Chapter 371: Farewell to Meng Xiyan

There was a cut on each side of her cheek, from her cheekbone to the corner of her mouth.

The wound was deep and long, with the skin and flesh turned inside out, looking particularly hideous and terrifying.

If the stitches are not treated in time, the wound will become twisted and scary like an earthworm.

Blood gushed out, seeping down his cheek into his collar, and in an instant, it dyed Ning Tan's chest red.

"Tan'er, what are you doing? What should I do with your face?" Ning's mother rushed over and hugged Ning Tan, crying bitterly.

The eldest lady of the Qian family was so frightened that she screamed and wanted to chase the man away but she didn't dare. She could only shout, "Call for a doctor! Go and call for a doctor!"

"No need." Ning Tan stopped him loudly, her whole body trembling with pain.

"Isn't it my face that the eldest son of the Xie family is attracted to? Well, I'm going to destroy it.

Without this face, will the Xie family still want this marriage?"

As she said this, her eyes were fixed on the people from the Qian family.

Ning Tan's eyes were bloodshot and his face turned pale due to pain and blood loss.

However, her bloody wounds made her look particularly hideous and terrifying, like a demon crawling out of hell, wanting to eat flesh and drink blood.

"It's crazy! It's crazy!" The eldest lady of the Qian family was terrified.

Even the head of the Qian family was frightened by Ning Tan's resolute look.

"Let's go!" Ning Tan ignored his bleeding wound, took his brother's hand, turned around and left.

She was shaking with pain.

Every word she spoke or expression she made would cause the wounds on both sides to hurt, causing her so much pain that she would rather die than live.

But she held it back, not shedding a tear or crying out in pain.

"Shan'er, let mother help you!"

"Sister, let me carry you." The brother also squatted in front of him.

Ning Tan pushed them away: "I... I can do it myself. I can finish my own journey!"

She endured the pain and left the Qian family. When she returned to her own carriage, she seemed to have used up all her strength and collapsed in the carriage.

Her maid Zhiyuan immediately rushed over and said, "Miss, your face...how could it be like this?"

Ning Tan held Zhiyuan's hand and said, "My dear girl, don't panic.

It looks scary, but they are just minor injuries and won't kill me."

"You're bleeding profusely, how can you be so desperate? You're already weak, and... it'll leave scars, and you'll be disfigured!"

The kite cried and cried, and her tears were like a flood that could not be stopped.

Ning Tan wiped her tears and coaxed her softly.

Zhiyuan wiped her tears carelessly, blaming herself for not showing enough courage: "It's all my fault. It was the young lady who was injured, but I kept crying. I even needed the young lady to comfort me."

After returning home, Ning Tan did not use Ma Fei San, but endured the pain and let the doctor suture her wound.

She could almost hear the sound of the needle and thread piercing through the flesh and pulling.

The Ning family members standing by were sweating profusely and couldn't bear to watch.

Ning sighed but said nothing.

**

After hearing what happened, Wen Yan held Ning Tan's hand tightly and said, "Why are you so stupid? We have ten thousand ways to deal with the Qian family. Why are you playing with your own body?"

For a family like theirs, a woman's appearance is not the most important, but it is also indispensable.

Her face was ruined, so let alone getting married, even if she went out for social activities, there would probably be people talking about her behind her back.

Ning Tan shook his head: "The eldest son of the Xie family is attracted to my face. If I don't destroy it, his interest will not disappear, and the Qian family will continue to pester me.

Only by getting rid of this evil can I be completely at peace."

Therefore, the reason why the Qian family was willing to cancel the engagement was not only because of Meng Xiyan’s scheme, but more importantly because Ning Tan’s face was ruined and the young master of the Xie family no longer liked him.

Wen Yan hugged Ning and sighed, "Don't worry, I will definitely find the best scar removal medicine to make your scars heal as before."

Ning Tan shook his head and said, "I'm going to keep these scars. They'll save me a lot of trouble."

After hearing this, Wen Yan stopped trying to persuade him.

Ning sighed that this beautiful face could not be kept, whether in this life or the previous life.

Fortunately, Meng Xiyan never cares about appearance.

Even though she was disfigured in her previous life, Meng Xiyan didn't mind.

Now this little scar is nothing compared to the big one.

Wen Yan put the pearl necklace on her and said, "From now on, you will be my half-sister."

Ning Tan held Wen Yan's hand and said, "Yan Yan, it's great to meet you!"

Wen Yan was not modest at all and shook his head proudly.

They drank for a while longer and had some snacks, and then it was almost time.

"Let's go, let's go see Big Brother off."

"Okay." Ning sighed in response.

The two of them held hands, left the teahouse, and rode in a carriage towards the city gate.

In the private room next door.

Xie Congyi looked at the two people leaving hand in hand, with a playful look in his eyes.

"Sure enough, that bracelet was given to her by the little rabbit." He rubbed the jade cabbage pendant in his hand, a faint smile on his face: "If I catch you, you will never be able to run away again.

It’s more fun to catch the naughty little rabbit.

Come on, I want to see what she's been up to lately."

Wen Yan and his group soon arrived outside the city gate.

They waited for a while at a roadside tea stall, and Meng Xiyan and his group of seven or eight people came out.

"Brother! Here." Wen Yan stood up and waved at him.

Meng Xiyan greeted the people around him, held the reins, and walked over.

When Meng Xiyan found out that the person next to Wen Yan was Ning Tan, he couldn't help but want to look at her.

He didn't want to appear too frivolous, so he tried hard to restrain himself, but instead he looked immature and nervous.

General Meng, who was feared by the foreign tribes in the north, was now at a loss like a child. Wen Yan tried to hold back his laughter until his stomach hurt.

She had already sent over the things she prepared for Meng Xiyan.

Wen Yan had nothing to say, so she just drank her tea quietly and pretended to be invisible.

The atmosphere became quiet, and the two people became more and more uncomfortable.

Wen Yanle saw Meng Xiyan's embarrassment and said nothing.

Finally, it was Ning Tan who broke the atmosphere and took out a box: "Thanks to General Meng's help last time, this is a little gift from my parents.

I hope Brother Meng won’t despise me.”

"How could I dislike it? Thank you for the gift. And thank you for coming to see me off." Meng Xiyan took the box and held it in his arms like a treasure.

“…” Ning Tan turned his head away in embarrassment.

Meng Xiyan's expression froze, and he asked nervously, "What's wrong with your face?"

Although it was difficult to see clearly through the veil, Meng Xiyan could still detect the abnormality on her face by judging by the depth of her skin.

Ning Tan quickly covered his face: "Nothing... I... I stayed in the south for a long time and came back suddenly. I can't adapt to the dryness in the north, so..."

"You lied to me." Meng Xiyan's voice was filled with grievance. "Dry and damaged skin doesn't look like this. Your face is injured. Can you show it to me?"

Ning Tan hesitated for a moment, but still lifted the veil.