He didn't relent, pushing Xu Ruowei's head into the water, though not for long.
After a while, he pulled Xu Ruowei's head out again.
Xu Ruowei looked at Shen Xizhou with fear. Just now, she truly thought she was going to die. But at that moment, Shen Xizhou pulled her up.
Just as Shen Xizhou was about to act again, Xu Ruowei cried out, "Don't."
"Please, no more."
Xu Ruowei pleaded desperately. She thought about struggling free, but found that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't escape.
She could no longer care about anything else, weeping and begging.
Shen Xizhou looked at the person before him with disdain.
"You speak, you have done so many things, all the honors I have given you, from now on, I will push you step by step into hell."
"The Xu family will also pay the price for what you have done."
Xu Ruowei met Shen Xizhou's bloodshot eyes and was terrified. Her whole body trembled, her lips were pale, but she knelt down and kowtowed incessantly, begging, "Please, please. Don't do this to me."
"If you want to move against the Xu family, then do it."
"Just let me go."
If not for her own life, Xu Ruowei would truly have been cold-blooded to the extreme.
She could even abandon her family. How could he have been so blind to think she was so good back then?
Xu Ruowei was truly terrified.
Back then, Shen Xizhou had dealt with An Nuan in the same way. At that time, she thought Shen Xizhou was too soft-hearted. He was too gentle with An Nuan.
He should have been more ruthless. But now, when it was used on her, she felt as if Shen Xizhou were a demon from hell.
She was scared.
Her forehead hurt terribly, but she dared not touch it, nor dare to mention it.
She could only kowtow even more fervently: "Please, Shen Xizhou."
"I know I was wrong."
"I shouldn't have foolishly dreamt that you would fall in love with me."
"From now on, I will never appear before you and An Nuan again. As long as you spare me."
Hearing Xu Ruowei's pleas for mercy, Shen Xizhou didn't feel any better in his heart.
In fact, Xu Ruowei's pleas and begging made him utterly irritable.
"Xu Ruowei, do you really think that after doing so many things to hurt An Nuan, I would let you go with just a few words?"
Shen Xizhou had no intention of letting Xu Ruowei go. He maintained his previous posture, intending to act against Xu Ruowei again.
Xu Ruowei trembled all over, and said shakily, "Please, I really don't dare anymore. Spare me. I really won't."
"From now on, I will never appear before you again." Xu Ruowei resisted with her whole body, begging incessantly.
She didn't know if it would help. But now she could no longer care about that, she could only do this.
She prayed in her heart that Shen Xizhou would spare her.
But such hope was slim.
Just as Shen Xizhou was about to submerge Xu Ruowei in the water again, the door was kicked open from the outside.
Light streamed in.
"Ruowei," the man called out anxiously.
And Xu Ruowei was pulled away by a strong hand and held tightly in his embrace.
When Xu Ruowei saw that it was Huo Yunshen, she finally felt relieved. She held Huo Yunshen tightly, tears streaming down her face.
At this moment, Huo Yunshen was her lifeline, arriving just in time.
"Yunshen..."
Xu Ruowei's voice was filled with deep grievance. Her hands still clung tightly to Huo Yunshen. She was terrified, her whole body trembling.
"Ruowei, I'm too late."
"Ruowei, I'm sorry. It's all my fault. I should have held firm and not let you look for Shen Xizhou. If I had held firm, you wouldn't have been treated like this."
"I'm sorry, it's all my fault," Huo Yunshen said softly, his heart aching. At this moment, he felt a little fortunate that he had appeared in time and that Ruowei had not suffered any accidents.
But he began to blame himself again. If he had held firm, Ruowei would not have been like this.
Huo Yunshen cherished her carefully.
"Shen Xizhou, for a dirty woman, you treat Ruowei like this? Where is your conscience?"
"Ruowei has done so much for you. Have you forgotten?"
"If you don't cherish Ruowei, then give Ruowei up. There are plenty of people who will cherish Ruowei."
"Heh, is that so? Huo Yunshen, the person you're talking about is yourself, right?"
"Do you know what Xu Ruowei has done? Do you know what kind of person she is?" Shen Xizhou said coldly.
Judging by how tense Huo Yunshen was about Xu Ruowei, it seemed there was an unspeakable relationship between them.
Back then, he knew nothing. It was truly laughable.
"Ruowei is the woman I want to protect with my life, the woman I want to love the most."
"She said she loved you. So, for her to be happy, I stood behind her and silently protected her."
"When she got engaged to you, the smile on her face was so happy. I wondered why it wasn't mine? But thinking that she was happy with you, I was content."
"I thought Ruowei would continue to be happy like this. But now? Shen Xizhou, what are you doing? Is this how you cherish her?"
"I regret it. Why didn't I fight for her back then? Perhaps, Ruowei would have belonged to me."
"If you don't cherish Ruowei now, then you will lose her forever in this life."
Hearing Huo Yunshen's words, Shen Xizhou found it somewhat amusing. How could there be such a person in the world?
Judging by Huo Yunshen's appearance, he might have been deceived by her as well. He just hadn't woken up yet.
However, this was not something he should be thinking about now.
"Since you don't want Ruowei, then please stay away from Ruowei. From now on, Ruowei will have me by her side, and I will protect her no matter what happens."
Shen Xizhou's face turned ashen, his entire being shrouded in a terrifying aura, and his eyes were filled with rage.
"Xu Ruowei, even with Huo Yunshen here, you cannot escape. You must pay the price for what you have done, no matter what."
Xu Ruowei trembled all over. In Huo Yunshen's arms, she didn't even dare to raise her head.
"You must kneel down and apologize to An Nuan. If An Nuan forgives you and spares you, then this matter will be settled."
"But if An Nuan does not forgive you, then you must pay the price that needs to be paid."
An Nuan. So, Shen Xizhou was treating Ruowei like this because of An Nuan.
This An Nuan was truly detestable to the extreme.
Huo Yunshen gritted his teeth in hatred. Shen Xizhou was tormenting Ruowei all for An Nuan. What was so good about that woman?
That woman was truly capable, enchanting Nangong Jin completely, and now she had made Shen Xizhou change his mind for her, dealing such a cruel blow to Ruowei.
In the end, Huo Yunshen took Xu Ruowei away, his face not looking good at all. Shen Xizhou had added quite a few 'colors' to his face.