Chapter 405: Shen Qingci and Su Mo Part Ways

Chapter 405: Shen Qingci and Su Mo's Final Parting

Su Mo linked arms with Chen Yuanchao, her eyes searching the whole ballroom but she never saw Shen Qingci.

As the best man, Shen Qingci should have been by Li Yiran's side, but he had been absent since the beginning of the event. Now, even Li Yiran was nowhere to be found.

This engagement banquet, fraught with tension and uncertainty from the start, had left everyone present restless and uneasy.

Su Mo was about to lose control of her emotions. If she broke down, the strange condition of her body would be immediately noticed. The venue was filled with the alliance's peak powerhouses, with SSS-level psychics everywhere.

If she didn't want to be instantly killed for her identity as a monster, she had to calm herself down.

But she was too worried about Shen Qingci. His physical condition had been deteriorating, compounded by the brutal beating he had received at the wedding dress shop earlier.

Su Mo let out a soft sigh and smiled at Chen Yuanchao, using her siren ability. "Yuanchao, I need to use the restroom."

She left alone and headed toward the restroom. Just as she turned a corner, she was suddenly pulled by a powerful force into the shadows and into an embrace.

Su Mo, startled, was about to resist when she recognized Shen Qingci's familiar scent. She immediately held him tightly, her voice choked with emotion:

"I thought you were dead."

Shen Qingci shook his head. "No, on the way to the Jiang family to fetch the bride, Wu Yue detained me. They gave me the DX001 antidote; I can still hold on.

Momo, listen to me. Go tell Chen Yuanchao everything and get the Chen family to side with Wu Yue.

Chu Cixie still has a trump card—those children who can hold everyone by the throat. Those children are in the central city now. We have to burn our boats.

The next generation of humanity can no longer be leashed like dogs in the hands of one person."

Su Mo sensed something was wrong. Her voice trembled. "What are you planning to do?"

Shen Qingci said softly, "I’m going to kill those children and end all of this. My reputation is already ruined, and my body is beyond saving. I might as well bear the infamy for this lifetime.

I have no attachments, no background. I was always an unwanted bastard, a worthless nobody.

After this is over, tell everyone that I controlled and coerced you. Clear your name and live on.

I know Chen Yuanchao truly likes you. Even without using your ability, he’ll listen to you. Forget about me and start your new life.

With the Chen family speaking for you after the war, the Li family might show some mercy as a favor, and the Su family was coerced. Wu Yue will let you go."

After saying this, Shen Qingci released Su Mo and turned to leave.

Su Mo clung tightly to him, sobbing uncontrollably, her words broken. "You’re not a worthless nobody, not an unwanted bastard... I want you... I want you...

Please don’t go. I beg you, don’t leave me behind. Don’t abandon me again, okay?"

Shen Qingci laughed self-deprecatingly. "Have you forgotten how much you disliked me when we first met? How annoying you found me?"

Su Mo shook her head repeatedly. "No, that was all an act. You’re not that kind of person.

You’ve always protected me. If it weren’t for you, he would have made me seduce more people. I could never have escaped unscathed."

In the distance, Shen Qingci noticed members of the Li family approaching. He immediately sensed that Li Yiran might have truly taken his words to heart and turned against them at the last moment.

Shen Qingci pushed Su Mo toward the venue. "Go, Momo. Don’t look back."

Separated by life and death, there was no need to say goodbye.

After speaking, Shen Qingci abruptly turned and started running toward the approaching crowd, intending to divert their attention and give Li Yiran a chance to escape.

Watching Shen Qingci’s retreating figure, Su Mo suddenly realized that this time, he was truly walking the road to the underworld.

Once he attacked those children, regardless of the final outcome of the war, there would be no possibility of survival for him.

He had never said he loved her. Never.

Not only had he never said it, but he hadn’t even given her the slightest bit of hope.

Su Mo suddenly reached out to grab Shen Qingci, but his movements were too swift. The moment their fingertips missed each other, her mind went completely blank.

"Bang!"

"What’s with the wings on her!?"

"A monster!! Su Mo is actually a monster!!"

The moment he heard the word "wings," Shen Qingci immediately turned back and saw that Su Mo, having lost control of her emotions, had revealed wings from her siren genetics in front of everyone. He quickly took off his suit jacket and threw it over her.

"We need to leave now."

He quickly escorted Su Mo to a lounge behind the banquet hall.

Su Mo kept her head bowed without a word. Shen Qingci told her, "I suspect that the reason Shen Que survived back then was because Wu Yue obtained another reagent from Long Xi—one more powerful than the DX001 antidote.

That reagent allowed Shen Que’s stolen dragon bone and Panda Blood to return to his body, but no one knows if that reagent can still be acquired.

Wu Yue still has two New Humans, Jian Suiyu and Wu Chong. She will definitely find a way to save them.

Go help Wu Yue. Assist her. Try to win her over with sincerity. Right now, only she has a way to save—"

Before Shen Qingci could finish, Su Mo lifted her head and tightly wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him.

Shen Qingci tried to push her away. "Momo, now is not the time for impulsive actions."

Su Mo pressed herself tightly against him. The intimate contact was breaking down his resolve. Just before his willpower completely collapsed, Shen Qingci raised his hand, preparing to knock Su Mo out with a karate chop.

Su Mo suddenly spoke: "Shen Qingci, hold me tight."

Shen Qingci’s head swam. Su Mo was actually using her siren ability on him at a time like this.

His consciousness was clouding over. The hand that had tried to push her away, upon touching her again, instinctively pulled her closer, wrapping around her waist.

Su Mo said, "Qingci, kiss me. Tell me you love me."

Hearing her voice, Shen Qingci couldn’t suppress a low groan. "Stop using your ability. I still have to go—"

Su Mo took his hand and placed it on the base of her spine, where Shen Qingci could just touch the wings growing from her tailbone. The moment he touched them, Su Mo’s face flushed deep crimson.

Seeing Su Mo so passionately affected, all of Shen Qingci’s defenses shattered completely.

Su Mo told him, "Shen Qingci, I love you. I don’t want you to risk your life to save me again.

If we’re meant to die, then let’s go to hell together."

Shen Qingci stared intensely at Su Mo, then lowered his head to kiss her. But the moment their lips touched, he abruptly jerked away.

Clenching his fists, he tried to calm himself down. But before he could collect himself, the door to the lounge burst open violently.

Shen Qingci immediately pulled Su Mo behind him and turned to look—the person who had arrived was Chen Yuanchao.

Seeing his icy, ruthless expression and the bone monster trailing behind him, Shen Qingci’s heart sank completely.

It was too late.

The Chen family had also been compromised.