El paisaje es como una pintura

Capítulo 50

Ignoring Dongfang Lie's sarcastic remarks, Rongyue looked blank, her mind replaying the scene from just a few hours earlier...

Before she could wipe the beads of sweat from her forehead, she gazed joyfully at Dongfang Yao, who was gradually waking up, her excitement overflowing: "Brother Yao, you're awake! You're finally awake..."

Who are you?

A single, indifferent question instantly dragged Rongyue from heaven to hell!

The silver needle fell silently to the ground, its sound barely audible in the noisy Imperial Hospital. Yet, Ke Rongyue clearly heard the sharp, piercing clang, as if it had pierced her heart, causing it to bleed and throb with pain…

Her heart ached, and her voice trembled uncontrollably: "Yao... Brother, I'm your wife..."

"Wife?" Tilting his head in confusion, his alluring eyelashes fluttered, and his red lips uttered a cruel sentence that shattered Rongyue's last glimmer of hope: "What is a wife? Royal brother, is a wife something you can eat?"

After a brief moment of stunned silence, a cold glint flashed in Dongfang Lie's peach blossom eyes. He gestured, and the guards on either side immediately stepped forward, dragged Rongyue, her face ashen, toward the door…

"Brother, who is she?"

"Just an insignificant person!"

"But she said something about being a wife..."

"Yaodi, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

"Hmm, my head still seems to hurt a little..."

"The imperial physician!"

"This humble servant will prescribe some pain relief medicine..."

"Ah? Brother, I don't want to take my medicine anymore..."

"Sweetie, your head won't hurt if you take the medicine!"

"oh……"

...

He didn't recognize her... His memory could hold his elder brother, his mother, the steward, even the servants in his household and the palace maids and eunuchs, but it couldn't hold her...

People always learn to cherish things only when they lose them, but alas, this realization comes too late! Too late to make up for lost time...

Was it fate? Were they destined to have a shallow connection in this life, unable to stay together for life, leaving her only with desolation and regret to accompany her in this lifetime?

Crouching down, Dongfang Lie lifted the shackles tightly fastened on Rongyue's hands with one hand: "Truly, man proposes, God disposes! Liu Rongyue, you probably never dreamed that Yaodi would forget you, did you? Ha, evil begets evil, and good begets good—this saying is absolutely true! Without your last lifeline, Liu Rongyue, tell me, how do you feel now?"

Staring blankly at the handsome face twisted by hatred, Rongyue remained silent. Feelings? Nothing. Really, when the heart is numb with pain, what feelings can one possibly have?

She yanked the shackles away, forcing Rongyue to lean forward and face him directly: "But don't worry, I haven't tortured you enough yet. How could I bear to let you die? Liu Rongyue, you're ruthless! Even though your mother has wronged you in a thousand ways, she is still your aunt! You damned wretch, you have the heart of a viper, how could you be so cruel! Liu Rongyue, I hate you so much, I wish I could tear you apart to vent my hatred!"

"You hate? What do you have to hate? I'm the one who should hate... As for you, you're the one who should be most grateful..."

"You're courting death!" Who should be happy when their mother dies?! The pulling force in her hand intensified, the cold, hard black iron shackles scraping large patches off Rongyue's wrist, leaving her delicate wrist a bloody mess: "Liu Rongyue, you're utterly insolent! Have you really had enough of living?!"

He raised his face, deathly still yet filled with sorrow: "Then kill me!"

Meeting those withered, lifeless almond-shaped eyes, Dongfang Lie trembled inexplicably, then an indescribable rage surged forth: "You want to die?! I won't let you die! I'll keep you alive to slowly torture you, slowly ravage you, watch you suffer unbearable pain, watch you beg for life but cannot die! Only in this way can I appease the spirit of my mother in heaven!!"

He shook his head with a bitter smile. What a pitiful person! Having his enemy raised him as a mother for so many years, and in the end, he seeks revenge against his only remaining family member in this world for his mortal enemy. Ha! Truly the most pathetic wretch in the world!

Rongyue's pitying gaze fueled Dongfang Lie's anger, which already bordered on suspicion: "What kind of look is that! You..."

"Lie!" Just then, Chu Xuyao burst through the door and strode towards the two men with different expressions: "Lie, this woman still owes me an explanation! I have no objection to how you want to deal with her, but before that, the score between us must be settled! Lie, I'm taking her away today!"

He roughly grabbed Rongyue, and under Dongfang Lie's unfathomable gaze, Chu Xuyao, still holding Rongyue's shackles, dragged her away quickly...

"Do you know what I hate most?" Chu Xuyao roughly threw Rongyue onto the cold floor and grabbed her delicate neck. "What I hate most in this life is deception! Do you know that those who deceive me only have one fate? Death!"

Feeling his iron palm gradually retract, Rongyue closed her eyes without any hesitation, quietly awaiting the moment of death...

The iron hand suddenly released its grip halfway through, and Chu Xuyao's grief-stricken voice suddenly came from above: "Damn it! Why did you play such a pathetic trick on me, deceive my feelings, and yet I couldn't bring myself to do it!! Liu Rongyue, you're so smug, aren't you! I can't do it! I can't do it!!" He shook her shoulders frantically, his expression filled with madness.

The breath of life returned through her nostrils, and Rongyue sighed softly in resignation. So this was what death was like…

Suddenly, Rongyue felt light as Chu Xuyao tossed her into the air onto the large bed. The next moment, Chu Xuyao's iron-hard body pressed down on her, completely covering Rongyue's petite frame.

"Today I'll see what it is about you that attracts me, that disturbs my mind and makes me break my rules time and time again!" The iron hand grabbed at Rongyue's chest and tore it violently into the air. With a sound of brocade tearing, Rongyue's fair and jade-like skin suddenly appeared before Chu Xuyao's eyes.

Shame and anger pounded on Chu Xuyao, Rongyue roared hoarsely, "Get off me! Shameless! Vulgar! Disgusting! Chu Xuyao, you hypocritical scoundrel, I despise you!"

With one hand, Chu Xuyao pinned Rongyue's wicked hand above her head, his teeth clenched in disgust: "What are you pretending to be now, a virtuous woman! Don't you remember who shamelessly tried to seduce me in the middle of the night back then!"

"You're talking nonsense! That's not me! It's not me!!"

"Hmph, so you're denying it now?!" Chu Xuyao sneered as he quickly stripped off his clothes and pressed down on his strong, muscular body. "Liu Rongyue, how about I grant your wish today?"

Tears of humiliation welled up in her eyes: "Chu Xuyao, although I am not a well-educated woman, I, Liu Rongyue, still understand the principle that a good woman does not serve two husbands! If you dare to touch me, I will die right here!!"

"You dare!" Chu Xuyao roared, his hawk-like eyes cold and ruthless. "If you dare to die, I'll make the entire Murong family pay the price!!"

"You're not allowed to touch them!" Rongyue roared in horror, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

His hawk-like eyes narrowed dangerously: "It seems you're quite worried about them?"

Her pale lips were bitten until they bled, adding a touch of allure to her appearance: "You can do whatever you want to me... just please, don't touch them, they're innocent..."

Chu Xuyao glanced coldly at the naked Rongyue, his throat tightening: "Then you know what to do?"

She closed her eyes and nodded weakly. Turning her face to one side, a single tear slid silently down her thin cheek, falling into the fine silk quilt and leaving a clear watermark.