Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder's Record of Counterattacks

Chapter 3677: Sword Fighting Across the Realm (16)

Qin Nianzhi hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Senior Brother, I…"

Ning Shu said softly, "Do not worry about anything right now. Focus on recovering your health."

Hearing Ning Shu say this, Qin Nianzhi thought something had happened to Situ Xun and asked agitatedly, "Eldest Senior Brother, did something happen?"

Ning Shu asked indifferently, "Are you hoping something happened? Our marriage has been postponed."

What Qin Nianzhi wanted to ask was whether Situ Xun had been captured. Ning Shu deliberately didn't mention anything about Situ Xun.

This caused a sickly blush to rush onto Qin Nianzhi's agitatedly pale face. "Senior Brother, you know what I am talking about. Senior Brother…"

Qin Nianzhi's voice trembled slightly. Ning Shu said indifferently, "I do not know what you are talking about. Junior Sister, you scared me to death this time. Promise me you will not do this kind of thing again next time, alright?"

Ning Shu simply wouldn't say how Situ Xun was, leaving Qin Nianzhi to worry anxiously in vain.

"You are awake. You cannot do this kind of thing again next time."

Father Qin walked into the room, interrupting the conversation between the two. Qin Nianzhi still didn't know how Situ Xun was doing.

She kept feeling that Situ Xun hadn't been killed by Eldest Senior Brother. Given the situation at the time, Situ Xun wasn't Eldest Senior Brother's match. Either that, or he had been locked up.

Qin Nianzhi's wound hurt a lot, and fresh blood was seeping out her wound. Qin Nianzhi looked at her father. "Father, it hurts."

"Were you not very heroic when you blocked that sword? You are causing pain to your loved ones and joy to your enemies."

Father Qin was also somewhat helpless toward this daughter of his. Seeing her pale face, his heart also hurt.

"Father, how is Situ Xun?" Facing her own father, Qin Nianzhi ultimately had more confidence than facing Ning Shu, and asked, "Father, where is Situ Xun? Did you see Situ Xun?"

"You wake up and this is what you talk about?" Father Qin was somewhat dumbfounded. And she asked right in front of her betrothed, at that. What would his disciple Chong Xuefeng think in his heart?

There was a saying—’If you want to destroy a family, raise your daughter poorly, then send her to wreak havoc on another family.’ Revenge successfully achieved.

He didn't know if this disciple would hate him. Even Father Qin, as her father, felt incredibly stifled in his heart, let alone Chong Xuefeng, her betrothed.

"Father, what exactly happened during the time I was unconscious…?" Qin Nianzhi asked.

Father Qin couldn't help but say, "It seems you think we did something to Situ Xun. Your senior brother was concerned about your injury and didn't bother with Situ Xun at all. He should have returned to the demonic cult by now. Do not keep thinking about him."

Fatther Qin had the mind to speak the truth, but considering that Qin Nianzhi's current physical condition couldn't withstand the blow, and that this daughter seemingly had true feelings for the demonic cult leader…

The demonic cult, the demonic Cult again. Those bastards were truly annoying to death. He had lost his wife, and now they were pestering his daughter. They truly ought to go die.

Hearing that Situ Xun was fine, Qin Nianzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief. After breathing a sigh of relief, she realized she had hurt Chong Xuefeng like this and found an excuse, saying, "Eldest Senior Brother, I was afraid that the demonic cult leader dying on the territory of our Wanjian Manor would trigger a great war between the two factions, which would be bad."

Ning Shu merely said, "You truly put thought into it."

"Master, I would like to go back and freshen up." Ning Shu cupped her hands to Father Qin and retreated from the room.

Father Qin also knew that his disciple was currently feeling emotional and said nothing. Moreover, Chong Xuefeng was the son-in-law and heir he favored, yet his daughter was a disappointment.

In the future, he still had to rely on Chong Xuefeng to carry forward Wanjian Manor.

"Your eldest senior brother is your betrothed. By speaking of another man and showing concern for another man right in front of your betrothed, what do you think he feels in his heart? How can you face the person who has cared for and protected you since childhood?"

Father Qin naturally favored his own daughter, and he didn’t want his daughter to miss out on such a young talent with excellent character and martial arts.

Yet she insisted on entangling herself with someone from the demonic cult, darting into the flame like a moth. Seeing his daughter like this, Father Qin thought of his deceased wife again, whose life was also cut short because she got entangled with the demonic cult.

Father Qin's heart throbbed with pain. When would this kind of ill-fated karma end?

Qin Nianzhi felt she had no alternative and was acting involuntarily. She also didn't know what to do. It felt as if her heart was no longer her own. That Situ Xun was a big meanie, a big liar, who had deceived her heart away.

At the crucial moment, she couldn't take her eldest senior brother's feelings into consideration.

Qin Nianzhi, oh Qin Nianzhi, how can you face your Eldest Senior Brother?

Right now, Qin Nianzhi wished she could tear herself in half so she wouldn't have to let either side down and wouldn't have to be in such agony.

But her heart was no longer her own. Her heart was beyond her control. What should she do?

"Rest well and recover from your injury. Do not let your eldest senior brother get hurt again. Because the wedding was postponed this time, there are many rumors in the martial world, and they are all targeting your eldest senior brother," Father Qin said helplessly.

Qin Nianzhi didn't speak. She felt immense agony. If she had never met Situ Xun, she and her eldest senior brother would have naturally progressed, gotten married, had children, and spent their lives helping each other through difficulties, and her eldest senior brother would have definitely treated her well.

But was that the kind of life she wanted? After meeting Situ Xun, Qin Nianzhi found that her future path seemed almost like a pool of dead water, without any ripples, just following a predetermined path.

Could she endure such a life?

If she had never met Situ Xun, she would have believed such a life was a matter of course. But now, she rejected such a life from the bottom of her heart, even if she felt a myriad of guilt toward her eldest senior brother.

She also didn't want to hurt her kindhearted eldest senior brother. She didn't want to, she didn't want to.

But to be with Situ Xun… morality, stance, her father disagreeing, everyone viewing it unfavorably—these things lay horizontally across Qin Nianzhi's heart.

Oh Heavens, who could tell her what she should do now?

She wanted both love and righteousness. She wanted everything.

A three-person romance would definitely hurt someone. Yet Qin Nianzhi kept allowing the three-person romance to continue. A long pain was worse than a short pain, but Qin Nianzhi kept stringing them along, occasionally stabbing someone, then stabbing them again when they were caught off guard, pfft, pfft, pfft…

Torturing them repeatedly like this, and acting as if she was wronged and making a sacrifice every time, entering a state of being thrilled to the point of dying and coming back to life from the abuse…

To put it plainly, it was grasping onto one while stringing the other along.

Only a broken car needed so many spare tires.

Ning Shu returned to her own room and sat cross-legged on the bed to cultivate. No matter the time, strength was the most important thing to have. All the conflict and agony were due to a lack of strength.

The reason Qin Nianzhi compromised time and time again was simply because she lacked strength. If she had enough strength, she wouldn't need to sacrifice herself at all.

Thinking of the expressions on the faces of Qin Nianzhi and those demonic cult experts after she defeated them earlier, Ning Shu couldn't help but smile. She had already decided to leave with Situ Xun, yet she had faced an entirely unexpected outcome.

Qin Nianzhi was a very hypocritical and very selfish person.