Chapter 35: The Gamble of Life, the Choice of Fate

In the dry grass, the vitality of all things in spring has broken through the ground with green.

The grave was covered by grass, and in front of it stood two thorn bushes entwined with each other, like a tombstone.

Feeling his body becoming increasingly exhausted, Lord Xinling Wei Wuji sat cross-legged here and poured wine to offer sacrifices.

A beautiful woman with a cold temperament stood beside him, picked up the wine jug and filled the glass in Wei Wuji's hand.

Wei Wuji raised the glass to show his respect, and then drank it all in one gulp.

The woman filled the glass with wine again and Wei Wuji placed it on the ground.

"Don't you want to ask why I brought you here?"

Wei Wuji's voice seemed to carry some kind of reminiscence.

The woman's cold expression froze slightly when she heard that, as if she knew something.

"I dare not ask about the king's affairs." The woman bowed slightly and returned to her cold attitude.

Wei Wuji looked at the grave and sighed, "With your skills and abilities, how could you not know that I had someone change the contraceptive medicine?"

"You are a pitiful person, so pitiful that you don't even have the courage to choose your own destiny once."

The woman's face changed again, and the murderous aura she exuded subconsciously made the guards standing quietly in the distance want to come over, but Wei Wuji waved his hand and asked them to wait over there.

"Have you figured out my identity a long time ago?" The woman took a few steps back, placing herself in the best position for escape.

Wei Wuji still looked towards the grave and nodded, "Luowang's top assassin - Jingwei."

"Is it right?"

Jingwei was silent, and Wei Wuji finally turned his gaze to her.

"I have tried countless times to write my own life, wanting to personally cut off the fate that was arranged for me."

"I succeeded and left behind the reputation of Wei Wuji, Lord Xinling."

"I also failed because from the beginning to the end, it seemed that I had never been able to break away from the planning of the trajectory of my life by some people."

"Your presence has given me the courage to bet my life on this, so that those so-called 'controllers of fate' will understand that the path of one's destiny actually only requires one courageous choice."

There was shock and anxiety in Jingwei's eyes; she was afraid.

Fear that this man would push her down another path.

A path she had never thought of, nor dared to think of!
Her hand subconsciously placed on her abdomen, where a new life was already growing.

"I will abort him (her). He (she) should not have been born."

Her fear made her want to push herself back onto her original path.

Wei Wuji just looked at her so seriously.

"I have placed all my chips on the chessboard. This is out of my own selfish desire, and it's the only thing I can do for you."

“I can no longer see the outcome of winning or losing.”

"Your future path is up to you to decide."

Jingwei felt angry and uneasy at the man's calm tone and attitude.

Why should he?
Why should you push your destiny to a fork in the road?

"I will kill you. I already know where that thing is."

She threatened with her words, as if only in this way could she make the words the man had just said disappear.

"That's the bargaining chip I left for you."

Wei Wuji smiled, a very gentle smile, and turned his gaze to the grave, and said softly: "Your choice will determine where that thing belongs."

"Perhaps you will die quietly in the future, but you still have the opportunity to make a choice now."

He pointed at the grave with his finger and said with a smile: "Buried here are two poor people, so poor that they were fighting for each other's chance of survival, but in the end they were both buried here, nameless and unknown to anyone."

"Such pitiful people, but they both have the courage to challenge their own fate."

"No matter if it's overwhelming hatred or the indomitable will of fate." "All it takes is a courageous decision."

As Wei Wuji spoke, he picked up the wine jar and poured the wine in the cup onto the ground.

"Jingwei, these two people are from the same place as you."

"Death is not the end for either of them."

"Because when they were both dying, they both knew what they had done for each other."

"I think that at that moment, the glorious chapter of their lives was truly magnificent."

'Very sad'

“But it’s also beautiful, very beautiful!”

Jingwei looked at the grave seriously for the first time. She knew the names of the two people buried there.

From the moment they made the choice for each other, the outcome of death was already determined.

"Can I really have my own path?"

There was a soft murmur, and the wind blew through the dry grass on the grave. The swaying of the dry grass seemed to be responding, but also seemed to be denying.

The sound of footsteps interrupted Jingwei's thoughts. Wei Wuji did not look back. Today, the other person he was waiting for finally came.

Ying Zifei walked over slowly and the guards did not stop him. When he got here, Ying Zifei sat down casually.

"You seem to be waiting for me!"

Ying Zifei picked up the wine gourd, uncorked it, and poured the wine on the ground, as if offering a memorial to something.

"Isn't it just right that we meet here for the first time?"

Wei Wuji signaled Ying Zifei to pour him some wine. Ying Zifei smiled and poured a glass of wine from the wine gourd to Wei Wuji.

After drinking the wine in the cup, Wei Wuji praised: "Good wine!"

"You seem to have been waiting for a long time for this glass of wine." Ying Zifei turned his gaze to Jingwei and motioned her to hand him the wine jug and glass in her hands.

After Jingwei handed the wine jug and glass to Ying Zifei, she stepped back and stood aside. For the first time, she really wanted to listen to the conversation between the two people.

These two people, both trapped in their own cages, seem to have the courage to challenge their destined fate.

Ying Zifei and Wei Wuji were drinking. After three cups of wine, Ying Zifei smiled and said, "Ying Yi sent the white jade horse back to Daliang. We can find his whereabouts."

"I was waiting for you to take the White Jade Horse away, but your choice surprised me."

He pointed at Jingwei and asked with a smile: "Is it for her?"

Jing Wei was stunned, but Wei Wuji nodded directly and said with a smile: "People like you and me are always looking for people who dare to step out of the path of destiny that has been arranged for us."

"I have my own selfish reasons for using her, but she will find her own way through her own choices, won't she?"

Ying Zifei poured wine for Wei Wuji and chuckled, "Aren't you worried that I will make the things engraved on the white jade horse public?"

He looked towards the grave and said slowly, "A secret that could trigger unrest in the Wei Kingdom. From my perspective, I would not miss such an opportunity."

Wei Wuji smiled, a frank and happy smile.

"You will not!"

His tone was firm, with a resolute confidence that made him seem very happy.

"Why?" Ying Zifei drank the wine in the glass and asked calmly.

Wei Wuji pointed at the grave and said with a smile: "Because I, Wei Wuji, collected the bodies of these two people."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The two of them laughed heartily at the same time, as if they were accusing something, or as if they were despising something.

After drinking two more cups, they were both very happy. Their happiness, which came from the bottom of their hearts, infected Jingwei and the guards not far away. These people all subconsciously relaxed.

(End of this chapter)