The sharp, stinging pain in his shoulder made Xuan Yuanzhan's heart tremble, as if she had bitten into his heart.
She found out the truth!
For a moment, Xuan Yuanzhan didn't know whether he should panic or feel relieved.
A bitter pain surged into his heart, and in the midst of a blank mind, Xuan Yuanzhan tightly embraced Su Xuening.
Seeing that he still dared to hug her, Su Xuening bit even harder, and even though she tasted the rust in her mouth, she still refused to let go.
Xuanyuan Zhan didn't cry out in pain, nor did he even frown. He just held her tightly and let her vent her frustration.
She didn't know how long she bit him, but in the end, Su Xuening's mouth was filled with a sweet and metallic taste. She didn't know if it was out of heartache or something else, but she just couldn't bring herself to bite off a piece of his flesh like that, so she finally let go.
Even though he tacitly agreed, and the truth was crystal clear, Su Xuening still looked at the shoulder she had just bitten, unwilling to give up.
In the dim light, two teeth marks, one dark and one light, one new and one old, were faintly visible!
The two teeth marks are exactly the same; they were both from her bite!
It really was him!!!
"Let me go!" Su Xuening shouted sharply, panting heavily, as if she had been provoked.
Xuanyuan Zhan dared not let go, for he feared that if he let go, he would lose her forever!
He wouldn't let go, which made Su Xuening even angrier. She tried to push him away, but the more she pushed, the tighter he held her, not daring to let go for even a moment.
Overwhelmed with resentment, Su Xuening's tears fell like pearls from a broken string, but her attitude remained firm: "I told you to let me go!!"
Seeing Su Xuening cry, Xuan Yuanzhan felt his heart break. He loosened his grip on her slightly and said in a hoarse voice, "Can you give me a chance to explain?"
His hoarse voice was filled with deep guilt and self-reproach.
Xuanyuan Zhan loosened his grip slightly, and Su Xuening immediately moved away from him, but she was still held in his arms.
Su Xuening tried to pry his hands off and get away from him completely, but his hands were like iron clamps, and she couldn't pry them off no matter what she did!
Seeing her desperately trying to get away from him, Xuan Yuanzhan felt as if his heart was being torn apart, and his face turned pale with pain.
He tightened his grip on her arms, pressed himself close to her, and whispered in her ear, "Ning'er, don't do this to me. Give me a chance, please!"
His low, hoarse voice was full of pleading. Su Xuening didn't want to soften her heart. She told herself that since she couldn't break free from him, she would listen to his explanation.
After a long silence, Su Xuening forced herself to calm down. The two did not look at each other, and Xuan Yuanzhan still held her in his arms.
Su Xuening couldn't break free, so she leaned against him and said, "I'll ask, you answer!"
“Okay!” Xuan Yuanzhan didn’t hesitate at all, as long as she was willing to listen to him.
After another moment of silence, Su Xuening finally asked her first question: "You didn't know from the beginning that I was the woman who removed the curse from you in the icy pool, right?"
"Yes." Xuan Yuanzhan's crisp and decisive answer eased the tension in Su Xuening's heart a little.
She was terrified of hearing the answer "no." If he had known the whole truth from the beginning and then watched her struggle and blame herself like a clown, she would have truly broken down.
Su Xuening took a deep breath and asked again, "When I revealed the truth to you, you already knew the whole truth, right?"
"Yes." There was still no hesitation.
Now, Xuanyuan Zhan dares not tell her even the slightest lie.
The tension that Su Xuening had just relaxed instantly tightened again.
Just as she suspected, he had known all along, but he had never revealed a word to her about it!
Her heart felt like it was being choked, and the pain brought tears to her eyes: "When?"
When Su Xuening asked this question, she was already in a bad mood. Xuan Yuanzhan felt that she seemed to be drifting further away from him, and his heart panicked instantly. He hurriedly said, "Just a few days ago, after you took the Buddhist beads to Bailong Temple to find Master Daoyi, Master Daoyi helped me control the Love Flower Gu. He also gave me those Buddhist beads, so he recognized them and knew that I had been looking for them. That's when he came to find me."
Su Xuening was extremely surprised to hear this!
She always thought he knew, but it turns out he only just found out too!
Just a few days after she took the Buddhist beads to Master Daoyi, time had come much later than she had expected. The resentment and humiliation she felt immediately dissipated.
Seeing that she remained silent, Xuan Yuanzhan cautiously said, "Actually, I suspected before that the woman in the cold pool that night was you. After all, the dilapidated temple you were in that night was very close to Dragon Tooth Mountain, and you were under the influence of the Drunken Love Potion, a love drug that would kill you if not cured. Moreover, I later found out your birth date and time, which showed that you have an extremely Yin constitution that is both compatible and incompatible with mine. Everything was too coincidental. But every time I confirmed that it was you, ample evidence would emerge to prove that you weren't. You have no idea how obsessed I was during that time. I both hoped it was you and didn't want you to suffer the pain of the Love Flower Gu for me!"
Su Xuening understood what he meant.
She had indeed gathered ample evidence to prove that she was a virgin before marrying into the Holy King's Mansion. If he couldn't find out, she wouldn't blame him!
But after confirming the Buddhist beads, he should have known that she was Han Tan's woman. Why didn't he acknowledge her?
Moreover, she had been honest with him for two days, so why hadn't he said anything during those two days?
"Why?"
Su Xuening didn't finish her sentence, only asking those three words. Xuan Yuanzhan immediately understood what she wanted to ask, and explained with self-reproach and shame, "Because I was afraid..."
Su Xuening frowned and looked up at him for the first time tonight.
Fear?
What is the reason for this?
Xuan Yuanzhan looked at her with remorse and said earnestly, "I was afraid of losing you, afraid that you wouldn't be able to forgive me, afraid that I wouldn't be able to remove the Love Flower Gu from you. I was cowardly and didn't acknowledge you immediately. I wanted to wait until I found a way to remove the Love Flower Gu before telling you the whole truth!"
Su Xuening's clear eyes turned icy cold, and she said angrily, "I told you before, I don't blame you at all! Why are you afraid? Why have you been hiding it from me? Are you happy to see me acting like a clown, feeling guilty and remorseful towards you?"
"No!" Seeing that Su Xuening had misunderstood him, Xuan Yuanzhan became anxious: "I didn't. How could I be happy? Heaven knows how heartbroken, sad, and guilty I felt every time I saw you suffering from the Love Flower Gu! I didn't mean to hide it from you. When you confessed the truth to me that day, I actually wanted to acknowledge you, but then the Love Flower Gu took effect. When I wanted to find an opportunity to tell you later, Long Jiaojiao appeared."
"Long Jiaojiao?" Su Xuening immediately knew who he was referring to: "That Holy Maiden of Southern Xinjiang?"
"Hmm." Mentioning Long Jiaojiao, Xuan Yuanzhan couldn't help but feel disgusted.
Su Xuening, however, grasped the crux of the matter: "Did she put this love potion curse on you?"
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