Chapter 70 I'll Go to Hell With You
Guan Yi'an reacted quickly, catching the teacup with one hand and avoiding the danger of it being smashed.
Looking up, I saw Meng Huanyan's eyes filled with grief and hatred. Her body was covered with new wounds, old and new, making her look even more miserable than the criminals who had been tortured in the prison.
Meng Huanyan gave him a desolate smile. "What? You want to continue? How ridiculous. The body of the previous one wasn't a man, and this one isn't a man at heart. What kind of luck has Meng Huanyan had to encounter such a perverted beast..."
What did she do wrong? Why is God treating her like this?
She only wanted to change her fate by stealing her elder sister's man. If she had known that the man she stole was so unscrupulous, she would have preferred to remain unmarried for life rather than make such a foolish mistake.
Until today, she still held a sliver of hope for Guan Yi'an.
Although she wanted to strangle the man beside her every night, she ultimately didn't. Marriage is the path a woman chooses, and she wanted to wait and see, hoping that things would eventually take a turn for the better.
But it didn't happen.
She didn't see a glimmer of hope; instead, Guan Yi'an personally pushed her into hell.
People outside say she's shameless and promiscuous, but she never thinks so. She's only ever been with one man, and she's pure in body and soul.
But now things are different; the man she chose has been defiled by a eunuch who is not a man.
Guan Yi'an ruined her.
First, they destroyed her hopes, her dignity, and her beliefs; now they've destroyed her body and her entire being.
Guan Yi'an approached step by step, first placing the teacup on the table, then walking to the bedside and sitting down.
“I know you’re angry, but anger won’t solve anything. Eunuch Wan has taken a liking to you, and if I refuse, he will speak ill of you to the Emperor. My position in the court is not yet secure, and offending him would be tantamount to self-destruction. Don’t worry, this is not a long-term solution. I will find a way to resolve this. Just bear with it a little longer. Once you get through this most difficult period, I will make you my official wife, and you will be a respectable wife of a Vice Minister.”
This last sentence was certainly not what Guan Yi'an truly felt.
When Meng Huanyan was still a virgin, he didn't even look at her. Now that she had been touched by Eunuch Wan, he felt disgusted and didn't want to touch Meng Huanyan again, let alone make her his official wife.
It was only because Eunuch Wan's last words told him that Meng Huanyan was contemplating suicide that he humbled himself and patiently coaxed her.
Eunuch Wan will be coming again tomorrow, so Meng Huanyan must not die yet.
"The Vice Minister's wife? Upright and honorable? Hahaha..." Meng Huanyan laughed and cried at the same time. "Should I thank you, Vice Minister? I'm starting to doubt whether you got this position through your own abilities. You're quite the bender, willing to give away your own woman for a position. Vice Minister's wife, hahaha, you're not ashamed, but I am..."
She wanted Guan Yi'an to officially recognize her as his wife, making her his rightful and legitimate wife. This was indeed something she had always dreamed of, but now that Guan Yi'an had promised it, she found it all laughable.
When she sought help from Guan Yi'an, the words "just a concubine" that he uttered robbed her of all courage to resist.
What drove her to despair was not the identity Guan Yi'an claimed to possess, but rather the tone of his voice that truly treated her as a plaything to be given away at will.
How can a plaything properly act as the wife of a vice minister?
How could she face her parents, and how could she be so confident in front of Meng Lingge?
Guan Yi'an looked at her calmly, his expression indifferent.
"Shameful? You probably don't know, but there's a theatrical troupe outside who's spread the word about our shameful affair. I'm now the most vain, heartless, and unfaithful man in the capital, and you're the most shameless slut in the capital. We've both lost all face."
“You must learn to look forward. Time will heal all wounds. Right and wrong are all things people say. Once I have achieved something and you have been a good wife, people will only say that Minister Guan is highly talented and his wife is virtuous. All the old things will be forgotten.”
He rarely showed such patience, but after this attempt to comfort her, Meng Huanyan's anger did not diminish at all; on the contrary, it bordered on madness.
She casually grabbed the light shirt that had been taken off, swung it into a long strip, and put it directly around Guan Yi'an's neck.
"I can't forget! I can't get over it! You beast! I regret it, you ruined me, go to hell with me!"
Meng Huanyan simply couldn't accept this fact; the more calmly Guan Yi'an spoke, the more she broke down.
Before the light shirt could even get close to Guan Yi'an's neck, she was pushed off the bed and onto the floor. Guan Yi'an easily subdued her, his eyes filled with extreme malice.
"You want me dead? You wretch, you're not capable of that. I won't die, and neither will you! If you dare to take your own life, I'll tell everyone that you were having an affair with a servant, and that you committed suicide out of shame after I caught you. Then I'll send your body back to the Meng family. I wonder if your father and mother will even bother to collect your corpse?"
“You…” Meng Huanyan’s hands fell limply to her sides.
She believed Guan Yi'an was truly capable of such a thing. Moreover, she would have gathered ample evidence and witnesses, ensuring Guan's peace even in death.
Father will be even angrier than her, and Mother will go crazy...
Guan Yi'an, seeing Meng Huanyan's expression, knew he had her figured out. He stood up without changing his expression and swaggered away.
The sound of a key was heard, and the door was locked from the outside again.
Meng Huanyan got up, swayed back to bed, and looked at the wounds on her body, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
She had never hated herself so much.
The physical wounds will eventually heal, but the wounds in one's heart will never heal.
Because she easily lost her virginity to Guan Yi'an, everyone thought she was promiscuous, even Guan Yi'an thought so, so he didn't cherish her and casually gave her away.
Who could believe that she was actually incredibly loyal? Once she had chosen a man, she never considered giving herself to another. Now that Guan Yi'an had given him to someone else, she simply couldn't get over that hurdle in her heart.
But now I can neither die nor live.
That damned eunuch will come again tomorrow. Is she just going to let him continue to torture her like a puppet on a string?
The more she thought about it, the more desperate and distraught she became, when suddenly she heard a slight noise coming from the window at the back of the room.
She remembered that behind the room was a dense bamboo grove, and she could see bamboo leaves when she opened the window. Below, weeds grew rampant, making it difficult to find a place to stand.
All the other doors and windows in the room were locked, but this particular window was bolted from the inside. When Meng Huanyan was first locked up, she thought about escaping through this window, but the lush weeds and endless bamboo forest below filled her with fear.
Moreover, Guan Yi'an had given orders that she was not allowed to leave the courtyard. Even if she left the bamboo grove, she would still be caught and brought back by the servants.
There had been noises from the windows in the back before, but they were just the sound of wind blowing bamboo leaves against the windowsill. The sound now is different; it sounds like someone is pushing the window open from the outside.
Meng Huanyan quickly put on a coat, walked to the windowsill, and opened the window latch.
The next moment, the window was pushed open, and a girl dressed in coarse cloth met her eyes.
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