"No." Jun Jiuge refused decisively, then pleaded again, "If you beg me, I might consider it."

Yan Luoheng's face no longer showed the expectant expression that Jun Jiuge had shown. Instead, he said with a grin, "Little Jiu has only been away from me for a short time, and she has already become so... naughty."

As he spoke, he reached out to pinch Jun Jiuge's face, but Jun Jiuge skillfully dodged it.

"Can we talk about it tomorrow?" Yan Luoheng bargained with her. "Let's get some rest early tonight."

Jun Jiuge's attitude was firm: "I said, unless you beg me to stay, I will leave now."

"That's not up to you." Yan Luoheng seemed to have lost his patience and directly picked up Jun Jiuge and carried her into the house.

Jun Jiuge didn't react for a moment. He rarely hugged her like this; he usually just dragged her roughly.

However, after realizing what was happening, she began to struggle desperately, but it seemed to be of little use.

Yan Luoheng carried her all the way upstairs to the room where she had stayed when she was injured.

He showed her no pity and threw her onto the bed, then immediately pounced on her.

Jun Jiuge quickly backed away, "Try touching me."

Such a threat was insignificant to Yan Luoheng, and he continued to approach Jun Jiuge without a care.

In a moment of desperation, Jun Jiuge had a sudden inspiration and said, "You are very wary of Qi Jincheng, and even more wary of Bai Xiuyan. What will you do if they join forces against you?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Luoheng paused his approach slightly, then laughed and said, "Hehehe, my interests have no conflict with theirs, so why would they target me?"

Before he finished speaking, he began to approach Jun Jiuge again. Jun Jiuge, disregarding everything else, shouted, "I hid that thing with Qiao Xi."

Yan Luoheng immediately realized what she was talking about, and his face turned ugly instantly. But only for a moment before he said with certainty, "That thing is not with Xiao Jiu at all."

Jun Jiuge suddenly sneered and said, "Yan Luoheng, haven't you always had some expectations of me?"

"How could I possibly let you down?"

Yan Luoheng had a feeling that Jun Jiuge wasn't lying. Although her smile was deliberate, she wouldn't have pinned this blame on herself if she hadn't taken it.

Under those circumstances before, she wouldn't admit that she took it, but now she suddenly tells him that she took it?

Yan Luoheng completely gave up on approaching her, and instead sat down to the side and calmly asked, "When did you get it?"

Jun Jiuge frankly said, "The moment you released the news, the moment you allowed your people to take the things away."

"You killed him?" That was the first thought that popped into Yan Luoheng's mind.

At that time, he had his doubts because the way he contacted him changed slightly afterward, but it was still under his control, so he didn't suspect anything too much.

That person would report to him every day about their whereabouts and where the items were, but they had never met.

Based on this calculation, that person is probably in grave danger. The one who gave him the message during this period was none other than Jun Jiuge.

Yan Luoheng truly hadn't expected it to be her. Now that she had confessed to him, it was an undeniable fact.

Jun Jiuge originally didn't want to tell him that it was something she used to save her life, but now that things had come to this, she had no other choice. Putting everything out on the table would give her a better chance.

"No, I used the same method you used to control them, and he obediently complied," Jun Jiuge mocked him, giving him a taste of his own medicine.

Yan Luoheng shook his head slightly and applauded Jun Jiuge from the bottom of his heart, "Little Jiu, you have great skills."

Jun Jiuge said modestly, "I should thank you for teaching me how to fight fire with fire."

"No need for thanks." Yan Luoheng changed his previous tough attitude and extended an olive branch to her, "Stay by my side, and I can teach you more."

"Beg me." Jun Jiuge's request remained unchanged.

Yan Luoheng's stance changed, and he said decisively and readily, "Please."

Hearing his request, Jun Jiuge felt a sense of accomplishment, a sense of relief that was small and humble, but this alone was enough to alleviate a lot of the depression in her heart.

"Hehehe." She chuckled softly and said, "Yan Luoheng, you've finally met your match."

Yan Luoheng seemed to have given in, and said in a gentle tone, "I'll go and run your bath."

"No need," Jun Jiuge refused again decisively.

She had no idea what he was thinking. Hadn't her rejection been thorough enough?

Yan Luoheng completely lowered his stance and asked in a low voice, "Was my request not sincere enough?"

“It’s me, I’m not afraid of you anymore.” Jun Jiuge had completely gained the upper hand. She sneered, “Do you really think I care about the Jun family?”

"You're overthinking it. What right does a father who abandoned me in the countryside for twenty years and never cared about me have to make me acknowledge him?"

"What does his life or death, the life or death of the entire Jun family, have to do with me?!" Jun Jiuge shouted.

In her heart, the Jun family had never existed. If it weren't for bringing that item to the capital, she would never have agreed to return to the Jun family.

At most, she won't kill them; their lives or deaths are none of her concern!

Although the Jun family treated her well, it couldn't make up for the hatred that had been building up in her heart for the past twenty years, and it made it even harder for her to forgive them for indirectly causing the deaths of her grandmother and aunt.

At this moment, Jun Jiuge completely let go of the lock in her heart, and murmured with tears streaming down her face, "My closest people have all left me, and life and death have long lost their meaning for me."

"But if I really have to live, I only want to live for myself, not for anyone else." She gritted her teeth and said the last few words.

After saying that, she got out of bed, straightened her clothes, and prepared to leave.

Yan Luoheng blocked her way once again, and Jun Jiuge asked impatiently, "You still want to stop me?"

"I'll take you." Yan Luoheng had already lost the right to ask her to stay. "It's getting dark, and it's not safe to walk at night."

Jun Jiuge felt that this was not something he would do, and for a moment she wanted to tease him.

She barely gave Yan Luoheng time to react before suddenly turning around and tackling him onto the bed.

Yan Luoheng was indeed completely unprepared. He only thought she wanted to kill him, but because it was so sudden, if she really wanted to kill him, he couldn't hide, nor did he intend to.

But to his utter surprise, she ended up pinning him down.