The threat from Xuanyuan Heng filled Feng Ran with extreme disgust.
She clearly did not want to face Xuanyuan Heng's unreasonable demands.
Feng Ran laughed, a little too loudly, her smile growing brighter. All traces of her initial fear and evasion vanished.
"Heh, laugh? Why should I, just because Xuanyuan Heng told me to laugh, I should obediently do so?"
He had already ruined her to this extent, how could he speak those words so calmly?
Indeed, Feng Ran mused, she was already in a miserable state. Even if she didn't obey him, Xuanyuan Heng wouldn't take her life.
Since that was the case, why should she be so obedient?
She simply wouldn't listen, just stand there quietly. She believed Xuanyuan Heng wouldn't be harsh with her.
After all, keeping her was still quite useful.
She looked at Xuanyuan Heng, a sharp pain piercing her heart. The man before her, the man she had loved with her very life, what had she received in return? Nothing at all.
But Feng Ran didn't know that at this moment, her smile was as dazzling as a sharp dagger to Xuanyuan Heng.
Xuanyuan Heng said coldly, "So you have some backbone now."
"Feng Ran, are you truly not planning to obey? If so, then don't blame this king for truly resorting to lethal measures."
After speaking, Xuanyuan Heng glanced at Bei Chen Ye standing in the shadows. Bei Chen Ye stepped forward. Xuanyuan Heng seemed to have something to instruct him, and after saying it, Bei Chen Ye left directly.
At this moment, Feng Ran's heart was filled with foreboding. Xuanyuan Heng was truly abnormal right now.
Her hands clenched tightly, even contemplating that if something were to happen, she would stand in front of it.
She had already owed enough in this life. If Ling Chi Yuan and his family were implicated because of her, she would repay it with her own life.
Feng Ran looked at Xuanyuan Heng and asked anxiously, "Xuanyuan Heng, where are you sending Bei Chen Ye? Is he going to find Ling Chi Yuan?"
"No, you cannot do this. These matters have nothing to do with Ling Chi Yuan. If you truly wish to punish someone, then punish me. It is all my fault. I was ungrateful."
At this moment, Feng Ran truly regretted it. She even wished she could step forward and cry out loud.
She had always worried that Ling Chi Yuan would be implicated because of her, and the thing she had always feared had now happened.
Xuanyuan Heng laughed, a loud, harsh laugh: "It seems you are truly a bitch, needing this king to threaten you before you'll finally obey."
Feng Ran simply watched Xuanyuan Heng, not even leaving.
A bitter smile touched her lips, and she said with utmost helplessness, "Regent, it is I, who failed to recognize your eminence and offended you. You are magnanimous, please spare me this once."
As she spoke, Feng Ran directly knelt down.
Xuanyuan Heng was indeed taken aback by Feng Ran kneeling directly before him. He had never imagined there would be such a woman.
Willing to do anything to achieve her goals.
She knelt on the ground, repeatedly kowtowing until blood streamed from her forehead, covering her face. Her heart grew utterly cold. Kowtowing, she whispered, "For Ling Chi Yuan, are you truly willing to do these things?"
Xuanyuan Heng said ferociously, staring intently at Feng Ran. Why was it like this?
It was completely different from what he had imagined.
Xuanyuan Heng remembered seeing Ling Chi Yuan and his provocations. He had directly drawn his sword and placed it before Feng Ran.
"Feng Ran, are you truly not afraid?"
Seeing Feng Ran make no move to dodge, Xuanyuan Heng was almost furious to death.
"Get lost." He directly kicked Feng Ran, as if seeing something filthy, and said fiercely, "You are truly dirty, kneeling before me, you have soiled everything here."
Seeing Feng Ran hesitate, Xuanyuan Heng grew even more pleased: "Feng Ran, even if you smash your head and bleed to death, this king will not let Ling Chi Yuan off."
"Even now, even if you kneel, nothing can be changed."
"Feng Ran, your appearance makes this king extremely unhappy. It makes this king want to kill you at any moment."
"Throw this person directly onto the street."
As soon as Xuanyuan Heng finished speaking, An Nuan was directly thrown out.
She looked utterly disheveled, surrounded by a crowd of onlookers. These people knew very well that this person had been thrown out of the Xuanyuan Manor, and even if they were given a hundred guts, they wouldn't dare to interfere.
Inside the Xuanyuan Manor, Xuanyuan Heng was like a madman, destroying the precious medicinal herbs planted in the backyard. He uprooted trees, taking them with their roots.
...
For several days, Ling Chi Yuan had come to find Feng Ran almost every day.
This matter was also discussed by everyone and spread, naturally, some unpleasant words reached Xuanyuan Heng's ears.
Originally, Feng Ran was very resistant to Ling Chi Yuan, but after spending these days together, she realized that Ling Chi Yuan was not as useless as he appeared on the surface. In fact, Ling Chi Yuan was very considerate. She thought that perhaps, these thoughts were simply her initial prejudice against him.
She admitted that her feelings for Ling Chi Yuan were truly different from others.
She was even somewhat moved by Ling Chi Yuan's proposal.
However, remembering the things that had happened to her, she deeply felt that she was completely unworthy of Ling Chi Yuan.
Yes, Ling Chi Yuan was so good. How could someone as lowly and humble as herself be worthy of him?
In truth, she wasn't unmoved by Ling Chi Yuan, but she understood that she wasn't worthy. Being with Ling Chi Yuan would only harm him.
Ling Chi Yuan was very good, and he was even better to her. Therefore, she didn't want him to be implicated because of her.
Ling Chi Yuan took out a jade bracelet from his embrace and, before Feng Ran could react, directly placed it on her wrist. The bracelet was clearly of considerable value.
Upon noticing it, Feng Ran reached out to take off the jade bracelet.
However, it was stopped by Ling Chi Yuan's hand.
Feng Ran finally sighed helplessly and no longer dwelled on the matter of the bracelet.
She thought that after a few days, when the fervor surrounding this matter died down, she could bring it up again.
Ling Chi Yuan suddenly moved closer and whispered gently in her ear, "Feng Ran, you're happy that I gave you the bracelet, aren't you?"
Feng Ran stared blankly at Ling Chi Yuan. In truth, she wanted to say, no, she wasn't happy at all, not even a little.
To her, these were merely a burden.
"Wait a moment, I also have something to give you."
"Mm." Ling Chi Yuan's face instantly lit up with a smile, and even his cheerful voice rang out.
"Are you serious? You really have something to give me?" Ling Chi Yuan said excitedly, wishing he could step forward and shout to the heavens: "Heaven, did you hear that?"
At this moment, Ling Chi Yuan was like the foolish son of a landlord, following behind with a silly grin.