Unknowingly, they had both slipped back into their past roles, where as Sect Leader and High Priest of the Moon Sect, they had spent many hours discussing sect matters and planning for the future while relying on and supporting each other. You’re not responsible for your mother’s fate.” He lifted his hand to gently wipe away the tears on her face as she moved closer towards him, and they both froze. “Everyone decides their own fates with the choices they themselves make. He turned to her, an intense look replacing the expressionless mask as he grasped her shoulders in reassurance. “And what if the prediction doesn't refer to your choice, but Hua Lian’s?” “Only in three years,” Jia Ruo said, still scrutinizing the prediction, his brow furrowed in thought. I have no reason to doubt her current prediction, which means my mother is in danger.” “She correctly predicted the circumstances of my mother’s death in our previous lives. “Xue Wen had always been known for the accuracy of her predictions,” Ming He sighed. He read the prediction again, and said, “Her reputation as Star Reader was indeed well-deserved, she even managed to predict our return back to the past.” The fate of the lotus lies suspended in the space of one single choice, to be decided within the next three years.” “Two comets streaking down from the heavens, the reunion of the moon flower and the green dragon. She gave him the piece of paper that contained Xue Wen’s Star Prediction. What if I’ve already made that choice and sealed her fate?” Just like now… A single choice of mine will decide my mother’s fate. “It doesn’t matter, everything that day still happened because of me. Ming He shook her head, feeling anguished. “In fact, you even asked me not to kill her. “You might have stabbed her the previous time, but I was the person who ultimately gave her the killing blow.” A sudden intake of breath, as though he just remembered something important. Perhaps my mother was always fated to die by my hand.” I didn’t mean to stab her, but I still did, just like what happened the previous time. “Ming He, just tell me what happened,” he said again. “She’s my mother, of course I don’t want her dead!” She remembered him asking her once if she ever had any good intentions, and all the times he had condemned her wickedness. “Who do you think I am?” she asked incredulously. “I won’t let you kill her though, so you’ll have to kill me first.” “Why do you even care? She’s injured and unconscious on the bed, this is your opportunity to rid the world of the ruthless Leader of the evil Moon Sect.” She looked defiantly at him even as she felt her heart break. He didn’t answer her, just stood beside her and looked at her mother on the bed. “Are you here to kill my mother and me then?” She could feel his presence at her back, he had stepped closer to the bed again. Qing Lan had been angry at her betrayal at Sand Valley, but that was nothing compared to Jia Ruo’s hatred and contempt of her after he had recovered his memories. She stopped at her mother’s bedside, remembering what she had forgotten in the joy of seeing him again. It really was him, he had traveled back to the past too! “Jia Ruo, when did you come back? I’ve missed you so much!” She could feel herself smiling as she ran towards him, only for him to move quickly out of her way, his face still emotionless. Even the way in which he said her name, with that familiar toneless inflection, was completely Jia Ruo. His face was hard and emotionless, there was no trace of Qing Lan’s sweetness and kindness in it. Even though part of her had expected this after her conversation with Xue Wen, it still gave Ming He a shock to see him. Ming He stared at the man in front of her.
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