prynovel Chapter 93 : Chapter 93
Chapter 93 : Chapter 93
Chapter 93: Kneeling at the School Beauty’s Feet for Three Hundred Years—Now That I Have Stopped, Why Are You Crying?
“It was just that Ye Xiao’s talent was not very good. He did not even manage to get into Imperial Capital University!”
“But with his family background, failing to get into Imperial Capital University was not a big problem. Liu Ruyan still was not worthy of him!”
“Who could have known that right before the college entrance exam, Liu Ruyan would awaken a gold trait, enter Imperial Capital University, and even become an Elite Student? Their talents drifted farther and farther apart after that.”
“And Ye Xiao actually had some backbone back then. He told Liu Ruyan directly that the two of them could break up.”
“But who would have thought Liu Ruyan flatly refused? She said she truly loved Ye Xiao.”
“Naturally, Ye Xiao was moved!”
“Damn, hearing this much already, why do I feel like some ridiculous melodrama is coming?”
“That is right. The melodrama really did come.”
“In less than half a year after they entered university, Martial Saint Ye, along with Ye Xiao’s parents, was ambushed and killed by foreign experts while carrying out one of Huaxia’s most classified missions.”
“Huaxia investigated afterward and discovered that someone had sold out their information. As for who did it, that has never been found out to this day.”
“Then after Liu Ruyan found out what happened to Ye Xiao’s family, she must have broken up with him immediately, right?”
“Tsk, tsk, you are underestimating Liu Ruyan.”
“She did not break up with him. Instead, like some white moonlight, she comforted Ye Xiao and gradually won his trust.”
“In the end, after swindling away all of the Ye Family’s assets, she kicked him aside.”
“Who would have thought that at that same time, Ye Xiao would awaken a powerful talent and enter Imperial Capital University as the champion of the Hundred-Province Genius Tournament!”
“Damn, isn’t that exactly the sort of comeback setup a novel protagonist would get? Didn’t Ye Xiao take revenge afterward?”
“You are overthinking it! After that, Liu Ruyan got cosmetic surgery, and with all that money, she founded the Peerless Beauty Society.”
“She became one of the hottest prodigies at Imperial Capital University. Besides, her own talent was not bad either. Ye Xiao could not compare to Liu Ruyan in power, influence, or background.”
“But Liu Ruyan devoted herself entirely to her career. Over the years, the number of men she has slept with is probably no less than a hundred, but after using them up, she kicked them all away.”
“And even then, Ye Xiao still wanted to win Liu Ruyan back!”
“Tsk, tsk, tsk. If I were an ancestor of the Ye Family, I would probably claw my way out of the grave from sheer rage.”
“Brilliant. That twist is incredible! Even in novels, this kind of cuckold is rare, right?”
“And he even has a protagonist’s name!”
“Who says otherwise? The first time I heard about it, I was sickened too!”
“But thankfully, Teacher Ye Xiao is still a decent person in his usual conduct, and he is fair enough. Otherwise, he would not have intervened today!”
“Wait, are you sure he is fair? Could it be that he just does not want Liu Ruyan to suffer any punishment?”
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Some of the older students around them were busily explaining the tangled history between Liu Ruyan and Ye Xiao.
“Damn it, after hearing all that, I thought I was listening to the rise of some novel protagonist. Who knew it was just the history of a spineless cuckold groveling at a woman’s feet?”
“I remember Ye Xiao. In the last cycle, he led quite a few students in resisting my demonic army. Even after he had bled dry in battle, he did not cry out once. A real man.”
“Who could have guessed that someone so fierce was actually such a lovesick fool?”
At the same time, Xiao Xuan could not help muttering under his breath.
That was right, he was also enjoying the gossip. It was just that halfway through, he nearly threw up.
He still had some impression of Ye Xiao. In the future, that man’s talent would not be weak!
A thousand years later, he had also reached the peak of the Martial Saint Realm. After Gu Xuan and Long Jue died in the Subterranean Caverns, Ye Xiao became one of the experts guarding the Imperial Capital!
Of course, Xiao Xuan naturally did not know the details of his life. In the future, Xiao Xuan dealt only with major matters, so he paid little attention to such trivial nonsense.
The fact that he even remembered who Ye Xiao was already said enough.
“Ye Xiao had good talent in my era. In the end, he reached the peak of the Martial God Realm.”
“He was an extremely responsible expert of our human race!”
“But the greatest stain on his life was his behavior as Liu Ruyan’s lapdog in his youth. It became a blemish that followed him for the rest of his life.”
“Even five thousand years later, some of the younger generations still used that story to amuse themselves.”
“Fortunately, Liu Ruyan died early. If she had lived a little longer, Ye Xiao might never have become one of humanity’s top experts.”
“Of course, if he could be made to learn in advance that Liu Ruyan was the one who caused his parents’ deaths, then he probably would not remain this blindly devoted.”
At that moment, even Mu Xiying, quite rarely, began gossiping as well.
“What? She caused his parents’ deaths? Something like that happened too?”
The moment Xiao Xuan heard that, his interest was instantly piqued.
“That is right. More than three hundred years ago, our human race discovered a tenth-tier inheritance-type Subterranean Cavern.”
“That was the very cavern from which the Nanotech Battle Armor you are wearing was excavated.”
“But at first, only Huaxia knew of that cavern. Long Jue dispatched Ye Xiao’s grandfather and parents to develop it!”
“For some reason, however, that matter became known to other nations, and even to other races.”
“Ye Xiao’s grandfather and parents were surrounded and attacked. Even so, they still managed to send out the design blueprints for the Nanotech Battle Armor before dying.”
“And those design blueprints became one of the most valuable resources of our human race!”
“For the past three hundred years, they have exchanged for who knows how many resources on behalf of the human race!”
“But the person who leaked the information was Liu Ruyan.”
“In my timeline, in order to kill me, she also sold my information to the Freedom Nation. Unfortunately for her, she underestimated my strength, and I killed both her and that Martial Saint of the Freedom Nation.”
“I am probably the only person who knows that matter. By all rights, Ye Xiao should also have been able to guess part of it. After all, it was he who carelessly revealed information about his grandfather and parents!”
Mu Xiying explained.
“Hah, I think even if he knew, with how lovesick he is, he still would not avenge his family. He would definitely choose to forgive Liu Ruyan instead!”
“No, I have to report this. Those two shameless wretches need to be exposed to the public.”
After hearing such explosive news, Gu Xuan was indignant and immediately began cursing.
“Wait, let us finish watching the show first. It will not be too late after that!”
Xiao Xuan hurriedly stopped him.
“Liu Ruyan, the Peerless Beauty Society has long since been singled out by the higher authorities. Do not continue involving yourself too deeply with that organization.”
“This Xiao Xuan is the greatest prodigy of Imperial Capital University. If you attack him, you will absolutely be punished.”
“You might even die!”
After Liu Ruyan’s disbelieving challenge, Ye Xiao finally spoke in a grave tone.
Sure enough, he had stopped Liu Ruyan not because it was his duty, nor because he had suddenly grown a conscience.
He simply did not want Liu Ruyan to be punished.
At once, a flood of traits began dropping from the students below.
【Shocked】【Disgusted】【Worldview Shattered】
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Clearly, they had still underestimated just how pathetic a cuckold Ye Xiao truly was.
“Fine. In that case, kill them for me!”
“Do you not keep saying that you love me?”
“If you kill them, I will marry you!”
“But if you refuse, then from this day on, I will never say another word to you, and you had better never appear before me again.”
Yet after hearing Ye Xiao’s words, Liu Ruyan merely let out a cold snort.
At the same time, she forced down her anger toward Xiao Xuan.
The moment she said that, everyone subconsciously looked toward Ye Xiao.
Good heavens, marry him? For this kind of cuckold, that condition was a perfect killing blow.
Sure enough, Ye Xiao was visibly moved. Yet very quickly, he frowned.
“If I kill him, then I am dead for certain too!”
“And then I would not be able to marry you!”
Suddenly, Ye Xiao spoke in a grave voice.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk. So Ye Xiao may be lovesick, but he is not a fool. Did he just realize Liu Ruyan’s trick? Being lovesick is still being thoughtful, at least. There is still a brain in there, is there not?”
Gu Xuan could not help laughing.
“So you do not want to stand up for me after all? I knew it. The love you always claimed to have for me was no different from any other man’s—just empty words.”
“When life and death truly come into play, all you men know how to do is run your mouths!”
Liu Ruyan’s tone instantly turned icy.
Although she was not surprised, her heart still grew cold.
Since when had Ye Xiao acquired extra intelligence?
“No. I only mean that you can marry me first.”
“As long as we get married, I will kill Xiao Xuan!”
“Even if I cannot win your heart or body forever, as long as I can be your husband for even a single day, then even if I die, I will die willingly!”
Yet Ye Xiao’s next words made all the students below widen their eyes in utter disbelief.
Even Liu Ruyan herself looked at him in a daze.
“Damn it, I take back what I just said. Lovesickness is not a brain. It is dog shit!”
Even Gu Xuan nearly vomited.
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“Y-you… are you sure?”
Even Liu Ruyan looked at Ye Xiao in disbelief.
She truly could not believe that Ye Xiao loved her so deeply.
Over the past several hundred years, she had deceived one person after another. Those people had either coveted her status, her body, or her money.
And once she had drained all their value, every one of them had wanted nothing more than to kill her. Only Ye Xiao alone had continued to love her silently.
Of course, until now, she had only thought Ye Xiao was stupid, the sort who believed whatever she told him.
But from what he had just said, it was obvious that Ye Xiao was not unintelligent. He knew she was deceiving him, and he also knew what attacking Xiao Xuan would lead to.
And yet he still chose to help her.
If that was not true love, then what was?
Liu Ruyan was still human, and as a human, she naturally yearned for true love.
She thought back to those happy days in high school with Ye Xiao.
At that moment, her long-silent heart began to beat once more.
“That is right. I am certain. You know how I feel about you. I have no reason to deceive you.”
Ye Xiao smiled faintly and looked at Liu Ruyan with a calm expression.
The moment he said that, Liu Ruyan’s eyes reddened slightly.
“Very well. I am willing to marry you.”
Liu Ruyan looked at Ye Xiao with utmost seriousness.
“Really?”
Even Ye Xiao looked at Liu Ruyan in disbelief, his face filling with excitement.
“I have been waiting for this day for so long!”
“These are the marriage certificates I prepared long ago. As long as we sign our names and record our DNA, then we will become husband and wife in truth. I once thought I would never be able to use them in this lifetime!”
As he spoke, Ye Xiao took out two red certificates with trembling hands.
The style was the same as it had been a thousand years ago.
But this item now contained a recording chip. As long as both parties signed their names, recorded their DNA, and made a spoken vow consenting to the marriage, they would become husband and wife.
This was a system created by Huaxia’s upper leadership in order to raise both birth rates and marriage rates, streamlining the marriage process as much as possible.
In this era, such a thing amounted to a real proposal, the kind where one proposed and married on the spot, all protected by law.
With deep affection on his face, Ye Xiao stepped before Liu Ruyan and held out the marriage certificate.
“I am willing to take Liu Ruyan as my wife. No matter whether in sickness or in health, I will never abandon her!”
“And after my death, everything I possess will belong to Liu Ruyan!”
“Ruyan, are you willing to marry me?”
He spoke with great tenderness.
As Liu Ruyan looked at the marriage certificate before her, although she had gone through the process dozens of times already, for some reason, this time she felt like an inexperienced young girl, her heart filled with nervousness and excitement.
It was a feeling she had never known before.
And Ye Xiao had already considered even his inheritance, which meant that he truly was willing to die for her?
“So the one I truly loved all along was still Ye Xiao?”
Liu Ruyan thought sweetly to herself.
“I am willing as well! No matter whether in sickness or in health, I will never abandon you!!”
Without further hesitation, Liu Ruyan nodded with a flushed face.
The vows of the two of them were recorded into the marriage certificate. Then both pierced their fingers and signed their names upon it with fingertip blood!
Their DNA was simultaneously uploaded to the Huaxia Central AI Core.
Immediately afterward, the marital status on the personal information interface of their smartwatches changed to Married.
“Ye Xiao, I always thought the love you had for me was nothing more than the pity one might feel for a stray cat or dog!”
“I never imagined you truly loved me!”
“I hope you can forgive all the hurt I caused you all these years!”
Liu Ruyan looked at Ye Xiao, her face full of guilt.
When he heard those words, countless memories surfaced in Ye Xiao’s mind.
“None of that matters anymore!”
At last, Ye Xiao drew a deep breath and looked at Liu Ruyan calmly.
“So you have forgiven me?”
Liu Ruyan immediately let out a sigh of relief. Then she gazed at Ye Xiao with deep affection and slowly closed her eyes, wanting Ye Xiao to kiss her. After all, that too was a natural part of the process.
“All right. Next, it is time for me to do what I ought to do!”
Yet instead of Ye Xiao’s kiss, Liu Ruyan heard only his calm voice.
The moment she heard that, panic rose in her heart. What he ought to do? Did he still mean to attack Xiao Xuan?
Thinking of that, she hastily opened her eyes.
“Husband, there is no need to kill Xiao Xuan and the others anymore!”
“I forgive them. If you attack them, the experts of Huaxia will never let you go!”
“What will I do if you die?”
“I want you to stay safe!”
Liu Ruyan hurriedly grabbed hold of Ye Xiao.
Upon hearing that, the students below were utterly dumbfounded.
Good heavens, Liu Ruyan was actually showing concern for Ye Xiao now.
Could this really be that old saying—that if one licked long enough, one would gain everything in the end?
“It still feels disgusting somehow.”
Gu Xuan could not help remarking.
“There is something off about this Ye Xiao!”
Yet Xiao Xuan’s eyes narrowed slightly. He had the distinct feeling that something about Ye Xiao was strange, though he could not quite put it into words.
“Very well, then. I will not make a move against them. I told you that for the rest of my life, I would always listen to you.”
After hearing Liu Ruyan’s words, Ye Xiao smiled meaningfully.
“Oh, right, Ruyan. This is my wedding gift for you! I hope this gift will accompany you for the rest of your life!”
Suddenly, Ye Xiao took out a ring, one set with a gleaming gemstone.
“How beautiful!!”
The moment Liu Ruyan saw the ring, she immediately covered her mouth in delight, then quickly put it on her finger.
“There is something wrong with that ring!”
Mu Xiying frowned.
And the instant Xiao Xuan saw the ring, he too sensed an extremely familiar aura.
He immediately drew upon his spatial power and locked onto the ring.
Sure enough, it was a teleportation ring.
Xiao Xuan used his Teleportation trait to trace backward along the spatial power within the ring.
In an instant, his pupils contracted slightly.
“So that is it. My, my. This Ye Xiao is ruthless indeed!”
Suddenly, Xiao Xuan could not help speaking in admiration.
“Brother Xiao, what is going on with the ring? Tell me already!”
After hearing both of them speak, Gu Xuan still could not see through anything and could only grow anxious where he stood.
“You will know in a moment!”
Xiao Xuan replied mysteriously.
“The gemstone on this ring is beautiful. What material is it?”
Liu Ruyan smiled as she looked at the ring on her hand.
“Teleportation Crystal.”
The moment Ye Xiao answered, the smile on Liu Ruyan’s face froze instantly.
“Farewell, Liu Ruyan!!”
In the next moment, Ye Xiao slowly touched the ring on Liu Ruyan’s finger.
Buzz!!
Before Liu Ruyan could even react, both her figure and Ye Xiao’s vanished from the spot.
“They disappeared? Where did Teacher Liu and Teacher Ye go?!”
The instant Liu Ruyan vanished, the students below were all bewildered.
“No idea. It looked like they were teleported away, maybe?”
“Wait, teleported away? Teleported where?!”
“Holy shit! Holy shit! Don’t tell me it’s what I think it is?”
“Hiss! If that is really the case, then we truly wronged Teacher Ye Xiao. He is the real man here!”
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The moment someone recognized that they had been teleported away, a shocked cry went up.
“What is it, what is it? Why are all of you so shocked?”
Those who still had not figured it out were all bewildered, frantically asking questions.
“Over the years, Liu Ruyan has relied on her status as a woman to cyberbully many Martial Thearchs, and even quite a few Martial Saints and their families!”
“It is only because she is a teacher at Imperial Capital University, and because she has always remained behind the scenes, using the Peerless Beauty Society and other women of Imperial Capital University as her tools, never personally appearing herself, that no one has been able to do anything to her as long as she stayed inside Imperial Capital University!”
“Of course, Liu Ruyan herself would never willingly leave Imperial Capital University.”
“Because the moment she stepped out, what awaited her was a bounty worth 10 trillion.”
“That is right, 10 trillion. Whoever kills her can claim 10 trillion from the dark web.”
“So now that she has been teleported out of Imperial Capital University, what do you think is going to happen?”
“And this Ye Xiao likely informed quite a few people ahead of time as well.”
“Liu Ruyan is dead for certain!”
“Who would have thought that Teacher Ye, who always seemed so honest and harmless, had actually spent centuries laying such a trap?”
“Three hundred years! Three hundred years of enduring humiliation, all for the sake of killing Liu Ruyan.”
“That move is brilliant. Truly brilliant!!”
One of the older students pieced together the entirety of Ye Xiao’s scheme.
At once, everyone was stunned.
This was practically the protagonist of one of those stealth-and-endurance stories come to life.
The brainless male leads in cheap novels could at most endure humiliation and fawn over a heroine for a few years. Ye Xiao had started at three hundred.
He was a model for the ages.
“Hiss, so that is how it was. Just now I really thought Teacher Ye was a pathetic cuckold. Looks like I misunderstood him!”
Even Gu Xuan could not help exclaiming in admiration.
“This is much more like the Ye Xiao I remember! It seems he already knew long ago that Liu Ruyan had something to do with the deaths of his parents and grandfather!”
“He may even have known that she was the one who sold them out.”
Even Mu Xiying could not help nodding.
“What are you still standing around for? Come on, I am taking you to make a fortune! Let us go watch the real show!!”
But Xiao Xuan had grown impatient.
“What show? I want to watch too!”
Gu Xuan immediately panicked.
Unfortunately, Xiao Xuan ignored him completely. He directly grasped Mu Xiying’s slender, delicate hand.
In the next moment, his Nanotech Battle Armor activated and enveloped both of them.
At the same time, the Merge with Heaven and Earth trait of the Nanotech Battle Armor was activated.
In an instant, it cut off all perception from the outside, and the two of them vanished from everyone’s sight.
And once no one could see them any longer, they immediately used the Teleportation trait and left Imperial Capital University at once.
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Inside a valley seven hundred thousand kilometers away from Imperial Capital University.
This place lay on the border between Huaxia and the Freedom Nation.
Buzz!!!
With a ripple of space, Liu Ruyan and Ye Xiao appeared there at the same time.
The instant they arrived, a huge formation directly enveloped the entire valley.
“Husband, what are you doing? Why have you brought me here?”
Liu Ruyan looked at Ye Xiao in disbelief, her hand grasping his arm.
She still did not dare believe that Ye Xiao had been scheming against her.
Yet Ye Xiao calmly took hold of her hand and forcibly pulled it away.
“Liu Ruyan, who sold out the information about my grandfather and parents? There is no need for me to remind you of that, is there?”
Ye Xiao looked at Liu Ruyan coldly, his eyes filled with endless hatred and killing intent.
The moment he said that, Liu Ruyan trembled all over.
“Y-you know about that? Impossible. No one but Steve from the Freedom Nation knows about it!”
Liu Ruyan muttered in disbelief.
“Hah. He was the one who told me!”
Yet Ye Xiao’s next words instantly plunged Liu Ruyan into icy despair.
“That is impossible! Why?!”
Liu Ruyan roared at Ye Xiao.
“Stupid Huaxian woman!”
“Why else? Naturally because of the 10 trillion bounty on your head!”
At that moment, a shrill voice came from not far away.
In the next instant, a lecherous middle-aged man with blond hair and yellow-rimmed eyes flew over.
“Steve? It was you?! I gave you so much. I even gave you my first time, and you still betrayed me!”
“And on top of that, you told Ye Xiao! Why did you tell him?!”
The instant she saw Steve, Liu Ruyan flew into a furious rage and began cursing.
As she shouted, she even looked ready to rush forward and fight him.
Steve was a Martial Thearch expert of the Freedom Nation.
He was not much older than Ye Xiao and the others.
Back when Liu Ruyan and Ye Xiao had just graduated from high school, Liu Ruyan had entered Imperial Capital University due to her excellent talent.
Then, at an international exchange conference, she met Steve!
Under his sweet words and seduction, it was not long before Liu Ruyan became involved with him.
Of course, the main reason was that Steve’s background was not simple.
His full name was Steve Howard! His family line descended from what had once been a presidential family in the Freedom Nation.
Although that line had declined after the Great Cataclysm, its political resources remained vast.
And coupled with Steve’s own fairly good talent, he had easily won Liu Ruyan over.