Chapter 28: This hatred will never end (2) Bastard, you should do what a bastard should do...

Meng Xuanli watched in panic as Lu Guanque approached step by step, and subconsciously stepped back. When he reached the edge of the table, he had nowhere to retreat.

"I was wondering why Ali disappeared. Turns out she ran off here." Lu Guanque lifted her chin with one hand and met her eyes meaningfully. "Do you like it here?"

Meng Xuanli's eyelashes flickered, and he felt like deceiving himself. He shook his head and said in a trembling voice, "You haven't done anything like this. You're just writing it casually, right?"

After hearing this, Lu Guanque's hands froze in mid-air, and his eyes became complicated and deep.

"Tell me this isn't true." Meng Xuanli was shocked. His reaction was completely beyond her expectations. "Lu Guanque, speak."

As she spoke, she raised her hand and punched him on the shoulder, her fists raining down like raindrops: "Why don't you speak, why..."

"Ali, you know why." Lu Guanque's smile faded and he abruptly snatched the booklet and portrait from her hands. "Since you've seen it, I won't hide it from you anymore."

"I drew these paintings. I wrote these words. I also did the things above."

Lu Guanque walked calmly around to the other side of the desk, lazily sat in a chair, opened the book, and said calmly, "Every time I lose you, I come here. It seems that only here do you completely belong to me."

After a pause, he continued, "Your father returned to Xuzhou on his own. Meng Xiuyu was killed by the car she drove. Su He deserved to die. He got what he deserved."

"I'm just going with the flow."

Hearing this, Meng Xuanli's rebuilt heart seemed to be broken again.

She had still had some illusions about him, thinking that as long as he told her that he didn't do it, she would be willing to lie to herself and believe him.

But now, he actually admitted it completely, and even said it so solemnly. It was like drinking a cup of tea, not only relaxing, but also a bit pleasant.

She suddenly turned around, walked slowly to his side, grabbed the collar of his robe, and looked at him with grief and anger: "Lu Guanque..."

"What is human life to you?" Her words were like a knife. "Is it ash, or is it the bargaining chip you use to bind me?"

Lu Guanque's eyes grew darker, his throat churned, and he felt as if his whole body was pierced by her words.

"If it weren't for your instigation, why would my father have hidden away in Xuzhou, not daring to reply to a single letter? And what did you say to Meng Xiuyu? What on earth did you say to her that caused such a proud and arrogant person to die by banging her head against a wall?"

"You said Su He deserved to die and that he deserved it. But I think you should be the one who should die!" Meng Xuanli stared into his eyes, trying to find his ashamed expression, but no matter how hard he looked, he could only see his own accusing face.

Big tears fell on Lu Guanque's face. He retracted his hand, wiped away her tears, and said softly: "Ali, isn't this good?"

"Look, we are each other's only relatives now..."

"Shut up! You have never been my relative!" Meng Xuanli was filled with grief and hatred, and raised his hand to slap him.

Lu Guanque did not dodge, a smile played on the corner of his lips, his cheeks were hot and stained with several red marks.

Meng Xuanli withdrew his hand in panic, not expecting himself to be so impulsive. He murmured, "I... I'm not..."

Lu Guanque's face was full of smiles. He pushed her down on the table with his backhand, grabbed her neck from above, and said harshly, "Whether it was intentional or not, it doesn't matter. Because of them, you actually reacted so strongly?"

"What about me? What am I to you? What do all the things I've done for you really mean to you?"

"you tell me!"

Meng Xuanli felt choked in her throat, and for a moment, she felt like she had gone to hell.

She half-opened her eyes, sobbing and panting, struggling desperately: "You...you are nothing...I have never had you in my heart!"

"Never?"

Lu Guanque seemed to have heard something funny. He pushed aside the books and scrolls on the table and struggled to undress her. "Who do you have in your heart then? Hmm? Is it still Su He?"

Meng Xuanli widened her eyes and hurriedly pulled her clothes, but no matter how she struggled, she could not resist Lu Guanque's anger.

In a moment, my body felt cold, as if it was covered with tears.

She felt extremely humiliated, gnashing her teeth and laughing sadly, "Yes, he's the only one in my heart! He's the only one I love! Even if he dies, I will still love him!"

"Are you satisfied?"

Lu Guanque took off his outer robe, his heart stopped beating, then he smiled slightly and stroked her resolute face.

He said gently: "Okay, then let him watch me love you."

"What are you going to do?" Meng Xuanli was held down by him, terrified and trembling all over.

"What can I do? I can only dig out his ashes and keep them here properly."

"Look, that's it." Lu Guanque pointed.

With his face pressed against the table, Meng Xuanli could see vaguely that his face was deathly pale, like a fish that jumped onto the shore, flapping its wings a few times before suffocating to death.

"Lu Guanque, you bastard!" She reached out to pull her clothes.

He pulled the corners of his lips, frowning, as if in great pain: "In Ali's mind, being a bastard is not bad."

Suddenly, he clamped his hands around her cheeks, forcing her to look at him, leaned over, and kissed her hard on the lips, robbing her of her breath.

Meng Xuanli's teeth trembled slightly, and after being knocked away by him, she began to resist with a retching sound. She twisted and bit his tongue tip hard, trying to make him let go.

Lu Guanque reached out, grabbed the back of her neck, and forced her to endure the kisses.

Meng Xuanli sobbed vaguely, his body burning hot, and his right hand accidentally touched the cold jade hairpin.

She thought for a moment, swallowed, and said hoarsely: "...It's so cold."

Lu Guanque's breathing became heavy and rapid. Without thinking, he hugged her in his arms and sat on the chair.

Meng Xuanli's snow-white skin was exposed, and her skirt was scattered on her legs.

Seeing him closing his eyes, lost in it, she closed her eyes, clenched the jade hairpin, and stabbed him hard in the back.

"Go to hell!"

The moment the jade hairpin pierced his skin, blood oozed out. Lu Guanque groaned in pain, panicked and loosened his grip, looking at Meng Xuanli: "For him...you really dare to kill me?"

Meng Xuanli sniffed. She had never said such explicit and harsh words before. It might have been impulsive at first, but now, it was true.

She actually said such a thing?

Was she becoming like him?

Meng Xuanli shook his head, and in fear, he hurriedly let go. The jade hairpin and blood were shattered in his shirt.

Seeing his bloodshot and wet eyes, Meng Xuanli quickly got off him, put on her clothes with trembling hands, and said miserably: "You forced me to do this, you forced me to do this... I didn't want this, I didn't want it..."

After saying that, she staggered around like a lonely ghost trying to survive, wandering around, not knowing where to go.

Seeing that she was about to leave, Lu Guanque gritted his teeth, stood up despite the pain, and tried his best to pull her back: "You are not allowed to leave!"

"Meng Xuanli, come back here!"

There was liquid on her lips, and blood on her hands and sleeves. Suddenly, she felt a layer of black mist covering her vision, and she felt dizzy.

"Ali... come back..."

Hearing the sound of Lu Guanque falling, Meng Xuanli suddenly stopped, took a deep breath, and murmured: "I won't go back... You won't die... I don't want to go back..."

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The rain was still brewing, Meng Xuanli hurriedly fled the study, avoided people, and carefully returned to Chengju.

Uncle De saw her in the corridor and called out to her, but she didn't respond. Thinking she didn't hear him, he went to the study.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered, he saw Lu Guanque staggering out and said coldly: "Send away everyone in the yard and go get Doctor Yu."

"How... did it become like this?" Uncle De saw that his shirt was stained with blood and his face was full of worry.

"You go." Lu Guanque put on his outer robe and said weakly.

Uncle De remembered that Meng Xuanli had just gone out, so he guessed about 70% of the answer. He nodded and left the study.

Lu Guanque leaned quietly on his chair and looked up. The door of Chengju was closed and it was pitch black inside. The wind blew on him, and he shivered slightly from the heat.

He recalled how she had looked a few days ago, in his arms, soft as a cloud. Her eyes, glittering as they looked at him, were a reflection of his own. Back then, he'd suspected she loved him, yet he also felt she didn't love him that much.

So, he turned his affection into desire, and through his obsession, he kept demanding and plundering her, but he never expected that it would backfire into hatred.

He sighed softly and said, if love is not obvious, then replace it with hate.

At least this way he would feel pain.

He could also understand that this was her way of loving him.

Lu Guanque seemed to have convinced himself. He looked at the fragments in his palm and remembered that this thing was originally his mother's most precious jade hairpin, but now, due to some strange combination of circumstances, it had become a weapon for her to hate him.

Lightning flashed unexpectedly, casting a strange shadow on his profile. He wondered if he should try a different approach this time, perhaps getting Meng Xuanli to admit her mistake. He realized she was like a stubborn diamond, both tough and dazzling.

If she was willing to bow her head and take the initiative to admit her mistake, wouldn't she hate him even more?

Just as he was thinking about it, Uncle De came in with Doctor Yu and gave him a simple bandage. Before leaving, Doctor Yu couldn't help but say something more: "Luckily it's a jade hairpin. If it was a gold hairpin, I'm afraid something serious would have happened."

Lu Guanque chuckled and rubbed his palms: "Big things... wouldn't that be better?"

Uncle De and Imperial Physician Yu looked up at the same time and exchanged glances. Uncle De hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "What the prince meant was that as long as nothing serious happened..."

Doctor Yu's forehead was sweating. He put the medicine down and bowed, "I will take my leave."

The sky was as dark as ink. The rain hadn't fallen, and the dark clouds had stopped moving. The room was extremely hot and stuffy. Lu Guanque stood up, walked to the corridor, looked up at Cheng Ju, and said calmly, "She hasn't come out yet?"

Uncle De took a quick glance and said truthfully, "After the Crown Princess went in, she never came out again."

"Send her some food so she doesn't starve to death."

"I just sent it over. The Crown Princess said she had no appetite and went to bed." Uncle De turned his face away and didn't look at Lu Guanque.

Lu Guanque snorted lightly and said nothing, but in fact he had already guessed what she was thinking. Now when he thought about it again, he felt even more annoyed.

"Since she refuses to eat, let's try some other methods."

As he spoke, Lu Guanque walked calmly to the outside of Chengju, knocked on the door, and when no one inside responded, he kicked it and found that the door was blocked tightly.

"Meng Xuanli, open the door."

No one responded.

Lu Guanque laughed in anger and said coldly, "Go and light some torches."

"Ah?" Uncle De frowned, feeling that Lu Guanque had gone crazy. "This is the Crown Prince's Consort... The Crown Prince is being too..."

“Go get it!”

He was determined to force her out today and make her admit her mistakes to him. Because only in this way would she hate him even more, and he would feel the pain even more thoroughly.

Seeing his distorted yet calm expression, Uncle De had to find him a few torches. To ensure safety, Uncle De also quietly arranged for someone to move a few large water tanks to the back.

"Meng Xuanli..." He coughed and then said cruelly, "I'll only give you this one chance. If you still refuse to come out, I'll burn this house down with my own hands."

Thunder suddenly sounded outside the corridor, and pale lightning floated on the side of his face, reflecting the madness and stubbornness in his heart.

"I know you think I'm lying to you, but I'm telling you, you'd better not gamble on my patience. After all, you just said that I'm a bastard..."

He chuckled, "And assholes should do asshole things."

After these words were spoken, Uncle De who was standing next to him was dumbfounded. He felt that the person in front of him was not a human being at all, but a Rakshasa who had fallen into the devil's trap.

And he, at this moment, had become Luosha's accomplice. He really wanted to slap himself twice, but after thinking carefully, he felt that the prince should tell the Duke about this matter.

At the same time, Meng Xuanli in the room sat on the ground with his back to the door, bent his calves, buried his face in his knees, and listened quietly to Lu Guanque's threats.

The sound was like a sickle was placed behind the head, pulling back and forth, sawing the flesh and causing a lot of blood to flow out.

Meng Xuanli sniffed slightly and her heart gradually calmed down. No matter what Lu Guanque said, she would not open the door for him again.

Because she bet that Lu Guanque would not let her go so easily, nor would he let her die like this.

He said that what he feared most was losing her.

She was betting on his last bit of sincerity.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard faint crackling sounds outside, which seemed to be the muffled sound of window wood breaking.

Meng Xuanli realized something and hurriedly stood up. After seeing the sparks, he muttered, "He actually...actually wanted to burn me to death..."

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The author has something to say: orz didn’t reach 5000, next time, I will definitely make it up next time [covering my face with laughter and tears]

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