Xingtian stretched out a hand, his knuckles gently caressing her cheek, "An Ruo, this place is beautiful, a perfect paradise. No one will disturb us here. How about living here with me forever?"
He really didn’t plan on letting her go.
An Ruo felt a chill run through her body. She slapped his hand away, angrily saying, "You have no right to treat me this way! Let me go back, I don’t want to stay here!"
"What’s wrong with staying here?" Xingtian asked her, "Do you miss Tang Yuchen?"
"It has nothing to do with him. I need to go back, I have a child, you should understand that I can’t leave Kangkang."
Xingtian slightly lowered his gaze, his voice emotionless, "Your child has Tang Yuchen to take care of him, you don’t need to worry."
"Mo... Xingtian, you should know me, Kangkang is the most important to me, please, I’m begging you, let me go back."
"Impossible." Xingtian stood up, his tone brooking no refusal, "I won’t let you go, you can only stay here, always by my side."
"You..." An Ruo was furious, she got out of bed and walked behind him, angrily saying, "Do you plan on keeping me here forever? Even if you hold me for a lifetime, I will never compromise. Xingtian, you’ve already got your wish and retired, just live the life you want. Why drag me into this? Tang Yuchen won’t believe that I am dead, he will keep looking for me, and one day he will find this place!"
"Then I’ll kill him!" The man suddenly exclaimed, his tone edged with menace, "Once he’s dead, he won’t be able to find this place!"
An Ruo took a frightened step back, her mouth shut tight, daring not to say anything.
But Xingtian was not yet finished, he approached her and added, "You care about Kangkang, that’s fine. Once he’s dead, you won’t miss him anymore. An Ruo, if I kill the people you care about, would you willingly stay?"
Her face turned ashen, her lips quivering, and it took her a moment to speak, "You are not Mo Hua... You are not the Mo Hua I knew..."
Even if the Mo Hua from before had been pretending, he was not cold-blooded and cruel.
"You’re lying to me, Mo Hua isn’t just a disguise you wore, you are outright deceiving me!" An Ruo was sure of it, she suddenly realized, "Yes, you are deceiving me. You don’t look like Mo Hua, you couldn’t possibly disguise yourself as him. Xingtian, what is your real purpose?"
"I am the Mo Hua you knew." He said, pulling a human skin mask from his pocket, "This is the mask I’ve always worn."
Staring at the thin mask, An Ruo’s eyes widened in shock. In this world, there really existed such things as human skin masks.
"Don’t be surprised. Making such things is easy with current technology. Moreover, once worn, it can’t be removed unless with a special solution." He explained to her with a smile.
"Where is the real Mo Hua, take me to see him," An Ruo suddenly demanded.
Xingtian gave her a deep look and said, "You can see him, but you’ll have to agree to stay."
"An Ruo, I will make you stay."
"You must not harm Tang Yuchen and Kangkang! Xingtian, listen, if anything happens to them, I will kill you, and I mean it." Even though killing is wrong, she would still do it.
If Tang Yuchen and Kangkang were gone, what meaning would her life even hold?