My Sexy CEO Wife

Chapter 539 - 536: I'm Starting to Not Understand You

"Crack!"

Gao Fei tossed some dry branches into the fire, making the flames burn even stronger.

"After I got rich, extremely rich, I made a grand entrance in front of my ex-girlfriend. Her expression at that moment was priceless! Her eyes almost popped out of her head. At that moment, I felt an immense satisfaction inside me. I saw regret in her eyes! I wanted her to regret, to live in my shadow for the rest of her life."

"I'm different from you! You could say we come from two different worlds."

"You've been living the life of luxury since childhood, never worrying about money. You did whatever you wanted, and even if you caused trouble, someone would fix it for you! From childhood till now, you've been coddled and protected, eating whatever you wanted, wearing whatever you desired, playing whatever you fancied... Eating the best food, wearing the finest clothes, living in the grandest houses, learning the top spells. You've probably never faced setbacks your whole life, right? Everything's been smooth sailing for you, hasn't it?"

"Sometimes, fate seems so unfair! It divides humans into classes, with some high and mighty, enjoying the best resources, while others are at the very bottom, toiling to death just to fill their stomachs. I want to ask fate why there's such a huge disparity between people of the same race. What's the reason?"

"Where there is disparity, there will be conflict, and the greater the disparity, the larger the conflict! To reduce the conflict, we must find a way to narrow the gap. It's easy to say, but hard to do!"

"The human heart is selfish! No matter who it is, everyone has their own selfish desires, and as long as they exist, true fairness can never be achieved."

"People often say that fate is predetermined. Some are destined to live well, while others are bound to have a rough time. Some accept their fate, while others won't stand for it and begin to fight back fiercely, trying everything to change their destiny! But very few ever succeed! Maybe I'm one of them. I came from an ordinary background, destined not to achieve much. But I couldn't accept it. I struggled desperately, resisted fiercely, and worked hard, eventually carving out a blood-soaked path for myself and forcefully changing my own destiny, from an ordinary person to a cultivator! Maybe this is what people call defying the heavens to change one's fate?"

"Sometimes, I really envy you. You don't have to work so hard to have abundant resources. At times, I'm also jealous of you. I turn that jealousy into energy, pushing myself forward."

Gao Fei rambled on and on, revealing the words buried deep in his heart.

"Why are you telling me all this?" Shangguan Yunyue frowned.

"I feel suffocated inside and wanted to talk to someone about it."

"You've found the wrong person."

"Getting everything off my chest has lightened my mood a lot," Gao Fei said as he stood up, dusting off his clothes. "Let's go, we should move on."

"Where to?"

"Of course, to look for a way out. Do you want to stay here forever?"

And so, the two of them left the cave.

In the following days, Gao Fei and Shangguan Yunyue evaded attacks from savages and ferocious beasts while searching for a way out. Days passed, yet they still hadn't found an exit.

That afternoon, they arrived at a place.

"We've been here before!" Gao Fei pointed ahead. "See that bronze coffin? It's still there!" Not far ahead, there was a bronze coffin, half-buried in sand and dust. "I thought it had been taken by the savages! I didn't expect it to still be here!" Gao Fei had lost all his cultivation and couldn't use spells to collect the bronze coffin, so he had left it there.

"What's that?" Shangguan Yunyue looked up at the sky, her expression filled with astonishment.

"What did you find?" Gao Fei asked, puzzled as he looked up. "Eh? That is..." A white streak appeared in the sky, about a dozen yards long, flashing with a blinding halo.

"If I'm not mistaken, that white streak should be a space-time rift!"

"A space-time rift?"

"Remember how we fell in here?"

"How could I forget! You were chasing me when suddenly, a bright light appeared upfront. Completely unprepared, I crashed into the light... and then I fell into this place..."

"If I'm not wrong, what we saw was indeed this space-time rift."

"Your meaning is..."

"Since we were able to come in through it, we can certainly go out through it as well."

"Right!" Gao Fei clapped his hands forcefully: "That analysis is spot-on! It's definitely like that! Worthy of being the number one beauty of the Human Territory, such a sharp mind! No, wait..." After getting excited for a moment, Gao Fei furrowed his brows: "That spatial rift is hanging high up in the air, at least dozens of zhang from the ground. We simply can't get up there, can we?" If my cultivation were still present, flying up would be a breeze, but now...

"Sigh." Shangguan Yunyue sighed softly: "Found the way out, but we can't get up there! It's so frustrating."

"Let me think hard, there has to be a way." Gao Fei paced back and forth with a frown: "Got it! I've thought of a way!"

"Tell me quickly!" Shangguan Yunyue urged: "What method have you thought of?" Hope sparked in Shangguan Yunyue's bright eyes, her demeanor one of impatience.

"Build a ladder, and we climb up."

"...That's your solution?"

"Exactly! What's with that look? You don't agree with my method?"

"The spatial rift is dozens of zhang off the ground, and you think the two of us alone can build a ladder that high? Stop dreaming! It's impossible!"

"It is indeed a bit difficult," Gao Fei nodded.

"It's not just a bit difficult, it's incredibly difficult!"

"Besides building a ladder, there's no other way. I think we should give it a try."

"There's no need to try! It's definitely not going to work! Unless we have helpers!"

"Helpers?" A thought struck Gao Fei.

"Yes, helpers! Find lots of helpers to assist us in building the ladder, and maybe we can succeed."

"Helpers, huh... That's a good suggestion!"

"Too bad, we can't find any helpers here," Shangguan Yunyue sighed softly, her expression very helpless.

"Wrong," Gao Fei shook his head, "There are helpers here! And lots of them at that!"

"Where? Why can't I see them?"

"It's those wild people! They are strong and sturdy, most suited for this kind of heavy labor."

"Wild people? How could that be? It's already good enough if they don't bother us, how could they possibly help us?" Shangguan Yunyue shook her head vigorously: "That's absolutely impossible."

Gao Fei's mouth corners slowly curled up, forming a crescent-shaped arc, "How can we know if it's possible without trying?" He added another sentence: "Everything depends on our effort! As long as we are willing to use our brains and work hard, we can definitely succeed!"

"Do you really want to do this?"

"Yes."

"And if it fails?"

"It won't fail! Trust me!"

"I suddenly find myself unable to comprehend you! Sometimes you're so timid, other times terrifyingly bold, sometimes flippant, making annoying remarks! And sometimes you speak seriously, saying things that touch one's heart... What kind of person are you?" Shangguan Yunyue watched Gao Fei quietly.