344: Landing a mine

“Oh my, this Child.” Xia Yuanfu blamed him half-heartedly.

Turning around to look at the A Man beside him, he said, “Lin Xuan, Xia Qingxue's temper is just like this. She can't stand even a little bit of grievance. After you get married, you must absolutely give in to her.”

With his gaze withdrawn from Xia Qingxue's closed door, Lin Xuan nodded silently, “Okay, I understand.”

Although he said this, Lin Xuan felt a strange sense of melancholy in his heart.

This straw ring is nothing?

How can it be nothing?!

For him, this is the most precious thing he has felt since growing up!

For Xia Qingxue, it should also be extremely cherished.

Xia Qingxue's attitude and temper were no different from her previous Miss demeanor.

She was completely unlike the time when he lost his sight and hearing, when she acted gentle and considerate.

It was as if the Xia Qingxue he could see now and the Xia Qingxue in his dark memories were not the same person!

“Not the same person?” Lin Xuan shook his head, shaking off this unrealistic thought.

Xia Qingxue had sacrificed so much for him, and he was still doubting her. If she knew, how sad would she be.

Forget it, the important thing is the person. As for the ring... he'll let Xia Qingxue decide.

Lin Xuan compromised. In twenty years, he had never compromised once in any situation. This principle was broken today.

Because in those seven days, he owed this woman too much. He was willing to compromise for her.

Thinking about it this way, Lin Xuan's enthusiasm for marriage was also halved.

Recalling the days at the bottom of the cliff like a slideshow in his mind countless times, Lin Xuan turned his head and said to Uncle Xia, “Uncle Xia, I might need some time to do something these next few days.”

“Oh? You're already preparing for marriage. Where else do you need to go during this time?”

“Revenge!” Lin Xuan's eyes instantly turned cold.

“Are you seeking revenge against Blood Rose?” Xia Yuanfu asked knowingly.

“That's right. It was already incredibly lucky that Xia Qingxue and I survived this time. If Blood Rose finds out that Xia Qingxue and I are not dead, she definitely won't let it go and will make a comeback. Now that my strength has greatly increased, I'm not afraid, but I'm worried that Blood Rose will bypass me and target Xia Qingxue.”

“Hmm, you're right. This is also my fault, Uncle Xia. I've made too many enemies and implicated you,” Xia Yuanfu sighed self-reproachfully.

Then, as if thinking of something, he changed the subject: “Oh, by the way, Lin Xuan, besides Blood Rose, wasn't there another woman named Gu Bing who attacked you and Xia Qingxue?”

“Gu Bing?”

Frowning, Lin Xuan remembered that it was on the cliff. It was because of this woman that he drank that bottle of poisoned water.

Although from others' perspective, Gu Bing only made him drink his own water, there was nothing wrong with this point.

But Lin Xuan just felt that all of this was a trap!

It was a scheme orchestrated by Gu Bing and Blood Rose in collusion!

He strongly believed in his intuition.

That woman Gu Bing, who seemed soft and weak, was Blood Rose's accomplice!

“Uncle Xia, do you have information about this woman named Gu Bing?” Seeing Xia Yuanfu mention this person, Lin Xuan pressed.

“Hehehe, what, in your eyes, can Uncle Xia only provide information? Can't I just capture the person for you directly?”

Xia Yuanfu smiled faintly. Seeing Lin Xuan's expression, he knew that he had ‘caught the right person.’

“You've already captured the person?” Lin Xuan was surprised.

“She was captured two hours ago and is now locked in the basement.” Xia Yuanfu stood up and patted Lin Xuan's shoulder: “She's yours to deal with. I'll leave this revenge to you.”

“This is truly... delivering herself to my doorstep.” A hint of coldness surged in his eyes. Lin Xuan recalled the torment he suffered after drinking the poisoned water, and a plan to torment Gu Bing formed in his mind.

“Click~”

In the dark basement, a crisp sound of a lock opening was heard.

This was originally a storage room, but now it had become a cage.

After the basement door opened, Lin Xuan, accompanied by a shadow, stepped directly inside.

Upon arriving here, the woman in front, with her arms crossed and tears of fear in her eyes, made Lin Xuan lose his composure for a moment.

This woman, in just seven or eight days, how did she become so much more beautiful?

It made the hatred in his heart unknowingly diminish quite a bit.

“Lin... Lin Xuan?!” The woman's voice carried a hint of surprise when she saw the A Man.

However, in Lin Xuan's ears, this voice became a meaning of surprise and shock.

“It's me.” Pulling over a chair and sitting in front of Gu Bing, Lin Xuan crossed his legs and said, “Didn't expect it, did you? I came back alive!”

“The poison you administered did not achieve your desired outcome.”

After saying these words, Lin Xuan looked at Gu Bing at his leisure, wanting to see what expression she would have after he pointed out that she had poisoned him.

Most likely, this woman would pretend to be foolish and say she didn't know anything.

However, what surprised Lin Xuan was that Gu Bing lowered her head, like a helpless Child: “I'm sorry.”

“You admit it?” Gu Bing's brief three words undoubtedly admitted the fact that she had poisoned him!

Lin Xuan didn't expect that this woman would not try to defend herself at all.

“Hmph, sorry? Do you think just these three words are enough for me to forgive you, the woman who tried to take my life?!”

“I didn't try to take your life! Never!” Suddenly, Gu Bing spoke anxiously.

Her flustered and serious expression seemed particularly concerned about Lin Xuan's opinion.

“You've admitted that you administered the poison, but you won't admit to trying to take my life. How ridiculous.”

As Lin Xuan finished speaking, Gu Bing looked at him with a complicated expression, but in the end, she nodded silently, her voice full of self-reproach: “It's my fault. I caused you to drink that bottle of water. It's my fault that you fell off the cliff. It's all my fault.”

“But I... never thought of harming you.”

These words, seemingly an admission that Gu Bing had administered the poison, were actually, upon careful reflection, a realization that Gu Bing had never directly admitted to the act of poisoning.

What she had always admitted was only that Lin Xuan's intervention had caused him to drink the poisoned water, leading to his subsequent experiences.

Lin Xuan, however, couldn't discern this. He had already concluded that Gu Bing and Blood Rose were accomplices!

After all, in his opinion, if Gu Bing were truly innocent, it would be impossible for her to know that there was poison in the water, and even less possible for her to say sorry to him.

And in this, what Lin Xuan was missing was the sight and hearing from those seven days at the bottom of the cliff.

At the bottom of the cliff, he had confided in Gu Bing about his poisoning experience more than once.

If Lin Xuan had seen his experiences during those seven days at the bottom of the cliff, he would understand that this woman truly ‘didn't know anything!’

The reason she apologized was because of the guilt in her heart.

Although she ‘didn't know there was poison in the water,’ that bottle of water was ultimately drunk by Lin Xuan because of her.

If Lin Xuan knew all this, he would definitely feel heartbroken.

Foolish woman, it's clearly not your fault, why are you still apologizing?

Now, Lin Xuan was completely unaware of all that.

“More talk is useless. If a person offends me, I will repay them a hundredfold!”

“You caused me to fall off the cliff, so you should be prepared to bear my wrath!”

Standing up from the chair, Lin Xuan roughly grabbed Gu Bing's soft and boneless arm.

With his other hand, he took out a glass bottle containing poison from his body.

This poison was something he had concocted himself.

Anyone who drank this poison would suffer the pain of ten thousand ants gnawing at their heart!

When he was a mercenary internationally, he often used this poison to extort information from those who knew it.

As the poison was taken out, two streaks of tears slid down Gu Bing's clean, flawless face.

Shaking her head and looking at the A Man in front of her pleadingly: “No, Lin Xuan, I'm scared...”

“Hmph!” Pinching Gu Bing's small mouth, Lin Xuan had no intention of showing any tenderness and directly poured the poison into her mouth!

The bitter poison exploded in her mouth.

Gu Bing coughed and knelt on the ground.

Waves of pain erupted throughout her body, like Mars sparks pricking her skin piece by piece, like an iron brush scraping over flesh and blood repeatedly. It was pain that went to the bone!

Facing this, Gu Bing completely curled up.

Her body was in great pain, but her heart became increasingly calm.

That's right, this is how it should be.

The pain Lin Xuan was inflicting on her now was equivalent to burying a bomb with constantly increasing yield.

When the truth is revealed, the buried mine will explode with a bang, and it will surely be incredibly exciting!

This is revenge, a revenge where she gambles everything for her lost life!

The System has already helped her get this far. The pain at this moment, what can she not endure!