Chapter 454: Can"t Bear to Part

The soldiers who didn"t know what was going on almost fell over in fright. They were shocked that Pei Rumo would sentence all of them to death the instant they appeared. 

“Your Highness, this subordinate knows that we were negligent and we are willing to accept any punishment.” The deputy general continued kneeling down and pleaded with sincerity. 

Pei Rumo frowned and stared at them with a puzzled expression on his face. Only after he saw the look on their faces did he realize that they had misunderstood him. “I"m not referring to you guys.”

The deputy general saw that Pei Rumo wasn"t in a good mood and hence didn"t pry further. Instead, he turned around and asked, “Your Highness, what should we do next?”

Pei Rumo then tossed a spiritual ring into the deputy general"s hands. 

“a.s.sign a large part of our force to escort this spiritual ring back to the capital city. Leave several elite squads here with me. I still have things to do here.”

Even though he didn"t understand what Pei Rumo"s intention was, he knew that as a subordinate he only needed to follow his orders.

Compared to the deathly stillness outside, the atmosphere inside the ruins was much better.  

Not long after Bai Luochu entered the hidden chamber, she heard footsteps sounding out behind her. She raised her sword and prepared to kill the person following her, but before she could slash out, she heard a soft sigh from a familiar voice.

“Sigh, Luoluo, don"t you think you are lacking a bit of conscience? In order to protect you, I ended up like this, yet you are planning to abandon me now.”

When Bai Luochu heard his voice, tears welled up in her eyes and her vision became blurry. He gave up his chance of escaping to follow me in!

“Why didn"t you leave?” Bai Luochu asked with an expression of disbelief.

Pei Qingfeng let out a soft chuckle after he heard the worry in Bai Luochu"s voice. “Because I can"t bear to leave you.”  Even though his tone wasn"t all that serious, she knew that he wasn"t lying.

A sigh and a chuckle sounded at the same time.

The person who sighed was Pei Qingfeng as he never expected that out of all the beauties he knew, he would fall for this blockhead. After realizing his feelings for her, he also realized that he was willing to trade his life for the opportunity to follow her wherever she went. After all, to him, life was merely something that lasted for tens of years. The only thing that mattered was the joy he felt during the time of his existence.

The person who had chuckled was Bai Luochu as she didn"t expect that Pei QIngfeng and Lu Wenshu would act so differently at the crossroads of life. Pei Qingfeng didn"t hesitate in the slightest when he chose to die with her.

It had been a long time since she laughed without a care in the world. In the past, she had some  reservations when laughing and she would usually mock people when doing so. Even when Ying Lan cheered her up, her laughter didn"t come from the bottom of her heart.

This time, it was different. When she laughed, she felt as though a mini sun was s.h.i.+ning its rays on her whole body, allowing her to feel warm and comfortable. She discovered that she was still capable of feeling joy.

Even though she was delighted on the inside, she suppressed her joy in front of Pei Qinfeng and replied calmly, “Don"t use your flowery speech and try to confuse me. I"m no three year old kid. If you"re really sincere, prove it through your actions.”

Pei Qingfeng understood Bai Luochu very well. He knew that Bai Luochu was probably embarra.s.sed and he quickly decided against teasing her any further.

“Luoluo, there"s something I have been waiting to tell you… Can you listen to what I have to say?”

Even though Bai Luochu could roughly guess what Pei Qingfeng wanted to say, she still nodded her head. She really wanted to know when he started to develop his feelings for her.

Seeing her nod her head, Pei Qingfeng heaved a sigh of relief. He was glad that she was giving him a chance to explain himself.

“Initially, I was merely interested in you as a person. On the outside you looked like a young lady. However, you seemed too mature for your age. I felt delighted when I messed with you till you were fl.u.s.tered. It was also then that I started to develop feelings for you.”

“Unknowingly, the more I looked at you, the deeper I fell in love with you. You may think that I am being too hasty when I talk about this, but I still want to tell you that no matter how much you changed, I will be able to accept you. No matter how many secrets you have that I"m unaware of, I will definitely be able to accept them.”

“The only thing that I can"t accept is that you will no longer stay by my side. That is also the reason I am willing to risk my life to run all the way to the Desolate Region in order to look for you. Giving up my only chance to escape just so I can be with you is probably the last thing I"ll be able to do, but it"s all for the sake of being with you.”

“Luoluo. I really, really, really like you!”

For love, he was unafraid of life and death. 

Bai Luochu never got to learn about Pei Qingfeng"s feelings for her and when she heard his speech, she twisted her head so that he wouldn"t be able to see the expression on her face. She didn"t want him to see her losing control of her emotions. She forced several words out of her throat, “Okay. Let"s go and find the Field Pearl Flower first. Once I have regained my strength, we might even be able to escape.” She then charged forward without waiting for Pei Qingfeng.

Pei Qingfeng decided to treat it as Bai Luochu being embarra.s.sed and didn"t say anything else. He quickly followed behind her in order to protect her from any unexpected dangers.

She had clearly sensed that the Field Pearl Flower was in the hidden chamber they were in. However, no matter how hard she tried to look for it, she failed to locate the flower.

“Is it possible that there"s another hidden chamber within this hidden chamber?” Seeing Bai Luochu worry helplessly, Pei Qinfeng brought up a possible suggestion and groped the walls of the hidden chamber.

Pei Qingfeng"s hard work paid off when he noticed that there was something wrong with one section on the wall. He immediately removed the stone brick and discovered a mechanism. As he wasn"t an expert in these, he quickly called Bai Luochu over to take a look, “Luoluo, come quick, there"s a mechanism here!” 

1. BLIP: I translated this novel for this chapter