Chapter 658 He Didn’t

As soon as these words were spoken, both of them fell silent.

Su Youyue was being cautious.

Tuoba Xiao's face was already deathly pale. Just a little more, and he would surely collapse, or at the very least, lose his strength.

So she took a risk, using stories from the Wolf Hunter tribesmen to provoke him.

As expected, her words made Tuoba Xiao's face turn even paler.

After a long pause, he seemed to want to say something, but the words seemed to stick in his throat. After several tries, he suddenly clutched his stomach wound and staggered.

Blood seeped through his fingers as he murmured something softly.

Su Youyue, standing close, barely caught it.

"I didn't..."

"You didn’t? Then who did? Denying that she was your birth mother is pointless. She brought you into this world. Even if wolves raised you, she’s still the one who gave birth to you."

Su Youyue thought Tuoba Xiao was just denying his mother, and that his "I didn't" referred to not killing the wolves that raised him.

The young man leaned against a tree, weak from blood loss.

But the next moment, he yanked her to his side with his bloody hand: "I didn't kill her! I didn't! She fell on her own! She was about to hit me again, lost her balance, and fell. I didn't push her! Do you hear me? I didn't kill her! I won’t let you accuse me of killing her! Anyone else can accuse me, but not you!"

"She’s not my mother. There’s no mother like her anywhere!"

"I—"

The young man didn't finish his sentence.

Su Youyue plunged a thick, long steel needle deep into his chest.

His blue-green eyes suddenly filled with an emotion Su Youyue couldn’t comprehend.

Shock, confusion, sorrow, despair, hurt?

Why should he feel this way? Didn’t he know how he’d treated her all along?

Su Youyue yanked out the needle and stabbed him again: "You don't need to explain these things to me, Tuoba Xiao. I'm not interested in your affairs. I just want to kill you."

"You really want to kill me that badly..." The young man murmured, as if he didn't feel the pain, his eyes momentarily losing focus.

Just as Su Youyue was about to take advantage of his momentary lapse to quickly stab him a few more times, he finally grabbed her wrist.

Su Youyue struggled, but she couldn't break free from his grip.

She hadn't expected him to still have so much strength left.

Tuoba Xiao looked down at her, then suddenly reached up and took off the wolf tooth pendant he always wore around his neck, hanging it around her neck with one hand.

The cord was slightly askew, resting just over her heart.

The young man’s lips twitched into a faint smile.

Seeing him about to forcefully kiss her again, Su Youyue cursed him as a madman. Trapped, she could only raise her hand to stop his lips.

"Tuoba Xiao, I wish you would die right now." Her disgust was completely unmasked. "If you kissed me, I’d be so disgusted I’d puke."

Those words instantly set the young man off, and he suddenly shoved her away.

Su Youyue stumbled and fell onto a pile of leaves.

Though the fall wasn’t bad, she instinctively winced and clutched her stomach.

The young man frowned and rushed after her: "Su Youyue…"

He barely took a step before his body swayed, and he dropped to one knee.

Blood kept oozing from his chest.

He tried to stand but swayed and fell back down.

One side of his face was smeared with blood, the other deathly pale. The whites of his blue-green eyes were bloodshot, and he stared straight at her, his eyes full of concern.

Finally, he crawled toward her, dragging himself on his knees.

"Su Youyue…"

When he reached her, he carefully checked her over. Seeing she wasn’t badly hurt, he visibly relaxed. His gaze settled on her stomach, his eyes clouded with emotion.

He reached out, but Su Youyue slapped his hand away.

Tuoba Xiao looked hurt: "I wasn’t trying to hurt him."

When Su Youyue stayed silent, he gently took her hand.

"Su Youyue, do you have a nickname?"

"What was it? Nan…"

"Tuoba Xiao, are you done yet?" Su Youyue cut him off. Only those close to her could call her by her nickname. Hearing it from someone she hated like Tuoba Xiao made her sick.

She tried to pull away but couldn’t, only getting more annoyed. How is this bastard still alive and kicking?

"I hate you!"

Tuoba Xiao’s eyes wavered, but he pretended not to hear. "If Xie Yuan can call you that, why can’t I?"

"No." Su Youyue took a deep breath and yanked her hand free.

Tuoba Xiao no longer had the strength to stand, making it the perfect time for her to either kill him or escape.

She leaned against the tree to stand and took several steps back, putting distance between them.

The young man’s eyes suddenly filled with panic: "Don’t go!"

Just as Su Youyue pulled out the syringe and aimed it at him, she heard footsteps on the leaves in the distance.

Thinking it was Xie Yuan finally arriving, she excitedly looked over.

But instead, she saw a familiar figure in a white and gold robe from the Holy Order.

Those who saw her immediately gave chase, and she had no time to think. She turned and ran.

She absolutely loathed Tuoba Xiao for putting her in danger again. She had to save her hidden weapons for self-preservation and couldn’t waste them on him.

Su Youyue spun around and bolted. After only a few steps, something suddenly occurred to her, and she furiously tore the wolf tooth necklace from her neck, flinging it down beside Tuoba Xiao.

Who wanted his stuff!

Even if he died, she’d make sure he knew!

After throwing it, she walked away without looking back.

Tuoba Xiao had stormed the Holy Sect’s secret temple, and these Holy Sect members would certainly not let him off!

She ran for what seemed like forever, then glanced back from a distance. Seeing that the Holy Sect members had stopped near Tuoba Xiao and weren’t chasing her, she finally let out a sigh of relief.

She ran a bit further, confirming that their target was only Tuoba Xiao and not her, and they hadn’t pursued her at all. She slowed her pace.

That damn Tuoba Xiao. She hoped those Holy Sect members would finish him off.

When Su Youyue finally calmed down, her entire body was throbbing. She looked at her blood-stained dress with disgust.

Soon, she fumbled at the hem of her dress and pulled out a small signal flare.

Just as she was about to light it, a familiar voice finally rang out from behind.

"Nuan Nuan!"

Su Youyue immediately turned around.

When she saw Xie Yuan’s broad figure, she was on the verge of tears. She took two quick steps toward him, but her legs suddenly gave out, and she fell.

Xie Yuan caught her in his arms.

"It’s alright, Nuan Nuan…"