After Defying the Villain's Fate for Nine Lifetimes, the Heroines Turn Mad!-Chapter 338 - Jiang Chen, Admit It

Chapter 338: Jiang Chen, Admit It

Engagement? Elope?

Jiang Chen couldn’t understand why these two words were associated with him.

After regaining his composure, he quickly asked Shi Ning what exactly had happened.

“Sure enough, just as I thought, you knew nothing about this matter. You were forced into it!”

Shi Ning smirked smugly, feeling very clever, before finally revealing what had transpired.

It turned out that after the Sect Master of Myriad Dao went mad, he insisted on marrying Nangong Jiuxi to Jiang Chen to make the two sects a true family!

Jiuyan Old Ancestor initially wanted to discuss the matter with Jiang Chen.

But for some reason, the marriage was settled without Jiang Chen’s presence, and the news had already spread within the Jiuyan Sect!

“I do not agree with this marriage!” Shi Ning declared emphatically.

She truly disagreed.

Although Nangong Jiuxi had indeed made many sacrifices for Jiang Chen in the nine cycles of reincarnation and they were a match made in heaven, shouldn’t the most important thing be Jiang Chen’s own feelings?

After all, Jiang Chen was secretly in love with her in this life!

Shi Ning knew that now the marriage had been arranged and Jiuyan Old Ancestor had already informed the Jiang family in the Upper Domain, it was a done deal.

Since it couldn’t be changed, the only option was to take a different path!

That’s why she had sneaked over, intending to elope with Jiang Chen!

Upon learning all this, Jiang Chen felt his head buzzing.

He finally understood that the meeting Jiuyan Old Ancestor called him to at the main peak was about his own marriage!

Jiuyan Old Ancestor made the decision for him because he had replied, ‘you can decide on your own’

“...Heh, that crafty old man really is quite the schemer!”

Jiang Chen’s mouth twitched as his mind raced.

How could he not know that Jiuyan Old Ancestor was setting him up?

If it had been directly stated as a discussion about marriage, would he have refused to go?

Wasn’t it because he saw through Jiang Chen’s reluctance that Jiuyan Old Ancestor played the fool and was vague in settingto a trap for him?

Shameless!

Even more shameless was that to turn the raw rice into cooked rice, Jiuyan Old Ancestor went straight to inform the Jiang family!

What the Jiang family’s attitude was, Jiang Chen did not know, as such a thing had never happened in either the original story or the nine reincarnations.

But he was very clear that Jiuyan Old Ancestor only needed to fabricate in the message how he and Nangong Jiuxi were deeply in love, a match made by heaven, and with his mother’s protective nature, she might just accept this marriage!

No one’s opposition would matter!

In fact, regarding marrying Nangong Jiuxi, Jiang Chen didn’t have much resistance in his heart.

But he was very clear that in this life, he was destined to die at the hands of Lin Feng and ascend.

If he truly married Nangong Jiuxi, wouldn’t that mean making this woman, who had lived and died for him for eight lifetimes, endure widowhood and suffer once more?

This was not what he wanted to see.

So, Jiang Chen got angry.

Ignoring Shi Ning, who wanted to elope with him, he took the Flame Blood Dragon Sword and headed towards the main peak where Jiuyan Old Ancestor was.

Then... he was sent back by Jiuyan Old Ancestor with the words, “You told me to decide it myself, so why blame me?”

Jiang Chen was furious!

This Old Ancestor was too shameless, mad, and completely unreasonable.

The only thing he could do now was to find Nangong Jiuxi and see if there was any room for maneuver in this marriage.

Nangong Jiuxi and the people from Myriad Dao Demon Sect were also staying at the guest lodgings on the main peak, so Jiang Chen hurried along and soon arrived in front of the residence where Nangong Jiuxi was staying.

At this time, Nangong Jiuxi was not inside the room but stood not far outside, with her hands behind her back, her cheeks adorned with a happy smile as she gazed up at the bright moon in the sky.

The moonlight draped over her like a veil, adding a touch of haziness to the already stunning Nangong Jiuxi.

Sensing Jiang Chen’s arrival, Nangong Jiuxi turned her gaze away and quickly approached.

Standing in front of Jiang Chen, she bent down to take a closer look at his features, then smiled brightly, “You’ve come?”

“...Did you know I would come?” Jiang Chen asked in return.

“Mhm.”

Nangong Jiuxi nodded, lifting her delicate hand to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, and said, “Are you here because you don’t want to marry me?”

“...”

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For a moment, Jiang Chen was at a loss for words.

At this time, he remembered something.

Nangong Jiuxi possessed the Profound Dark Demonic Body, which could easily go mad if her desires were unmet.

Now that the marriage was settled, the consequences of him breaking off the engagement could be the same as in the previous eight lifetimes, causing Nangong Jiuxi to fall into madness, act irrationally, and ultimately be pushed to a tragic fate by destiny.

He didn’t want to see that outcome either.

Suddenly, Jiang Chen realized that Nangong Jiuxi had changed.

The Nangong Jiuxi before him was no longer hysterical like in the previous eight lifetimes, constantly mentioning ‘fate’ on her lips.

Instead, she had become calm, gentle, seemingly sheathing all her sharp edges.

Jiang Chen thought back carefully.

At the Alchemy Conference, when he was ridiculed by many, Nangong Jiuxi did not resort to killing.

After the Alchemy Conference, when Nangong Jiuxi came to the Jiuyan Sect with the Sect Master of Myriad Dao, she rarely sought him out, instead staying quietly at the main peak.

All of this proved that this lifetime’s Nangong Jiuxi was indeed different.

This change puzzled him and even seemed unbelievable.

After all, throughout the eight reincarnations, Nangong Jiuxi had always been true to her role as the female villain, never showing such a gentle side.

“What happened to you?” Jiang Chen asked.

To this, Nangong Jiuxi simply smiled faintly and said, “I just suddenly found the heavens displeasing. Moreover, I no longer wish to cause you trouble.”

Jiang Chen wanted to say he wasn’t afraid of trouble.

At least in this life, he truly wasn’t, and he had already decided he was willing to repay Nangong Jiuxi for the eight lifetimes, even if it meant a massive massacre.

But before he could speak, Nangong Jiuxi asked.

“Hey, Jiang Chen. Do you remember when you said, ‘The heavens have seized my only weakness, how can I be happy’ ?”

Jiang Chen didn’t respond, only nodding his head.

That was what he said in the Mysterious Ice Realm when he learned that Nangong Jiuxi was injured by other prodigies.

“So, your weakness refers to me, right?” Nangong Jiuxi pressed.

“...”

Jiang Chen fell silent.

Seeing his reaction, Nangong Jiuxi extended a finger to his chest and said, “Jiang Chen, admit it, you have me in your heart.”

“...” Jiang Chen remained silent.

It was true, and he couldn’t refute it.

If Nangong Jiuxi wasn’t in his heart, he wouldn’t have gone through eight lifetimes trying to save this naturally born female villain.

Nor would he be willing to cause a massacre just to keep Nangong Jiuxi alive in this life.

But precisely because of this, he couldn’t make any promises.

After all... He will die.

“Is a hundred years enough?” Nangong Jiuxi suddenly spoke up.

“A hundred years?” Jiang Chen was puzzled.

“Yes, a hundred years,” Nangong Jiuxi nodded.

“You often tell Qingning and the others that defying the heavens is not something that can be done overnight. It requires a hundred years of planning. So, I’m giving you a hundred years to think about it. After a hundred years, if you wish to marry, I will become your wife. If you don’t wish to, the marriage agreement will be canceled.”

“What if I die?” Jiang Chen retorted.

“Then I will die too.”

“...”

Jiang Chen was left speechless.

The two looked into each other’s eyes and eventually fell into silence.

“Sigh...”

After a long while, Jiang Chen let out a long sigh. “Jiuxi, ever thought that your feelings for me might be manipulated by the heavens and influenced by the red string of fate?”

In the previous eight lifetimes, he had said something like this to Nangong Jiuxi in every life.

And in every life, Nangong Jiuxi didn’t care about it at all and was even somewhat grateful to the heavens.

But this life was different.

Faced with Jiang Chen’s question, Nangong Jiuxi looked up at the sky and said, “Jiang Chen, have you never thought that the red string only caused us to meet and feel an initial fondness for each other? But what truly strengthened this fondness and made me want to stay by your side comes from my own heart?”

Jiang Chen fell silent upon hearing this.

He had truly never considered this point.

“So, admit it.”

Nangong Jiuxi once again extended a finger and pressed it against Jiang Chen’s chest, “The red string connects our hands and feet, but what truly binds us together is the heart.”