Shen Huaixu tried to pull his hand away forcefully.
Zheng Zhiyi has practiced martial arts for many years, how could he possibly let him tear it open?
He was ordered to bring Shen Huaixu back; he couldn't let anything happen to him.
Shen Huaixu stared at him with bloodshot eyes: "If you dare to stop me again, I will never return to Qingzhou."
“Even if you don’t return to Qingzhou, I can’t let you take such a dangerous risk.”
Zheng Zhiyi gripped him tightly, and Shen Huaixu drew the sword from his waist, intending to press it against his neck and order him to release him, when a loud bang was heard, and the east courtyard collapsed...
In that instant, it seemed as if it wasn't just the East Wing that collapsed.
He stared at the ruins, his eyes bloodshot: "Nanzhi—"
"Zhizhi..."
Looking at the courtyard that was completely burned down and beyond saving, Nan Yao murmured as if he had lost his soul.
"How could this happen, how could this be..."
Madam Nan was also deeply grieved.
Nan Wan had Ruyi help her to the east courtyard.
She was overjoyed when she learned that the East Courtyard was on fire. She wished that the fire would burn Nanzhi to death, so that she would be the only daughter in the Nan family and no one would be able to compete with her for Shen Huaixu.
She was overjoyed to see that the East Courtyard had burned down.
In order to maintain her public image, she didn't show it.
Seeing that Shen Huaixu seemed to be in a very bad mood, she told Ruyi to let go of her, completely ignoring Nan Yao and Madam Nan, who were also very sad, and forced herself to walk towards him.
"Brother Shen, don't be sad, perhaps this is my sister's fate..."
Shen Huaixu didn't look at her, but stared expressionlessly at the gradually diminishing flames.
Those once indifferent eyes were now like black holes, unable to see anything but the ruins before them.
Nan Yao was very dissatisfied when he saw that Nan Wan was only concerned with comforting Shen Huaixu as soon as she arrived, completely ignoring Madam Nan who was about to faint from crying.
But now was not the time to pursue her. He forced himself to calm down and began to question Qiaoyan, whose face had turned pale with fright.
"You are the young lady's personal maid, why didn't you protect her? Why weren't you by her side when her room was on fire?"
Qiaoyan knelt down on the ground with a thud: "Master, after the eldest young lady finished lunch, she said she was very sleepy and wanted to take a nap. She told me that she wanted to wear the new clothes made at the tailor shop after she woke up and asked me to go and get them. I didn't... I didn't think much of it."
I never expected that when I returned, I would see...see..."
By the end, Qiaoyan was speechless.
Upon hearing this, everyone present fell silent.
Nan Zhi deliberately sent Qiao Yan away.
Even driving Meimei and Niuniu away was intentional.
The fire started in her room. It was springtime, everything was coming back to life, and there was still a slight dampness in the air, so it couldn't have burned so quickly.
They faintly smelled diesel fuel when they were putting out the fire.
If Nam Gyi wanted to escape, there was no way she wouldn't be able to.
She deliberately burned herself to death...
Why did she do that?
Qiaoyan wiped away her tears and continued, "When I left, Miss pulled me aside and said a few words."
She looked at Nan Yao, Madam Nan, and Nan Wan: "She said she has a bad temper, but she loves you all very much, and if she has the chance, she will definitely tell you..."
Qiaoyan truly hated herself at that moment.
When Nanzhi said those words to her at that time, she felt that she was being pretentious and did not want to listen to her.
She must have sensed something was amiss, and it seemed there were still many things she hadn't said to her, so she let her leave.
She must be leaving with great regret now.
Qiaoyan felt very sorry, as did everyone else present.
Everyone disliked Nam Gyi when she was alive, but she received a lot of love after she died.
Upon hearing this, Nan Yao and Madam Nan's expressions became even more sorrowful.
Madam Nan cried out, "My Zhizhi!" and then fainted in Nan Yao's arms.
Even Nan Yao, a grown man, shed tears. He raised his sleeve to wipe them away and, in a trembling voice, asked someone to send a doctor to treat Madam Nan.
He then carried Madam Nan towards the main courtyard, but her legs were clearly weak, and her back looked extremely sad.
Nan Wan never expected that Nan Zhi had committed suicide.
Love them?
Nan Wan didn't feel much.
But she appeared very moved.
Tears streamed down her face as she cried, "Sister, how could you be so foolish?"
Shen Huaixu knew why Nanzhi did this.
Everyone looks down on me; they laugh at me to my face. I can only... I can only pretend to be tough so they won't dare bully me...
But why, Shen Huaixu, do I still feel so sad? So many times I want to die.
I know you don't like me, you hate me, and I'm willing to grant your wish, but before that, please give me a child, otherwise I really don't know if I can survive.
The words spoken that night, when he thinks back on them now, are like a sharp sword piercing his heart.
Only now does he realize that he loves her.
Regardless of whether she is beautiful or not.
Regardless of whether she is kind or malicious.
Regardless of her deception and concealment.
He only wants her, as long as it's her.
But he didn't believe she was dead.
She can clearly turn into a snake; she's so good at lying, she must be doing it again this time.
But after the fire was extinguished, Zheng Zhiyi carried a burned corpse to him.
The body was charred beyond recognition.
Shen Huaixu still harbored a sliver of hope.
His face turned deathly pale when he looked at the jade pendant around the corpse's neck.
He vaguely recalled that once when they were making love, he had inadvertently glanced at her jade pendant.
She looked very proud and happy at the time: "This was given to me by my father when I was born. It's the symbol of the Nan family..."
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