Chapter 40

Surprised by the sudden call, Itachi turned to see who was calling him from a distance, and when he saw who it was that was calling him his eyes widened slightly in surprise, he never expected this person to stop him, after all, this person was supposed to be getting married today.

"Didn't you have to be getting married?" Itachi said with a slightly confused look on his face, he didn't know why but ever since he arrived in the city, his heart that had always been calm began even if slowly to pulse harder.

The woman who stopped him was precisely Xia Qingyue who was a few minutes away from getting married, for this reason Itachi was confused as to why she was here.

"Y-You!" Xia Qingyue exclaimed as she pointed at Itachi.

The street where the two were standing was empty, as if the heavens wanted this meeting to happen.

By now Itachi had turned completely around to face Xia Qingyue, the clothes she was wearing was really beautiful and matched her body perfectly, and now that he was seeing her more closely his heart couldn't help but speed up slightly.

Silence seemed to reign, neither of the two people opened their mouths to start talking, Xia Qingyue who had a veil covering her face didn't know what to say now that she had gotten the attention of the man she had wanted to meet all these years.

"W-Why?"

Those were the only words that came out of her mouth, all these years she had imagined herself meeting again with the boy who had saved her, she thought that when she met him she would have many things to say, but now that she was in front of him it was as if the words had escaped from her mouth.

Itachi was also silent, but after he heard the words that came out of Xia Qingyue's mouth, he understood what she wanted to ask, and with a slight sigh he said, "At that time, I felt that I didn't belong in this place, this world, that's why I treated you like that..."

He didn't know why he was saying these words, but he felt he had to do this, it was as if the heavens wanted him to say these words.

"I am sorry if I hurt your feelings back then, maybe if I had treated you a little better your hatred for me might be less." Itachi continued saying.

He didn't realize it but a small tear dripped from Xia Qingyue's eyes.

"I hate him? Did he feel like he didn't belong in this world? What's his past?" She thought sadly.

She never hated Itachi for the way he treated him, in fact, she felt that this was the way cultivators treated ordinary people, she was even grateful that Itachi saved her back then, after all, how many cultivators would stop their path just to save an ordinary person?

Xia Qingyue didn't know why a tear had dripped from her eyes, but when she looked into Itachi's eyes she felt a kind of loneliness coming from him, as if he was destined to be alone in this world.

Itachi didn't know what was happening, his heart that was once racing slowly began to calm down, and just as he was about to say a few words, he felt a gust of wind in his chest before a slight pressure collided with his body.

When he looked down, he saw Xia Qingyue hugging him.

Surprised by the girl's action, he didn't know how to react; moreover, his body seemed to have frozen upon contact with her body.

His eyes met hers, the veil covering Xia Qingyue's face was no longer present, as if it had been blown away. All that remained was a perfect face looking at Itachi.

Both of their hearts beat rhythmically as if they were connected to each other, it was a strange feeling for both of them, but neither of them disliked that feeling.

Itachi who was being hugged, raised his right hand, causing Xia Qingyue to close her eyes tightly. She thought he was going to push her away, but far from what she thought, he just lightly returned the hug he received.

...

From a distance a handsome young man with a frightening expression was watching this scene, from the expression he was making it was possible to tell that a deep hatred had set in between the three of them.

"You bitch! Did you really break your grandfather's promise just to be with another man? Hahaha!" His expression went through many changes as he said those words.

"I, Yun Che, will never forget this humiliation..." He muttered those words as he retreated from where he was standing.

...

They both continued hugging each other, until Itachi realized it was time to pull away, and without saying a word he gently pulled Xia Qingyue away from his arms, causing her to look at him with puppy dog eyes begging for more.

"Hn!" Itachi waved his hand signaling for her to come closer to him.

Xia Qingyue's eyes sparkled in anticipation and without expecting much she launched herself towards Itachi, but the hug she expected to receive didn't happen, in fact she felt two fingers lightly touching her forehead.

"Sorry, next time." Itachi said with a smile on his face.

This was one of the few times he smiled since he came into this world, in fact, he thought the only person who would see his smile in this world would be his mother, but it seems that fate had other plans for him.

With those words spoken, he disappeared from where they were standing leaving only a Xia Qingyue lightly rubbing her forehead with a face full of injustice.

"Uchiha Itachi!" She muttered as she rubbed her head.

But as she finished her mumbling, she saw a paper with some things written on it slowly fall from the sky until it landed on her head, and without much thought she picked up the paper and read what was written.

'My name is Long Xiao, sorry for not saying that earlier. Tomorrow I will come back for you, so please rest.'

Finishing reading the words that were on the paper, a smile appeared on her beautiful face.

"Long Xiao... Long Xiao..." She muttered as she walked back home.

Xia Qingyue didn't know, but her action caused a huge commotion in the wedding hall, but even if she knew she simply wouldn't care.