Severed ties and living in a dilapidated house? No worries, the poor thing has a space.

Xin Jiyan's icy gaze suddenly turned to the two people, her eyes instantly filled with displeasure.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, a dangerous glint in them, but for some reason he seemed to be forcibly suppressing the burning killing intent and rage within him.

He took a deep breath, trying to keep himself calm.

“The general has important official business to attend to and cannot come tonight. Tomorrow, you can send someone to Yaoxin Tower to select two young ladies to accompany the general,” Xin Ji said in a cold tone.

The two men didn't respond, but their gazes kept drifting towards Fang Yu, as if they wanted to see how she would handle this sudden turn of events.

Fang Yu remained silent, only gently raising her hand and pretending to rub her slender wrist, which looked like it had been bound by ropes for a long time and was slightly red and swollen.

Just then, Xin Jiyan turned to his subordinates behind him and ordered, "Quickly bring the carriage over here!"

Before he finished speaking, he reached out and grabbed Fang Yu's wrist without hesitation, and without saying a word, dragged her out of the building.

Fang Yu instinctively tried to struggle and break free, but Xin Jiyan not only did not let go, but instead increased the force in his hand, gripping her wrist firmly like an iron clamp, making her unable to move at all.

At the same time, he deliberately lowered his voice and whispered to Fang Yu in a tone that was both persuasive and warning: "No matter what plan Miss Fang is planning, this is by no means the best time to make a move. I hope you will not act rashly, lest you bring disaster upon yourself."

The carriage arrived, and Fang Yu was shoved into it. Xin Jiyan followed and instructed the people outside, "Return to Qingshan City."

A beautifully decorated carriage was moving forward at a leisurely pace, its wheels making a soft creaking sound.

A corner of the carriage curtain was gently lifted by a slender, fair hand, revealing Fang Yu's beautiful yet slightly melancholic face through the gap.

She gazed silently at the receding building, a hint of regret and helplessness in her eyes, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

Fang Yu leaned against the car window, resting her chin on her hand, gazing thoughtfully at the receding night outside.

After a long silence, she said in a calm voice, "Young Master Xin has ruined my plans today."

Although this statement sounds calm and unassuming, it seems to conceal a hint of dissatisfaction and resentment.

As the carriage drove further and further away, Xin Jiyan, sitting in the other corner of the carriage, breathed a sigh of relief almost imperceptibly.

Clearly, he felt a little guilty for ruining Fang Yu's plan.

He frowned slightly, coughed lightly to cover his unease, and then tried to calm himself down.

He raised his head and smiled at Fang Yu, saying, "Miss Fang, please don't be angry. I was indeed rash this time. But rest assured, I am willing to bear all the losses you have suffered."

Upon hearing this, Fang Yu slowly lowered the curtain in her hand, her movements as graceful as a butterfly in flight.

She casually flicked non-existent dust off her skirt, then turned her head, her gaze towards Xin Jiyan instantly becoming sharp.

Those gazes were like two bolts of lightning, piercing straight at the other person, as if they could see through all secrets.

She said coldly, "Young Master Xin, you kept saying that you were just an ordinary merchant, so why do the people of the Chi Kingdom address you as Young Master?"

Her tone was full of questioning and doubt, making it impossible to ignore.

The air inside the carriage seemed to freeze, falling into a brief silence.

After a while, a burst of laughter suddenly broke the silence.

Xin Jiyan smiled, a hint of relief in his expression, and slowly said, "To be honest, Miss Fang, I am indeed one of the many young masters of the Chi Kingdom. However, I am not as powerful and influential as you might imagine."

As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes dimmed almost imperceptibly, with a hint of unspeakable bitterness mixed in.

"So, Young Master Jiyan is trying to say that the abduction of women in Beiyu has nothing to do with you?"

Fang Yu frowned slightly, her beautiful eyes fixed on Xin Jiyan, her gaze so sharp it seemed to pierce through one's soul.

Faced with Fang Yu's aggressive questioning, Xin Jiyan simply looked back with a calm gaze and remained silent, but his attitude already indicated his acquiescence.

At this moment, Fang Yu's gaze became even sharper, like two sharp arrows, seemingly determined to pierce through the opponent's psychological defenses.

She then pressed on, asking, "So, is it really just a coincidence that the people of Beiyu have contracted this strange disease?"

Even Xin Jiyan himself was somewhat surprised at this point. Perhaps the reason was that this Miss Fang dared to venture alone into the lion's den and dared to question him loudly.

Or perhaps it's some other factor that even he himself can't explain or articulate.

He couldn't help but sigh softly, and after a moment's hesitation, he slowly began to speak...

“My lady, you already know that my life is probably nearing its end. It was not my intention to start a war between these two countries! But the king’s orders are as firm as a mountain, and I cannot disobey them. So I will no longer hide anything from you.”

He continued calmly, "Using me as a pawn in their scheme, spreading that incurable plague, and thus taking Huaizhou City without losing a single soldier—this is indeed the intention of the Chi Kingdom..."

At this point in the story, a hint of embarrassment suddenly flashed across Xin Jiyan's previously calm face.

After a brief pause, he opened his mouth again and slowly said, "Compared to the women of our Chi Kingdom, the women of Beiyu often appear more delicate, pretty, and endearing. But..."

He paused, his tone becoming serious: "But I am by no means the kind of man who is lustful, and this matter is beyond my control. Therefore, I advise you, young lady, not to let yourself get deeply involved in this complicated situation..."

At the bottom of his deep eyes, a faint, almost imperceptible look of worry was revealed.

"Miss Fang appeared in this small building today. If the general hadn't refused to go there tonight, even if you possessed extraordinary abilities that could see through heaven and earth, it would have been as difficult as ascending to heaven to leave unscathed!"

After listening to him say so much, Fang Yu finally understood that he couldn't make the decisions; he was just following orders.

In other words, there will be more cases of girls from Beiyu being abducted in the future, and he will be unable to stop it.