Was it you that night?
Chapter 120 - 118: Shared Dream among Four People

Chapter 120: Chapter 118: Shared Dream among Four People

"I don’t know. Is she, is she still alright?" It took Qu Nian a while to find his voice.

He didn’t care about the affairs of the Three Realms; after killing his enemies, he had concentrated all his attention on resurrecting Sanniang.

If nothing out of the ordinary happened, Nan Sheng would be his daughter.

Many years ago, he had encountered Nan Lan once and had seen his own daughter. She looked thin and small at the time, which made him feel somewhat guilty, so he secretly fed Nan Sheng an Immortal Pill.

That pill was no ordinary item, but he hadn’t expected that his daughter was already part of the cultivation world.

"During our Trials in the Red Moon Secret Realm, Nan Sheng was there as well, and she had the opportunity to obtain the Snow Bone Grass. Qu Nian, have you ever thought, if Nan Sheng obtained the Snow Bone Grass, would you still open up Nan Sheng’s heart to resurrect Sanniang?" Shen Qinghe posed another lethal question.

Qu Nian swayed as if about to fall, unable to answer.

"See, you never loved Liu Sanniang that much. People say you became a Demon out of emotion, they call you the Emotion Demon, but I think not. You’re just self-deluded, looking for a reason to keep living. If you truly loved Liu Sanniang that deeply, how could you have fallen in love with Nan Lan and moved on from Sanniang? Love isn’t as cheap as you think," Shen Qinghe said with an ironic curve of her lips.

At least in the book, Qu Nian did not take Nan Sheng’s heart. Even upon learning that Nan Sheng had obtained the Snow Bone Grass, Qu Nian never robbed Nan Sheng.

It showed that between Nan Sheng and Liu Sanniang, Qu Nian had once again chosen Nan Sheng, while Liu Sanniang was always the one who got abandoned.

If Qu Nian’s love for Liu Sanniang was deep enough, he wouldn’t have been tempted by another beauty.

After all, Qu Nian is just a fickle and uncommitted man, and yet, due to the unusual way he fell into demonhood, people forcefully shrouded this fickle man in a halo.

Someone like Qu Nian, who became a Demon, shouldn’t be called an Emotion Demon; calling him that insults the very word "emotion."

The scene was dead silent, no one spoke.

It took Qu Nian a while before he burst into a mad laughter, "Fairy Qinghe is right, someone like me does not deserve Sanniang. Clearly, my heart has changed, and yet I still pretend to be lovesick, which is utterly ridiculous!"

His gaze fixed on Yan Changsheng’s face.

He finally understood why Yan Changsheng had broken his Illusory Realm; it was not just because Yan Changsheng faced the same ordeal and developed a Heart Demon, but also because he had had an affair with his daughter.

Was this a cursed fate, or was it destined all along?

Yan Changsheng also found it absurd.

He had never imagined that Qu Nian would turn out to be Nan Sheng’s biological father. Nan Sheng was clearly not present, yet it seemed her presence was everywhere.

The most terrifying part was that Liu Sanniang died on the Qiqiao Festival, and it was on that very day that he brought Nan Sheng back to Sky Pole Sect, injured the Master, and ruined the wedding with Qinghe.

To him, Nan Sheng was like a nightmare from which he could never awake, trapped with no way out.

Looking at Qinghe’s profile, he realized that just looking at her could hurt him so much.

"Today was supposed to be the joyful day of Nan Sheng and Big Senior Brother’s wedding," Shen Qinghe suddenly said again.

It all felt unbelievably coincidental.

In the book, Nan Sheng and Xiao Chen’s wedding didn’t happen because Yan Changsheng couldn’t let go of Nan Sheng, and he snatched the bride away at the wedding, resulting in the collapse of the marriage.

Now, it was because of Qu Nian, the biological father, that Nan Sheng and Xiao Chen’s wedding still didn’t take place. This is the power of plot, always steering the story toward its intended destination.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen’s gaze shifted to Shen Qinghe, momentarily dazed.

Today should have been the joyful day of his wedding with Nan Sheng, and as long as he married her, everything would be settled once and for all.

But at this critical moment, Qu Nian suddenly appeared and abducted Shen Qinghe.

Having heard the story about Qu Nian and Liu Sanniang, he realized one thing: some people, once missed, are missed for a lifetime, and regret is of no use.

It was like the helplessness he felt yesterday as he watched Shen Qinghe marry Dongfang Wuya, knowing full well it was an Illusory Realm, he was still unable to stop her from marrying someone else.

Not only was Xiao Chen greatly shocked, but so was Yan Changsheng.

Qu Nian had lost Liu Sanniang and their two children because of Nan Sheng’s mother; how could his situation be any better?

He had done so many wrong things for Nan Sheng in the past, and with Qinghe’s temperament, she would never forgive him.

"I am fated with all of you here. As you’ve made the trip this time, I don’t have any gifts to offer. Before parting, I’ll give you all a dream..."

No sooner had Qu Nian finished speaking than a light, smoky blood mist rose from the ice cellar, and almost everyone present fell into the dream at the same time.

In the dream, Shen Qinghe and Yan Changsheng were childhood sweethearts, and Xiao Chen was Yan Changsheng’s good friend.

While Yan Changsheng and Shen Qinghe were discussing marriage, Xiao Chen met a girl named Nan Sheng and fell in love with her at first sight.

Of course, Xiao Chen couldn’t escape the charm of Nan Sheng; he fell in love with her.

But Nan Sheng liked Yan Changsheng and also chose Yan Changsheng. He didn’t feel much jealousy, but was more concerned about how Shen Qinghe felt.

Xiao Chen even had the thought that since Yan Changsheng wouldn’t marry Shen Qinghe, perhaps he should marry her himself.

Knowing that Yan Changsheng’s heart belonged to someone else, Shen Qinghe wasn’t too upset or heartbroken.

When she reached the age to discuss marriage, she followed her family’s arrangements and put the matter on the agenda.

There were two families negotiating marriage with the Shen Family, one was the son of the Dongfang Family, Dongfang Wuya, and the other was Xiao Chen.

Shen Qinghe felt she should avoid any impropriety with Xiao Chen and naturally chose Dongfang Wuya, thus becoming aligned with the Dongfang Family.

A month after Yan Changsheng married Nan Sheng, Shen Qinghe also married Dongfang Wuya.

Dongfang Wuya had never seen Shen Qinghe before their marriage; he didn’t have any feelings for her at first, and being a cold person, the couple spent little time together, with him always treating her indifferently.

Two years later, when Shen Qinghe was pregnant with his child, he still couldn’t warm up to her.

Shen Qinghe, having never met Dongfang Wuya before their marriage, naturally had no feelings for him either.

She didn’t take Dongfang Wuya’s cold indifference to heart.

Throughout two years of marriage, they always treated each other with an indifferent attitude, and she never expected any affection from Dongfang Wuya. To her, the child to whom she was blood-related was what mattered.

All her love went to her child, and she looked forward to giving birth smoothly. Sadly, fate played a cruel trick on her, causing a massive hemorrhage due to an abnormal fetal position on the day of the delivery.

In the end, she struggled to give birth to a soft little daughter, and while she was lucky enough to cling to life, her body was grievously weakened.

Because Shen Qinghe was in poor health, the responsibility of raising the child fell on Dongfang Wuya. Knowing Shen Qinghe’s love for the child, he often brought the child to stay by her side.

It was during this time that their affection for each other began to grow...