"An Nuan, why aren't you being obedient?" Before An Nuan could utter a word, Shen Xizhou grasped her chin, his voice icy.
"What, do you think that if you no longer want An Yunxiu's things, I have no way to deal with you?"
"Or do you think that with Nangong Jin around, you can do whatever you please?"
"An Nuan, let me tell you, even if Nangong Jin is here, I can still make you regret it. Make you pay the price."
"You should not have forgotten about Zhou Chumou and Ye Qingcheng's situation."
"An Nuan, do you want Nangong Jin to follow in their footsteps?"
Hearing Shen Xizhou's words, she let out a cold hum. "Shen Xizhou, if you truly had the ability to deal with Nangong Jin, you wouldn't be here spewing these words."
"I won't believe anything you say."
"Of course, I will tell Nangong Jin everything you've said. As for the outcome, we can only wait and see how Nangong Jin responds."
"However, Shen Xizhou, aren't you meddling too much? This has nothing to do with you, yet you insist on interfering. Your reach is far too long."
"An Nuan."
Shen Xizhou glared at the woman before him. He had expected An Nuan to listen obediently and not retort. But he was wrong. An Nuan was sharp-tongued now. She paid no heed to his words and no longer bothered to conceal her disgust for him.
Did she like Nangong Jin that much? To treat her this way for Nangong Jin's sake.
She recalled that when Zhou Chumou and Ye Qingcheng were around, she had never protected them so wholeheartedly. It seemed Nangong Jin was truly a different kind of existence to An Nuan.
"Mr. Shen, is there anything else? Or have you finished your nonsense?"
"If you're finished, then please leave my sight, can you?"
An Nuan could not forget what Shen Xizhou had done to her in the past.
Before, Shen Xizhou could threaten her because something or someone held her back. But now? Nothing could hold her back anymore.
Shen Xizhou said he had something of her brother's, and it wouldn't matter if she didn't have it.
A terrifying light flashed in her eyes.
Now, she was no longer afraid.
Shen Xizhou clenched his fists, his eyes filled with disbelief as he looked at the woman before him. Did she want to sever all ties with him so badly?
Yet, the more she acted this way, the worse his mood became.
He reached out, cupped her chin, and said coldly, "An Nuan, as long as you obediently leave Nangong Jin, I won't make things difficult for you anymore."
"If you choose to do this, you must think carefully. You only have one chance, so make sure you grasp it well."
An Nuan laughed heartily, her eyes filled with mockery.
An Nuan felt that Shen Xizhou was truly insane. He was always entangled with her. In reality, he should have known better than anyone that there was no possibility between them.
But why did he keep bothering her? What was he plotting?
She had said and conveyed many things, but Shen Xizhou still acted as if he hadn't seen or heard them.
"Shen Xizhou, I've told you, my affairs have nothing to do with you."
"An Nuan."
Shen Xizhou yelled furiously. Facing her, he even wanted to question her loudly, to dig out her heart and see if it truly held no feelings for him as she claimed.
In fact, she was unwilling to believe this.
He had exhausted all means to keep An Nuan by his side, only to find that he couldn't.
An Nuan's gaze towards him was filled with hatred.
Perhaps they could never return to their past.
His hand fell on An Nuan's face, tracing it before gripping it tightly, and he said coldly, "An Nuan, tell me, if I were to choke you with all my strength, you probably wouldn't be able to leave here alive."
"Tell me, if you were gone, what would happen to Nangong Jin? Tell me, would he be sad and mourn for you?"
Shen Xizhou said with a bloodthirsty glint, "Suddenly I'm curious, but I don't know if I'll get to see such a scene."
An Nuan's face turned pale. She looked at Shen Xizhou with surprise, meeting his bloodthirsty gaze, and she was genuinely terrified.
She was even worried that Shen Xizhou would actually do such a thing.
After all, Shen Xizhou was a man of his word.
She knew that if Shen Xizhou decided to act now, there was no way she could escape.
Her hands clenched tightly, her whole body trembling, her lips pale.
At this moment, she seemed to be hallucinating, hearing many complaining voices.
Shen Xizhou's words, however, pierced her heart, making it impossible for her to move on.
An Nuan shook her head, wanting to cast away these negative thoughts. But Shen Xizhou's words, like magic, kept echoing in her ears, and she couldn't escape no matter what she did.
She kept telling herself: An Nuan, you got through those difficult times before, how can you not get through this small matter?
An Nuan, this is Shen Xizhou's deliberate act. He wants you to be unable to get out of this. If you fall into it, you'll truly fall into Shen Xizhou's trap.
An Nuan, who had been so confident, became somewhat dazed. Her eyes were filled with bewilderment.
It seemed she had entered a predicament from which she couldn't escape.
In fact, she had always thought she wouldn't care, but when the actual event occurred, she realized she had overestimated herself.
Shen Xizhou's gaze fell on An Nuan. Meeting her pitiful look, he felt an intense pang of heartache.
He even regretted what he had just done. Why did he act that way?
However, he did not forget his purpose for coming. He said coldly, "An Nuan, how about it? You have nothing to refute what I said, right?"
Shen Xizhou said with disgust, "Actually, you know yourself that what I said is all true. You can't find any reason to refute it."
"In fact, these tragedies are all your own doing."
An Nuan's face was deathly pale, her eyes filled with shock and astonishment.