"Lin Yang, if you don't let go of me, I'm gonna kick your ass!" Ma Qian angrily said.
"Ma Qian, please calm down and watch from the side. I think you misunderstood what Xiang Jiao wanted," Lin Yang explained carefully.
"I didn't misunderstood anything! Can't you see for yourself that they are in love," Ma Qian countered.
By this time, they were a bit of a distance away from the couple. Sun Mei also felt something strange with Xiang Jiao. He was quiet throughout the whole time. She looked at him, in which Ye Tian took a few steps backward. He could no longer interfere with this matter.
"Xiang Jiao, do you not want to marry me?" Sun Mei asked curiously. A look of disappointment was on her face.
There was no response from Xiang Jiao.
"Just tell me the truth, and I won't disturb you any further," Sun Mei continued.
".....Sun Mei......I don't know what marriage is like. I only wanted to ask you to be my lover," Xiang Jiao finally explained.
"So does that mean you don't want to marry me in the future?" Sun Mei asked back. This time a touch of sadness was shown on her watery eyes, but she tried to hide it.
"Sun Mei.....I don't know. This is something that I don't understand," Xiang Jiao responded nervously.
"Yes or no...there are only two answers, now you tell me your answer," Sun Mei replied.
"........." Xiang Jiao couldn't answer. He had never experience anything like this before. This is the toughest spot he's been in, and for the first time in his life, he felt a bit of regret and guilt from his careless actions.
"I would take that as a no then......" Sun Mei hesitatingly said. She continued to wait for an answer, while her body was trembling as she was about to break in tears, but she did want to show it in front of anyone. She quickly left the brothel.
"Sun Mei.....I didn't say....where are you going?" Xiang Jiao responded too late while Sun Mei already left. He stood there silently not knowing what to do. Ye Tian and the others also stood there until Ye Tian said, "Let's go home. Xiang Jiao, there will be tomorrow to explain to her."
As they headed back to their cave home, a shadowy figure appeared with a hood on. As they passed by each other, the figure said, "I hope you won't regret what you just did. Now, she will forever suffer for your irresponsibility." They clearly heard every word and they knew it was directly meant for Xiang Jiao. The stranger quickly disappeared. Xiang Jiao frowned as this added more fire to the concerns he was already having.
"Suffer? What do you mean?" Xiang Jiao wanted to ask but he knew the figure already left and could only wonder about this meaning.
They continued to walk back to the cave. Before everyone went in, Ma Qian stopped Xiang Jiao and seriously said, "Xiang Jiao, I have lived with all types of women throughout my life, and what I can assure you is that women are very emotional beings and will do careless things when they are at their most vulnerable times. Some are strong and some are weak, but love is something that hurts them the most and might scar them for a lifetime. The sooner you expressed your honest feelings toward Sun Mei, the better!"
Ye Tian and Lin Yang nodded even though they didn't know if that was the right thing to do or not, they just wanted to pretend that they had some experience with relationships. Xiang Jiao stood there while looking down, gripping his fist tightly, until a while later, he finally reacted. Xiang Jiao left the area quickly and ran towards the hill where he first saw Sun Mei. Once he arrived at the same area where she once stood and danced, no one was around. Xiang Jiao looked around only to see fireflies floating around the area. He summoned his falcon to see if he could find Sun Mei from above. He flew in circles to the point where he strangled the screaming falcon to go faster.
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He flew to nearby areas searching desperately for anyone, until he finally saw a very small figure standing near the edge of the waterfall cliff. He couldn't see who it was, but his heart was telling him that it was definitely Sun Mei. He yelled, "Sun Mei!"
But it's too late, the figure starts falling with her back facing towards the ground. She is smiling, but within that smile are endless tears flowing from her eyes. This woman is indeed Sun Mei. She sees a flying wild beast with another figure on the back. She also couldn't see clearly, but here instinct tells her that it's definitely Xiang Jiao. She decided to wave goodbye as this will be the last time she could do so.
Seeing her falling, Xiang Jiao immediately whips the falcon to descend at his greatest speed. The falcon descends like a falling asteroid towards Sun Mei, screaming, "Roaaakkkkkk." Intense pain and regret fills Xiang Jiao's mind and heart. "Why? Why does she have to commit suicide? Just because of me?"
The falcon's descent is lightning quick, but there is not enough time to catch up to Sun Mei. Xiang Jiao quickly jumps down pushing off from the falcon boosting his speed of descent. Unable to reach Sun Mei, his heart beats wildly, suddenly, his gigantic beads (I will call it Nirvana Ring from now on) behind his shoulder suddenly spins intensively illuminating a glowing halo beam. Between the nirvana ring, a word "Time" emerges.
Ringgggggg!
At this instant, the surrounding area freezes and the the time stops. The waterfall freezes like an iceberg. Sun Mei is no longer descending. Xiang Jiao realizes what is happening, but he didn't know why this was happening. Only he is the one that can move and is still descending at a fast speed. His mind at this point is not concern with this strange occurrence, only images of Sun Mei is the only thing on his mind. Xiang Jiao gets closer and closer to Sun Mei. By this time, they are only a reaching hands apart from each other, but the surrounding area changes again. Everything is moving again, including Sun Mei!
"Xiang Jiao," Sun Mei calmly says. It already seems like she has accepted her fate.
Xiang Jiao extends his arm trying to reach her but with no success. He's about to go crazy, but suddenly, another strange mystery appears. Xiang Jiao's forehead mark starts glowing for the first time! The mark is in the process of changing shape until it resembles a swirling flower.
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Up high in the sky, a huge hand that seems to be made out of clouds, starts falling even faster than the falcon or Xiang Jiao. In one breath, the hand already reaches the waterfall. In a quarter of a breath later, the hand has already appeared behind Ma Qian. The hand gently pushes Xiang Jiao's back to descend faster until he is able to grab Sun Mei. He pulls her towards him with all his might and hugs her tightly, then says, "I'm sorry.....in our next life, I will ask you to marry me a million times over until you accept me." Sun Mei embraces Xiang Jiao's hugs and her tears are flowing even faster now after hearing what Xiang Jiao said to her. Both are in tears, but they were tears of happiness and relieve. They have accepted that their life will stop soon and can only ignore everything but them being together again.
Meanwhile, the gigantic hand that is pushing Xiang Jiao, finally catches up and surrounds the couple. The hand transforms into a punching fist while surrounding the couple safely between the gap of the fist, then continues to descend at a rapid rate.
KABOOOMMMMMM!
Anyone that was near the scene would be incredibly shock to witness this shocking event. As the punch hit the ground, A shock wave traveled half a mile radius where it shattered everything in its way into oblivion. The water evaporated into mist. The soil, rocks, and nearby trees, turned into dust. The land that was impacted shrank 10 feet below ground. Nearby animals were roaring as the impact and the sound frightened them like a king of monster has arrived.
Although the impact have destroyed the nearby surroundings, Xiang Jiao and Sun Mei were perfectly safe. They thought they would die until the hand lifted and opened up. All they saw was darkness. No waterfall, no trees, no rocks, no grass, or anything else. They then saw the hand started disappearing until they could see that behind the hand, was a huge land pit.
The embracing couple only knew that the gigantic hand was the one that saved them and was also most likely to be the cause of this. They had to get out of the area before trouble comes. The falcon dove towards them. Xiang Jiao grabbed Sun Mei by the waist and leapt on the falcon's back. The falcon quickly flew out of the area and disappeared into the distant land.
Xiang Jiao and Sun Mei were seen holding hands but their bodies were apart from each other. This was an awkward time for them after surviving from a near tragedy. Each of them wanted to tell something to each other , but they didn't know how to. How will they resolve this?