Chapter 4

She looked irritated. Her fingers tightened around the letter.

When she saw that I only looked at her calmly, the anger in her eyes grew even stronger.

“Don’t look at me like that. What are you trying to do this time? If you want something, can’t you just say it? Why do you always have to use such disgraceful methods to force Yale?

“What did he ever do to you? Why do you insist on opposing him?”

I knew her too well. I could see it immediately. She still cared about Yale.

She was upset that I had asked Yale to cut off Grace’s head as my wedding gift on the day of our marriage.

She was upset that I had deliberately skipped Yale’s birthday celebration and made him unhappy.

…

I admitted it. I had opposed Yale before.

When I discovered that he was purposely trying to make Emma hate me, and when I discovered that he was secretly trying to take Snow away from me, I opposed him.

I told Emma that Yale had framed me. I told Snow that Yale was trying to sow discord between us.

I wanted them to see Yale’s true nature.

I wanted them to see me, care about me, and love me.

I did everything I could to please them and draw their attention back to me.

But I failed. They did not believe me.

They gave me hope, only to take it away from me.

So I no longer needed their love. I no longer needed to please anyone.

But why did my entire body still hurt with countless tiny aches after my heart had been taken away?

Grace had lied. She said that I would live a little longer after I returned to the Ninth Heaven.

But ever since I came back, every single day had been a thousand times, ten thousand times more painful than my time in the Demon Realm.

Before Snow completely lost her patience, I smiled faintly and said, “You’re right. I did it on purpose.

“I purposely sealed Yale’s cultivation and framed him so he would die for all living beings. I purposely baited him to cut off Grace’s head and give it to me as my wedding gift. I was the one who wanted him dead.

“Today was no different. I purposely wanted him to have an unhappy birthday.

“Snow, are you satisfied now?”

My entire body was in excruciating pain. Back then, I took the Heart-Devouring Affliction from her and transferred it onto myself to save her.

After my heart was taken from me, I endured unbearable pain every moment.

It felt as if someone was slowly breaking every bone in my body, one by one. Cold sweat covered my forehead, and my face twisted from the agony.

Yet at that moment, Snow grabbed me by the throat in anger. Her rage burned fiercely. She looked like she wanted to crush my neck.

I forced out a weak smile as tears streamed down my face.

“Kill… kill me if you dare.

“Kill me to vent your anger for Yale, since you care about him so much.”

Snow froze. Her eyes filled with complicated emotions. In the end, she released me. Without her support, I fell heavily to the floor.

Blood kept flowing from my nose. My chest heaved violently, and I could not stop coughing up blood. The pain spread through every inch of my body.

I curled up on the floor and struggled to breathe. My mind became more and more clouded.

“Henry, you deserve this! Who told you to keep using Yale to provoke me?

“You cruel man, stop putting on this act! I won’t fall for your tricks!”

I coughed up even more blood. I could barely hear what she said afterward.

The world spun around me. My consciousness was about to disappear.

She stared at me in shock as I continued coughing up blood. A trace of regret appeared in her eyes.

She muttered to herself for a long time. For a moment, I almost thought she was blaming herself.

“You managed to return from the Demon Realm. You shouldn’t be this weak.

“You’re just pretending again, trying to gain my sympathy. You’re truly disgusting.”