Absolute Choice
Absolute Choice - Chapter 472: Thank you and Sorry

In a blink of an eye, three days had passed.

Shi Xiaobai was still in deep slumber and he never woke up again in that period of time.

Speechless similarly did not magically open his eyes once again. After three days, all that happened was his face turning paler, and his body turning colder and stiffer. Even the last preposterous hopes had been shattered by reality.

Speechless was truly dead. He had managed to luckily survive having his left chest pierced by a sword, but he was killed by a smack that did not even leave him with any superficial wounds.

He did not die gloriously in battle but was instead smacked to death by a partner that had lost control of himself after the battle. This laughable and ironic but ridiculous and tragic matter had truly happened.

At that moment, in the Infernal domain's Infernal King palace, in a penthouse that was carved out to be a forbidden ground, Speechless's corpse lay quietly in a coffin.

The useless mask that he had placed on his face in order to hide his identity had already been removed, revealing his extremely handsome face. He was not much different than the Hero King who disguised herself as a male.

Speechless had always been the most outstanding youth in China. Be it his family background, talent, ability or looks, they were the cream of the crop. He became famous at a young age and did many things that not only rendered people speechless, but also left them in awe. The number of girls in China that were infatuated by him with only one-sided love were innumerable. When they left the tower, it was unknown how many hearts would be broken from the news of Speechless's death.

And at that moment, there were two girls inside the penthouse. It was unknown how many times they had cried over the past three days.

Mu Lengxi and Mu Yuesheng sat quietly in a corner of the penthouse. Their eyes were slightly red and puffy. Their expressions looked like they were in a trance.

They were from the same family. By tracing the family tree, they were considered cousins. However, Mu Lengxi had been taken away by her magic teacher from a young age, so by the time she returned to the Mu family, Mu Yuesheng had already been taken in by collateral relatives because of her lacking talent and natural endowment. As such, only the slightly older Mu Yuesheng knew of Mu Lengxi's existence. It was only because she was Speechless's blood sister. As for Mu Lengxi, she did not even know that she had an elder cousin that had been forced away in the family from a young age.

However, what they were facing was the simultaneous loss of a loved one. Similarly, they had weeped over it for a prolonged period of time and were aware of each other's identity. Naturally, they had an additional of feeling of being fellow sufferers. However, neither one of them attempted to console the other because they lacked that energy to spare.

All they did was spend time together in the dimly lit penthouse. They had been silent, calm and in grief for three days.

No matter how much grief they experienced, they eventually had to force themselves to accept the fact that their loved one had passed away.

"Creak."

The door to the penthouse was gently pushed open as Liu Yu walked in silently.

The duo looked up to take a glance when they heard the sound before they lowered their heads once again.

Liu Yu sighed silently as he slowly closed the door. He walked slowly to a seat on the other side. Seating himself down, he hesitated for a long while before he took a deep breath. Using 'Telepathic Relay', he connected the three people in the penthouse.

"Can This Penniless Priest...have a minute with the two of you?" Liu Yu said telepathically.

Mu Lengxi and Mu Yuesheng slowly turned their heads and after a moment of hesitation, they nodded gently. Over the past three days,Liu Yu had apologized to them countless times. He had blamed himself from failing to prevent the tragedy from happening despite his close proximity. For that, they naturally did not truly blame him. No one could have prevented an accident they did not anticipate. However, they did not have the mental capacity to comfort him. As such, when they saw Liu Yu come in, they thought that he was there to apologize once again. They subconsciously avoided his gaze.

But at that moment, from the look on his face, he did not seem like he was here to apologize again?

"There is something This Penniless Priest wants to discuss with the two of you."

Liu Yu sighed and said, "Benefactor Shi Xiaobai has not awoken yet, but he will wake up sooner or later. So..."

When they heard 'Shi Xiaobai''s name, Mu Lengxi and Mu Yuesheng's expressions changed slightly. To them, hearting this name gave them mixed emotions. They even subconsciously wanted to avoid it.

"So?" However, Mu Yuesheng knew that she could not escape from reality.

"So, This Penniless Priest wants to discuss with the two of you what will happen after Benefactor Shi Xiaobai wakes up. Back then, This Penniless Priest saw Benefactor Shi Xiaobai's hair clearly turn silver. It is obvious he had not regained consciousness, or he would never have done such a thing. This Penniless Priest believes that he might very well not remember what had happened when he wakes up..." As Liu Yu said that, he suddenly fell into silence.

"Oh?" Mu Yuesheng frowned slightly.

Liu Yu sighed once again and after a long moment of hesitation, he said, "If Benefactor Shi Xiaobai wakes up and knows that he killed Benefactor Speechless because he lost control, he would definitely feel extremely distressed. But we all understand that the deceased is gone. No amount of remorse can rectify things. It will only exacerbate the grief, so This Penniless Priest wishes that this matter can be withheld from Benefactor Shi Xiaobai. More importantly, with the Li family's elder generation practice of protectionism, if they were to know of reason for Benefactor Speechless's demise, they would employ ruthless means to kill the murderer of Benefactor Speechless as a form of revenge. They would not care if Benefactor Shi Xiaobai was innocent or not. The Li family is a powerful faction. Even the Hero Association will not be able to guarantee of Benefactor Shi Xiaobai's safety, much less Gaia. Furthermore, even if they can protect him in the near future, they can't protect him forever. The Li family will not rest, so...This Penniless Priest wishes that not only will this matter be withheld from Benefactor Shi Xiaobai, it will also be kept a secret from the world. Sorry, This Penniless Priest knows that it's a very selfish act, but..."

Mu Yuesheng raised her hand to cut him off, "I understand. Withholding the truth will be the best for everyone. I share the same thoughts as you. Even if you didn't mention it, I would have mentioned it sooner or later. So, there is no need to think that you have done something that has let all of us down. We know very well that 'Shi Xiaobai' in that state had even injured Sunless in his frenzy. If he had a bit of his consciousness, he would absolutely not have done that. Therefore, the murderer who killed Brother Speechless is not Shi Xiaobai, but that monster we have no idea about. That is the truth."

After three days of calming herself, Mu Yuesheng had returned to that strong Mu Yuesheng after collapsing in tears in the Silent Desolate Lands.

"Thank you..."

Liu Yu kneaded his glabella. He looked somewhat exhausted. Clearly, he had not had a good night's rest for the past three days.

"I also..."

At that moment, in Liu Yu and Mu Yuesheng's minds, Mu Lengxi's voice gently sounded. "I also...wish to hide the truth...because...if it was my brother, he would definitely have done the same..."

The blow dealt to the girl that was the youngest among them was nearly the greatest. The person she liked had killed her brother. With her age and experience, it was no doubt a serious tragedy. Up to that moment in time, she was still bearing hopes of a pitiable fantasy— 'how great it would be if all of this was a nightmare'. But even so, she was able to muster the courage to be strong when she was needed to face the situation resolutely.

Speechless had two good sisters.

Shi Xiaobai had two good friends.

As such, the tragedy that had happened would not result in another tragedy.

This was probably the silver lining, right?

"Thank you."

"Sorry."

Liu Yu did not know what sort of mood this was, so he had to say those two sentences, but when he walked out the penthouse once again, he felt that the sunlight that illuminated him today was a little cold. IChooseDogLeading (我选择狗带) when read in Chinese sounds like I Choose Go Die. It was a meme that resulted from a former member of famous Korean boygroup, EXO, TAO (Huang Zitao). At a concert, there was a part in a rap that where he said "", but due to a mispronunciation, it sounded like he will not easily choose to be led by dogs. This phrase now means 'I'd rather die/I choose death'.