Feng Ran let out a light laugh, "And what if I knew?"
"Whatever they want to do, that's their business. And I can only endure it."
"If I were to harm them here today, then in the future, I will repay them a thousand, a hundred times over."
"Since you already know the outcome, why should I do things that I know are detrimental to myself?"
"You think very clearly."
"It's already like this, if I didn't think more clearly, would I still be alive today?"
"..." Li Yuncheng hesitated. He had never imagined that someone could speak these words so calmly. For a moment, he was unable to react, and didn't even know what to say.
"Feng Ran, if I said I could truly help you, would you still be like this? I can take you out of Chunmanyuan, do you believe me?"
"I believe you, of course I believe you. However, how long can you protect me?"
"You know Xuanyuan Heng's methods. And if you intend to save me, have you considered how you will face Xuanyuan Heng's difficulties?"
"Young Master Li, to avoid bringing trouble upon yourself, it's best you do nothing."
"Young Master Li, I am an unlucky person. Anyone who gets close to me will have no good end. And I do not wish for you to be implicated because of me."
Li Yuncheng's eyes were full of laughter, "Feng Ran, if it were before, perhaps I would have had reservations. But now, after hearing what you've said, I have not the slightest bit of reservation."
"Feng Ran, even if I have to give my all, I will protect you well."
"I will take you away from this place of suffering."
Feng Ran looked at the person before her, lost in thought. She wondered if she should believe his words.
These words, she had to admit, made her heart flutter.
If she hadn't gone through so many things, she wouldn't have so easily refused Li Yuncheng's help now. If it were years ago, and Li Yuncheng had offered to help her, she would have definitely believed him and been eternally grateful.
"Feng Ran, do you not believe my words?" Seeing Feng Ran's look of disbelief, which was a humiliation to him, Li Yuncheng disregarded her words and said with determination, "Believe it or not, I will do as I have promised."
Feng Ran simply smiled.
In truth, for her now, she no longer cared how the people in Chunmanyuan treated her, or when she would be able to leave.
Feng Ran looked at Li Yuncheng with a hint of confusion in her eyes and asked softly, "Why are you so insistent on helping me?"
"Actually, in Chunmanyuan, there are many who are beautiful. And I think, as long as you are willing, there are many people here who would pay a price for you."
"With me, you are truly wasting your time."
"Young Master Li, you are a good person. I do not wish for you to be entangled because of my affairs."
Feng Ran said earnestly.
Li Yuncheng longed to probe deeply into what had happened to her, what she had experienced, and why she could speak these words so calmly.
"A good person?" Li Yuncheng laughed, even with a hint of wildness, "Feng Ran, you are truly an interesting person."
"Do you know? This is the first time someone has called me a good person."
"Do you know how much human blood I have on my hands?"
"Feng Ran, do you know? Many people wish they could kill me."
"Kill you?"
Li Yuncheng looked at the bewilderment in Feng Ran's eyes and said coldly, "Yes. Those people want to curry favor with me, yet they also want to kill me." A sinister smile curved his lips as he said, "Tell me, aren't people contradictory?"
They clearly want to kill me, yet they have to appease me.
"Feng Ran, people are just contradictory."
"However, as for those people, their disgusting faces, I've truly had enough of them."
Feng Ran listened quietly to Li Yuncheng's words.
If she hadn't heard these words with her own ears, Feng Ran would not have believed these things.
Li Yuncheng looked at Feng Ran, and even asked with a hint of confusion, "Feng Ran, who gave you that pill earlier? Can you tell me? Do you know? This matter is too important to me."
"Actually, that..."
Feng Ran quickly covered her mouth. She had almost spoken the words from her heart. Fortunately, she hadn't.
It had to be said that Li Yuncheng was too adept at manipulating people's hearts.
At this moment, many of Feng Ran's thoughts were stirred by Li Yuncheng's words. She had many things she wanted to ask Li Yuncheng.
She couldn't understand why Li Yuncheng cared so much about the owner of that pill.
Feng Ran's curiosity grew even more.
Just as Feng Ran was about to speak, Li Yuncheng said coldly, "That's all for today. I have some matters to attend to, and they are quite tricky."
"Young Master Li, you..." Feng Ran wanted to ask the doubts in her heart directly, but at this moment, a pill had appeared in Li Yuncheng's hand. The moment she opened her mouth, the pill was directly forced into her mouth, and Li Yuncheng forcefully made her swallow it.
Feng Ran's eyes widened, and she looked at the person before her with shock and disbelief, even suspecting if what had just happened was a dream, if she had hallucinated.
Her whole body tensed.
Li Yuncheng looked at Feng Ran's frightened appearance, his eyes filled with a smile, "Why don't you ask, what kind of pill is this? Will it kill you?"
Ask?
If I ask, will you tell me?
If I ask, will you give me the antidote?
If I ask, will I eventually have to kneel and beg you?
Feng Ran shook her head, her face with a calm smile, "It has already happened, so there's nothing more to say."
"If the poison takes effect, then it's my fate. I accept it."
Feng Ran said calmly.
Li Yuncheng's eyes, however, held a terrifying aura.
He had never imagined that she would be so accepting of fate. Everyone cherishes their own life. Why was she like this? Clearly, she was someone who cherished her life, yet she could speak such words with such indifference.
This made him unable to resist probing further.
He believed that Feng Ran must be hiding many secrets.
"Feng Ran, one day, I will make you willingly reveal what is in your heart."
Feng Ran shivered. Even after Li Yuncheng left, his words left her feeling somewhat fearful. She didn't want people to pry into her secrets.
"Young Master Li, you have important matters to attend to, so I will not see you off." After Feng Ran finished speaking, she closed the door, shutting Li Yuncheng out.