“You’re truly cold-blooded ah!” Shang Wuxin was looking at the man sitting across, her face expressionless as he spoke. Even when she was betrayed, she still didn’t reveal a distressed expression. But nobody knew that within her sleeves both hands had gotten white.

A handsome man with peach blossom eyes was sitting directly opposite Shang Wuxin. A momentary sadness flashed within his eyes, but it was quickly covered up by a strong desire. Wasn’t it for this day that he had concealed himself, hiding by Shang Wuxin’s side for so many years? So long as he killed this woman, he would experience a meteoric rise in his career from now on. He could even rise in the ranks and become the new chief of the police department, in charge of the entire A city.

“Shang Wuxin, you witch!” The man looked resentfully at the woman he had poisoned himself, and laughed as he said, “Did you know? My parents were killed by you. For so many years I’ve always wanted to kill you, did you know? Staying by your side was so disgusting. I absolutely don’t love you!”

Sitting on the scarlet sofa, Shang Wuxin, dressed in red, was looking at this man, whom she had genuinely liked. Her heart was grieving. In front of her was a man who had given her poison hoping to kill her. He was called Du Xingfeng, her secret boyfriend. Why secret? Because she had made too many enemies, she was afraid that someone would hurt her man. That’s why she had intentionally kept many fake lovers around, all in order to protect Du Xingfeng.

“He he he…” Shang Wuxin laughed out loud, a beautiful sound that could make people shiver all over. She laughed for a long time, before slowly letting her gaze return to the man sitting across. Shang Wuxin shakily stood up and walked to his front. The man tensed for a brief moment, but thinking of the highly toxic poison already inside Shang Wuxin, it would be impossible for her to kill him. He remained motionless as he looked at the demoness, whom everyone feared, dying in front of him.

Shang Wuxin gently caressed that pair of peach blossom eyes of Du Xingfeng. She had to admit, whether it was Du Xingfeng’s appearance or his fake personality, both were to her liking. That was why she had disregarded his dangerous identity to keep him by her side.

“You’re certainly their son ah. You could actually conceal yourself by my side for so many years, and almost made me believe you really loved me!” Shang Wuxin laughed tenderly, as she stroked from the man’s eyes down to the bridge of his nose. “Really let me down ah. It’s hard for me to become fond of a man, and it turned out like this!”

Regarding this man, it wasn’t love at first sight for Shang Wuxin, she had only recently started to appreciate him. Her heart was still very guarded against him, but the two of them were attached to each other for ten years, from 17 till 27 years old now. In the beginning, she had been extremely cautious of him and had always pushed him away, but she had slowly relaxed afterward, not carrying a weapon around him, and no longer privately inspecting the food whenever she ate with him. But because of this trust, she had suffered such a significant blow now.

“You witch, you’ve had a strong guard around your heart from such a young age, how else would I be able to kill you!” Du Xingfeng was looking at the woman, who had been stunning at 17 and still uncommonly beautiful at 27. Undeniably, his heart truly had been moved by Shang Wuxin, it was very hard for a man not to be tempted by such a woman. Not to mention how well she had treated him for so long. Too bad, they were born to be enemies. Whether it was his parents’ enmity, or her criminal world versus his law-abidi

ng identity, there shouldn’t have been love between them.

Shang Wuxin didn’t seem the least bit saddened. Even with the highly toxic poison inside her, she still had an indifferent and serene expression. Her fingers slid down the bridge of his nose, arriving at his thin lips, then she kissed him the same way she had always done. The only difference was this man’s lack of earnest response, and the absence of pleasure within Shang Wuxin.

Ending the one-sided kiss, Shang Wuxin sighed as she gazed at the man. They’d been together for so many years, yet except for kissing and embracing, they’d never progressed a single step further. Previously, she had believed that he was considerate of her past trauma, but now…

“Shang Wuxin, did you know? Your kiss really disgusts me!” Du Xingfeng looked at the woman in front of him and stated with a malicious smile. He had always showed a modest gentleman’s appearance to Shang Wuxin, but now exposed his true colors and ambition.

“A woman who’s been raped by her foster father as a child, did you really think I liked kissing you?” Du Xingfeng was watching the woman’s steady expression, feeling depressed at heart. They had already reached this point, yet she was neither sad, nor afraid. It was unfair! Du Xingfeng went on, “A woman like you is really filthy! How could I possibly touch you! Ah, right. Everyone knows you have so many lovers, you’re just a slut, huh!”

A harsh glint flashed deep in Shang Wuxin’s eyes, but unfortunately, this man didn’t notice. Otherwise he wouldn’t have mentioned Shang Wuxin’s most detested memory, that had once been her nightmare.

“It’s really regrettable ah!” Shang Wuxin stood up suddenly. With her firm and graceful posture it was as if there was no trace of poison inside her. She took a seat further away and laughed as she said, “I’d meant to let you keep your life initially, but now… I don’t care one bit for it ne!”

Seeing Shang Wuxin like this, Du Xingfeng got a little scared. He was about to pull out the gun hidden in his clothes, but she didn’t wait for him as she thrust a pen into his throat, cutting off his breath on the spot.

Du Xingfeng’s eyes were still wide open. Up until his death he couldn’t have expected that Shang Wuxin was able to kill people like this. Moreover, he couldn’t understand why she had no issues after drinking the poison. Such skills in martial arts, as if taken out of a movie. But it was a pity that Du Xingfeng would never get the chance to appreciate them again.

“Miss!” A woman suddenly rushed in from outside. She was Shang Wuxin’s trusted assistant, as well as the housekeeper of this mansion. Looking at her young lady weakly sitting there, the woman’s eyes filled with tears.

Shang Wuxin smiled indifferently. Her complexion turned pale, completely different from her composed look earlier.

“Wu Wei!” Shang Wuxin glanced at the woman and stated, “Take him away ba, don’t let him dirty my place. After I die, the Shang family will be given to you. I know you’re not interested in it, but its influence isn’t small. So even when I’m no longer around, you can still do whatever you want!”

“Miss!” Wu Wei looked at the charming smile on Shang Wuxin’s face and her tears abruptly flowed down. This was the young lady she worked for. People only saw her as ruthless and fearful, but in her own view, the young lady had led such an exhausting life.

Shang Wuxin beckoned with her hand, her manner dignified and imposing. Wu Wei gazed deeply at the young lady, then dragged the corpse on the ground away from the room. She departed from the mansion that belonged to the young lady of the Shang family, the place anyone wanted to come in, without knowing how empty and dreadful it was inside.

But not long after Wu Wei had left the mansion, she noticed fire spreading within the building, its intensity fearful. Wu Wei stood there watching, tears streaming down her face. Then she dropped to her knees, shouting out “Miss!”

Shang Wuxin was sitting in the room and looking at a photo on the table. The picture showed a little girl’s simple-minded appearance. That was her when she was five years old. It was the only photo of her, because she had never smiled like this ever since.

Everybody knew the Shang family. Whether it was wealth, or influence, they were second to none. But people didn’t know that the Shang family was an ancient martial clan, possessing inner force and martial arts similar to the ones in Wuxia novels. The only difference was, the Shang family weren’t some secret clan, they rather competed for influence within the noisy city.

She, Shang Wuxin, was a child from a branch family. During a clan gathering, it was decided that the Shang clan head would receive her as an adopted daughter. Initially, she was very happy she could enter the clan head’s family, but when her original parents learned of the decision, their complexions had tensed, their faces full of sympathy. Yet they had still let her enter this much admired Shang family’s mansion. She didn’t understand why her parents looked so strange then, but she understood soon afterward.

On her eight birthday, her adoptive father took her from the training ground to hold a birthday party for her, with her parents included. After the party, she was taken to a room by her adoptive father. That was a humiliation she would never be able to forget. She was violated by her supposed adoptive father. She was only a child, the pain, she didn’t know exactly what was happening, but she knew it was shameful. She was yelling for her parents in pain, longing for someone to save her, but her parents turned a deaf ear right outside the door. For their own benefit and standing, they had looked on unfeelingly as they sent their young daughter to a 30 year old man’s bed.

She had turned numb from the extreme pain. Shang Wuxin had suffered many injuries after that day, but they weren’t as painful as that time. Thinking of dying? She had certainly not thought of that. At the time when she had crawled out of the bed dripping with blood, she knew she would kill this adoptive father, she would kill her so-called parents. She wanted to be formidable, to become a demoness whom everyone feared!

It took her five years to learn the Shang clan’s secret martial arts and become a genuine master. She killed her adoptive father splendidly, and captured the entire Shang clan’s power into her own hands. She had made sure her parents were driven away from the family, and with no way out, they had jumped to their deaths. She had transformed into a formidable demoness.

But her heart was as quiet as stagnant water, her body was also slowly drying up. So laughable ah, obviously a youngster, yet her body was drying up. Indeed, it was because once she had started getting stronger, her adoptive father was afraid she would turn into a hindrance one day, and had thus poisoned her. As a result, she simply couldn’t live long, even modern medicine was unable to save her.

Later, she met Du Xingfeng. She was fond of this man, because he was the only man who wasn’t afraid of her. Moreover, he was very adept at inviting her favor. It wasn’t love, but she couldn’t give up his warmth, so they started a secret love affair. Since she wouldn’t be alive for much longer, she had planned to divide the Shang family in half between Du Xingfeng and her subordinate Wu Wei. But unfortunately, reality gave her a slap in the face, mocking her naivety. She was Shang Wuxin (heartless), why would she need a heart (have emotions)?

In fact, Du Xingfeng didn’t know that even if he didn’t kill Shang Wuxin today, she would not live for more than a few months. Yet he ended up like this. Du Xingfeng’s poison was certainly inside her, but he wasn’t aware of her martial arts, so his loss was inevitable. She had never told him, because it hadn’t been necessary. But now it had let her clearly see his true colors. She knew she would die today, and would disappear just like that.

The fire spread around Shang Wuxin, the orange flame complimenting her red dress made for an incomparably desolate picture.

Burn it ba, take all the filth and burn it along with her… Shang Wuxin felt the pain of her own burning skin, seeping through to her tormented heart. Her face showed a beautiful smile, pure like the one she’d had back when she was five…

A boy seemingly in his teens was sprawled inside a dim and cluttered cavern. He was lying down on the ice-cold ground, dressed in a dirty bright yellow brocade robe, that was creased and damaged in some places. If someone came at this time, they would have found that the boy wasn’t breathing and his entire body had begun to stiffen up.

Time passed slowly. When night descended, the boy’s fingers twitched slightly, almost like an illusion. But after a while, the boy’s entire hand trembled, and a little later his delicate eyebrows wrinkled gently. A pair of tightly shut eyes suddenly opened, revealing black like ink, dazzling pupils, that seemed to be able to see through anyone at a glance.

Shang Wuxin looked up at the top of the hole she was in. After a long time, she felt her body slowly warming up, and changed to a sitting position with some difficulty. She took in her surroundings, her manner calm and indifferent.

Shang Wuxin stretched out her hand, looking at its youthful appearance. These young and delicate hands seemed to belong to a young master, who’d never done manual labor.

“Ha…” Shang Wuxin chuckled, then she burst out in laughter: “Ha ha ha ha ha ha…” The sound was tinged with sorrow and arrogance, echoing in the dark cavern unnaturally.

Shang Wuxin laughed for a long time before she stopped and threw a self-deprecating glance at the darkness around her. She actually hadn’t died? As expected, even hell didn’t want her ah, because she had killed too many and sinned too much? But it didn’t matter, it was enough that she was still alive now. And she wanted to live this life as she pleased!

Shang Wuxin examined her own body. She couldn’t see the face, but the body was very weak and thin. Obviously a 15 year old, yet looked more like an 11-12 year old. She knew this body’s owner was His Highness, the crown prince of Shang (country), a seemingly formidable status. Unfortunately, this Shang Wuxin had been constantly ill and with a weak body from birth. Moreover, he lacked courage and was always getting picked on by the emperor’s children and their followers. He would only hide away afterward, feeling wronged and crying.

Shang Wuxin touched her chest suddenly, finding it very flat. Her heart was a little startled. Did she really turn into a man? Then her hand felt around below the waist, finding it completely empty. So this crown prince was originally a female.

As a female, she should have been a princess, yet she actually disguised as a man and became the crown prince. There had to be a deeper plot at play, that even the original body was unaware of! Shang Wuxin sorted through the many memories in her head, also realizing how this crown prince had lost her life.

Although Shang Wuxin was the crown prince, she was only a powerless dummy. Even the emperor seemed uncaring and indifferent to this son, but then why had he let Shang Wuxin sit in the position of crown prince?

Because Shang Wuxin was female, she was always afraid of getting exposed, and she loathed her own identity as a man. So she was always holed up inside the crown prince residence, refusing to come out. The head eunuch at her residence had been persuading her to go outside for a long time, but the moment she went out she had ran into some official’s son. That young master had ridiculed and shamed her without restraint, yet Shang Wuxin actually hadn’t dared to get angry, and could only return to the crown prince residence in tears.

Back in the residence, Shang Wuxin had closed herself in the room, without eating nor drinking, just worrying all day. At that time, a maidservant, who was close to Shang Wuxin, came to wait on her and said that there was a very effective wishing tree in the valley behind the royal mountain.

If she went there to make a wish, it could make her dream come true. The naive Shang Wuxin really got convinced, and quietly sneaked out to the valley by herself. But a variety of wild animals and vipers frightened her into running away till she fell into this place. Coincidentally, she got poisoned and died on the spot, welcoming the brand new soul of Shang Wuxin.

Shang Wuxin stroked her new cheek as she silently marveled on the inside, this Shang Wuxin was really silly ah! That maidservant was definitely installed by someone in the crown prince residence. Such a stupid trick, yet Shang Wuxin easily got fooled and lost her life. Shang Wuxin’s greatest wish was to restore her female identity, find a husband and raise some children. Dying was just as well, otherwise she would have suffered sooner or later due to her mindset.

Resting for a very long time, she combed through a lot of the events in her mind. Though her brain was still groggy, and many of Shang Wuxin’s memories were chaotic, that did not affect her determination. She could take her time to slowly recall everything later, but preserving her life was more important now.

“Damn it!” Shang Wuxin cursed quietly as she considered that having crossed over, her martial arts would have disappeared, and it would be very difficult to regain them. Standing up, she used her inner force and discovered that the original Shang Wuxin actually had martial arts. Furthermore, they weren’t low quality. In spite of possessing such high quality martial arts, she was still bullied like that, and could also only flee from wild animals. From the bottom of her heart, Shang Wuxin thought the original person was senseless. In this kind of world ruled by the law of the jungle, it would have been bad enough had she been born to an ordinary family. But not only was she a child in the royal family, she was the crown prince. With this kind of disposition, it was a miracle that she’d survived til now.

Within the dense foliage of the mountain woods, one could sometimes hear a beast’s low roar. The crescent moon was hanging high in the sky, where dark clouds floated, and the whole mountain was transformed into pitch-black scenery. The quiet in this kind of atmosphere provoked even more terror.

Shang Wuxin breathed out softly. Her every step was nimble, not making a single sound. She had gone hungry for several days already, and more importantly, she had clearly detected that her body was poisoned and in poor health. If she met a wild animal at this moment, even if she didn’t die, she would lose half her life.

Even when her body was weak and she felt faint, Shang Wuxin’s back was perfectly straight, head held high. Though she cut a sorry figure right now, she was still like the king of this forest. That pair of wild animal-like keen eyes were constantly on the alert as she looked over the surroundings. If any situation arouse, she was prepared to fight back. Even if she was currently no good, she would at least be able to skin an animal.

Shang Wuxin’s frosty eyes looked at a corpse-like motionless man lying down ahead. Since she still hadn’t adapted to her body, even if the original’s martial arts was very high, the night prevented her from clearly seeing the appearance of the man on the ground. But it didn’t matter, because Shang Wuxin didn’t plan to mind other people’s business. In this life, she only wanted to be a heartless person. Shang Wuxin (heartless). Whether it was the previous her, or the current her, she should stay true to her own name.

Just as she was about to expressionlessly walk over this corpse, the corpse suddenly groaned. However, that didn’t change Shang Wuxin’s mind as she went on walking. She needed to return to the crown prince residence as soon as possible, and take control of her own birthright. Shang Wuxin was well aware that no matter where or when, status and influence were essential. Even when she was reborn, she didn’t intend to lead a dull, secluded life. As long as she grasped the authority in her hands, she could command her own fate, and truly qualify to become an unrestrained (wuxin) person.

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However, the corpse on the ground grabbed Shang Wuxin’s bare foot, causing her whole body to emit a thick sense of hostility. Shang Wuxin’s foot turned, directly giving a kick to the man, who had his eyes open. The kick was aimed for his solar plexus. If it landed, in addition to his severe injury, he basically wouldn’t be able to survive.

But that man was obviously not an ordinary person. If he was, how would he possibly find himself here, and with such a serious wound as well. As Shang Wuxin’s kick approached his chest, he swiftly rolled away. Though it looked strained, Shang Wuxin could tell his martial arts weren’t low, and his endurance was very strong. Still so alert when he had such a bad injury, moreover, being capable of such an accurate evasion. An obscure gleam flashed through Shang Wuxin’s eyes.

She brought her body to a squat unhurriedly. She wasn’t slow on purpose, but her body had received so many injuries, even squatting down was very difficult.

The dark clouds parted, gradually revealing the crescent moon, spreading some light in the mountain woods. Shang Wuxin borrowed the moonlight to take a look at the person on the ground. Entering her sight was a man with demonic beauty. His long black hair was untied, scattered behind him on the ground littered with dry leaves, yet it didn’t appear dirty or messy. It was smoothly spread out like fine silk. Under the delicate, feminine-looking brows was a pair of bewitching eyes that could steal a person’s soul. Because they were on guard and were showing a killing intent, the outer corners were slightly raised up, increasing their allure even more. His pale red lips were gently pursed in a faint smile, but Shang Wuxin could sense the immense killing intent aimed at her right now. This evildoer’s heart was certainly black. Skin fair like snow seemed to give off a silvery glow, but Shang Wuxin could smell the thick scent of blood on him. It was the unique scent of someone who had murdered too many, unable to wash off the stains.

Han Xuan Hao had lost consciousness just recently, due to his injury. In a daze, he’d felt someone passing by, thus he’d instinctively wanted to grab the presented opportunity. But he’d unexpectedly sensed a dense aura of death, so he endured the pain gushing from his chest, and hastily dodged to the side. Even if he was severely hurt, he knew that if he hadn’t dodged, he’d already be registering in hell. If he wasn’t injured, how would he possibly be reduced to this state. He decided he would absolutely kill this person.

Han Xuan Hao looked at the man slowly squatting down, his whole body brimming with killing intent. He highly loathed other people standing too close to him. Whether it was men, or women, no one dared to get close to him, or else they’d be slain immediately. It was a first for him to be so helpless.

When he noticed that person approaching while assessing him, Han Xuan Hao also started sizing him up. But he actually got a shock.