The Yandere’s Embrace and a Desperate Escape

“What’s here? Let me go, I am a bird that longs for freedom.”

“A birdcage cannot confine me.”

Mingqian’s gaze was sincere, his dark-rimmed eyes streaked with blood vessels.

For days, he had been unable to eat or sleep, his mind consumed solely by the yearning for freedom.

“But this is our home, isn’t it?”

“Where would you go?”

“Even if you want to leave, you still need a home, don’t you?”

Bai Wanting suddenly lifted her head, extending her arms tightly to embrace Mingqian.

“Even if everything you just said was a lie, even if you were deceiving me, it doesn’t matter.”

“As long as you still like me, I can forgive you.”

“What about all those memories we shared?”

“Those recollections, those feelings — they couldn’t possibly be fake, could they?”

“Let go of me…”

He no longer believed in emotions; even someone as passionate as Su Wanqing had ultimately abandoned him.

Mingqian struggled to push Bai Wanting’s hands away, but the girl’s grip was surprisingly strong.

She held him even tighter than before, to the point where he felt a suffocating pressure.

“Please, don’t abandon me, don’t leave me.”

Nevertheless, Mingqian managed to break free from her embrace, pushing Bai Wanting away.

Perhaps due to the excessive force, the girl’s body swayed to the side like a kite with a broken string, tumbling to the ground.

Her pristine white skirt was now covered in dust, and Bai Wanting covered her eyes with her hands, emitting muffled sobs.

“Ah, are you alright!”

Witnessing her delicate fall, Mingqian almost instinctively rose and grasped the girl’s hand.

Even though her yandere tendencies were somewhat unsettling, as she had said, their past memories remained unchanged.

He didn’t actually dislike the girl; he simply believed that all love should have boundaries, and exceeding them would lead to something truly strange.

Even true love required a certain distance, emotional cultivation, and time to flourish, which was why he decided to maintain some distance from the girl for now.

The most crucial factor was… he now had someone he couldn’t betray.

That person wasn’t Su Wanqing, who had betrayed him, but rather…

Although he hadn’t been able to stay with her until the end, he was still her fiancé in name.

Despite being burdened by the pain of his imprisonment since returning to reality, he still found himself thinking about Noyu from time to time.

Chris and Eliza were together, Aile possessed invincible strength, yet Noyu had nothing.

He didn’t even know if she was alive or dead.

Nevertheless, he still cared deeply for this childhood friend who had grown up alongside him.

“Wanting? Are you alright?”

“I’m sorry, I was a little too hasty.”

He quickly walked over to Bai Wanting and extended a hand to her.

“Here, did I hurt you?”

“We can talk about this, alright?”

“No!”

“Look!”

“You clearly care about me so much, so why do you insist on saying you don’t like me?”

“Even when you were just with that other person, and were clearly exhausted from being with her, Xiaoqian still came home with me.”

“Even though I was so cold to you back then, you still treated me with such gentleness, and now you say you don’t like me?!”

Bai Wanting abruptly pulled his hand, causing him to tumble down beside her, making him straddle her as if she were a predator.

Her expression was a fragmented mask, yet at this moment, it was also alluringly seductive, almost bleeding with intense desire.

“Look, it’s warm here, just like it’s been waiting for Xiaoqian.”

“I’ve clearly prepared everything; I’ve waited for this day for so long, so very, very long.”

She first smiled, pointing to her stomach, then took Mingqian’s hand and guided it towards a deeper part of her body.

Mingqian flinched violently, quickly snatching his hand back.

The look she gave Mingqian held both tender affection and overwhelming possessive desire.

“You’re not speaking truthfully.”

“I don’t want to talk to a fake Xiaoqian; I want to talk to the real Xiaoqian.”

Her gaze dropped to Mingqian’s lower body.

“No, Xiaobai…”

“But I truly love… I love, love, love, love, love you so much!”

At this point, there was nothing left to say; he could only blame himself for not fleeing this place of trouble sooner.

Ultimately, he had underestimated how quickly Bai Wanting would return; as far as he knew, the distance between here and the city center was at least an hour’s drive.

How on earth had she managed to travel back and forth in such a short amount of time?

“How did you manage it?”

Mingqian abruptly retreated two steps, feeling utterly helpless, like a fish on a chopping block.

“Heh heh, I was very lucky.”

“I met a girl who supports my love, and she’s very kind, you know.”

“She also has a boyfriend like Xiaoqian, and she’s decided to make her move too.”

‘Since when did your yandere clan become so formidable?’

‘Tearing apart a nuclear bomb would probably just be a matter of time for you all!’

Escape, or be captured again—these were the only two choices before him.

Neither option appealed to him, but at this moment, escaping was clearly the better strategy compared to being dragged back.

Heaven knew what kind of torment the girl would inflict upon him if he were caught again this time.

Fortunately, he was no longer a lamb waiting for slaughter.

All those repetitive magic exercises hadn’t been for nothing!

Boom!

He abruptly raised his hand, and four wooden walls instantly erupted from beneath Bai Wanting’s feet.

The walls merged in mid-air, gradually forming a cage that encircled Bai Wanting.

Bai Wanting seemed utterly unprepared for Mingqian to use his abilities; she blinked, momentarily frozen in place.

Seizing the opportunity, while she was bound by the wooden walls, Mingqian conjured a stone dagger in his hand and lunged towards Bai Wanting.

“Sorry!”

It wouldn’t be fatal; it would merely render the girl temporarily incapable of resistance.

Yet, in the next instant, a flash of white light erupted, and the wooden walls shattered into countless pieces.

Amidst the flying debris, the girl emerged from behind them.

Bai Wanting!

‘Tsk! Is she cheating?!’

Mingqian, exasperated, swiftly dodged to the side, but Bai Wanting used the scattered wooden chunks to launch another assault.

A cold gleam flashed in her hand as she stabbed directly at Mingqian’s wrist, this time without any hesitation.

“Hey!”

Mingqian scrambled to roll away.

“Are you trying to kill me!”

“Don’t worry, Xiaoqian, I’ve already prepared healing potions.”

“As long as I make you lose consciousness first, everything will be fine afterwards, so just surrender obediently!”

“No, this isn’t how it works!”

Mingqian began to panic; he wasn’t confident he could defeat Bai Wanting.

More accurately, he possessed no skill in close-quarters combat whatsoever.

Raising his hand, he conjured a shield, attempting to stall Bai Wanting’s advance as much as possible; this was all he could do.

Clang…

Clang…

As sword met shield, white light burst forth around them, and cold sweat trickled down Mingqian’s back once more.

Although Aile’s items possessed magic shields, his magical energy would eventually run out.

He could feel that the shield’s strength was barely holding up against Bai Wanting’s relentless attacks.

He frantically pondered a solution.

What he didn’t know was that Bai Wanting was even more anxious than he was.

Her attacks were fierce; she even felt she was at her peak, yet no matter how much True Qi she gathered to launch her assaults, she couldn’t penetrate the shield before Mingqian in the slightest.

She couldn’t harm him.

But Mingqian had been under her protection all these days, and he had always been a good-for-nothing since childhood.

How then did he possess such power?

This power, while lacking strong offensive capabilities, was unparalleled in its defensive aspect, as if some force had sworn to absolutely protect him.

Incomprehensible, truly incomprehensible.

Even how he had managed to escape was quite puzzling.

“Xiaoqian? When exactly did you awaken your abilities without me knowing?”

She noticed that he had changed over the past two days.

He had regained his desire for life, and his eyes, once containing only her image, now held other colors.

“Why have I never sensed the power within your body?”

“It seems you still don’t understand me well enough.”

Mingqian exerted his power once more, and wooden spikes swiftly shot towards her.

Bai Wanting barely managed to dodge the attack, but just as she prepared to press her assault on Mingqian again, she realized her sides were already surrounded by walls.

She had intended to call upon her spirit artifact for help, but then abruptly realized that her original tool had been depleted in the previous secret realm, and in her carelessness, she had forgotten to replenish it.

“How can this be!”

How was it possible?

She was the one meant to protect Xiaoqian; how could she be defeated!

Moreover, she was already a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator; how could she lose to a recently awakened Mingqian?

Mingqian had actually managed to suppress Bai Wanting.

The girl bit her lip stubbornly, burning with immense True Qi, but as the walls slowly pressed in on her, her eyes gradually grew hazy.

She couldn’t lose!

She absolutely couldn’t lose!

Otherwise, she would lose Xiaoqian forever.

“Heh heh, it’s over!”

“Your love and you, both start from scratch!”

Mingqian exerted sudden force, and spikes extended from the inner walls.

Bai Wanting, having used too much True Qi, was currently in recovery, and she closed her eyes in despair.

But in the next second, Mingqian froze.

The walls dissolved into wood, vanishing before his eyes.

His magic power had run out.

Bai Wanting opened her eyes and smiled faintly.

“This is proof that my love has moved the heavens, Xiaoqian.”

“Don’t you understand yet?”

“This is destiny, wanting you to never leave me…”

“Ah, I just want to stay right here…”

She sheathed her sword and slowly walked towards Mingqian.

Despite the various injuries adorning her body, she wore a gentle smile.

‘I’m done for, I’m done for, I’m utterly done for.’

‘Now, it’s probably either losing my legs or being locked in a cage; my life is over!’

‘Think fast… think fast, is there any other way!’

‘Beg for mercy?’

‘I wonder if kneeling down to lick her black silk stockings or small feet would do any good.’

“Don’t struggle anymore.”

“Come back with me obediently, and I’ll only keep you in a cage.”

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