After she finished speaking, she wanted to withdraw her hand, but found she couldn't. In the end, she stopped talking, stopped struggling, and just stayed there peacefully, letting Shen Xizhou hold her hand.
"Mr. Shen, how long do you intend to hold on?"
An Nuan didn't struggle, but instead moved closer to Shen Xizhou, saying with an exceptionally cold tone, "Mr. Shen, aren't you afraid your fiancée will see? Aren't you afraid your fiancée will misunderstand again?"
She knew very well how much Shen Xizhou cared about Xu Ruowei. Just saying this, he would definitely let go of her hand.
She didn't want to have any more dealings with Shen Xizhou.
She thought, she had been unconscious for so long, how was Zhou Chumu? How was Li Tian?
Zhou Chumu had become like that because of her, so by all rights and reason, she had to go and see him.
She also wanted to talk to Li Tian and resolve her inner turmoil.
"Heh, An Nuan, have you ever seen me afraid of anything?"
"Don't tell me you naively think that just by saying that, I'll let you go."
"Oh, right, An Nuan, I bet you're eager to know how Zhou Chumu is doing."
Yes, she really did want to know how Zhou Chumu was.
"That's right, I need to go see Zhou Chumu. After all, it's because of me that he became like this."
She forced herself to speak weakly, her body frail, her face deathly pale, looking so pitiful it made one's heart ache.
"An Nuan."
Shen Xizhou's voice held a hint of agitation.
Could she not put down her damned pride in front of him?
Could she not speak to him like she used to?
Did she only feel content and happy when she angered him?
Was it impossible not to provoke him?
Shen Xizhou reached out to grab her hand again, but she directly evaded him. He didn't even touch her.
"Don't use the hand that touched Xu Ruowei to touch me." An Nuan looked up, met his eyes, and said with disgust, "I find it dirty."
An Nuan said this with all her might, and after speaking, she was completely exhausted, leaning against the hospital bed to rest.
"An Nuan, anyone can say that to me."
"Only you are not qualified." Saying this, Shen Xizhou pulled her into his embrace.
This was what he had wanted to do from the very beginning, but An Nuan had always resisted him, and he couldn't do anything about it.
He was afraid that An Nuan's struggles would affect her recovery.
Shen Xizhou's movements were exceptionally gentle, as if he were cherishing a treasure.
An Nuan wanted to struggle but was already out of strength. She could only glare furiously at the man in front of her, but she was helpless.
"Shen Xizhou, let go of me."
"Shen Xizhou, I hate you. I've already said it, in this life, we will be strangers."
Shen Xizhou's hands froze, his entire being consumed by rage, his eyes blazing with anger. Did she really want to distance herself from him so much?
Was this person still the one who had always protected her?
Did she loathe him so much that even his touch felt disgusting?
How dare she say such things to him?
Suddenly, for some unknown reason, he pushed An Nuan away, his eyes bloodshot, and said coldly, "An Nuan, even if you hate me, in this life, you can only live in my shadow."
"Heh."
"Remember this, you can never escape."
An Nuan looked at the man with mocking eyes, her gaze chilling to the extreme.
"Shen Xizhou, am I not already living in your shadow? With no hope in sight for the rest of my life. What more do you want me to do?"
"Mr. Shen, your fiancée wanted my life, and yet you saved it, only to torment me."
"You two are truly a perfect match, made for each other."
"An Nuan." Shen Xizhou roared violently at the person in front of him.
How could she say such cold-blooded words so easily with a smile? Had her 'heart' been eaten by dogs?
"Shen Xizhou, what is it? Did I say something wrong?"
"Then please, Mr. Shen, tell me, where did I go wrong."
An Nuan said coldly, "Mr. Shen, what you and your fiancée did, you wouldn't possibly not admit to it, would you?"
An Nuan did not want any further entanglement with Shen Xizhou.
She broke free from Shen Xizhou's grasp, lay down, and covered herself with the blanket, trying to isolate herself from the outside world.
She didn't want to continue this entanglement.
But Shen Xizhou forcefully pulled the blanket away, looking at her coldly.
The blanket was pulled away, but what he saw was An Nuan with her eyes tightly shut. She didn't even want to spare him another glance now.
"An Nuan, open your eyes for me."
Shen Xizhou shouted violently, his face as dark as ink. If he hadn't seen An Nuan's pale face, he would have acted.
"An Nuan, no matter how you resist, no matter what you try to do, you cannot change your destiny. The best thing you can do is to obey obediently. Do you understand?"
"If you want to make things easier for yourself, do fewer things that displease me."
An Nuan did not respond to Shen Xizhou. Her eyes remained tightly closed. She still refused to open them to look at the man before her.
Seeing An Nuan like this, Shen Xizhou became even more irritable. His mood grew worse.
Shen Xizhou finally left.
...
An Nuan's body had recovered significantly. When she tried to leave, she was stopped. She knew this was Shen Xizhou's arrangement.
It was impossible for her to leave directly. She could only wait for an opportunity, and find a suitable moment to escape.
She had been observing, and it was only during the shift change that she finally found her chance.
Without a second thought, she rushed out, not looking back. The opportunity was fleeting. If she failed this time, there would truly be no next chance.
If she escaped once and was caught, then they would be on guard next time, and it wouldn't be so easy.
After getting out, An Nuan kept walking forward. As long as she didn't look back.
She had escaped the hospital, but heaven seemed to think she hadn't suffered enough. It showed no mercy and played another trick on her.
An Nuan went back. She planned to pack her belongings. Although those items were not valuable, they were left to her by her mother, and she definitely had to take them with her.
She had to leave this place and find somewhere without these people.
She was truly tired.
But just as she was back home, packing her things, and ready to leave, fate seemed to play another trick on her.
Just when she thought she could escape this place, everything returned to 'hell' once more.