Chapter 4747 — Character Flaw
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It was only because Wei Zhao had been gravely injured that this unease had been buried for the past half month. He had never expected today to bring such a turn of events, and only now did Ning Xuefei realize with a start that she was truly about to be bound by name to Wei Zhao. It had all come too suddenly—so suddenly that it caught one entirely off guard, leaving no idea how to react.
Yet now, though Ning Xuefei still did not know what the future held, she knew her own heart. For when she heard Wei Zhao speak those three words, she felt at peace, and she felt joy. That was already enough.
As they listened to Wei Zhao utter those three words, Han Jingyi and Shangguan Lan'er, clustered at his side, felt their hearts inexplicably turn a little sour—a feeling complex and hard to name, such as they had never known before.
By their natures, the two of them were rarely troubled by anything. Even Wei Zhao's grave injury this time had only worried them for a while at the start; once they knew he was safe, they had quickly returned to their former selves.
This time, however, they could not help but feel an indefinable bitterness, as though something beloved had been snatched away. Though they knew full well that Wei Zhao would not leave them because of this, a vague sense of loss lingered all the same.
Still, the matter would not truly trouble them. After all, it was they who had first urged the idea of making Wei Zhao Ning Xuefei's future husband, and their own day would come in the end—Ning Xuefei, their dear friend, had merely stolen a march on them for the moment.
Compared with Han Jingyi and Shangguan Lan'er, it was Huo Yudie whose heart was truly caught between hope and loss. Watching Wei Zhao in the arena, she could not help biting her lip, unsure how she ought to react—whether to congratulate Wei Zhao, or to resent this unfeeling wretch who could not read a woman's heart...
She could not even help a faint regret rising in her heart—regret that she had ever come out, that she had not simply stayed with Wei Zhao alone in the trial grounds, the two of them living and flying together. Would that not have been wonderful?
Once she came out, Wei Zhao would surely marry Ning Xuefei. That had been announced long ago, and Wei Zhao himself had told her so in person. How could she have put something so important out of her mind just now!
Beside her, Liu Ziqi sighed and patted her hand lightly. This treasured disciple she had raised from childhood was not her own flesh and blood, yet dearer than a daughter—how could she not know what was going through Huo Yudie's mind?
She had once thought it would be rather fine if Wei Zhao and her beloved disciple could become a pair. Fate, alas, played its tricks. Now that Wei Zhao was to be Ning Xuefei's future husband, he certainly could not take another wife—not only would West Island never permit it, even Liu Ziqi herself would not permit it.
Seeing Wei Zhao accept in front of everyone, Ning Shanghe was delighted and at once meant to formally seal the bond between the two. But before she could speak, two men suddenly stepped out from the crowd and cried aloud, "That will not do!"
The whole assembly was struck dumb, and all eyes turned to Li Yuzhou and Sun Baolu with strange looks. To dare interrupt even Ning Shanghe in public—were these two brains addled? Did they have a death wish?
"Who says it will not do? To dare make trouble on my West Island—seize them and drag them out!" Before Ning Shanghe could speak, Yan Xinlan at her side darkened and gave the order.
In a flash, four West Island disciples of overwhelming presence appeared around the pair. These were no ordinary guards; disciples who could take orders directly from Yan Xinlan, the deputy island lord, were the elite of the elite on West Island, at the very least of the Mystery Ascension stage. Against such strength, the meager powers of Li Yuzhou and Sun Baolu could offer not the slightest resistance.