Yan Xia frowned sharply. This guy was so thick-skinned. She had no idea how he could utter such shameless words.
"Lu Qianzhou, aren't you ashamed to say such things?"
He said matter-of-factly, "Why should I be ashamed when talking to my girlfriend?"
Suddenly, Yan Xia turned over her arm and rolled up the trouser leg on one ankle, showing him the tattoos on her wrist and ankle. There were tattoos of something like iron chains on both her right wrist and ankle.
After being rescued by Lord Lu's men that time, since she had struggled so violently, her ankles and wrists were swollen and red for more than ten days before they got better. The broken skin even festered because it hadn't been properly treated.
She hoped that she could remember the feeling of despair at that moment. So after all the wounds had completely healed, she got the iron-chain tattoos on her wrists and ankles.
Yan Xia stretched out her arm to him. "Do you know what this is?"
Lu Qianzhou frowned and glanced at her. Then he suddenly complained, "Staying with Fang Jiangyi for three years has really spoiled you. You even dare to get a tattoo. If you're going to get one, why not get a nice one? What's this taste of yours? It's so ugly."
"Three years ago, you told Wen Liang to kidnap me and lock me in an abandoned warehouse. When you showed me the live broadcast of my father and sister being killed, the iron chains chafed my wrists and ankles. That was the first time I was so deeply aware that you actually wished me dead all along."
She looked at him, with such deep disappointment in her eyes. "So, I decided to get the iron-chain tattoos on my body to remember the feeling at that moment."
Lu Qianzhou looked at her for a long time. The tattoo on her wrist was like a knife stabbing directly into his heart, making his face change suddenly.
"You think it was me who killed your father and sister, and that I could even go so far as to have you killed?"
Yan Xia firmly believed so.
"I know you won't admit it. Since you've always been such a person, it's enough for me to know it in my heart."
"Cheng Yan Xia!" His face gradually became serious. It seemed that he finally understood why she had left without saying goodbye, why she had rather left with Fang Jiangyi than stay.
"I'll admit what I've done, but I'll never admit what I haven't. If I really wanted to kill you all, I could have just secretly got rid of you. Why would I have made such a big deal about you being my fiancée and put you all in the public eye? What good would it do me if my fiancée's family died? Let the whole world laugh at me?"
He enunciated every word and rationally analyzed it with her.
But Yan Xia wouldn't listen. She always remembered what Wen Liang had said.
He had said that he was just following orders, that Lu Qianzhou was reluctant to do anything to her himself, so he had taken her to a place where he couldn't see to get rid of her.
Just as she had once trusted Wen Liang so deeply, she now believed his words wholeheartedly.
Yan Xia's face was taut. She didn't want to entangle with him any more. She just slowly smiled.
"I don't want to have any more intersection with you. So you'd better stay away from me and stop provoking me. If you insist on keeping me by your side and saying that I'm your girlfriend, then be prepared. Your bedside person might stab you at any time to avenge my family."
Lu Qianzhou was fearless. "Okay. I'll have someone go and get your luggage. You move into my place right away. I'll always be waiting for you to stab me."
This guy was really crazy.
Who on earth could be so calm when hearing someone say they were going to stab them? He was so confident that she wouldn't really do anything to him.
Yan Xia reached out and knocked on the partition. "Let me off at the roadside up ahead."
She wanted to get out of the car. She didn't want to stay with this guy for a single second longer.
"Isn't it a bit too late to say you want to get out now?" Lu Qianzhou chuckled.
Yan Xia looked at him coldly. "Let me out."
"I can't do that." Lu Qianzhou leaned back on the seat. His tone was light, and he didn't even look at her. "I agree with what you said. I'll always be waiting for you to stab me. But for now, you're still my girlfriend."
Yan Xia was extremely angry. This guy always had the ability to anger her in the fastest way possible. Maybe he was sure that she wouldn't really do anything to him, so he was so unscrupulous.
Suddenly, she felt a pen in her pocket. It was a fountain pen that she always carried with her.
Without making a sound, she removed the pen cap in her pocket. Then, suddenly, she grasped the pen and quickly stabbed at Lu Qianzhou. He didn't move at all. It was only when the pen was about to pierce his shoulder that he accurately grabbed her wrist.
There was an expression of frustration in his eyes.
With a little force on his hand, Yan Xia plunged deeper into his arms. While struggling, Lu Qianzhou wrapped his other arm around her waist to stop her from moving around. He pressed her head against his chest. The vibration of his chest when he spoke was close to her ear.
"Don't see Fang Jiangyi anymore. He's not your family. I'll find out the truth of that year as soon as possible and give you an explanation. But you have to believe that at that time, I really had no reason to harm you and your family."
Yan Xia couldn't struggle free. Her feet kicked randomly on the car door. She said angrily,
"Let go of me."
Lu Qianzhou didn't let go. He enjoyed holding her like this. His heart seemed to be instantly filled.
"If you had sent anyone else at that time, I might have believed what you said. But you just had to choose Wen Liang to kidnap me. He was your right-hand man. He did everything with your approval. The more you try to defend yourself, the more hateful I think you are."
Lu Qianzhou said, "I've been looking for him for these years. What you said only proves that he had betrayed me at that time. As long as we find him, everything will be explained."
She believed that at some moment in the past, maybe Lu Qianzhou had really had feelings for her, but it was only for a moment. Most of the time, he just regarded her as a pawn to complete his plan and a tool for his desires. He never thought of stopping. In the end, he was occupied by hatred and lost his rationality.
All these had been confirmed for her by both Jiang Yue and Wen Liang.
"Actually, if you had told me what exactly my father had done wrong and what kind of harm he had done to you. I was already ready to atone for his sins. If he was really unforgivable, I would even have cooperated with you to persuade him to go to prison. But you never told me, which proves that you never really trusted me."
Yan Xia closed her eyes and then opened them again. She smiled bitterly. "I just can't understand. It's okay for you to want my father's life, but why couldn't you even spare my sister and me?"
Lu Qianzhou opened his mouth to defend himself, but she didn't give him a chance to speak.
"With just one word from you, I could have stayed far away from you. I would never have expected to marry you or to untie your knot with my own strength. But you never said it. You chose to act secretly." Yan Xia suddenly laughed. "Speaking of which, I really have to thank your childhood sweetheart. If it weren't for her telling me, I wouldn't have known that in your heart, our whole family was so unforgivable."
Lu Qianzhou finally stopped arguing. He wasn't the kind of person who had to gain the upper hand in an argument. He just silently took actions.