Although the man had no idea why he suddenly brought up this matter, he still answered truthfully.
"It felt like having my heart ripped out. How could I ever forget it in this lifetime?"
"Good. Then I'll give you a chance to collect some interest first. How about that?"
"What do you mean?"
Just as Lan Xi was feeling confused, Cui Qizhou somehow produced a rope. "The best way to torture a person is to make her heart ache first. You should still remember that Granny Lin is in the cell next door, right?"
With the words said to this point, there was nothing left to misunderstand.
Almost without hesitation, Lan Xi took the rope and approached the person inside.
As he slowly got closer, the light in Lin Sun's eyes faded bit by bit. Sure enough, he still couldn't forget what had happened back then and had always harbored grudges against her. Now he just wanted to kill her more directly.
While thinking, she closed her eyes, as if waiting for her fate.
But after waiting for a long time, she only felt the rope on her hand loosen and then tighten. She slowly opened her eyes and saw the man pushing her.
"What do you want to do?"
A bad premonition welled up in her heart. She always felt that the man's actions would make her even more painful.
Lan Xi didn't answer directly. "Your situation can't get any worse than it is now, right?"
Such an unpredictable man only made her feel more flustered.
"What do you mean? What on earth do you want to do? Where are you taking me? I'm not going with you. I'm going to stay here."
Lan Xi felt that his last bit of patience was about to be worn out by this woman.
"You'll know once you go. Do you have to be so coy?"
In the end, amidst Lin Sun's protesting shouts and curses, she was still brought in front of her granny.
When she saw her granny covered in bruises, pity welled up in her eyes. Just as she was about to rush over, she was pulled back by the man.
"You'd better stay here obediently."
Saying that, Lin Sun was directly tied to the rack opposite Granny Lin.
Granny Lin watched everything that happened here the whole time. She had no idea what these people wanted to do, but seeing her beloved granddaughter in such a state, she couldn't hold back anymore.
"Beast! Have you forgotten how you survived back then? If it weren't for my granddaughter, you'd still be who knows where, being toyed with by those rich young masters."
Bringing up the old matter only brought more disgust.
Lan Xi's face darkened, and he directly grabbed Granny Lin's neck.
"If you have the guts, say that sentence again."
Lin Sun also knew that this had always been his sore spot. Seeing her granny being choked until she could hardly breathe, tears welled up in her eyes.
"If you want to do something, come at me. My granny is so old, and she took care of you many times before. Don't you even care about the old friendship?"
"Enough! You two grandmothers and granddaughters only know how to blackmail me with the past. It seems that's all you can do. Haven't you gotten tired of this trick after all these years? I'm sick of seeing it."
Shi Muyuan had just come down out of curiosity to take a look. Unexpectedly, as soon as she came in, she saw a side of Lan Xi that she had never seen before.
She hid in the dark and observed secretly. Seeing Lan Xi like this, she frowned slightly, but in the end, she didn't say anything. If a person could remain indifferent in the face of the hatred of clan extermination, it was likely that this person would never have any emotions in the future.
Lan Xi tortured the two of them with various torture tools, but the two grandmothers and granddaughters were very tacit and didn't let out a single cry.
Shi Muyuan felt tired just watching. She didn't know the meaning of this repetition at all. She stretched and pouted, planning to go back.
Accidents always happened so suddenly. Just as she turned around, a chill suddenly rose from behind. By the time she came to her senses, a slightly cold object had touched her neck.
All this happened so suddenly that no one had time to react.
Shi An clearly remembered that he had specifically told his sister not to come here. Why was there still a problem now?
He stared intently at the figure with a slightly hunched back, his eyes filled with killing intent. "Old woman, we originally wanted to spare your life. If you're in a hurry to die, I don't mind giving you a ride."
Cold sweat dripped continuously from Granny Lin's forehead. She had no idea how much longer she could hold on, but thinking of her granddaughter still suffering, she forced herself not to fall.
"This Empress Dowager is the apple of your eyes. You definitely don't want anything to happen to her, right? If you want her to leave safely, then make a deal with me quickly."
"What do you mean? Do you think you're in a position to negotiate with us now?"
"Humph, whether I am or not is not up to you. And don't I have the qualification to negotiate right now?"
Shi An finally got anxious. He couldn't let anything happen to his little sister.
"Fine, tell me. What on earth do you want?"
"First, let go of my granddaughter. I'll tell you the rest later."
Hearing this, Cui Qizhou originally wanted to say something, but in the end, he said nothing.
The life of this Empress Dowager was far more important than the lives of these two people.
When Lin Sun staggered over to her granny's side, she finally softened a bit.
"Granny, when the two of us are out of danger, please let the Empress Dowager go, okay?"
A look of obvious displeasure appeared on Granny Lin's face.
"Have you forgotten how they treated you just now? And you're still speaking up for this Empress Dowager. If we meet again next time, do you believe they'll take my life?"
Lin Sun lowered her head, her face full of guilt.
"We were in the wrong back then. Now that we've completed all the tasks we were supposed to do, we can just go back. There's no need to hurt others anymore."
Granny Lin was very angry when she heard this. How could the successor she had painstakingly cultivated become such a soft - hearted person?
"If you have the guts, say what you just said again? I narrowly escaped death in their hands and finally found a chance to escape. Now you're asking me to let this Empress Dowager go? Lin Sun, how could I have such a stupid granddaughter? I've wasted all my efforts on you before."
"Granny, I know I shouldn't be soft - hearted, but the Empress Dowager is innocent. She never meant to hurt us. She was just doing what she had to do. Everyone is working for their own masters and has no choice. I don't want anyone else to get hurt. Granny, please, for all these years that I've always obeyed you, let the Empress Dowager go."