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Somehow, Sheng Ling always felt that it was snowing harder today.
She was sitting on the hired carriage, watching the snowflakes falling down outside the window. Her ears were blown red by the cold wind. She subconsciously lowered her head and wanted to bury it in her scarf, but when she lowered her head, she realized that she was not wearing that scarf.
Sheng Ling was stunned for a long time, and then seemed to come to his senses.
She couldn't help but close her eyes, and closed them tightly.
Despite the biting cold wind blowing, thorns scratching her cheeks, and her hair messily brushing past her eyes, Sheng Ling clearly felt that every breath she took at this moment was filled with piercing pain.
But despite this, her face remained calm and indifferent, as if she had no emotion at all.
I don’t know how long it took, but the driver finally said, we’re here.
Sheng Ling got off the carriage and as soon as he reached the foot of the mountain, he saw a familiar figure walking over the mountain road.
Sheng Ling stood there and looked in his direction.
And Li Yu seemed to feel that he was being watched. He raised his eyes and saw Sheng Ling standing not far away. Under the cold wind and snow, she looked very thin against the background.
Li Yu looked at her and frowned slightly, as if he didn't expect that she would appear here at this time.
The two of them looked at each other for a long time in the wind and snow across half the mountain road, and Sheng Ling never moved once from beginning to end.
Finally, Li Yu walked over. Li Yu came to Sheng Ling. Looking at Sheng Ling's clear and calm eyes, he asked softly after a moment: "Why is the princess here?"
Sheng Ling looked at him, her eyes cold but surprisingly calm, as if there was no emotional warmth, she just stared at him, and finally said slowly and word by word: "You lied to me again."
Li Yu was slightly startled. He probably didn't expect Sheng Ling to say such a thing. Li Yu blinked and said, "What's wrong?"
Sheng Ling still said the same sentence without expression: "You lied to me again."
Li Yu was silent for a while, lowered his eyes, and said softly: "I'm sorry, princess, I was the one who tipped off the people in Beicheng that you were here. I just think that the little princess should be well-dressed, well-fed, and surrounded by pampered people. She is being served and pampered by people who really shouldn’t stay here and suffer.”
Sheng Ling stared at him, his eyes still cold.
Li Yu raised his eyes, looked at Sheng Ling seriously and said, "Ling Ling, go back."
Sheng Ling repeated word by word: "You lied to me again."
As she spoke, her eyes gradually turned red: "I went to see that doctor."
Li Yu paused and remained silent.
After a while, he said without changing his expression: "Lingling, that doctor—"
"Don't try to lie to me. Haven't you lied to me enough?" Sheng Ling interrupted him coldly before he could finish his words.
She had to bite her lip hard to prevent her breathing from becoming shaky.
Li Yu looked at Sheng Ling, looked at it, and suddenly said softly: "But it's actually good news. The princess is still fine and will be fine in the future. After the princess returns, you don't have to think about breaking off the engagement with anyone. If you... A happy little princess."
"Who told you about me? Do you think I will forgive you if you say this?"
Li Yu was silent for a moment, feeling a little aggrieved. He raised his eyes and looked at her helplessly and said, "Lingling, you said before that you would forgive me."
"Don't even think about it!" Sheng Ling shouted to him with red eyes and tears, "Li Yu, I tell you, I will never forgive you in this life! You want to die in such peace of mind, no way!"
Li Yu listened to her words in silence, but he felt as if his throat was about to be strangled. He opened his mouth and was speechless. The biting cold wind suddenly rushed over, and Li Yu couldn't bear to choke. Zhuzi coughed at the beginning, mixed with painful wheezing. After a long while, he reluctantly pulled the corner of his mouth and said hoarsely, "What should I do, Lingling..."
Sheng Ling looked at him, flattened her mouth, and suddenly her whole mood collapsed completely. She covered her face and broke into tears.
Li Yu, who had always relied on himself to be calm, looked at Sheng Ling who was crying uncontrollably. At that moment, his heart trembled violently, as if someone had cut him out with a knife.
Li Yu's breathing was slightly disordered. He stepped forward and pressed Sheng Ling into his arms. With some rapid breathing, he coaxed in a low voice: "Don't cry, Lingling, don't cry."
Sheng Ling lay in his arms, sobbing incessantly, swallowing the biting wind, choking in her throat, coughing in pain, but still crying.
"Li Yu..." Sheng Ling trembled violently and pinched his chest, her eyes choked with tears, "I want you... to live... to live!"
Li Yu nodded, "Okay."
Sheng Ling raised her head from his arms, her eyes were red, and she said hoarsely: "Don't lie to me!"
Li Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "I won't lie to you."
She finally let go of her hand and took two steps back unsteadily. Her eyes were red from crying, and she raised her head. There were still wet tears on her face. She looked at him desperately, and then, step by step, she moved towards Back away.
There was deep and dark pain in Li Yu's eyes. He pinched his fingers so hard and tried so hard to suppress it, but he still couldn't suppress his steps and wanted to move towards her.
But just as he started to move, he heard Sheng Ling's voice coming fragmentedly in the wind, "Don't come over..."
She was leaving him step by step.
He was watching helplessly.
"Lingling, are you leaving?"
"Please walk slower, I know I won't be able to see you in the future."
"Lingling, don't cry. I listen to you. Live well. You should also live well."
"Lingling, I... I have made many mistakes in the past, and I admit all kinds of crimes. However, I think I am not guilty of liking you. I... have said that I like you many times, and Lingling feels that I am lying. You, Lingling..."
"I mean... I like you."
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Sheng Ling sat in the carriage, leaning her head against the window, facing the biting cold wind outside the curtains, closing her eyes tightly, crying...
The carriage swayed as it drove in this snowy sky...
She finally stayed away from Lingdang Mountain...and Lingdang City...
Far away... Li Yu.
She knew she would never set foot here again.
Never... will never come back...
On the day he returned to Beicheng, Ji Xili did not let Sheng Ling go immediately. Instead, he took her back to Ziyun Palace and asked her something.
Since Sheng Zhiyu had to return to the court to handle government affairs, Ji Xili asked Sheng Zhiyu to go ahead and do his work.
Sheng Ling seemed to be mentally prepared to deal with it, so when Ji Xili asked her what was going on with He Ruochen after returning to Ziyun Palace, Sheng Ling just remained silent for a while, and then stood in front of Ji Xili Kneel down.
Seeing this, Ji Xili frowned: "What happened?"
Ji Xili had already noticed that something was wrong between Sheng Ling and He Ruoxin on the way back to the city. Now that she saw Sheng Ling kneeling down, she was even more aware of the danger.
"Ling'er and Ruojin plan to break off their engagement and ask their mother to make it happen."
(End of chapter)