"Bai Ze..."

Mu Ruyue’s heart shook, and she smiled and said, "I know that if I ask you to leave, you absolutely won’t leave now. After everything is over, I will let you be free. You can seek your own happiness, staying by my side all your life has really wronged you..."

Bai Ze’s fingers stiffened, and the smile on his handsome face slowly disappeared.

He looked at the woman in front of him with wounded eyes, his face filled with sadness.

"You’re trying to drive me away?"

"Bai Ze, I just don’t want you to feel wronged because I can’t give you a future, nor can I promise you anything. In this lifetime, the one I love is only that one man; apart from him, my heart can hold no other."

Bai Ze slowly withdrew his hand, bitterly smiled and said, "I know, so I never thought of having you. For me, being able to be by your side, even if only as a friend, is the greatest happiness. If you were to free me from this bond, then where would my happiness be? Yue, I won’t leave. Even if in this life you force me away, I wouldn’t leave you..."

Mu Ruyue’s heart involuntarily ached.

Perhaps in this life, the person she owes the most to, is this man...

Facing his selfless dedication, she cannot give him any promise... 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"Bai Ze..."

Mu Ruyue withdrew her gaze, looking towards the distant sky, and said softly, "If you don’t want to leave, I won’t force you. If one day you want to go, then... I will surely give you freedom."

"That day will never come..."

His happiness is her.

Therefore, no matter what, he will never abandon this woman, nor will he leave and fly away...

"Let’s go, we..."

Just as Mu Ruyue was about to say something, synchronized footsteps sounded, and then a troop surrounded Mu Ruyue and Bai Ze, leaving no gaps.

Then, under everyone’s gaze, a man in military attire stepped forward quickly, and cupped his fists at Mu Ruyue, saying, "Miss, our City Lord wants to see you."

City Lord?

Mu Ruyue slightly furrowed her brows, she had just arrived in hell, how could she know this so-called City Lord?

"I don’t know who your City Lord is?"

"Miss, you’ll know once you go. The City Lord is waiting for you in the mansion."

Hearing this, Mu Ruyue and Bai Ze exchanged a glance.

She was very curious about who this City Lord could be...

"Let’s go, Bai Ze, let’s go see this so-called City Lord now."

"Alright."

Bai Ze nodded and smiled, his gentle gaze enveloping Mu Ruyue, he said softly.

The soldiers were delighted, and made a gesture to invite, "Miss, this way please."

"Lead the way then."

Mu Ruyue’s eyes flashed with a hint of mystery, and she said lightly.

...

Just stepping into the City Lord Mansion, Mu Ruyue saw the figure facing her in the hall.

A flutter of red clothes in the wind, red hair like a demon, drawing a stunning arc in the breeze.

The man had his hands behind his back, his tall body casting a long shadow in the sunlight. He seemed to notice people arriving from behind, slowly turned to face the woman at the door, his otherworldly face with a smile that could destroy nations.

"Woman, I’ve finally met you again..."

"Feng Jingtian?"

Mu Ruyue was stunned.

She hadn’t expected that the City Lord of Feng City would actually be Feng Jingtian!