It was true that building one's happiness on another's could indeed bring happiness.
"Xu Ruowei, tell me, if I go to Shen Xizhou now and tell him that if he does as I wish, perhaps I will forgive him, perhaps I will consider being with him. Do you think he will harm you to win me back?"
"What to do? Suddenly I really want to see Shen Xizhou harm you."
An Nuan said with a smile, "Xu Ruowei, Shen Xizhou is speaking up for you now because he thinks you saved him. But if I tell him the truth, what do you think he will do?"
Xu Ruowei's eyes were filled with unwillingness and bloodthirsty glints. She could no longer sit still, ignoring her injuries. Dragging her wounded leg, she clutched An Nuan's hand tightly. "An Nuan, no, you can't. You'll ruin me. What will I do then?"
"An Nuan, you have everything now, why can't you let me go?"
"An Nuan, please, don't do this. If it weren't for Shen Xizhou, I would truly die. I don't even know how I would survive."
"Aren't you afraid that Nangong Jin will know what you just said? Nangong Jin cares so much about you, and you treat him like this. Do you think you are worthy of him?"
Xu Ruowei, as if driven mad, shouted, "An Nuan, are you determined to ruin me?"
"Then An Nuan, even if I have to risk my life, I will make you pay."
"Heh, is that so? Without Shen Xizhou, do you think you can still do anything to me? Don't you understand? If you try, you might not even get the chance."
"It seems you haven't realized that your current comfort is all thanks to Shen Xizhou. Without him, you can imagine your situation if you think about it carefully."
"Oh, you said earlier that you would make me pay even if you had to risk your life, didn't you? But your life doesn't seem to be worth that much."
"You did so many things just now, trying to frame me. In your heart, you weren't even sure if Shen Xizhou would believe you if he came up."
"Shen Xizhou will naturally believe me."
"An Nuan, what nonsense are you talking about? An Nuan, shut your mouth."
"An Nuan, don't think you can be reckless just because you have Shen Xizhou."
An Nuan watched Xu Ruowei laughing wildly, and her threats seemed like a joke in her eyes.
Xu Ruowei rushed forward, raising her hand as if to strike, but An Nuan grabbed it and pushed her, sending Xu Ruowei to the ground.
Seeing Xu Ruowei's confused and questioning look, An Nuan sneered, "You can't honestly think I'm still the same person you could manipulate at will, can you? I'm no longer someone you can torment as you please."
"Oh, right, I forgot something."
"Do you know why I came here? I already said it, but I seemed to have forgotten to tell you. I came here precisely to let you know that even with Shen Xizhou, it's useless. You can't harm me in the slightest."
"Shen Xizhou is downstairs. With all this commotion upstairs, do you think he can't hear it?"
"From the very beginning, it was you struggling, your voice exceptionally harsh, yet Shen Xizhou didn't come up."
"You say, if I were to cry out, would Shen Xizhou come immediately?"
An Nuan picked up a nearby water cup, raised it above her head, and poured it down.
Xu Ruowei looked at An Nuan in confusion, unable to comprehend what An Nuan was trying to do.
She had truly done nothing wrong.
Xu Ruowei thought carefully, her face turning extremely pale. Her hands clenched tightly, and she looked at the person before her in disbelief.
She was framing her.
"An Nuan, you are framing me."
"No, I don't believe what you're saying. I believe that Xizhou still has feelings for me. He won't believe you just because of a few words from you."
"An Nuan, how did you become so venomous? You... you can't do this. You have to tell him the truth."
"Hmm, why can't I do this?"
"Xu Ruowei, I will repay the pain you inflicted on me a hundredfold."
"Shen Xizhou, I loathe him to the extreme, and I will naturally not forgive him. However, I can use him."
"No, you can't, An Nuan, you can't do this."
An Nuan ignored Xu Ruowei's words.
Xu Ruowei collapsed on the ground, muttering to herself, as if lost in her own world.
She cursed An Nuan under her breath, uttering vicious imprecations.
Xu Ruowei couldn't believe that after all her planning and scheming, after losing everything, she had ended up like this.
Xu Ruowei looked at Feng Ran, her eyes filled with unwillingness.
She looked at An Nuan standing there, her eyes bloodshot. Suddenly, she stood up, rushed towards An Nuan, and yelled, "An Nuan, An Nuan! Why don't you just die?"
"If you were dead, this wouldn't happen. I would still be the high and mighty Xu Ruowei."
"There is me in this world, so you shouldn't be. An Nuan, why don't you just die?"
With eyes blazing, Xu Ruowei charged at An Nuan, intending to push her down. But as she rushed forward, An Nuan dodged. Xu Ruowei's face instantly turned pale. She tried to retreat but found she couldn't.
She could only watch helplessly as she tumbled down the stairs.
An Nuan stood at the top of the stairs, watching Xu Ruowei fall.
She watched Xu Ruowei lying on the ground.
An Nuan had experienced all of this. Xu Ruowei's current predicament was her own doing.
Looking at Xu Ruowei on the ground struggling to get up, An Nuan met Xu Ruowei's bloody gaze without an ounce of fear, staring directly at her.
She looked down at the disheveled Xu Ruowei, walking down the steps like a queen.
Xu Ruowei could only struggle to lift her head and look at An Nuan.
An Nuan said mockingly, "Xu Ruowei, look at you, you're truly pathetic now."
"With all this commotion, yet no one has appeared. Heh, are all the people here deaf?"
"Perhaps... perhaps Xizhou isn't here, I..."
"Heh, I didn't expect you to still speak up for Shen Xizhou even in this state. It's truly astonishing."
"However, you can continue to maintain this state."
"Xu Ruowei, cling to that sliver of hope in your heart and continue to live."
"Xu Ruowei, do you know what you look like now?"
Xu Ruowei looked up at An Nuan, her eyes filled with confusion, seemingly waiting for An Nuan's explanation.
"Evil receives its due. You are experiencing it now."
"Xu Ruowei, do you remember what you said before? Is it now coming back to you?"