The Arch-Enemy Must Not Become a Wife

Chapter 299: Chapter 156: Ruthlessness

Ji Mingyu tried to make her tone sound more sincere, "When I first discovered you in the Cloud Mountain area, you were collecting herbs, looking very focused, very...cute."

"I didn’t hurry to reveal myself but instead observed you carefully for half a month. From many details, I deduced that you still hadn’t successfully regained your memory and couldn’t even perform simple breathing exercises."

"So after a bit of thought, I changed my mind."

"Originally, I wanted to keep you by my side, guide you slowly, make you fall in love with me, and never leave me."

"But upon further reflection, I thought that was too selfish. Once you regained your memory, you would surely resent me, so I took a more balanced approach."

Having said that, Ji Mingyu’s thoughts were actually:

This wouldn’t work; she knew this man’s character too well. Personally grooming him wouldn’t guarantee that he would only love her. What if his nature resurfaced?

Moreover, if one day she falls into his hands, he might then go off with other women, wouldn’t that just bring everything back to square one?

Not to mention that Chu Xuan was bound to discover the truth eventually; it was impossible to keep it from him forever.

It would be better to... let him fall in love with her first, then ruthlessly abandon him!

Doing so had three advantages:

First, Chu Xuan would remember her, remember for a lifetime, ensuring that no matter what woman came along in the future, she could never replace Ji Mingyu’s place in his heart.

Second, fulfilling the promise made to Chu Xuan.

Third, it would be beneficial for Chu Xuan’s future growth.

Ji Mingyu continued, "This balanced approach is to firstly take you as a disciple, teach you for some time, and then fulfill my original promise, guiding you on the right path to join the Cyan Lotus Daoist Palace and see if you can carve out a different future."

"Following this path, memory loss is actually a good thing because with memories, you would be limited by the knowledge and perspective of the Celestial Evil Period, and possibly only end up slightly stronger than your past life."

Chu Xuan just listened silently, showing no apparent reaction.

Ming Yu bit her lip lightly, saying, "I know you probably don’t understand why I would go to such lengths for you."

"There are two reasons: one is to give you a massive motivation in your cultivation."

"You’ll surely have to fiercely cultivate, improve your skills to find out the truth, to make me explain to you the reason I abandoned you back then."

"The second is that I didn’t want you to become reliant; if you were always under my protection, how could you grow into a being stronger than even the Celestial Evil Period?"

"Even if I don’t help you, there’s always a support in your heart, a sense of security."

"As long as you hold onto the notion of ’I have a fallback,’ ’someone will surely help me at the last moment,’ you could never truly become strong."

After revealing the whole truth, Ji Mingyu felt significantly relieved.

As for what to do next, she had long made up her mind.

Ming Yu thought that if she just lowered her stance and attitude, sincerely admitted her wrongs, it would do.

After all, although she had some personal motives, she indeed acted for his benefit and strictly fulfilled her promises to him, not betraying his initial trust. He should understand her.

Just as Ji Mingyu finished speaking, she remembered something else, smiling brightly she said:

"You going there, surely nothing good will come of it. No matter what trouble you cause, you mustn’t claim to be my disciple. If you say so much as a single word, I’ll know it and will peel your skin, grind your bones, cast your soul into the abyss of no return."

"This is from the lines you once told me, from ’Journey to the West,’ the part when Patriarch Subodhi sends Sun Wukong down the mountain."

"I still remember it~"

"When I used these words to send you away back then, you must have guessed somewhat that I was just acting, right?"

Chu Xuan quietly listened all along, sincerely hoping to hear a plot twist, hear a reason persuasive enough for him.

Until Ji Mingyu stopped, he coldly lifted his head to look at her, "That’s it?"

Ming Yu froze for a moment and nodded, "That’s it, that’s the truth."

The little snow mink listened in utter shock, my heavens! Is this the so-called ’infallible truth’ that would make Chu Xuan forgive you once spoken? Where did you get that confidence from??

To it, it seemed totally baseless, right?

Chu Xuan laughed bitterly, perhaps being too overwhelmed today he actually had a moment of "has the world gone mad?"

"So, apart from not being faithful, we don’t really have any deep-seated hatred between us, I’ve never harmed you, on the contrary, I’ve trusted you supremely, shared all my secrets with you, and put my life in your hands, right?"

Ji Mingyu nodded somewhat anxiously, "Yes."

She internally fretted, after apologizing, surely he’ll forgive me, right?

Chu Xuan, having just managed to calm down, once again was stirred by Ji Mingyu’s self-conceived insightful confession, into a high wave of agitation.

He tearfully, gritting his teeth, said: "So, for your selfishness, you arbitrarily altered the plans I entrusted to you."

"Your reason is laughable, claiming it’s for my good, through playing with my emotions, destroying my body, then ruthlessly crushing my confidence to spur me to devote myself diligently to cultivation?"

"If you hadn’t done this, would I have slacked off on my cultivation path? Then how did I initially cultivate to the ninth realm?"