An Nuan lowered her head, her eyes brimming with tears. Hearing Shen Xizhou's words, she wasn't unaffected. It was just that when she recalled the things that had happened to her, she couldn't pretend that nothing had occurred.
After a long while, An Nuan seemed to calm down, and the thoughts in her heart were cast aside.
She took a deep breath, her gaze falling on Shen Xizhou, and said coldly, "Shen Xizhou, do you believe what you're saying?"
"Shen Xizhou, you're saying you want me to forgive you?" An Nuan looked at Shen Xizhou and said calmly, "Actually, it's not impossible. I just have one condition. If you can do as I say, then I'll give you a chance."
Shen Xizhou looked at An Nuan in surprise. He had thought that with Nangong Jin, he would have no chance anymore. But Shen Xizhou's words now rekindled her hope.
"An Nuan, say what you will, even if it's my life, I'm willing to give it to you. An Nuan, thank you, thank you for giving me this chance."
"Heh, Shen Xizhou, don't rush to thank me. Wait until I've finished speaking, then it won't be too late to thank me."
An Nuan's face was full of smiles as she said, "Shen Xizhou, I don't want your life. Your life is worthless to me."
"Haven't you always protected Xu Ruowei? Shen Xizhou, you should know who caused things to become this way. You should be the clearest."
"Therefore, my condition is that as long as you make Xu Ruowei disappear forever, perhaps I will give you a chance."
"An Nuan, you're making things impossible! You know very well..." Shen Xizhou almost roared.
He had thought that An Nuan might make such a demand. But in his heart, he still held onto the hope that he was mistaken, that he had misheard.
But An Nuan had now told him with certainty. Thus, she knew very well that things had reached a point of no return.
"An Nuan."
An Nuan looked at Shen Xizhou's troubled expression and found it somewhat laughable. She looked at the person before her coldly and sneered, "Mr. Shen, speak again after you've thought it through."
"An Nuan, you're making things impossible! You know very well that I..."
An Nuan laughed, a loud, unrestrained laugh, and her eyes on Shen Xizhou were filled with contempt.
"Shen Xizhou, since you admit that I'm making things difficult, what about you? Are the things you said not making things difficult?"
"Shen Xizhou, if you can't do it, then don't say those words in front of me, understood?"
"That will only make me think you're extremely hypocritical."
"An Nuan."
"Heh, what, are you angry already? Mr. Shen, it seems I haven't touched your sore spot yet. How did you treat me back then? What I'm doing to you now is not even half as cruel. You can't stand it already. Then what did you mean by giving me your life?"
"Your life? I find it dirty."
"Shen Xizhou, there is no longer any possibility between us."
"In this life, I will only marry Nangong Jin, because my heart already belongs to Nangong Jin."
"An Nuan."
Shen Xizhou's eyes were filled with a terrifying intensity. He tightly gripped An Nuan's hand and said with immense anger, "No, An Nuan, I won't allow you to be with Nangong Jin."
"An Nuan, you should belong to me. You can only belong to me."
"In this life, you can only be with me."
"Heh, belong to me, can only be with me? Mr. Shen, don't you find it ridiculous to say such things?"
"Shen Xizhou, I don't belong to anyone. I only belong to myself."
"Of course, if you insist on saying I belong to someone, then I can only belong to Nangong Jin."
"An Nuan, no, it's not like that. We shouldn't have become like this. We should have..."
Shen Xizhou shouted almost hysterically, his face filled with pain.
He now knew all the truths. He knew that his heart had always loved An Nuan.
As for Xu Ruowei, he wished she would disappear. But in the end, he owed her a life, and it had to be repaid.
Even though he knew that what he had done in the past made An Nuan hate him to the core, he still hoped that An Nuan would change her mind.
"An Nuan, I won't care about what happened between you and Nangong Jin."
"As long as you can come back to me, everything is negotiable."
"An Nuan, I swear, I can't leave you now."
Hearing Shen Xizhou's words, An Nuan found it utterly ridiculous.
He said he wouldn't care about what happened between her and Shen Xizhou.
It was truly laughable. Who exactly gave him such courage to say such ridiculous things?
"An Nuan, no, no matter what has happened between us, you can never leave me in this life."
"An Nuan, you will forever belong only to me. No one will ever be able to snatch you away from me."
Heh, did Shen Xizhou think she was a puppet? Whatever he said went? Whatever he wanted to do, he could do?
He had discarded her, so she should obediently be discarded. When he wanted her back, she should obediently listen and be taken back by him?
An Nuan smiled, her eyes brimming with laughter.
"Shen Xizhou, you caused all of this yourself. You have no right to say anything now."
"It was you who, bit by bit, destroyed the love I gave you."
"Now, you have no chance, and you have no qualifications."
An Nuan said coldly. All she wanted now was to leave this troublesome place.
At this moment, the only person she thought of was Nangong Jin.
She had given Shen Xizhou a chance before, but in the end, he still didn't believe her.
"Shen Xizhou, I don't want to love you anymore, because it hurts too much."
"Nangong Jin is very good."
"An Nuan, I..."
Shen Xizhou wanted to say that he was better than Nangong Jin. But remembering all the heavy things he had done to her, he couldn't utter these words.
"Shen Xizhou, step aside. Wouldn't it be better to let each other go free?"
Shen Xizhou burst into mad laughter, "Each other free?"
"No, it's not freedom."
"An Nuan, you and I are tied together."
"Shen Xizhou, let me go. Don't make me hate you for a lifetime."
Shen Xizhou finally let go, allowing An Nuan to leave.
As An Nuan turned to leave, Shen Xizhou desperately walked towards the sea, shouting, "An Nuan, if I die, will you have me in your heart?"
An Nuan didn't even turn around, nor did she spare him a glance. She only said coldly, "Your life or death has never been of any concern to me."
"Even if you die, you will never be in my heart."
Hearing An Nuan's cold words, Shen Xizhou's heart was suddenly pierced as if by a sharp object, ripped open bloody.