After Shen Muzhi and Yan Xiao entered the house, he went to give some instructions to his subordinates. When he returned, he found that Yan Xiao had not finished asking questions.

"Has Madam not come out at all?"

"Reporting to the general, no."

Shen Muzhi frowned slightly, and just as he was hesitating whether to go in and take a look, he saw the door open from the inside, and then Yan Xiao walked out from inside.

Shen Muzhi went straight to meet him without hesitation.

Yan Xiao was somewhat surprised to find Shen Muzhi still there.

"You've been here the whole time?"

Shen Muzhi shook his head: "No, I just finished taking care of some things before I came here."

As he spoke, he glanced behind Yan Xiao and calmly asked:

"Finished talking? Did you kill him?"

Yan Xiao was taken aback by Shen Muzhi's question.

But then I thought about it again. I hadn’t hidden my intention to kill Jiang Xinrui at all, so it wasn’t surprising that Shen Muzhi would ask me that.

Unfortunately, the person hasn't been killed yet.

Thinking of Jiang Xinrui's conditions, she rolled her eyes at Chen Muzhi with some displeasure, her tone somewhat sarcastic:

"We talked, but unfortunately she wouldn't listen to me. She'd rather die than tell me who's helping her behind the scenes."

They said they need to see you alone to find out. See how charming you are? Even on their deathbed, they still want to reminisce with you.

"Uh~"

Shen Muzhi was speechless, feeling wronged but also secretly pleased, thinking that Yan Xiao was jealous, and jealousy meant she cared about him.

Thinking this, he couldn't suppress the smile on his face, but he didn't forget to clarify for himself:

"Madam, please don't overthink it. I've already said it before, I have no feelings for her. At most, we have a past relationship, but that's just a doctor-patient relationship. There's really nothing more to it."

"Alright, your grin is practically reaching your ears, is that something to be proud of?"

Yan Xiao looked at Shen Muzhi's barely suppressed laughter and felt completely bewildered. She didn't want to argue with him any further and just wanted to resolve the immediate issue as quickly as possible.

After giving him a couple of sarcastic remarks, he reached out and patted her arm, gesturing with his chin towards the room, and said:

"Go ahead, they're waiting for you."

Shen Muzhi looked somewhat reluctant: "Are you sure you want me to go alone? You won't be angry, will you?"

Why would I be angry?

Yan Xiao pushed Chen Muzhi hard and said irritably:

"Stop dawdling. Use your charm to your advantage. If she can reveal who's helping her, you can try to coax her. I can't sleep or eat if I don't know who's behind her."

Feeling like he'd been sold out, and for no good value at all:......

Shen Muzhi was pushed to the door. He glanced at Yan Xiao with a resentful look before reluctantly opening the door and going inside.

Yan Xiao appeared nonchalant, but she was inwardly uneasy. So, after Shen Muzhi closed the door, she immediately pressed her ear to it and heard Jiang Xinrui's voice coming from inside:

“The people outside should step back ten meters, otherwise I won’t say a word.”

Yan Xiao: Damn, does this woman have X-ray vision?

Yan Xiao didn't believe in superstition and remained motionless, so there was no sound from inside the room for quite a while.

Just as Yan Xiao was hesitating about whether to give up eavesdropping, Shen Muzhi's voice finally came from inside the room.

"Don't waste your time, just tell me what you want to say."

After Shen Muzhi finished speaking, Jiang Xinrui did not answer immediately. After a while, and hearing no movement outside, she looked at Shen Muzhi and hesitantly said:

"Brother Shen, are you really so heartless towards me?"

Yan Xiao, who was still eavesdropping by the door outside, thought: Damn it, he was just trying to trick me. Is he trying to plead for mercy?

Shen Muzhi, who could sense Yan Xiao's laughter inside the room, said: "Damn it, don't you dare get me into trouble. Who has feelings for you?"

Shen Muzhi stood motionless at the door, his tone distant and unreadable.

“If you’re here to see me just to tell me these things that don’t exist, then there’s no need.” As he spoke, his gaze fell on Jiang Xinrui, his eyes calm and without the slightest ripple.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xinrui choked, and almost lost her fragile and pitiful expression.

Although she knew that Shen Muzhi had no feelings for her, she was still unwilling to accept it. She had given so much, why should it all be destroyed so easily by Shen Muzhi?

She clenched her fists tightly, trying to suppress all her resentment and bitterness, making her tone sound weak and pitiful, with tears welling up in her eyes:

"Brother Shen, I have done so much for you, disregarding the modesty of a young lady and following you around without fear of danger. Even if I have not done anything great, I have certainly put in a lot of hard work."

Don't you have even the slightest pity for me? Are you really that heartless?

Upon hearing this, Shen Muzhi felt a chill run down his spine. He also found the woman rather strange, as if she were delusional.

He was very worried, unsure if his wife would be angry if she heard this, and he had to make things clear.

Thinking this, she immediately became serious and replied clearly and logically:

"Stop making trouble. You were the one who came to me, saying you wanted to be a military doctor and prove that women weren't just confined to their boudoirs."

I agreed because I saw that you have good medical skills and are a descendant of Medicine King Valley, and I also admired your courage.

Later, some rumors circulated in the army about us. I believed that to protect your reputation, I had tried my best to avoid contact with you. At the same time, I had already made it clear to the public that I had a wife and no intention of remarrying.

"During your tenure, I never shortchanged you a single penny of your pay. Now that you've become a rebel, a capital offense, what past favors do you have to offer me?"

As Shen Muzhi spoke, he glanced intentionally or unintentionally at the doorway, coughed lightly, and continued:

"For the sake of your past loyalty, I'll show you the way. Tell me who's behind you, and I'll give you a quick death."

Jiang Xinrui originally wanted to try playing the victim card, but after hearing Shen Muzhi's answer and seeing his expression, she felt like a joke.

She wanted to refute it, but had nowhere to refute it.

Because of her pride, she never revealed her feelings to Shen Muzhi directly.

She was too naive back then, thinking that as long as she stayed by his side, he would eventually be hers.

After going through so much, she thought she had finally achieved her long-cherished wish, but it turned out to be all for naught.

If she could do it again, she would realize something was wrong and immediately run away. She originally wanted to crush Shen Muzhi under her feet, and she originally thought that she would not lose because she had the memories of a lifetime.

She originally wanted to prove that she could still get what she wanted even without Shen Muzhi, but she didn't expect that one wrong step would lead to another, and she had overlooked the variable of Yan Xiao.

If she had a choice, she would never want to be entangled with Shen Muzhi again. She wished Shen Muzhi were dead, but now, she had no choice but to submit to him in order to save her life.

Although she was unwilling, the thought that if it succeeded, it would damage the relationship between Yan Xiao and Shen Muzhi, make the arrogant Yan Xiao unhappy, and become a thorn in their side, made her inexplicably excited.