Chapter 49: Do You Love Me? (First Update)

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  Constantly thinking in his mind, Yi Chi's footsteps didn't stop as he walked towards his own courtyard.

  "What are they after?" Yi Chi kept asking himself this question, but there was no answer.

  It's easy to say that Yi Chi really didn't want to get involved, but not getting involved doesn't mean he can't think about it. Moreover, something that can make such a super family take notice must be no ordinary thing.

  "Even if it can be bought with money, that means this thing hasn't reached the point of being priceless yet. Moreover, it seems like only these two families have sent people; well, maybe other families have too, but I just didn't see them. However, since the turnout isn't large, one can infer that the thing itself won't be overly precious."

  "So, the county-level martial arts can be ruled out. It's possible that it's a high-grade Xuan-level martial art, or maybe it's a war artifact, or perhaps it's a magical device." Yi Chi secretly speculated, of course, this was just his speculation, and maybe this was just a superficial phenomenon. If the other party didn't want to make a big deal out of it, or if they wanted to keep things hidden, then it wasn't something that Yi Chi could investigate. Naturally, he could only consider it like this for now.

  "Whatever, let them fight over it. As long as there's energy points, anything can be exchanged for. Easier just shook his head vigorously, expelling all thoughts from his mind. This matter really wasn't something he could participate in, and since he couldn't, there was no need to consider it from east to west, wasting time and effort for nothing."

  Quickening his pace, Yi Chi now only wants to go back and cultivate properly. Six days later, there will be a grand auction, of course, before that, he must exchange something to take to the auction, so as to earn some energy points.

  People from the Yi family who happened to pass by greeted him, but Yi Chi could hardly recall their names. After all, he didn't participate in some of the Yi family's activities such as morning exercises, and hadn't seen them much, so how would he know them?

  ......

  He casually closed the courtyard door, and this small courtyard could be said to be one of the quieter places in the Yi family. To put it bluntly, it was a bit out of the way. Of course, the elders of the Yi family had thought about giving Yi Chi a new courtyard, but he had refused. He now felt that living here was quite good and there was no need to go live in a place where the winds and clouds gathered, pointlessly stirring up trouble. After all, even small troubles required time to deal with, and Yi Chi didn't have the time to calculate this and that right now. Everything had just begun, and for now, he only needed to cultivate. As for other things, unless there was a benefit to be gained, Yi Chi didn't want to bother with them.

  "Ah!!!!!!"

  Ping Pong!

  At this moment, two strange noises broke into Yi Chi's thoughts, and he hastily turned around to look.

  "It's you!!" Yi Chi looked at the woman in front of him with a complex expression.

  Not bad, she is indeed the autumn snow that has not been seen for many days.

  "Shao...young master!" Autumn Snow covered her left hand with her right, looking at Yi Chi with a pained expression.

  "Really?"

  After noticing the abnormal appearance of Autumn Snow, Yi Chi hastily looked at her left hand and saw a thread of crimson flowing out from the gap between her fingers.

  "Are you hurt?"

  Yi Chi hesitated for a moment before walking forward and grabbing her left hand, frowning as he spoke.

  "It's nothing, just scratched by a teacup." Chūsetsu struggled for a while, but couldn't pull out his left hand which was tightly grasped by Yī Chí.

  Yi Chi glanced at the broken teacup on the ground and gave Qiu Xue a complex look before pulling her into his own room.

  She sat down on the chair and Yi Chi turned around and brought over a medicine box.

  He took out a few bottles of medicine, first using the diluted unicorn tears to clean her wound, then applied some ointment, and finally carefully bandaged it. Only after that did Yi Chi lift his head to observe Qiu Xue.

  "You've lost weight." Yi Chi said softly.

  "Ah..." Autumn Snow lowered her head, she didn't know how to face Yi Chi.

  Looking at Qiu Xue's current state, Yi Chi's heart was also very uncomfortable. After all, this was his first love, and it wasn't something that could be put down just by saying so.

  "Do you still think so?" Yi Chi asked tensely, looking at Qiu Xue, hoping to hear a satisfactory answer.

  How many first loves have a perfect ending, Yi Chi doesn't know and doesn't want to know. He is trying his best to make his own first love come to a perfect end. Although he didn't have the strength to protect her well, he believes that he will in the future. Is it because of his current lack of strength to protect her that he should give up on this relationship? How can that be possible? At least Yi Chi cannot do that. Once you love someone, you just do, there's no looking for timing.

  "I..." Autumn Snow finally lifted her head to look at Yi Chi, but as soon as she made contact with Yi Chi's tense and longing gaze, she lowered it again.

  "Alright, I understand. You don't need to say any more." Although this outcome had been anticipated before Yi Chi asked the question, when he actually got the answer, he couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

  "Xiaoxue, I just want to ask one question." Yi Chi said with an extremely serious tone.

  "Look at me!!" Seeing her still lowering her head, Yi Chi excitedly pressed down on Qiu Xue's shoulders.

  At last, Qiuxue raised her head, and her eyes were more complex than ever.

  "Do you still love me? Or have you ever loved me?" Yi Chi looked at Qiu Xue with tension, he didn't dare to confirm whether he could get the answer he wanted, but he had to ask, this question was very important.

  "I..." Autumn snow, a hesitant expression.

  Yi Chi's originally tense eyes suddenly turned dull and lifeless.

  "It turns out that I was indeed willing to be in a one-sided love!" Leng Leng said, as Yi Chi's hands, which were grasping Qiu Xue's shoulders, weakly fell down, nothing is more sorrowful than a dead heart.

  The last bit of luck that originally existed is now completely gone.

  It's all over, everything is over, but for Yi Chi, it can't be said that it's not a relief.

  "You go, I want to be alone for a while." Yi Chi said weakly, and then stumbled towards the bedside. Now, he just wanted to sleep well, maybe everything would be fine after waking up.

  "Master! I..." Autumn Snow gazed sorrowfully at Yi Chi, who seemed to have aged decades in an instant, yet she still couldn't bring herself to say those words.

  Yi Chi seemed to have not heard the movement behind him, he just walked slowly, one step at a time, very slow, very slow.

  "Autumn Snow, what are you still hesitating about? Why don't you just tell Master that you love him? Why do you have to be stuck between Master and Young Master? Why? Why?" Autumn Snow's heart kept asking herself why, she wanted to speak out, but was afraid of something.

  Looking at Yi Chi's back, Autumn Snow seemed to have made up her mind, and her gaze also became determined.

  "I can't hurt young master anymore."

  Qiu Xue rushed to Yi Chi's back without hesitation and tightly hugged him.

  "Master, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Qiuxue loves you, I'm sorry, Qiuxue shouldn't have hurt Master." Tears gushed out like the Yangtze River bursting its banks, pouring out relentlessly as if there was no end in sight.

  "Boom! Crack!"

  In an instant, it was as if the distance between heaven and earth had been infinitely shortened for Yi Chi. The myriad things, the laws and rules of heaven and earth, all flashed before his eyes. The invisible threads of law that flowed through the universe were like the Yangtze River, flowing endlessly around him, and countless laws were revealed to Yi Chi's gaze.

  Although he can't understand them now, this has also taken an important step forward for Yi Chi's future. The most difficult part of becoming a god is to comprehend the law, but it was broken through by Yi Chi in an instant. It can be said that as long as Yi Chi wants to become a god in the future, he absolutely doesn't need to worry about comprehending the law.

  But for Yi Chi, none of these were the most important. The most important thing was the pair of jade arms wrapped around his waist, and that one sentence that deeply shocked Yi Chi's soul.

  Turning around, Yi Chi looked at the tearful person in front of him with unbelief.

  "Xiaoxue, is that true?" Yi Chi suddenly felt himself becoming foolish, even asking such a question, but he still looked at Qiuxue with longing, hoping to get a definite answer.

  "En." She nodded firmly and buried her head deep in Yichi's arms, where she felt safe and warm...

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  PS: Stop misunderstanding, I just wanted to add some foreshadowing. Later in the story, the protagonist will realize who he truly should love, and it's definitely not Autumn Snow. This foreshadowing is for chapter 51 and a small upcoming plotline. Besides, Yi Chi has already benefited from this, isn't that what they call being one step ahead?