Chapter Fourteen: Onmyouji

  "Qí Ruò!" It seemed unwilling to give up, and the voice that made Su Qí Ruò's emotions change greatly sounded again, chasing from afar and approaching near, "Qí Ruò."

  "It's been a long time." Su Qi Ruo turned around, smiled, and used all her strength to welcome the piercing past. The pain spread throughout her body, but Su Qi Ruo still forced herself to smile. Apart from smiling, she didn't know what else she could do.

  "Long time no see." The calm voice was accompanied by an elegant smile, a flawless expression that was perfect to the point of being unassailable. But in Su Qi's eyes, it was a thorough and utter mockery. In the past, when he had left her, he had also been just as calm and elegant, as if his entire past with her didn't even amount to a fleeting wind.

  "Are you graduating soon? Are you going to work or pursue further studies?" Ah, yes. Su Qiruo almost forgot why he took the entrance exam for this university in the first place. Wasn't it because of him that he was in that city, tirelessly chasing after his footsteps, until later he became that poor Kua Fu.

  "Take the postgraduate entrance exam." Lu Ke pulled Su Qiruo into his arms, and his first feeling was annoyance. This man who made Su Qiruo's heart change greatly made Lu Ke feel a deep-seated hatred. His prey could only be under his control, her every move must revolve around him, he was the master of her heart, it could only beat for him, trembling with fear and submission to him!

  Lu Ke gazed at the man in front of her, domineeringly declaring his ownership of Su Qi Ruo, "Are you Qi Ruo's friend?"

  The man lowered his head and adjusted his glasses, seemingly taking the opportunity to mock Lu Ke's naivety, "Yes."

  "Hello, I'm Su Qiruo's boyfriend." Lu Ke stretched out his hand in a generous gesture of goodwill, but the other hand refused to let go of Su Qiruo.

  "Hello." The man shook hands with Lu Ke in a friendly manner. As their two hands clasped, the man's expression was momentarily taken aback, but it passed in an instant.

  "I have something else to attend to with Qi Ruo, I'll leave first. We can talk again if we have the chance." Without waiting for the man's response, Lu Ke pulled a stiff-faced Su Qi Ruo away from the scene.

  "Haha……" Shi Ruwen couldn't help but laugh at the sight of Lu Ke pulling Su Qi away, looking like they were fleeing in a hurry. The low laughter attracted the man's attention, and he looked at Shi Ruwen with a complex gaze.

  He noticed the subtle change in the man's gaze, and Shu Ruiwen also turned his head to look back at the man. However, the smile on his face became even more pronounced as he looked at the man, and the dazzling, intoxicating smile did not make the man feel friendly, but rather made him retreat a step in vigilance. Shu Ruiwen no longer glanced at him and turned to run towards Lu Ke's direction. Just when the man relaxed his guard, Shu Ruiwen suddenly turned his head back and gave the man a knowing smile, with the golden light in his eyes bursting out without any concealment, leaving the man stunned for an instant.

  "Qī ruò, qī ruò!" Xiǎng Ruìwén quickly came over, curiously asking, "What's the relationship between you and that man? Is there some unclear and inexplicable past between you two?"

  "There's nothing." Su Qi responded listlessly, at this moment her mind was surging with long-sealed past events, the bitterness in her heart couldn't be expressed. At this time, she only wanted to know why this man would reappear in her life again, and why he left and suddenly showed up? If Lu Ke wasn't here today, she wouldn't have known how to face him.

  "I'm going out to eat today." Lu Ke saw that Su Qi Ru hadn't returned to normal for half a day, and the dissatisfaction in his heart became more apparent. However, he couldn't lose his temper and say to Su Qi Ru, "You're my prey, behave yourself!" Lu Ke glanced at Shen Rui Wen beside him, who wisely didn't speak up, only giving him a friendly smile, indicating that he didn't mean to provoke a fight. Lu Ke turned his head and stopped bothering with Shen Rui Wen, whose reaction had already answered his question. It seemed that even the dead snake had discovered something unusual - this Su Qi Ru was really good at causing trouble.

  Su Qi Ruo, Lu Ke and She Rui Wen finished their meal in silence. As soon as they returned home, Lu Ke couldn't wait to ask, "What's your relationship with that man?"

  "Nothing." Su Qi had finally calmed down and didn't want to mention that man again.

  "Come on, come on! What's with the mood swings? It feels better to say it out loud! Come on!" Si Ruiwen chimed in, rarely seeing eye-to-eye with Lu Ke like this.

  Su Qi wouldn't say, so Yi Ruiwen kept asking relentlessly. At this time, Lu Ke didn't mind Yi Ruiwen's annoyance and let him make a ruckus around Su Qi, who was finally fed up with being pestered and had to confess in exchange for some peace, "Fine, he's my ex-boyfriend."

  "How many times have you been in love?" Lu Ke suddenly asked, making Su Qi's face turn red with anger as he gritted his teeth and replied, "Once."

  "Wow! First love!" Si Ruiwen's astonished expression was no less than discovering a new continent.

  Su Qi knew she was being despised, but she still nervously defended herself, "What's wrong with having a first love? I didn't understand anything back then, and now I'm just not in the mood for romance."

  "Don't you understand what I'm afraid of? Being dumped?" Lu Ke had a tone that was not surprising, but deadly, and every time he spoke directly to Su Qi, making Su Qi unable to refute.

  She Ruiwen leaned against the windowsill with one hand, lost in thought for a moment, as if muttering to herself, "My first love was dumped, so I haven't been in the mood for love for so long."

  "What are you talking nonsense?!" Su Qi said in a flustered tone, "I'm focusing on my studies and don't want to fall in love!"

  "It also requires someone who is willing to fall in love with you." Lu Kemang reminded casually.

  "You..." Su Qi couldn't help but admit that Lu Ke's eloquence was very good, extremely good!

  "Huh," said She Ruiwen, as if he had discovered something, "the disappeared first love suddenly appeared, could it be that they want to reunite?"

  "Another rival." Lu Ke's summary statement made Su Qi immediately collapse, "What does this have to do with you?"

  "Really!" Si Ruiwen nodded in agreement, "One more opponent."

  "Are you two sick? You both said he was your ex-boyfriend, what's the matter with you two? Most importantly, what does my ex-boyfriend have to do with you two?" Su Qi felt that Lu Ke and Xi Ruiwen were both crazy, why did they both want to intervene in her own affairs?

  "Huh?" Si Ruiwen smiled meaningfully, "Are you afraid we'll hurt him?"

  "What?!" Su Qi swore she hadn't thought of it that way.

  "What's his name?" Lu Ke interjected seemingly unintentionally.

  "What are you doing?" She Ruiwen's words reminded Su Qiruo that with the two of them joining forces against him, he didn't even have the power to fight back.

  "It seems you still don't understand the situation," Lu Ke glanced at Su Qiruo with a hint of sympathy, "He is an Onmyodo practitioner."

  "Haha……" Si Ruiwen gazed at Su Qi's momentarily stunned expression, his smile deepening as he whispered, "Water God, you've been played. Are you still going to defend him? This man is toying with your emotions. He's an Onmyodo master, you know? How many secrets is he hiding from you that you don't want to know?"

  Su Qi tried to hide his expression by lowering his head, but he couldn't help saying... no way, no way.

  "Onmyouji, he had already discovered your identity as the Water God, hadn't he? But why did he leave you? Was it because he was afraid of being implicated by you? Ah, yes, abandoning you and escaping alone would make him safe, wouldn't it? Humans are all about seeking profit and avoiding harm, after all!" Su Qi's words were like a sharp knife, mercilessly piercing through Ruiwen's already battered heart.

  "Sun Bofan." Su Qiruo trembled as she spoke out the man's name.