Looking at the blatant "naivety" in her eyes, Lü Xian almost spat out a mouthful of blood. "Fang Ying, money is indeed very important to me, Lü Xian, but it's not the only thing that matters. If you're willing to spend money or do business, that's fine. I'll accompany you and protect you. But you shouldn't distrust me and come here alone to negotiate with Ren Weizhi!"
What, you think I'd steal your business?
That's what she said as soon as he walked in!
Lu Xian was truly hurt. He might steal business from anyone, but would he steal from his own wife?
Hearing this, You Fangying felt a little guilty and rolled her eyes. "This...did I? I was just worried that my second sister and the others didn't have enough money to spend outside, so I wanted to earn more money as soon as possible. As for Ren Weizhi, not only did Miss Jiang give me some advice, but my second sister also mentioned it to me before she left. So I thought that since both of them had their eyes on him, he must be good!"
Her explanation only made Lü Xian more upset!
So she did all this because she was worried about You Yue and Jiang Xuening. She believed that the money earned from the Zhuotongjing business should belong to You Yue.
She wasn't being suspicious of herself, but rather of her employer!
So what place do I hold in her heart?
Lu Xian never imagined that he would one day be competing with a woman for a wife!
This is outrageous!
...
Ten days later, Xie Wei and Jiang Xuening had just escorted Shen Zhiyi to the border, and the wedding procession had not yet left, when the two were assassinated.
The assassins relentlessly pursued them, forcing them into a ravine where they fell into the water. They finally escaped temporarily by hiding in a secluded cave.
It was already pitch black, and there wasn't a single ray of light in the cave.
Xie Wei was physically weak due to his dissociative identity disorder. He felt hot and became drowsy and unconscious shortly after being exposed to cold water.
Jiang Xuening had no choice but to light the fire herself, boil water in a broken pottery jar left behind in the cave by someone, and carefully feed it to Xie Wei.
The man's brows were furrowed, his face was pale, and he was trembling all over. He weakly glanced at Jiang Xuening but did not speak.
Jiang Xuening laughed, "Aren't you thirsty? Let me tell you, even if we hide in this cave, we're still not safe."
Who knows when those assassins will find us?
"In your current state, you probably don't even have the strength to beat a dog. As for me, I'm just a weak woman; I'd have trouble escaping on my own, let alone taking a sick person like you with me!"
As she spoke, a strand of hair fell down beside her cheek, and in the firelight, it seemed to soften her appearance.
Xie Wei vaguely recalled that five years ago, on a similar night in a similar cave, he was unconscious, and she cut her wrist and fed him drop by drop of her red blood.
While feeding him, he muttered to himself, "Won't it be useless? But didn't the doctor say that this kind of dissociative identity disorder can only be cured with fresh human blood?"
Snap—
He slapped her hand away, looking disgusted. "Are you out of your mind?"
The little girl instantly glared at me, puffing out her cheeks in anger: "Get this straight, okay? I did this to save you, don't be ungrateful."
"I don't need it!"
He used his last bit of strength to get up and walk out of the cave, wanting to get to the capital as soon as possible, because if he missed this opportunity, all the efforts of his life would be for naught.
If he cannot become someone Shen Lang can trust, it means he has no value to Shen Lang.
To the Prince of Pingnan, those who have no use to him do not deserve to live!
At that time, he was filled with resentment and burdened with a blood feud. He only hoped to live like a human being and it was impossible for him to open his heart to Jiang Xuening. However, the result of his willful departure from the cave was that he was besieged by two wild wolves whose eyes were already bloodshot from hunger.
It was Jiang Xuening who came out with a torch and waved it wildly, scaring away the two hungry wolves.
Then she smashed his zither, coldly and forcefully saying, "Xie Wei, it's already difficult enough that I brought you, this sickly fellow, on your way. I can't possibly take your zither with me! I know it's your only solace, but what's the use of keeping such an inanimate object if the person is gone?"
In that instant, Jiang Xuening's scolding snapped him out of his daze, and the two of them stumbled and struggled their way to the capital.
As Xie Wei pondered these thoughts, his bloodshot eyes narrowed involuntarily. He sat up slightly and looked at the woman who seemed both like a distant memory and incredibly real, the woman who had appeared in his dreams so many times: "Jiang Xuening, why don't you run away? Why are you still so good to me?"
"I wanted to kill you, but you saved me time and time again."
Jiang Xuening's eyes flickered as she held the half-cold hot water in her hands. "Xie Wei, I have a question for you. Answer honestly. Did you really ever intend to kill me?"
Xie Wei didn't need to think about this question at all; "No."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xuening smiled slowly and said, "That's it then."
Since you don't really want to kill me, why can't I be good to you? You've known me for a while now; I'm not the kind of person who would just stand by and watch someone die.
After she finished speaking, she realized that Xie Wei had gotten very close to her without her noticing.
Jiang Xuening looked up, but her expression suddenly changed drastically. "Something has come in!"
Xie Wei subconsciously reached out to shield Jiang Xuening behind him, but he was running a fever and had very little strength; he could barely straighten his arms.
The two stared intently at the cave entrance, and then one, two, three... skeletal, bony lynxes with bristling fur and greedy eyes burst in.
That languid pace and the wildness poised to be unleashed clearly indicated that Xie Wei and Jiang Xuening were the most delicious dinner.
Ordinary wild cats are nothing to be afraid of, but these are wild cats that grew up in the dark gullies of the mountains. They are not only battle-hardened, but also used to eating raw meat and even the corpses of dead people!
Xie Wei had seen many of these stray cats when he was struggling among piles of corpses.
"Go! Go!" Xie Wei roared. His fear of cats flared up, and his dissociative identity disorder, which had been suppressed by medication for a long time, was also showing signs of making a comeback.
Jiang Xuening quickly picked up the fire poker, darted in front of Xie Wei, and fiercely waved it at the lynxes, yelling, "Get away!"
"Just a few cats, daring to bark at people? They're asking for trouble!"
"If you don't leave now, I'll burn you all to death!"
Despite her dignified and virtuous appearance, and her radiant beauty, she does things that are completely inconsistent with her status and position.
Most importantly, after chasing away the lynxes, she immediately took Xie Wei's arm with concern, asking, "Are you alright?"
Xie Wei could no longer control himself. Taking advantage of the combined effects of his illness and dissociative identity disorder, he grabbed Jiang Xuening by the neck and slammed her against the wall.
His lips, tinged with blood and ferocity, pressed down on hers!
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