Don't want my husband!

Chapter 121 Don't want my husband!

"Roasted chestnuts! Selling cheap since we're closing up shop!"

The night market in this small county town is gentle; the smoke mixed with the glow of the streetlights looks like melting honey.

Who wants to go first?

Shen Nianxi stood in front of the roasted chestnut stall. The crisp sound of the chestnut shells cracking was like a string of small firecrackers. It should have been lost in the bustling crowd, but at this moment it was incredibly loud in her mind.

The Heartless Taoist.

Her vision blurred, as if an insurmountable chasm had been quietly erased, and a barrier separated her from Zhang Chen by a thousand years had shattered...

The girl felt she should be angry, but then she also felt that it was nothing special. When all the questions came to an end, all that remained was a bittersweet sense of relief.

She refused.

But Yue Ji beside her smiled and asked jokingly, "Nianxi, what's your usual limit?"

"Three... hours."

Yuan You parted her red lips slightly and chuckled, "We two share the same origin, there's no need to hide it, tell the truth."

"Thirty minutes..."

"Too many."

Shen Nianxi was in a state of turmoil. She tiptoed and whispered "three" very softly.

"If we're talking about it in minutes, that's still too much," Yuan You sighed with a smile. "I know your condition; even three seconds multiplied by ten would be considered your best effort."

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"But with me here, this frozen corpse is very well preserved, even better than an ordinary person's body. Moreover, I also know the method of spiritual communication."

"We can communicate with each other. You don't need to worry about your body not being able to handle it. I'll take care of you if necessary. The feeling of pleasure can guide your soul."

"Our souls are originally remnants, and no one can overcome his extreme yang. The power of yin and yang will wreak havoc within our bodies, but now, it seems that he has done something in the past... We can give it a try."

"That's true..." Shen Nianxi couldn't laugh. "Should I call you Yuan You, or Yue Ji?"

You may call me Yuan You.

"Yuan You, you remember everything, right?" Shen Nianxi asked.

"Um."

"And what about me? Were you originally planning to erase me?" Shen Nianxi's speech quickened.

"How could that be? At most, we've only merged; our three souls and six spirits must eventually return to their original places..."

"But then, I wouldn't be myself, would I?"

Yuan You was stunned. She realized that the reason why Shen Nianxi in this life was so complete and more like a whole person was perhaps a punishment from heaven.

In her past life, she could merge with it without any burden. If their three souls and six spirits were not united as one, they would both be heartless puppets, that is, zombies and ghosts.

"You are her, I am not." Shen Nianxi's thoughts were complicated. "Yuan You, I am a modern person. I have my own ideals. I regard him as a like-minded person. What I want is to save the world together, to be a perfect couple, and grow old together."

"Instead of arguing with you about who came first and who came last, or thinking about who is the wife and who is the concubine."

Shen Nianxi shook her head as if in a fit of pique, "I don't have your memories, and I don't want to. I'm just Shen Nianxi, a recent graduate, the person in charge of Ning'an. I need to cultivate to become an immortal and also manage the club..."

"Tell me the truth, how many women does he have behind his back?"

Yuan You remained silent. "There's nothing practical about it."

"This is very important to me, like the Tushan Cold Crisp, right?"

"The fate of the Tushan clan before you and me is unknown to me."

"Where is Bai Nuoyan?"

"Cat demon...indeed." Yuan You sighed. "Nianxi, in the end, no one can be considered his confidante. It's just that too many demons are deeply in love with him."

"Now that he has only a superficial understanding, it is a great opportunity to make amends."

"Is this really the right thing to do?" Shen Nianxi frowned. "I don't agree."

"I want Zhang Chen, not an immortal."

After saying that, the girl took a step back and turned her body halfway. "Your grudges and affections are your business. I have nothing to do with it."

"From now on, I will treat him as dead. My partner is an immortal, nothing more."

Shen Nianxi pursed her lips tightly; she didn't understand.

She was originally the only one sitting next to someone, so why did she suddenly become everyone's deskmate?

She thought her experience with Zhang Chen would be a beautiful story, but compared to two thousand years of history, she seemed like a joke.

If nothing unexpected had happened, she would still be a puppet.

What she hates most is being called "the nth generation of Xuan Yin Yin Body".

She clearly has a name: Shen Nianxi.

She couldn't be sure whether Zhang Chen's indulgence towards her stemmed from their two-thousand-year-old bond or from their years of close companionship.

Shen Nianxi didn't dare to ask, afraid that Zhang Chen would call her Shen Yuanxi.

But she knew she wasn't. She was like a thief who had stolen the pleasures of her past life over the past few years and was even smug about it.

She couldn't tell the difference.

Shen Nianxi started running. She heard Yuan You calling her name. Everyone she passed looked back at her with surprise. She pushed through the crowd, like a fish swimming upstream. She didn't know where she was going. If she were Shen Yuanxi at this moment, she should probably be happy...

But now she only feels sadness and resentment, so she is different.

The neon signs shattered into colorful specks in her eyes, and the cheap, burnt smell of roadside stalls felt like a thick rope choking her.

throat...

She wasn't running away from the crowd; she just wanted to escape the ever-growing hole in her heart.

The wind pierced through the hollow in her heart, stinging her painfully.

Shen Nianxi then realized that she had unknowingly fallen in love with that person.

Perhaps it was the righteousness of that person who saved the cat demon, perhaps it was the kindness of that person who rescued the dog demon, perhaps it was the sense of security from being saved from danger time and time again...

Or perhaps, it's the figure atop Mount Tu that commands the utmost respect from all demons.

No, these aren't Zhang Chen anymore.

The boy in her memory was still the one with the short hair who liked to tease her in their seat, who liked to tell her corny jokes when she was lonely, who would stay late at school to keep her company when she had an emotional breakdown, and who would quietly fill a kettle with hot water for her during her period...

That's the real Zhang Chen.

"thumping."

She seemed to have bumped into a wall, her head spun, and before she could fall, her little hand was grabbed.

Why are you running?

The man spoke so casually and simply, completely disregarding her feelings. So, he assumed she was supposed to be completely obedient to him...

The philandering Taoist is the philandering Taoist; he's not her Zhang Chen. She's been manipulated from beginning to end...

What are her laughable hypnotic techniques, self-deceiving rhetoric, and illogical strategies in Zhang Chen's eyes?

"Let me go, I won't let you... you're not allowed to... you're not allowed to...!"

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When people are in a state of extreme emotion, they are prone to saying the most honest and simple things from the bottom of their hearts. However, the streets of a night market obviously do not allow such words to remain so.

"Young man, what are you doing?" The elderly woman buying skewers looked at them strangely, picking up her phone in one hand, ready to call the police at any moment.

"It's okay, it's okay." Zhang Chen hugged the sulking Shen Nianxi and pressed his lips firmly against hers. "You two had a fight."

"Oh dear, it seems you two are having quite a fight. Why don't you two talk it out? It's not easy for two people to come together!"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes..." Zhang Chen laughed awkwardly, practically dragging Shen Nianxi into the alley.

The girl bit his palm hard, even drawing blood, then smacked her lips, probably thinking his blood was quite nice.

He drank and became a vampire.

"Stop inhaling."

Zhang Chen pushed her head away, and the girl was pushed back against the wall, her beautiful eyes filled with tears.

"I won't give it to you. If you want it, go to Yueji." She repeated, her voice weak but firm. "You're not Zhang Chen. I'd rather die than give you the remaining 0.5 times."

"But you still have the corpse, don't you?"

"...I'll be cremated!"

"Ashes are also an option."

"Get out of here!" The girl punched him.

Zhang Chen grasped her small pink fist.

"Shen Nianxi, although you may not believe it, I have to tell you that I was actually forced into this situation. I had no idea that I was him before."

"You're talking nonsense!"

"Really," Zhang Chen said. "I don't remember anything, you understand? I don't believe I really am him either. I feel like I've been set up. I don't like any of those monsters."

"You're the only one who can help me right now," Zhang Chen said.

"Just like you, you don't believe you are the original Xuan Yin Daoist, and I don't believe I am the original Chun Yang Daoist either."

Shen Nianxi was slightly taken aback. "What do you mean..."

"I feel helpless too. Suddenly a bunch of monsters appeared around me, and suddenly a bunch of troubles appeared. You know me, I'm just a shut-in."

"Think about it again, this is very strange."

Shen Nianxi looked at the dog of a man in front of her in confusion; he really didn't look like an immortal at all.

"I suspect that you and I are both reincarnations, but those demons don't think so; they still think I am him."

"So I'm in danger now," Zhang Chen said. "The fox demon at the matchmaking agency, the cat demon at home, even the wolf demon at school... they all want to drain my yang energy."

"I only figured this out today."

"What about before? Why didn't you tell me?" Shen Nianxi stared intently at him and asked, "Also, how did you get involved with Yang Lei? Didn't you say you had no memory? How did you end up going to Tushan, and even to the Buddhist sect today?"

"I don't know." Zhang Chen shook his head. "You went there, so I secretly followed you. I wasn't thinking clearly when I did those things."

"Do you take me for an idiot?" Shen Nianxi's eyes turned cold. "To do something like that, you must be out of your mind?"

"Putting the facts aside, I've always loved you," Zhang Chen added. "What if I really get kidnapped by those monsters?"

Shen Nianxi paused for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "You're still pretending..."

"The hypnosis was fake, the identity was fake, I can never trust you again..."

"I'm chaste, that can't be fake, right?" Zhang Chen pulled out his trump card.

Shen Nianxi was in a daze for a moment, then fell into deep thought.

Yes, if Zhang Chen is truly that calculating and philandering Taoist, why is he still being so reserved? Every single one of those female demons is extremely selfish when it comes to relationships... Zhang Chen has no need to hide anything.

After all, no female demon could pose a threat to the Heartless Taoist. Just as the rumors say, Zhang Chenruo should be surrounded by descendants by now.

Is Zhang Chen a pure Yang body? Absolutely.

But is Zhang Chen a Pure Yang Daoist? That remains to be seen.

"Zhang Chen, swear an oath." Shen Nianxi puffed out her cheeks. "The most venomous oath you can make."

"What constitutes the most poisonous?"

"If you lie to me, you'll be stuck with me for the rest of your life."

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Zhang Chen still chose to swear an oath to heaven.

Anyway, he's a traitor, so his oaths to the heavens don't count.

"That's not enough," Shen Nianxi added. "Come back to the hotel with me now. I need to inspect the goods. If you're very skilled, you're definitely lying to me."

"OK."

Shen Nianxi grabbed his hand in return, walked out of the alley, and hurried towards the hotel.

The girl's hands trembled slightly.

Zhang Chen took the initiative to interlock his fingers with hers.

Shen Nianxi paused, glanced back at him, said nothing, but deliberately slowed her pace.

Zhang Chen knew about Shen Nianxi's relationship with Yuan You from the moment he returned from the past. In fact, Xi Xi was one of the female demons from the past.

However, it's not the complete form.

He knew he couldn't keep it a secret any longer.

The little bird had warned him that the heavenly tribulation was not unavoidable; at least during the rewind, he could resist the will-o'-the-wisp that descended from that day.

In his retrospective, he treated Shen Yuanxi with the same feelings he had for Shen Nianxi, and was genuinely moved time and time again by the affection Shen Yuanxi showed him in return.

However, the former Shen Yuanxi has been split into two: one is his white moonlight during his innocent days, and the other is a ghost who has accumulated affection for thousands of years.

One inherited the memories, while the other did not. Even now, their thoughts seem quite different, but both of them have struggled for thousands of years before finally waiting for him today.

Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Buy one get one free?

"It's fine."

Suddenly, Zhang Chen saw a ghostly blue shadow appear before his eyes.

Zhang Chen only learned today that ghosts speak without making a sound.

"I am her, and she is me," Yuan You said in the void.

"I can sense everything you've done in the past, but unfortunately Nianxi doesn't understand."

Zhang Chen saw her float into Shen Nianxi's body, yet she was still able to communicate with him telepathically.

"She is who I am now, and I am who I was in the past. Zhang Chen, if you could love me twice, love me in different ways at different times, wouldn't that be a good thing?"

That's true.

"What else do you plan to do, Zhang Chen?"

I want to try it out and see if it really works that one plus one equals more than two.

"You took the sky lantern, which proves that you are no longer within the Three Realms and Five Elements. I cannot predict what you will do next."

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"Nianxi will accept all of this. My three souls and six spirits are not fixed. Sometimes I go to reincarnation and she goes to the Yellow Springs. Sometimes I go to the Yellow Springs and she enters reincarnation."

"So, Zhang Chen, you're still lacking."

"What?" Zhang Chen asked silently.

You have to find me in the past.

"What time of day?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Although I am very reluctant to admit it, I almost coexist with those succubi."

This means that in each of Xixi's incarnations, she will be associated with a female demon.

For example, Shen Yuanxi's life in this world is connected with Bai Nuoyan.

During this rewind, Zhang Chen even found a better place for the cat to rest, and Hakimi slept soundly.

Conversely, within the scope of other female demons' retrospection, one can also find Shishi-chan from that incarnation.

"Zhang Chen, you will definitely use Nianxi until she loses consciousness tonight. At that time, I can take over her body, and you can continue."

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"Where is your original body?"

"I've already gone back to the hotel. What, you prefer zombies?"

"...It's probably more out of curiosity, but Shen Nianxi seems to prefer your body," Zhang Chen said.

"We can also switch bodies," Yuan You said.

Damn, there are so many ways to play that.

"Let's talk about it later."

The next moment, Yuan You seemed a little tired and crawled into Shen Nianxi's body.

Shen Nianxi did not react at all.

They really can combine.

When you're busy, you can come only once; when you're not busy, you can come both times.

"That's so convenient."

"What did you say?" Shen Nianxi turned around and stared at him suspiciously.

"It's nothing," Zhang Chen said, feigning composure.

The two arrived at the hotel, and upon reaching the entrance, Shen Nianxi, who had been preoccupied, stopped and said, "Zhang Chen, there's a very critical problem now."

"you say."

"My senses are connected with Yuan You's," Shen Nianxi said, pursing her lips. "In other words, if I let you do that, it would be equivalent to..."

"And you did that to her too."

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"I feel like I'm being taken advantage of."

"How about you include her too... that way we'll even things out?"

Are you sure this logic is correct, baby?

"No, it seems there's no way."

As Shen Nianxi spoke, she took off her dress and turned off the lights in the room.

"Fine, I'll pretend I don't know anything about this. Zhang Chen, you have to forget about it too, understand?"

Shen Nianxi remains as self-deceiving as ever.

The atmosphere in the room wasn't exactly romantic, but it wasn't exactly unpleasant either.

He was completely blindfolded, and Shen Nianxi even pulled out an eye mask to cover him completely.

"This is just a test for you." Shen Nianxi's breath swirled with her voice, pausing and quickening.

"Because I can't trust you, this is a deposit you have to give me, you understand?"

"Understood," Zhang Chen replied.

Shen Nianxi pressed him down on the bed and clumsily pounced on him, kissing him randomly with her little mouth while muttering lewd phrases she had learned online, as if she were cheering herself on.

But halfway through her recitation, she was suddenly jolted back, almost bursting into tears and screaming repeatedly.

"Are you not ready?" Zhang Chen asked.

"No, I was prepared long ago, I..."

The girl suddenly started crying, kicking him with her feet as she cried.

"What, haven't you ever seen a girl cry before? Isn't that how it always is on TV? Be serious... I'm serious! Don't doubt me!"

"Zhang Chen, if you dare to betray me, I will never forgive you..."

"No, it won't happen," Zhang Chen said firmly.

The girl's crying subsided somewhat.

The process seemed somewhat rushed, and Zhang Chen awaited the coming storm.

The girl's delicate body was filled with youthful, throbbing emotions, like morning dew trembling on the edge of a flower petal.

It fears both disappearing and yearns to touch the sunlight.

Shen Nianxi had probably made up her mind, and bent down.

A deep kiss.

Very clumsy, their teeth tapped together slightly.

The girl was startled. When she looked up, she saw his Adam's apple move slightly.

A faint scent of virginity floated in the air, along with an indescribable sweetness and trepidation.

The room suddenly seemed to shrink, so small that you could hear the rustling of autumn leaves outside the window, so small that you could hear the sighing of the air conditioner duct, so small that you could hear the girl's trembling heartbeat.

The room suddenly seemed very large, so large that the almost zero-centimeter distance between the two people would require a lifetime of courage to cross.

Zhang Chen thought a lot in the darkness.

He wondered how Miss Fox would scold him after this, how Bai Nuoyan would resent him, whether Li Yinuo would look at him with disappointment, and whether the little bird would force a smile at him.

He should really take responsibility.

We have to go all out at least once.

Zhang Chen pondered life for nearly ten minutes, but still couldn't sense the eye of the storm. He assumed it was just the girl having second thoughts.

"!"

A muffled hum finally appeared, but it was only a fleeting glimpse.

For a full half minute, there was utter silence.

"Has it started?" Zhang Chen couldn't help but ask.

"It's... over."

Shen Nianxi hung limply, powerless.

No matter how Zhang Chen manipulated her, she remained limp, like a doll whose battery had run out.

"?"

After a while, Shen Nianxi regained consciousness as expected.

Zhang Chen was overjoyed, but then he heard the girl's tone change: "It's my turn." Yuan You said with a headache, "I thought Nianxi was just physically weak, but it seems that even her soul is weak."

"Is she still conscious?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Yes, but she couldn't stay awake. In fact, she woke up more than a hundred times in the past half hour, but because you were still inside her, she would faint again as soon as she struggled."

The district is finished.

"Well, at least she's still conscious. It's just a little harder to experience this body."

"Shall I take her place?" Yuan You tilted her head, making Zhang Chen feel as if he were witnessing a rehabilitation ceremony from over a thousand years ago.

That's weird.

When Zhang Chen woke up, this was the only feeling he had.

She said it could only be counted as 0.9 times.

Yuan You was still inside Shen Nianxi's body, but this body was probably too weak. Even though the possessor was Yuan You, he could only lie there like a puddle of water, unable to move an inch.

"Where is she?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Nianxi borrowed my body and left," Yuan You said.

She said you were too skilled, and she didn't believe you.

"Is this still practiced...?"

"Nianxi intends to verify all of this herself," Yuan You said. "I agree."

"She will use my body to travel back to China again, to search for your past. She knows all about your lies, but she just doesn't want to expose you and saves you some face."

"Once she finds out the truth and confirms that you are worth her sacrifice, she will come back and make up for that last bit of loss."

"Then what are you going to do?"

"I'm better suited to assist you in achieving your great cause. We've essentially swapped our life trajectories, and I'll stay and help you."

"However, Zhang Chen, Nianxi and I are connected by perception and can travel thousands of miles together."

"What do you mean?"

"It's just an ordinary week of seven days, nothing more than three meals a day," Yuan You sighed. "She found that asking me to do it for her was taking much longer."

"As for why it was 0.9 times, Nianxi felt that since she and I swapped bodies, that body was still pure and had not been defiled by you, so she was not completely taken away by you..."

Yuan You explained that the girl was very good at keeping her composure.

Zhang Chen was so angry he almost laughed; they could actually play like that.

If the original body fails, then a new one will be created and restarted, and the perception interoperability card bug will be exploited.

At the same time, several female demons in Ning'an woke up simultaneously, looking in the same direction with grim expressions.