Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 507 - 264: Mysterious Woman

Chapter 507: Chapter 264: Mysterious Woman

Su Shanke was dead.

The last survivor who had participated in the extermination of the demoness Qu Hongling finally died at the hands of Jiang Shouzhong and Ran Qingchen, which could be considered a kind of fate.

However, the words he uttered before his death puzzled Jiang Shouzhong greatly.

"You and she are both monsters..."

Why call me a monster?

Is it because he saw the aura of death in me?

And Jiang Shouzhong instinctively felt that the "she" the man referred to was not Ran Qingchen, but someone else.

Blood slowly spread out, dyeing the grass a reddish-brown, making the already sunless forest seem even more dark red at this moment, quite oppressive.

Jiang Shouzhong looked down to find that Ran Qingchen in his arms had already passed out.

She was already severely injured; even though he led the Unparalleled Sword Skill, it still drained a lot of his energy. It was stubbornness that had allowed her to hold on until now.

An exhausted Jiang Shouzhong, holding the woman, leaned against a nearby tree trunk to rest.

From drawing Su Shanke away to killing him, he had almost exhausted all his strength.

Jiang Shouzhong looked down at the unconscious woman in his arms, moving the scattered hair from her face behind her ear, revealing a strikingly beautiful face.

The woman’s complexion was pale, like a lonely orchid fluttering between heaven and the underworld, with a touch of heart-wrenching fragility and coldness.

Jiang Shouzhong sighed softly.

For some reason, since coming to Qingzhou, their relationship had started to become strange.

Perhaps it started even earlier, back in the Capital.

He could not fathom the woman’s thoughts, only interacting with her as openly as possible.

After all, she had said that her dream was to become a Sword Dao master like Jiang Wan, living a life dedicated to the pursuit of Sword Dao, unaffected by personal feelings.

Thus, Jiang Shouzhong had never thought about developing feelings for her.

But as they spent more time together, intentionally or unintentionally, it seemed like a confusing affection was entangling them.

This troubled him greatly.

Especially since she had not deliberately distanced herself from him; instead, she was willing to protect him, be close to him; she was even willing to sacrifice her life to save him... this made Jiang Shouzhong feel helpless and somewhat angry.

After all, he was a normal man with normal human emotions.

After all, Ran Qingchen was a very beautiful and charming woman.

To say he was unmoved would be a lie.

So Jiang Shouzhong was very angry; since you don’t intend to develop feelings, then stay away from me. You can’t expect me, a grown man, to be the bad guy and deliberately distance myself from you.

Moreover, when it came to affection, he was never decisive.

Apart from initially taking the initiative with Hong’er, his usual stance was passive. Otherwise, he would not have entangled himself with feelings for Yelü Miaomiao, Xia He, and Qiuye.

He really didn’t know how to refuse.

In such situations, Jiang Shouzhong felt very conflicted.

After the Master of Famous Sword Mountain, he had already begun to like this woman, but he consciously suppressed those feelings. And during that time, to his delight, Ran Qingchen also seemed to willingly draw close to him.

If Ran Qingchen truly wished to be his wife, he would definitely be very happy, unless he had been kicked in the head by a mule.

But the good times did not last, as she suddenly put distance between them and started to become distant.

Jiang Shouzhong didn’t understand the "Love-void Realm". This change made him much more sober, causing him to no longer dare or want to show his emotions in front of her.

He feared that if they developed feelings, their relationship would eventually come to nothing.

So he always maintained his restraint.

Even the occasional joke was cautious.

Even though Ran Qingchen had begun to draw close to him again recently, he dared not pierce through this thin veil, afraid of being overly presumptuous and affecting her.

Yet he clearly felt that her image had already been imprinted in his heart.

Otherwise, he would not have panicked so much back in Asura City.

And this time as well.

Seeing her alive again at that moment, the suppressed palpitations surged forth.

At that moment, he really wanted to embrace the woman.

But he still didn’t dare.

He couldn’t be sure whether Ran Qingchen wanted to be his wife, he didn’t dare to take that exploratory step.

He very much wanted to know what the woman was thinking inside.

But he was powerless.

Such is human emotion: when you start to care, you become full of fear and caution, as if touching a bubble, very gingerly.

Moreover, what he cared about most were the numerous warnings from Yeying.

Yeying had also explained why she didn’t want him to develop feelings for Ran Qingchen.

Back when Jiang Wan knew that Mo Ruye’s child was a girl, he still insisted on joining families, making Ran Qingchen marry a girl, which seemed very strange.

Jiang Wan even left a Heartless Sword core inside Ran Qingchen’s body.

Why did Jiang Wan not want his daughter to fall in love, why did he prevent his daughter from finding her own happiness? What illness did Ran Qingchen have when she was young?

These mysteries were hard to unravel.

In any event, Jiang Shouzhong could feel that an invisible force was manipulating Ran Qingchen’s emotions and hindering the development of their relationship.

This entangled his heart tremendously.

Unconsciously, his hand gently stroked the woman’s delicate cheek, as if caressing a lover’s face.

——

Ran Qingchen was right there.

To be precise, she seemed to be in a soul-traveling state at the moment, standing beside Jiang Shouzhong in a surreal manner.

She didn’t know why she felt this way.

Was she dead?

But her body still had warmth, had a heartbeat.

It was more like an astral projection.

She spoke to Jiang Shouzhong, but he couldn’t hear her at all.

Just then, sensing something, she abruptly turned her head and was shocked to see a woman suddenly appear not far away.