“I can say other things.” I looked up and coldly met his gaze.
“Let me go.” I didn’t care about challenging the limits of his emotions, speaking coldly, “Forcing someone who doesn’t want to stay by your side is imprisonment, which is illegal.”
His gentle eyes immediately became crystal clear, like a water pool, desperately suppressing his anger, “You must do this? When we were young…”
“But you’ve changed, becoming increasingly terrifying. Why did you kill Ruohan? Just because he privately helped me? Why did you kill Ye Suo, just because he was my love? Is your love so shallow?” I burst out all the resentment I’d been holding for days.
“You all leave first.” Liu Yu coldly dismissed the maids waiting nearby, then slowly walked to me, smiling bitterly, “The only one who can hurt me in this world is you, and you’ve said all the words that could hurt me.”
I stared at him in shock. He continued, “Do you think if I didn’t kill Ye Suo, the court would spare you? By me stepping in, I could still save your life. Don’t you understand?”
“For the me before losing my memory, dying together was the true happy ending.” I understood myself. I used to be moved to tears watching martial arts dramas where the male and female leads died together.
hesitating, firmly believing they would love freely in another realm. Now I only possess the dialogue from that blank memory, but can’t recall the exact tremor of that love…
“Yes, if you died, I could focus without distraction, but I can’t bear to… Are you satisfied? This is how shallow my love is!” He roared self-mockingly, and surprisingly, my heart ached, momentarily unsure what to say.
A maid slowly approached, timidly looking at the angry Liu Yu, curtsying, her voice like a mosquito, “My Lord, Master Ye asked what needs to be prepared for the evening banquet?”
“Leave.” Liu Yu shouted harshly. The maid was so scared she quickly backed away. I paused, then asked, “Can we invite a theater troupe to perform?”
The maid stood frozen, looking at me with Liu Yu’s puzzled gaze. I smiled softly, “I’m feeling stifled staying in the mansion all day. I want to hear some opera.”
