When Full Moon's hands clasped around his neck, Gu Yuan didn't even resist. He just let her strangle him tightly.
I realized something was terribly wrong. I quickly drew my sword and rushed over, pulling Full Moon off Gu Yuan.
Full Moon was covered in blood, staining Gu Yuan's body red.
Hatred gleamed in her eyes. When she looked at me, her lips twitched. She pushed me aside forcefully and said venomously, "Lan Chiyu, you've ruined everything for me. I hate you! I hate you..."
I stood opposite Full Moon, staring at her coldly. There was absolute iciness in my eyes. What had happened to her was entirely self - inflicted. I felt no pity for her. A person like her deserved to die a hundred times.
Full Moon's blood was almost drained. At the spot on her chest where the talisman paper was stuck, her skin began to peel off continuously. Her body was like falling plaster, chunks of it dropping to the ground.
It was obvious that she was in great pain. The following words she uttered were gritted through her teeth.
"Lan Chiyu, there's still a secret... I've never told you... Uh..."
Her brows knitted tightly and her lips twitched. It seemed she couldn't hold on much longer.
"... Remember when Gu Yuan separated our souls? He didn't just separate mine. He also took something from your body... Hehe..."
At this point, she started to laugh. Her crazy laughter made my hair stand on end.
Gu Yuan got up from the ground and tried to stop her from speaking further, but I raised my hand and blocked him behind me.
"Let her speak."
"Hahaha... Maybe you didn't even know you were pregnant. That child was killed in the cradle by the so - called father. Hahaha..."
Full Moon laughed louder and louder. Hearing her words, my head felt like it had been hit hard by a hammer. It was buzzing, and I almost fainted.
"Lanlan... Listen to me..." Gu Yuan wanted to explain, but I suddenly raised my hand and stopped him.
"Lan Chiyu, now you seem really pitiful..." She wanted to continue.
Suddenly, as if she had noticed something, her eyes quickly shifted behind me. Her crazy demeanor just now was replaced by pain and pity.
She gently raised a hand, reaching out to the person behind me.
I turned around following her hand and saw Long Lin appear in front of me with a golden light.
He threw away his jade - bone fan, grabbed Full Moon's hand and pulled her into his arms.
"Full Moon..." Long Lin called her name, his voice filled with deep grief.
Full Moon lay limply in Long Lin's arms, raising her hand to gently caress his face.
"Long Lin, I really don't want to leave you. I wanted to marry you so much, but it's too late... Cough cough cough..."
Blood kept coughing out of her mouth, and her eyes became more and more unfocused.
"You must remember, it was Gu Yuan who killed me. I couldn't escape his doom twice... Our fateful bond can only continue in the next life..."
After Full Moon finished speaking, the hand on Long Lin's face dropped heavily to the ground. This time, Full Moon was truly dead.
She was completely destroyed, both body and soul. The promise of continuing their love in the next life would probably never come true.
Long Lin held Full Moon's gradually disappearing body. Grief welled up in him, and tears streamed down his face.
"Ah..." He let out a long howl to the sky. The whole room shook violently, as if an earthquake had struck.
Just then, Jun He returned.
He took out some talisman papers and slapped them on the walls of the room. He shouted, "Hold!"
The walls of the 18th floor didn't collapse, but it was obvious that the house couldn't hold on much longer.
Seeing that Gu Yuan and I were still standing there in a daze, Jun He quickly stepped forward, grabbed us and dragged us outside.
"What are you waiting for? The house is going to collapse."
Meanwhile, Long Lin had snapped out of his grief. He stood up from the ground, glaring angrily at us.
"None of you can leave. I'll make you pay for Full Moon's life..." As his voice faded, he waved his arm to the side. The jade - bone fan spun on the ground and flew back into his hand.
Long Lin twirled the jade - bone fan, stomped on the ground forcefully, and charged towards us with all his hostility.
Gu Yuan was at the back. Long Lin's fan slashed across his clothes. I didn't know if he was injured. Seeing this, Jun He didn't care about anything else. He threw Gu Yuan and me off the 18th floor, and then he fought with Long Lin.
The feeling of weightlessness made me hold onto Gu Yuan tightly, but his grip on my hand was getting looser and looser.
Normally at this moment, Gu Yuan would surely keep us floating in mid - air. However, today for some reason, we were about to fall to the ground, and he still showed no sign of action.
The strong wind whistled past my ears. I forced myself to open my eyes to check his situation.
His eyes were closed tightly. It seemed he had fainted.
God! How could he faint at such a critical moment? I was really speechless.
Seeing that we were about to smash into the ground and turn into minced meat, I grabbed his shoulder, trying to cushion his fall with my body, but I couldn't pull him over.
In desperation, I yanked hard with my arm. Suddenly, a misty ribbon like an aurora shot out from my body. I had seen this once before. It was the light from the hairpin Gu Yuan gave me.
The misty ribbon was like silk, encircling the two of us. The feeling of weightlessness gradually disappeared. Only when we landed safely on the ground did the misty ribbon completely vanish.
"Gu Yuan... Gu Yuan... Wake up!" I kept shaking Gu Yuan's body, but no matter how I called him, he didn't respond at all. When I grabbed his shoulder, my hand felt sticky.
I took a closer look and found that his clothes were already torn. The deep, bone - deep scar was extremely eye - catching. This was the wound caused by Long Lin's jade - bone fan. It seemed Long Lin really wanted to kill him just now.
Long Lin slowly landed from the sky. His angry eyes looked extremely terrifying.
I couldn't help but feel a jolt of fear. I quickly stepped in front of Gu Yuan and said to Long Lin, "I killed Full Moon. If you have the guts, come at me."
Long Lin's lips curled slightly. Hearing Full Moon's name, he was even more enraged.
"Lanlan, have you really killed someone? Do you know what it feels like to kill? Don't you feel scared when the blade pierces someone's chest?"
His words left me speechless. My eyes involuntarily glanced to the left. For a moment, I didn't know how to answer him.
"Your eyes look to the right when you lie and to the left when you're thinking. I've noticed these little gestures of yours since you were a child. You still want to protect him. He's not worth it."
With each word Long Lin spoke, he took a step forward. He was really terrifying. He knew me so well. I didn't even know these little gestures about myself, but he had observed them so carefully.