After deceiving the villain, I was forced to love him.

Chapter 178 Killing 4 parties

There was no suspense; even though Seventeen ran 500 meters ahead, Wang Qingyan still caught him.

The fragrance that belonged only to her appeared on Seventeen.

The black outer garments presented by the Gu Guards at the scene of the search, the scented balm residue on the soles of the seventeen men's shoes, the handprints on their faces, and Baili Ce's unusual expression.

She was seventeen...

In a flash, a sharp killing intent swept through the mountains and forests, stirring up a brief shower of blood.

"Monster... you really are a monster!" In the cramped corner, Seventeen was trembling so much that she was incoherent.

The sword in his hand trembled and buzzed.

Clutching tightly at his deliberately torn dark coat, Wang Qingyan walked step by step toward Seventeen. His aura was so frenzied that it sent chills down one's spine, yet he remained calm and showed no sign of anger.

"Ah!" Seventeen stabbed in terror.

Wang Qingyan neither dodged nor evaded.

even--

"Heh, how dare you?" she laughed.

......

Boom! !

When Baili Ce was awakened by thunder in the middle of the night, Wang Qingyan had already gone berserk.

Every single one of the Gu guards in the manor was thrown into the fire.

Or rather, he walked in on his own under Wang Qingyan's control.

On the largest open space in the city, a grand bonfire was lit, its light illuminating the sky amidst the flashing lightning and thunder.

As I ran out of the mansion, the crackling sound of burning wood grew clearer and clearer as I approached.

Then it froze in a blinding flash of fire.

After she covered her brow with her hand and saw clearly...

Startled, Baili Ce stumbled back half a step. He instinctively wanted to escape but then tensed up and regained his composure.

Wang Qingyan turned around from the pile of corpses, the light behind him tinged with a dark red.

After a short while, it slowly turned black again.

Finally, an eerie, dark blue light emanated from it, as if evil spirits were tearing and wrestling with each other amidst the flames.

"..." Baili Ce's legs went weak, and he almost knelt down on the spot.

Besides the corpses, there was a group of human Gu that had not yet become Gu Guards. Their bodies were stiff, they had no ability to move or speak, but they still retained basic pain sensation.

Therefore, the flesh of the Gu people who were closer to the fire was already sizzling from being roasted.

Some even showed extremely painful expressions because their charred clothes were stuck to their skin.

Bai Li Ce clenched his fist, just about to kick it over—

"Something's not right!" the ancestral Gu in his mind suddenly spoke.

As if realizing something, he shouted urgently, "Run! Run!"

"Run! Run!"

"Aren't you coming?" he asked with a smile.

It is both alluring and ruthless, yet exquisitely beautiful and flawless.

"..." Bai Li Ce felt a chill run down his spine.

They were even more afraid that if they escaped, he would tear everyone to pieces.

"Ah..." Baili Ce let out a low shout, trying to close his eyes and rush over, but was held down by an unknown force.

Every pore on his body sensed the Ancestral Gu's fear and unease. "No, no... don't go! It's here! The Heavenly Dao is here! Don't expose yourself!"

"Aren't you coming?" he asked again.

"If you go there, we're doomed!" The voice in my head cracked with urgency.

In an instant, lightning flashed and thunder roared all around.

In the eye of the raging thunderstorm, the smile on Wang Qingyan's face slowly disappeared, and his eyes turned as black as night.

To be precise, under the guidance of that unknown force, Baili Ce "saw" that everything from his eyes to his blood, including his heart, was black.

"Not coming?" Looking up at the dense, rain-like lightning, Wang Qingyan had given up all hope.

He raised his knife and slaughtered his way through the surrounding area.

He knew it was like this.

Even she would think he was a monster.

"Boom..." Under the sky, an even more powerful force swept across, and the deafening, eerie thunder came to an abrupt halt.

Bai Li Ce collapsed to the ground, utterly exhausted.

She used the power of the Ancestral Gu in front of Wang Qingyan for the first time, and also saved someone from his blade for the first time.

But it only lasted for a moment.

A moment later—

It's like in the dead of winter, when it's snowing heavily, you're only wearing a vest and shorts, your legs are shivering from the cold, but you still have to jump into the river and swim desperately to the other side.

She tiptoed to her feet, tears welling in her eyes from fear, and walked resolutely toward him.

He tossed aside the human Gu he had grabbed at random, then pulled the terrified Baili Ce into his arms.

"Fear?"

"..." I really wanted to lie to myself, but my mouth wouldn't listen and I couldn't move it anymore.

"Don't be afraid, I will kill everyone who hurts you."

Stung by the visual impact of viewing various corpses up close, Baili Ce finally regained some of his senses.

She reached out and hugged his back, burying her head in his chest. "Qingyan, I'm sorry, I lied to you. Seventeen didn't do anything to me. I put the...scented balm on myself. I just wanted to teach him a lesson. I lied to you. I'm so sorry, so sorry..."

He was knocked down again.

He knelt down on one knee and carefully pulled the person into his arms. "You're lying to me now."

......

Back in his bedroom, Wang Qingyan put Baili Ce down, and she woke up.

But given the current situation, she chose to play dead.

"Ahhhhhh... It's all over... It's all over..." The ancestral Gu in my mind kept making noise.

This is the first time you've ever held me so tightly.

Inside the jade-white curtains, Wang Qingyan lay on his side beside her, propping his head up, his right forefoot tapping out a rhythm with great delight, as if he couldn't get enough of looking at her.

Since she can't live without him, then he won't go anywhere else.

"You know, many people have said they love me before, that they'd live and die for me, even betraying their families and killing their own relatives and friends—they've pulled off quite a few self-inflicted wounds, hahaha..."

"How much can someone who can abandon even their own blood relatives and best friends truly love me?"

If you think that abandoning your loved ones means you can't be sincere with me, then what gives you the right to kill my loved ones and still expect me to stay by your side?

Baili really wanted to get up and run, but he didn't dare to open his eyes.

Looking at her trembling eyeballs under her eyelids, Wang Qingyan casually tugged at her hair, "You clearly find me disgusting just by looking at me, and you can't even pretend properly, yet you still think I'd be a fool to believe them."

"They use my money, eat my rice, but they don't appreciate my kindness at all; they only remember that I killed people."

After playing with her hair for a while, he gently stroked her nose with his bony fingers. "I want someone like myself, not just any trash."

"And then there are those who want to persuade me to do good, isn't that ridiculous?"

"Those who sacrificed themselves to save others are even more interesting. How could they be so foolish as to believe that if I killed them, I wouldn't kill anyone else...?"

As Wang Qingyan continued his incessant ramblings, the Ancestral Gu gradually quieted down.

She felt like a quail huddled somewhere in her mind, trembling like a leaf.

Listening to the various kinds of people he mentioned, Baili Ce felt increasingly desolate.

See it.

It's not that he hasn't met people who treat him like a human being; it's just that he doesn't treat others like human beings.

It's not that no one wanted to save him, it's just that he didn't need to.

The so-called kindred spirits are not those who have emerged from the abyss.

Instead, he wants the other person to go to hell to accompany him.

"What about me?" Baili Ce couldn't bear it any longer.

Unsurprisingly, he took her hand and stroked it, feeling very happy. "You're different."

"Nothing is different." She also abandoned her blood relatives and close friends; she was just as foolish.

Wang Qingyan shook his head, leaned down, and looked at her with eyes full of stars. "In all these years, you are the first person who would defy divine retribution to save me."

"She was also the first person to see my true face and hug me immediately."

Okay, okay, she's caught up with so many firsts, hasn't she?

"As soon as they see me like this, they start shouting to kill me."

"Not like you~"

"You will think of me all the time and take my feelings and preferences into consideration."

"You know what I want. Although you are afraid of me, I know that in your heart, I am the best."

"There is no one in the world more important to you than me."

"..." Although they don't mean the same thing at all.

But it can't be considered wrong either.

“But there’s something I need you to confirm.” He stood up and stepped aside, taking out a bloodstained statement. He didn’t want things to turn out the way he suspected.

"!!!" The moment Baili Ce received the testimony, his pupils dilated in shock, and he immediately sat up.

Because her expression was so shocked that she couldn't hide it, Wang Qingyan's eyes turned completely cold and indifferent.

Then, she slightly raised the corners of her mouth and said, "You just need to tell me whether this testimony is true or false."

What to do, what to do, what to do...

Why would Seventeen say that?!

What do you mean he really moved me, and it felt pretty good? Is that something you can say?!

I wouldn't even dare to say that to Wang Qingyan myself.

Has he gone mad too?!

He cupped her face in his hands, his tone seemingly relaxed, yet even his breathing was sinister and violent. "We love each other so much, you wouldn't not tell me such a simple question, would you?"

Upon meeting his eyes, which had suddenly become able to see even though the pupils were no longer visible, Baili Ce was so frightened that he let out a goose-like squawk, "Goose, goose, goose, goose, goose..."

I tried to crawl out using both my hands and feet. I should have just endured it from the beginning.

Then Wang Qingyan reached out and grabbed her ankle, dragging her back...

"Aaaaaaahhhhhh... Help! Help! Don't hit my face!"

"Those human-cursed insects are still alive."

After Baili Ce fell asleep, a new batch of Gu Guards arrived.

Wang Qingyan was about to order them all killed, but when he raised his hand, he found that Baili Ce's hand was gripping his sleeve tightly and wouldn't let go.

"..." Bai Li Ce slowly took the pillow off his head and hugged it to his chest.

Seeing that she was really frightened, Wang Qingyan reached out and tidied her messy hair. "What are you afraid of? You are the person I love the most. What can I do to you?"

"I just want an answer."

My brain isn't working properly; I have no idea what he's trying to do.

"You...you care that much about whether I'm innocent or not?" If you can't guess, you'll just make things up.

After staring at her for a while, Wang Qingyan gave a cold sneer.

"You know perfectly well that I don't care about this."

The concept of innocence is nothing but a useless shackle used by men and women to bind women; he and Azhu don't need it.

"How am I supposed to know what you care about?" she asked, looking at him defiantly. The situation was definitely not as simple as answering "yes" or "no."

This isn't an open-ended question; it's a multiple-choice question. No matter how she answers, there's a trap or an even bigger trap waiting for her.

What I care about is...

He forcefully pulled the pillow from her arms and threw it aside. "If this is true, how did he manage to do it? Was it because you were unsuspecting of Seventeen, or is he... really smarter than you?"

"What's the difference?"

"If it's the former, I'll kill everyone; if it's the latter, I'll make them wish they were dead."

"I..." The sense of oppression suddenly intensified.

Wang Qingyan stood up, his expression carrying a hint of inquisitive mockery. "But if this is all fake, then I'm very curious, why did you do this? Who were you avenging? Or...?"

Thump! Alarm bells rang in Baili Ce's mind.

"Who are you protecting?"

"..." The moment Wang Qingyan's gaze fell upon him, Baili Ce felt as if he had been slowly tortured from the inside out.

She suddenly understood what Wang Qingyan really wanted to do.

He wasn't debating whether it was true or false; he was asking her to choose who to kill.

"How about it, have you thought about it?"

"Is this matter—" he gracefully extended a hand towards her at the corner of the bed, smiling confidently and calmly, "true or false?"

Seeing the murderous intent in his eyes, Baili Ce made a decision immediately.

She loosened her grip on his hands and placed them in his palm. "It's true."

......

Wang Qingyan has always been as radiant as a cold fire and as serene as a gentle breeze. No matter what color or style of clothes she wears, she is always the most dazzling one in the crowd.

Just like now, he is only wearing a plain blue robe, yet he gives people a feeling of being untouched by worldly affairs.

Now, however, he is increasingly reluctant to conceal his cold and obsessive nature. The closer one gets to him, the more one can sense his cunning and treacherousness.

Especially after following him into the dungeon, Baili Ce "didn't dare" to look around carelessly the whole way.

I was afraid that if I didn't keep up, I would fall into his trap.

"Heh...hehe...delicious, delicious..." In the cells on both sides of the corridor, some prisoners had already gone mad.

Some had been locked up here for who knows how long; if Baili Ce hadn't moved when he walked by, you wouldn't have been able to tell they were people at all.

Wang Qingyan didn't explain, but just let her timidly peek at him while hugging his arm and leaning against him.

But when she got to Guan Shiqi's place, she suddenly became bold again.

"..." Seventeen, silently watching the rows of nails used to nail the roof beams, was nailed to the wall. From fear to trembling, he finally felt nothing at all.

There was no sympathy, no satisfaction.

She finally understood why he said he "moved" her.

She simply thought that saying this would make Wang Qingyan despise her and get revenge on her.

Unfortunately, she didn't care.

Wang Qingyan didn't care at all...

Perhaps out of a sense of shared sorrow, she even felt that all these grudges and grievances were really meaningless.

"..." Seventeen was no longer able to speak; her gums were blurred, her teeth were missing, and her facial muscles were exposed...

Everything was a pain she couldn't describe.

But he didn't die.

"Are you distressed?"

Bai Lizhe mechanically turned to look at him, pointing a finger at his own nose. "Wasn't I expressionless? How could you tell I was worried?"

but--

"Swoosh..." With a swift motion, she finished off Seventeen without even blinking.

Then I asked him, "Are you satisfied now?"

He chuckled and touched her face, spreading the blood that had splattered on her skin.

He felt that she was most beautiful the way she was.

"See, I told you, you knew exactly what I wanted."