Volume 3

139 A Complex and Intricate Matter

“You’re asking me to kill him, so how’s that not killing him, ever?”

Si Luo smiled elegantly, a complex look in his eyes. “How do you define killing someone? Is plunging a knife into your lover’s chest killing him? Li Shen, the reason you can’t run away from the Split Zone is not because it has entrapped you, but because it’s you who’s trapping yourself.”

Why did Si Luo know everything?

Si Luo tilted his head, and his silvery hair brushed over his shoulders in a dazzling arc. “Everyone knows how to talk about life’s philosophies, but not many can practice what they preach, and that’s the reason behind their unhappiness. Gaoqin is different, and I want him to be like me, to break free from these restraints and live life as he pleases.

“Undoing the split symbol on Gaoqin isn’t killing him, but you’ll truly be killing him if you refuse to do so. You need to keep him company on the road he wants to take, and not on the road that he should...