Nightfall

Sangsang Has Hurt Me a Thousand Times

“Every death in the world is a long-awaited reunion.”

The Drunkard once said to Ning Que outside of Chang’an. It was not until this moment did Ning Que truly understood that this sentence was an invitation.

Sangsang asked the Drunkard to pass the message to Ning Que.

In the Haotian doctrine, the death of a believer was to return to the Divine Kingdom of Light and to Haotian’s arm. If he was willing to surrender to her, he would naturally stay with her forever after death.

But what is surrender? Of course it meant that Ning Que had to break the natal relationship with Sangsang.

Although she was Haotian, she also had to obey the rules of the world of Haotian. When she found out she wasn’t able to end her relationship with Ning Que, she could only hope he would do it.

Haotian wouldn’t deceive the world. As for the time when the whole world was hunting for the daughter of the Invariant Yama, it was the fault of people who were blinded by illusion rather than her intent to fool people. She promised to grant Ning Que eternity, then it must be true. Even though his answer was so rude, she didn’t change her mind.

If the Hierarch knew Haotian promised to grant Ning Que such a blessing, he would definitely go crazy with jealousy. But Ning Que was quite calm. “A god never negotiates with ordinary people. Why are you doing this? Are you fond of me? Or are you afraid of me?” He asked, staring into her eyes.

“You are not part of my people, so I can forgive the crimes you have committed. I loathe those memories, but I can feel your esteem for me. Therefore, I will grant you eternity.”

Sangsang had no emotion on her face, which was daunting.

“That year at the Victory House in Chang’an, you hid behind me and drank Kui Kiang Shuang Zheng rice wine. You had such a good time and totally forgot about Prince Long Qing. The prince wanted you. And I said he was beautiful.”

Ning Que looked at her plain face and said, “You are whiter and fatter than before, but you are still not a pretty girl. Anyway, I really wanted to say what I’ve said to Long Qing to you at this point.”

“Since you’ve already got such a beautiful face, just drop other wishful thinkings. I adore rather than esteem you in the past years. Why should I surrender to you?”

“From what I remember,” Sangsang said. “You fear death very much.”

“Then you must remember that I fear some other things even more.”

“Like what?”

“You. Our relationship.”

“So you are not willing to surrender to me even if I were to kill you?”

“In fact, I don’t think you will kill me. That’s why I find the courage to come here.”

Sangsang wore a little frown and asked, “Why do you think so?”

“Because you are my natal item.”

“So?”

“If I die, you will die too.”

“Haotian will never die.”

“But Haotian will be whitewashed. Is the new Haotian still be the original one? You left Haotian Divine Kingdom and became a being. You have memories on earth and your body is tinged with dust and smell of earth. You already possess self-consciousness, so you are a life. A life will never want to die or lose his present self.”

Ning Que looked at her eyes and continued, “We can only live together, or die together. So you dare not go to Chang’an, dare not kill me, and even dare not come to see me.”