"So what if my destiny does not have her. My heart is still filled with her and no one can empty it, not even me." ------------ I despised her. I despised how she schemed to get married to me. I despised her because of her arrogance. " Li Rui, you don't know how many times I have wished to kill you. " But all of this was my illusion. Everything was a mysterious trap of lies. A trap that was laid to trap me. "Rui, I want to protect you from this whole world. I will not ask you to love me.....just don't hate me. Hmm...." --------------- [This is an original story] Buy me a Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/ada_5253 My other book on Webnovel - CEO He: Please Don't Love Me (Ongoing
In Plum Courtyard, Xi Ling was following his mother here and there.
Li Rui had stopped talking to him although all of them were saved.
The four shadow guards were tied to the chairs inside a room and the room was constantly being guarded by An Ju herself.
She never looked for An San again though she could feel his presence every moment.
An Ju knew that he was around and she secretly wished to kill him. If that powder would not have been with them today, then An Ju was sure that they would have lost very badly today.
After all, she could feel their strength from their aura and they were four while she was alone who knew martial arts and wanted to protect Li Rui.
If something had really happened to Xi Ling then An Ju would never have been able to forgive herself.
Though she was still angry with herself.
She should never have trusted An San.