Everyday the protagonist wants to capture me

37

“Shut up!” The expression on Chu Sheng’s face had become increasingly unsightly. His forehead glistened with sweat as his blue veins twitched and his eyes had turned red.

Lu Qingan frowned and was thinking about reminding Chu Sheng to keep his mind centered and calm to protect their original intentions when Chu Shuanghe’s smile suddenly faltered. The expression on his face changed and he slowly closed his eyes. After a long time, he opened his eyes. The madness in his eyes had retreated somewhat and he was calmer. His black eyes looked kind and gentle while his voice was warm: “Sheng-er, don’t be influenced by him.”

Chu Sheng’s body was stiff. He had come close to being carried away by sheer fury but now his mind became clearer. He stared blankly at Chu Shuangtian’s eyes: “… Father?”

The Nascent Soul stage vassal was excited: “Lord Chu? You’ve regained consciousness?”

Chu Shuangtian nodded to them, gently pushed away Yan Hue, and said with a smile: “Fellow Daoist Lu, I’ve caused trouble for you.”

Lu Qingan sheathed Yan Hue then looked at him with indifference in his eyes: “You aren’t weak. Your mind should be tougher than this. For what reason were you able to get possessed?’

Chu Shuangtian was silent for a moment then smiled faintly. “Everyone has a weakness. The defensive line at the bottom of one’s heart is weak. Therefore, it’s easy for people to go in and take advantage of the emptiness there – does fellow Daoist Lu not also have such a weakness?”

Lu Qingan was stunned. He looked down at Bu Heng at his waist and darkness seemed to flow into his eyes. His lips tightened and he didn’t speak again.

Also, Chu Shuanghe had grown up with Chu Shuangtian. Before the dispute over who would inherit leadership of the family started, the two men had always had good feelings between them and understood each other well. Chu Shuanghe had taken advantage of this but one couldn’t blame Chu Shuangtian for having weak willpower…

The expression on Chu Sheng’s face twisted in agony for a moment then he took a deep breath and calmed down: “Father, mother, she… is she really…”

Chu Shuangtian’s eyes were warm and bright: “She is in my heart.”

As expected…

Chu Sheng pressed his forehead into his hands and trembled: “Father, what should I do? What should I do?”

“His soul has become entangled with mine.” Chu Shuangtian looked down at his hand and said softly, “For as long as I am alive, you will not be able to be sure if it’s me or Shuanghe. He already knows that your grandmother and grandfather are in life-and-death closed-door cultivation. To get his revenge, he… You should be able to guess what now needs to be done.”

Even if he had already guessed what the solution was to be, Chu Sheng’s expression still changed and he turned so pale that his lips were white: “Father!”

Chu Shuangtian said: “Sheng-er, Shuanghe’s sins are many. It’s my fault. If I go to the underworld2 with him, I think his resentment should dissipate a little.”

The expression on the Nascent Soul stage vassal’s face changed greatly: “Lord Chu, you absolutely mustn’t! Chu Shuanghe forsook the Chu family and defected to the Demonic Path faction. He has killed members of the Chu family. Why did you let this kind of sinister villain possess you? Let’s leave this place first. There must be a way to separate your two souls…”

He had not yet finished speaking when Chu Shuangtian’s face suddenly twisted until the expression on his face was no longer refined and gentle. Instead, it showed a terrifying malevolence: “Chu Shuangtian! You vile person! You dare to pretend to be righteous! Spouting such pleasant-sounding nonsense!”