[ Xiao Xingchen has no idea how to respond to that. He doesn't understand any of this, doesn't understand Xue Yang. And he hates that some part of him still wants to.
He feels all energy drain out of him at once, exhaustion making him collapse to the ground by his sword. ]
Was... [ He swallows around the thick lump in his throat. ] Those three years... was all of it... a lie? [ He doesn't know why he bothers to ask. Will he even be able to trust that Xue Yang is going to tell the truth? ]
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He feels all energy drain out of him at once, exhaustion making him collapse to the ground by his sword. ]
Was... [ He swallows around the thick lump in his throat. ] Those three years... was all of it... a lie? [ He doesn't know why he bothers to ask. Will he even be able to trust that Xue Yang is going to tell the truth? ]