"You...what did you say..."

It wasn't that Chen Ruo didn't hear clearly, but that he was too confused to find the deep meaning of the words - the cruel facts were before him -

It was he who forced her away with his own hands! He forced away the girl who had always been sincere to him!

And the man's words were like a knife stabbing into the bottom of his heart, and blood flowed out when he drew the knife.

"I would rather run away than hurt you!"

"I would rather run away than hurt you!"

"I would rather run away than hurt you!"

This sentence kept circling in his mind. Everyone in the world said that monsters are bloodthirsty and will twitch and pull out bones when they eat them. It must be very uncomfortable for Yaoyao's nature to be fully stimulated... But she still chose to leave in order to protect him.

.

When she left, was she still blaming herself? Was she still jealous of herself? Did she feel that she had harmed her?

Chen Ruo felt very sad. He had no chance to save him now, Yao Yao had already left, and most of the purpose of this group of people coming was to find clues about Yao Yao's whereabouts from him.

The cold blade gently scratched the blood mark on his neck, but Chen Ruo felt no pain at all. The pain on his skin was not as painful as his heart. He clenched the vial in his hand, but the man noticed that subtle movement.

, snatched the small bottle containing Yaoyao's blood from his hand, with a dark look of surprise in his eyes——

"The Masked Demon actually left you such a good thing!"

The young man subconsciously wanted to snatch it back, but was forced to sit on the ground by the blade——

"That's what Yaoyao left for me! Give it back to me!!"

The man threw the vial to an elderly white-haired old man behind him. The old man became excited when he saw the vial.

"You can't be wrong! According to legend, this is a blood crystal formed by the face-stealing demon condensing a drop of its blood in a year! It can change a person's appearance!"

The old man's voice struck Chen Ruo's head like a lightning strike. He had no idea that what Yao Yao left for him would have such an effect!

Thinking of the girl struggling to squeeze out a drop of blood, Chen Ruo still felt that it was a fuss, but now he thought about it, she actually condensed a whole year of cultivation into blood and gave it to him! Just so that he could survive after she left.

Have a new face!

But for a young man, it is better to use this ugly face to face the dangers and intrigues in the world with a brand-new face and stay together with the girl in this mountainous area for a long time!

It was as if a piece of flesh had been ripped out of his heart. Chen Ruo's eyes were covered with scarlet, and the anger almost completely burned away the little reason left in his body.

It's all these guys! If they hadn't framed him - if they hadn't chased Yaoyao, he and she would still be fine. Even if the final result he had to face was that she would live forever and he would age first, he would be happy with it! But now!

This peaceful little happiness was completely torn to pieces and can never be put back together.

Yaoyao must have been blaming him in the end, right? But...but he didn't mean it!

But who should he ask to explain now? The people he wanted to keep were gone! The people he wanted to get rid of came uninvited!

Looking at Chen Ruo who was completely stunned, the man just smiled mockingly——

"It seems that the face-stealing demon really cares about you... I have spent so many years of cultivation on you to change your face, it is really a loss to yourself and others!" The old man's fiery gaze was locked on the vial, and he walked away flatteringly.

Go to a man——

"Sir! We use this blood crystal as a curse, and we can lock the location of the Face-stealing Demon in less than three days! By then..."

Men are also very satisfied with the attentiveness of their subordinates - taking a long-term view to catch big fish is now the most profitable way to do it properly.

As he spoke, the old man prepared to open the vial, but found that he could not unscrew the cork.

"What...what's going on?! It can't be opened!"

As he spoke, the man's eyes fell on Chen Ruo, and he approached the knife again——

"Open the bottle!"

Chen Ruo smiled bitterly——

"I can't open it either."

"Why can't you open it?! Isn't this what the Face-stealing Demon left for you?!"

The old man screamed, it was really maddening to find that the blood crystal that he had gone through so much trouble to find was so close yet could not be found.

The boy's face is ironic——

"You drove Yaoyao away temporarily, and she didn't even have time to say goodbye to me. How could she tell me how to open a bottle?"

"This blood crystal is the result of many years of savings. Didn't she say a word about it all these years?"

Chen Ruo only felt that there was something wrong with this old guy's head——

"If I knew I wouldn't have used it earlier! Would I have waited until now?!"

In the end, the confrontation between the two people ended with the old man losing the upper hand. He retreated to the man's side, his face turned pale——

"Sir... I'm afraid this bottle has been banned. If you open it by force, the blood crystal inside may... not be preserved!"

The man's face was quite ugly at the moment, and Chen Ruo's expression was also very ferocious, like an enraged beast.

"Take this kid down. If the Face-stealing Demon is still around, at least we still have a hostage on our hands."

The old man did not give up immediately. He stood up and called for people to tie up Chen Ruo.

"Take it down! Search the cave again! See if there's anything else!"

After Chen Ruo heard about their plan, he was already stirred up in his heart, and at the same time he also made a decision——

Even if he dies! He will never let them find Yaoyao again!

Chen Ruo rushed out with a sudden step, knocked down the old man, grabbed the small bottle from his hand, and moved it to the edge of the cliff.

"What do you want to do?!"

The man also stared alertly at the young man who was only one step away from falling off the cliff, and there was a layer of sweat on his palms.

"I know two things now - first, you didn't catch Yaoyao..."

Chen Ruo smiled with relief, as if all the burden had been lifted off him.

"So what if I didn't catch you? Can you still stop me from pursuing you?"

"Second point, now I and the contents of this bottle are the only bargaining chips you can use to catch Yaoyao."

Smiling and shaking the bottle between his fingers, Chen Ruo took a step back again - he thought it was time to end.

During the days when Yaoyao was missing, he would inevitably have hallucinations. He was so greedy for the days with her, missed every moment with her so much, wanted to see her smile again, and wanted to see her smile again.

I want to hear her sweetly call me "Aruo" again...

But now these ordinary and sparse happiness in the past have completely become Chen Ruo's wishful thinking.

Now Yaoyao must be thinking that he is the same bad guy who took away her family, right?

But this was all his own fault. If he had any brains at that time, he would not have given Yaoyao the medicine rashly.

He was wrong, but the price was too high, and he could no longer afford it.

He clearly knew that Yaoyao would not come back, and even regarded him as a bad person, but he did not want to fight for a chance to defend himself. A big mistake had been made, and Yaoyao had a life on his hands after all... Even if she came back,

We can't go back to the past!

Then at least before his extremely bad life comes to an end, he must give Yayao a way to continue on!

If her life can get a little better after meeting him, then he will be extremely happy, but if the girl's fate becomes unfortunate because of him, his heart will be as uncomfortable as a hole being opened.

It was just a chance encounter at first, but unknowingly the other person has become an indispensable presence in life.

At least for Chen Ruo now, he can no longer make up for the harm he caused to the girl, even if this mistake was something he didn't expect at all - but after all, he was the one who hurt her.

So let's end it here, so that he can be tortured less, so that Yaoyao won't continue to be hunted down, and his conscience will feel much better.

He can no longer adapt to the world without her, but Yaoyao still has a long way to go. She should have had a lot, but too much was taken away by the so-called secular prejudice and fate.

He shouldn't have so much. He is a common man, even an ugly ghost below the common people, but the girl gave him the care of a family member and allowed him to have the same happiness as a normal person. Even after she left her

The road for Chen Ruo has been paved.

She knew that sooner or later she would leave, and she knew that he would be empty and lonely after losing her, so she gave him the power to regain his life.

Maybe the girl thought that Chen Ruo's life would be much smoother once he had a intact face, so good that he could make up for the hole left by her, so good that he would gradually forget that she even existed - she thought that was a good idea!

Maybe it's the demon after all? She doesn't seem to understand that such a substitution is unfair to him!

He has obviously created such a vivid memory and formed such a deep bond. Could it be that he is an object that can be replaced with other items at any time to her? Then everything in the past can be written off? What does he think of him as a prop?

?Items?!

What's the use of talking about all this now? The person is gone, and he no longer has any room for redemption or opportunity to explain.

Yes... there is no chance and no room left...

In the end, at least... don't be a burden to her, right?

Chen Ruo felt relieved, closed his eyes, and took a step back - the man's face was ashen.

"catch him!!"

The young man's body flew into the air in the next moment, and he grabbed the bottle and fell directly from the cliff.
To be continued...