Chapter 59: Lingwei Seeks Death-Amores e Desavenças: Um Galho de Ameixa Verde Rompe a Muralha(Encostado na parede, esperando minha amada de infância.)

On this day, Xuanyuan Hongyu was in an exceptionally foul mood. Clueless Dumpling, little fool, little creature, stupid pig, lazy pig—he cycled through all manner of affectionate and exasperated nicknames in his mind, yet none of them could lift his spirits. Who was the one who said that a single day apart feels like three autumns? Who said that? Get out here right now! This young master is going to teach you a lesson!

The liver-fire-blazing youth wore a deeply displeased expression as he watched various hidden guards and assassins attempting to sneak into the General's Residence to gather intelligence. Fueled by a raging fire of fury, Xuanyuan Hongyu intensified his powers, causing anyone who dared to approach within three meters of the General's Residence to instantly vanish!

This startled a man in cyan robes conducting a covert investigation from a nearby teahouse so badly that his jaw almost dropped. What on earth was going on? Could there really be some unspeakable secret hidden within the General's Residence? Had his wild, accidental guessing actually hit upon the truth?

Excited beyond measure, the cyan-robed man summoned his subordinate: "Immediately report the situation here to the teahouse and have them initiate the plan." This was simply too wonderful—everything was falling right into place. To have the General's Residence destroyed at the hands of someone like him, Wang Mang, would truly count as a remarkable achievement.

Annoyed, Xuanyuan Hongyu reinforced the barrier surrounding the General's Residence while calculating various ways to torture those vanished hidden guards and assassins, deliberately refusing to think about that pig!

As for why the exalted Heavenly God was holding such a deep grievance, it all stemmed from that morning. The little one had woken up and accidentally overheard the household servants gossiping about her being a cursed star of ill omen whose destiny was fatal to those around her. In her tender, youthful mind, she believed it must be true—that her destiny was simply too harsh, causing her father and mother to leave and never return!

Overwhelmed with despair, the simple-minded little girl had run back to her small bed and cried until her eyes were red and swollen. The more she thought about it, the more she felt she was laden with grave sins. Recalling what she had heard in opera scripts, she concluded that if she didn't want to live anymore, she should simply die, for death would end all her troubles once and for all.

The little thing had scurried away on her short, chubby legs, running and running all the way to the lotus pond before plunging right in! The moment she hit the water, her little nose was blocked, and her little mouth choked on the water. Overwhelmed with distress, she struggled frantically, thrashing her tiny hands and feet. When Xuanyuan Hongyu arrived, he happened to see that stupid pig bobbing up and down in the water in an extremely perilous state. Unable to care about anything else, he leaped into the water and hauled the little creature out to the surface.

Without a shred of disgust for her being dirty, he pressed his lips to hers and sucked forcefully, drawing the water out from her little belly, then patted her back with heartache: "Clueless Dumpling, how are you? It's alright now, don't be scared." The youth was heartbroken, assuming that this mischievous little thing had been playing by the pond and accidentally tumbled in.

Who could have expected the little one to blurt out, "Why did you save me? Just let me die. If it weren't for me, my father and mother wouldn't have disappeared. I am a sinner."

Furious, Xuanyuan Hongyu gave her a fierce slap across the face: "Who told you these things? Huh? Do you have any brains at all? You actually believe whatever they say?"

Lingwei only cried without speaking. Even though her little face was swollen from the slap, she didn't care at all, merely letting out soft, whimpering sobs.

Xuanyuan Hongyu cursed angrily: "If they say you're stupid, you really are stupid! Who did you hear this from? Do you believe me or do you believe them? Let me tell you this: the person Xuanyuan Hongyu has set his eyes on could never be any cursed star of ill omen! You listen to me and listen well!"

Lingwei puckered her little mouth and rebelled: "Then why aren't Father and Mother coming back? It must be because of me that they can't return. It's all my fault. If I didn't exist, Father and Mother would be much better off."

At that moment, the youth didn't just want to crack open her head; even dismemberment wouldn't be enough to vent his anger. How could someone be this foolish? The mere thought that this idiot had tried to take her own life—and that if he hadn't arrived in time, the little thing would have perished—filled him with lingering terror, fueling his rage to burn even brighter!