Zhao Bin froze, staring blankly at Liu Xinru in her bridal attire.
Tonight was his wedding night, his joyous day.
But the woman whose bridal veil he had lifted was not his bride.
Liu Xinru lowered her head, her body trembling. Though her eyes were clear, they were hazy and empty.
In other words, she was blind, a blind bride.
“Why is it you?” Zhao Bin said coldly.
“You are… Zhao Bin?”
“Answer my question, quickly! Why is it you? Where is your older sister? Where is Liu Ruyue?” Zhao Bin roared hoarsely, bloodshot veins appearing in his eyes.
“My older sister told me to marry in her place,” Liu Xinru said fearfully, her eyes brimming with tears.
“Ridiculous.”
Zhao Bin overturned the table, drew his sword, and frantically rushed out of the bridal chamber.
…!
Vanggu City at night was incredibly bustling, with red lanterns hung high and picturesque landscapes. The streets were crowded with people coming and going, and there was no shortage of performances by wandering martial artists: fire-breathing, spear dancing, staff spinning, with loud applause echoing repeatedly.
Bustling as it was, the arrival of one more person made the entire street even more boisterous.
The person who just passed by was Zhao Bin. He wore a groom’s attire, holding the Han Guang Sword, and was extremely eye-catching on the street.
“Isn’t this… the young master of the Zhao family?”
“The eldest young lady of the Liu family, so talented and beautiful, yet she was still willing to marry this useless fellow.”
“Who knows how much good karma he accumulated in his past life.”
“On his wedding day, instead of being in the bridal chamber with Liu Ruyue, acting like a loving couple, why is he rushing out onto the street?”
“Such heavy murderous intent, who has offended him?”
Everyone on the street stirred up and pushed forward to watch, then pointed and discussed, with suspicion and mockery.
Ahead, Zhao Bin was filled with murderous intent, his face pale but still very grim.
Perhaps, the moment he lifted the red bridal veil, he had already understood, but he just didn’t want to admit it.
He, Zhao Bin, the young master of the Zhao family, was once a martial arts prodigy, but today his meridians were severed, rendering his body useless.
She, Liu Ruyue, the eldest young lady of the Liu family, the precious gem of the Liu clan’s patriarch, was also the goddess of the entire Vanggu City.
From childhood, they were childhood sweethearts, recognized by the entire Vanggu City as a pair of immortal youths.
Because of this, the Zhao family and the Liu family had arranged a marriage for the two of them. Who would have thought his fate was unlucky? During his training, he was ambushed by others. The Zhao family had to exert all their strength to treat him; although his life was saved, all his spiritual meridians were severed.
From that day on, he was no longer a genius.
No one else thought they were a suitable match anymore, even he himself thought so, because no one would want to marry a cripple.
Surprisingly, Liu Ruyue still agreed to honor the marriage pact as originally planned.
Yet, it was only tonight that he truly woke up to the fact that the so-called marriage pact was nothing more than a joke.
Scorned by his beloved, he was not angry at all.
He only hated Liu Ruyue for outwardly accepting the marriage pact, but behind his back, she had conspired to make a fool of him.
She didn’t marry, but instead pushed her younger sister over.
A wedding like this, where the bride was swapped, would make his Zhao family the biggest laughingstock for the entire Vanggu City.
And what was even more ridiculous was this:
From beginning to end, his Zhao family knew nothing at all, being played like a puppet in her palm by her alone.
Thinking of this, he had arrived before the gates of the Liu manor.
Before he could even stop, he used all his strength to shout loudly: “Liu Ruyue, get out here now!”
Hearing this, the gossiping crowd on the street all scratched their heads incessantly.
“Am I mistaken?! Liu Ruyue? Didn’t she already marry into the Zhao family?”
What happened next astonished them even more.
From within the Liu Manor, they saw a beautiful, agile figure step out, her sleeves fluttering, her aura untainted by worldly dust.
She was none other than the goddess of Vong Gu City, Liu Xinru’s biological older sister: Liu Ruyue.
“In the eyes of Eldest Miss Liu, a good-for-nothing and a blind man are truly a perfect match, aren’t they?”
Zhao Bin said hoarsely.
“Are these angry words born of resentment, or are you still unwilling to let go?” Liu Ruyue parted her lips slightly, her expression as cold as ice, standing tall at the top of the stairs like a celestial maiden in the clouds, her clear, haughty voice rang out: “Our destined connection has ended, why do you still persist? You must understand that you and I have long ceased to be people of the same world.”
“I understand, I should have understood,” Zhao Bin gripped his sword, a murderous aura blazing as he ascended the steps, his bloodshot eyes streaked with red, and said: “Did I ever force you to marry me? If you didn’t want to marry me, you could have just said so directly. I absolutely would not have dragged it out. Why did you have to use such a scheme to toy with me, to toy with my Zhao family, to trample on the dignity of the Zhao family?”
“She has already been married off, you should treat my sister well,” Liu Ruyue said indifferently.
“She has already been married off, you should treat my sister well?” Zhao Bin smiled, stepping onto the landing, repeating Liu Ruyue’s words, word for word. Whether out of sorrow or rage, he didn’t know, but he sneered: “What a thing to say, ‘my sister,’ ‘she has already been married off.’ Liu Ruyue, don’t you find it laughable to utter such words yourself? Liu Xinru was pushed by you into the bridal sedan chair, and until her bridal veil was lifted, she didn’t even know who she was marrying. In your eyes, she was nothing more than a plaything! You never considered her your sister, so why do you need to speak here in the capacity of an older sister, and in such a self-righteous manner? Today, you have truly made me see you in a different light!”
“Since things have come to this, what more do you want?” Liu Ruyue said coldly.
“I want to kill you.”
Zhao Bin roared, reached the final step, and swung his sword, unleashing a flurry of blows.
Liu Ruyue’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, but she remained motionless.
Her body seemed to be enveloped in a layer of purple light.
Bang!
A piercing sound rang out. Zhao Bin’s sword seemed to strike stone, emitting sparks, but it couldn’t injure Liu Ruyue, and was even flung back.
When he was flung back and fell to the ground, the sword in his hand shattered, and fresh blood gushed violently from his mouth.
“Without his spiritual meridians, has this Zhao Bin’s mind also become muddled?”
“Liu Ruyue is a martial cultivator, a master of the True Spirit realm. How could this good-for-nothing possibly harm her?”
“Who would have thought that they were once a golden boy and jade girl, and now it has come to this.”
“It’s because that Zhao Bin simply overestimated himself. He’s already a good-for-nothing, yet he still harbors delusions, a toad wanting to eat swan meat.”
“However, this Liu Ruyue is truly too much. If she didn’t want to honor the marriage contract, then so be it, but instead, she married off Liu Xinru there, clearly showing contempt for the other party! Even now, the Liu family head hasn’t shown his face; it’s clear he also knows about this matter. This is clearly the Liu family’s scheme to toy with the Zhao family.”