He started by killing his abusive father, and from then on, he embarked on the road to wealth.

Chapter 229 Ending

With his memories still jumbled, Meng Fuqing was the first to notice where they were. The soft bed beneath him and the lights overhead clearly indicated that this was the villa on the mountaintop.

"Falling Star Peak has filled the rift valley, and the surrounding mountains have been replaced by fertile soil. Qingqing, what you wanted has come true."

As if sensing her confusion, Xie Jin's somewhat low and hoarse voice rang in her ear.

While saying good news, a tear fell from Xie Jin's eye, quickly disappearing into his dark sleeve.

Meng Fuqing saw it clearly, raised her hand and touched his rough stubble, red eyes, and dark circles under his eyes.

She asked him softly, "Did I sleep for a long time?"

“Three days,” Xie Jin said in a hoarse voice, his slightly calloused hand enveloping the hand that touched him and gently stroking it.

Meng Fuqing was speechless. The dream seemed short, how could three days have passed?

She sat up and gently rested her chin on Xie Jin's shoulder. "I won't leave, really. I'll tell you about my story later."

Hearing this promise, Xie Jin lowered his long eyelashes to hide the bloodshot in his eyes, and spoke again: "You said it, you can't lie to me."

With something on her mind, Meng Fuqing couldn't help but lean back and look at him: "The imperial court..."

Xie Jin raised his hand and placed it on Meng Fuqing's shoulder, gently shaking his head. "Don't worry, the strange phenomenon at Falling Star Peak is known throughout the capital, and no one dares to say anything more."

Upon hearing this, Meng Fuqing felt relieved.

Where is Meng Linlang?

Meng Fuqing had mixed feelings about this person. She knew that the other party was hiding something from her, and she thought that with Meng Linlang around, nothing unexpected would happen.

But things weren't as simple as she thought. Meng Linlang was the biggest surprise, and it was truly unexpected that Meng Linlang didn't take action.

"After the accident, neither Meng Linlang nor I were injured. Instead, we fell into the Falling Star Realm, while you were the only one who was unconscious."

Xie Jin's fingers clenched unconsciously. When he realized that Meng Fuqing had fallen into a deep sleep, he felt that his previous ominous premonition had come true. The uncontrollable mania he had felt when he was suffering from heat poisoning swept over his body once again.

Violence and killing surged in his blood, and Meng Linlang seemed to sense his abnormality, revealing everything to him.

Xie Jin then realized that when the Falling Star Realm appeared, it was when Meng Fuqing was at her weakest, and there was a hidden force that wanted to use Meng Linlang to kill Meng Fuqing.

He nearly killed Meng Linlang, but eventually calmed down.

They knew nothing about that power, only a little about it from Meng Linlang.

Having mastered the art of war, he naturally understood the principle of knowing oneself and one's enemy to win every battle, and thus planned to deal with Meng Fuqing after she woke up.

Suddenly, his fingertips were covered by a pair of slightly cool hands. Xie Jin looked up and saw Meng Fuqing looking at him perfectly well, vivid and lively.

His gloom and loneliness vanished without a trace.

Meng Fuqing wrapped her arms around Xie Jin's lean waist, "Thanks to you these past three days. I'll be fine from now on."

Upon hearing such a definite answer again, Xie Jin's fingers trembled slightly as he hugged the person in his arms back, unconsciously increasing the strength.

Three days is not a long time, but he checked Meng Fuqing's breathing countless times, fearing that the unconscious person would stop breathing in his sleep, and also fearing that the person who woke up would not be the Meng Fuqing he knew.

He never slept a full hour. Every time he closed his eyes, he would dream of flames soaring into the sky, and him standing in the fire, emaciated.

Loneliness may not be unbearable, but without Meng Fuqing, what difference is there between the human world and purgatory?

"Meng Fuqing, in this life and the next, I will never let you leave me."

The phrase "this life and this world" startled Meng Fuqing.

She was reminded of the two deaths and one life she experienced in her dream and the real life she had experienced, so real that it felt as if she herself had lived through three lifetimes.

The bright light before the apocalypse seemed to signify the complete destruction of that world, and she transmigrated into the original owner's body before the world's destruction.

However, she could no longer verify with anyone whether the original owner's life was the same one she had experienced.

Fate intertwined, beginning and end connected, she finally found a way out of her desperate situation.

"Ah Jin, I will not leave you."

At this moment, the sinister aura surrounding Xie Jin made her feel as if she were seeing the image of the tyrannical emperor in Meng Linlang's dream.

She suddenly realized that this person, like him, had found a way to survive only after breaking free from the rules of Heaven.

The morning glow slanted into the room through the French windows. The house, which had never experienced the baptism of sunlight, was exceptionally quiet and peaceful. The two embraced in the morning light until the sunlight gained some warmth.

Meng Fuqing walked out of the room and looked towards the capital. Early in the morning, many ordinary people had gathered at the foot of Luoxing Peak.

“Ordinary people cannot enter this place. It is considered by the people to be the final resting place of the goddess. Since her appearance, they have come to worship every now and then,” Xie Jin said.

I pray for favorable weather and peace throughout the land; I pray for a peaceful and secure life, with regular meals and a steady supply of food.

There are many reasons why Meng Fuqing became the ruler of the world, but none of them are because of these people.

In the apocalypse, people are so used to seeing those struggling to survive in disasters that their compassion has long since vanished.

Right now, she has the ability to realize these simple wishes.

She wants to see her country peaceful and prosperous, and she is confident that she will be able to see it.

At the foot of Luoxing Peak, fertile fields stretch for thousands of miles, cattle and sheep graze leisurely, fruit trees are laden with fruit, springs gurgle, and swallows and sparrows chirp.

The air was filled with the fragrance of flowers and fruits. She turned to Xie Jin in front of a budding osmanthus tree, her eyes smiling, and said, "It's lonely at the top, but I'm fortunate to have you by my side."

The sun rises in the east, casting rays of light across the land; the mountains and rivers are safe and sound, and peace reigns throughout the world.

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