The River Gods Bridegroom

The room was empty, and I stood there alone in a daze.

Am I… heartbroken!?

Rong Si looked at me, seeing how pathetic I was.

“Since you look so miserable, I’ll give your divine power back to you.”

I said softly, “I don’t want it anymore.”

Rong Si: “Are you crazy? You’ll die.”

Die?

I felt as though I had already tasted the pain of parting from loved ones and the suffering of unfulfilled desires.

What would death feel like, then?

The throbbing pain in my heart gradually spread to my four limbs.

I never knew that loving someone and not being able to be with them could cause such agonizing despair.

I had already seen the most beautiful scenery in the world and drunk the strongest, most mellow wine.

I had idled away thousands of years of flowing time.

I had met the best Xie Yu in the world and experienced the most lingering affection.

So, I couldn’t bear the endless, long loneliness that would follow after ascending to become a High God.

It turned out I was a River God who was so afraid of solitude.

I feigned a relaxed tone: “I want to taste what it’s like to be human. If the day comes when I really can’t hold on anymore, it won’t be too late for you to come back and return my divine power.”

Rong Si threw me a small bell and warned me repeatedly.

“Remember, don’t forget. Summon me at any time, and I’ll come.”

Who would have thought this sharp-tongued, tsundere guy was actually a warm-hearted youth?

As I walked out of the house, lost in thought, I heard the servants whispering among themselves.

“It’s all thanks to the expert Miss Jin brought that the old master was cured this time. I told you, there must have been something dirty in the house!

“Miss Jin is beautiful and capable, and now that she’s saved the old master’s life, I’d say her marriage to the Young Master is a done deal!

“But doesn’t the Young Master like that Miss Ze?”

“Miss Ze probably doesn’t like the Young Master. Otherwise, why would she leave when the old master was critically ill and the Young Master was so distressed?”

“And I heard the Madam likes Miss Jin very much. Both families are very satisfied…”

When I reached the main hall, I heard Xie Yu’s grandfather scolding him angrily.

No matter how much he was scolded, Xie Yu didn’t say a word.

Xie Yu’s grandfather slapped the table in anger: “The Xie family doesn’t have an ungrateful wolf like you! Ze Quan is such a good girl! If I owe the Jin family, I’ll pay them back myself! Why are you meddling!”

Xie Yu still remained silent.

I even heard the dull thud of a cane hitting his body.

After a long time, Xie Yu’s restrained voice finally rang out.

“She has her own path to walk, and she has a bright future. If we truly want what’s best for her, we shouldn’t hold her back.”

Grandfather was silent for a long time: “Are you really going to let go?”

Xie Yu: “Anyway, Mom wants me to marry into the Jin family, and I think we’re a good match.”

So that was it.

Xie Yu had simply seen reality clearly.

He saw clearly that I couldn’t be by his side when he needed companionship the most.

He saw clearly that he couldn’t stay with me for long either.

He thought he wasn’t my first priority, my first choice.

In truth, ever since his senior year of high school, he had slowly become my first priority and my first choice.