Chapter 187: Chapter 187 : I Do Not Love You

Liu Wenyuan was as beautiful as Zhang Fengxi remembered, but he carried an air of desolation.

Standing before Zhang Fengxi while squeezing his hands in restlessness, he seemed to be out of place.

Indeed he was, because he was no longer welcome in Zhang Fengxi’s life.

"Prince," Liu Wenyuan choked with sobs. "Have you not received my messages?"

"No."

Hope caused Liu Wenyuan’s face to light up, but it was quickly extinguished by what Zhang Fengxi said next.

"I ordered my people to never relay any message from you anymore."

"Prince..."

Liu Wenyuan started sobbing.

"I was wrong. I know that now. I am willing to apologize to the Crown Prince for all my misdeeds. I am also deeply apologetic for trying to tie you down with a baby."

Zhang Fengxi grabbed a handful of his bedsheet. He did not want to hear anything else from Liu Wenyuan. Right now he did not trust him at all. He even doubted that Liu Wenyuan was ever pregnant with his child in the previous life.

Maybe Liu Wenyuan had always been a scheming person with zero conscience, and Zhang Fengxi was the idiot who took every word out of Liu Wenyuan’s mouth as the truth.

"I only did that because I didn’t want you to leave me and chase after the Crown Prince. Prince Fengxi, please believe me!"

Zhang Fengxi averted his gaze. He rose to his feet and turned away from Liu Wenyuan.

"I do not wish to speak of the matters of the past. We have broken all relations with each other. You owe me no apology, although you should atone for your sin toward Xie Jianyu."

Liu Wenyuan sobbed harder.

"Prince, please."

He dashed toward Zhang Fengxi and wrapped his arms around the alpha.

"Please give me another chance. I promise that I will not do anything like that anymore. I promise to be a conscientious wife and even a friend to the Crown Prince."

"Liu Wenyuan..."

Zhang Fengxi wrenched his former lover’s arms away from his body and yanked the omega forward.

They looked into each other’s eyes while Zhang Fengxi held Liu Wenyuan’s wrists with his hands. Liu Wenyuan had been reduced to a puddle of tears.

"I love you," Liu Wenyuan said in a broken voice. "Prince, I know that you still love me."

Love him?

Zhang Fengxi grabbed Liu Wenyuan’s face with both hands. The omega’s eyes turned round from fright.

"P-Prince?"

In his past lifetime, he would not mind exchanging his life for the dead lover who drowned in the Crystal Jade Pond.

When he was revived in his younger body, there was nothing he would love to do more than protect this lover of his, make him his, and live the rest of their lives together for all eternity.

That was how much he loved Liu Wenyuan.

And Xie Jianyu?

Whenever Zhang Fengxi thought about Xie Jianyu, the first thing that crossed his mind was a debt he had to repay. The cruelty he extended toward Xie Jianyu, and his tragic demise. He did not even have an intact corpse to be buried in. His soul scattered, lost eternally.

The blue-faced baby who resembled Xie Jianyu so much. The son he did not know existed.

The pain of losing the child, and the guilt that eventually wrapped around his neck like a noose and pushed him to his death.

It was this guilt that caused Zhang Fengxi to avoid Xie Jianyu at the beginning.

But then, how did they end up getting close to each other?

Their two palaces were not related to each other in any way.

They did not have any reason to keep meeting up.

And yet, they did.

Again, and again.

Maybe it was fate, but there was something else behind it.

Was he not the one who broke his vow of keeping a safe distance from Xie Jianyu and took the initiative to get close to him?

It was Zhang Fengxi who kept hugging Xie Jianyu against his will.

It was Zhang Fengxi who kissed Xie Jianyu ravenously during the ghost wedding.

It was Zhang Fengxi who greedily claimed Xie Jianyu’s lips when they were floating inside the Divine Dragontail Trench.

It was also Zhang Fengxi who became jealous of Zhou Guiying and Wu Shenxia.

And why?

Why did he behave so irrationally toward Xie Jianyu?

There was only one answer for that.

"I am sorry," Zhang Fengxi slowly said. He pushed Liu Wenyuan away. "I do not love you anymore."

In fact, maybe the person he loved had always been Xie Jianyu. Only that the love was buried under so many complex emotions and misunderstandings.

Liu Wenyuan’s eyes shook from grief.

"No," he said. "No, I refuse to believe it!"

"Liu Wenyuan..."

"Prince Fengxi, you are too heartless!!!"

The omega shoved Zhang Fengxi away and ran out of the tent.

Zhang Fengxi’s legs gave out under his weight. Groaning, he knelt on the ground while supporting himself with both hands.

Xie Jianyu.

The one he loved was Xie Jianyu.

It was Xie Jianyu all along.

Zhang Fengxi pushed himself up.

He had to go.

He had to see Xie Jianyu right away.

And when he saw him, he was going to tell Xie Jianyu that he loved him.

Zhang Fengxi moved toward the tent entrance with a lot of effort. Caihong squealed noisily behind him, trying to follow him outside.

"Caihong, sssh..."

Zhang Fengxi gritted his teeth as he struggled to regulate his breathing.

Wu Shenxia truly did not hold back in a fight. Zhang Fengxi pressed a hand against his chest while he doubled up in pain. It hurt so much, as if his heart was trying to free itself from his body.

Gazing downward at the brown soil under his feet, he discovered a familiar impression on the ground.

Just like every other piece of clothing that Xie Jianyu had, the bottom of his boots was also embossed with the sigil of a roaring dragon.

Right now, the same dragon was roaring at Zhang Fengxi’s face.

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