Chapter 562: Split between husband and wife (Part )

"You are crazy!"

"Snapped!"

Finally, Luo Tianjin, who could no longer bear it, could no longer control his emotions. He suddenly raised his hand and slapped Ling Xiaoxiao hard.

Five deep red fingerprints gradually appeared on her fair cheeks, her hair was disheveled, her makeup was ruined, and a trickle of bright red blood slowly flowed from the corner of her mouth.

Luo Tianjin didn't seem to expect that he would actually take action. He stood there in a daze, staring blankly at Ling Xiaoxiao who was silently shedding tears. He was hesitant for a moment, not knowing what to do.

"You and I are husband and wife, and you actually hit me?"

Crystal clear tears flowed down Ling Xiaoxiao's eyes like a string of beads that had broken off the string. She gently covered her gradually swollen cheeks with her hands and said in despair: "You actually... beat me for a vixen?"

"What vixen?" Seeing Ling Xiaoxiao was stubborn, Luo Tianjin flew into a rage, "It's obviously you who have evil thoughts and committed such a heinous crime. What does it have to do with others?"

"I have a vicious mind?" Ling Xiaoxiao felt aggrieved and laughed angrily, "I tried my best to please my husband and tried my best to save our relationship, and you actually said that I have a vicious mind? Luo Tianjin, ask yourself, am I the one who has a vicious mind? Or are you just fickle? What's wrong with a woman trying every possible means to keep her husband?"

"I am fickle and I love the new. I am fickle. All my mistakes are my fault! If you are dissatisfied, you should tell me. Why do you act on your own and kill me?" Luo Tianjin said in annoyance. "The incident in Xiangxi was caused by me. Teng Rou and I... are also my fault. If you want to beat me, scold me, kill me, or cut me up, I, Luo Tianjin, will never say no. Why do you have to chase after an innocent woman? Has she ever provoked you..."

"Seducing my husband is the biggest provocation to me!" Ling Xiaoxiao stared with a pair of red eyes, and said viciously, "She wants to snatch you from me, which touches my reverse scale and violates my death taboo! If I don't kill her, do I have to wait for her to enter my house and take over my nest?"

"You keep going too far, it's totally unreasonable! What do you mean by entering someone's house? What do you mean by occupying someone's nest? Who do you think Teng Rou is? And who do you think I, Luo Tianjin, am?"

"One is a coquettish and charming vixen, and the other is a heartless man who is obsessed with flowers and willows and steals jade and fragrance." Ling Xiaoxiao saw that Luo Tianjin kept defending Xiao Zhirou, which was like adding fuel to the fire and making things worse. She said without thinking, "I really don't understand why you are so obsessed with that bitch..."

"shut up!"

Luo Tianjin shouted and wanted to raise his hand to hit again, but his mind changed and he couldn't swing his right hand high up no matter what.

"Hit me!" Ling Xiaoxiao said stubbornly, "Kill me if you can! That way, you can marry that bitch legitimately..."

"Enough!" Luo Tianjin's face flushed with anger, veins popping out on his forehead. "You yourself have done something despicable that is hated by both humans and gods, how can you have the face to blame others? Do you know how many innocent people have been killed indirectly because of your own willfulness? You made Teng Rou hate me to the core, and made Jueqing Valley and Xianwang Mansion irreconcilable. I was wrong in this matter, and you were also wrong. Why do you only think about the faults of others and never reflect on your own mistakes?"

"You're right!" Ling Xiaoxiao burst into tears and choked up, "I was wrong! The biggest mistake I made in my life was falling in love with you, Luo Tianjin!"

"You..." Seeing Ling Xiaoxiao always talking about something else, Luo Tianjin was so angry that he was speechless and said angrily, "If I had known this, you and I should not have gotten married back then."

"No marriage?" Ling Xiaoxiao showed contempt and sneered, "In the beginning, you were the one who begged my father to marry me to you time and time again, and now you regret it? Luo Tianjin, don't forget how you got to where you are today. If my father hadn't used all of Wudang's strength to help you, how could you be where you are today?"

Ling Xiaoxiao's words undoubtedly opened up Luo Tianjin's scars.

Over the years, he has been most sensitive to this matter. His achievements today are not easy to come by. Although the Wudang Sect has helped him a lot, Luo Tianjin is by no means a mediocre person who has everything handed to him. Instead, he has worked hard to make a name for himself bit by bit.

Luo Tianjin never denied the great kindness Wudang had shown him, but he would never tolerate anyone taking advantage of the situation and making sarcastic remarks.

Just now, Ling Xiaoxiao was so angry that she said something wrong, which undoubtedly led to a big mistake, even more unacceptable to Luo Tianjin than killing Jiang Yiwei.

However, when Ling Xiaoxiao reacted, it was too late.

The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. At this moment, Luo Tianjin no longer had any tolerance for Ling Xiaoxiao, and all that was left was shame, anger, and disappointment.

Seeing Luo Tianjin's face turned pale and he said nothing, Ling Xiaoxiao quickly changed her attitude and explained, "Brother Jin, that's not what I meant..."

"I'm not deaf!" Luo Tianjin's eyes were red, and he said viciously, "I can't believe that after being married for many years, I am so unbearable in your heart? Do you think that I married you just because you are Qingfeng's daughter? I can achieve what I have today only because of your and Wudang's blessing? Because I keep trying to curry favor with you, I can gain a foothold in the martial arts world?"

"Brother Jin, you misunderstood..."

"You are wrong!" Luo Tianjin gritted his teeth and said, "I can get to where I am today, not relying on anyone, but on myself. Wudang has done me a favor, and you and Master have been kind to me, and I will not forget these. But favors are favors, and your kindness to me does not mean that you can ridicule me at any time and trample on my dignity at will. Everything I have today, I have fought for step by step, and fought back with every sword. If you say there is a favor, then every disciple in the mansion has done me a favor, can everyone make up stories about me? Today, I sit on the position of the leader of the martial arts world, not because of Wudang, and certainly not because of you, but because of myself!"

"Brother Jin, I was anxious just now and said something wrong..."

"Ling Xiaoxiao, from today on, you and I no longer have any feelings for each other as husband and wife!" Luo Tianjin didn't want to listen to her explanation at all, and interrupted her coldly, "I will never tolerate a vicious woman sleeping in the same bed with me. If it weren't for Xuan'er and Yu'er, I would give you a letter of divorce and expel you from the Luo family!" With just these words, Ling Xiaoxiao instantly turned pale and stunned.

"You...you want to divorce your wife?" Ling Xiaoxiao was absent-minded and muttered to herself.

"For the sake of the overall situation, I will not divorce you for the time being." Luo Tianjin said in a deep voice, "But you must reflect on your mistakes behind closed doors until you recognize your mistakes."

"What do you mean?" Ling Xiaoxiao looked up suddenly, and asked in disbelief, "You want to put me under house arrest?"

"From now on, you can only move around in the mansion and are not allowed to step out of the mansion."

"Hiss!" Ling Xiaoxiao took a breath of cold air and said aggrievedly, "You can't treat me like this! Yu'er's wedding is coming soon, and I have to go back to Wudang to send the wedding invitations..."

"I told you that you can't go anywhere until you realize your mistakes!" Luo Tianjin didn't give Ling Xiaoxiao a chance to argue, and said without question, "As for sending the wedding invitations, don't bother with it."

"Just because I hunted down Teng Rou, you treat me like this?" Ling Xiaoxiao was unwilling to accept it and cried softly, "For so many years, I have been by your side day and night, taking care of you in every way, and being considerate to you. Even if I have no merit, I have worked hard, but now this is the result I get in return? There is a saying that 'a day of marriage brings a hundred days of grace'. You and I have been married for more than 20 years, how can you really be so heartless?"

"It was a lie, and you managed to hide it from me for more than 20 years. How can I dare to trust your love and loyalty again? Who knows if you are just acting now?" Luo Tianjin said angrily, "We have slept in the same bed for thousands of days and nights, and I have never felt so unfamiliar with you as I do tonight. Xiaoxiao, did you...really love me?"

After saying that, Luo Tianjin gently stroked Ling Xiaoxiao's hair with his fingers. A trace of pain and reluctance flashed in the depths of his eyes. Suddenly, he turned around angrily and walked towards the door without looking back.

"and many more!"

Before Luo Tianjin left, Ling Xiaoxiao's eyes suddenly changed. She quickly chased him and hugged him tightly from behind. She choked and said, "Brother Jin, do you remember the night when you told me about your ill-fated relationship with Xiao Zhirou? At that time, you said you felt guilty about me and were willing to make amends with the rest of your life. And I only ask you to promise one thing..."

"This..." Luo Tianjin frowned slightly, and suddenly a look of enlightenment appeared on his face after a brief recollection, "What do you want to say?"

"Brother Jin, do you remember what you promised me that night?" Ling Xiaoxiao was full of expectations and gently pressed her cheek against Luo Tianjin's back.

"This……"

"You promised me that no matter what happens in the future, you will not abandon me. You will always stay with me, until a hundred years..." Having said this, Ling Xiaoxiao's eyes closed slightly, and a happy smile appeared at the corners of her mouth.

Luo Tianjin hesitated and said, "Do you think... now is the time to talk about this?"

"If you don't tell me now, when will you tell me?" Ling Xiaoxiao said firmly, "Brother Jin always keeps his word. You will never break your promise."

Hearing this, Luo Tianjin's eyes suddenly changed. He forcefully pushed Ling Xiaoxiao's embrace away and said angrily, "You had expected this day to come, that's why... Ling Xiaoxiao, you are really scheming!"

"No, I'm being honest with you." Ling Xiaoxiao looked ashamed and pleaded, "Tonight, I've told you my biggest secret. Is there anything else I should hide? Brother Jin, I was wrong about Jiang Yiwei. I hope you can forgive me for the sake of our relationship as husband and wife... Okay?"

"You know, I hate it most when someone lies to me."

"You also know that I lied to you because I was afraid of losing you."

Facing Ling Xiaoxiao's tenderness, Luo Tianjin's eyelids trembled slightly, and then he slowly shook his head and said: "Being afraid of losing is not a reason for you to be cold-blooded and merciless. It is undeniable that I can't be ruthless to you, nor can I ignore the relationship between you and me for more than 20 years..."

Hearing this, Ling Xiaoxiao was secretly delighted and looked excited.

"But what you did is beyond the reach of justice." Luo Tianjin changed the subject and said coldly, "Maybe one day I will forgive you, but... definitely not today."

After saying that, Luo Tianjin suddenly opened the door and left.

He did not give Ling Xiaoxiao a chance to explain himself, and he never even turned around to look at Ling Xiaoxiao from beginning to end.

Outside, the wind and rain were howling and the cold was biting.

However, for Luo Tianjin and Ling Xiaoxiao tonight, no matter how cold the wind and rain are, it is not as cold as the heart.

……

(End of this chapter)