Both worlds are like dreams

Xue Huang slept until dark. She seemed to smell a fragrance in a daze. She sat up immediately because she hadn't eaten all day.

As soon as I walked out of the palace, I saw Mo Yunchen sitting under the peach tree, placing the food in the food box on the table one by one.

At first glance, there were braised pork elbows, crystal dumplings, emerald shrimps and crab roe egg custard, all steaming, as well as her favorite Rouge Drunk.

Xue Huang's stomach growled. Although she was upset with Mo Yunchen, she really couldn't get along with food at the moment.

He sat down at the table and started eating without any hesitation.

Mo Yunchen poured her a glass of wine, and seeing her satisfied look while eating, a smile flashed in his eyes.

Xue Huang was concentrating on eating and didn't notice his expression at all.

Maybe it was because she was too hungry, but the pork elbow in braised sauce tasted particularly delicious today. Xuehuang ate half a plate of it in one go, and there were greasy spots on the corners of her mouth.

Mo Yunchen couldn't help but stretch out his hand to wipe it off for her, but Xue Huang instinctively dodged.

Looking at his hand hanging in the air, she was stunned for a moment, then she reached out and rubbed it.

Mo Yun silently withdrew his hand and drank another glass of wine.

After a moment of silence, he said indifferently, "What did you do alone down there?"

"Nothing." Xue Huang said without raising her head.

"You have so many secrets. Do you know why I never ask?"

"Because I won't tell you even if you ask me. Of course, if you want to threaten me with the antidote to the Heart-Eating Gu, I can tell you."

Mo Yunchen smiled, with cold paranoia in his eyes, "Do you want me to threaten you?"

Xuehuang was no longer in the mood to eat, so she put down her chopsticks and said nothing.

"Does it mean that in your eyes, no matter what I ask you to do, you feel that I am threatening you, so you will compromise no matter what I ask you to do?"

"Do you still need to ask?"

Mo Yunchen's tone was slightly heavy, "I don't want you to be like this."

"So what do you want from me?" Xue Huang frowned. Her patience had long been exhausted, and now she was filled with anger. "If I don't do what you say, you're not satisfied. If I do, you're still not satisfied. Are you sick? I agreed to all your conditions, but you refused to give me the antidote formula for the Heart-Eating Gu. This deal was unfair to begin with. I didn't say anything, so why are you so mad?"

"I said, what I want is your sincerity."

Xue Huang was somewhat speechless. "Then tell me, what does it mean to be sincere? Is it to be caring and concerned about you, or to be extremely attentive to you?"

Mo Yunchen's face was as cold as ice. She never understood what he wanted, and perhaps even he himself didn't know. But seeing her like this, he became even angrier.

She seemed to be playing dumb, or not understanding, but more like she was unwilling to spend any time on him.

Xue Huang looked at his gloomy eyes and saw the raging anger in them. She sighed and softened her tone. "So what are you angry about?"

Mo Yunchen suppressed his anger and asked calmly, "You were never afraid of angering me before, but now no matter how angry you are, you will endure it. Are you afraid that I won't give you the antidote for the Heart-Eating Gu?"

Xue Huang remained silent, because what he said was absolutely right.

She was spoiled by everyone in Guigu since she was a child. She was fearless and had people to support her even when she got into trouble, so she was not afraid of angering anyone at all.

But that doesn't mean she would let others get hurt just because of her momentary anger.

Gu Qinglan is her beloved. He died because of her in the previous life and was implicated by her in this life, so no matter how much injustice he suffers, she can endure it.

Mo Yunchen has been using her in his past and present lives and is not worthy of her trust at all. How dare she take the risk of Gu Qinglan's life?

Mo Yunchen crushed the cup unconsciously. The sharp fragments immediately cut his palm and blood flowed out. He was still unconscious and looked at Xue Huang with eyes as cold as a glacier.

Xue Huang frowned as she looked at him. "So, you are angry that I won't go against you? Then you give me the antidote formula, or you promise to never embarrass Gu Qinglan again, and I will go against you in everything, okay?"

Mo Yunchen was almost pissed off by her, his eyes were so cold that it seemed as if he wanted to eat her alive.

Mu Guang couldn't listen any more and said helplessly, "Are you stupid? He wants your sincerity because he hopes that everything you do for him is from the bottom of your heart, not to compromise for another man. You are usually very smart, why are you so stupid now? To put it bluntly, he has fallen in love with you and wants you to love him too. You are really loyal. How do you say that? Oh, by the way, I see all living things as grass and trees, but I see you as a green mountain. You are only open-minded to Gu Qinglan, right? You are really blind to others!"

Xue Huang resisted the urge to scold him, her expression turned cold, but suddenly she found it funny and a mocking smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Mo Yunchen frowned, "What are you laughing at?"

"Laugh at the fickleness of fate and the tricks of fate."

"What's so funny?"

"I told you that you fell in love with the person you have hurt the most. You will have to live in regret for the rest of your life and will never be able to love again. Tell me, isn't this fate playing tricks on you? Isn't it ridiculous?"

Mo Yunchen's eyes deepened slightly, "You remember."

"so what?"

"Then you should remember that I also asked you why you hated me so much? And I asked you this question more than once."

"Don't you already have the answer in your heart? Why ask again?"

"You're not telling the truth."

Xue Huang said calmly, "Do you believe in past lives and present lives?"

Mo Yunchen didn't say anything, seeming to be thinking about something.

"I believe it. Causes in previous lives are consequences in this life. Some things will still exist even if time passes by, and some pains cannot be erased even if time goes back."

Mo Yunchen stared into her eyes, "What did I do to you to make you hate me so much? Is it because I hurt your family, or because I killed you?"

"All."

"Okay." Mo Yunchen said in a slightly cold tone, "Then answer me, Shen Congfeng is the person who directly caused the destruction of your country. Is everything he did more cruel than what I did? But why is your hatred for him far less than mine?"

Xue Huang did not answer.

"You can't answer? Did I do something else to offend you, or are you more obsessed with the fact that I was the one who hurt you?"

"That's enough!" Xue Huang stood up and left, "Don't go crazy here!"

Mo Yunchen grabbed her and held her wrist tightly, "Don't you have the courage to answer me?"

"You think too much! Don't be so self-righteous, Mo Yunchen. You have done far more things to let me down than you can imagine! I won't tell you because I want to torture you! The most painful and resentful thing in this world is to be unable to get what you want. Mo Yunchen, you made me unable to get the love I want in my whole life, and you will also experience the pain of being unable to get what you want for the rest of your life!"

Mo Yunchen suddenly laughed, but there seemed to be a hint of madness in his voice, "Torture? I wish for it!"

Xue Huang struggled, "You are a complete lunatic."

"That's right!" Mo Yunchen lowered his head and bit her neck.

Xue Huang felt pain and pushed him away, "Are you crazy?"

"I am indeed a lunatic. I said that even if it is hell, we will be together. No matter how much you hate me, you have to stay with me." Mo Yunchen smiled paranoidly and reached out to wipe the blood on her neck. "Since you don't like the freedom I give you, you have to learn your lesson in the future."

When Xue Huang looked at him, she inexplicably felt a trace of fear in her heart, and she unconsciously took a step back.

Mo Yunchen looked at her, silently clenched his palms, and said coldly: "In three days, we will set off back to the northern border." After that, he turned away.

Xue Huang sighed, sat down weakly, hugged her knees and remained silent.

Mu Guang called her consciousness in, but Xue Huang still didn't respond until he called her, "What are you thinking about?"

Xue Huang lowered her head, "Tell me, why did he fall in love with me?"

"how could I know?"

"Don't you think it's ridiculous?" Xue Huang sighed. "Gu Qingli had been by his side for three years, but he still killed her without hesitation. Why is he so persistent like a madman in this new life?"

"It's retribution!" Mu Guang said with a smile.

Xue Huang glanced at him and said, "Can you be serious?"

Mu Guang raised his eyebrows, "If I'm serious, I'm afraid you won't dare to face my questions."

"What am I afraid of?"

"Do you know what the difference is between Gu Qingli and you now?"