Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 376 - 215: Qu Hongling: I am the Matchmaker (Two in One)

Chapter 376: Chapter 215: Qu Hongling: I am the Matchmaker (Two in One)

The stream babbled gently, meandering around the serene village, carrying a thread of tranquility.

On the rooftop, a pretty young girl rested her chin on her hands, gazing at the gradually sinking evening glow, her eyes seeming to swirl with galaxies.

"Ye, what is love?"

The gentle breeze whispered by, lightly lifting the girl’s crimson skirt, like the surging red lotuses under the sunset, vivid and captivating.

She turned her head slightly and looked at the lady in white beside her.

Ye Zhuchan tilted her head in thought and smiled, "Love is like eating chili peppers, you don’t know how spicy you can handle until you try it, and after you do, you find... tears flow more than saliva."

Qu Hongling listened, her little face turning pale, "So, does loving someone hurt a lot?"

She subconsciously touched her own lips.

The warmth from Jiang’s kiss seemed to linger... that was her first kiss.

Jiang had said, if the first kiss is sweet, then the love between them must be sweet too, without sadness... But at that time, all she felt was a tingling numbness.

"Since there is joy, naturally there will also be sadness."

Ye Zhuchan stroked the girl’s smooth hair, softly saying, "But it doesn’t matter if the process is sad, what’s important is if the ending is happy, then it’s good."

"The ending is happy..."

Qu Hongling felt a bit confused.

She couldn’t even remember who she was, could her future love with Jiang really sail smoothly?

"Hong’er!"

The familiar call of her lover came from afar.

Qu Hongling saw by the streamside, a man waving at her, "Come on, I’ll take you fishing!"

Splash!

The man slipped and accidentally fell into the water.

The somewhat melancholic girl saw this scene and laughed.

She took a deep breath, stood up, and seriously said to Ye, "I can handle a lot of spice, I’ll never shed tears."

The girl walked to the ladder under the eaves, then turned around and smiled:

"Jiang and I will always be happy; the journey will be joyful, and the ending will surely be very happy... because Jiang will never leave me, and I will never leave him."

Ye Zhuchan just smiled softly, her eyes gentle.

"Jiang, here I come!"

The girl agilely climbed down the wooden ladder, running towards the riverside.

Sweet youth and honey-like love interwove under the gentle glow of dusk, penning the most beautiful love letter.

The girl ran towards her lover...

But her cheeks suddenly felt a bit cold.

The girl stopped in her tracks, puzzled, and touched her cheek, only to realize that she had unknowingly shed tears...

She was a bit bewildered, looking up at the riverside.

His figure became very blurry, as if at any moment it could be gently dispersed by the wind.

"Jiang..."

The girl reached out to grasp, but everything vanished like smoke.

——

Qu Hongling slowly opened her eyes.

Tears glistened on her exquisitely beautiful cheeks.

She looked around and discovered she was inside a gloomy, empty palace, with the air so heavy it felt almost tangible.

Where was this?

Qu Hongling frowned slightly.

She only remembered the dragon egg exploding, and during her escape, it seemed some formation had been activated and then she had passed out.

"You’re awake?"

A cold voice suddenly reached her.

Qu Hongling then noticed in a shadowy corner of the palace, a tall and graceful figure stood in front of a stone wall.

It was Ran Qingchen.

Ran Qingchen gazed intently at the worn patterns on the stone wall and said flatly, "You owe me an explanation. Why did things turn out like this... To be honest, if I hadn’t seen you trapped here too, I would have thought you set a trap for us."

Qu Hongling casually wiped the tears from her face and smiled, saying, "Why didn’t you kill me while I was unconscious?"

"You wish to die, I will oblige you, but not now."

Ran Qingchen turned around, his voice cold, "Besides, you still owe me a life. If I hadn’t intervened and killed that snake demon, you would likely be a corpse by now."

Snake demon?

Qu Hongling was startled and only then noticed a python’s body lying in two pieces nearby.

Feeling a surge of fear, she stood up, bowed to Ran Qingchen with a sweet smile, and said, "Then, sister is deeply grateful to Lord Ran for saving her life. Would you like me to devote myself to you?"

Ran Qingchen snorted coldly and turned his head back to the stone wall.

Qu Hongling surveyed the dilapidated palace,

On the surrounding walls, fragmented runes softly glowed.

On the stone floor, moss and vines spread outwards.

At the top, a throne carved from jade sat, with the mummified remains of a corpse dried by the ages.

"I also don’t know why it has turned out this way,"

Qu Hongling said, frowning, "I told you about the dragon demon hoping you at the Liushan Division would exhaust it, and while the Azure Dragon was weak, I planned to capture it using a specially prepared formation. However, why the dragon egg exploded is beyond my expectation."

Ran Qingchen said flatly, "From the reactions of the Crown Prince and others at that time, it seemed they hadn’t anticipated this either."

"Yes, indeed." Qu Hongling nodded in agreement.

She walked up to the stone wall, looking at the mystical drawings and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Looking for a way out." Ran Qingchen said, "I have searched everywhere, this palace doesn’t have a single door."

Qu Hongling was shocked and after a further search confirmed indeed there was no door, just solid walls all around.

Looking at the drawings on the stone wall, her heart sank.

"Asura Hall."

Qu Hongling softly uttered three words.

"What?"

Ran Qingchen looked at her puzzled.

Qu Hongling’s expression turned grim, "This is the legendary Asura Hall, once the dwelling of the ancestors of the Asura Clan."

Ran Qingchen had heard some rumors about the Asura Clan.