Jiang Xinrou wiped away her tears and sobbed a couple more times, but found that no one paid any attention to her. She felt that crying herself was pointless.
Finally, she managed to stand up on her own, wanting to say a few harsh words, but seeing Lin Xiuyan's murderous face, she didn't dare to say anything.
She stood up dejectedly, and then slunk away.
At the same time, Zhou Chenyang, who had been in a coma for several days, also woke up.
He was awakened by the loud noise of the firefighting efforts.
When he woke up, he felt pain in every bone in his body and had no strength at all.
He recalled what had happened before she lost consciousness, and his hand unconsciously clenched into a fist.
Although he retained his position as city lord and even received a promotion, his image in the hearts of the people of Yucheng was completely ruined.
He could foresee that his future days would be very difficult. (www.cascoo.net)
He shouted, "Someone come here!"
Hearing the commotion, Hongxiu ran over and said, "Lord City, you're finally awake! You've scared me to death these past few days!"
Zhou Chenyang was annoyed by her crying and asked, "What's going on outside?"
Hongxiu briefly recounted what had happened, but she was timid and unlike Jiang Xinrou, she didn't venture out. What she knew remained superficial.
Zhou Chenyang sensed something unusual and asked, "You mean the princess is in the city lord's mansion?"
Hongxiu nodded. Princess Anle was too arrogant, and Hongxiu, being of lowly status, didn't dare to go over. She only glanced at her from afar before being terrified.
Today, when Lin Xiuyan went to Princess Anle's residence, she secretly hoped that Princess Anle would kill her. However, Lin Xiuyan came out unharmed, but Princess Anle was nowhere to be found.
Zhou Chenyang tried to get up, but found that he couldn't get up no matter what he did. He angrily said, "That bitch Lin Xiuyan!"
"She actually dared to lay a hand on the princess and even dared to burn down the city lord's mansion!"
After he finished cursing, he remembered that he was in this state because she had crippled him.
His feelings were extremely complicated. He used to look down on her for fighting with people every day.
He now realized that when she was good at fighting, this ability became extremely terrifying.
Hongxiu heard his words and cursed a few times, but seeing his bad expression, she dared not speak again.
Meanwhile, the fire in the burning house not only didn't subside, but actually intensified, and a beam collapsed and crashed down.
Lin Xiuyan's face turned very ugly when she saw this scene.
She recalled the way Xu Qianting died in her past life, and those suffocating memories came rushing back to her.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, and she was somewhat unsteady on her feet.
A hand steadily supported her, and when she turned her head, she saw it was Ye Junfei.
He asked her, "Are you alright?"
Lin Xiuyan recalled Princess Anle's words from earlier, and she was unsure whether Princess Anle's words were meant to provoke or to be true.
Judging solely from Ye Junfei's personality, he really is capable of doing such a thing.
She gave him a complicated look, pulled her hand away from his, and followed the others to put out the fire.
Ye Junfei's gaze turned slightly cold as he watched her fetch water to put out the fire, while he stood there without moving.
About 15 minutes later, the fire was finally extinguished.
However, the house had been burned to the ground and was in ruins.
Commander Xu led his men in and carried out a charred male corpse.
The body of the male corpse contained the jade pendant that Xu Qianting often wore.
Upon seeing this scene, Commander Xu burst into tears: "Ting'er!"
The moment Lin Xiuyan saw the male corpse, her face turned deathly pale.
If she had only recalled those memories just now, then the current scene overlapped with the scene of Xu Qianting's death in her previous life.
Since her rebirth, Lin Xiuyan has been trying to change the course of everyone's lives in her previous life, because she wants the people she cares about to live well.
Despite her best efforts, she still couldn't save Xu Qianting's life.
She heard Xu Shoubei's painful cries, and anger surged within her.
She suppressed her anger and went to check; the age of the corpse matched Xu Qianting's.
She took several deep breaths, grabbed her knife, and ran in the direction Princess Anle had left.
Seeing that her expression was off, Ye Junfei grabbed her and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Mind your own business!" Lin Xiuyan knew she shouldn't lose her temper with him at this moment, but she had already lost control of her emotions.
Ye Junfei asked her, "Are you going to kill Anle to avenge Xu Qianting?"
“That’s right!” Lin Xiuyan said coldly, “That damned princess is going too far! Let go!”
Ye Junfei held her hand tightly without showing any sign of letting go.
He looked at her and said, "You were able to subdue Anle just now only because he was caught off guard."
"His mind and methods are far more profound than you imagine, and the guards he brought with him are all top-notch experts."
"If you run into him looking like this, you're practically asking for death!"
Lin Xiuyan suddenly remembered something else: "You went to see him last night? Were you involved in today's events?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Junfei's peach blossom eyes flashed with coldness: "Are you doubting me?"
Lin Xiuyan took a deep breath and said, "You've tried to kill Xu Qianting more than once."
"I have reason to suspect that you won't pass up this opportunity that's practically handed to you and can clear your name!"
"You just didn't expect that Princess Anle would betray you in the end."
Ye Junfei laughed upon hearing this: "If I really wanted to kill Xu Qianting, it would only take one sword strike. There's no need to go to such lengths."
Lin Xiuyan hated seeing his smile like that, and she said coldly, "That was before!"
“Now that we are married, you know that if you kill Xu Qianting, our relationship will be difficult to maintain.”
"I still have value to you. With your cunning and methods, you used Princess Anle to kill Xu Qianting, and you can still use me. Why not?"
Ye Junfei, who had always been a master strategist, was being forced to take credit for things that weren't his own.
Given his past behavior, he would have simply killed the person with a single sword strike in such a situation.
But this time, it was Lin Xiuyan who questioned him.
Kill her? He couldn't bring himself to do it!
His eyes were upturned at the corners, and there was a chill in them. He sneered, "Lin Xiuyan, in your heart, am I really that worthless?"
Lin Xiuyan took a deep breath and said, "It's not that you're so despicable, it's that you were never a good person to begin with!"
His hands are stained with countless amounts of blood.
Ye Junfei chuckled softly: "I originally thought that after I've been so open and honest with you these past few days, you would finally know some of my good qualities."
"But only today do I realize how ridiculous my thinking was."
“In your heart, I am despicable, shameless, and ruthless. No matter how good I am to you, you can’t see it.”
"To you, neither Fan Xilou nor Xu Qianting is more important than me."
"If you want to go and die, then go! What does it have to do with me!"
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