Chapter 378 This Love Can Wait (Part )

"What?" Ling Xiaoxiao was horrified. She stood up suddenly and looked at the ashamed Luo Tianjin in disbelief. She was so surprised that she couldn't speak for a long time.

"That's right!" Luo Tianjin knew Ling Xiaoxiao's shock and took the initiative to admit, "We were already married at that time, and Xuan'er... was already three years old."

"This……"

The shocking secret hit Ling Xiaoxiao like a bolt from the blue. She was stunned and shocked.

Luo Tianjin comforted the bewildered Ling Xiaoxiao and sat her down, and continued, "Chief Teng is an upright hero. He generously gave me guidance and helped me to reach a higher level of martial arts. Perhaps because I am smart and hardworking, he admired me very much and intended to marry his daughter to me..."

Having said this, Luo Tianjin couldn't help but show contempt on his face. He was not despising Teng Sanshi, but despising himself.

"Chief Teng saw me as his ideal son-in-law, so he gave me an 'Extreme Yuan Pill' to help me recover soon and break through the bottleneck of my internal strength. He was very kind to me and was sincere. However, I have been hiding my true identity and never mentioned anything about my wife and children..."

"Why?" Ling Xiaoxiao gradually came to her senses from the shock and asked incomprehensibly, "Since you already have a family, why are you talking about marriage with Teng Rou?"

"Because I am mean, shameless, selfish and greedy!" Luo Tianjin gnashed his teeth in hatred of himself and said viciously, "Back then, after I woke up from my coma and learned of Teng Rou's identity, I had been disguising myself and deceiving Teng Rou's feelings, just to get the 'Extreme Yuan Pill' to help me break through the ninth level of internal strength."

"Brother Jin, you..." At this moment, Ling Xiaoxiao didn't know how to start. Things had come to this point, and the matter was done. Blaming or regretting was useless. In the end, she could only turn thousands of words into an endless sigh to express her inner sorrow.

"Unfortunately, love is a double-edged sword. It hurts yourself before hurting others." Luo Tianjin said to himself, "I thought that after obtaining the 'Extreme Yuan Pill', I could escape easily. However, I didn't expect that I had unknowingly... fallen deeply in love with Teng Rou. At that time, the more I tried to struggle, the deeper I fell, even to the point where I couldn't extricate myself..."

"Playing with feelings is like playing with fire. If you are not careful, you will end up burning yourself." Ling Xiaoxiao was in a trance and murmured, "Although you fell in love with Teng Rou at that time, you eventually chose to abandon her and return to me."

"Yes!" Luo Tianjin sighed, "There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. Although I have been careful to conceal it, there are still people in the Teng clan who have discovered my true identity and know that I am a family man."

Ling Xiaoxiao's eyes straightened and she asked, "What happened next?"

"The law of nature always returns, and retribution will come." Luo Tianjin said with a bitter smile, "After learning the truth, the leader of the Teng tribe was furious and wanted to hack me to death. At that time, the entire Teng tribe was united in hatred of the enemy and regarded me as their mortal enemy. Even though I was a great martial artist, it was difficult for me to escape from Xiangxi alive."

"and then?"

"It was Teng Rou!" Luo Tianjin's expression darkened, and he said in a sad voice, "At the critical moment, it was Teng Rou who stood up again and saved my life in front of the murderous tribesmen. So far, I owe her two lives, and I am afraid I will never be able to repay her in this lifetime."

Ling Xiaoxiao asked curiously, "Because of Teng Rou... they decided to let you go?"

"No!" Luo Tianjin shook his head. "They locked me up in a dungeon and planned to plant a love poison in me, making me loyal to Teng Rou for the rest of my life and never be able to leave Xiangxi."

Ling Xiaoxiao said bitterly: "Since you love Teng Rou so much, what's wrong with planting the love poison?"

"But I still have you and Xuan'er, as well as the newly established Prince Xian's Mansion. How can I abandon them and just leave?" Luo Tianjin tried his best to defend himself, looking quite excited.

"The Teng clan hates you to the core, how could they listen to your explanation?" Ling Xiaoxiao asked, "How did you get away in the end?"

"I..." Luo Tianjin hesitated and said ashamedly, "I deceived Teng Rou again and took advantage of her..."

"how do I say this?"

"I told Teng Rou in prison that I wanted to stay with her forever and live happily together." Luo Tianjin recalled, "But I had to give an explanation to my wife and children before I could stay in the Teng tribe and marry her wholeheartedly. So, I wrote a letter in blood and asked her to help me send it..."

Ling Xiaoxiao hesitated and said, "As I expected, the content of the blood letter was not an 'explanation' at all, but a 'request for help', right?"

"That's right!" Luo Tianjin whispered, "The content of that blood letter was a secret message between Xie Xuan and me, and Teng Rou couldn't figure it out at all. She was so naive that she was once again moved by my sweet talk and was eventually deceived. She helped me deliver the letter out of Xiangxi and into Xie Xuan's hands."

"And then what?"

"Seven days after the blood letter was sent, on a dark and windy night, Xie Xuan sneaked into the Teng clan alone..."

"Wait a minute!" Ling Xiaoxiao suddenly interrupted, "What does Xie Xuan mean by going it alone?"

"I told him in a blood letter that this matter must be kept secret and not to be told to anyone else." Luo Tianjin explained, "Therefore, the only person who sneaked into the Teng tribe to save me was Xie Xuan."

"No!" Ling Xiaoxiao frowned and pondered, "Even if Xie Xuan is a martial arts master, he can't enter the Teng Clan without anyone's help, so how can he rescue you single-handedly?" "Good question!" Luo Tianjin nodded painfully, "The reason why Xie Xuan was able to rescue me smoothly is because... I deceived Teng Rou for the third time. When Xie Xuan sneaked into the Teng Clan, I used sweet words to persuade Teng Rou, saying that I had to go home to settle my affairs, and after I cut off all grudges and hatreds, I would come back to find her."

"She also believes this kind of nonsense?"

"Although I don't want to admit it, the fact is... she chose to believe me again." Luo Tianjin smiled foolishly, "In order to let me get away smoothly, she put a knockout drug in the wine and knocked out Chief Teng and a group of elders. In order to avoid suspicion, she even... knocked herself out."

"Sure enough, an infatuated woman is the stupidest person in the world." Ling Xiaoxiao sighed, "I guess she must have loved you very much at that time, so she tolerated your repeated deceptions to her."

“Maybe!” Luo Tianjin’s eyes were red, and he said in a trembling voice, “She has feelings for me, but I am ungrateful to her. Back then, not everyone was knocked unconscious by the knockout drug, and there were still many Teng clan disciples who were awake. They heard the noise and rushed towards me and Xie Xuan, trying to stop us from escaping from the Teng clan. As a last resort…”

"What?" Ling Xiaoxiao's heart suddenly rose to her throat and her eyes suddenly became nervous.

At this moment, Luo Tianjin's eyes were filled with tears, his heart was broken, and he said tremblingly: "As a last resort, Xie Xuan and I had no choice but to kill as many people as possible. Under the heavy siege of the Teng clan disciples, we fought our way out..."

"what?"

Ling Xiaoxiao was immediately shocked and said in astonishment: "Teng Rou put a knockout drug in your wine to save you, but you slaughtered her people... How do you want her to deal with this?"

"The situation was critical at the time, and I didn't have time to think carefully. I admit that I was indeed negligent in this matter." Luo Tianjin gritted his teeth and replied, "That night, Xie Xuan and I killed countless people, and we almost walked out on the corpses of the Teng clan members..."

"However, after you left, you never went back." Ling Xiaoxiao felt mixed emotions and murmured, "Not only did you break your promise to her, you also put her in a pitiful position of being unkind, unjust, unfaithful and unfilial... You always insisted on doing what you wanted. Have you really never thought about her feelings?"

"Although I am selfish, I am not cold-blooded." Luo Tianjin raised his head suddenly and defended himself, "I originally planned to recuperate for a while and then go to Xiangxi to apologize in person. But unexpectedly, you, my lady, happened to be pregnant... So, I decided to stay in the mansion to take care of you, and then go to the Teng clan in the future."

"Are you talking about...Yu'er?" Ling Xiaoxiao asked back.

"That's right." Luo Tianjin nodded and said, "When you and your daughter were safe, I immediately sent people to the Teng Clan to inquire about Teng Rou's news, but..." At this point, Luo Tianjin couldn't help but burst into tears, "She is no longer in this world..."

"How could it be..." Ling Xiaoxiao asked in surprise, "Could it be that Chief Teng forced her to death?"

"No! She committed suicide for love." Luo Tianjin shook his head slowly and said, "Back then, Xie Xuan and I killed many Teng clan members in order to escape from the Teng clan. In response, the Teng clan leader was furious and vowed to lead his men to Luoyang City to seek revenge on me. At the critical moment, it was Teng Rou who stood up again to stop the Teng clan leader from taking revenge. Although I don't know what method she used to convince the Teng clan leader to forgive me, the fact is that she successfully resolved a catastrophe in the martial arts world. Not only that, for many years afterwards, the Teng clan did not mention anything about what happened that year. Even on the second day of August last year, when I met the Teng clan leader in Hexi, he did not mention the matter. It seems that all this is related to Teng Rou..."

"You mean..." Ling Xiaoxiao speculated, "Teng Rou used her own life to resolve the feud between the Xiangxi Teng Clan and the Xianwang Mansion?"

"Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, it's probably true." Luo Tianjin said sadly, "Since then, every time when it's late at night, I can't help myself and immerse myself in memories. Facing this portrait, I miss the person I saw, and I sit there all night long... I have only owed two women in my life, one is you, and the other is Teng Rou."

"No!" Ling Xiaoxiao shook her head repeatedly, "You don't owe me anything. I am already a thousand times happier than Teng Rou to have you by my side in this life."

"I wanted to hide this matter deep in my heart, even into my coffin. But unexpectedly..." Luo Tianjin changed the subject and said in a complicated tone, "But unexpectedly, fate played a trick on me. Not only did Teng Rou not die, but she became the master of Jueqing Valley and changed her name to 'Xiao Zhirou'. To this day, I still don't know how to face her? But I can't avoid her. After all... I owe her too much..."

"No wonder Jueqing Valley didn't bother anyone these years, but chose to pick a fight with our Xianwang Mansion." Ling Xiaoxiao said thoughtfully, "It turns out that it was Teng Rou who 'came back from the dead' who came to collect a debt from you."

"I am heartless and disloyal. I abandoned her after having sex with her. These are not enough to describe my despicable and shameless behavior." Luo Tianjin complained to himself, feeling ashamed and angry. "Don't even mention confronting me. Even if you cut me into pieces and grind my bones to dust, it won't be enough to make up for what I owe her."

Hearing this, Ling Xiaoxiao's eyes could not help but flash with disappointment. After pondering for a while, she asked anxiously, "Then... do you still have her in your heart now?"

"I..." Luo Tianjin hesitated and was evasive, unable to give Ling Xiaoxiao a clear answer.

Seeing this, Ling Xiaoxiao couldn't help but feel disheartened. She pretended to be calm on the surface, slowly stood up, and gently threw herself into Luo Tianjin's arms.

Her ear was pressed against Luo Tianjin's solid chest, feeling his strong and powerful heartbeat, his eyes full of affection, his breath like orchid. Although she didn't say a word, Ling Xiaoxiao had transformed herself into a ray of tenderness, quietly seeping into Luo Tianjin's heart.

Ask the world, what is love? It makes people stay together for life and death.

……

　Ugh!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)