Chapter 160 Second Update
Qi Zhu waited for a while, but Zheng Congyuan showed no sign of responding. He merely stood silently in the darkness, his back to the Qishun Building as his final act of defiance. At this moment, Zheng Congyuan suddenly understood what was meant by the fear that grips one when approaching home. All the way back from the Qiandao Temple, he had consciously sped up, hoping to return before dark so perhaps they could share a meal together.
Only...
He could not ferret out any information from Prince Duan. Prince Duan had painstakingly chosen these four people and placed them under his direct supervision for testing. Now, they had reached the step of mutual observation.
He had thought that before he took action, it certainly wouldn’t happen so soon.
Zheng Congyuan let out a bitter laugh, realizing that his current predicament was as ridiculous as his actions at this moment. Standing outside the Qishun Building, debating whether to go in or not, hesitating over whether to see her or not, struggling whether to let go or throw caution to the wind.
Yet, not everything in the world goes as one desires. Clearly knowing what is right and what is wrong, but the soul still desperately flirts with the edge, stirred with malice nestled within the human heart.
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Yin He suddenly grabbed Zheng Nianru’s sleeve and pointed into the darkness.
Following the direction of Yin He’s finger, Zheng Nianru looked over. The moonlight cast a silver glow, and there the man stood silently, his slender figure like jade enveloped in a thin layer of radiance from the stars. Gazing at this silhouette, the thoughts within Zheng Nianru slowly fermented.
There are some things that she might have forgotten had they not appeared before her eyes, forgotten to actively bring to mind. But such forgetfulness is in vain; once remembered, it comes sweeping in, fermenting and churning manifold.
Zheng Nianru kept telling herself, she could choose another way. She had a grasp on destiny’s wheel, so why couldn’t she stride away?