37.2

"Let her go."

Everyone woke up to the sound of his voice and simultaneously took in the breath that they had been holding. Princess Shunde's gaze behind her beautiful makeup fixated on Changyi, and her face was full of desire.

"I never imprisoned her."

Princess Shunde gave a slight gesture. Eunuch Zhang immediately stepped forward and took back the scarlet whip from Lin Haoqing's hand.

"Your people have done very well in fulfilling my wishes. I am quite satisfied."

Princess Shunde stood up, and the servants behind her immediately came back to life and waited on her.

"But I also do not want to wait too long."

"I will give you ten more days for the third wish. Do not make me come here again to see him submissive."

Princess Shunde stepped away. The huge crowd followed her out in a line. Lin Haoqing looked at Ji Yunhe, and then looked at the jiaoren. In the end, he said nothing and left.

Soon, Ji Yunhe and Changyi were left alone inside the dungeon. Just like before, yet the atmosphere was now completely different. She was still kneeling on the ground. Changyi called her name after a while,

"Yunhe."

She did not turn around. With her back against Changyi, she raised her hands and covered her face. Her breathing was rapid as she desperately tried to suppress her anger, resentment and hatred for this world.

Changyi quietly watched her and waited. After a long time, Ji Yunhe finally put down her hands, stood up, wiped her face, and looked back at him. Her eyes were slightly red, but her expression was completely under control.

She stepped forward and made no mention of what had just happened.

"Changyi, even though you lost your tail, your demonic power did not disappear, right?" Changyi did not respond.

"Ten days. I will bring you some medicine, try to recover your strength. This cell and these yellow talismans can't hold you."

"What do you want to do?" Changyi asked her.

"I want to let you go." This cell, unlike the previous dungeon, was far less sturdy.

If Changyi had been able to shake up the previous dungeon while he was half dead, this one here should not stand a chance. Moreover, the Ten Square Formation that had suppressed all demonic power here in the valley and Lin Canglan were both gone, if Changyi wanted to go, nothing could stop him. Or maybe, he could leave right now. He just...

"What will happen to you if I leave?" Changyi asked her, and his question confirmed what Ji Yunhe was just thinking. He was only staying here because of her. Maybe he could have left that day after they leaped out of the Ten Square Formation, but did not because he was "protecting her with his life".

When Lin Haoqing asked him to split open the tail, he agreed, because he was also "protecting her with his life".

And today, when Princess Shunde asked him to talk, he could have refused. But he put down his pride and did as she asked. Because he was also "protecting her with his life".

The reason he was still here was not because he could not go, but because he also wanted to take her with him. Ji Yunhe closed her eyes and held back her tears. After suppressing her emotions, she stared firmly into Changyi's clear blue eyes.

"Changyi, I've been living this life for a long time, so I always look forward to something different. I resist, persist, and fight back, because I want to make myself worthy of every flower I've enjoyed and every bite of food I've tasted. I want to live, and I want to live happy and free! But if in the end I don't get what I want, then that's my life. Do you understand, Changyi? This is my life!"

She paused and said, "But it's not your life."

She was fortunate to have met Changyi, and to get to know one of the purest souls. She did not want to burden him or keep him trapped in the filth that was her world.

"You have to leave."

Facing this somewhat hysterical outburst from Ji Yunhe, Changyi's response remained very gentle but firm.

"I will not leave."

Just like his eyes at this moment, soft but stubborn. Ji Yunhe's heart, which she had intentionally wrapped up under layers and layers of ice, trembled and melted again.