Chapter 581 It must be Shen Wantang who harmed me!
Wan Hua Lou.
Liu Nanshi had changed into clean clothes and restyled her hair. She still looked like the noble and elegant first lady of talent, except for the strange flush on her cheeks that slightly betrayed her physical condition.
All the windows in the room were open, and the crimson gauze curtains fluttered in the wind. The silver bells hanging by the windows jingled. Even though the unpleasant smell in the room had dissipated, everything in the room reminded Liu Nanshi that this was a brothel.
Granny Wan, the madam of Wanhua Tower, knelt on the ground, while the strong man who had ruined Liu Nanshi's chastity was bound tightly and prostrated at Liu Nanshi's feet.
He was a thug at the brothel, specializing in disciplining disobedient girls who refused to serve customers. The night Liu Nanshi was brought there, he took a liking to her at first sight.
She had delicate skin and a refined, elegant demeanor, quite different from the vulgar women in the brothel.
Because she was a virgin, the madam refused to let him touch her, hoping that Liu Nanshi could withstand the effects of the aphrodisiac so that she could be sold for a good price in the future. If he took her, she would be worthless.
The madam instructed him to keep an eye on her and occasionally give her some medicine to clear heat and reduce inflammation, so that the aphrodisiac powder wouldn't be too strong and she wouldn't scratch herself.
But he couldn't resist and just took advantage of her.
Only today did he realize that the woman he had touched was actually Liu Nanshi, the daughter of a high-ranking official!
"Nan Shi, I've brought these two culprits here for you. Do with them as you see fit!"
Xiao Qingyuan sat down beside Liu Nanshi, looking at her with pity and heartache: "If you're worried about getting your hands dirty, I'll take care of it for you!"
The madam and thugs kneeling below were terrified and cried out for mercy: "Please spare our lives, Miss! Please spare our lives, Young Master!"
"It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"
"If we knew who the young lady was, we would never dare to accept her!"
"Someone deliberately set this up, deliberately harming Miss and our Wan Hua Lou!"
Pleading for mercy rose and fell, but Liu Nanshi didn't look at them. Like a puppet, she slowly turned her head to look at Xiao Qingyuan and asked in a hoarse voice, "Was it you?"
Xiao Qingyuan was taken aback: "What?"
"I asked if it was you?!"
Liu Nanshi suddenly erupted, grabbing Xiao Qingyuan's collar and roaring hoarsely, "Did you send someone to sell me here?"
Xiao Qingyuan was stunned: "Nan Shi, how could it be me? I'm too busy protecting you to possibly hurt you."
"You're talking nonsense!! You're a beast, you're talking nonsense!"
Xiao Qingyuan was stunned, not expecting a noble lady like her to suddenly say such unrefined things: "Nan Shi, you..."
"Xiao Qingyuan, do you think that because you've ruined my innocence and reputation, and nobody wants me, I have no choice but to marry you?! Let me tell you, if you hurt me like this, not only will I not marry you, I will kill you! I will kill you!"
As Liu Nanshi spoke, she grabbed Xiao Qingyuan's neck like a madwoman: "Why have you hurt me time and time again? Wasn't it enough that you ruined my innocence in my past life? You still have to ruin my innocence in this life! I hate you! Xiao Qingyuan, you deserve to die! You deserve to die! Today I will kill you to avenge two lifetimes!"
Xiao Qingyuan's eyes widened in utter shock, he was almost suffocating from being choked: "You...so you also...you also...reborn..."
Mo Ji lunged forward, forcefully pulling Liu Nanshi's hand away, then shielding Xiao Qingyuan behind him: "Are you insane?! You dare kill our young master?! Our young master kindly saved you, and you repay kindness with enmity! Do you have any conscience at all?!"
Liu Nanshi's eyes were bloodshot, and her voice was frantic: "Even if I can't kill Xiao Qingyuan today, I will definitely be able to kill him in the future! I should have killed you in my past life. I shouldn't have been merciful to you! I shouldn't have had any illusions about you!"
Xiao Qingyuan took a deep breath and coughed for a while before he could speak: "Nan Shi, since you have memories of your past life, why do you think I would harm you in this life? In the past life, I was forced to be with you... In this life, I am going to marry you and make you my crown prince's wife. What benefit would it bring me if I sold you into the brothel? Think about it carefully!"
"If it wasn't you? Then who could it be?!"
“I don’t know. Maybe you offended someone? Or maybe it’s just a coincidence. They’ve been trafficking women for a long time, and you just happened to be the one who got caught.”
"Impossible! This is no coincidence! Someone must be getting revenge on me!"
"If anyone were to retaliate against you, that person could never be me! My feelings for you are as clear as day!"
"Who could it be? Who could it be?!"
Liu Nanshi kept muttering to herself like a madwoman. After a while, a fierce glint flashed in her eyes: "I know! It must be Shen Wantang! She's the one who ruined me!"
Xiao Qingyuan couldn't help but frown: "What does this have to do with Shen Wantang? How could this be Shen Wantang? How could she have such great abilities? Besides, she has no grudge against you, so why would she use such despicable tricks to harm you?"
"How could she have no grudge against me? Wasn't I her rival in love in my past life? I stole you from her, and almost took her position as the Crown Princess. She hates me! She must hate me to the core!"
"Nan Shi, calm down! Shen Wantang hasn't been reborn; I've already tested her!"
"Impossible, she must have been reborn! Otherwise, she wouldn't hate me so much, nor would she dare to harm me! She still wants to marry you in this life, so she's trying to ruin my reputation and prevent you from marrying me!"
Looking at her erratic behavior, Xiao Qingyuan felt a pang of disappointment, though he didn't know why.
“Nan Shi, you’ve really misunderstood. Shen Wantang didn’t get reborn. In fact, she never wanted to marry me in this life. She sees me like a stranger.”
Liu Nanshi glared at him darkly: "What do you know! A brainless idiot like you, how could you tell if she was reborn? You didn't even realize I was reborn, did you?"
When Xiao Qingyuan heard her scold him like that, his heart sank: "Nan Shi, in your heart, is this the kind of person I am? Am I really that useless?"
Liu Nanshi sneered and drew the short knife from his waist: "You're useful? Then prove it to me!"
The short knife in her hand was almost poking Xiao Qingyuan's groin, which frightened him so much that he retreated repeatedly: "What are you going to do? What do you want me to prove? Just say it properly, don't use the knife!"
Liu Nanshi pointed at the madam and the thugs: "Kill them!"
Xiao Qingyuan was startled: "What?"
The madam and the thugs initially thought they could escape this time because the two of them were arguing, but they didn't expect Liu Nanshi to turn her anger on them in an instant!
The madam trembled, crying and pleading, "Spare me, Miss! This was all Lu Niu's doing. I forbade him to touch you, but he wouldn't listen! Kill him if you want, Miss! I'm innocent! I actually..."
Before she could finish speaking, Liu Nanshi plunged a knife into her neck.
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