Zhou Xiruo was suddenly stunned and stood frozen in place.
What was her status? Her family had fallen on hard times, and she had been reduced to commoner status, while he was high above, intolerant of any disobedience! He was emphasizing their status to her… She had risked her life to save him! She had even saved his mother! For the past three years, she had taken care of Ye Qingcheng wholeheartedly, working like a slave! He asked her what her status was?
"My lord, Miss An has arrived." Minghe's voice was slightly deep. Yan Zhen paused slightly in his fan and then walked out of the pavilion.
Zhou Xiruo clenched her fists and shouted, "Yan Zhen! You are not allowed to see her!"
Yan Zhen suddenly stopped walking, and his eyes slowly narrowed.
Zhou Xiruo's teeth chattered, her face pale, her eyes wide. "What are you going to use to repay what you owe me?!"
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As soon as An Xin stepped into the garden, she witnessed this breathtaking scene. She never expected that Zhou Xiruo would have such a side to her.
An Xin was not clean and was covered in blood. Just now, she had experienced a "great tragedy". Fortunately, she discovered the truth.
"Ah! Miss An, what happened to you?" Mingyue was startled when she suddenly saw An Xin covered in blood. Yan Zhen turned around abruptly, her gaze falling on An Xin. She raised her eyebrows, took a few steps to An Xin, and pulled her over.
An Xin felt a little pain from his forceful tug and frowned, saying, "It's not my blood."
Yan Zhen's eyes flashed: "Theirs?"
An Xin pursed her lips, then suddenly raised her hand and hugged his neck.
Yan Zhen's body suddenly stiffened.
"I don't know how to say nice things, but Yan Zhen, thank you, thank you..." An Xin didn't know if her "great sorrow" would have become a real tragedy without Yan Zhen and him!
Yan Zhen's fingers trembled slightly, then she raised her hand and chuckled, "Xin'er and I, there's no need for thanks."
An Xin thought that no matter how deeply she pondered, there was still something unexpected, but Yan Zhen had already anticipated it and struck her heart directly. She was now truly moved beyond words.
"I'll be nicer to you from now on." After a long silence, An Xin finally managed to utter these words, which were the sweetest and most tender words she could think of.
Zhou Xiruo felt a sharp pain in her eyes at the scene before her. She had given almost everything for him, and her relationship with him for more than ten years was not as good as that of a discarded woman, An Xin!
Yan Zhen was struck in the softest, most vulnerable part of her heart by that stiff sentence. Her long eyelashes trembled, and something called joy surged in her chest.
He laughed and said, "Just a little better?"
An Xin rarely spoke softly, and when he repeated it, the tips of her ears turned slightly red. However, she didn't know how to refute him, so she opened her mouth and bit his neck. The bite was neither too hard nor too soft, but it was tingling and numb, and it spread all the way to the most vulnerable string in Yan Zhen's heart.
He tightened his grip on her arm and whispered, "Xin'er, are you trying to tell me with your actions that you want to eat me up?"
An Xin felt her ears and heart burning, her face flushed, and she stepped on him, saying, "You're so indecent."
Zhou Xiruo felt a sharp pain in her heart. Just moments ago he had been cold and sarcastic towards her, but in the blink of an eye, he was openly flirting with that woman. How could she accept this?!
She has no identity, but An Xin does!?
Why should this worthless woman be able to so easily take away everything she has worked so hard for over a decade?!
An Xin clearly sensed the hostility from Zhou Xiruo. Since she dared to yell at Yan Zhen just now, it meant that she had torn away her own facade of weakness.
In matters of the heart, no one ever owes anyone anything, and there's no such thing as a first come, first served. If you don't get what you want, it simply means you haven't met the right person yet, nothing more.
No matter what happened between Zhou Xiruo and Yan Zhen in the past, it is still the past. If she were Zhou Xiruo, and if this man had changed his mind, she would let go.
Time will heal all her pain.
Clearly, Zhou Xiruo wasn't that kind of person. An Xin couldn't help but wonder if Yan Zhen had ever treated Zhou Xiruo the same way he had treated her. He probably would have... If he liked someone, he would definitely like them with all his might; if he didn't like someone, he would be so cold-hearted that it would break one's heart.
"Yan Zhen..." An Xin began, her heart filled with turmoil. She didn't really want to say anything, she just wanted to call his name.
"Why are you calling me so affectionately?" Yan Zhen raised her eyelashes and glanced at Mingyue. Mingyue immediately understood her master's meaning and withdrew.
"When I arrived at the courtyard, I saw you..." An Xin lowered her eyelashes, her voice filled with suppressed emotions, which made her body tremble slightly. At that moment, she clearly felt the pain and shock.
Chapter Ninety-Nine Change
An Xin couldn't describe how she felt at that moment, but for a fleeting instant, she hoped she had misread it.
Yan Zhen smiled and said, "Oh? What kind of person could make Xin'er admit her mistake?"
An Xin thought that if that person hadn't run so fast, she might have immediately realized that he wasn't Yan Zhen himself. After all, what Yan Zhen possessed was not something that others could easily learn.
She suddenly thanked God for giving her such eyes, which could see through pretense and get straight to the truth.
"I can be blind sometimes, you know?" Upon closer examination, his words sounded as if she knew him all too well.
Yan Zhen leaned down and bit her lip, saying, "It's fine if you think others are blind, but watch me widen your eyes."
An Xin's eyes widened, and she raised an eyebrow at him, saying, "Big enough, right?"
Yan Zhen was both surprised and amused by her sudden question. She was used to being cold and aloof. What worried him was that if she was still so cold and aloof on their wedding night, it would be very bad.
Coldness is acceptable, but coldness...
He chuckled softly, raised his hand and placed it on her chest, giving it a gentle squeeze. "This is the biggest one."
An Xin never expected him to give such a shameless answer. Her cheeks flushed red, and she stepped on him.
Yan Zhen smiled and asked, avoiding the question, "Hmm, is this place too small?"
An Xin gritted her teeth, "Yan Zhen, shut up!"
Yan Zhen's eyelashes curved, "Xin'er, are you trying to get me to acquiesce?"