Chapter 361 The End

Chu Xiujie sat in the courtyard drinking tea.

Chu Rouxuan smiled. "Big brother, I just went out for a walk. You're back?"

"You're back." Chu Xiujie was in a great mood. He could choose an auspicious day and then invite the matchmaker to his door.

"Big brother, are you very happy?" Chu Rouxuan asked him.

Chu Xiujie's eyes crinkled with a smile. "Of course, don't worry. Your sister-in-law is a very good person and won't mistreat you."

He had never known what it felt like to like someone before, but now he finally did.

No matter when or where, thinking of this person always fills my heart with joy.

Chu Rouxuan forced a smile, "I trust my brother's judgment."

She wanted to take advantage of her brother's good mood to talk about He Lang, but she didn't dare.

He Lang wanted to marry her, but just at this crucial moment, his elder brother was getting married. What bad luck!

Chu Xiujie got busy again and didn't notice his younger sister's worries.

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The second year of junior high school is here in the blink of an eye.

The Emperor and Empress's wedding.

The entire capital was bathed in red.

When the dragon and phoenix carriage passed through the long street, thousands of people knelt in worship. The woman beside Emperor Jing was as beautiful as a goddess descended from the heavens. Many people could never forget her after just one glance. Her beauty was so captivating that no one could harbor any impure thoughts.

Is there really such a beauty in the world? Is she not a fairy descended to earth?

This is the Empress.

All the common people were blocked by the Imperial Guards, but some of them were still fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of the Emperor and Empress.

An Yan and Su Yan'er, who had traveled a long way to the capital, were also among the crowd.

Due to the long journey, both of them were disheveled and smelled bad, so a distance was automatically left between them.

Even the Imperial Guards didn't drive them away, and they didn't dare to.

An Yan saw it; it was true.

The woman he once looked down upon and discarded like trash is now the empress, the mother of the nation.

Su Yan'er stood there blankly, as if she had lost her soul.

So many years have passed, how come that woman is still so beautiful, even more so than before? Why?

Chu Xiujie appeared behind the two of them without them noticing. "Patriarch An, do you see? The same flower will only wither in barren soil, but it will bloom more beautifully in fertile soil."

"Now that you see Her Majesty the Empress, I wonder how you feel?"

He came specifically to keep an eye on this person; he had been watching him ever since he set off from Jiangnan.

Of course, this was also Emperor Jing's intention; otherwise, how could the two of them have arrived in the capital so quickly and just in time for the wedding?

"you……"

An Yan looked at Chu Xiujie.

Suddenly, she knelt down with a thud, saying, "I confess, and I regret it. I only beg for mercy for my two children."

Chu Xiujie was Emperor Jing's man; his only chance of survival was to beg for mercy.

Even ants try to survive; if people can live, why would they choose to die?

An Yan doesn't want to die yet, nor does she want her son and daughter to die.

Chu Xiujie glanced at him, then walked away without saying a word.

It's not up to him to take An Yan's life.

Everyone around him stared at him in surprise. An Yan stood up again and pulled the dazed Su Yan'er away.

After arriving, the two had nowhere to stay, so they found an empty alley.

An Yan looked at Su Yan'er, whose hair was messy, clothes were dirty, skin was sallow, and hands were filthy, and spoke slowly and deliberately.

“Su Yan’er, I don’t know whether I regret my life or not. I often ask myself this question, and now I finally have the answer.”

"What I regret is my upbringing and my past; I have never been willing to admit this regret."

"If there is a next life, I hope we will never meet again."

An Yan turned to leave after speaking, but the next second his arm was grabbed.

"You finally said it, no, you said it a long time ago. So what? Hahaha, now she's the high and mighty Empress, do you think she'd even remember a useless man like you? An Yan, didn't you admit she was your wife? Is she still your wife now? She's with another man, a man a hundred times better than you!"

Su Yan'er spoke as if she were retaliating, each word aimed directly at her heart.

At this moment, An Yan felt that even breathing was exhausting. "Su Yan'er, even if I owed you in my past life, I should repay it in this life. Let's let each other go."

"Hahaha, hahaha..."

Su Yan'er laughed and cried at the same time.

Suddenly, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes. He quickly ran to the corner, picked up a loose piece of metal, and smashed it on An Yan's head.

"Want to get rid of me? Dream on! Go to hell! Even if I die, I'll die with you!"

An Yan gasped in pain, and seeing that Su Yan'er was about to attack again, he threw a punch at her, yelling, "You madwoman!"

The two started fighting right there in the alley, each blow more brutal than the last, as if they were determined to kill each other.

Finally, Su Yan'er smashed a brick into An Yan's head again, and at the same time, she was kicked away.

"Tick-tock—"

It looks like water droplets have fallen on the ground.

An Yan lay on the ground, the light in her eyes still shining.

A pair of black cloud-patterned boots came into view, gradually becoming clearer from a blurry image.

A cold voice was heard, "Wouldn't it be bad luck to die on such a joyous day? If you're going to die, don't die in the capital."

An Yan opened her mouth as if to speak, but then everything went black and she lost consciousness completely.

"Cough cough..."

After some time, An Yan coughed violently, opened her eyes blankly, and saw the sky above her head swaying.

"Oh, you're finally awake! It's good that you're awake. You've been sleeping for so long, I was afraid you'd die on the way!"

"Where am I?" An Yan struggled to sit up and suddenly realized he was in a car.

The driver was an old man. "This is on the way south. I found you by the roadside. It looks like you're human lives, so I can't just leave you to die."

"Check if your wife is awake."

An Yan saw Su Yan'er lying next to him, his pupils contracted, and he tried to speak, but then he coughed violently, "Cough cough, cough cough!"

The old man glanced at An Yan and said, "I think you've developed a chronic illness; you'll never recover in this lifetime."

An Yan smiled bitterly. He had originally thought that death would end everything, and all the grudges and grievances would come to an end.

Unexpectedly, he was still alive, and Su Yan'er was also alive.

He and Su Yan'er would torment each other for the rest of their lives, arguing constantly day and night, and their children would have to live in poverty. Was this his punishment?

An Yan looked up at the azure sky and smiled bitterly, finally letting out a tear.

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