"What would I do with your life? What could your life possibly bring me?"
"Your life, to me, is utterly filthy," An Nuan said coldly.
"If I were to truly take your life, just the thought of me personally taking a life that disgusts me would make me despise and loathe myself."
"Shen Xizhou, do you think that just because you want me to kill you, I will obediently comply?"
"No, I am not someone who will obediently comply."
As long as she remembered what Shen Xizhou had done to her back then, she had a hundred reasons not to forgive him.
Back then, her love for Shen Xizhou was genuine. She had even thought that if Shen Xizhou were to turn back, she would give him anything, even her own life.
But now? Those humble hopes had been destroyed by him. Now, all that remained for her regarding Shen Xizhou was hatred and weariness.
"An Nuan, what are you saying? You're abandoning me for Nangong Jin, is that it?"
"An Nuan, one day, you will regret the decision you've made."
Shen Xizhou stared intently at An Nuan. He reached out and grabbed her hand, preventing her from leaving. He forced her to look at him and said with bloodlust, "An Nuan, look at me and answer my question just now."
"I already said it earlier. I've said and answered everything I need to. Mr. Shen, what else do you want me to say?"
"Or do you only feel content if I spew more hurtful words?"
Shen Xizhou's grip tightened, showing no intention of letting go.
An Nuan's brow furrowed, her mood instantly soured. She looked at Shen Xizhou and, with all her might, shouted, "Shen Xizhou, meeting you is the biggest regret of my life."
She couldn't recall if she had ever said these words before. She originally had many more things to say, but she found her hand was being tightly gripped, causing her pain and making it impossible to articulate further words.
An Nuan's words stunned Shen Xizhou. An Nuan seized the opportunity to break free from his grasp.
Shen Xizhou quietly watched An Nuan, witnessing the contempt and disdain in her eyes.
At this moment, he felt a sense of fear. He had always believed that An Nuan would never leave him. But now, her eyes held nothing but disgust and hatred.
"Xizhou, Xizhou, I... I feel unwell..."
Shen Xizhou's entire attention was focused on An Nuan. He didn't even consider who was beside him, or whom he had just placed to the side.
"Xizhou, don't you care about me anymore?"
"Xizhou, you promised me that no matter what happened, you would stay by my side. But what about now? Are you believing An Nuan's words and not mine?"
"But, Xizhou, you said that no matter what happens in the future, you wouldn't leave me."
"But now, you don't trust me. Xizhou, are those promises no longer valid?"
Shen Xizhou quietly looked at Xu Ruowei, listening to her accusations. He suddenly recalled that An Nuan had never berated him like this, even when he had treated her so poorly.
He felt a difference between Xu Ruowei and An Nuan.
Now, he suddenly understood.
The matter that had been bothering him was suddenly illuminated.
Looking at Xu Ruowei's pitiable appearance, he didn't feel she was pitiful at all. Instead, he felt that her current state was her own doing.
"Xizhou, it's all An Nuan's fault that things have become like this. She wants to kill me, she wants my life."
"Xizhou, An Nuan came here with a purpose."
"Xizhou, can't you see my injured face?"
"All the wounds on my body were intentionally inflicted by An Nuan. Can't you stand up and say even a word or two for me?"
His mind was filled with An Nuan's words just now, and her ruthless demeanor. However, Xu Ruowei's appearance made it impossible for him to ignore her.
He took out his phone and asked Yan Bai to handle it.
After all, Yan Bai would undoubtedly be very capable of handling such a matter.
After he had dealt with everything, his gaze remained fixed on An Nuan, never leaving her.
He had already missed one opportunity. Was he going to miss another?
No, he did not want such a thing to happen to him.
At this moment, he remembered everything An Nuan had done for him. Only now did he realize An Nuan's goodness.
An Nuan had almost lost her own life trying to help him.
Yet, due to a misunderstanding, he had pushed An Nuan away. Now, experiencing these hardships seemed like something he deserved.
"An Nuan."
Shen Xizhou's voice trembled with a hint of fear: "An Nuan, can you really not give me another chance?"
"You know, what you asked for just now is too difficult for me."
"Can we find another way?"
"You can do whatever you want to me."
"But this is between you and me, it has nothing to do with Xu Ruowei. Can't you let her go?"
"Let's put everything else aside and just talk about what's between us, how about that?"
An Nuan looked at the person before her with icy indifference. How could he calmly utter these words?
Between them, as Shen Xizhou said, it had nothing to do with Xu Ruowei.
But Shen Xizhou seemed to have forgotten that her feelings for him were gone.
"Shen Xizhou, you're truly willing to do anything for Xu Ruowei."
"As you said, my past with you has nothing to do with Xu Ruowei."
"That's because I no longer want any connection with you."
Xu Ruowei knew that because of this incident, Shen Xizhou would no longer trust her.
But she absolutely did not want such a thing to happen to her.
A thought surfaced in Xu Ruowei's mind.
Just as Shen Xizhou was about to speak to An Nuan again, Xu Ruowei interrupted him.
Xu Ruowei looked at An Nuan, tears streaming down her face, and said, "An Nuan, I know you already hate me to the bone."
"If my death can help Xizhou win back your heart, then I don't need Xizhou to act; I can do it myself."
"After all, my life is a burden to everyone, so I might as well die."
An Nuan calmly watched Xu Ruowei, quietly listening to her words.
In fact, An Nuan didn't believe a word Xu Ruowei said.
Why didn't she expose her? Why didn't she interrupt her?
She actually just wanted to see Xu Ruowei say these words. If no one stepped forward to interrupt, then she wanted to see what Xu Ruowei planned to do next.