"Seeing An Nuan pulling at herself like a madwoman, Xu Ruowei became even more smug. Her smile grew louder as she spoke coldly to An Nuan, "Why would I lie to you? What about someone like you is worth my deception?"
"An Nuan, when someone is deceived, it's because they have value worth deceiving. But you? You don't even have the value to be deceived."
"What else about you is worth my deception?"
Xu Ruowei felt that her words were not malicious enough. She shot An Nuan a hateful glare and said disdainfully, "I deceived you and plotted against you before because of Shen Xizhou."
"But now, I am Mrs. Shen." Xu Ruowei sneered disdainfully, "Look at yourself now. What else about you is worth my scheming?"
An Nuan: "..."
She hesitated. She suddenly felt that Xu Ruowei's words were actually quite reasonable.
Xu Ruowei observed the change in An Nuan's expression and a smug smile tugged at the corner of her lips.
Her gaze fell on a familiar figure in the distance, her eyes filled with calculation, a triumphant smile curving her lips.
Things were getting more and more interesting.
Now, An Nuan was just grabbing her clothes; there was nothing to scheme about.
What she wanted now was to make An Nuan act, to make her strike with deadly force.
Time was running out; it was urgent.
Xu Ruowei looked at An Nuan and smiled, a smile that made one's heart falter.
"An Nuan, Ye Qianyi is dead, you killed her. Your brother, An Yunxiu, is also dead, implicated by you."
An Nuan: "..."
She looked at Xu Ruowei in confusion, not understanding why she was bringing up these topics at this moment.
Her brow furrowed slightly. She wanted to escape. Xu Ruowei's eyes were full of obvious calculation. Every time Xu Ruowei had that expression, she was about to scheme against her, and every time, she had suffered greatly.
"Oh, right, I killed your brother."
"I took a fruit knife and sliced him, again and again." She leaned closer to An Nuan and whispered bloodthirstily in her ear, "Your brother was afraid of pain, you know."
"Did you know that your brother was awake, fully conscious, and I made him watch as I sliced him, and he kept screaming in pain?"
Xu Ruowei picked at her ear, frowning with displeasure. "But your brother was too noisy. He gave me a headache.
"So I took out a strip of cloth and stuffed it directly into his mouth, so he couldn't make a sound. I tied his hands and feet, and he watched with wide eyes as I sliced him again and again."
"In the end, your brother died from excessive blood loss."
An Nuan stared at Xu Ruowei in shock and disbelief, her mind going completely blank.
She never expected to hear such words at this time.
She was even more unclear as to why Xu Ruowei chose to tell her these things now.
But the only thing she could be sure of was that perhaps what Xu Ruowei was saying was true.
Xu Ruowei smiled like a demon and said, "I was terrified, so I went to Shen Xizhou. Shen Xizhou was worried that I would be implicated by your brother's death, you know? Looking at your brother's body, I was truly scared."
"It was Shen Xizhou who came and comforted me."
"Shen Xizhou told me not to worry, that as long as he was there, I had nothing to fear. So, Shen Xizhou disposed of your brother's body."
"It seems he was dumped in the wilderness."
Xu Ruowei wore a smug smile and laughed heartily, "You begged Shen Xizhou, begging him to tell you where your brother was, but in the end, he still didn't tell you."
"Now you know why he didn't tell you, don't you?" Xu Ruowei said triumphantly.
She thought An Nuan would erupt in anger and attack her viciously, but to her surprise, An Nuan remained calm, looking at her without the slightest reaction.
Xu Ruowei became anxious. The person approaching was getting closer, and if An Nuan didn't make a move, all her efforts would be in vain.
"Oh, right, your brother kept shouting: Sister, sister."
"But his voice went hoarse without you coming. An Nuan, your brother died because of you. If you hadn't offended me, I wouldn't have done that to your brother. Then, he would probably still be alive now."
She deliberately spoke these heartbreaking words to An Nuan.
These words were truly heartbreaking.
And it was precisely Xu Ruowei's final words that made An Nuan's composure finally break.
Her eyes turned red with rage as she looked at Xu Ruowei, her hands reaching out towards her. All she wanted now was to strangle Xu Ruowei to death, to avenge her brother.
This was the only thing she wanted to do now, the only thing she felt she could do for her brother.
But just as An Nuan's hands landed on Xu Ruowei's neck, as soon as she grasped it, An Nuan was kicked away.
By the time she reacted, she was sent flying and landed in a corner.
Her forehead was injured, and her arm was also hurt. She was injured all over.
An Nuan looked up and saw the person before her clearly, her eyes filled with despair.
Glancing at Xu Ruowei again and recalling her words, she instantly understood why she had said such things. So, all the words, all the actions, were just to enrage her.
Xu Ruowei had really calculated the timing perfectly.
She had accurately predicted that Shen Xizhou would appear, and that she would definitely make a move.
An Nuan's lips curved into a mournful smile. At this moment, she felt like a joke.
She had been constantly schemed against, and by the same person.
She no longer believed a single word Xu Ruowei had said.
Those words were merely spoken to enrage her.
Heh, she was foolish to have believed Xu Ruowei's nonsensical ramblings.
Xu Ruowei was a practiced liar. She fell for her traps every time, yet never learned her lesson.
An Nuan slowly got up, took a deep breath, and after recovering, she stood up and left without even turning her head.
However, Shen Xizhou grabbed her, looking at An Nuan coldly.
An Nuan showed no fear, meeting his gaze with eyes full of sarcasm and a cold laugh.
"What is it? Mr. Shen wants to kill me? Or do you have something very important to say?"
An Nuan tilted her head back, looking at the man before her, her eyes filled with disdain. "My life is here. If Mr. Shen wants it, take it."
"After all, Mr. Shen is already used to it, isn't he?"
"Except for your fiancée, everyone else's life is cheap."
"An Nuan, shut up. Who gave you the courage to say such things?"
An Nuan laughed, a laugh that was somewhat desolate, somewhat eerie.
Her face was full of smiles, but she said coldly, "What is it, Mr. Shen? Are you so meddlesome? Are you going to interfere in everything I say?"
"Mr. Shen threatened me with my brother before, and I obeyed obediently."
"Later, Mr. Shen threatened me with Sister Ye, and Sister Ye was gone."
"And Ye Qingcheng, a man who gave his life to protect me, was also eliminated by you."
An Nuan smiled knowingly, sarcastically saying, "Mr. Shen, besides threatening me, what else can you do?"
"However, I must admit, such threats are indeed effective."