20demayo Is Chapter 80 the end?
Is Chapter 80 the end?
She dared not move again, her back sweating with anxiety. So she quietly reached out and dug her nails into the back of his hand.
But the harder she tried, the stronger Xiao Hengzhi's grip became.
She was no match for his strength; she felt as if her leg bones were about to be crushed, and she had no choice but to loosen her grip.
A surge of anger welled up inside him, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Xiao Hengzhi's triumphant smile.
Her face darkened, her molars seemed to grind to powder, and her expression was extremely unpleasant.
Xiao Hengzhi slowly drank a glass of wine, glanced at her indifferently, and asked teasingly, "What's wrong, Second Miss? You seem a little unhappy?"
Jiang Wan turned her face away and said coldly, "It's not that I'm unhappy, it's just..." She paused, glanced at the table, and suddenly revealed a malicious smile, "It's just that I can't reach that bowl of soup. Could you please get me a bowl?"
Xiao Hengzhi smiled and said, "Of course."
He took her bowl, ladled a bowl of soup for her with one hand, and gently pushed it in front of her, his tone playful: "Second Miss, be careful, it's hot."
Jiang Wan smiled and said, "It's good that it's hot; I'm just afraid it won't be hot enough."
She picked up the bowl casually, and with a slight flick of her wrist, the bowl tipped over under the table, spilling scalding soup that was about to splash onto her legs.
Xiao Hengzhi's expression changed, and he quickly reached out to block the soup, which instantly spilled onto his hand, scalding him so much that his brows furrowed and his fingers trembled slightly.
"You did this on purpose..."
He kept his voice low, almost unable to hide his emotions for a moment.
Jiang Mian raised an eyebrow, a hint of smugness flashing in her eyes, and calmly said, "Father, it was a slip of the hand. I'll go back to my room to change my clothes."
After she finished speaking, she got up and walked out, completely unaware of the anger rising in the eyes of the person behind her.
Back in her room, she closed the door and looked down at the spot on her skirt that had been scalded by the soup. Although it hadn't been completely splashed, the skin there was still red and throbbing slightly.
In addition, the person pinched me hard, so even the slightest movement was painful.
She sat down at the table, took out the ointment, and lifted her skirt up to her thighs. The burning pain made her frown slightly.
Just as I was concentrating on applying the medicine, the door was suddenly pushed open.
Jiang Mian was startled and turned around to see Xiao Hengzhi standing at the door, his face gloomy and filled with an indescribable anger.
She said coldly, "What? Now you're too lazy to even pretend, you just walk in without knocking?"
Xiao Hengzhi ignored her coldness and walked straight forward, his gaze fiery and imposing.
"You'd burn yourself to avoid me? Do you really hate me that much?"
"Disgust?" Jiang Wan sneered. "I feel more than just disgust for you, I feel nauseous. Just seeing your face makes me want to vomit."
She was aggressive, her words like blades, merciless, piercing his heart.
If in her past life she endured humiliation and had no choice but to submit because Yu'er was in his hands, then now she had no scruples. From the moment she confirmed he was the Regent, she was filled only with hatred.
They didn't completely destroy him back then; they even had some hope for him.
Looking back now, it's a joke.
Xiao Hengzhi noticed the ointment on her table, glanced at the soup stains on her skirt, suppressed his anger, and said helplessly, "I've already explained. I didn't harm you. I even investigated for a long time to find out who did it..."
"You didn't harm me?" Jiang Mian found him somewhat unreasonable.
"This is ridiculous. Xiao Hengzhi, you don't think you can make me let go of the past with a simple 'you didn't harm me,' do you? Do you think I'll believe that?"
"Even if you really didn't kill me, what you did to me, were those fake? Kidnapping Yu'er and harming Ning Zhi, were those fake?!"
She became more and more agitated as she spoke, her voice almost clenched through gritted teeth, filled with long-suppressed anger and pain, her eyes brimming with deep-seated hatred.
When Xiao Hengzhi heard that she was still thinking about Ning Zhi, his face darkened, and anger rose in his eyes. He slammed his hand on the table and roared, "So what if I kill him?!"
"I could kill someone like him a thousand or ten thousand times and it still wouldn't be enough!"
"Jiang Wan, no one in this world likes you more or loves you more than I do!"
Snapped--!
Jiang Wan slapped him across the face, his chest heaving violently.
"What are you pretending to be, some kind of Casanova?! Don't you know perfectly well whether you actually like him or are just trying to save face?"
"Get out of here!"
Xiao Hengzhi was stunned by the slap she delivered. As he turned his head, his gaze suddenly fell upon a letter beside the dressing table. The neat handwriting on the envelope caught his eye—
Respectfully submitted to the Crown Prince.
Jiang Mian noticed his gaze and tried to put the letter away, but he snatched it away in one step.
He tore open the envelope, and the concern and tenderness between the lines made his face suddenly darken, and his eyes instantly turned cold.
"Are you in such a hurry to explain our relationship to him? Are you afraid he'll misunderstand?"
As he spoke, his gaze was fixed intently on her, and he tore the letter into pieces with a slight pressure from his fingers.
Jiang Wan looked at the shards on the ground and said slowly, "You tore this letter, but I can write another one. Xiao Hengzhi, stop doing these useless things."
"why?"
He seemed extremely unwilling, his gaze deep and complex, carrying a hint of uncontrollable obsession and pain.
"You clearly said you loved me, you said you wanted to have a home with me. Have you forgotten all those words from back then?"
Jiang Mian clenched her teeth, and memories of the past flooded her mind.
She didn't forget; how could she possibly forget?
In her previous life, the Jiang family was sealed off, and she was driven out of the Marquis's house. Her reputation in the capital was already so bad that everyone gossiped about her. Many people called her a jinx and a plague god, and avoided her like the plague.
In order to get Xiao Hengzhi to protect her, she did say some things against her will, and even the marriage proposal was initiated by her.
If she hadn't accidentally learned which inn Ning Zhi was staying at that day, the marriage would probably have gone through.
She admitted that she was selfish, that she had betrayed him on their wedding day, and that she had abandoned him.
But she has already repaid her debts, so why is Xiao Hengzhi still holding onto her?
His constant declarations of liking her were simply a way of trying to regain the dignity he had lost because of her.
She closed her eyes, and the words of the regent from her past life floated into her mind—
"You will never escape my grasp, not in this life, nor in the next..."
It was like a curse, binding her.
Xiao Hengzhi wouldn't let her go, and even Heaven wouldn't let her have an easy time. Even after being given a second chance at life, she still couldn't escape him.
Her eyes dimmed, and her voice betrayed a hint of weariness: "Xiao Hengzhi, let's put the past behind us. We've both been given a second chance at life, so let's leave some things at that..."
"That's it? Jiang Wan, you make it sound so easy..."
"What else do you want? To lock me up again and continue to humiliate me?" Jiang Mian clenched her fists and stared at him intently.
"You said you'd live again, so naturally we can too..."
Before he could finish speaking, a jarring commotion erupted outside the door.