Although I was inwardly elated, I sat upright on the chair with the most serious expression. “Speak.” He lowered his head, a drop of sweat hanging on his forehead. “Speak about what?” I recalled the humiliating scene when he caught me secretly painting for the Eastern Palace… Finally, I could hold my head high! The situation was now completely reversed, with me interrogating and him nervously responding. ”Just tell me what despicable things you did back then?” I said casually, not forgetting to glance at his face. He narrowed his eyes, but his dark pupils looked even brighter and more intimidating. Just a simple sweep of his gaze across my face made my heart skip, almost instinctively wanting to lean closer. I struggled to maintain my outward composure, almost feeling my lips trembling, cold sweat climbing my back. An Jin probably misunderstood something, his well-proportioned eyebrows furrowing, looking at me with a complex gaze. “A Yao…
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you know.” ”Yes, I know everything.” I turned away, avoiding his gaze. An Jin suddenly reached out and grasped my fingers. His usually warm hand was now somewhat cold. I halfheartedly tried to pull away, but he wouldn’t let go. ”A Yao, look at me.” I insisted on not turning my face. Cannot look at him, cannot look at him… his eyes have a demonic spell, one look and I’m done for! He sighed. “You won’t even look at me?” The sadness in his voice extended its claws, scratching at my heart. So I weakly turned back, using anger to mask my timidity, glaring at his face. ”Yes, everything was my doing.” He seemed to have finally made up his mind. I never expected that my rare attempt to intimidate would reveal so many shocking secrets.
No wonder the Lin family’s young master always borrowed writing supplies from me. Duan Chang being taken to the Linglong Pavilion, the items Yan Huo sent me being intercepted… all were done by this beast.
An Jin blurted out all of this, his jade-like face turning red, seemingly embarrassed and angry. “If the Third Prince Xia Zhichun hadn’t gone to Western Liang, I would have prevented your affair with him just the same.”
