Destiny

"What about Yingyue? Is she ok now?"

"She is not there anymore, we thought that she is here in her cave, that's why we are in the water realm.

"Wait, so let me understand, Xiang Li is actually Yu Bin?" Tianyu asked surprised, he didn't expect this.

"Yes" Xian Chen answered looking at Yu Bin and smiled sweetly

"And she is the daughter of the former king and Queen…" continued asking but with every answer, Xian Chen was giving he was becoming more anxious.

"That's right"

"That means she is the one who killed you, your majesty"

"No, that was Yingyue, but it was by mistake, it was a misunderstanding," Xian Chen answered, trying to calm Tianyu down.

Thinking back, there was a time when he believed the same thing. but in the end, it wasn't Yingyue's fault either. She was fooled by Ming Fang. She was made to believe that her mistress would be killed again just like the queen of heaven realm was. Because of some misunderstandings between the two Yingyue ended up killing him but he will never blame her for that because if there was anyone who cared about Yu Bin as much as he did or maybe even more, it was Yingyue.

"But everyone knows that princess Yu Bin killed her parents, her master, and you…." Tianyu said but was interrupted by Xian Chen who didn't want to make Yu Bin more confused and think that she is to be blamed for something.

"That's a misunderstanding too"

"But…"

"Tianyu… you are a great king, and you know better what to believe and what not. I am telling you that the only one to blame was Ming Fang and that was not really her fault either, because, in her process to revive her parents, she lost her soul. In the end, what happened in our previous life was no one's fault. It was our fate.

But this time, she really tried to kill Yu Bin so I will not forgive her."

Yes, that's how it was, sometimes it's no one's fault, sometimes your life is caught in a series of incidents and you may end up wondering why this happens and looking for a culprit, however, sometimes life is like that, it happens that this is your destiny, it is no one's fault. It wasn't her fault then, her soul was taken when she tried to revive her parents. Thinking better, even now it wasn't her fault, but the fact that he was separated from Yu Bin for so long made him resent her.

"This time was not her fault either. After all, her soul is still missing…" Yu Bin said calmly looking into his eyes. It's not like he didn't know that, but what should he do then?

"So what you are saying is that I should forgive her?"

" Aren't I still alive?"

"That's…."

"I am still alive so you should give up on your grudge"

"But.." How can he do it when his pain is still there, the memory of her falling down the hill is still there and it hurts like hell so how can he give up. He knows it is not her fault, he really does but how can he give up on a grudge he has with a half-innocent person? After all, with a soul or not, Ming-Fang tried to kill his love. She was the one who stabbed her, she was the one who pushed her on the hill while smiling, so how can he forgive her?

"Anyway, you said you know where Yingyue might be, right?" Yu Bin asked, changing the subject and pulling Xian Chen out of his lost thoughts. She might not remember him but seeing him struggle by himself made her somehow uncomfortable.

"Right" Xian Chen answered, coming back to his senses. They need to find Yingyue and help Yu Bin to remember everything.

"So let's go see her, I might be able to remember something," She said smiling wide. She just tried to look strong in front of everyone. Looking at them she could understand that everyone was worried already, that they were tired, but she was thankful that even if five years had passed they never stopped to look for her.

"Ah, Xiang Li, you are leaving?" Tianyu asked, grabbing her hand. Even if she was Yu Bin, even if there were rumors about her killing her family if Xian Chen said she was innocent then she is, after all, he was living with her for five years, if she was an evil one, even if she didn't remember anything she would still be evil, but, all this time she was nothing but truthful to him,

"Well, isn't it the time already? I really need to recover my memories so I need to find Yingyue for that. Thank you for always being there for me, thank you for being my friend, and thank you for saving me. I will always be thankful to you." Yu Bin answered, patting his shoulder. She really was thankful to him. If it wasn't for him then she would be dead now. Even though he didn't know her, even though he didn't know who she was, and even though she didn't have a chance in life, he still took her with him and did everything possible to save her. Tianyu was her benefactor, and that's why she will be grateful all her life.

"So we are saying our goodbyes?" Tianyu asked, looking down. Now his life will go back to how it was before meeting her. He will be alone once again, there will not be a smile in the morning for him. There will be no more morning walks by the river or laughter over dinner as the two of them reminisce about what happened during the day

"Ah, don't think like that, it's not goodbye, it's just see you later. I already told you that I will come back no matter what, so wait for me, ok?" Yu Bin said, smiling tenderly. She will make sure that she will visit this one sometime later when she will remember who she is and when she will find Yingyue and save Ming Fang. When everything will settle she will definitely come back to visit him.

"Ok, then, I'll see you one day," Tianyu said, sighing. He was not having any power to stop her anyway. There was just one thing he could do and that was trust her promise and wait for her.

After everyone said their goodbyes Bao Fang , Lonwei, Mon and Xian Chen together with Yu Bin left for the cave where they first time found Yingyue.

"Come, I will take you there " Xian Chen said, grabbing Yu Bin in his arms and flying on his sword they headed towards the cave.