"I won’t stop!"

Ah Lian wiped away the tears on her face.

"The young master cannot be misunderstood by her like this!"

Ah Lian turned to look at Dong Huiying.

"Losing his heart and not knowing it, wasn’t the young master also thinking of making amends? Do you think, back then when the Eighth Princess laid down her net, with just that Yun Ge from Medicine Valley, and those soldiers who were persecuted to the point of injury and disability, if no one helped them, could they really escape the great whirlpool of the Capital alive?"

"At that time, the Capital was already a beast’s mouth, let alone Yun Ge had already been captured by Yun Shuihan; it was the young master who helped them in secret and enabled them to escape the Capital and go far away!"

"Do you think, why have Her Majesty the Empress and the Ninth Princess survived until now?"

"Until you appeared and healed their respective ailments?"

"Back then, Lao Ba intended to poison the Empress to eliminate all her enemies, but it was the young master who persuaded her to consider the so-called bigger picture, to think more about the Hidden Guards under Her Majesty, knowing that once the Empress died, the Hidden Guards would stop at nothing, sparing no cost in blood to cleanse Yuanjing, which made her hesitate!"

"You know none of all this."

"You don’t know how much the young master has endured for you, suffered for you, and helped you! All because of love for you!"

"Because of you, he, though by the side of the Eighth Princess, secretly assisted Yun Ge to lead the Eighty Thousand Souls to flee the Capital, and also because of you, he persuaded the Eighth Princess to spare the lives of Her Majesty the Empress and the Ninth Princess!"

"Clearly, he hated the royal family in his heart, but he still compromised for you. He wanted nothing more than to overthrow them all, but he endured everything for you."

"Yes, the young master made mistakes, but how can that be wrong?"

"It’s not his fault, it’s destiny’s fault! When his whole family was exterminated, he could only make that choice; he was pushed to that point! And you, what did you do?"

"You forgot it all cleanly, even..."

Entangled with those people from the Liang family.

Ah Lian felt both sorrow and unwillingness, as well as sympathy.

She pitied the young master; no one knew better than her how difficult things were for him.

"Ah Lian."

Qinghe spoke slowly, "I told you, shut up."

None of it mattered anymore.

He fixed his gaze on Dong Huiying again, "Have you vented your anger?"

He meant the slap and the shoulder fracture returned to him, did it relieve her a bit?

Dong Huiying looked dazed; Ah Lian’s words were too shocking, and she looked at Qinghe in confusion.

How did such a turn of events happen at this point?

The man’s appearance was graceful, but pale, with shallow eyes, as if all emotions had long been stripped away.

Yet his eyes held some depth in their calmness.

"You, are just you."

No longer the person he once longed for.

But he still couldn’t bear to let go; he wanted that person to return.

"It was my fault for harming this body, but now I want you to hate me. Tell me, if those people from the Liang family, or even the Empress, Yun Ge, Lao Jiu... if they all died because of me, would you hate me? Would you remember me for a lifetime because of this hatred?"

Dong Huiying suddenly became alert.

Initially extremely conflicted, but now her eyes narrowed.

"How dare you?!"

Qinghe slowly smiled.

"Since you no longer love, let you hate. I want to occupy a place in your heart, even if it’s not a positive one, even if it’s negative."

She widened her eyes.

Sick pervert!

Is he out of his mind?

"Xiao Qinghe!"

She took a deep breath.

"Let me tell you something too: if you dare to make a move, I’ll make sure you never recover!"