Chapter 34: The Crushing Revelation of the White Moonlight

Meanwhile, in Su Baixue’s room, intermittent sobs continued for a long while before gradually subsiding.

She vigorously wiped away the tear stains on her face, a surge of unvented grievance and vexation coiling within her heart.

Picking up her phone, she instinctively tapped open the chat interface with Shen Zhixia.

Before entering the Demon Extermination Institute, their relationship had been quite good. The three of them—Su Mian, Shen Zhixia, and herself—often went out together.

[Snow King: Sister Zhixia, long time no see. How have you been recently?]

The message was sent, and a reply quickly followed.

[Xiaxia: I’m doing well. It has been quite a while since we last met.]

The other party’s response seemed rather lukewarm.

Su Baixue thought it would be a good opportunity to go out, clear her head, and change her foul mood.

[Snow King: Then, Sister Zhixia, are you free these next two days? We haven’t gone shopping together in ages, let’s go out and browse!]

This time, Shen Zhixia’s reply was significantly slower. Several minutes passed before her message finally popped up.

[Xiaxia: I might not be free. It’s the Mid-Autumn Festival today, and I’m not home.]

Su Baixue stared at the screen, her lips pouting in disappointment. Her last hope of cheering herself up had vanished.

[Snow King: Did Sister go on a date with her boyfriend?]

She pressed on, a hint of probing curiosity in her words.

[Snow King: I heard that Sister met someone she likes in university! I sincerely wish you two forever! Honestly, I always found Su Mian annoying for constantly pestering you. He’s simply not good enough for an amazing girl like Sister Zhixia.]

After her suspicions were all but confirmed by her mother, Su Baixue’s aversion to Su Mian reached its peak.

This ‘brother’ by adoption, in her eyes, possessed an ordinary appearance. His fashion sense was provincial, and not a single ripple of spiritual energy emanated from his entire being, marking him as an utterly common individual.

Why should her parents treat him better than their own biological daughter, a future Class B demon exterminator?

What right did she have to acknowledge a mere mortal as her brother?

Driven by these emotions, she continued to subtly disparage Su Mian in their conversation, aiming to completely diminish his image in Shen Zhixia’s eyes.

[Xiaxia: Su Mian… isn’t actually as bad as you make him out to be.]

‘See? Sister Zhixia is just so kind!’

‘Even at a time like this, she’s still trying to save Su Mian’s face.’

‘Didn’t she know what kind of person Su Mian truly was?’

‘As a child, he was like an inescapable shadow, clinging to Shen Zhixia’s heels every single day. Whenever another boy tried to approach Shen Zhixia, he would find ways to sabotage it, utterly childish and infuriating!’

[Snow King: Sister Zhixia, what’s the boyfriend you’re dating in university like? I’m so curious, what kind of guy caught your eye?]

Su Baixue was genuinely curious about what kind of partner an exceptional girl like Shen Zhixia would ultimately choose.

At this moment, she couldn’t help but indulge in a bit of gossip.

[Xiaxia: Actually… we haven’t officially confirmed our relationship yet… but I have a feeling it’ll be soon.]

Even through the screen, one could almost feel the sweet anticipation in Shen Zhixia’s tone. Immediately after, she sent a photograph.

Su Baixue, filled with pure curiosity and well wishes, tapped to open the image.

However, the instant she clearly saw the young man’s face in the photo, she felt as though she had been struck directly by a bolt of lightning from the heavens. She instantly froze, her mind a complete blank!

The young man in the photograph possessed a stern countenance, his features sculpted with a depth that resembled a craftsman’s meticulous work.

His eyes held a unique aura, both aloof and captivating, making him handsome in a way that was impossible to forget.

Yet, Su Baixue was utterly incapable of appreciating this striking handsomeness at the moment. Not even a shred of joy remained for Shen Zhixia having found such an outstanding partner.

‘Why… why does this person… look so incredibly similar to the ‘white moonlight’ she had secretly cherished and longed for all this time?!’

‘No, not similar! This was clearly the same person!’

‘How could such a coincidence exist in the world?!’

Su Baixue felt an icy chill instantly surge from the soles of her feet, spreading throughout her entire body. Her blood seemed to have frozen in her veins.

Unwilling to give up, her fingers trembled so violently that she could barely hold her phone. She typed out her message letter by letter, as if hammering at her shattered hopes:

[Snow King: Sister… th-this guy… what’s his name?]

She stared intently at the screen, praying for an unfamiliar name to appear.

However, fate seemed to be playing a cruel joke on her.

[Xiaxia: His name is Xiao Moyuan.]

Xiao. Moyuan.

Those three syllables, like three searing hot daggers, brutally and precisely pierced through her last shred of hope.

‘Her world… had crumbled.’

At that moment, Su Baixue felt as though she had been struck by five bolts of lightning. Her vision swam with black spots, and her entire world spun and collapsed around her.

The figure she had held in such high esteem, as pure and dazzling as the bright moon, the one who had constantly motivated her to strive forward, was actually… the very boy Shen Zhixia was ‘about to officially date’?

The immense shock left her breathless.

She became utterly dazed. Abruptly, she snatched up her phone, still unwilling to accept it, and tapped open the chat window with Xiao Moyuan, using her last ounce of strength to demand:

[Snow King: Senior Moyuan… where… where are you carrying out your mission in the mortal realm?!]

She prayed, she yearned, hoping he would provide a different answer.

Time agonizingly ticked by, second by second, each feeling as long as a century.

After an unknown duration, her phone finally vibrated again.

[Yuan: N University.]

Those two concise, icy words shattered her last shred of sanity.

With a ‘whoosh’, Su Baixue was as if propelled off the bed by an unseen force. She didn’t even have time to put on her slippers, instead rushing out of her room barefoot.

She ran to Su Mian’s door and pounded forcefully on the door panel, her voice becoming extremely urgent due to the profound shock and a certain absurd realization.

–Su Mian! Su Mian, come out! Which university are you and Sister Zhixia attending? –

Su Mian, who had just changed into his pajamas, was startled by the violent commotion outside the door. Before he could even respond, Lin Xiangwan, who had hurried over at the sound, answered for him:

–Xiaoxue, your brother attends N University. Didn’t you already know that? –

Su Baixue was speechless.

She froze on the spot, her body utterly petrified. The expression on her face instantly solidified, a mixture of extreme shock, disbelief, and a profound sense of… having been betrayed by the entire world.

Xiao Moyuan was at N University, Shen Zhixia was at N University, and Su Mian… was also at N University.

‘The ‘white moonlight’ she had yearned for, the one she had constantly thought about, was actually getting together with the sister she had been closest to in childhood…’

‘This was something she truly couldn’t accept.’

‘Moreover, Shen Zhixia was clearly just an ordinary person. Why would her Senior Moyuan choose an ordinary person?’

‘Demon exterminators typically chose other demon exterminators as partners to ensure the talent of the next generation.’

‘However, from what Shen Zhixia implied, she hadn’t officially gotten together with Xiao Moyuan yet.’

‘This also meant she still had a chance.’

‘Even if it was the sister she had grown up with, she would still fight for him. If they weren’t officially together, it wasn’t considered stealing someone else’s partner, and there was nothing shameful about such an action.’