"Yes! I'll do it right away."
Li Zhan closed his eyes. He wanted everyone who harmed Shuyi to die.
She was a spy, an assassin, so what? As long as I killed the master behind her, she wouldn't be considered a traitor...
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When Shen Shuyi woke up, she saw Li Zhan sitting beside the bed, looking at her with a faint look in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, you didn't sleep all night?"
There was dark circles under Li Zhan's eyes, and blue stubble had appeared. He looked handsome yet a bit rough. It was the first time she had seen the Regent so unkempt.
At this moment, he looks more like a general.
Li Zhan took one of her hands in his, "Shuyi, I seem to have seen those assassins showing mercy to you, and even... some assassins are protecting you."
"What on earth is going on?"
Shen Shuyi was silent, silent again and again.
Li Zhan's expression froze as he stared at the woman in front of him.
"So," he said, his voice as low and hoarse as sandpaper scraping against stone, "you were just doing that to show me when you blocked it?"
"Jing Zhan," she said softly, "Do you believe me?"
"How can I trust you?" Li Zhan looked into her clear eyes. "I saw it with my own eyes. Could it be that it's fake?"
"Chen Shuyi, is there any truth in your words?"
Shen Shuyi shrank back in fear. She clearly saw the anger in Li Zhan's eyes. His voice became much louder, as if he was going to tie her up and kill her in the next moment.
She just shrank a little, then sat up straight again. She looked at Li Zhan, but she was not scared to tears.
He didn't ask Li Zhan to let him go either.
There was even a smile in those beautiful eyes.
"Whether you believe it or not, I have never done anything to let you down or hurt you."
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