Chapter 71: It Was You

"I don't want it!" Ji Yunhe shouted in anger and slapped Changyi's hand away, then she tried to spit out the jiaozhu. But in the next moment, Changyi covered her mouth and pinned her down. His eyes were dark and turbulent.

"I didn't give you the right to choose."

"You do not give her the right to choose, nor do you give me the right to choose? And you don't give the right to choose to all those people who have come to the Northlands seeking refuge?" The monk was so angry that he pointed and cursed at Changyi's back.

"Wasting a bit of time on a woman, so be it! But also giving out your jiaozhu? If the Grand Master takes you by surprise and attack right now, what then? You expect the north wind and snow to block him for you?"

"The Grand Master will not come before Shunde recovers."

"That guy's temperament is far better than yours! And how can you be so sure!?"

The monk yelled some more, but when he saw Changyi had no intention of letting Ji Yunhe go, he said "fine" three times in a row.

"You are lord now! I am no longer of any assistance to you. Do as you wish!" Then the monk kicked the needle bag on the ground and stormed out.

When Ji Yunhe saw that the only person who could help her scold this big-tailed fish was now gone, she only grew angrier and more anxious. She struggled desperately to the point of almost hurting herself before Changyi finally released her.

She got up immediately and rummaged through the bed, of course finding no weapons, so she sat down and huffed and puffed out in anger instead. After she calmed a bit and suppressed her urge to get violent, she stared at him.

"Forget everything else, but this jiaozhu matter is no child's play. Take it back."

"Child's play?"

Changyi sneered then said, "Fine, let's take it as child's play then. Why does it concern you? And why are you so eager to return it to me? Do you actually care about my business?" Ji Yunhe's lips tightened then she said calmly,

"Changyi, this is not your business. This is a world affair, the livelihoods of many people."

"It's your world, and your people." Changyi raised a finger and pointed to her face.

"You guys pulled me into this world, I have long lost the way I came."

Ji Yunhe's gaze followed his long silver hair down to his legs. He had become so accustomed to walking on them that she nearly forgot what he used to look like. Her heart ached.

"You should have gone back."

"Heh..." Changyi sneered again.

"Go back to where?"

"The sea." Ji Yunhe closed her eyes and could not bear to look at Changyi anymore.

"You shouldn't have held on to the hatred, and you shouldn't have lost yourself in it." Changyi was silent for so long she thought he was not going to respond.

"What I held on to and lost myself in was never hatred."

Ji Yunhe did not expect this from him. She raised her head and met his gaze. Like the sea meeting a dark abyss, they saw their own reflections inside each other's eyes. He did not speak more, but she could hear him say: What I held on to and lost myself in was never hatred...

It was you. Ji Yunhe's heart felt nothing but pain. She turned her eyes away to escape the sea of water.

She chose to return to reality.

"You know, even your jiaozhu can't really help me renew my life." Changyi was really silent this time.

"Changyi, the people who came to join you entrusted you with their lives, their future, and their whole world..." Ji Yunhe paused.

"You know what it's like to be disillusioned, so…" Changyi did not want to hear any more and stood up.

"I can take care of the Northlands without my jiaozhu."

He turned around and left. Ji Yunhe sat alone on the bed. She covered her face and let out a long sigh.

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