Chapter 164 Xia Wenwen, Heaven actually let someone like you be reborn!
[The female lead probably doesn't know yet, but this was all a setup by Xia Wenwen, and Qin Yan was waiting outside.]
Just then, a comment suddenly popped up in the live chat. Xia Qianqian caught it out of the corner of her eye, and her pupils suddenly contracted. She never expected that this was truly a trap deliberately set by Xia Wenwen!
Xia Qianqian quickly figured out Xia Wenwen's purpose. She had gone to great lengths to set up this scheme, simply to use Qin Yan to force her to hand over the spatial ring and then take away this heaven-defying opportunity.
"I don't understand what you're saying." Xia Qianqian sneered inwardly after reading the comments, but remained calm on the surface, only glancing at Xia Wenwen indifferently.
"Stop pretending!" Xia Wenwen trembled with anger, her nails digging deep into her palms as she shrieked, "Xia Qianqian, stop playing dumb with me! You want to keep such a good spatial ring all to yourself? It was originally mine! Give it back to me right now!"
Xia Qianqian suddenly laughed, her eyes full of mockery: "A ring? I do have a ring, which Lu Zheng bought for me when we got married, but that ring doesn't have any of the abilities you're talking about."
Xia Wenwen was furious; she never expected Xia Qianqian to be so stubborn.
That ring can open the legendary Peach Blossom Spring space. But once it recognizes its owner, the space will be bound to the owner's soul, and even if someone else steals the ring, it will be useless unless the owner willingly relinquishes the space!
She thought that by using a combination of provocation and slander, along with both soft and hard tactics, she could pry open Xia Qianqian's mouth and force her to admit that Peach Blossom Spring belonged to her. In that case, she could rightfully take back this heaven-defying opportunity!
Despite all her calculations, she hadn't expected Xia Qianqian to be like a rock that couldn't be warmed up, refusing to respond no matter how she tried to get her to talk or throw a tantrum.
"You..." Xia Wenwen was so angry that her vision blurred, and her nails dug deep into her palms. Was her carefully laid plan going to fail like this?
Qin Yan, who was waiting outside the cave, had long been impatient.
He was unwilling to marry her in the first place. If it weren't for his elders insisting that Xia Wenwen "could predict the future" and forcing him to marry her as a "lucky star," and if he hadn't lost power in the provincial capital, and the leader he used to fawn over had fallen from power, and everyone else regarded him as a stray dog and avoided him like the plague, why would he have to swallow his anger?
The Qin family is no longer what it used to be. In order to find a new patron, he emptied his family's coffers to "show his loyalty," so where would he find the extra money to prepare a decent betrothal gift?
Moreover, even if the Qin family were wealthy, he would never spend the bride price on Xia Wenwen.
In his eyes, this woman was nothing more than a stepping stone for him to climb the social ladder. Why should he treat her with all his heart and soul?
Upon arriving at Xiangyang Village, Xia Wenwen noticed Qin Yan's coldness. In order to keep him calm, she had to present several "accurate predictions" about the future situation, which made Qin Yan look at her with new eyes and rely on her more.
Then, she added fuel to the fire, attributing Xia Qianqian's current good life entirely to "stealing her opportunity," and instigated Qin Yan to take action, tying her and Xia Qianqian together to this cave.
"As long as Xia Qianqian admits that she stole the space from me,"
Xia Wenwen confidently told Qin Yan, her eyes gleaming with greed, "Then that space will recognize me as its master! Then..."
She didn't finish her sentence, but Qin Yan understood what she meant.
But Xia Wenwen had other plans: once she got her hands on the space, it would be hers to keep, so why should she share it with Qin Yan?
With inexhaustible spatial resources, why would she be afraid of not being able to control a disgraced young master of the Qin family? This is her greatest confidence in daring to challenge the Qin family!
She had assumed that Xia Qianqian would lose her composure under coercion and confess without being asked.
Qin Yan waited outside the cave until his legs went numb, only to hear Xia Wenwen screaming hysterically inside. Xia Qianqian, however, remained calm and composed, occasionally responding with an innocent and bewildered tone, as if she truly knew nothing about any kind of space.
Qin Yan listened patiently outside the cave for a long time, already questioning Xia Wenwen's nonsense about "rebirth" and "space".
This woman probably just listened to some superstitious rumors from the countryside and used them to fool their family. The more he thought about it, the more irritated he became, so he simply strode in.
Xia Wenwen was surprised that Qin Yan would come in. Fearing that Xia Qianqian would see through their scheme, she quickly squeezed out two tears and called out to Qin Yan in a sobbing voice.
"Brother Qin Yan! You've finally arrived! Quickly untie me! Xia Qianqian must be jealous of us, that's why she tied me up here!" she said, while desperately trying to wink at Qin Yan.
Qin Yan didn't look at her, but instead looked at Xia Qianqian: "I heard what you were saying outside. What exactly did you take from Xia Wenwen?"
Xia Qianqian laughed: "Qin Yan, you believe her when she says she's been reborn? I think she's gone crazy from wanting to get married. You should take her to the medical team to have her head checked!"
She paused, her gaze sweeping over Qin Yan's ashen face, and sneered, "Maybe she's taken a fancy to my Lu Zheng, that's why she keeps going against me. Peach Blossom Spring, spatial ring, I've never even heard of them!"
At this point, she looked at Qin Yan as if he were a fool: "You believe her?"
Qin Yan was choked so badly that his face turned pale and then red. He opened his mouth but couldn't say anything to refute her. Xia Wenwen's crazy behavior just now showed no trace of the composure that a "lucky star" should have.
Xia Qianqian didn't stop, her words directly targeting Xia Wenwen: "With Xia Wenwen's backstabbing and distorting nature, would God give her a chance to be reborn? I think she must have done something wicked in her past life, which is why she has to steal and rob to get what she wants in this life!"
"You're talking nonsense!!"
These words pierced Xia Wenwen's heart like needles. She screamed, "God has given me this opportunity! I will live a more glorious life than anyone else in this one! It's all because of you, Xia Qianqian! You bitch! You must be a reincarnation too! Otherwise, why would you always oppose me and steal my opportunities!"
The rope she was pulling drew blood, and her eyes were filled with a venomous hatred, as if she wanted to devour someone: "You won't admit it, will you? Then go die! Once you're dead, Peach Blossom Spring will be without a master, and it will naturally recognize me as its new master! Then your man, your property, everything you have will all be mine!"
Xia Wenwen rubbed her wrist, which was marked with red welts from the straps, a malicious glint in her eyes. Since persuasion wasn't working, she'd resort to force! Once Xia Qianqian was dead, the Peach Blossom Spring Space would be hers sooner or later!
The thought of Xia Qianqian being reduced to charcoal in the flames made her grin uncontrollably, revealing a twisted smile.
"Qin Yan, let's set fire to the cave! We'll burn it all down without anyone noticing, and who would suspect us?"
Qin Yan didn't move. The torchlight illuminated his deep eyes, his gaze fixed intently on Xia Qianqian. He suddenly spoke: "Xia Qianqian, it's not too late to regret it now."
"What did you say?!" Xia Wenwen screamed like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
She never expected that even after things had come to this, Qin Yan would still have feelings for Xia Qianqian!
A surge of burning jealousy instantly extinguished her reason. Even if she didn't like Qin Yan, she would never allow her man to have another woman in his heart!
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