"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
Li Rong's words fell in everyone's ears and they looked at Xi Ying whose face doesn't have much of an expression after hearing Li Rong's words.
His eyes were solely focused on Li Rui's back who was still kneeling on the floor.
He glanced at An Ju who nodded her head and went forward to help Li Rui in standing up. However, Li Rui didn't take An Ju's hand, instead stood up on her own.
Xi Ying's eyes observed Li Rui's each and every action as she walked back to stand by his side. When she was beside him, he held her hand and sighed in relief when she didn't resist his approach.
Only then did he move his eyes to look at Li Rong who was standing firmly in front of the Emperor demanding justice for her daughter.
He didn't say anything until Zhao Wang Lei glanced at him faintly and said
"Minister Xi, do you have anything to say?"