Chen Ningzhu couldn't stop her teeth from chattering. She had escaped before for freedom, but now it was just a matter of running for her life.

If you stay with such a murderer, you might die at any time.

No, she doesn't want to die.

Even if she traveled through time, she wanted to live a good life.

"Xiaoyi, we have to hurry up and do it as soon as possible..." Shen Ningzhu grabbed Liu Zhiyi's wrist in a panic with such great force that it seemed as if she was about to break her wrist.

"Zhuzhu, what's wrong with you? Did something happen?"

Shen Ningzhu shook her head anxiously.

"Don't ask anymore. It'll be too late if you delay any longer. I'll tell you in detail later. Now let's hurry..."

"What's the hurry?"

A gloomy and indifferent voice suddenly came from the door, and at this moment, the person had already walked in front of Chen Ningzhu.

"Where are you going in such a hurry, Zhuzhu?"

Facing those dark and cold starry eyes, Shen Ningzhu felt as if someone had poured a basin of cold water over her head. A chill rose from the soles of her feet and rushed straight to her forehead.

In an instant, her hands and feet became cold and her scalp went numb.

"Why is His Royal Highness here?"

My breathing quickened subconsciously. It happened so quickly. Could it be that he suspected her?

Suddenly, Shen Ningzhu remembered his voice, which was as cold as ice and without a trace of emotion, and his cold and sinister pupils.

"Anyone who knows the secret must die."

All must die, all must die... These words were like a curse, echoing in Shen Ningzhu's mind. She staggered and her body couldn't stop shaking.

So, he was here to kill her now?

Chen Ningzhu couldn't help swallowing her saliva, a thin layer of mist appeared in her eyes, and she clenched her palms tightly, her nails digging into the flesh.

He said calmly,

"Xiaoyi, go back and rest first. I don't need you to serve me for the time being."

Liu Zhiyi had long noticed the undercurrent between the two of them and naturally realized that something was wrong. How could he leave obediently at this moment?

"Zhuzhu, I..."

"How dare you! Back off." Shen Ningzhu scolded harshly.

Jiang Xuanyan raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced at Liu Zhiyi with a half-smile, and said to Chen Ningzhu meaningfully,

"In my opinion, there's no need to keep such an unruly servant. Why not..."

"don't want--"

Shen Ningzhu was so frightened that her face turned pale and she screamed. Perhaps because she was too nervous and excited, her voice was cracked.

Liu Zhiyi frowned tightly.

In the end, he decided to leave first, but he did not go back to his room as she asked. Instead, he found a secluded place and waited not far away in the yard, keeping an eye on the movements here at all times.

Inside the house

Jiang Xuanyan slowly approached. Shen Ningzhu subconsciously wanted to run, but her feet seemed to have suddenly taken root and she couldn't move at all.

The jaw was pinched and pulled hard.

Shen Ningzhu lost her balance in an instant and fell into a cold embrace.

The man's powerful arms suddenly tightened around the woman's slender waist, and his fingertips, which were pinching her chin, were slightly cool as they gently stroked her delicate skin.

The movement was light, but the force was great.

In a few seconds, the skin on his chin had turned red.

"What did Zhuzhu just say about hurrying up? Shh, let me guess, is it... Um~~~~~"

"Your Highness, where did you go just now? I couldn't find you anywhere. I thought you were angry with me and didn't want me anymore."

Shen Ningzhu looked at the man with wet eyes and aggrieved look, her red lips pouting high.

After a long time, Jiang Xuanyan slowly raised his hand and touched his lips, his expression gloomy.

She took the initiative to put her arms around the man's waist, put her little face on his strong chest, rubbed it like a kitten, and pressed her body against his, swaying from side to side and acting coquettishly.

"Brother Yan~~~~"

She intentionally rubbed her lower body against him and blinked at him innocently.

Even after being teased to this point, the man remained motionless. From beginning to end, he glanced at her indifferently with a pair of dark and cold phoenix eyes.

“Chen Ningzhu, where did you go just now?”

Chen Ningzhu's heart sank to the bottom.

"I...I just wandered around the house."

“Where exactly did it turn?”

"I……"

"Your shoes are a little dirty."

Shen Ningzhu was shocked and looked down. Sure enough, she saw some damp mud on the surface of the embroidered shoes. There had been no rain recently, so there was no such damp mud outside.

At the critical moment, Shen Ningzhu blurted out,

"I just went to the lotus pond. I think I got it stuck to me then, haha."

Jiang Xuanyan's lips were always slightly curved as he looked at her coldly, "Didn't you say you wanted to be alone and were looking for someone to be alone? You actually have the leisure and elegance to appreciate the lotus flowers."

Shen Ningzhu looked serious.

"I thought His Highness would go there, so..."

Jiang Xuanyan's eyebrows were furrowed, but there was no warmth in them. He raised his hand to touch her cheek, stroking it back and forth with his fingertips. His movements were very gentle, and he looked as intimate as a lover.

Only Shen Ningzhu knew that those hands were icy cold, sticking to her skin like a poisonous snake, making her breath stop, her scalp numb, and all the hairs on her body stand up.

But she didn't dare to avoid it.

The big palm like bone china slowly slid to the delicate chin and slender neck, gently grasped it, and the strength gradually decreased.

Shen Ningzhu felt like her heart was about to jump out.

The man's voice was cold. "Heh~~~Zhuzhu, you know, anyone who deceives me will never have a good ending. Do you want to know how they all died?"

Shen Ningzhu quickly shook her head.

"Your Highness... Why are you saying this? This has nothing to do with me. I will never lie to you in my life. I swear."

If she lies to him, he will make her rich and beautiful and live a long life.

"Is it really irrelevant?"

"Really, Your Highness went and came back, but he missed Zhuzhu. Don't say one thing and mean another. Zhuzhu misses Your Highness very much. When you haven't seen her for a while, she misses you so much that her heart aches. If you don't believe me, just touch her."

Liar, he yelled at me like that yesterday.

As Shen Ningzhu spoke, she stood on tiptoe and gently pecked the corner of the man's thin lips, and hugged his hand tightly, pressing it on the soft mass on her chest.

"Seducing me?"

"Yes, I have been attracted to Your Highness for a long time. This body and this heart are all the same. Would Your Highness like to test it?"

Jiang Xuanyan was silent for a long time, staring into the woman's eyes.

Shen Ningzhu was scared to death, but she still gritted her teeth and forced herself to look him in the eye, using all her life's acting skills to make herself look sincere and affectionate.

It sounds stupid to use love and a body to impress a devilish lunatic.

But she had no choice.

Jiang Xuanyan looked at her tense jawline, her trembling yet pretending to be calm, and his heart inexplicably moved.

He liked to see others afraid of him, but those people didn't seem as lively as Shen Ningzhu now.

His eyebrows softened a little.

"I'm truly touched by Zhuzhu's love for me. In that case, why don't you do something for me?"