Xue Huai'an gently touched the rim of the teacup, his lowered eyes seemingly fixed on the clear tea.
"On my wedding day, I had a dream."
Qin Su: ? ?
You dream about saying it out loud?
What does this have to do with her?
Qin Su remained silent, waiting for what would happen next.
Xue Huai'an's tone was ambiguous, "I dreamt... that on our wedding day you didn't stab me, nor did you harbor such intense hatred."
"Click"
His attention was drawn to her, and he saw that Qin Su had crushed the teacup, the shards cutting her palm, and tea mixed with blood dripping onto her skirt.
Lian Tao quickly removed the porcelain shards and carefully bandaged her wound, her tone slightly reproachful, "How could you be so careless, Madam?"
Then she glared at Xue Huai'an and said, "My daughter is already married. What's the point of you saying all this now, Young Master Xue?"
He didn't cherish you when you loved him, and now he's saying these things? Is he out of his mind?
They also assumed that His Highness Prince Chen was not by his side. If he were there, and if he were sober, they would certainly not let him off the hook.
When Xue Huai'an met Qin Su's eyes, the hatred in them was undeniable and impossible to ignore.
"I don't understand why you hate me so much." Although he hadn't cared about Qin Su's kindness before and had taken advantage of her, it shouldn't have been enough to make her hate him so much.
He really wanted to know why, he really, really wanted to know.
"Didn't your dream tell you anything?" Qin Su let Lian Tao clean the small porcelain shards from her palm, her eyes icy cold.
Before Xue Huai'an could speak, Qin Su said, "It's getting late, Young Master Xue, you should leave as soon as possible."
She got up and left with Lian Tao, without saying anything more to Xue Huai'an.
Xue Huai'an stared at her back. What was originally just absurd speculation in his mind had now turned into an extremely ridiculous guess.
He felt that it might have actually happened.
Otherwise, why would Qin Su have changed so much?
That's absurd.
He shook his head, trying to banish the guess from his mind. But the possibility kept replaying itself in his head.
He got up and chased after her, grabbing Qin Su's slender but strong forearm. "Did something happen between us that I don't know about? I can make it up to you."
He said the last sentence somewhat hastily.
"before……"
Unable to bear it any longer, Qin Su slapped him across the face.
The clear imprint of five fingers on his face was incredibly distinct.
Are you awake?
Xue Huai'an pressed the tip of his tongue against the soft flesh of Qin Su's cheek, his gaze becoming even more intense. "Are you really going to live with someone you don't love?"
"We can start over."
"I promise I will treat you well."
There seemed to be a hint of madness in his eyes.
"Weren't we doing very well when I didn't know? We were a loving couple, and we had a daughter."
Qin Su couldn't laugh, not even with a cold laugh.
"Look closely, I'm already married and have children. Don't you think your current behavior is especially ridiculous?"
"I don't care!"
He gripped Qin Su's shoulders, becoming increasingly frantic, "I don't care if you've been married before, or if you have children. I can treat your children as my own."
Qin Su pushed him away with one hand and pressed his head against the railing. This was the second floor; even if someone fell, they wouldn't die, at most they would suffer broken bones.
"Still not awake?"
The man beside him, who looked somewhat familiar but whom he couldn't quite place, had his sword sheath pressed against Qin Su's arm. "Let him go."
Qin Su didn't want to make a big fuss, otherwise she would stab him in the back again.
But simply releasing them like that isn't her style.
Seeing this, how could Lian Tao ignore it? She immediately tried to push Huo Wu. Huo Wu knew that Lian Tao was skilled in martial arts, so he dodged to the side.
"Are you awake?" Qin Su asked again to the person who was pressing on her neck and arms.
"I've been perfectly clear-headed." Xue Huai'an didn't think he had done anything wrong; it was clearly Qin Su who was in the wrong, and he was trying to correct her.
Qin Su kicked him in the back of the knee. Xue Huai'an was stuck on the railing and didn't kneel down, but his leg was trembling and he could no longer stand.
Xue Huai'an is a man who can see the situation clearly; he will back down.
Qin Su thought so.
But... at this moment, Xue Huai'an was still stubbornly insisting, "I'm just trying to set things right."
Qin Su lifted his clothes and pushed him downstairs, but Huo Wu quickly grabbed his clothes the instant she let go. Xue Qi quickly stopped Lian Tao's actions.
After being trained by Huo Wu, Xue Qi's martial arts skills improved significantly, and he can now hold his own against Lian Tao.
"Let's go." Qin Su didn't care whether Xue Huai'an was ultimately rescued or not; she just wanted to go back to her room.
If she delays too long, Yu Shuo will definitely come looking for her, and she can't expose Yu Shuo now.
Xue Huai'an wanted to capture Qin Su, but Huo Wu stopped him.
"It has to be that woman?" he asked Xue Huai'an expressionlessly. "Can't you tell she doesn't like you?"
Can someone who truly loves another hurt them? Huo Wu may have never been with a woman, but even if he hasn't eaten pork, hasn't he seen pigs run?
"No, she just loves me. She should be my wife!" Xue Huai'an's eyes were red, and the obsession in them was almost impossible to hide.
"I think she's right. You're not clear-headed at all. Do you even know what you're supposed to be doing?"
Huo Wu now utterly despises his master for being bewitched by women. His former master was killed by his mistress, and this current one is no better.
Once they achieve their goals, what woman can't they have? Why do they have to fall for one person?
He couldn't understand it, and he knew he couldn't persuade him now. Xue Huai'an wouldn't listen; perhaps only when a knife was plunged into his heart would he realize whether that person truly loved him.
"I know, you don't need to teach me."
He forced himself to stand up straight, trying his best not to look so disheveled in front of others.
Xue Qi was, after all, Xue Huai'an's confidant, and he paid more attention to his master's feelings. At this moment, he helped Xue Huai'an downstairs, ignoring Huo Wu who was following behind.
Huo Wucong was not the kind of person who was completely devoted to Xue Huai'an from beginning to end. If it weren't for Kang Lin's instructions, he wouldn't have followed such a person.
...
"Where did Susu go? Chongyang wouldn't let me go to see you." He was full of grievances, and the moment he saw Qin Su, he threw himself into her arms, his voice muffled.
When Chongyang left, he closed the door behind him and didn't try to argue. He knew that Qin Su understood his intentions.
"Someone just came by," she said casually, her voice somewhat muffled.
"Go sit down on the bedside."
Hearing Qin Su say this, Yu Shuo let go of her hand, obediently followed her, and sat down before saying, "Su Su seems unhappy. Did that person make you angry?"
Qin Su's emotions cannot be simply summarized as anger.
She wrapped her arms around Yu Shuo, unable to relieve the frustration in her heart.
"What's wrong? I'll have Chongyang teach that person a lesson. To avenge Susu." He gently patted Qin Su's shoulder, mimicking how she comforted him, his tone very gentle.
"No need, I just hit him."
"Good for him!" Yu Shuo didn't care about right or wrong; as long as Qin Su could vent her anger, that was all that mattered.
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