While writing a diary at Zongwu, Wang Yuyan falls in love with someone else.

221 The women, their emotions running high, and the so-called prodigal son

What Murong Qiudi ultimately awaited was a marriage alliance with another family—the Mao family.

Disheartened, Murong Qiudi did not object.

Perhaps she also hoped to provoke Xie Xiaofeng in this way, so that he would come to her.

But in the end, she was disappointed.

Xie Xiaofeng did not stop the marriage.

Is it because he doesn't know about this news?

No! He knows!

[Because Mr. Mao, who was to be engaged to Murong Qiudi, happened to be a friend of Xie Xiaofeng.]

Xie Xiaofeng also received an invitation.

However, at the engagement banquet, Xie Xiaofeng saw Murong Qiudi dressed in a magnificent gown, her beauty and elegance unparalleled, and the scene in the garden that day involuntarily flashed through his mind, rekindling a burning passion in his heart.

So after Murong Qiudi left, he followed her and quietly went to her room, taking away Murong Qiudi, who had been waiting for him anxiously.

For a period of time afterward, the two spent their days in romantic moments, inseparable, just like a newlywed couple.

However, after they left, Murong Qiudi was misunderstood as having run away from her arranged marriage, which led to a breakdown in the relationship between the two families who were supposed to be engaged.

[Xie Xiaofeng's good friend, Mr. Mao, became a laughingstock throughout the entire martial arts world, unable to hold his head high.]

But Xie Xiaofeng, engrossed in his carefree life, wouldn't care about any of that.

Murong Qiudi had no time to think about those things either; she only believed that she had finally found happiness.

However, after only half a month, Xie Xiaofeng got tired of her.

So he dumped Murong Qiudi again!

"Outrageous! You scoundrel!"

At that moment, countless women slammed their fists on the table and stood up, trembling with anger.

She was not only furious at Xie Xiaofeng's shamelessness and despicable behavior, but also annoyed that Murong Qiudi had married the wrong person and did not know how to maintain her integrity.

Of course, the biggest innocent victim is Mr. Mao.

He was getting engaged and kindly invited his best friend to his home. It turned out that not only had he slept with the bride, but he had also secretly run away with her. After playing around with her for half a month, he didn't want her anymore!

This is infuriating! Any man with a shred of courage would find it hard to swallow.

Making friends with such a beast and a scoundrel is the worst luck he could have ever had.

……

Inside the room, Murong Qiudi's mind went completely blank.

Seeing herself like a broken doll, someone who could sleep with her or discard her at will, she was struck dumb and almost lost her ability to think.

It took a long time for her to regain her composure.

[Character: Murong Qiudi]

[Instruments: 10]

【Favourability: 4】

"So that's it. I'm so pathetic, no wonder... no wonder..."

Murong Qiudi gave a bitter smile, a self-deprecating tone on her lips.

When she looked at the page again, she was no longer nervous.

They've already lost all face, so they can't get any worse.

However, since Murong Qiudi had stayed with Xie Xiaofeng for half a month, he didn't just leave without pulling up his pants this time.

But he did something even more disgusting!

Before leaving, Xie Xiaofeng left Murong Qiudi with a message: he asked her to wait for him for seven years, saying he would marry her after that.

[Because of this one sentence, Murong Qiudi rejected marriage proposals from forty-three men over seven years.]

[She should have been happy and joyful, but between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five, in the prime of her life, she endured humiliation and contempt from others while raising their child.]

However, Murong Qiudi didn't understand that Xie Xiaofeng had been lying to her all along; he had never intended to marry her.

The so-called seven-year agreement was actually Xie Xiaofeng tormenting Murong Qiudi with seven years of unrequited love, forcing her to give up on him, forget him, and then fall in love with someone else.

[This way, he wouldn't have to take responsibility, and if necessary, he could even turn around and accuse Murong Qiudi of breaking her promise.]

Standing on the moral high ground, how wronged, how righteous and awe-inspiring!

Xie Xiaofeng was very proud of this, and even sarcastically remarked, "I got rid of her again after taking her away for half a month."

"Clang, clang—"

The crisp sound of porcelain shattering echoed simultaneously throughout the Central Region.

The women were filled with righteous indignation, their faces turning blue with anger, and they were so angry they felt like they were about to grind their back teeth to powder.

It's easy to imagine that even if Xie Xiaofeng doesn't die at Jiang Wuque's hands today, he will be torn to pieces by one of them.

Such words and actions are truly worse than those of a beast!

This guy doesn't even deserve to be called a "Sword God"?

Some women who had admired Xie Xiaofeng were completely dumbfounded.

Is this really the idol they've always admired and the ideal lover they've always dreamed of?

Amidst their existential turmoil, they couldn't help but feel fortunate...

God bless us!

Fortunately, they didn't encounter Xie Xiaofeng, otherwise Murong Qiudi's tragedy would serve as a cautionary tale.

……

Inside the room, Murong Qiudi remained expressionless.

Xie Xiaofeng's false "seven-year agreement" certainly caused her great harm in the story, but it also helped her to salvage some of her image in reality.

But Murong Qiudi was not happy at all because of this.

She has always been an innocent and kind girl, but now she even has the urge to kill!

It's a pity Xie Xiaofeng is already dead, otherwise she would have fought him to the death for the rest of her life.

[Classical novels often feature romantic heroes, who are romanticized through a series of veiled and ambiguous statements.]

[Whatever, such as—]

Therefore, a prodigal son is heartless.

Are prodigal sons truly heartless?

What is heartlessness?

What then is meant by being sentimental?

The line between heartlessness and affection is thin, or rather, heartlessness can also be a form of affection.

[A swordsman's chivalry is also a sentimental one.]

The heart of a prodigal son is empty.

A prodigal son's heart doesn't belong to everyone.

【…】

[Wait, wait, wait, there are too many of these kinds of statements!]

At first glance, it seems to be full of Zen wisdom and philosophy; upon closer inspection, it's all just empty mystification.

[Purely a scam]

Stripping away the veneer of mystery and superficiality, and focusing solely on Xie Xiaofeng's actions, does his behavior still resemble that of a human being?

[A beast!]

The reason Xie Xiaofeng is so popular is simply because film and television adaptations have romanticized him.

If you were to analyze the characters in the original work in detail, their true colors would be even uglier than the villains.

Even Duan Zhengchun from Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils is a hundred times better than him.

Although both Duan Zhengchun and Duan Zhengchun started relationships and then abandoned them, at least Duan Zhengchun was sincere when he was with those women, and he didn't treat them as tools for sexual gratification.

[The so-called playboy, to put it bluntly, is just a combination of a scumbag and a womanizer, isn't he?]

He was heartless, treating women like prostitutes. Under the guise of romance, he engaged in illicit sexual acts.

Once the fig leaf is removed, it's nothing at all.

Even if Xie Xiaofeng doesn't die at Jiang Wuque's hands today, I'm going to kill him!

There's no other reason, I just don't like him.

222 The Heart-Piercing Blade, the Teahouse Beauty