Shen Xizhou watched An Nuan's gaze linger on the spot where Ji Wenyun had disappeared. Unwillingness flickered in his eyes. Did she really want to follow Ji Wenyun so badly?
Seeing the reluctance in An Nuan's eyes, he grew even angrier.
She was truly fickle and easily swayed.
An Nuan noticed a gaze fixed on her, but even so, she said nothing, choosing instead to ignore it.
She knew that what she was doing, the words she was speaking, would be utterly unbearable in Shen Xizhou's eyes. Explanations were the most useless things; she didn't want to explain any further.
She knew he found her dirty. But even if he found her dirty, as long as she knew she wasn't, that was enough.
She couldn't control what others thought.
She certainly couldn't control Shen Xizhou's thoughts.
She could only look ahead, choosing to ignore the gazes of those around her.
She knew clearly that Shen Xizhou would humiliate her next, and she was accustomed to such humiliation.
Shen Xizhou was truly idle. It was strange, though, that he kept appearing around her. Wouldn't Xu Ruowei be angry?
Hadn't Xu Ruowei planted spies around Shen Xizhou? Then Xu Ruowei should know Shen Xizhou was coming to see her. For so long, Xu Ruowei had not appeared, which was truly rare.
What she couldn't understand was how Shen Xizhou, such an astute person, didn't notice Xu Ruowei's clumsy little schemes.
Too many things had happened recently. And many things had been so coincidental; Shen Xizhou shouldn't have failed to notice something amiss.
But the person before her truly hadn't noticed anything suspicious.
Ji Wenyun had said many things earlier, as if he had remembered something. In the past, she might have been very happy and delighted.
But having experienced too much now, she couldn't feel even a little bit happy.
Shen Xizhou's appearance was indeed unexpected. However, the surprise and shock lasted only a moment. She quickly adapted.
After all, Shen Xizhou was capable of anything. His appearance now was entirely within reason.
Although he hated An Nuan and wanted to humiliate her, to make her live in hell for the rest of her life, when he saw other men around An Nuan, he felt so unwilling.
Only he was allowed to be by An Nuan's side; no outsider had the right to be.
An Nuan was not allowed to be happy.
"Bang."
Shen Xizhou's fist hit the wall heavily, and blood flowed. An Nuan was truly startled by the scene.
His face was filled with ferocity and bloodlust, and more so with coldness and violence.
"An Nuan, what's wrong? Ji Wenyun left, and your heart left with him, didn't it?"
An Nuan quietly watched the person before her, her eyes filled with indifference, saying nothing more.
But in Shen Xizhou's eyes, An Nuan's current reaction seemed to be an admission of his words. She truly seemed reluctant.
He grabbed An Nuan's neck, questioning her coldly, "An Nuan, weren't we just talking about you being Mrs. Ye? Are you trying to become Mrs. Ji?"
"It seems that Ye Qingcheng's sacrifice was, in your eyes, him bringing it upon himself."
"He had it coming to him," Shen Xizhou said with contempt and sarcasm.
His words were piercingly sharp.
Hearing Shen Xizhou mock Ye Qingcheng, An Nuan's eyes were filled with anger and fury. Anyone could say it, but Shen Xizhou was not worthy.
Ye Qingcheng had been indirectly killed by him; how could he be qualified to speak?
Ye Qingcheng had died for her. Perhaps without her, Ye Qingcheng would not have died, and these things would not have happened. He might still be alive and well.
"Mr. Shen, anyone can speak of how I am to Ye Qingcheng, but you are the least qualified."
"Mr. Shen, you claim I am dirty, yet you are the one who always approaches me."
"Mr. Shen, if you truly find me dirty, then do not appear before me."
An Nuan said coldly, "Shen Xizhou, to me, you are a devil."
"My greatest regret in this life is meeting you."
"I have said this many times. You have probably heard it before."
"Do you think I'm speaking nonsense? But Mr. Shen, I am telling the truth."
"An Nuan."
Shen Xizhou shouted An Nuan's name violently. His eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the person before him, almost wanting to destroy her.
He glanced at An Nuan, and the person before him seemed different from before.
He walked towards An Nuan step by step, exuding a dangerous aura.
He grasped An Nuan's chin, a cold smile curling at the corner of his lips, and said coldly, "An Nuan, tell me, if the Ye family knew that their son and daughter died because of you, could you still live so peacefully now?"
"Could you still hold the position of Mrs. Ye?"
"You are a sinner to the An family, but are you not also a sinner to the Ye family?"
An Nuan's face turned pale. She bit her lip tightly, her whole body trembling.
An Nuan had once thought the same way, but later, she gradually came to terms with it and stopped dwelling on it. But when Shen Xizhou brought it up again now, the thoughts buried deep in her heart resurfaced.
At this moment, tears were already streaming down her face.
So, the person who loved her, the one who protected her, was the one destroying her.
He was the one who pushed her into the abyss, who reduced her to ashes.
Her hands clenched tightly, her eyes filled with panic, her lips pale.
The man who once loved her deeply was now the one who hurt her the most.
Her heart felt as if it had been dug out and exposed to the scorching sun, slowly drying up.
"Shen Xizhou, even if I am a sinner to the Ye family and the An family."
"However, all of this was bestowed upon me by you," she said coldly.
Everyone could say such things to her, but Shen Xizhou was the least qualified.
She, An Nuan, even if she had wronged everyone else, was the only one she had not wronged was him.
Hearing An Nuan's words, Shen Xizhou did not get angry. Instead, a smile played on his lips as he looked at her.
He dragged her to the window and pushed her body outward, saying coldly, "What's wrong? Do you really think I won't lay a hand on you, that's why you're speaking so recklessly to me?"
Shen Xizhou sneered, like a demon, "However, An Nuan, I said before that I would spare your life, but now I don't want to spare your life anymore."
"I think sending you away might be better."
She must be afraid, after all, she was so afraid of death.
This way, she would probably restrain herself a little.