Xu Ruowei kept watching Shen Xizhou, expecting him to comfort her immediately after she spoke.
However, after waiting for a long time, Shen Xizhou made no move or reaction.
At this moment, the emotions on her face could no longer be held back.
She felt extremely depressed, wondering what had gone wrong. Shen Xizhou's gaze towards her was very unusual.
"Xizhou, did I say something wrong?" Xu Ruowei asked cautiously, her eyes filled with bloodshot tears. Her pitiable appearance was enough to break anyone's heart.
Shen Xizhou's gaze was entirely focused on Xu Ruowei. His sharp eyes made her shiver.
Shen Xizhou's sinister gaze seemed to pierce right through Xu Ruowei.
After a long pause, he said coldly, "Ruowei, aren't you tired?"
Hadn't she lived in the lies she spun for herself for so long? Wasn't she tired at all?
Xu Ruowei was stunned, her eyes widening as she looked at Shen Xizhou. Had he found something out? Why would he suddenly say such a thing?
She raised her eyes to meet Shen Xizhou's cold gaze, her hands clenching tightly beneath the covers.
She saw disgust in Shen Xizhou's eyes, and a bad premonition arose in her heart.
What was wrong with him? Did he know something?
No, that was absolutely impossible.
Her actions had been so subtle, no one could possibly know.
Besides, she had people placed around Shen Xizhou. If that person hadn't said anything, then nothing could have happened.
Xu Ruowei looked at Shen Xizhou, trying to figure out what to say to make him believe her and stop misunderstanding her.
Xu Ruowei had many thoughts and was about to speak when Shen Xizhou spoke first.
He said calmly, "Ruowei, for you, I went to see An Nuan. It was close, and An Nuan's life was almost ruined by my hands."
Xu Ruowei's face lit up with a smile, her excitement evident.
Shen Xizhou had troubled An Nuan for her? Was that true? He said An Nuan was almost dead?
Why was she only *almost* dead? Why wasn't she killed directly?
Why couldn't he have acted more decisively? Why didn't he ruin An Nuan completely?
Why was An Nuan still alive?
Although she felt a pang of displeasure, she wore a smile on her face, feigning disbelief as she looked at him. "Xizhou, while An Nuan was at fault, I believe she didn't do it intentionally. She's just jealous of me."
"Let's just let this matter go."
"I don't want things to get any more complicated."
"Xizhou, for my sake, please don't make things difficult for An Nuan anymore, okay?"
"Ruowei, I said I almost killed An Nuan, but An Nuan didn't suffer any accidents."
Xu Ruowei was instantly stunned, looking at him in disbelief.
She couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"I already know, An Nuan didn't do what happened to you."
"I'm very clear about the truth of the matter."
Xu Ruowei looked at him with shock and surprise, trembling all over, extremely frightened.
Her face was deathly pale, yet she calmly said, "Xizhou, what are you talking about? I don't understand."
"What truth?"
Did Shen Xizhou really know everything?
Then, was he looking for her now to settle accounts?
Cold sweat broke out all over her.
"This was Xia Wanqing's doing, Ruowei, did you know that?"
"Ruowei, your good sister, the best friend you trust the most, Xia Wanqing, was the one who set you up. Did you know that?" Shen Xizhou said calmly, looking at Xu Ruowei.
Xu Ruowei looked at Shen Xizhou, her eyes full of confusion.
How did Xia Wanqing get involved in this?
Evidence? Did Shen Xizhou see the evidence himself?
But this was clearly something she had framed Xu Ruowei for, and Xia Wanqing had nothing to do with it.
Then why was Shen Xizhou saying this?
Was it something An Nuan did to frame Xia Wanqing?
"Really? It was Wanqing who did this?"
"However, Xizhou, even if Wanqing really did it, let's just forget it. I think Wanqing must have misunderstood me. Perhaps she was manipulated into doing this."
"I believe in Wanqing's character. She must have had a difficult reason to do something so wicked."
"Xizhou, look at me, I'm fine. Can we just let this matter go?"
Shen Xizhou turned the phone screen to face Xu Ruowei, his gaze chilling.
"How do you explain this?"
Xu Ruowei was trembling all over. How could Shen Xizhou have such a video?
The video showed her harming Shen Xizhou's parents.
Hadn't she destroyed this video? Why did Shen Xizhou have it?
Xu Ruowei's face immediately changed drastically.
Just as Xu Ruowei was about to defend herself and say the video on the phone was definitely fake, Shen Xizhou interrupted her before she could even speak.
"I've checked this video. There's no editing or synthesis technology involved. This video is real."
Xu Ruowei's expression turned even uglier.
She remembered this video very clearly. She had even destroyed the negatives, yet it appeared before her completely intact. Why? Why was it appearing before her now?
Xu Ruowei clenched her hands tightly. She had worked so hard for so long to reach this point. She didn't want all her years of effort to be destroyed by one video.
As she was about to say something, she looked up and met Shen Xizhou's cold gaze. She was extremely frightened.
She got up and reached out as if to grab Shen Xizhou's hand, wanting to explain, but Shen Xizhou directly pulled his hand back.
"Xizhou, I... I didn't, I really didn't do those things."
She hesitated and then said, "As for the video, I really don't know what's going on."
"I don't know how the person who gave you this video managed to do it, or why they would frame me."
"I really didn't do such a thing."
"I don't even know why something like this would happen to me."
"All this time, all the malice has been directed at me."
"It's as if someone is manipulating things from behind the scenes."
Shen Xizhou looked at Xu Ruowei, who was desperately defending herself, and suddenly found it utterly ridiculous.
Even now, she could calmly defend herself.
She was truly remarkable.
He suddenly felt that perhaps everything An Nuan had said before was true.
For a moment, he didn't know how he should face all of this.