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A few seconds later, Qin Wan's breathing remained even and gentle, as if she had truly fallen asleep.

But Qi Xiao knew that she didn't.

He increased the pressure on her hand until Qin Wan opened her eyes and looked at him expressionlessly.

"What? You've finally decided to open your eyes? You're not pretending anymore?"

Qin Wan glanced at him indifferently, "You're overthinking it. I wasn't pretending."

"Heh..." Qi Xiao sneered, his face full of disbelief.

"Aren't you afraid I'll really kill you?" Qi Xiao asked again.

"Whatever." Qin Wan replied calmly, her eyes showing no emotion.

Seeing this, a hint of impatience flashed in Qi Xiao's eyes.

"You really want to die?"

Qin Wan glanced at him but didn't say anything.

"Alright, then I'll grant your wish!"

Seeing that Qin Wan remained unmoved, Qi Xiao became furious and raised his hand to grab her neck hard...

Qin Wan lay there motionless, letting him hold her slender neck.

His fingers tightened continuously...

Under the moonlight, Qin Wan's rosy complexion gradually turned pale.

Upon seeing this, Qi Xiao's large hand stiffened almost imperceptibly.

But Qin Wan still didn't resist. Qi Xiao was furious. Just as he opened his mouth to say something, Qin Wan suddenly narrowed her eyes and flipped over onto him...

After a dizzying moment, their positions were reversed.

Qi Xiao was successfully pinned down by Qin Wan.

Qi Xiao's pupils contracted sharply as he stared incredulously at her on top of him.

"you?"

Before Qi Xiao could finish speaking, those alluring red lips descended, silencing all his unfinished words.

Qi Xiao: "!!!"

She! She! She!

Is this woman crazy?

How could she do such a thing to him?

Just as Qi Xiao reached out his hands, trying to flip Qin Wan off him, he noticed a familiar figure that had appeared out of nowhere out of the corner of his eye...

Ji Wenruo?

Why would he be here so late?

Under the hazy moonlight, two men, one on top of the other, kissed intimately...

Ji Wenruo stood there stiffly, his handsome face filled with disbelief.

Wan Di and Doctor Qi?

How is that possible?

How could you do that?

Wan Di...

Upon noticing Ji Wenruo's presence, Qi Xiao's hands changed from pushing her away to embracing her...

His long, slender hands gripped Qin Wan's slender waist, pressing her heavily against him...

He rolled over, and their positions were switched again.

Their eyes met...

Meeting Qin Wan's surprised gaze, Qi Xiao gave her a seductive smile before leaning down.

Their lips met...

A warm, tingling sensation spread throughout their bodies from where their skin touched...

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

In the darkness, he kissed her and looked at her.

She was the same way...

Qi Xiao's favorability increased by 5, current favorability is 26.

As their lips met, Qi Xiao seemed to notice Qin Wan's absent-mindedness and mistakenly thought she was concerned about Ji Wenruo beside her. A hint of annoyance appeared in his eyes.

The next second...

"hiss……"

Qin Wan gasped in pain, glaring angrily at the man pressing down on her.

Seeing that her attention had returned to him, Qi Xiao raised an eyebrow and smiled smugly.

Qin Wan: "..."

Ji Wenruo stumbled and turned to run away...

Watching his disheveled departure, Qi Xiao did not rush to get up from Qin Wan.

Instead, he waited until Qin Wan looked impatient and pushed him before he pouted and said with a hint of disgust.

"Don't look so wronged."

"You were the one who initiated it."

"You took advantage of me first, I didn't force you."

Qin Wan glanced at him indifferently, then suddenly stood up to leave.

Upon seeing this, Qi Xiao instinctively grabbed her slender wrist.

Where to?

"Return to camp," Qin Wan said calmly.

"Aren't you afraid that Ji Wenruo will see you if you go back now?"

"Aren't you afraid that all that acting just now was for nothing?" Qi Xiao raised an eyebrow, deliberately provoking her.

Sure enough, Qin Wan's departing figure froze.

With a slight exertion of force, Qi Xiao easily pulled Qin Wan down to sit.

"Don't worry, this prince isn't interested in a rude and domineering woman like you," Qi Xiao suddenly explained, though it was unclear whether he was saying this to Qin Wan or to himself.

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After Qi Xiao finished speaking, Qin Wan remained silent for a long time.

After a long silence, Qi Xiao suddenly asked, "How did you know Ji Wenruo would come?"

Qin Wan glanced at him indifferently, "As you thought."

Qi Xiao: "..." This woman is really ruthless.

She was ruthless to Ji Wenruo, but even more ruthless to herself.

No wonder she, a young woman, was able to carve out a bloody path through the borderlands, a place where people devour each other without spitting out bones, and even make other countries tremble with fear. There is a reason for that.

"I suddenly have a lot of doubts..." Qi Xiao suddenly chuckled.

Qin Wan's suspicious gaze swept over indifferently.

Do you really like Ji Wenruo?

The moment their eyes met, Qi Xiao stared intently into her eyes, as if trying to discover something within them.

"Does it matter?" Qin Wan looked at him expressionlessly and asked in return.

Seeing the calm in her eyes, without a trace of pain, Qi Xiao suddenly smiled with relief.

"Too."

"So what if I liked someone? So what if I didn't?"

"No matter what happened in the past, you and Ji Wenruo are destined to be apart in this life."

"Hesitation only leads to more trouble..."

"You're a terrifyingly clear-headed woman..." Qi Xiao said softly.

Under the moonlight, on the small hills of the grassland.

Qin Wan and Qi Xiao lay flat, gazing absently at the bright moonlight overhead.

"Judging from Ji Wenruo's reaction just now, it seems he's not entirely indifferent to you." Qi Xiao's sudden words broke the momentary silence.

"It doesn't matter anymore," Qin Wan said.

"Is it really not important anymore?" Qi Xiao seemed not to believe her, and suddenly turned around to look at her.

Qin Wan glanced at him indifferently and ignored him.

"Don't you want to struggle and resist?" Qi Xiao asked enticingly.

"..." Qin Wan remained silent and did not speak.

“Fate can be changed,” Qi Xiao added.

How will you know the result if you don't try?

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Seeing that Qin Wan remained silent for a long time, Qi Xiao suddenly chuckled, "It seems you don't like Ji Wenruo that much after all."

"If you really love him, why wouldn't you resist and struggle a bit?"

"Tsk..."

"Sure enough, all that talk about love and romance is just a bunch of deceptive tricks."

Qi Xiao's favorability decreased by 2, current favorability is 24.

At that moment, Qi Xiao didn't know why, but his feelings were very complicated.

He seemed both happy and displeased, which was quite inexplicable.

"Want to hear a story?" Just as Qi Xiao was about to get up and leave, Qin Wan, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.

Qi Xiao paused in his motion to stand up, looking at her with suspicion in his eyes.

"I've tried..." Qin Wan seemed lost in some kind of memory, her expression slightly dazed, her eyes shifting unpredictably.

"The night I left the Prince of Huainan's residence..."

"I went to see my older brother..."