Chapter 51 Cold-Hearted Wu Shuang

Pushed away by Wei Ruxuan, the masked man fell to the ground. Weirdly, he was unable to move, but Wei Ruxuan didn’t even take a look at him. He hurried to check if Wu Shuang was injured. “Wu Shuang, are you alright?” “I’m fine, Ruxuan. Thank god you’re here in time.” “You’re safe now. You have no idea how scared I was. I thought I would never see you again.” Wu Shuang leaned on him. Her face looked pale yet still lovely. “Ruxuan, do you love me?” “Yes, of course, I do. Wu Shuang, don’t you know my feelings for you?” “Then Ruxuan, will you kill people for me?” “Who?” “People who hurt me.” “Then I will. I will do whatever you want.” “Kill the person who just tried to kill me.” “Alright.” As soon as Wei Ruxuan finished his words, Xuan Zhi immediately put a sword in his hand. The young man didn’t think much about it. Still holding Wu Shuang in his arms, he directly stabbed the sword into the masked man’s body. Since it was not his first murder, Wei Ruxuan felt kind of numb. After all, he didn’t know a thing of that man more than the fact that he dared to hurt his love. He wouldn’t let him get away with it anyway. However, the masked man looked in shock with his eyes wide open, full of tears. Suddenly, Wu Shuang pushed Wei Ruxuan away from her and stood up. Her long red dress highlighted the glamour on her seemingly innocent face, making her a completely different person. Now, she looked as beautiful and addicting as poppy flowers. “Thank you for that, Wei Ruxuan.” “Wh-What’s wrong with you, Wu Shuang? Why are you talking to me like that?” Wu Shuang did not say a word. She just leaned back against Xuan Zhi’s chest, who walked closer and stood behind her. Wei Ruxuan felt as if he was the one being stabbed. His father had told him many times that they were more than just a master and a servant. Even if he didn’t believe it, he still felt somewhat uncomfortable. But before he even had time to feel jealous, what Wu Shuang said next directly threw him into hell. “You know, actually, the masked man on the ground is your father. You’d better go check on him before he dies.” Frozen to the spot, Wei Ruxuan stared blankly at the man he just wielded the sword on. Time had stopped. He was too afraid to go over. How could that be? He would never kill his father, no matter how mad he was at the old man. Could anyone tell him what happened? What did Wu Shuang say just now? But others in the temple would not show him any mercy. Taking Wu Shuang’s hint, a group of men in black went up and took off the mask and the black suit on the man lying on the ground. Under the mask was Prime Minister Wei’s wrinkled face. Panting heavily, he was badly injured and on the verge of death. Perhaps there was still a chance of living for him if someone treated him right now, but Wu Shuang certainly wouldn’t let it happen. Wu Shuang asked her men to help the father and the son up. Each of them stood in between two men in black with their arms held. Making a graceful curtsy to them, she seemed even more enchanting. “Wu Shuang, why?” Wei Ruxuan shouted it out loud. He couldn’t believe what just happened. “Wei Ruxuan, do you still remember the story I told you? The story of that child? You even asked me what happened to the kid.” “Are you the child in the story? But I’ve never heard my family did something terrible to a kid.” Wei Ruxuan remembered the story, but he still didn’t understand. “Well, Prime Minister Wei, do you remember me, the little princess?” “P-Princess...? You...You... Wh-Who are you?” The old man was silenced by a martial arts technique. Right after Wu Shuang’s question, a man in black hit at an acupoint on the old man’s body, which allowed him to speak. Yet, talking was a bit tough for him now. “Now that you can’t really speak, I’ll do the talking. My name is Shui Yinzhu. Or maybe you should call me Princess Xi, a sacrifice for the Empire of Yun. Is that enough for you?” “You, you...” “When you instigated the old king to kill my parents and designed the scheme with Yun Su to kill Kong Yue, did you ever thought about the consequences? Thanks to our blood and tears, you became the Prime Minister. Now it’s time for our revenge!” “You...You...You...You...I...I...” “Shut it up. By the way, I’m really grateful for your son. He helped me kill most of the participants of the hunting field incident three years ago.” Wu Shuang looked at Wei Ruxuan, who was speechless and heartbroken. She stroked her long hair, touched the pearl on her hairpin, and turned back to Prime Minister Wei. “The robbers your son met on his way to Yunfeng College were hired by me. Of course, that is old news to you because I put the words out deliberately days ago. Now let me tell you something you don’t know. In Yunfeng College, I approached your son on purpose and asked him to wear a pageboy’s clothes. In this way, no one would realize who he was. Therefore the students got even more jealous of him when they saw us together. After all, they are just kids. By playing with words only, things worked out just the way I wanted.” “In the bathhouse. On the day I was bullied. Are you saying what you did for me was all fake?” Wei Ruxuan trembled. He sounded miserable and pathetic. As long as she told him it was real, he would believe it, even though he knew it was not. But there was no way Wu Shuang would fulfill his little wish. “Of course, it was all fake. Those bullies were all carefully selected by me. They are spoiled children of aristocrats or officials, and it was quite easy to manipulate them. Just because I told them that I liked you, they started to hate you more and more. Then with a few words, they were so irritated and couldn’t wait to beat you up. I just didn’t expect them to go that far. But it worked on you in a good way. Oh, and I also changed the name list that the president gave you. Thank you for killing those culprits responsible for the hunting field slaughter.” “Have you ever felt anything for me? But that night, we...” “Wait a minute. The girl who slept with you that night was a real prostitute. It felt good, didn’t it?” Wu Shuang glanced at Prime Minister Wei, who had been insanely infuriated. She continued to add fuel to the fire, “I was with you as a man simply because your father would be really pissed off. It’s a pity that the rain revealed my figure as a woman. Then I thought when you got more obsessed with me, maybe you would have the balls to kill your father. But again, you let me down. After all the suffering, you were still acting like a child. You’d rather starve yourself to death than take the old man’s life. Well, I had to give up on you and arrange the big show today by myself. I still have to thank you. Otherwise, your father wouldn’t be willing to come here, leaving all the confidential guards back home. My men put the black suit on him and a sword in his hand, keeping him standing by hitting his acupoint. When you showed up, they just pushed him directly towards me so that you could kill him for saving my life.” “Young Master, the old bastard is dead,” The man in black next to Prime Minister Wei reported. Wu Shuang looked at the old man, who was killed by an angry outburst, and his glassy-eyed son. Without hesitation, she took Xuan Zhi’s hand and left the shabby temple. Her eyes looked colder than ice. The temple fell into silence again, with only Wei Ruxuan’s voice echoing, “Wu Shuang, why are you so cruel?” The seemingly indifferent boy began to have a truly hardened heart. Finally, the innocent Young Master was gone. He had grown up into a real man. Wei Ruxuan got up and walked towards his dead father. He touched his face, slowly closing his eyes. “Dad, I’m sorry that I didn’t kill Wu Shuang. After all, I was the one who stabbed you. If people know the truth, my life will be ruined. But dad, you may rest in peace. I won’t let her get away next time, and I won’t let our family fall.” After his final glance at Prime Minister Wei on the ground, Wei Ruxuan turned around and left the place. He couldn’t let anyone know that he was here tonight. Early the next morning, everyone was sent out to search for the suddenly missing Prime Minister. That afternoon, his body was found in an abandoned temple. After the death of his father, Wei Ruxuan grew up overnight. He began to truly look like the son of a powerful Prime Minister. Never again did he smile or trust anyone. He was much more of a man than ever before. Using the favor owed to him by Yunfeng College, he directly took part in the special entrance exam at the Throne Room in the imperial palace and became a young official at the Congress. Step by step, although he hadn’t reached his father’s position, Wei Ruxuan had become an influential man in the political world. He had long lost his heart, but to fulfill his father’s last wish, he married Bu Xiaoyan as his wife. At the same time, he sold his pageboy Xiaoxiao whom he grew up with, for he could never bear any betrayer anymore. People often accused beautiful women of causing trouble, but no one knew men could do it, too. It was said that Prime Minister Wei’s son had fallen in love with a man. Rumor had it that the man named Wu Shuang was more gorgeous than any woman in the world. Obsessed with him, Prime Minister Wei’s son even escaped on his wedding day. But it was more than a love story. Opposed to the couple’s relationship, Prime Minister Wei was murdered in a shabby temple. Soon Wu Shuang also disappeared. Many had speculated that he was probably the killer of his lover’s old father. Anyway, nobody knew if those rumors were true or not. On a tall white horse sat two people. A woman in white wore a simple pearl hairpin on her bun. Face covered by a veil, she leaned in the arms of a good-looking man. The horse was very obedient, but it only obeyed the woman in white. Once she gave an order, it would go anywhere she wanted. Looking handsome and righteous, the man behind gazed at the woman. His clear eyes were full of affection. “Ruxin, where are we going?” There once was a man named Wu Shuang, more stunning than any woman. He was peerless for his beauty and cold-hearted character. He left the world a romantic and cruel story and disappeared forever.