Chapter 15 Breaking the Past
After the sect competition, we recruited two hundred disciples.
Every one a genius.
Before heading back, Gu Tingchuan found me.
I was brushing the little fox's fur. The moment he appeared, the little fox's fur bristled.
"Mingxi, I was wrong before."
"These years you've been gone, I've thought of you constantly. I wanted to find you, but Lin Yuan'er watched me too closely..."
"Now that we've separated, I'm finally free. Can you give me another chance?"
He had dressed carefully, even wearing the clothes from when we first met.
I glanced at him and kept brushing the little fox's fur.
Gu Tingchuan held out the spiritual wood hairpin with both hands, eyes earnest.
"I've kept this hairpin all these years. No matter how much Lin Yuan'er begged, I never gave it to her."
"Because in my heart, only you deserve it—only you deserve to be my true dao companion."
I reached out and took the hairpin.
Under his hopeful gaze, I snapped it in two and tossed it aside.
I looked at him calmly.
"Gu Tingchuan, do you know?"
"You don't deserve anyone."
"Neither me nor Lin Yuan'er."
"If you'd given her this hairpin, at least I'd believe you truly cared for her."
"But clearly, you don't even have real feelings to give."
"Get lost."
Gu Tingchuan stared as I turned and walked away.
He started to follow, but the little fox bared its teeth and growled.