Shen Xizhou knew that if he didn't act now, he might never get another chance.
He walked straight over, and before anyone could react, he tightly grasped An Nuan's hand, almost pleadingly saying, "An Nuan..." His voice was incredibly low, pitiably so.
But An Nuan looked at him with icy eyes and directly flung his hand away.
"Shen Xizhou, please let go. I told you, we have no relation whatsoever. Yet you continue to pester me, what exactly do you want?"
An Nuan's gaze towards him was as if she were looking at something utterly vile and filthy. Shen Xizhou could clearly feel that his actions made An Nuan extremely disgusted and repulsed.
An Nuan didn't know how to deal with Shen Xizhou's persistent entanglement.
She had already made herself perfectly clear. From now on, they would go their separate ways. Did he still not understand?
Recalling the words he had spoken to her back then, had he completely forgotten them all?
Those were all words he had spoken himself. He could forget them, but she couldn't.
Even when he tormented her, she had wished for death.
But in the end, it was because of the people around her that she persisted and stayed alive.
Now, she had completely let go. She had chosen to forget the person in her heart, to let go of him. Yet at this moment, this person appeared before her, wanting to keep her.
However, she didn't need him anymore.
To her, he was like a burden.
"An Nuan, I..."
Meeting An Nuan's disgusted and mocking gaze, Shen Xizhou's heart felt as if it were being slowly carved. So, his appearance, his touch, made her feel so disgusted.
"Please, stop pestering me."
"Do you know? Seeing you, all I feel is nausea."
After speaking, An Nuan walked directly to Nangong Jin's side, her hand tightly clasped with Nangong Jin's, fingers intertwined, directly displayed before Shen Xizhou, and said coldly, "Shen Xizhou, do you see? This is the person who will accompany me for a lifetime. Please look clearly."
"You're asking if An Nuan can give you another chance, is that it?"
"I remember I've already told you, but you don't seem to believe my words. You always harbor unfounded thoughts. Fine, I'll tell you seriously again: I am with Nangong Jin now, I don't need you anymore. Do you hear me clearly?"
"Shen Xizhou, get out of my sight." An Nuan said to Shen Xizhou with icy coldness.
Shen Xizhou remained standing in place, his eyes filled with disbelief. Even after hearing An Nuan's words with his own ears, he still couldn't believe what he had heard was true.
He glanced at An Nuan, but quickly suppressed the pain in his heart, a faint smile appearing on his face as he said, "An Nuan, I know you still resent me, but An Nuan, I will not give up. However, I will not cause you trouble either. I will quietly stay by your side."
"Of course, if you are with Nangong Jin, I won't say anything or do anything."
"An Nuan, I believe that with time, you will realize that everything I've said is true."
He knew that An Nuan wouldn't believe these words when he said them. To her, these words were likely just a ridiculous joke.
But Shen Xizhou still said them. He knew clearly that these were things he owed An Nuan.
He experienced what An Nuan felt when she spoke those words to him, while he had sneered contemptuously, treating all her sincerity as a joke.
Thinking back now, why had he done such cruel things back then?
He thought perhaps this was heaven's punishment, forcing him to experience what An Nuan had gone through.
He believed that once he had atoned for his sins, An Nuan would forgive him.
He and An Nuan would return to how they were before.
Shen Xizhou took out the item from his embrace and handed it over. He had originally intended to place the contents of the box directly into An Nuan's hand, but An Nuan's disdainful and icy gaze deeply pierced him. In the end, he simply placed the item on the tabletop and said calmly, "An Nuan, this box contains An Yunxiu's belongings. This is what you've always wanted."
Indeed, when this matter was brought up, An Nuan's gaze finally fell on him, her eyes filled with light. Shen Xizhou was stunned by the sight.
Such an An Nuan truly made his eyes light up.
How long had it been since he had seen An Nuan like this?
Every time he saw An Nuan, her face was always cold.
At this moment, she seemed to have returned to her past self.
An Nuan was indeed very excited, even wanting to rush over and retrieve the item immediately. However, at that instant, the smile on her face completely vanished, and even her eyes became guarded as she looked at the person before her.
Did this box truly contain what Yunxiu had left for her?
This scene was so familiar. She remembered that Shen Xizhou had also placed a box before her in the same way. Back then, she had been truly happy. She had even thought that Shen Xizhou was still very good.
But the moment she opened the box, she was horrified. Inside were An Yunxiu's things, but not a jade pendant; instead, it was something terrifying. Seeing the bloody contents of the box, she covered her mouth, unable to even cry out.
And at this moment, Shen Xizhou said mockingly, "What's wrong? Scared? An Nuan, this is An Yunxiu's. You acting like this is truly disgusting."
What's wrong? Scared already?
After a long while, Shen Xizhou told her that the eyeballs in the box were fake.
At that time, An Nuan had been truly terrified.
After that incident, An Nuan naturally didn't dare to believe that the box, as Shen Xizhou claimed, was what she had always wanted.
She thought this might still be Shen Xizhou's scheme.
She gradually regained her composure, looking at the box with icy indifference, but made no move.
An Nuan turned around and walked back to Nangong Jin's side. However, recalling what had happened back then, she couldn't help but tremble all over, her face turning pale.
Nangong Jin instantly panicked. He didn't know what was wrong with An Nuan. However, he sensed that An Nuan's expression was not right. Her face was filled with fear.
His confused gaze fell on the box. Was there something wrong with that box?
After all, An Nuan had been fine until that box was brought out, and then she had completely changed.
She was even trembling all over. What was she afraid of?
Nangong Jin quickly held her close, gently patting her back, and whispering comforting words in her ear.
Just then, a voice was heard from outside. The people who arrived were Li Tian and Huo Yuxuan.
As soon as Li Tian entered, she saw An Nuan's pale face, her lips ashen, her body trembling, and her overall appearance suggesting she had suffered some kind of shock.
At this moment, Li Tian clearly felt that something was wrong with An Nuan.
She had seen An Nuan like this once before. Back then, An Nuan had embraced her and cried, repeatedly saying: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's all my fault that Yunxiu ended up like this. If it weren't for me, you certainly wouldn't have met such an end."
At that time, she had wanted to help An Nuan but found herself utterly powerless. The only thing she could do was gently pat her back and keep offering words of comfort.
She thought this would help An Nuan emerge from her terror.
It had been a long time, many years, since she had seen An Nuan like this.