Chapter 227

227 THE PAST, OH, THE PAST

His sense of direction was not good, and that was why Bai Chen didn’t even know where he was after he parted from Wu Jinhai about half an hour ago.

Yes, he had left the small hut for almost half an hour, but he was still in the forest instead of making it out of the dense forest.

About fifteen minutes ago he left Wu Jiang on a boulder near the river, and after that, he continued to carry his feet in search of a way out. Unfortunately, even after walking alone for more than a dozen minutes, he still couldn’t get out of the forest.

He didn’t know which direction he had come from, and now he was in a location not far from the river flowing from the peak of Mount Heping.

The river was indeed very long because it flowed from the top of Mount Heping to the Wu Li Empire, and it was no wonder that Bai Chen kept seeing the river while carrying his feet looking for a way out.

At this moment, he was feeling very tired, and that was why he had stopped walking near the river, and since there was another boulder in the area, he decided to rest his butt on the rock before he tried to catch his breath.

He had been walking for almost half an hour, and he could feel his throat was dry now, but he didn’t even take a water bottle with him because it was Zhu Ge who brought it for him.

“Why do I keep thinking that he is Zhu Ge when he is actually Wu Jinhai?” Frustrated, Bai Chen cursed himself for his stupidity.

He was already feeling bad from thirst, and he felt even worse when he kept thinking about the guy who had been lying to him for whatever purpose the guy had in his heart.

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Furthermore, he kept calling the man “Zhu Ge” in his head, and that was why he felt even worse when he thought that he was too ridiculous to keep thinking about the man who probably didn’t care about his heart at all.

“I guess I’ll just drink water from the river even if I don’t have a water bottle now,” Bai Chen once again muttered to himself before bringing his body up to get up from the boulder.

He was still alone at this time. Even when he left the man for almost half an hour, the man still didn’t try to find him, and that was why Bai Chen assumed that the man indeed didn’t care about him.

He thought that the man might feel bored playing with him, and that was why the man didn’t bother to go after him and explain what he had to explain.

However, Bai Chen didn’t want to care about that, thinking that everything related to the man called Wu Jinhai was just a joke, and that was why he shook his head vigorously before bringing his feet closer to the riverbank.

He had nothing in his hands, and that was why he was able to use them to seek safety from the big rocks as he walked down the steep path to the riverbank. It wasn’t the same part of the river he had visited with the man in red today, and that was why he didn’t feel familiar with his surroundings.

But, it wouldn’t matter even if he drank water from another part of the river, right? It was still the same river, and that was why Bai Chen didn’t think much of it when he finally reached the riverbank.

Like a child who could no longer contain his thirst, Bai Chen immediately crouched down beside the water before dipping his hands into the water. However, instead of immediately scooping up the water before bringing it to his mouth, Bai Chen chose to splash clear water on his face first, and he felt his face freeze as the cold water touched his skin.

He wished that his heart would freeze as well so that he would finally not be able to feel the pain caused by Wu Jinhai, but unfortunately, it was not easy for him to shake off the stuffy feeling in his heart after finding the truth that the man had been lying to him.

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Bai Chen once again thought of Wu Jinhai, and he growled in annoyance before finally using his hands to scoop up some water and sent it to his mouth. He just wanted to moisten his parched throat, and that was why the clear water immediately did the job, causing him to heave a sigh of relief once he was no longer thirsty.

Everything that happened today felt like a nightmare to Bai Chen, and that was why he continued to crouch beside the riverbank instead of immediately getting up and leaving the area.

He seemed lost when he was alone in the river. It was the first time he had been alone for quite a long time when he was outside his palace. Even when he was in the Forbidden Forest, a certain someone accompanied him, and that was why it was also the first time he had felt so lonely.

Bai Chen sighed once more before he planned to continue his journey to find a way out of the forest, but before he could take his feet out of the river, a strange melody suddenly greeted his ears, accompanied by a song sung by a woman that caused his body to freeze on the spot.

? “The past, oh, the past...

Why is it so scary?

Are those tears?

Or is it pain?

Are you scared?

Or are you brave enough to face it?

The past, oh, the past...

Let’s recall what happened in the past one more time,

And see if you’re brave enough to handle it.” ?

As the melody continued to play along with the song, Bai Chen continued to stand still in his place as his eyes looked blank, and his memories immediately flew back to the past without him being able to control them.