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"Snapped!"

Xie Zhaoyuan slapped him again.

"Give me back my ring and bracelet." She glared at Qin Wushuang with reddened eyes, stubbornly stretching out her hand. "I want my ring and bracelet back."

Qin Wushuang repeated her answer: "I can't repay it."

"..."

Xie Zhaoyuan looked at him and suddenly didn't want to say anything.

She sighed almost imperceptibly, and her gaze toward Qin Wushuang gradually turned somewhat disappointed and weary.

She said nothing, only turned and walked back to her room dejectedly.

Qin Wushuang looked at her slender back and suddenly felt a little flustered.

"Xiao Song." He took a step and chased after her, reaching out to grab Xie Zhaoyuan. But Xie Zhaoyuan anticipated his movement and dodged to the side before his hand could get close.

His hand missed its target, and his panic intensified.

"Xiao Song, if you like gold bracelets and gold rings, I can take you to buy new ones. I'll buy you the most expensive and best-looking ones, guaranteed to be a hundred times better than the ones Pei Xingzhi gave you!"

Xie Zhaoyuan stopped and said to him with her back turned, "Qin Wushuang, I only want the ring that Pei Xingzhi bought for me."

"..." Qin Wushuang frowned, her panic instantly replaced by resentment, "Qin Song, why do you insist on taking what Pei Xingzhi gives you?"

Xie Zhaoyuan turned to look at him: "Because I love him. I love Pei Xingzhi, and he's the only one for me in this life!"

"...Qin Song!!" Qin Wushuang felt both hatred and jealousy, yet she was powerless to do anything about Xie Zhaoyuan.

Xie Zhaoyuan: "Also, I am no longer Qin Song. I am now Xie Zhaoyuan, the biological daughter of the Xie family! Please don't call me by that name anymore."

"What if I insist on it?" Qin Wushuang smiled, but the smile clearly contained deep pain. "What if I insist on calling you Qin Song and refuse to let you be with Pei Xingzhi?"

Xie Zhaoyuan also smiled: "Qin Wushuang, this is your freedom."

Qin Wushuang stared intently at her, his eyes bloodshot.

Xie Zhaoyuan: "But it's also my freedom to hate you."

"Qin Wushuang, don't force me to hate you."

"Oh!"

The next second, the door was slammed shut right in front of Qin Wuyan. A thin door separated him and Xie Zhaoyuan into two different worlds.

He clenched his fist in resentment and said to Xie Zhaoyuan behind the door, "Xiao Song, but hatred lasts longer than love."

"If I can make you remember me forever, then even if you hate me for the rest of your life, I will be happy."

Xie Zhaoyuan ignored him.

At 12:30 pm, a kind-looking middle-aged woman knocked on Xie Zhaoyuan's door.

Xie Zhaoyuan ignored her, and the woman opened the door and came in on her own.

"Xiao Song, lunch is ready."

Xie Zhaoyuan glanced at the woman and said coldly, "Don't call me Xiao Song."

The woman seemed not to hear: "Xiao Song, I made your favorite braised pork ribs and chestnut chicken. Come and try them."

Xie Zhaoyuan rolled over in bed, lying on her side and looking at her with a hint of confusion in her eyes: "Do you know me?"

The woman smiled and said, "I don't know her. This is the first time I've met Xiaosong."

"..." Xie Zhaoyuan was a little speechless. "You don't even know me, yet you call me so affectionately? And how did you know I like braised pork ribs and chestnut chicken?"

The woman said, "Mr. Qin told me all of this."

"..."

Xie Zhaoyuan rolled her eyes, having completely forgotten about him.

The woman set out the bowls and chopsticks and patiently called to her again, "Xiao Song, come and eat quickly, it will get cold and you won't be able to eat it."

"..." Xie Zhaoyuan didn't say anything, but she threw off the covers, got out of bed, and obediently sat down at the dining table.

The woman said, "Eat quickly, you've been starving for over ten hours."

Xie Zhao ignored her and picked up her chopsticks to start eating.

What she said this morning was just said in anger. Although she is now imprisoned by Qin Wushuang, she is not foolish enough to actually try to kill herself.

She has a husband, children, a happy family, and friends who are always by her side. With so many vulnerabilities and concerns, she wouldn't contemplate suicide because of Qin Wushuang.

Not only did she not die, she also tried every means to survive and escape.

The prerequisite for escaping is to eat well. Only when she is well-fed will she have the strength to outwit and outmaneuver Qin Wushuang.

She had been starving for over ten hours, and her stomach was growling loudly. Plus, the woman's cooking was quite good, so she ate rather ravenously.

Upon seeing this, the woman immediately took out her phone from her apron pocket and sent a message to Qin Wushuang.

Two minutes later, Qin Wushuang came up from downstairs.

He stood at the doorway, looking at Xie Zhaoyuan, who was eating obediently, with some surprise.

Xie Zhaoyuan buried her head and ate intently. She already knew he was coming, but she couldn't be bothered to give him even a second glance.

"What should I call you?" she asked the woman standing to the side.

The woman smiled and said, "My surname is Bai. Xiao Song can just call me Aunt Bai."

"Hmm," Xie Zhaoyuan replied perfunctorily, continuing to eat with her bowl in hand.

Qin Wushuang stood silently at the door, afraid that if she spoke, Xie Zhaoyuan would refuse to eat anymore, so she consciously kept her mouth shut and didn't say a word.

Xie Zhaoyuan was starving, and she ate every last bite of the food Aunt Bai brought her. After finishing, she even drank a large glass of water.

Aunt Bai pulled a tissue from the table and handed it to her, asking softly, "Is this enough to eat? Would you like me to get some more food?"

"No need." Xie Zhaoyuan wiped her mouth and threw the crumpled paper into the bowl. "I'm already full."

“…Okay.” Aunt Bai immediately started clearing away the dishes.

Xie Zhaoyuan got up from the chair, turned around and walked to the bedside, lifted the quilt and lay down again.

Qin Wushuang only dared to come in at this moment.

"Xiao Song is such a good boy." He sat on the edge of the bed, reaching out with a look of satisfaction to pat Xie Zhaoyuan's head.

But Xie Zhaoyuan slapped his hand away and turned her back to him with a sour face.

"Sigh..." He sighed helplessly, sat on the edge of the bed and watched Xie Zhaoyuan for a while. Seeing that her eyes were closed and her breathing was long and even, she seemed to be asleep, so he quietly got up.

"Go to sleep for a while." He gently stroked Xie Zhaoyuan's hair and said in a voice only he could hear, "When you wake up, don't be unhappy anymore."

……

"Still no news?"

Xie Jiangshan stared longingly at Chen Jingxuan as he walked into the living room, his eyes red.

Chen Jingxuan lowered his head and sat down on the sofa.

"Everything is normal on Qin Wushuang's side; my people haven't found anything."

“Impossible.” Pei Xingzhi glared fiercely at Chen Jingxuan, gritting his teeth as he said, word by word, “I’m certain that A Yuan was taken away by Qin Wushuang. There’s no way we can’t find anything about her.”

"Qin Wushuang must have used some method to obscure our view."