Ancient Mountain Mystery (I)

Chapter 12 Forbidden Love

Xu Ruian's consciousness struggled in the darkness. He tried to move, but found himself trapped in invisible shackles. He knew that only by using the soul-chasing talisman again could he peek into the outside world.

His perspective was like a beam of light, penetrating the darkness and finally resting on a girl named Dandan. A few days ago, Dandan received a letter from her high school classmate, Jin Yi. In the letter, Jin Yi invited her to meet at Gushan with a hint of urgency in his tone.

Dandan stepped into Gushan, and her heartbeat accelerated with every step. In the pavilion, Jin Yi's figure looked particularly lonely in the moonlight.

"Dandan, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Jin Yi's voice floated in the night wind, with a subtle tremor.

"What do you want to see me for?" Dandan's voice was displeased, and her eyes were alert and direct.

"Of course it's a good thing." Jin Yi tried to cover up his nervousness with a relaxed tone, "I want to tell you something very important, do you want to hear it?"

"Just tell me if you have anything to say." Dandan's tone was cold, she was tired of this boring trick.

"I like you." Jin Yi's voice suddenly became firm, and his eyes flashed with a nearly crazy light.

Dandan was stunned for a moment and did not refute. She didn't know what Jin Yi meant by this sentence. Did he really like her? But why did he lie to her about Gushan? Is he using her?

Thinking of this, Dandan's heart was full of displeasure, and her tone became cold. "Jin Yi, I already have someone I like, don't be delusional. Besides, there are two different things between us, and it's impossible for me to be with you."

"Dandan, I know that you only have Li Junxie in your heart, and I also know that you only have him in your heart, but I really like you. I know you have a man in your heart, but I don't care who that person is. The person I like must be you, and I must be with you." Jin Yi's voice was full of persistence, even madness.

Dandan was impatient, "Are you kidding me? If you really care about me, then go like someone else and don't bother me. You know I hate men like you who are shameless."

Jin Yi's face suddenly darkened, "Then don't blame me for being rude!"

Before Dandan could react, a beam of light shot out from Jin Yi's eyes and Dandan was hit directly.

Dandan fainted, and when she woke up, she found herself sitting on a chair with her hands tied behind her back.

"Are you awake?" Jin Yi looked at Dandan and said, "Let's talk. What I want to talk to you about is our engagement."

"Jin Yi, are you crazy?"

"I'm sober." Jin Yi said, "Dandan, I like you. Will you marry me?"

"I refuse!" Dandan gritted her teeth and said, "I won't agree with you. Give up!"

"Dandan!" Jin Yi shouted angrily, "I don't care whether you are willing or not, you must marry me! You must agree!"

"I won't agree, never!" Dandan said firmly, "If you force me, then I can only kill myself!"

Jin Yi smiled and said, "Don't worry, do you still remember that I was an art student before? Before you make a decision, I will perform an opera for you."

After that, the lights suddenly went out.

Dandan's eyes were filled with fear.

Suddenly, she felt her body being pulled into the air, and a familiar piano piece came to her ears: "Ode to Love". Dandan looked up into the darkness and saw a piano placed on a black wooden board. A boy in a white shirt was sitting on the piano stool and playing the piano.

Behind him was a dark place. The music he played was so intoxicating that people could not help themselves.

"Dandan, this piano piece is pretty good, isn't it? It's called "Ode to Love". You always like to sing. This is the piece I specially selected. How about it?" Jin Yi said with a smile.

Before Dandan could answer, the light went out again. When the light turned on again, the person standing under the light was not Jin Yi, but a man in a black windbreaker.

"You men, you want to get a pretty girl when you see her. If a girl has many suitors, it is a problem. But what is the purpose of this fruitless love?" the man sang.

Jin Yi accepted his provocation and sang: "I am not you. I have my own ideals and my favorite woman. And your so-called stable life is nothing but built on corpses and blood."

"Haha..." The man laughed, his voice was no longer beautiful, but returned to the original tone, "But I don't admit your accusation." After he finished speaking, he took out a pistol and shot at the light bulb above his head.

Suddenly, the light bulb shattered, and a piece of the roof collapsed. A cloud of smoke and dust filled the air, blocking all vision.

"Ah" Dandan screamed in fear. She felt dizzy and dark, and her eyes were dark, and her ears were buzzing.

Soon, the man appeared again. He pointed at Jin Yi and said, "I despise people like you who are eager to have but never think about changing themselves. Therefore, it is a pleasure to beat a guy like you to a pulp."

The lights in the whole room were on. Jin Yi rushed towards the man, clenched his fists, and smashed the man's head. However, as soon as his fist landed on the man's chest, the man's palm suddenly swung and knocked Jin Yi out.

Dandan was stunned. She never expected that such a thing would happen. For a moment, she didn't know what to do. She could only stare at the man with her eyes wide open.

The man walked towards Jin Yi, stretched out his finger, poked him a few times, and a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He said, "It seems that you are only capable of this. You are even afraid of mice."

Jin Yi struggled to stand up, "If you dare to stop me, I will kill you!" He roared angrily, his eyes full of resentment. Then his body changed, the power emanating from his body became stronger and stronger, and finally his body turned into a two-meter-tall giant ape.

The giant ape roared and rushed towards the man waving its huge iron claws.

The man smiled disdainfully, "It's just a trick, not worth mentioning."

The man kicked out and hit the iron claw in the chest. The giant ape retreated in pain, and he jumped up and pounced on the man. The man smiled contemptuously, raised his leg and kicked the giant ape away, and then rushed towards him again.

The giant ape's attack was blocked by the man. The giant ape was furious and rushed towards the man again. The man kicked it sideways, knocked it down, and then punched it in the head. The giant ape fell to the ground and twitched, gradually turning back into human form.

Jin Yi knelt on the ground, looked at the man, and said to him desperately: "Why, why do you all want to stop my love?"

The man sneered: "Love is consensual. If you don't work hard, love will never come true. And you, not only don't cherish it, but want to use violence to solve this matter. This is a manifestation of cowardice!"

Jin Yi said pitifully again: "Please, I really love Dandan, let's be together."

The man shook his head and said: "You don't understand love at all."

"Then tell me, what is true love?" Jin Yi asked.

"True love is..." The man fell into deep thought. After a while, he sighed and said: "Love is something that has no rules to follow. You can't guess love at all. But there is one thing you must understand."

Seeing that the man stopped talking, Jin Yi hurriedly asked: "What is it?"

The man didn't answer, but raised his hand and shot Jin Yi in the shoulder. Jin Yi screamed and fell in a pool of blood.

The man pointed a gun at him and said, "If you want to love someone, you have to make yourself better first."

"Bang!" A shot to the head, blood splattered. Jin Yi lay in a pool of blood, dead.