When Xie Jinghuan heard Tao Jiuxi's answer, he slowly closed his eyes, his long eyelashes trembling slightly. He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, as if he had made some kind of decision.

"Madame Li, you go guard outside." His voice was low and firm.

When Nanny Li heard that her young master had changed his mind, she was overjoyed and quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeves.

She was about to leave immediately, but because her steps were too hurried, she tripped over the door frame and fell hard. However, regardless of the pain in her body, she immediately got up and went out, closing the door from the outside.

She prayed secretly in her heart, hoping that the young master would be able to harden his heart and make the cousin his own. This way, not only would the cousin stop thinking about leaving, the young master would get what he wanted, and the Xie family would be saved, killing three birds with one stone.

Tao Jiuxi looked at everything in front of him quietly, his eyes cold, until the door was closed. The slight sound of the door closing seemed to echo in this silent space for a long time.

She then slowly said, "Xie Jinghuan, I'm not the kind of person who will be completely devoted to you once I give you my body."

Xie Jinghuan felt guilty at this moment and didn't dare to look at Tao Jiuxi's face.

After a long while, he murmured, "I know."

Then, he immediately picked up Tao Jiuxi without hesitation.

Tao Jiuxi was shocked, but because he had a handkerchief containing sleeping pills in his hand, he didn't dare to move too much and only struggled slightly a few times.

Xie Jinghuan carried Tao Jiuxi towards the futon by the wall. Tao Jiuxi stared at Xie Jinghuan and asked, "You're not going to let me go, are you?"

"Xi'er, I can't ignore the over one hundred members of the Xie family. Duke Shen has always been ruthless. If I let you go, he will definitely not let our family go."

"He's cruel and ruthless? What about you?"

"Xier, I know it's my fault. I'm sorry."

"So you're going to force yourself on me?"

Tao Jiuxi had the handkerchief in her hand ready, and she would take action immediately if Xie Jinghuan made any improper move.

Xie Jinghuan gently placed her on the futon. Just as Tao Jiuxi was about to knock Xie Jinghuan unconscious, she heard him say, "Don't worry, I won't touch you."

After saying this, he stood up and slowly walked towards the painting on the wall that read "Reflect on Your Own Mistakes". When he arrived in front of the painting, he knelt on the cold ground without hesitation.

"Xi'er, you are in this situation today because of my obsession. I am sorry for you."

"All this started with me. My mother also made mistakes because of me." Xie Jinghuan lowered his head slightly, and his lonely figure looked particularly lonely in the dim light.

"I won't hurt you, but I can't let you go."

His tone was full of guilt, and he didn't even dare to look at Tao Jiuxi, as if he was afraid of seeing disappointment and anger in her eyes.

Tao Jiuxi supported herself and slowly stood up. She walked lightly and slowly walked behind Xie Jinghuan.

"Xie Jinghuan, you should have let me out. You owe me this."

Xie Jinghuan closed his eyes, and a line of tears quietly flowed down his face.

"If you are angry, you can take my life at any time. Can you please not bother with my mother?" His voice was trembling, full of helpless pleading.

"Even though you're filled with guilt, you're ready to help the evil, aren't you?"

After saying that, Tao Jiuxi covered Xie Jinghe's mouth and nose with a drugged handkerchief without hesitation.

Xie Jinghuan didn't move, didn't even struggle, as if he had already anticipated this result, or perhaps he was willing to accept any action of Tao Jiuxi.

After a moment, he slowly fell down.

Tao Jiuxi looked at Xie Jinghuan lying on the floor tiles and said slowly: "I will definitely take it into consideration."

It was not until Xie Jinghuan lay motionless on the ground, making only even breathing sounds, that Tao Jiuxi finally believed what Xie Yushu said.

Since the drug is real, the secret door for escape should also be real.

Tao Jiuxi calculated the time, then knelt beside Xie Jinghuan and cried out in a sobbing voice, "Help! The young master has fainted."

"Someone come quickly, the young master has fainted!"

As soon as the voice fell, the door was pushed open by Li Ma Ma forcefully.

When Nanny Li saw Xie Jinghe lying on the ground, she immediately panicked.

Her face turned pale instantly, her eyes filled with fear. She almost ran over, immediately kneeling beside Xie Jinghuan, gently shaking him and shouting, "Master! Wake up!"

Tao Jiuxi acted quickly and covered Li Ma's mouth and nose with a handkerchief.

The nanny worked frequently and was quite strong. She struggled desperately. Fortunately, the drug given by Xie Yushu was effective, and Tao Jiuxi was also a desperate person. After a fierce struggle, Nanny Li gradually lost her strength and finally fell down softly.

Tao Jiuxi breathed a sigh of relief and slapped the unconscious Li Ma twice in the face to vent his anger.

Then, she quickly took off Li Ma's coat and spread Li Ma's long hair, which she had kept for many years, on the ground.

Then she ran out like a gust of wind.

There are water tanks in front of many courtyards here for fire fighting. When she was brought in three days ago, she saw a huge water tank outside the courtyard where she was.

Coming to the water tank, she quickly dipped Li Ma's clothes into the water tank. After the clothes were fully absorbed by the water, she hurried back to the house and squeezed the water hard on Li Ma's head. Then, she covered Li Ma's hair roots with the wet clothes.

After tidying everything up, she carefully searched Li Ma's body and finally found the tinderbox.

Tao Jiuxi showed a triumphant smile on his face, raised the lit fire stick and stretched it towards Li Ma's hair.

As soon as the tinder was brought close, Madam Li's long hair was instantly ignited. The fire spread rapidly, quickly reaching the roots of her hair, but was immediately isolated by her soaked clothes.

Tao Jiuxi also quickly stepped on the wet clothes to ensure that the fire would not burn Li Ma's head.

When she took away the wet clothes, she saw that Li Ma's hair was so short that it was almost gone, burnt and messy.

"Ugly old woman, I told you to push me and it hurt me for two days." Tao Jiuxi said viciously.

After saying that, Tao Jiuxi extinguished the tinderbox, threw it on the ground, kicked it again, and then hurried away with satisfaction, not forgetting to lock the door before leaving.

It was still early and Xie Yushu had not set the fire yet. She followed the route she remembered and quietly headed towards the old lady's Cixin Residence.

Her calculation was very accurate. At that moment, everyone was busy having dinner. As expected, she had a smooth journey and successfully found the small door hidden deep in the bamboo forest.

Just as she was about to step out of the door, she suddenly felt a strange feeling in her heart, as if a pair of eyes were staring at her from behind.

She became alert and turned to look, and saw the person behind her with a look of surprise.

"How did you come?"

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