Wan Ruo's eyes froze for a moment, she propped herself up and sat up on the bed, looking him straight in the eye: "I won't reply."
Xie Xianyu's expression darkened even more.
"I am a good person." Her breath was a little weak, but her eyes were still determined.
He sneered, "Xu Wanruo, are you starving now? I want to take you away from you, good or bad, who can stop me?"
She took out a hairpin from the quilt and held it against her neck.
Xie Xianyu's eyes froze, and he sternly asked, "What are you doing?!"
Her eyes were cold and gloomy: "I've already said that I would rather die than enter Xie's house."
He gritted his teeth in hatred, thinking that she would come to her senses after a day's rest, but she was still so stubborn!
"Put down the hairpin, or I'll send Xu Shujin down with you."
Her pupils trembled slightly, and she hesitated for a moment, then quickly regained her decisiveness: "Teng."
Xie Xianyu's expression changed instantly, a flash of panic flashed in his eyes, and he reached out to grab her hairpin, but she dodged backwards, and the hairpin that was against her neck penetrated a little deeper, and bright red blood oozed out of her slender neck.
He froze there.
She looked at him expressionlessly: "If I return to the Xie Mansion, I will be looked down upon and humiliated by others. Ajin will also be looked down upon by others. Rather than let this go on, it would be better to just end it all and die."
In the past, she was just a poor cousin living in the mansion. She was cautious in everything she did, but she was still walking on thin ice, suffering from open and hidden attacks and being looked down upon by others.
Even Ajin was bullied in the Xie Mansion, but he just endured it and lived his life in silence.
In order to leave the Xie family, she had already burned her boats and become infamous. She should have settled down and married, but she followed Xie Xianyu back in a coquettish manner. The eldest lady would not forgive her, and the old lady would also be extremely disappointed in her.
When the young lady comes to the mansion in the future, I'm afraid she will be the first one to be attacked.
If she goes back now, the situation will only be ten times worse than before, and Ajin will also be despised and bullied in secret.
She took a deep breath and looked at Xie Xianyu, her eyes filled with the determination to face death.
"As you said, all I got for all my efforts was a joke. It shows that people really have to accept their fate. Maybe Ajin and I should have died a year ago. We shouldn't have struggled to survive. After all the effort, we still have to live like dogs in the end. I can't do that, and I can't bear to let Ajin suffer like this again."
Xie Xianyu's breathing hitched, his heart clenched as if he couldn't breathe. "Wanwan! Put the hairpin down!"
He saw the determination in her eyes; she really had no scruples. It was not until this moment that he realized he could no longer control her.
She remained unmoved, her knuckles turning white as she gripped the hairpin, and she was about to stab it in again.
"I won't touch Xu Shujin!" Xie Xianyu's face turned pale. He looked at the crimson blood slowly trickling down her neck and gritted his teeth. "I won't force you anymore."
Wanruo's expression relaxed a little and she looked at him coldly.
Sweat broke out on his palms. He carefully pulled her hand, asking her to put down the hairpin, and held her hand tightly, not daring to let go.
He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. "But where can you go with Xu Shujin now? You definitely can't go back to Linzhou. Now everyone in Qingzhou knows that something has happened in your marriage to Lin Han, and you can't stay."
He took a look at her face and said cautiously, "Besides, it's dangerous for a woman like you to be in such a remote place. If you want to start your own business, you still have to go to Yanjing. It's more prosperous and safer under the emperor's feet."
"You want to open a herbal medicine shop to boost your family business. Business in Yanjing is always better than in Qingzhou. You have already changed your identity, so you don't have to worry about the Xu family members causing trouble."
Wanruo lowered her eyes and thought to herself that Xie Xianyu had made a concession. If she just went back to Beijing and didn't have to go back to the Xie family, it wouldn't be too bad.
She raised her eyes again and looked at him warily: "What about you?"
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