As soon as Xuanyuan Heng’s gaze fell upon her, Feng Ran knew. But his eyes were filled with humiliation and a lack of hope.
Those who were originally invited by Xuanyuan Heng to humiliate Feng Ran now naturally fled for their lives.
At this moment, to remain here was truly to court death.
Xuanyuan Heng, however, took Feng Ran’s hand and walked towards the backyard, disregarding the gazes of those around them.
Ling Chiyuan let out a sneer, “Hey, Xuanyuan Heng, can’t handle losing? If you can’t, then don’t start.”
“By the way, she’s mine.” Ling Chiyuan was blocked by Xuanyuan Heng’s guards, but he fearlessly uttered these words.
After Ling Chiyuan finished speaking, he was directly hauled out by Xuanyuan Heng’s guards and thrown outside the main gate.
Ling Chiyuan did not get angry. He looked at the two guards and shouted, “Go back and tell your lord, this young master will not give up on Feng Ran.”
“It’s best that Xuanyuan Heng watches her very closely. Otherwise, if there’s even the slightest crack, this young master will seize it.”
Gu Yanchen and Xiao Lanzhu listened to Ling Chiyuan’s words but did not take them to heart.
…
Feng Ran was dragged away by Xuanyuan Heng. He dragged her to the place where she had lived several years ago.
Everything was the same, unchanged. Only the people had changed.
At this moment, times had passed, and things were no longer the same.
The door was kicked open by Xuanyuan Heng, and the people in the mansion avoided the scene.
Feng Ran was forcibly pinned onto the bed by Xuanyuan Heng.
Feng Ran suddenly closed her eyes in resignation. This was Xuanyuan Manor. Whatever Xuanyuan Heng wanted to do, no one would come to her rescue, no matter how much she screamed.
Perhaps, some people would even think she deserved it, that this was her fate.
Seeing Feng Ran close her eyes as if resigned, Xuanyuan Heng let out a cold sneer. He pinched her chin, forcing her to open her eyes and look at him.
“Feng Ran,” the man’s bloodthirsty voice rang out. He took a bottle from the side, stuffed the pill inside directly into Feng Ran’s mouth, and then let her go.
The man watched her, as if waiting for something.
“Feng Ran, the former eldest young lady of the Feng family, I’d like to see how you’ll kneel and beg me later.”
“Feng Ran, if your parents knew that you are alive and living such a humiliated life, would they rest in peace underground?”
“I, this king, want the whole city to know how decadent and fallen Feng Ran, the former eldest young lady of the Feng family, has become.”
“Your father, when he was alive, valued his reputation more than his life. If he knew that his precious daughter, to survive, would discard her dignity, and would readily kneel for the sake of survival, then even though your father is dead, he will not rest in peace.”
Feng Ran’s whole body trembled, her face pale.
Listening to Xuanyuan Heng’s heart-wrenching words, Feng Ran endured the strange sensation in her body. She knelt on the ground, constantly murmuring, “No, I am not a member of the Feng family. When I met someone named Xuanyuan Heng, the eldest young lady of the Feng family, Feng Ran, was already dead.”
“No, Feng Ran is not a Feng family member.”
“The Feng family is so noble, how could it have a person as lowly and fallen as Feng Ran?”
“No, it’s not, Feng Ran is not a member of the Feng family. Feng Ran and the Feng family have no relation whatsoever.”
Xuanyuan Heng crouched down, looking directly at Feng Ran. He reached out and pinched Feng Ran’s chin, forcing her gaze to fall upon him, and said with a bloodthirsty tone, “Feng Ran, even if you don’t want to admit it, the blood of the Feng family flows through you. Everyone in the world knows you are from the Feng family.”
“In this lifetime, the Feng family will be defamed and infamous because of you.”
Looking at the familiar face before her, the man she had loved with all her heart, even at the cost of her life, he was now carving into her heart, cutting it until it bled, and was only satisfied.
“Please, Your Highness, spare me. It is my own doing, my own folly to appear before you.”
“Forgive me this once.” Feng Ran knelt on the ground, enduring the strange sensation in her body, and begged desperately. She thought that as long as Xuanyuan Heng let her go, she would still have her life.
What did humiliation matter? What did dignity matter? None of it mattered. As long as she was alive, everything was possible.
Her life no longer belonged to herself. She still had debts to repay.
Xuanyuan Heng narrowed his eyes, his gaze filled with rage. Looking at the humble Feng Ran before him, he was full of disbelief.
In his memory, Feng Ran had always been aloof and looked down on everyone.
She was arrogant and domineering, and whatever she wanted, she would find all sorts of ways to obtain it.
He remembered that in front of him, Feng Ran was always proud. She would not allow any flaws in herself to appear before him.
To marry him, Feng Ran had pointed at him in front of everyone in the city and proudly declared to all that he belonged to her, and no one should even think about it.
At that time, she was willful and high-spirited, noble. It was a world apart from the person desperately begging for her life now.
Looking at Feng Ran like this, he was disgusted.
Xuanyuan Heng looked with disgust at the person kneeling and begging bitterly on the ground, wishing he could destroy the person before him.
Even he himself did not understand why he had such a thought.
Xuanyuan Heng looked at Feng Ran coldly. He directly dragged her arm and pressed her entire body against the window. With just a little more force, Feng Ran would fall to her death.
Feng Ran was extremely scared. Her hands immediately wrapped around Xuanyuan Heng’s neck, her whole body trembling.
Xuanyuan Heng let out a cold scoff and said coldly, “Feng Ran, to survive, you are truly willing to do anything. Then, Ling Chiyuan, how did you meet him?”
“Have you served him?”
“…” Feng Ran’s eyes widened in shock as she looked at Xuanyuan Heng. Her face instantly turned deathly pale.
Heh, so she was such a shameless woman.
In his eyes, she was so self-indulgent and degraded.
Feng Ran’s hesitation stimulated Xuanyuan Heng.
Xuanyuan Heng reached out, pulled her hand away, and said coldly, “If you fall from here, you’ll be crippled if you don’t die.”
“Well, will Ling Chiyuan still be infatuated with you then?”
“No, don’t, please, spare me.”
“No, there’s nothing. There’s nothing between me and Ling Chiyuan.”
Feng Ran begged desperately. She knew that Xuanyuan Heng would truly do something so insane.
She was truly scared.
But no matter how desperately she pleaded, Xuanyuan Heng had no intention of letting her go.
A wave of heat surged through Feng Ran’s body, and she couldn’t help but let out a soft groan.
Xuanyuan Heng looked at Feng Ran coldly, dragged her down, stopped in the backyard, and directly threw Feng Ran into the water.
Feng Ran was most afraid of water. She had once fallen into the water and nearly lost her life.
She struggled frantically in the water, crying for help.
Everyone in the prince’s manor could hear Feng Ran’s screams, but no one stepped forward.
They dared not step forward.
Feng Ran was lucky enough to grasp something on the side, and she finally escaped the feeling of suffocation, able to breathe deeply.
But just then, Xuanyuan Heng used his inner strength to push Feng Ran back into the water. She lost her lifeline again.
“Ugh… Help…”
Finally, there was no sign of Feng Ran in the water. Everything was eerily calm, as if nothing had happened.