Chapter 1453: Merfolk Tears 3
Chapter 1453: Merfolk Tears 3
However, more than a month later, on a similar moonlit night, Zi found himself drawn to the lakeside by an inexplicable force.
Compared to before, Zi’s mood was even worse.
Fortunately, not long after Zi arrived, the mysterious "female mermaid" appeared once more.
"It seems your mood hasn’t improved. Haven’t you made up with your friend?" the female mermaid asked.
"We’ve reconciled. My troubles are not about my friend anymore but about someone else." Zi hesitated for a bit and then decided to speak his mind.
"I participated in an important competition, crucial to my tribe’s honor. My opponent won, yet she gave me the most important trophy." Zi’s voice was filled with unwillingness and confusion.
The trophy Zi referred to was the Dark Summoning Demon Hand acquired from the Bahuang Tower.
Even though it was Zi who left Bahuang Tower with the Dark Summoning Demon Hand, it was actually Rita who broke the Fighting Energy Showcase.
Yet Rita gave her hard-earned glory to him.
"Aren’t you happy?" Upon hearing Zi mention himself, Rita, disguised as the female mermaid, felt a bittersweet sensation in her heart.
During the Bahuang Tower incident, she willingly gave the Dark Summoning Demon Hand to Zi.
Because she knew Zi was always proud and would have difficulty accepting failure.
"I’m not happy. I hate Rita, and I don’t want her charity." Zi always knew Rita had a crush on him, but he didn’t like her.
From the first moment he saw Rita, he disliked her.
He also hated how Rita always looked at him with admiration.
Crack, the branch the female mermaid used for writing broke, and her body noticeably trembled.
Hate... Zi hated her.
No matter how her appearance changed, Zi could never like her.
An ugly person is always ugly and could never walk with Zi.
Zi talked to her because of her changed appearance.
Indeed, Zi also hated ugly people.
Zi said some more, but Rita couldn’t listen anymore.
"By the way, what’s your name?" Just before leaving, Zi suddenly asked.
He realized that after confiding in the female mermaid twice, he felt much better.
Rita lifted her face to look at Zi and noticed a trace of gentleness in his eyes.
That gentle look wasn’t for her... but for the female mermaid, a trace of bitterness in her heart.
"Tear." The female mermaid wrote a word on the ground, then turned and jumped into the lake.
Since that day, Zi would occasionally return to the lakeside to confide in Tear, slowly becoming accustomed to the presence of the female mermaid.
Zi was surprised by this change in himself and only realized after chatting with Lu that this special change was because he had fallen in love with the woman called "Tear."
Zi thought for an entire night and decided to confess his feelings to Tear before leaving Tianyong City; he wanted to take "Tear" back to the Di Clan.
Zi thought Tear would agree.
Because Zi had heard Tear "say" before that she was an orphan, her parents long gone, and she always lived by this lake outside Tianyong City.
But unexpectedly, Tear refused.
"Why?" Zi was very surprised. Could it be that Tear didn’t like him?
If she didn’t like him, why would she patiently listen to his heart’s troubles over many long nights?
Tears welled up in Rita’s eyes, and she struggled to hold back from crying.
She remembered very well that Zi disliked it when others cried loudly in his presence.
If she cried, everything would be for naught.
This was the first time he had been rejected, making Zi feel terrible. He was furious and rode away on his unicorn.
"Zi, I’m so sorry." Rita finally broke down in tears.
He finally noticed her, but she wasn’t happy at all.
Zi liked the "understanding" and "gentle as the moonlight beautiful" female mermaid.
Rita decided she never wanted to see Zi again but ultimately couldn’t resist her inner longing.
On the day the Di Clan left Tianyong City, Zi reluctantly paused by the lakeside.
He looked at the calm and still surface of the lake, unable to see "Tear’s" figure, and left dejectedly.
Behind him, Rita stood with some Bimong from the Bimong Tribe, watching Zi leave in disappointment, a dull pain in her heart.
"Rita, don’t be sad. Zi is like the moon in the water, beautiful but not suitable for you. Listen to your mother, return to the Bimong Clan and find a suitable Bimong warrior." Chief Lipa sighed in her heart.
Rita gradually accepted this reality and decided to heed her mother’s advice, giving up completely on Zi. She would never use "Merfolk Tears" again.
But what happened later far exceeded Rita’s expectations.
The Kirin King, Ye Xiu, was reborn, and several clan leaders, including Rita Clan Chief, Di Clan Leader, and Jiuluan Clan Patriarch, were captured for refusing to obey Ye Xiu’s orders after jointly attacking the Wuji Continent.
During the rescue of several clan leaders, Lu, Zi, and Rita met again.
To Rita’s surprise, Zi, who had always been particular, had changed significantly over those months.
He had grown much thinner, with deep-set eyes, and his whole demeanor was gloomy.
Rita felt heartache and realized she still deeply loved Zi, unable to bear seeing his haggard appearance.
"Zi and I are the same, in love with someone we shouldn’t love. That person is an elusive female mermaid. After Zi confessed to her, she rejected him. That boy, outwardly indifferent, was still hurt inside." After inquiring with Lu, Rita learned the truth.
Rita hadn’t expected Zi would truly fall in love.
Rita didn’t know what to do but resolved never to let Zi know her identity.
After collaborating with Yun Sheng from the Wuji Continent, the situation in Bahuang Continent became even more tense, and Ye Xiu even killed the Jiuluan Clan Patriarch.
The death of the Jiuluan Clan Patriarch threw the Young Clan of Jiuluan into chaos, and Lu went missing.
Rumors began to spread that Ye Xiu intended to hang the clan patriarch’s body outside Tianyong City as a warning for three days.
Worried about Lu’s safety, Zi decided to infiltrate the Kirin Palace to retrieve the Jiuluan Clan Patriarch’s body, and with Rita insisting, they entered the Kirin Palace together.
But unexpectedly, just as they retrieved the Jiuluan Clan Patriarch’s body, Yu Shang appeared.
It turned out this was all a trap set by Yu Shang to lure several Young Clan Chiefs out.