She was only three years old, with chestnut-colored long hair, a streak of blood-red in the middle, fair and clean, with black and white eyes that contrasted sharply, looking somewhat timid and withdrawn.
Later, several boys of similar age came to play with the little girl, and she was afraid of each of them, until a blue-eyed boy arrived. The blue-eyed boy was not as friendly and lively as the other children, but the little girl ignored everyone else and only played with him. They ran and chased in a large field of lavender, playing hide-and-seek. Three days later, an old woman removed the chain the little girl had always worn around her neck and put a new one on her, hanging the girl’s original chain around the blue-eyed boy’s neck. The old woman touched the little girl’s head and said something, but Yu Yelan couldn’t hear what it was.
Yu Yelan tried hard to hear what the people in her dream were saying, and with a start, she woke up.
Yu Yelan slowly stood up. She was in a vast lavender field, exactly the same as in her dream. Yu Yelan quickly turned her head, and there was a tall and sturdy Catalpa tree on her right.
Where was this? Yu Yelan felt the burning temperature of the rose ring on her finger, feeling something gradually appearing and becoming clearer.
She remembered that the little girl in her dream was herself as a child, and that blue-eyed boy looked exactly like Yue Xiye!
Yu Yelan rubbed her temples, trying to think, and suddenly widened her eyes. The necklace taken from the little girl and given to the little boy was Yue Xiye’s crystal pendant! And the necklace hung on the little girl’s neck by the old woman was so familiar – it was the necklace her sister had snatched from her when she was ten!
When she was ten, her sister had accidentally seen the necklace that fell from her clothes, grabbed it, and only returned the chain to her.
“Our great Night Princess, have you finally remembered?” A low voice made Yu Yelan suddenly open her eyes.
The lavender field had disappeared, replaced by a desolate area of weeds, a burnt thick wooden stump, the same location as in her dream, but the scenery was worlds apart.
“It’s you! What is your purpose in bringing me here?” For some reason, Yu Yelan stood there, feeling a power seeping into her body from her feet. The winter wind swept by in waves, and the weeds made a rustling sound, but she didn’t feel cold or afraid at all.
“Beautiful Night Princess, haven’t you remembered me? It doesn’t matter, I won’t give you a chance to remember!
Yang Tongqi raised a sword of light, its blade composed of light, flashing as it swept towards Yu Yelan.
Yu Yelan didn’t dodge. The sword of light felt familiar to her, as if it belonged to her.
“What do you want to do?” Yue Xi Ye had been running since getting out of the car, finally seeing the person he cared about, seeing Yang Tong Ye’s weapon raised high—
Yu Ye Lan’s retreating steps stopped at Yue Xi Ye’s appearance, “Ye, you’re here…”
The Sword of Light suddenly fell, cutting off Yu Ye Lan’s words. A dazzling light flashed as Yue Xi Ye jumped up to push Yu Ye Lan away. The Sword of Light directly pierced Yue Xi Ye’s heart.
Yang Tong Ye pulled out the sharp blade, not a drop of blood flowing.
Yue Xi Ye’s eyes looked at Yu Ye Lan, who had been pushed aside, “Little rabbit…” Yue Xi Ye’s lips moved softly, his voice so light it could be blown away by the wind, “Little rabbit, leave this place, start over… and… forget about me…” With a bang, Yue Xi Ye fell, eyes wide open, looking in Yu Ye Lan’s direction, filled with silver liquid.
“No—No—Ye—Ye—” Tears burst out like a water collapse. Yu Ye Lan’s cry echoed in the wild grass sky. She crawled towards Yue Xi Ye, caressing his bloodless face, holding him in her arms, “No—Ye, how can I breathe if you’re gone?”
Yu Ye Lan’s hair mixed with snow-white strands rose up. A golden light radiated from her body, expanding into a golden halo surrounding Yu Ye Lan and Yue Xi Ye. Yang Tong Ye tried several times but could not cut through with his sword.
Yu Ye Lan’s tears fell drop by drop onto Yue Xi Ye’s pale face, “Ye, I won’t let you die. Fourteen years ago, I chose you. I won’t give up on you!”
A blazing light suddenly spread out, and the scene quickly disappeared.
Yu Ye Lan opened her eyes, smiling at the incoming sword, Yue Xi Ye’s leaping body… everything frozen mid-air.
“Ye, I love you. The luckiest thing for me is that you also love me.” Yu Ye Lan smiled, crystal tears sliding from her eyes. She walked to Yue Xi Ye, managing only this before the scene shifted, the sword coming down and piercing her heart.
A powerful light threw Yang Tong Ye far away. The sword gradually disappeared from Yu Ye Lan’s left chest, until even the hilt vanished.
Yu Ye Lan had no wounds, but her life force was depleted to the last thread.
Yue Xi Ye looked on in horror, reaching out to catch Yu Ye Lan’s weakening body.
“Little rabbit, you can’t do this. You can’t leave me! Can’t!” Tears burst from his blood-red eyes.
Yue Xi Ye slapped Yu Ye Lan’s cheeks, “Little rabbit, open your eyes and look at me. I won’t let you leave me, absolutely not!”
Yu Ye Lan struggled to open her eyes, her vision blurry. She tried to raise her hand to touch Yue Xi Ye’s cheek, her lips moving without sound, but Yue Xi Ye knew what she said!
“Ye… leave this place… start over… and… forget me…”
“No! Little rabbit, I won’t let you leave me, do you hear me, won’t… won’t… won’t…” Yue Xi Ye held Yu Ye Lan tightly, pain and fear driving him mad.
Yu Ye Lan’s arm raised halfway, then fell weakly. She looked at Yue Xi Ye with a lingering gaze, slowly closing her eyes. The blood-red blooming rose ring slipped from her finger into the grass.
“No—Little rabbit, I absolutely won’t let you leave me—won’t—” Yue Xi Ye held Yu Ye Lan’s increasingly cold body, using all his strength, his teeth nearly shattering, unable to believe, unwilling to accept.
His howl echoed through the yellow grass, endless, without conclusion.
Legend of Destiny (12)
Yu Ye Lan stood before an elegant palace. A long scroll unfolded on the water curtain of a fountain.
Fourteen years ago, the Li family’s Night Princess was three years old and needed to choose a future consort. All boys aged three to ten from the Li family were brought to the palace.
The Li family’s holy medical woman, married abroad, returned with her five-year-old son to attend this grand event. Over three days, the Night Princess played with a five-year-old blue-eyed boy. The Li family’s clan leader decided their marriage.
The Li family members all possessed different magical powers, and the princess played a hereditary role. Before marriage, the princess’s magical power was sealed in the Li family’s magical container—the rose ring. The princess could only receive the ring and unlock her spiritual power after marriage.
The Night Princess’s rose ring was given to the blue-eyed boy as an engagement token.
The next day, the largest rebellion in Li family history erupted. The most powerful sword witch betrayed the family. Caught off guard by a spirit-locking drug, the Li family faced a catastrophic disaster.
Nighttime Princess was sent away by the clan leader using all his spiritual power and handed over to Yu Bingzheng, an in-law of the Li family. The clan leader told Yu Bingzheng: “This catastrophe is destined and unavoidable. The Li family’s thousand-year inheritance has reached its end. From now on, your task is only to let Nighttime Princess live an ordinary life.”
The Li family’s sacred site was sealed by the Sword-Guarding Witch’s spiritual power, and the Li family, which had played a leading role in Cangli City, was erased from people’s memories.
Yu Bingzheng brought Nighttime Princess home as a daughter. Fourteen years passed. Nighttime Princess lived an ordinary girl’s life until Yu Bingzheng’s death.
