Stab wound
Shangguan Zeyu smiled and said, "Judging from Ruyi's expression, she really wants to go in the summer, right?"
Jiang Yan smiled and asked in return, "What about you? Don't you also want to go in the summer?"
Shangguan Zeyu laughed heartily twice and said, "Yes, I really want to take Ruyi and Xiatian to see the fireflies and make a wish."
Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go back and prepare tonight, and set off tomorrow."
"Haha, Ruyi, you're even more impatient than me. Do you also want to go find fireflies and make a wish right away?"
Jiang Yan didn't say anything, but she quickly started giggling.
Xiao Yiqing gritted her teeth in hatred until her face was distorted, while Wang Qianqian was so tense that she looked like she was about to explode. Chen Run was no longer unhappy or resentful; instead, he was relaxed and happy.
Just then, something happened on Shangguan Zeyu and Jiang Yan's side, and they actually knocked over the thin but very wide landscape screen that was placed between their two private rooms.
"Ouch~" Jiang Yan exclaimed in surprise.
Shangguan Zeyu quickly pulled her aside.
Xiao Yiqing felt the screen tilting towards them and immediately fled to the side. Wang Qianqian did the same, quickly hiding to the side.
Shangguan Zeyu and Jiang Yan hugged each other tightly, looking in astonishment as the screen in front of them quickly collapsed to the ground. Then, following their line of sight and the shadows, they saw a scene that surprised them greatly.
Xiao Yiqing looked at them with a half-smile, her eyes full of contempt and mockery.
Wang Qianqian wore a veil on her head, making it impossible to see her expression.
Chen Run looked at them with a faint smile.
Shangguan Zeyu was the first to react, asking in confusion and surprise, "What are you doing here?" Then, she looked intently at Chen Run, very seriously, and asked, "Who brought you out of the Chen residence?"
Xiao Yiqing sneered and said, "Can't Your Highness tell? It's me."
Shangguan Zeyu frowned deeply, looking at her with displeasure: "What exactly do you want to do?"
"What do you want to do?" Xiao Yiqing found the question ridiculous, glancing contemptuously at Jiang Yan, whom he was holding in his arms, and thoughtfully admiring her newly painted bright red nails. "Shouldn't Your Highness ask who this woman beside you is?"
Shangguan Zeyu shifted his resentful gaze to Wang Qianqian.
It's unclear whether Wang Qianqian was recognized by him, but Jiang Yan recognized her at a glance.
"It's her?!"
"Why are you so surprised?" Xiao Yiqing didn't look up, still admiring her nails in a good mood. "Aren't you curious why she's wearing a veil?" Only then did she slowly turn her angry and resentful eyes toward Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan was startled by her icy gaze, which seemed to have come from the depths of hell, and her expression changed.
Shangguan Zeyu then said coldly, "You've gone to such lengths to wait for us here, surely it's not just to say this? If you have something to say, just say it!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yiqing's eyes reddened with anger, and her breathing became rapid as if she had just run a long distance: "Your Highness, why are you so cruel to us? Why can't you treat us well?"
Shangguan Zeyu grew even more impatient: "Why are you still so fixated on this? Haven't I made myself clear? Don't you have anything else to do?"
Xiao Yiqing couldn't help but laugh through her tears, saying, "Your Highness, what can we do? For us, the most important thing in this life is to stay by your side and gain your favor. Your Highness, why won't you even grant us this small request?"
Shangguan Zeyu really didn't want to talk about this anymore. He stood there coldly, listening to her continue, "Do you think this bitch beside you is any better? She's having an affair with Chen Run! An affair!!! She was going to marry Chen Run even when you were imprisoned, when your life was hanging in the balance!! Your Highness, why can't you see through such a fickle woman?!"
Jiang Yan felt cold and tense all over after hearing what she said.
Shangguan Zeyu looked at her tenderly, then hugged her even tighter, saying, "I know about this. I've known for a long time. I don't mind!"
"You don't mind?!" Xiao Yiqing was extremely shocked, as if she had heard something unbelievable, and she actually laughed. "Your Highness, do you understand what I just said? You don't mind? You don't mind something like this?"
Shangguan Zeyu looked directly into her confused and sorrowful eyes with great seriousness, and said firmly, "I love Ruyi deeply! I love everything about her! I don't care about anything else, I just want Ruyi by my side!!"
Tears welled up in Xiao Yiqing's eyes as Shangguan Zeyu spoke these words. Why was she doing this to herself? She had known all of this for a long time.
"I don't understand! I still don't understand!! What's so good about her? What's so good about her? Why are you so biased towards her? Why do you favor her so much?!" Xiao Yiqing's emotions collapsed instantly. She pointed at Jiang Yan with a hoarse voice, asking angrily and unwillingly.
Shangguan Zeyu showed no pity for her heartbroken reaction and insisted, "It's simply because I love her."
"Love? Hah, what is love? Tell me, what is love?" Xiao Yiqing stared at Shangguan Zeyu in despair, tears streaming down her face like broken beads. "Don't I love you? I knew you were using me, yet I still went to hell without hesitation. Isn't that love? I disregarded my reputation for you. Isn't that love? I defied my father to see you in the prison. Isn't that love? Everything I've done over the years, all the effort I've put in, all the changes I've made—aren't they all expressions of love for you? Tell me, what kind of love do you really need?!"
Shangguan Zeyu's heart wasn't made of stone. Xiao Yiqing wasn't lying, so he said sadly and helplessly, "Xiao Yiqing, I know how good you are to me, and I'm sorry for hurting you! But that's not enough for me to love you! I'm only moved, moved by your passion and your sincerity."
"Touched? Haha, touched? Only touched? Why does it have to be touched? I don't need your touching!!!" Xiao Yiqing cried heartbrokenly.
Chen Run felt a deep empathy for her and looked at her with pity, but he was powerless to help.
Just then, as everyone was immersed in distress and pain, Wang Qianqian suddenly ran towards Jiang Yan.
She ran too fast and too suddenly, and no one noticed or was prepared. So when everyone reacted, Jiang Yan had already been stabbed in the lower abdomen.
"Ruyi?!" Chen Runxian reacted first, shouting worriedly as he rushed towards her.
Shangguan Zeyu had also reacted. His eyes twitched in pain, as if pierced by a sharp blade. He instinctively swung out a palm, knocking Wang Qianqian to the ground.
"Ruyi? Ruyi? Ruyi, how are you?" Shangguan Zeyu was so frightened that he was flustered and didn't know what to do.
Chen Run stumbled over to them and saw that Jiang Yan's abdomen was bleeding profusely. He quickly took out his handkerchief and pressed it against Jiang Yan's abdomen, saying, "Ruyi, it's alright, it's alright. We'll take you to see a doctor!" He then looked at Shangguan Zeyu.
Shangguan Zeyu was a general who had fought and bled in battle. He had seen such a bloody scene before, but at this moment, he seemed to be frightened and stood there dumbfounded.
Chen Run then planned to carry Jiang Yan to find a doctor himself, but just then, Wang Qianqian, who had already shakily gotten up from the ground, once again grabbed a sharp dagger and charged precisely at Jiang Yan.
When Chen Run realized she was already close, he didn't think twice and immediately turned around to shield Jiang Yan from the knife with his strong back.
When Shangguan Zeyu saw Chen Run's face contorted in pain, with blood slowly and uncontrollably flowing from the corner of his mouth, he suddenly realized what was happening. He immediately pulled the gold hairpin from Jiang Yan's hair and stabbed it at Wang Qianqian. In the blink of an eye, the gold hairpin in Shangguan Zeyu's hand pierced through Wang Qianqian's heart.
Wang Qianqian groaned and took a step back, but soon, as if she were oblivious to the pain, she gripped the sharp dagger in her hand and stabbed at Jiang Yan again. This time, Shangguan Zeyu snatched the dagger from her hand and slashed at her neck.
Before Wang Qianqian could even cover her bleeding neck, she lost consciousness and collapsed heavily to the ground.
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