Li Yuncheng simply looked at Feng Ran, as if this would make her agree.
Feng Ran shook her head, but said with extraordinary firmness, "It's useless. A waste of time."
"How will you know if you don't try?" Li Yuncheng stared at Feng Ran, still trying to persuade her. After a long pause, he said, "Feng Ran, if there was a way to save you? Would you still be unwilling to try?"
Feng Ran fell silent. Was there really a way?
Hongyi had been cruel to her back then.
Xuanyuan Heng had wished to strike her down directly at that time. That medicine was given by Xuanyuan Heng to Hongyi, who forcibly fed it to her. And they were even more worried that her poison would be cured, so during those dark and endless days of confinement, she was forced to drink a bowl of medicine every day.
That was not an antidote, but a poisonous substance meant to deepen her existing poison, out of fear that it might be cured.
At that time, it was not something she could decide. To avoid torture, she could only obey.
Li Yuncheng's determined demeanor, however, made Feng Ran somewhat flustered. She was considered an ill omen, and she did not want anyone around her to be implicated because of her.
"Young Master Li, I'm truly fine."
"I just need to rest well," Feng Ran said resolutely.
She had naturally been tempted by Li Yuncheng's offer. But that was only a fleeting thought.
Feng Ran had thought that even if there was a way to save her, as Li Yuncheng said, she couldn't save herself.
She knew that Xuanyuan Heng's people were watching her from the shadows, and he would not allow such a thing to happen.
"Young Master Li, I need to rest now. If you have nothing else, please leave, alright?" Feng Ran asked cautiously.
Li Yuncheng, who had been about to speak, swallowed his words when he met Feng Ran's pleading eyes and left without saying anything.
Finally, Li Yuncheng left.
Feng Ran stayed alone in the room, calm, but without speaking a word.
She was thinking about the events that had transpired recently, finding them almost unbelievable.
...
Sheng Yi learned about the humiliation Feng Ran suffered at the hands of Huang Qianqian.
Sheng Yi found Huang Qianqian, who eventually, and unwillingly, approached Feng Ran.
She was filled with displeasure and disbelief. Even more so, she was consumed by jealousy. But despite her jealousy, she was powerless.
Huang Qianqian stood outside Feng Ran's door for a long time, hesitating to knock.
It wasn't that she was afraid to see Feng Ran, but she was thinking about what she had to say to Feng Ran, which was utterly humiliating, and she didn't want to go through it herself.
But if she wanted to stay at Chunman Yuan, she had to do it.
Ultimately, she chose to go in.
The door creaked open, and Feng Ran saw Huang Qianqian approaching.
Huang Qianqian looked at Feng Ran, her eyes filled with coldness, disdain, and more than anything, unwillingness.
Huang Qianqian did not want to utter those shameful words, but Sheng Yi's threatening words were deeply imprinted in her heart, refusing to fade away.
Huang Qianqian angrily roared, "Feng Ran, what do you want? Do you want me to kneel and beg you before you're satisfied?"
"Or do you want my life from the very beginning?"
"Feng Ran, look at your own status. You are so lowly, you'll never leave this place in your lifetime. What arrogance do you still have?"
"Indeed, Sheng Yi stands by you now and speaks for you."
"But you should think clearly, when Sheng Yi is no longer here, who will stand up for you and support you then?"
Facing Huang Qianqian's endless humiliation, Feng Ran said nothing.
She seemed to be waiting for Huang Qianqian's next words.
She seemed to see through Huang Qianqian.
Huang Qianqian's brow furrowed. She had already said so much, what else did she want?
Huang Qianqian glared at Feng Ran, her anger surging, and demanded loudly, "Feng Ran, what exactly do you want? Tell me."
She thought Feng Ran wouldn't dare to be so bold. She would probably just humiliate her.
Although there was no threat to her life, being humiliated by Feng Ran for no reason put her in a very bad mood.
Her state of mind was different now.
Under Huang Qianqian's insistent questioning, Feng Ran finally looked at her, and said coldly, "I want your life. Will you give it to me?"
After saying this, Feng Ran's lips curved into a smile.
Huang Qianqian's eyes widened in disbelief, looking at Feng Ran as if she wanted to kill her.
"You want my life?" Huang Qianqian glared at Feng Ran, for a moment even doubting if what she heard was real or not.
"Feng Ran, have you gone mad?"
Her gaze towards Feng Ran was full of contempt and disdain.
How could she say such a thing? Who gave her the courage?
"Feng Ran, you're saying this just to make me kneel and beg you, aren't you?" Huang Qianqian retorted sarcastically.
Huang Qianqian laughed, a laugh full of mockery.
Feng Ran said coldly, "Whether you kneel or not is none of my concern."
"Your knees are not valuable. I care even less about your kneeling," Feng Ran said with disdain. Huang Qianqian's hypocritical pretense disgusted her.
"You." Huang Qianqian glared at Feng Ran, her eyes filled with rage and murderous intent. She had never imagined that she would be so humiliated, and by the person she despised the most.
She looked at Feng Ran and said stiffly, "Heh, do you think I will agree to your unreasonable demands?"
"Let me tell you, it's impossible in this lifetime."
Feng Ran simply watched the person before her.
In fact, the moment she saw Huang Qianqian, she knew very well that anything she said would be useless.
"Feng Ran, if Sheng Yi hadn't forced me to come here, I wouldn't be here," Huang Qianqian threatened. "Feng Ran, don't push your luck."
"Go and explain clearly to Sheng Yi."
"Sheng Yi is forcing me, I can't help it."
"Heh, I truly never expected Sheng Yi to speak for someone as lowly as you, to protect you so much."
"Feng Ran, it seems I've underestimated you."
Huang Qianqian could barely contain herself, and lunged forward, grabbing Feng Ran's hair, and gritted her teeth, saying, "Feng Ran, go and tell Sheng Yi immediately that this matter has nothing to do with me."
After a long pause, Feng Ran looked at Huang Qianqian and said coldly, "Huang Qianqian, agree to one condition, and I will go and explain to Sheng Yi."
She commanded coldly, stood up, and walked to the vanity, as if searching for something.
Huang Qianqian watched Feng Ran with shock and bewilderment.
Feng Ran, how dare she threaten her? With her lowly status, how dare she speak to her like that?
She.
The one everyone reviled.
She, a lowly person, dared to threaten her.
You must know that when she met Feng Ran before, she would always lower her head, acting meekly.
But now? How dare she threaten her?
Huang Qianqian's gaze fell upon Feng Ran, and she angrily grabbed her hand, saying coldly, "Feng Ran, you lowly person, what right do you have to speak to me like this?"
"Feng Ran, you should just stay quiet and say nothing, understand?"
"Feng Ran, you've done all sorts of wicked deeds. You deserve to die the most. How do you still have the face to stay here comfortably?"
Huang Qianqian continued to insult Feng Ran.