Was it you that night?
Chapter 163 - 161: You are mine!

Chapter 163: Chapter 161: You are mine!

Xiao Chen gave a faint smile, toying with Nan Sheng’s slender fingers, "You’re still lying at this moment. That day, you deliberately came to me to inquire about Zhiyao; you also desired to kill her. Nan Sheng, if the Sky Pole Sect really is to find someone who understands you, it would be none other than me."

Nan Sheng remembered how she had thrown herself at him time and again, even stripping naked to please him, yet he could always restrain his desires, gently pushing her away with a tender smile each time, indulgently telling her to stop fooling around.

She knew then that this man, seemingly gentle, was more ruthless than anyone else.

A man able to easily control his own desires must be harsh on himself first, and so, he would be even harsher on others.

Even now, he could still smile so tenderly, appearing as an intimate lover to her, but she knew that in the next moment, he would be ruthless to her!

At this thought, her heart swelled and ached.

Her voice hoarse, she asked, "Brother Xiao, do you really understand me that well?"

Xiao Chen’s smile gradually faded, "I know you are extremely cold-blooded and selfish, and that your seemingly delicate and lovely appearance is but a means to achieve your goals. Just like how you excel at seduction and playing the damsel in distress, because most men possess a natural sympathy for the fairer sex, and you have repeatedly proven this tactic to be infallible. Just now, your tears and show of weakness were nothing but your usual methods..."

Upon hearing this, Nan Sheng withdrew her hand angrily and interrogated in a loud voice, "If you think I’m selfish and cold-blooded, then why would you still agree to marry me?"

So he was regretting it now, not wanting to marry her, a selfish and cold-hearted woman? Or was it that he wanted to get Shen Qinghe and had to kick her, this eyesore of a stone, out of the way first?

"I decided to get engaged with you because I needed a Daoist companion to constrain myself. Whether you’re kind or not is of no consequence to me, as I am not exactly a paragon of virtue myself..."

Before Xiao Chen could finish, Nan Sheng suddenly stood up, intending to leave.

Unfortunately, however swiftly she moved, she could not match Xiao Chen’s speed. In an instant, he was in front of her, continuing his unfinished statement, "Shengsheng, let us call off our engagement here and now."

Nan Sheng felt a buzzing in her ears. She tried to bypass Xiao Chen, but he blocked her path again, her emotions spiraling out of control in the moment, "Why are you too bullying me? That’s right, you fancy Shen Qinghe, don’t you? Do you think by breaking off our engagement, Shen Qinghe will be with you? Have you forgotten about Mr. Wuya? Mr. Wuya treats her so well, why would she forsake him for you? You’re wrong, completely wrong; the very moment you personally injured Shen Qinghe was when you lost your chance! Why do you men always look around? Why can’t you be steadfast with one? You’re like this, Yan Changsheng is too, and so is Qu Nian..."

Overwhelmed, she cried out loudly.

Xiao Chen’s expression remained calm as he watched Nan Sheng’s emotional breakdown, then suddenly countered, "Why can’t you be steadfast with one, either?"

But it’s just human nature, after all.

Yan Changsheng loved Nan Sheng so much in the past, yet wasn’t she still looking around? She herself could not be steadfast, so how could she expect someone else to be steadfast with her?

Moreover, he had never loved her, never had.

Nan Sheng had tried to seduce him numerous times, and he had felt the desires a man would have, but he was able to control himself.

But Shen Qinghe was different; she did nothing at all, yet she could evoke strong desires within him.

Nan Sheng’s crying stopped abruptly as she suddenly remembered all those times she wavered between Yan Changsheng and Xiao Chen.

Back then, she thought she could control the hearts of men, that whoever she wanted would bow down to her, but in the end, she was the one who fell, while Yan Changsheng and Xiao Chen walked away.

"Brother Xiao, you are mine, and I will not concede you to Qinghe," Nan Sheng suddenly revealed a sinister smile. "She has already taken Brother Changsheng away from me, I won’t give her a chance to take you as well."

She suddenly remembered.

Shen Qinghe had said she would snatch from her anything she wanted; that woman was heartless and sick, never wishing to see her well, so she wanted to steal Xiao Chen away from her.

"What does she have to do with the matter between us, why must you drag her into it?" Xiao Chen felt that Nan Sheng’s expression looked a bit deranged.

"Isn’t she always luring Brother Xiao’s heart? I’m not blind, I saw it on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival that year. She was deliberately seducing Brother Xiao, and I won’t let Brother Xiao leave my side. The words Brother Xiao said today, I’ll just pretend I didn’t hear them," Nan Sheng said as she pushed Xiao Chen away and flew off on her sword without looking back.

Xiao Chen had not expected such a reaction from Nan Sheng.

He thought he understood Nan Sheng’s temperament and that she did not have much genuine affection for him, but he had never imagined her reaction would be so intense. Was it because she feared losing face?

Nan Sheng lived in the Disciples’ Courtyard, ten miles away from the main peak, along with An Lu.

But since coming to the Sky Pole Sect, Nan Sheng seldom returned to live in the Disciples’ Courtyard. Initially, she lived in Shaonian Tower, and after parting with Yan Changsheng, she moved into the Spring Breeze Pavilion.

When Nan Sheng returned to the Disciples’ Courtyard, the female cultivators looked at her sideways, curious about why she had come back.

Everyone knew that Nan Sheng and Xiao Chen were only a step away from forming a bond, and Nan Sheng had already moved into the Spring Breeze Pavilion.

Seeing Nan Sheng’s reddened eyes as if she had cried, everyone was even more curious about what had happened.

Seeing Nan Sheng, An Lu immediately approached and asked, "Shengsheng, are you okay? Your Golden Core almost shattered yesterday, have you recovered now?"

Nan Sheng forced out a slight smile: "I’m fine."

She noticed An Lu’s difficulty in moving and the wounds on her body and inquired, "What happened to you? How did you suddenly get injured?"

An Lu recounted the events of the previous night, and with a hint of resentment said, "If it really were Shen Qinghe who harmed Ah Yu and me, then we were implicated by you."

"All you did was truthfully answer what happened that day; how can that be considered being implicated by me? Nevertheless, it’s my fault. Ultimately, it’s because Qinghe is too formidable; none of us is a match for her." Nan Sheng intentionally stirred up An Lu’s hatred towards Qinghe.

An Lu was well aware of what Nan Sheng was trying to do.

She responded perfunctorily to a few sentences, then voiced the question everyone was curious about, "Why have you come back? Why is Big Senior Brother not with you?"

With such a significant incident occurring yesterday, Xiao Chen, as Nan Sheng’s fiancé, had not shown up, not even when Nan Sheng’s Golden Core was almost shattered.

This unusual behavior inevitably led to suspicions about whether there had been a change in Nan Sheng and Xiao Chen’s engagement.

Rong Yu had been in despair ever since the engagement between Xiao Chen and Nan Sheng was set, but now she suddenly felt a glimmer of hope.

Even though she had gotten close to Nan Sheng during this time, her intention in befriending Nan Sheng had been to approach Xiao Chen through her.

If there was a twist in the engagement between Xiao Chen and Nan Sheng, wouldn’t that mean her chance had arrived?

With that thought, she asked with feigned concern, "Such a big incident happened to you, doesn’t Big Senior Brother care about you at all?"