Listening to An Nuan's words, Xia Wanqing was almost enraged.
However, at this moment, she calmed down. She remembered what she was doing and that Ji Wenyun was also present. He must have seen her acting like a madwoman.
So, what would he think of her?
A very bad premonition flashed through her heart.
She wished she could tear apart An Nuan's dazzling smile, but now she could do nothing.
Suddenly, Xia Wanqing stopped and said aggrievedly, "An Nuan, why do you always target me?"
At this moment, Xia Wanqing could only play the victim.
Ji Wenyun pulled Xia Wanqing into his embrace and comforted her softly, "It's alright, I'm here. I won't allow you to be bullied."
"I will make An Nuan pay the price."
An Nuan's lips curved into a sarcastic smile. Even after witnessing it firsthand, Ji Wenyun still chose to believe Xia Wanqing's words.
An Nuan's vision blurred. It seemed Ji Wenyun had completely forgotten her.
She remembered when he protected her in his arms as a child, telling her, "Don't cry, Wenyun Gege is here, you won't be in any danger."
But now, looking at the person before her.
An Nuan's lips twisted into a cold smile. Things had long since changed.
An Nuan directly cast these lingering emotions aside. She had paid back what she owed Ji Wenyun. In this life, she owed him nothing more.
Yet, at this moment, she felt a pang of regret.
She regretted why she had appeared here at all.
She found it laughable. It was a simple matter. They just needed to check the surveillance footage. But things had become so complicated.
Xia Wanqing had been preventing them from checking the surveillance. Didn't Ji Wenyun suspect that there was some unspeakable secret here?
An Nuan even felt that her insistence earlier was the biggest mistake.
Even if she won, what would it prove?
It proved nothing.
Ji Wenyun learned the truth of the matter, and then what? Did she expect Ji Wenyun to do anything to Xia Wanqing? And then what?
Now, whatever these people did had nothing to do with her.
An Nuan said nothing and turned to leave.
She thought about why she had wasted her time explaining to them earlier.
Misunderstandings, accusations. Let it be. Wasn't it always like this?
Seeing An Nuan turn to leave, Xia Wanqing's heart, which had been hanging in mid-air, finally relaxed.
An Nuan left, so the things she worried about wouldn't happen.
And her leaving now, in Ji Wenyun's eyes, must be because she was guilty.
Xia Wanqing was extremely smug. Her face was full of smiles.
She thought she was finished, but now she felt that heaven was still on her side.
Just as Xia Wanqing was rejoicing, Ji Wenyun's voice made her nerves tighten again.
"An Nuan, are you just going to walk away after what you've done? Don't you owe Wanqing an apology?"
"If you want to leave, then apologize."
"Otherwise, you're not going anywhere."
"Apologize," Ji Wenyun said very loudly.
Xia Wanqing gently tugged Ji Wenyun's arm, "Wenyun, forget it, let's just let this matter go."
"No, I absolutely will not allow you to be hurt in any way."
Xia Wanqing desperately wanted to question Ji Wenyun loudly, to tell him loudly: Can't we just let this matter go?
Why did he have to keep dwelling on it?
Xia Wanqing was constantly thinking about how to persuade Ji Wenyun to stop obsessing over this matter.
Her gaze finally fell on Ji Wenyun, her eyes filled with tears. She said almost pleadingly, "Wenyun, can we just let this matter go?"
"I don't want to keep agonizing over such things."
Ji Wenyun frowned slightly, his voice laced with dissatisfaction, "How can this matter just be let go?"
"I absolutely will not allow you to be humiliated."
Xia Wanqing didn't understand what was wrong with Ji Wenyun, why he was so persistent.
An Nuan, however, appeared calm.
No matter how this matter developed, she would not be implicated.
In the end, the one who lost all face would only be Xia Wanqing.
But at this moment, An Nuan saw the person she least wanted to see.
Shen Xizhou. Why was he here?
An Nuan instinctively wanted to leave. But this scene, in Ji Wenyun's eyes, was interpreted as An Nuan being scared.
Shen Xizhou's gaze fell on An Nuan. It was truly like running into her everywhere.
"An Nuan, you really are like a ghost, haunting every place I go."
An Nuan's brows furrowed. She knew Shen Xizhou had misunderstood her again.
However, she really hadn't expected Shen Xizhou to be here.
Xia Wanqing glanced at Shen Xizhou and felt somewhat relieved.
Did Shen Xizhou's appearance here mean that everything was resolved?
After all, with Shen Xizhou around, An Nuan always ended up in a miserable state.
So, her worries were unnecessary.
Shen Xizhou walked towards An Nuan step by step. In fact, even he didn't know what he wanted to do. He just wanted to walk over.
An Nuan stood up, intending to leave directly.
Facing the person in front of her, she didn't want to deal with any of them.
Seeing this, Shen Xizhou reached out and grabbed her hand, saying sarcastically, "What's wrong? Did you do something you're ashamed of, and now you're scared? Don't dare to come?"
"An Nuan, you wouldn't really think you could hide from me forever, would you?"
An Nuan's brows were tightly knitted. She looked extremely displeased with Shen Xizhou's behavior of tormenting her like a madman, but she didn't say much.
After all, someone like Shen Xizhou wouldn't believe anything she said.
And her explanations would only seem weak and powerless.
Explaining to him was simply a waste of time.
She wanted to leave, but her hand was held tightly by Shen Xizhou, and she couldn't move at all.
"Shen Xizhou, please let go of me."
"What if I don't?" Shen Xizhou replied with some displeasure.
An Nuan struggled forcefully, and at this moment, she fell directly to the ground.
Shen Xizhou looked at the person on the ground. He reached out as if to help An Nuan up, but at this moment, a figure appeared.
"An Nuan, how are you? Are you hurt, or is somewhere uncomfortable?" Nangong Jin, upon arriving, saw An Nuan on the ground. He was already heartbroken.
He ignored everything else and directly picked up An Nuan, holding her carefully in his arms.
Shen Xizhou watched An Nuan in Nangong Jin's arms, his eyes filled with a bloodthirsty glint.
Thinking back to his earlier thought of bending down to pick her up, he now felt it was truly laughable.
Someone like her would always have someone to protect her. How could she possibly need him?
The corners of his lips curled into a sarcastic smile, as if mocking himself.