School Beauty's Personal Crazy Young Master

Chapter 435: Chapter 489: Do You Like Me?

”Shick, shick...”

The fine steel soft sword flickered with sword light, emitting a killing aura in all directions.

Jiang Haotian’s expression dramatically changed; he had originally thought he was the oriole behind the mantis hunting the cicada, but to his dismay, there was actually a hunter behind the oriole!

Seeing Jiang Haotian evenly matched with the woman in black, Chen Nan furrowed his brows, feeling somewhat astonished.

The person who intervened at this critical moment to help him was actually his arch-enemy, Gongsun Yudie.

Wasn’t she always intent on killing me?

Chen Nan was puzzled. Previously, when he clashed with others, Gongsun Yudie had attacked him from behind more than once, but she never went through with it. Yet today, not only did she refrain from ambushing him, she actually lent a helping hand—this was indeed unbelievable.

Gongsun Yudie was certainly worthy of being the Sky Sword Sect’s most outstanding successor. After some time without seeing her, her power had greatly improved, reaching the peak of the Ninth Layered Heaven.

Just one more step, and she would be in the Ten Layers of Heaven, a master.

If Jiang Haotian hadn’t been injured, he would have been able to match Gongsun Yudie or even surpass her.

However, the Crack Sky Triple Strike that Chen Nan had delivered earlier had wounded him severely. Now, facing Gongsun Yudie’s fierce attacks, he felt somewhat powerless, left with no option but to continuously dodge.

After holding on for more than a dozen moves, Jiang Haotian feinted and, turning tail, he fled.

In the woods, only Chen Nan and Gongsun Yudie remained.

Looking at the woman standing before him who had repeatedly sworn to kill him but time and again had refrained, Chen Nan chuckled, ”Why didn’t you ambush me today?”

”Don’t think I came to rescue you; I just don’t want you to die by someone else’s hand,” Gongsun Yudie said indifferently as she looked at him, gripping the fine steel soft sword tightly and slowly walking towards Chen Nan.

She had arrived in the forest before Jiang Haotian, hiding in the shadows the entire time; the dark figure by the roadside earlier had been her.

Under the dim moonlight, Chen Nan gazed intently at her, ”So, you came to kill me?”

”I have said that I would definitely bring your head back to the Sky Sword Sect for my mission. Today, you are sure to die,” Gongsun Yudie declared, having approached Chen Nan, raising her soft sword.

Unconcerned, Chen Nan shrugged, ”You’ve said that countless times, but each time you can’t bear to do it. Do you like me that much?”

”You!”

Gongsun Yudie glared at him, ”Enough with your babbling. Today, I will definitely sever your head!”

Chen Nan cracked a smile and shook his head, ”You’re just stubborn. How about we make a bet? I bet you won’t kill me.”

”You are bound to lose!”

Gongsun Yudie stood before him, her expression frosty.

She held her fine steel soft sword horizontally, aiming right at Chen Nan’s throat; a straightforward stab would immediately end his life.

Yet, Chen Nan was not only unperturbed but even began to laugh, saying, ”Alright, stop pretending; I know you won’t do it. Come on, let’s sit down and have a proper talk about life.”

Gongsun Yudie was internally conflicted.

She even began to wonder if there was something wrong with her mind. He was clearly the enemy, so why couldn’t she bring herself to strike him down?

She had followed him into the forest with the intention of seizing the opportunity to kill Chen Nan, but in the end, she couldn’t help but save him...

After a silent moment, Gongsun Yudie snorted coldly, ”You are injured; killing you now would not be fair. Next time we meet, I won’t spare you!” With that, she turned and walked away.

”Hey, wait a second,” Chen Nan quickly called out to her, ”Since you saved me, why not be thorough and carry it through to the end?”

”What do you mean?” Gongsun Yudie turned around.

”I’m gravely injured right now and I don’t have any medicinal herbs on me. Could you help me gather some?”

Gongsun Yudie’s expression turned cold, ”Do you really think I’m Lei Feng? I would rather see you dead right now, and you want me to gather herbs for you? Dream on!”

”You really have a cruel heart.”

Chen Nan said with a face full of sorrow, then his head tilted, and he lay straight on the ground.

”Don’t pretend, don’t think I don’t know.”

Gongsun Yudie said coldly, winding the Soft Sword around her waist and turning to leave.

However, after she had walked more than ten meters away, she stopped because there was truly no movement behind her, and it was unclear whether Chen Nan, lying there, was dead or alive.

”Hey, stop pretending, I know you can’t be dead.”

Chen Nan didn’t move an inch and gave no response.

Gongsun Yudie’s delicate eyebrows deeply furrowed as she hesitated for a while, then turned back, bent over, and pushed Chen Nan: ”Hey, wake up.”

Chen Nan slowly opened his eyes, pretending to be weak as he looked at her: ”Why did you come back?”

Gongsun Yudie did not answer and remained as cold as ever: ”I don’t know much about medicine, what herbs do you need?”

”Three Immortals Root, Life-taking Grass, Soul-breaking Fragrance. Just these three will do.”

Upon hearing this, Gongsun Yudie’s face changed: ”Are you mistaken, these are all poisons, how can they heal injuries?”

”Just listen to me and go gather the herbs,” Chen Nan said with a smile: ”Besides, if I were poisoned to death, wouldn’t that be exactly what you want?”

Gongsun Yudie glared at him: ”Stop joking, I’m serious with you.”

”I’m very serious!” Chen Nan insisted, asking: ”Why are you so concerned about whether I live or die, what’s the reason?”

”It would be best if you died, then I wouldn’t have to make a move.”

Gongsun Yudie huffed coldly and turned to walk deeper into the forest.

Watching her back, Chen Nan’s expression was somewhat complicated.

He really couldn’t understand what Gongsun Yudie was thinking; she claimed she wanted to kill him, but every time she couldn’t follow through. Was she truly that soft-hearted?

”Indeed, a woman’s heart is as unfathomable as the ocean’s bottom, too hard to fathom.”

Chen Nan sighed and sat up, leaning against the tree.

About ten minutes later, Gongsun Yudie returned, holding some plants and tree roots in her hands, exactly the three poisons Chen Nan had mentioned earlier.

”There aren’t many medicinal herbs in this forest, I could only find these.”

Gongsun Yudie sat down beside him, tossing the herbs to Chen Nan.

Chen Nan cleaned the dust off the herbs, crushed them, and then started chewing them in his mouth.

Seeing him eat them directly, Gongsun Yudie looked rather grave. Any one of those three herbs was deadly poison, a single leaf could kill a large elephant, yet Chen Nan had swallowed all of it.

”Hey, how do you feel?”

She couldn’t help but push Chen Nan, seeming somewhat worried.

”Ugh...”

Chen Nan opened his mouth and vomited, ejecting black blood from his mouth.

Gongsun Yudie was startled and quickly asked: ”Are you alright?”

”These are clots of blood accumulated in my organs, vomiting them out will help the injury heal faster,” Chen Nan explained, then looked at her with some puzzlement: ”You seem so worried about me, you haven’t actually fallen for me, have you? I am a married man, you know.”

”Go to hell, shameless!”

Gongsun Yudie gave him a glare and turned her back on him.