An Wan said tremblingly, "Mingjiao said that as long as I find a way to scare you, she will give me five million taels of silver! Sister, I've been poor all these years, so I'm naturally greedy for money, which is why I agreed to her."
An Xin slightly raised her long eyelashes, but did not utter a word.
An Wan said cautiously, "Sister, Mingjiao also said that the Right Prime Minister originally belonged to her, but now you have taken him away. Naturally, she is not resentful. But the Right Prime Minister liked her first. If it weren't for you, she would never have been abandoned by him. I felt sorry for her, and besides, you hit me a few days ago. I couldn't stand it, so I agreed to her request."
Yan Zhen gently waved his folding fan, a faint smile playing on his lips, his expression still as if An Wan's words were not his business.
An Xin pursed her lips and said, "I gave you a chance to tell the truth. Since you didn't cherish it, don't blame me for being ruthless." With that, she pulled the rope, and An Wan was dragged several meters away.
An Wan exclaimed in fear, "Sister, I'm telling the truth! You have to believe me!"
An Xin sneered: "Even if that headless corpse was just a paper doll, how fast could it run? Even if you used the Heavenly Silkworm Silk to pull it, you couldn't reach such an astonishing speed! An Wan, you know kung fu, don't you!?"
An Wan's expression suddenly changed.
An Xin's eyes were cold and sharp: "You have certainly suffered a lot over the years, but this suffering is probably not a simple one, is it? Since you are unwilling to talk about it, I don't care to know. If you die, everything will be over, won't it?"
An Wan's face suddenly turned pale. She stared wide-eyed in disbelief at An Xin, "You, how did you know..."
An Xin grabbed her wrist, her voice indifferent and cold, "That day, when the people of Xicheng were in chaos, how could an ordinary person escape so quickly? Besides, these hands, even if forced by life's hardships, would only become rough. Apart from the thin calluses on your palms, the skin on your hands is really good! Years of hardship should make one's body weak, complexion sallow and thin, and even the pulse should be weak. Your pulse is so strong; if it's not due to excellent physical condition, could it be from your physical training?!"
An Wan's eyes narrowed sharply, her fingers trembled, and her voice lowered slowly, "An Xin, I suspect that you are not the An Xin you used to be... Could it be that you killed my own sister?"
An Xin said calmly, "She's dead, and she'll never come back."
An Wan remained silent for a long time, then sneered and said, "I was forced into this. I won't tell. If you dare to kill me, aren't you afraid that one day my parents will find out and hate you?"
An Wan's gaze sharpened dramatically for the first time as she stared intently at An Xin.
An Xin looked at her expressionless face. So her guess was right. The sudden appearance of the headless corpse was definitely not that simple. If it was just to scare her, as An Wan said, then it was laughable. She was not afraid of being scared.
So what did An Wan mean by what she just said? Was she forced? By whom? What has she been through all these years? As she said, she won't kill her, no matter how much she hates her, it can't change the fact that she's her sister!
An Xin slowly stood up and said calmly, "Since that's the case, let my parents hate me!"
Chapter 86 Who is the Headless Corpse?
As soon as An Xin stepped into the room, she felt a gust of wind suddenly rush towards her face. She instinctively dodged, but then felt a sudden pain in her shoulder.
"puff--"
Blood splattered, and An Xin felt a sudden tightness in her body as she was pulled back. The thing in front of her had a bloody hole in its head and then died.
"Dog!" An Wan exclaimed, suddenly lunging at the thing.
An Xin glanced at Yan Zhen. If he hadn't intervened in time, she would have been torn apart on the spot by this thing—it was a dog! The dog's body was patchy, with dark and light patches, and its fur was blackish-gray. At first glance, it was not aesthetically pleasing.
"Quanquan!" An Wan cried out, ignoring the filth on the dog's corpse, as she hugged it.
Yan Zhen said calmly, "This dog is a Northern Desert Dog, and it can only be found in the Northern Desert."
An Xin's gaze darkened slightly. A Northern Desert Dog? She had never heard of this breed in her previous life, but as Yan Zhen said, how could a Northern Desert Dog appear in the capital? Could An Wan have some connection with the people of the Northern Desert?
"You killed Quan Quan!" An Wan glared at An Xin, her eyes flashing with a hint of ferocity.
"I killed him." Yan Zhen said calmly, lifting her long eyelashes to fall on An Wan's face, her eyes flashing with an unfathomable light.
An Wan's lips trembled slightly, but she stared intently at Yan Zhen, "Why did you kill my dog..." Her voice trembled slightly, and her eyes suddenly reddened.
Yan Zhen said calmly, "What I do doesn't require any explanation or 'why'."
An Wan's tears fell with a "plop," "But, it was you who saved Quan Quan back then!"
An Xin was suddenly taken aback. Yan Zhen had met An Wan before? Or rather, did the two of them know each other?
Yan Zhen raised her eyebrows slightly, clearly having no recollection of the matter. "Since I can save someone, I can certainly kill them as well."
An Wan opened her tearful eyes wide, as if she had never known the man in front of her before.
An Xin had no time to concern herself with the intricate connections between them. She just needed to find out what the headless corpse was hiding. Moreover, Feng Yi had disappeared without a trace since she left, and she felt a growing unease in her heart.
An Xin frowned and looked out of the room. The night was as dark as ink, and the huge hot spring pool was completely silent, but in the darkness, she always felt that something was hidden...
Thinking about it carefully, the headless corpse appeared outside her window that day. Now that An Wan has been captured, she still feels that things are not going to end so easily. If the headless corpse is trying to hide something, why does it come to her window every night to lead her to that alley entrance?
Could there be some unknown secret behind An Wan?
An Xin's gaze deepened, landing on An Wan's face. An Wan was caught off guard by An Xin's icy gaze and suddenly shivered.
"I don't have the patience to waste words with you. Even if you don't tell me, I can still find out. But until I find out, you can go stay in the Scorpion Den of the County and State!" An Xin said coolly, then grabbed her and dragged her out.
An Wan struggled desperately and shouted, "An Xin, I'm your own sister! How could you be so heartless! You cruel and vicious woman!"
An Xin sneered: "Since I'm a poisonous woman, I don't care if you're my own sister!"
An Wan grabbed the door frame and struggled, saying, "I'll die even if I tell! That person will kill me!"
An Xin suddenly narrowed her eyes.
“He gave me the Seven-Day Intestinal Severing Powder. If I tell him, there will be no antidote, and he will kill me!” An Wan cried.
"Seven-Day Heartbreak Powder?" An Xin never expected that such a term, which only appeared in martial arts novels, would actually exist in reality. Moreover, the meaning of "Seven-Day Heartbreak Powder" was obvious from the name!
"Seven-Day Intestinal Severance Powder?" Yan Zhen raised his voice slightly, then looked at An Xin. "This poison will cause death after seven days of ingestion, and the antidote for Seven-Day Intestinal Severance Powder is also very difficult to prepare."
An Xin asked in a deep voice, "How many days have you been taking it?"
An Wan said through teary eyes, "It's been five days..."