You have grown up…”
Mu Ruyue laughed through her tears, her eyes misty as she looked at him.
“Over a decade ago, Aunt took me out of that place, so I was able to start cultivating again. Mother, in this life I have sworn I will protect you, to never let the tragedy of the past happen again!”
Zi Qianjing closed his eyes in pain.
The events of that year reappeared in his mind, the pain turning his handsome face ashen. After a long while, he opened his eyes, gazing fondly at Mu Ruyue…
The members of the Xiao Family were all scared out of their wits.
Although they didn’t understand what they were talking about, they realized that the youth who appeared to be sixteen or seventeen was actually a thousand-year-old monster, and his Aunt, what level of a mighty being could live so long?
Qingshi shuddered, and before he could do anything, the youth’s icy gaze turned to him, and he sinisterly curled his lip, “You want to kill my mother? And by a suicidal method? Since you wish to die so badly, I won’t let you die easily!”
To live rather than to die, that was the best punishment!
Zi Qianjing smirked, a cold smile forming on his lips. He slowly released the woman in his arms and looked up at the old man before him, “However, what method should I use to punish you? Maybe… by cutting flesh to feed the dogs! Of course, don’t worry, I won’t let you die too quickly. I’ll just let you watch as your own flesh is cut off.”
Since the disaster a thousand years ago, the youth had lost any notion of kindness. Kindness would only bring harm, and in this world, as long as the two people he loved the most were alive, that was enough.
What did it matter to him if everyone else was dead?
Qingshi’s pupils dilated bit by bit, finding it hard to believe that this beautiful youth could utter such cruel words.
Flaying flesh to feed dogs? How bloody and cruel was that?
Qingshi’s body trembled, a violent aura rising from him, “You brat, even if I die, I won’t let your wish come true!”
Watching his actions, Zi Qianjing narrowed his eyes slightly, the cold smile on his lips growing wider, “Thinking of self-detonating? I’m sorry, but in front of our family of three, self-detonation is useless!”