Su Mu strode forward quickly.
A warm and sincere smile hung on his face.
As a veteran simp actor, when it came to being a simp, he possessed experience and insights far beyond what ordinary people could imagine.
For example, moments like this.
Qing Jingrou had just stepped down from the flying boat and had not taken more than a few steps when Su Mu had already crossed most of the distance between them and arrived right in front of her.
In the original novel, this scene was considered a small highlight of Su Mu’s acting. Every time he recalled it, even he himself could not help but admire it.
Under normal circumstances, the protagonist Chen Shu should have been standing beside Qing Jingrou at this moment. Su Mu would walk up full of joy, only to discover that there was another man by her side.
The joy at first sight, the shock upon seeing Chen Shu, followed by anger and humiliation, and finally the suppressed resentment.
That kind of seamless emotional transition was something that could not be performed without more than ten years of simp experience.
“Pfft… the Young Master of the Su Clan is here again…”
Low snickers filled with disdain sounded from around them.
“This Su Mu is really persistent when it comes to Qing Jingrou. Doesn’t he ever think about why the Cold and Pure Immortal Maiden would look at someone like him?”
“Do you think the Cold and Pure Immortal Maiden will even acknowledge him? I bet 100 yuan she won’t.”
“I’ll bet 100 too. She won’t.”
“Hmph! A wastrel.”
Some people snorted coldly in contempt.
“Isn’t Su Mu just relying on having a good father? His father has no idea how many benefits the clan has sacrificed just to help him get close to Qing Jingrou.”
“Exactly. Look at this. He’s even been shoved into the Holy Land.”
“The Holy Land is the supreme place of cultivation. What does he think this place is…”
Among these people, some were heirs of major clans like Su Mu, while others were cultivation geniuses from various worlds. All of them had their own pride and would never engage in such simp behavior.
That was why they looked down on Su Mu so much.
So much so that they did not even bother to lower their voices.
Su Mu heard it all and rolled his eyes inwardly.
Tch.
If it weren’t for the system mission, for the sake of going home, who the hell would be a simp?
Being a simp gets you nothing.
On the plaza—
Su Mu walked quickly toward Qing Jingrou. On the surface, he seemed to be staring at her the whole time, but in reality, he was constantly searching for Chen Shu’s figure.
Huh?
He’s not here?
Is he hiding behind the crowd where I can’t see him?
Before he could think further, Su Mu had already reached Qing Jingrou. With rich emotion, he delivered his lines.
“Jingrou! I came to find you! For your sake, I specially came to the Holy Land to cultivate!”
Today, Qing Jingrou was dressed in a snow-white gauze dress. Her jet-black long hair swayed in the wind, and her jade-like arms lifted to brush aside her hair, stirring the heart.
Su Mu was already thoroughly familiar with Qing Jingrou’s reaction.
She would ignore him completely and walk straight past him without even turning her head.
This was the mastery of a veteran actor over the script.
Next should be Su Mu picking a fight with Chen Shu.
But where the hell was Chen Shu?
I’ve already walked right up to her. Why aren’t you in position yet?! Do you have no professional integrity at all?!
“Thank you.”
Qing Jingrou stood in place and smiled gently, as if she had been deliberately waiting for Su Mu.
“By the way, I found out in advance that you were coming to the Holy Land, so I specially prepared this for you.”
As she spoke, Qing Jingrou took out an exquisitely crafted storage ring from her robes and tried to hand it to Su Mu.
The young woman’s smile was like a blooming flower, radiating tenderness.
“What?!”
Su Mu was completely dumbfounded.
This plotline is wrong.
Qing Jingrou giving me a gift? This news felt like someone telling Su Mu that his Immortal King father, one of the strongest beings of the era and still in his prime, had suddenly died.
The impact was like a landslide.
“What did you just say?”
He could not help asking again.
“Here, it’s for you.”
Qing Jingrou extended it forward once more. Seeing Su Mu’s dazed expression, a faint smile appeared at the corner of her lips.
You’re still the same, like a little fool.
Qing Jingrou’s gaze drifted, as if she had returned to her previous life, seeing that person who always stayed by her side, loving her wholeheartedly, exactly the same as he was now.
“Su Mu, reborn into this life, this time I’ll come find you.”
Qing Jingrou made up her mind.
In her previous life, under Chen Shu’s influence, she had always felt that Su Mu approached her with ulterior motives, so she deliberately kept her distance.
Only many years later did she learn how much Su Mu had given up for her. The cold stares of others, the disdain of his own family. Yet the young man never cared, always carrying a heart full of love from beginning to end.
Unlike Chen Shu, that scheming petty man.
“You…”
Qing Jingrou’s unusually gentle reaction made even Su Mu, this veteran actor, freeze up.
What the hell???
This isn’t right, is it???
Su Mu looked behind her again. Aside from her close attendants, there was no one else.
“Just you alone?”
Su Mu asked tentatively.
“Of course.”
Qing Jingrou smiled softly. She recalled this very moment from her previous life, when the person standing beside her had been Chen Shu.
He had deliberately approached her to exploit her for resources, and even tried to kill her in the end in an attempt to prove the Dao and become an Immortal Emperor.
The young woman only learned later that Su Mu had also died at Chen Shu’s hands. Chen Shu had used news of her misfortune to lure Su Mu alone into the Lightless Forbidden Land, where he eventually died without even leaving a complete corpse.
It was said that even before his death, Su Mu had been calling her name…
Thinking of this, killing intent flashed through Qing Jingrou’s eyes.
“In this life, I will never allow anyone to hurt you, Su Mu. Wait for me…”
She took a deep breath in her heart, reminding herself that now was not the time. Chen Shu still carried the Chosen One’s destiny, and behind him lurked an enormous force. He was far from as simple as he appeared on the surface.
Qing Jingrou looked at the dazed Su Mu in front of her, stepped forward, and closed the distance between them.
Su Mu could already smell the elegant fragrance coming from her body.
“I’ll help you put it on. The ring contains a gift I prepared for you.”
As she spoke, Qing Jingrou directly took Su Mu’s hand and was about to put the ring on him.
But at this moment, her delicate brows suddenly furrowed.
She saw—
A unfamiliar storage ring was already on Su Mu’s hand. It bore delicate and refined patterns, clearly something that came from a woman.
“This is… where did it come from?”
Qing Jingrou immediately began to think.
Su Mu had always only had one storage ring, using it since childhood. So where did this new one come from? And it was so delicate.
Although Su Mu had a beautiful appearance, Qing Jingrou knew that his personality was extremely firm and unyielding.
Otherwise, he would not have chosen a halberd as his weapon.
He gave all his gentleness only to her.
Then whose ring was this?
Before she could think further, Qing Jingrou had already placed her ring onto Su Mu’s left middle finger. Their fingertips touched briefly before separating.
A trace of coolness lingered.
“This ring is?”
Qing Jingrou asked casually, as if unintentionally.
“Oh, this one? Su Hanying gave it to me.”
Su Mu answered casually, somewhat absent-minded.
Su Hanying? Su Mu’s sister?
In her previous life, if it were not for this person painstakingly infiltrating Chen Shu’s side, how would Qing Jingrou and the others have had the chance to seize the moment when he was most vulnerable during his breakthrough to Immortal Emperor?
An elder sister giving her younger brother a gift seemed to make sense.
Qing Jingrou took half a step back, the gentle smile still on her face.
“So that’s how it is.”
The atmosphere between Su Mu and Qing Jingrou was harmonious.
But the people around them were completely stunned.
No, brother?
This isn’t right.
Nothing about this is right at all!