Not long after An Nuan took a few steps, she was directly knocked unconscious.
When she woke up, she was in a dimly lit warehouse.
Looking at everything around her, An Nuan felt a bad premonition.
She figured that Xu Ruowei must have done all of this. She looked around but didn't see Li Tian. It was then that she realized she had been tricked. Her first reaction was to call, but she found her phone was gone.
Her mind went blank, and she was even a little scared.
She remembered the note she had left and prayed that Nangong Jin would see it soon, as that would increase her chances of rescue.
Just now, she had been so preoccupied with Li Tian's situation that she had almost forgotten to tell Nangong Jin about it. She just wanted to find Li Tian as quickly as possible. On the phone, she had heard Li Tian's pained cries and the sound of clothes being torn, and she had completely panicked.
However, she hadn't seen Li Tian, so what was really going on?
An Nuan thought hard but couldn't figure it out.
The door was suddenly pushed open, and An Nuan's heart leaped into her throat.
Seeing that it was Xu Ruowei who entered, An Nuan glared fiercely at the person before her.
Xu Ruowei was wearing the wedding dress An Nuan had tried on that day. She had on exquisite makeup and walked towards An Nuan step by step.
At this moment, An Nuan was confused. She didn't understand why Xu Ruowei was doing all of this.
Xu Ruowei's gaze fell upon An Nuan, but she didn't see An Nuan trembling with fear, nor did she notice An Nuan's fear at seeing her.
An Nuan's calmness completely enraged Xu Ruowei, her eyes filled with fury and malice.
She strode up to An Nuan in her high heels. The tip of her heel pressed directly onto An Nuan's palm.
Pain.
"An Nuan."
An Nuan was in so much pain that she couldn't breathe, but she bit her lip fiercely, trying her best not to make any sound.
She had been enduring it with all her might, but the piercing pain was so intense that she passed out.
An Nuan collapsed to the ground, curling herself up.
Her face was deathly pale.
An Nuan clasped her hands tightly to her chest, gripping them as if that would somehow alleviate the pain in her hand.
"Xu Ruowei, where is Li Tian?"
"What did you do to Li Tian? I've come as you asked, alone. You should keep your promise and let Li Tian go."
Although the pain made it difficult for her to breathe, she still couldn't forget Li Tian and continued to speak for her.
At this moment, Xu Ruowei burst into laughter, saying with utter contempt, "An Nuan, should I say you're naive? Or too gullible?"
"You fell for it once before, and now you've fallen for it again. Heh, An Nuan, you're truly foolish, foolish to the core."
Hearing Xu Ruowei's words, An Nuan knew that she had been tricked again.
But even though she knew she had been deceived, there was no room for recovery.
Xu Ruowei squatted down, reached out, and pinched An Nuan's chin, saying coldly, "An Nuan, the show has begun. I hope you can handle it."
Before An Nuan could react, Xu Ruowei forcefully shoved ice cubes into An Nuan's mouth.
An Nuan shook her head, making muffled sounds. However, Xu Ruowei's mood only seemed to improve.
Looking at An Nuan's pleading eyes, a wider smile spread across her face.
"An Nuan, how does it feel? Remember, last time when Nangong Jin abandoned me in the snow because of you, you must have been very happy then, right?"
Xu Ruowei pulled up her sleeve, revealing a network of ugly scars on her fair arm, so unsightly it was extreme.
Perhaps due to not being treated promptly, the wound had become inflamed. It even emitted a foul odor.
An Nuan felt like she was going to vomit from the smell.
Seeing this, Xu Ruowei's eyes glinted with malice and sinister intent. "Feng Ran, do you think it stinks too? Do you find it unpleasant too? Do you feel disgusted when you see the scars?"
"But, An Nuan, do you know? I became like this because of you. It was you, everything was caused by you."
Xu Ruowei's expression and tone had changed, even becoming somewhat pathological.
Xu Ruowei burst into happy laughter. Now was truly good. An Nuan was in her hands, and she could do whatever she wanted, whatever she pleased.
She hadn't expected to succeed, but she hadn't anticipated that even heaven was on her side this time, and she had succeeded.
Heh, like this, is An Nuan scared?
Had she ever considered that she had caused her to become like this? And how many people's disdain had she endured?
"An Nuan, are you scared now? An Nuan, now that you're in my hands, do you think you still have a way to live?"
Xu Ruowei's voice was icy and filled with venom, making one's scalp tingle.
An Nuan did not answer.
"An Nuan, Shen Xizhou said you like to eat cake. Do you know that for those few days, he searched the entire world for the most delicious cake for you? He even planned to hire a famous pastry chef to personally customize a cake for you."
"Shen Xizhou said that doing so would be enough to win your heart."
"An Nuan, you like to eat cake, don't you? Then I'll let you eat your fill, I'll let you eat until you loathe cake."
Xu Ruowei's malicious voice rang out, and she said coldly again, "Oh, right. Shen Xizhou also prepared a diamond ring the size of a pigeon's egg for you. An Nuan, do you know that in the years I've been by his side, he has never done so much for me?"
"I was jealous to the point of madness. After I found out, I pretended to be generous in front of Shen Xizhou and said, 'It's okay, Xizhou, I support whatever you want to do.'"
"But Shen Xizhou, with a smile on his face, told me about everything he had designed for you."
"An Nuan, do you know? This was undoubtedly digging at my heart. My heart was wounded, bleeding."
"The more unwilling I was in my heart, the more smiles there were on my face."
Xu Ruowei's fingernails scraped lightly across An Nuan's face, and then suddenly, her nail dug in, and she said coldly, "An Nuan, does it hurt?"
An Nuan let out a cold snort and gasped.
Did it hurt?
Yes, it hurt terribly.
But she dared not make a sound. She knew very well that if she made any noise, Xu Ruowei would only become more triumphant and more excessive.
Furthermore, Xu Ruowei might even resort to more cruel methods to deal with her.
Even so, Xu Ruowei still showed no intention of letting An Nuan go. Her finger continued to apply pressure, as if she wanted to pierce through An Nuan's face.
It seemed like only by doing this could she vent her anger.
An Nuan closed her eyes. She didn't want to look at Xu Ruowei. She thought, wait, just wait, Nangong Jin would definitely appear.