Chapter 104 Wrath
An Xin was dragged back all the way, and only when she arrived at the Right Prime Minister's residence did she come to her senses. Yan Zhen kicked open the door and pushed her inside.
Yan Zhen rarely treated her so roughly, and her outburst made An Xin very uneasy.
The door slammed shut, and Yan Zhen grabbed her wrist, placed a dagger in her palm, and raised her hand to stab herself in the heart.
An Xin was startled and frantically tried to pull back, but Ran Yan's strength was far beyond hers. Just as the dagger was about to pierce her heart, An Xin subconsciously put her other hand on his chest, and the tip of the knife stopped just as it was about to pierce her skin.
A drop of blood slid down the back of her hand. An Xin stared at Yan Zhen in panic, "Yan Zhen, are you crazy!"
"I've gone mad!" he roared, his voice erratic and terrifying. "You failed in your assassination attempt, didn't you? Now I'm giving you your chance! Kill me!"
An Xin shuddered, her body trembling as she tried to shrink back, but he held her firmly. An Xin stared at his furious eyes with a complicated expression, and after a long while, she pursed her lips and said, "I'm sorry..."
Yan Zhen gritted her teeth, "Sorry? What do I need an apology for?! I need an explanation!"
An Xin had never met anyone like this before, relentlessly pursuing her explanation, "Didn't I already explain..."
"I don't like that explanation!" He must be crazy to hold onto her like that, letting her torture his heart again and again!
"..." An Xin didn't know what to say. Her hand was stinging from the dagger, but she didn't dare to remove it. She could only remain silent and stand there in a stalemate with him.
"say!"
"What did you say?" An Xin felt as if her mind was filled with mush in front of him, and she couldn't remember anything.
"Say your assassination attempt was just an accident, say you want me!"
"..." When he acts childish, he always does. What difference would it make if she said such things? In the end, she didn't say them willingly, did she?
He forcefully pulled her hand away, and plunged the dagger towards her heart. An Xin panicked and stabbed, "I'll talk, I'll talk... I only remember being dragged to the Right Prime Minister's residence by you, and I don't remember anything that happened after that. I have no recollection of what was said or done..."
Yan Zhen stared at her, the ice in her heart seemed to melt a little, but she was still full of anger and resentment. "Anything else?"
An Xin's cheeks flushed slightly, and she turned her gaze away, saying calmly, "My parents are being held captive by the Emperor and their lives are in danger at any moment. In order to protect them, I promised Huang Yixuan that I would help him conquer the world."
Yan Zhen's emotions surged, "Conquer the world?! Is that something you can just agree to do? Are you planning to join him against me?!"
An Xin trembled and whispered, "No..."
"How can I gain the world without you?!" Yan Zhen roared angrily. An Xin lowered her head. She actually had her own way of doing things. Although she was good at solving cases and didn't understand court affairs, she was still very good at scheming. The so-called gaining the world was just to bring the power and interests of the court into Huang Yixuan's pocket. Naturally, she could not be an enemy of Yan Zhen. The path she wanted to take was just a completely opposite and dangerous one. She didn't expect that Yan Zhen would disrupt it all.
When she calms down and uses her intellect, no one can rival her.
"..." She didn't know how to answer him.
Although Yan Zhen was furious, his heart was heavy. He had personally arranged for An Youwei's family to be taken care of. Even if An Xin was wanted nationwide, how could An Youwei's family have been arrested by Huang Yixuan? Someone must have reported them. Apart from some people in the Right Prime Minister's residence, no one else knew where An Youwei and his family were hiding. Who could it be?
He glanced at An Xin and saw her biting her lower lip slightly, looking extremely guilty. It made him furious. She still knew how to feel guilty!
She was manipulated that day, so she must have been poisoned by a Gu poison. There must be another person with this Gu poison, which means that if something happens to her, An Xin will not escape the calamity either!
Yan Zhen's expression was rather unpleasant.
"Put the dagger away first." An Xin really couldn't approve of his decision to point the dagger at his heart, and said cautiously.
Yan Zhen gritted her teeth, "It seems you still have something to say!"
An Xin asked blankly, "What did you say?"
Yan Zhen brought the dagger close to her heart. An Xin panicked and remembered, stammering, "I...I want you..."
Yan Zhen narrowed her eyes, leaned closer to her, and raised an eyebrow: "Really?"
An Xin had a headache, but she said urgently, "Really, really."
Yan Zhen released her hand, sheathed the dagger, and then brought her face close to hers, her voice low: "What do you want? Now or right now?"
An Xin's face suddenly flushed red. What difference was there between "now" and "immediately"? Besides, why were his "want" and hers not at the same critical point?
An Xin took a step back, completely at a loss for what expression to make when facing him, and only said in a flustered manner, "You seem to have misunderstood something?"
Yan Zhen raised an eyebrow: "Then let's do it the way I misunderstood it." With that, she grabbed her, bent down, and picked her up. An Xin panicked. What about the gears of fate? Shouldn't this point be when such a sorrowful thing is turning?
She lowered her voice and said righteously, "Yan Zhen, put me down!"
Yan Zhen said softly, "Don't move, it's hurting my heart."
An Xin's body stiffened immediately.
He slowly placed her on the soft couch, then leaned down and pressed down on her. An Xin's head was buzzing. As soon as she struggled, he groaned, and An Xin immediately stiffened again.
It wasn't until his soft lips kissed her forehead, the tip of her nose, and her lips that An Xin felt a sense of irreversible regret. She pressed her hand against his chest and gasped, "You're injured. You can't do anything reckless right now."
He murmured, his lips brushing against hers, "Oh, now that I'm healed, I can do whatever I want?"
An Xin: "..." After thinking for a moment, she added, "None of them are allowed."
He bit her neck and said, "Since it's not possible, then there's no difference. If there's no difference, why should I wait for my injury to heal?"
An Xin was confused by his words and gritted her teeth, saying, "Nonsense."
He bit her, causing her both pain and itchiness. She trembled involuntarily, her body tensing up. She hurriedly pushed him away, gritting her teeth and saying, "Yan Zhen, stop."
He was injured, so he couldn't really do anything to her. He just wanted to bite her and rub against her for a while, as if that would soothe the anger in his heart.
"Leave your parents' affairs to me, and you are not allowed to see Huang Yixuan again." He leaned on her, propping his cheek on his hand, staring at her, his dark hair flowing and tangling around her. The scene was ambiguous, yet not romantic.