An Nuan was stunned at first, but she hadn't expected Xu Ruowei to make the call so readily. Wasn't she afraid that Shen Xizhou would find out? Didn't she always care most about Shen Xizhou's opinion?
At this moment, to be able to call Shen Xizhou so quickly, perhaps she had already made a plan, and what was happening now was merely unfolding according to her plan.
Xu Ruowei said softly, "Xizhou, An Nuan told me you had an accident. I was so worried, I didn't think much and just followed her. Now, she's locked me up somewhere. Xizhou, please come save me, I'm scared, I'm really scared."
"How dare she? Doesn't she want her brother anymore?"
"Ruowei, is she with you? Put the speakerphone on, I want to talk to her."
Shen Xizhou's furious voice boomed.
An Nuan curved her lips into a self-mocking smile, suddenly feeling ridiculous and pathetic.
"An Nuan, if you dare to harm Ruowei in the slightest, your brother will suffer a hundredfold pain."
"Do you think I can't find your brother just because you've hidden him?"
"An Nuan, forget it."
"An Nuan, I will make your life worse than death."
Her brother? Her brother wasn't with Shen Xizhou, so where was he?
Suddenly, she lost the motivation to persevere.
Just as An Nuan was about to speak, Xu Ruowei hung up the phone and threw it heavily at An Nuan.
"You heard it. No matter what you say, he won't believe you. He will only believe what I say."
An Nuan, I will make your life worse than death. This sentence was deeply etched in her mind. He said she deserved it, he said she deserved to die.
Her forehead was directly hit by the thrown phone, and she bled. The wound on her forehead was so painful that it made it difficult for her to even breathe.
"It hurts, it really hurts..."
The moment Xu Ruowei hung up, Xia Wanqing had already injected the liquid from the syringe.
"It hurts, it hurts so much..."
An Nuan's whole body ached terribly. She rolled on the ground, as if only then could she alleviate the pain in her body.
"Shen Xizhou, I hate you..."
An Nuan murmured softly. She was in so much pain that she was hallucinating. In her memory, Shen Xizhou would feel heartbroken even if she just whispered that she was in pain. He would hold her close, cherish her, and whisper sweet nothings in her ear, making her forget the pain.
Before, she never felt that life was so bitter. Now her life was darkness.
Now, no matter how much she hurt, to the point of losing her life, no one felt sorry for her.
She continued to writhe on the ground in a mess, sweat dripping from her hair. She clutched her stomach and cried out in agony. She truly couldn't bear it any longer, so she cried out.
Xu Ruowei stood aside, looking down at her, a triumphant smile on her lips.
She must be in a terrible state right now, but she didn't want Xu Ruowei and Xia Wanqing to see it.
An Nuan's tears fell uncontrollably.
She wiped away her tears and admonished herself inwardly, *I must not cry, I must hold on. My brother is still waiting for me.*
She couldn't fall, she was her brother's only support now.
Xia Wanqing stared viciously at the person on the ground. An Nuan had been writhing in pain moments ago, in a pathetic state. She had been waiting for An Nuan to bow her head to her, to beg for mercy. That way, she could humiliate An Nuan even more wantonly.
Now that she was acting alone, it made her feel very passive. She wanted An Nuan to beg her.
"Wanqing, what should we do? You injected that liquid. If she tells Shen Xizhou, and Shen Xizhou misunderstands and thinks I did it, then I..." Xu Ruowei said, tears flowing uncontrollably.
Xia Wanqing didn't answer immediately. She looked at Xu Ruowei. In her memory, Xu Ruowei was not such a timid person. The Xu Ruowei of the past was bold in love and hate, someone who dared to do anything.
But what had happened in the years she was away? What had made the once proud and arrogant Xu Ruowei become so humble? Her gaze fell on An Nuan. She deeply felt that this was all An Nuan's fault. An Nuan must have done something.
She had asked before, but Ruowei had never said anything. She was truly helpless.
"Ruowei, I've already said, don't worry."
"Besides, Shen Xizhou won't be able to investigate it. He won't know about you coming out tonight and everything that happened here. I've destroyed all the surveillance footage that could be detrimental to me and you."
"Even if Shen Xizhou investigates, he won't find anything."
"Also, even if the evidence is right in front of him, he won't believe you," Xia Wanqing said with a smile. "What you should be worried about now isn't this, but why Shen Xizhou divorced you and didn't tell you. You've done enough for him all these years. He owes you an explanation."
She hated An Nuan to the extreme. An Nuan had a bad upbringing, but as long as An Nuan was there, she would always be overshadowed. She was always behind An Nuan. Since childhood, all her brilliance was eclipsed. She hated An Nuan to death. She had thought that if she had the chance, she would trample An Nuan to the ground.
Xia Wanqing's eyes were full of malice. She looked at Xu Ruowei and immediately put on a smile, saying, "Ruowei, you should go back quickly. Xizhou must be worried about you..."
Xu Ruowei shook her head and said, "No, I'm not leaving."
In fact, she had another plan in mind, but she didn't reveal her intentions.
But what Xu Ruowei said touched Xia Wanqing deeply.
"But Shen Xizhou will worry about you."
Xu Ruowei hesitated for a moment, then looked at Xia Wanqing. Countless thoughts flashed through her mind. Finally, as if she had thought of something, she said firmly, "Then I'll go back first. If... if anything happens to you, you can call me immediately, okay?"
"Yes, go quickly." In the end, Xu Ruowei left, departing like a victor.
After Xu Ruowei left, Xia Wanqing looked at An Nuan on the ground, who was already unrecognizable from the torment, with disgust and said fiercely, "Send this woman back."
An Nuan's eyes were covered again, and she was dragged away.
She was thrown out like trash.
In the room, only An Nuan was left. Her lips were pale, and her whole body was trembling. After a while, she became hot as if she were burning. Her consciousness began to blur.
The room was messy, as if it had been ransacked.
However, she couldn't care about that anymore. Besides, she had nothing valuable.
Perhaps even a thief would have shaken their head and left upon seeing it.
The pain in her body struck again. She couldn't find anything to relieve it. She could only endure it. Her forehead was covered in fine sweat. An Nuan fainted from the intense pain.