"Aren't you afraid I'll tell Shen Xizhou these things? Aren't you afraid Shen Xizhou will find out?" An Nuan said to Xu Ruowei, her voice filled with agitation.
"Then you can go ahead and tell him. You know better than anyone else what the outcome will be."
"Even if you tell him, Shen Xizhou probably won't believe you."
Hearing Xu Ruowei's words, a self-mocking smile tugged at the corner of An Nuan's lips.
Yes, what Xu Ruowei said was absolutely correct. Even if she told Shen Xizhou, he definitely wouldn't believe her. Perhaps he would even think that all the things she had done were just schemes against Xu Ruowei.
"Oh, right. The Ye siblings were killed by me. They died so horribly."
"An Nuan, I originally intended to make you disappear from this world. But then I thought, that would actually be a release for you."
"But I don't want that."
"After thinking it over, I realized that I want you to watch me and Shen Xizhou live happily together. Oh, and perhaps we'll even invite you to my wedding with Shen Xizhou. Then I won't have to worry about you not coming."
"Also, Wang Xuerou will also not live much longer because of you."
"An Nuan, you must remember that she suffered all of that because of you."
"An Nuan, you must live your whole life filled with guilt and self-reproach. All those people lost their lives because of you."
"You are the executioner."
Xu Ruowei slapped An Nuan's face forcefully, a triumphant smile on her lips. "You must live well. Don't die easily."
With that, Xu Ruowei turned and left. An Nuan wanted to ask Xu Ruowei where her luggage was, but the pain she felt prevented her from doing so.
An Nuan collapsed by the corner of the bed, her eyes filled with anguish.
She hadn't done anything, yet people were still getting hurt because of her.
Li Tian, she couldn't hesitate any longer. She had to go find Li Tian.
That wicked woman, Xu Ruowei, would surely make a move against Li Tian. Li Tian was the most vulnerable right now. She had to find Li Tian.
Perhaps Xu Ruowei wouldn't act herself, but would have someone from the Xu family do it. And she wouldn't be able to find anyone to help.
She struggled to prop herself up. She fumbled around for a while and finally touched something cold. Her eyes lit up, and she pulled out her phone.
She searched her contacts for Li Tian's number, but found nothing. Li Tian's contact information was nowhere to be found.
It was only then that An Nuan remembered that she didn't have Li Tian's contact information at all.
Finally, An Nuan calmed down.
She found Zhou Chumu's contact information and dialed it, but was met with a cold, robotic voice stating: "Sorry, the number you have dialed has forwarded incoming calls to voicemail."
An Nuan looked at her phone helplessly, listening to the cold mechanical voice. Her heart grew colder and colder.
She thought about calling Fu Jingxuan to remind him to take good care of Wang Xuerou and to keep Xu Ruowei away from her.
However, she realized she didn't have Fu Jingxuan's phone number.
An Nuan shook her head. Even if she had Fu Jingxuan's number, he wouldn't answer. Even if she told him directly, he wouldn't believe anything she said.
An Nuan's eyes were filled with disappointment, the light in them gradually fading.
Her hand suddenly felt powerless, and the phone slipped from her grasp, hitting the floor.
Tears streamed down her face.
She was so useless. She only dragged others down.
She was a burden.
If those people had never met her, if she hadn't existed, none of this would have happened.
She was the one who should have died.
An Nuan's consciousness began to blur. She murmured, "Mom, it hurts. Mom, I miss you. Mom, I want to leave."
...
An Nuan woke up cold. Her whole body was icy, and her heart felt even colder.
When she woke up, she realized a whole day had passed.
She had wasted a whole day.
What about Li Tian? How was she?
How could she have slept so soundly? She should have gone to find Li Tian immediately. She had to find Li Tian, no matter the cost.
Her whole body trembled. She was terrified.
She worried that something had happened to Li Tian.
Right, the hospital. Could Li Tian be at the hospital?
She didn't have much time, nor did she have the mind to tidy herself up. She grabbed her things and ran straight towards the hospital.
As she ran down, she hailed a taxi and headed for the hospital.
She wasn't sure if Li Tian was at that particular hospital, but it was her last hope. She wouldn't be able to rest without trying.
As An Nuan stepped out, she was immediately stopped.
A few fierce-looking men surrounded her. She had nowhere to retreat.
"Miss, someone wants you to go with us."
An Nuan was surrounded by the men. She didn't resist, as if she had grown accustomed to it.
She figured it must be Xu Ruowei again. After all, she often did things like this.
However, Xu Ruowei had already visited her. Everything that needed to be said had already been said. What else could she possibly want to say now?
While she was still pondering, she had already arrived at their destination.
She looked up and saw Shen Xizhou.
Her eyes were filled with shock and disbelief. She had expected Xu Ruowei, but she had never imagined it would be Shen Xizhou.
Why had he come to find her?
"An Nuan, are you surprised to see me?"
"You're wondering how I found you so accurately, aren't you?"
Did she want to know? No, she didn't.
Xu Ruowei had already told her. She was no longer surprised how he knew she existed.
What surprised her was why he had come to find her, and what was the matter?
Hadn't Xu Ruowei's visit already made everything clear?
Before An Nuan could figure out what was happening, Shen Xizhou directly took her away.
Shen Xizhou brought her to the hospital.
An Nuan looked at the man beside her, bewildered. Why was he bringing her here? He was radiating anger.
Her heart was filled with unease.
At that moment, he snorted coldly and said, "An Nuan, I will make you pay."
An Nuan listened to Shen Xizhou's words, completely confused. She didn't understand what Shen Xizhou was talking about or what he meant.
"An Nuan, your return has truly given me a great 'surprise'."
An Nuan's eyes were full of deep confusion. She even felt that Shen Xizhou must have gone mad to say such a thing.
What had she done? She remembered she hadn't done anything.
Wait, the hospital.
Perhaps this was another play arranged by Xu Ruowei.
After all, it had happened so many times that she had become numb to it.
Sometimes she wondered if Xu Ruowei had nothing else to do but constantly focus her attention on her.
Didn't she realize that her priority should be to focus on Shen Xizhou, so she wouldn't lose him?