Chapter 71 "Who cares what you think..."

Chapter 71 "Who cares what you think..."

"Who cares what you think?" Xiao Yan sneered. She naturally sensed Qin Ji's emotional change and knew that he was truly angry now.

But perhaps this is what she wanted. After being deceived and hurt, her instinct to protect herself made her want to turn into a sharp blade and then forcefully stab the person who hurt her.

Their eyes met once more, one cold and the other dark, and the air instantly tensed like a taut bowstring. In this standoff, both of them gradually lost their reason.

"Qin Ji, listen to me, we're finished. No, I should call you Prince Cheng. From now on, you marry your princess, and I'll be my single, wealthy wife. We'll each be happy." Xiao Yan's words were full of provocation.

The gloom and darkness surging in Qin Ji's eyes almost solidified into a tangible form.

Xiao Yan's resolute insistence on divorce and her apparent indifference towards him were like a spark igniting a fuse, instantly exploding the suppressed side of his heart.

"Don't even think about it!" His whispered words were like the forked tongue of a venomous snake.

The person who was kneeling in front of the soft couch suddenly stood up, his tall body leaning forward with a dangerous sense of oppression, instantly placing the person under him in a half-pressuring and half-enveloping manner, and the hand that had been holding Xiao Yanhui's wrist suddenly tightened its grip.

Xiao Yan felt a sharp pain in her wrist. Her body instinctively tried to shake off Qin Ji's hand, but it felt as if his hand was welded to hers. Instead of letting go, he gripped it even tighter.

Qin Ji's intentions were crystal clear: this was an inescapable and unavoidable constraint.

Feeling her strong resistance in his hands, Qin Ji felt that she was like a bird struggling to break free, fluttering and struggling. But the more she struggled, the more he wanted to hold her, this little swallow, tightly in his palm.

Feeling the force that seemed to be crushing her wrist, Xiao Yan Hui felt not fear, but a strange sense of pleasure.

No longer feigned composure, no longer gentle persuasion, no longer feigned reconciliation; she saw his loss of control. She sensed his genuine pain within that loss of control.

"If love is a double-edged sword, why should I be the only one suffering!" When this thought arose, Xiao Yan Hui suddenly shuddered.

So, that's what I was really thinking? So, my feelings for him were more than just liking? So, beneath my rational exterior, I was actually suffering?

"Are you afraid of me?" Sensing her obvious trembling and shrinking back, Qin Ji clearly misunderstood.

Yan Hui truly only loved Qin Ji, but she was more than just Qin Ji. Or rather, everything about Qin Ji was only real when she was with Xiao Yan Hui.

The real him was hypocritical, sinister, ambitious, and utterly indifferent to human life. Li Hui was the more authentic version of him.

But now that she's only shown a hint of it, is she already afraid? Is she already determined to leave?

How can I keep her?

Qin Ji's disappointment and despair grew stronger. It was someone she loved so much, someone she had been embracing and whispering sweet nothings to each other just days before, someone who had said, "If you kill someone, I'll help you bury the body."

At the time, she acted as if she could support me forever and stay by my side for life, but today she can so resolutely say that we should break up, and even tremble with fear in front of herself.

"So, everything before was a lie?" Qin Ji's lips curled into a twisted smile. "You're actually afraid of me."

“But do you know what I’m even more afraid of?” The darkness in his eyes surged even more violently: “I’m afraid of losing you, so afraid that… I want to lock you up.”

He suddenly leaned in, his nose almost touching Xiao Yanhui's.

Then, in the next instant, Xiao Yan turned her face away.

She actually avoided his approach, something she had never done since their marriage! That simple turn of her head only intensified the madness in Qin Ji's eyes.

Imprison her! This thought, which had never existed before, suddenly arose at this moment, and then this poisonous thought, like a crazy seed, sprouted, broke through the soil, and grew wildly at an extremely fast speed.

That's right! Divorce, parting ways—as long as she can't leave, none of that will happen.

The idea was so tempting that, in Qin Ji's mind, which was now dominated by darkness, it became almost the only "solution" to ensure that she would never leave.

Avoiding Qin Ji's excessive approach, Xiao Yanhui's pupils suddenly contracted; what nonsense was Qin Ji spouting?

"Lock me up! What do you take me for? Your pet!" Turning back to look at Qin Ji, who was hovering oppressively above her, Xiao Yan felt a surge of sadness and anger.

Perhaps being locked up added fuel to the fire, or perhaps she could no longer bear being in this suppressed state, she suddenly pushed hard with her hand.

Qin Ji, who was briefly lost in his own thoughts, was pushed to the side, which allowed Xiao Yan to get up, but he still held her hand tightly.

"Ouch, that hurts!" The pulling brought another sharp pain to her wrist, and this time she couldn't help but cry out in pain.

Their gazes fell simultaneously on her fair wrist, where it was already red and swollen.

Upon seeing the marks he had made, Qin Ji released his hand as if he had been burned. As he let go, the obvious redness and swelling of the finger marks on his fair wrist were a shocking sight.

Just a second ago, Qin Ji was thinking about keeping that person by his side forever, but now he only felt regret: "I'll get you the medicine."

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Yan had already turned and walked towards the door without looking back, looking as if she couldn't wait to leave.

Qin Ji immediately took a big step forward, pulling her arm around his waist. This time, he carefully avoided her wrist, instead wrapping his arms around her waist. Then, he forcefully pulled Xiao Yan Hui into his embrace.

"Xiao Yan, I told you, you are not allowed to leave." Qin Ji's tone was full of warning.

He struggled a few times but couldn't budge Qin Ji's grip on him, feeling himself lose control once again.

Xiao Yan's anger completely suppressed her sadness; she truly loathed this feeling of being forcibly controlled: "Qin Ji, let me go."

"Believe it or not, if you dare to leave this room today, I'll make sure you never leave this courtyard again for the rest of your life."

Although he was holding the person in his arms, the atmosphere that had relaxed for a moment turned sinister again.

One wanted to break free, while the other wanted to be confined; at this moment, there was only confrontation and threat between the two.

They were like two beasts locked in a struggle, their desire for control and their thirst for conquest constantly clashing and tearing at each other.

"Qin Ji, who exactly did something wrong? Why do you have to make such a scene? Can't you just let it go in a more dignified way?"

Even though she had just realized that her feelings for Qin Ji might be more than she had imagined, Xiao Yan Hui still did not give up the idea of ​​divorce.

Hearing those red lips uttering words that pained him, Qin Ji impulsively leaned down.

Since we can't talk properly, let's kiss properly instead.

Surprisingly, he did not encounter any resistance at first.

His lips were pressed against her soft lips, his breath warmed her body, and he could even smell the warm and sweet scent emanating from Yan Hui.

This wasn't their first kiss, but previous ones had always been fleeting. This time, however, it was different; their kiss was so intense that Qin Ji could even feel her lips parting from his.

He was drawn in by that sweet scent. Then, in the next second—he was struck by immense pain.

Before Qin Ji could even recover from the pain of biting her tongue, she felt another sharp pain in her foot.

The arm that had been holding the person down loosened its grip in pain.

The next second, Xiao Yan grabbed Qin Ji's hand, then her body weight suddenly sank backward and downward, using her own weight to complete a perfect lever, using Qin Ji's arm that she had locked as the axis, her arms worked together to forcefully pull and yank.

A deep, muffled boom shook the entire room.

Qin Ji's tall body was actually knocked to the ground by this fluid movement.

A perfect over-the-shoulder throw.

Xiao Yan wiped away the blood that belonged to Qin Ji from her lips. She looked down at the person on the ground, noticing the confusion and uncertainty in his eyes.

Then she raised one foot and stomped on his chest without mercy: "Qin Ji, you bastard, you're trying to play this perverted forced love trick on me? You think I'm giving you face? You've been transmigrating for so long that the light of the rule of law and justice can't reach you anymore? You even dare to threaten me!"

At this point, the person who had been stubbornly holding on felt a lump in their throat, and tears streamed down their face.

Thinking about everything that happened today, like a sudden storm, I get angrier and angrier, and the more I think about it, the more tears stream down my face.

As she cried, it seemed that some of those extreme emotions flowed out with her tears. Xiao Yan Hui suddenly felt that she had been quite foolish to try to hurt each other to prove her feelings.

However, Qin Ji's extreme actions towards her, including thoughts of locking him up or imprisoning him, made her feel that this man in front of her needed to be taught a lesson.

While crying, she showed no mercy with her feet, retaliating by crushing him with force.

Ignoring the gasp of someone at her feet, Xiao Yan continued her tirade in a slightly choked but powerful voice.

"You're dressed as a remnant of feudal society... You, you're playing the role of a domineering prince who loves fiercely, right? I've been putting up with this and trying to be a decent person, but you really think I have no temper? You've been lying to me for so long, deceiving me body and soul, and you still dare to act tough with me! Do you think I can't even lift a knife anymore? I was a member of the military boxing demonstration group in college."

"you......"

Just as he was about to step down, his ankle was grabbed. Qin Ji spoke, his tone carrying a strange and inappropriate excitement: "Deceive body and mind?"

She stomped her foot without hesitation, listened to his muffled groan, and looked down at the person still lying on the ground. This time, when their eyes met, she found that Qin Ji's gaze was completely different.

How to describe it? It's like after being beaten up, even his eyes became clear, and that perverted and gloomy look from before had completely faded away.

Feeling the intensity of the pain in his chest, Qin Ji raised his eyes and looked up.

Looking at the disheveled woman before him, her expression filled with anger, seeing the icy rage in her eyes now replaced by raging fire, and watching her look down at him.

All those dark emotions from before vanished after that over-the-shoulder throw.

Looking at her brightly backlit, Qin Ji felt his heart pounding wildly.

He must have gone mad. How could he lock her up with such bright light? What if she didn't have light?

If the mountain won't come to me, I can go to the mountain. Whether Yan Hui stays by my side or I stay by Yan Hui's side, isn't it all the same?

"Hahahahahaha... The light of righteousness, that's right, you are the light of my righteousness." The light that can illuminate my dark life.

He grabbed the man's ankle with one hand, covered his own eyes with the other, and then burst into laughter.

"Qin Ji, have you gone mad?"

"You said it yourself, you lied to me, you loved me!" Qin Ji said with a laugh.

"I haven't managed to trick you into getting intimate yet." There was even a hint of grievance in his voice.

"You've really damaged your brain." Looking at Qin Ji, who was going crazy in one direction and then in another, Xiao Yan Hui was at a loss for how to deal with him.

“Xiao Yan Hui, you are the most important person to me in this world. I will not let you go nor will I divorce you. According to the law, you have no reason to divorce me. If you insist on leaving, just trample me to death and I will be widowed. Otherwise, I will go wherever you go.”

Qin Ji's tone changed from completely serious to completely shameless, and then he just lay there stiffly on the ground.

Xiao Yan was utterly dumbfounded. This was a side of Qin Ji she had never seen before; even the dark version from before seemed much more normal than the current one.

Faced with this scoundrel, she even felt that stepping on him was a reward for him.

Xiao Yan pulled her foot back forcefully and walked towards the door again. This time, Qin Ji did not stop her. He followed her, still following her step by step.

Not only did he follow, but he also started chattering incessantly in Xiao Yan's ear.

"Yan Hui, I've explained everything to you, please don't be angry anymore!"

"Yan Hui, would you like to visit the Prince Cheng's residence? It's time for everyone in the residence to meet the Princess Consort, as well as my other businesses and personnel. Since it's the end of the year, everything will be gathered here, and you can take a look at them all at once."

"Yan Hui, actually, the old man wants to break us up, but I already have a solution. Listen to my plan..."

"Yan Hui, regarding what will happen after we return to the capital next year..."

"Shut up, Qin Ji. If you say another word, I'll buy rat poison and kill you."

Poison! Xiao Yan paused in her steps.

If I remember correctly, in the original novel, this guy was poisoned to death.

It seems I really need to sort out the plot in my head. Making tough statements is one thing, but I can't just watch him end up with the original ending.

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Author's note: Sorry I'm late. I wrote this chapter from 7 pm to 2 am. I'm so sad. It was so hard for me.

Qin Ji: "When my wife said she loved me, the whole world instantly brightened up." (Or maybe he really did hit his head and hurt himself.)

Yan Hui: What kind of person is this? He suddenly went crazy like this, I really don't know what to do. Anyway, I haven't forgiven him yet.