Three months.
Xu Ruowei had only seen Shen Xizhou once. Since that banquet, she had no further contact with him.
Xu Ruowei clearly felt Shen Xizhou's change.
Xu Ruowei's eyes were filled with fierce determination; she hated An Nuan to the bone.
She thought, this time she absolutely had to take a risk. Make An Nuan disappear from this world. Only when she was gone would her own life become easier.
A week passed.
Everyone was pointing fingers at Xu Ruowei.
Xu Ruowei's hands, clenched by her sides, gripped tightly.
She hadn't expected that after doing so much, things would suddenly turn out this way.
It shouldn't have been like this. Even if things were discovered, all the accusations should have been directed at An Nuan, not her.
But now, everything had turned back on her.
At this point, she knew she could only play the victim.
This was something she did most often.
"An Nuan, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. This was all my fault. I was too jealous of you, that's why I did such a thing."
"I just, I just loved Shen Xizhou too much, that's why I did something so foolish."
"An Nuan, I know I was wrong, I was mistaken. Can you forgive me?"
"An Nuan, you are so kind, I believe you can forgive me. You know, I didn't mean to do this."
"An Nuan, now you have Nan Gongjin by your side, and you have many others. But right now, I only have Shen Xizhou. Please, spare me, can you?"
Was this moral blackmail?
An Nuan looked at Xu Ruowei with disgust. Xu Ruowei did such things so often, it must be a habit.
However, Xu Ruowei had always been like this, and An Nuan hadn't thought much of it. Each time, she hadn't made things difficult for her. But this time, she didn't intend to let her off.
Perhaps, her constant success had made her so arrogant.
An Nuan lowered her head and began to sob, saying, "Xu Ruowei, what you're saying, don't you find it difficult? There's a problem between you and Shen Xizhou, what does that have to do with me?"
"I just want to be with Nan Gongjin properly."
"But you've been causing me trouble all along."
"Xu Ruowei, do you think what you did was right?"
"This matter, you clearly attacked me. If I hadn't been lucky, I would probably be lying on the ground by now. Unable to speak to you anymore."
"If I hadn't woken up, then everything would be as you said."
"So, Xu Ruowei, please don't appear before me again, okay?"
"I think Nan Gongjin wouldn't want me to be hurt so badly either."
Hearing An Nuan's words, the onlookers couldn't help but nod.
If An Nuan hadn't spoken, they truly wouldn't have known these things. But now that An Nuan had revealed them, they felt that it was clearly Xu Ruowei's fault, yet because she was weeping and feigning grievance, she was blaming it all on An Nuan?
An Nuan was originally the one who was wronged, so why was she being accused by everyone?
Yes, An Nuan had never sought trouble, it was always Xu Ruowei who caused it. Yet, she was the one acting wronged.
This matter was clearly Xu Ruowei's fault. Her behavior was like the wicked blaming the victim first.
At this moment, they looked at An Nuan with a sense of guilt.
Nan Gongjin's heart ached even more. He pulled An Nuan into a tight embrace: "An Nuan, I'm sorry, it's all my fault."
"I didn't protect you well enough."
"Nuannuan, let's go. Being with scheming people really spoils the mood."
What Nan Gongjin said made it very clear.
Who he was referring to was obvious without needing to be explicitly stated.
Shen Xizhou looked up, his gaze falling on An Nuan, and then on Nan Gongjin. His heart grew increasingly displeased.
Xu Ruowei also noticed that Shen Xizhou's gaze was constantly on An Nuan. With so many people watching, where would she find her dignity?
Xu Ruowei looked at Shen Xizhou, remaining silent. She already hated him to the core.
But in front of so many people, she couldn't afford to get angry. She said softly, "Xizhou, I... you believe me, I really cared too much about you, and I was momentarily confused, which led me to do such a thing. Xizhou, do you believe what I'm saying?"
Shen Xizhou's eyes were on An Nuan at this moment. As for Xu Ruowei standing by the side, he naturally didn't hear what she was saying.
But the people around them were constantly whispering. Xu Ruowei quickly walked over and tightly grasped Shen Xizhou's hand, unwilling to let go.
However, Shen Xizhou directly pulled his hand away.
The surrounding people kept whispering about her. Her eyes turned red, and tears began to stream down her face.
"Xizhou..."
Hearing Xu Ruowei's pitiable voice, Shen Xizhou's gaze fell on her. He already knew what she had done.
If he didn't owe her, he would have left long ago.
"Xizhou, do you also believe what those people are saying?" Xu Ruowei cried pitifully. "But I only cared too much about you, that's why I did such a thing."
"I was truly momentarily confused."
"Really, this is the first time I've..."
"Xizhou, Xu Ruowei has Nan Gongjin, I wouldn't be so foolish as to look for trouble with An Nuan."
"Besides, An Nuan has Nan Gongjin, so even if I wanted to make a move, I wouldn't have the chance."
"Xizhou, do you also believe what An Nuan said?"
"I know, I was just startled just now."
"I was originally going to step forward to explain clearly. But An Nuan kept talking, and I didn't even have a chance to speak."
"Xizhou, please, can you believe me?"
"Ruowei, I believe you." Looking at Xu Ruowei, thinking that she had suffered misfortune because of him, even if he wanted to say more heartless words, he couldn't at this moment.
His gaze fell on Xu Ruowei, and he said with a smile, "Ruowei, I... I..."
Shen Xizhou wanted to say, "I believe what you said," but such a simple sentence, he still couldn't utter it.
As Xu Ruowei's hand was about to reach out, Shen Xizhou directly dodged it.
Although he chose to forgive and believe Xu Ruowei, the hurdle in his heart could not be overcome.
Xu Ruowei's hands, clenched by her sides, showed she was enduring.
But she dared not show her dissatisfaction.