Shen Xizhou put Xu Ruowei down and walked towards An Nuan. Just then, Xu Ruowei stood up, grabbed Shen Xizhou's hand, her eyes full of pleading as she shook her head.
"Xizhou, I beg you, please don't make things difficult for An Nuan because of me anymore, okay?"
"I'm fine now. I'm standing right here in front of you."
"Xizhou, just consider it my request, can you?"
Xu Ruowei's gaze fell on An Nuan, and she said in a hoarse voice, "An Nuan, please leave."
"Also, I'm sorry, please don't blame Xizhou, okay? He just cares about me too much, treasures me too much, that's why he did this."
"It's all my fault. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can place all of it on me, can you?"
"An Nuan, I'm sorry, I'm truly sorry."
"I never expected that you would get hurt because of me."
"I also didn't know Xizhou would come looking for you because of my affairs. If I had known earlier, I would never have let Xizhou lay a hand on you." Xu Ruowei said submissively, her voice trembling, her eyes filled with entreaty.
Looking at Xu Ruowei's hypocritical demeanor, An Nuan genuinely felt like throwing up.
Ha, Xu Ruowei was truly a masterful actress. This matter was clearly her doing, and even though she hadn't said a word, the moment she opened her mouth, she placed all the blame on An Nuan.
However, with just a few words, she managed to shift all the responsibility onto An Nuan. One had to admit, she was truly formidable.
An Nuan looked at Xu Ruowei with contempt. She was utterly disgusted by Xu Ruowei.
Her gaze shifted to Shen Xizhou, observing his cold expression.
Ha, it was truly laughable.
Shen Xizhou said coldly, "Ruowei, this kind of person is not worth you speaking up for her, nor is she worth you compromising yourself for."
"Whatever happens to her, she deserves it."
Xu Ruowei was ecstatic. Let An Nuan off?
No, she never wanted to let An Nuan go.
She wished An Nuan would die. If An Nuan died, Shen Xizhou wouldn't leave her.
"Xizhou, even if I beg you?"
"No, I won't regret it," Shen Xizhou said firmly.
Xu Ruowei cried like a heartbroken person, "Xizhou, you've regretted it before. And back then, you treated me so coldly, you almost took my life."
"Xizhou, I'm afraid you'll regret it in the future."
Hearing Xu Ruowei's words, Shen Xizhou's heart was filled with guilt.
Regret? Yes, he had regretted it back then and had even laid hands on her. Thinking about it now, he had been a complete scoundrel at that time.
To think he had been so cruel to her.
He held Xu Ruowei tightly in his arms, his face filled with deep remorse, and said, "Ruowei, I'm sorry, I was wrong back then."
"I don't know why I did that."
"Ruowei, don't worry, that kind of thing will never happen again. I will protect you with my life."
"I will compensate you properly."
Xu Ruowei shed tears of gratitude.
But she knew even more clearly that An Nuan had to disappear. As long as An Nuan was around, there would always be variables.
"Xizhou, forget it."
"If she doesn't apologize, then so be it. Those things are in the past."
"I don't care anymore. I just want us to be good together from now on."
"Xizhou, let's go somewhere without her," Xu Ruowei said in a low, subservient tone, as if she had suffered an immense injustice.
Upon hearing this, Shen Xizhou's face darkened instantly. The more he saw someone who was always yielding and enduring, the more his heart ached.
His eyes were filled with pity as he said, "No, absolutely not. This kind of thing is absolutely not allowed to happen."
"If someone has to leave, it's An Nuan who leaves."
"Why should you yield? You did nothing wrong in this matter, you've endured so much grievance, and now, you absolutely cannot back down."
Xu Ruowei sobbed, saying emotionally, "Xizhou, you're so good to me, I..."
Shen Xizhou let go of Xu Ruowei, tidied the blanket, and settled her down before gently saying, "Ruowei, you don't need to worry about this. I will handle it."
"You just need to be good and recover from your injuries. I'll take care of everything else."
Xu Ruowei nodded obediently.
An Nuan watched their loving interaction, her eyes filled with disdain.
Ha, this scene was truly ironic.
Shen Xizhou walked towards An Nuan step by step, and An Nuan's eyes, filled with disgust, contempt, and disdain, were all clearly visible to him.
His foot landed on An Nuan's palm, and he stepped down hard, saying coldly, "An Nuan, what right do you have to be dissatisfied here?"
"Everything started because of you."
"It's all your fault. You should repent now."
Hearing Shen Xizhou's words, An Nuan laughed, a loud, unrestrained laugh, completely forgetting the pain in her hand.
"An Nuan, you will regret your stubbornness, you will regret this."
As soon as the words fell, Shen Xizhou reached out to grab An Nuan's hair, but just as his hand was about to touch her, someone kicked him away.
An Nuan closed her eyes in resignation, thinking that Shen Xizhou would surely be ruthless this time. She would either die or be severely injured.
But after closing her eyes for a long time, she felt no pain.
As she wondered what was happening, she was pulled into a strong embrace.
An Nuan was startled and instinctively struggled.
Was this another trick of Shen Xizhou's to humiliate her?
But now, she was repulsed by any touch from Shen Xizhou.
An Nuan struggled desperately, and at that moment, a gentle voice rang out, "Nuannuan, it's me, I'm here. I'm sorry, I'm late." Nangong Jin whispered in her ear.
Seeing An Nuan injured, he was heartbroken.
It was his fault; how could he have left An Nuan alone? If he had gone to work with An Nuan, she wouldn't have been hurt. He felt a pain that made it impossible to breathe.
He was filled with regret as he rushed over.
When he saw Shen Xizhou about to attack An Nuan, his heart leaped into his throat, and he kicked him directly. He even felt fortunate that he had arrived, arriving a moment earlier. If he had been any later, who knew what An Nuan would have endured.
He didn't dare to think about what might have happened.
Shen Xizhou was sent flying far away, his back slamming against the wall.
In so much pain that he couldn't breathe, his eyes filled with rage as he looked at Nangong Jin.
"Nangong Jin, what are you doing here? This has nothing to do with you. I'm handling my personal matters. Nangong Jin, aren't you meddling too much?"
Shen Xizhou's words struck Nangong Jin as incredibly amusing.
He scooped An Nuan up in a bridal carry and walked step by step towards Shen Xizhou, looking down at the person on the ground and saying with disdain, "Nuannuan is my girlfriend, the person I will protect for the rest of my life."
"You bullied my girlfriend, so tell me, why wouldn't I come?"
"Shen Xizhou, who gave you the audacity to lay a hand on An Nuan?"
Nangong Jin was about to say more, but he noticed that An Nuan was injured, and quite severely. He didn't want to waste any more time talking to Shen Xizhou.
To delay for someone like him at An Nuan's expense would be a waste of time.