Chapter 25: I Don't Want to Kill

"Why don't you run anymore?"

Xu Qiang's voice came from the door, low, cold, and with a strange laugh.

I was too shocked to move. My eyes involuntarily wanted to look at Xu Qiang behind me. Then I heard the sound of Xu Qiang approaching gradually. "I've been looking for you for a long time."

Looking for me?

What did Xu Qiang want with me?

I didn't have time to think more. I panicked and stood up, leaning against the wall, and ran out with my hands and feet. I kept explaining to Xu Qiang, "I haven't offended you. Why are you after me?"

Xu Qiang followed me step by step. He walked forward slowly, squinting his eyes and watching me run for my life with interest. "Because we're the same. We're both monsters who take pleasure in killing?"

After he finished speaking, he let out a sinister laugh, caught up with me in big strides, hugged my waist, and dragged me to the dead tree.

Bang!

I was roughly thrown to the ground by Xu Qiang. When I moved my gaze slightly, I found the woman tied to the tree. She was unconscious, naked, and covered in scars.

Xu Qiang squatted down with a smile and stuffed a knife into my hand. "If you kill her, we'll be exactly the same. Your husband killed someone, and you'll have killed someone too. We can find 'toys' together. I won't have to look for 'toys' alone and lonely anymore."

The palm-sized knife was forcefully stuffed into my hand. My fingertips trembled the moment I touched it. The next second, without thinking, I swatted the knife out of Xu Qiang's hand.

"I don't want to kill." I shouted.

"You don't have a choice." Xu Qiang said as he picked up the knife again. He forcefully raised my hand, placed the knife in my palm, and then stabbed towards the woman.

I don't want to kill.

This was the only thought left in my mind. I no longer cared about the pain and broke free from Xu Qiang's restraint. He flew into a rage and turned the knife towards me. In a hurry, I grabbed the knife with both hands.

The biting pain made a white mist flash before my eyes. I broke out in cold sweat all over my body, and my hands kept trembling. I saw Xu Qiang's surprised eyes suddenly freeze.

Then Xu Qiang slowly fell to the ground. Only then did I see Xie Yan, who had come over at some point.

Bright red blood flowed out from under Xu Qiang. Without even glancing at him, Xie Yan walked up to me and hugged me. "It's okay. Someone will take care of it."

"Did you call the police?" I asked Xie Yan.

If Xu Qiang died now, wouldn't Xie Yan be a murderer?

I struggled in Xie Yan's arms to go and check on Xu Qiang. "I have to see if he's dead. I don't want you to become a murderer. Xie Yan, please let me down, okay? I really don't want to..."

Before I could finish speaking, I couldn't help but start crying while trembling.

Xie Yan looked back coldly at Xu Qiang's body and then looked down at me. "He's still breathing. He won't die."

"Really?"

I looked at Xie Yan's face almost in disbelief. "Is it true? He's still alive?"

As long as Xu Qiang was alive, Xie Yan wouldn't be a murderer.

I felt a little more at ease. Holding Xie Yan's neck with both hands, I suddenly remembered the wound on my palm. The biting pain made me frown involuntarily and hold my breath.

Xie Yan also noticed it. He lowered his head and rubbed my arm with his chin, full of a soothing meaning. "I'll take you to see a doctor first. You don't have to worry about this place."

In pain, I nestled in Xie Yan's arms like a kitten and nodded. Xie Yan was about to carry me out when suddenly we heard a strange "hehehe" sound. Xie Yan stopped abruptly, and the tenderness between his brows instantly turned cold.

His eyes looked ahead, and there was a thick anger hidden under his dark eyes.

"What's wrong?" I was really scared of Xie Yan's appearance at this moment.

Just as I finished speaking, a hoarse andvicissitudinousvoice came from behind Xie Yan. "Brother, are you still going to let Wan Nian..."

The terrifying and hoarse voice sounded. I didn't even hear clearly what he said. I just felt a soreness in my neck, and then I lost consciousness.

When I woke up, I was at home, lying in bed. Xie Yan was sitting beside me reading a book. When he saw me wake up, Xie Yan put down the book and walked over.

"Are you awake? Do you feel any discomfort?"

Xie Yan asked softly.

I didn't know how long I had slept. Seeing Xie Yan's worried face, I shook my head. "No. How long have I been asleep?"

"You've slept for a day." Xie Yan placed the pillow behind me.

I sat up leaning against the pillow, and Xie Yan also sat by the bedside. His slightly cool hand landed on my forehead. "If you feel any discomfort, tell me. The doctor said you need to rest quietly."

Speaking of the doctor, I moved my ankle slightly and found it was tightly wrapped.

It had probably been treated already.

Thinking of Xu Qiang, I asked Xie Yan, "Was Xu Qiang taken away by the police? I seem to remember that Xu Qiang said something at the end, but I fainted and didn't hear it clearly."

When Xie Yan heard my words, he frowned slightly. His beautiful eyes landed on my face, and then his brows relaxed, and his tone was gentle. "Your hands and feet are in such a state, and you still have the mind to worry about others, don't you?"

That's right!

There were also my hands. I didn't feel much pain until Xie Yan mentioned it. As soon as he said it, I suddenly felt the pain in my palm.

I sat on the bed, grimacing in pain, and my eyes turned red. Xie Yan sat beside me and gently held my hand. "Don't move, or it will still hurt."

I knew it, but the pain was real!

I gritted my teeth and endured the pain. I thought to myself that luckily Xie Yan had come. If he hadn't, I might have been injured not only in my hand. At this thought, I was suddenly taken aback.

He didn't follow me when I quarreled with Xie Yan last night!

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but ask Xie Yan curiously, "How did you find me? I remember that place was very remote, and there wasn't a single person around."

Xie Yan was looking at my wound with his head lowered. When he heard my words, he was suddenly taken aback. His slender fingertips just happened to stop inside my palm.

Did I ask something I shouldn't have?

I stared at Xie Yan curiously. After a long time, he raised his eyes and asked me seriously, "I took the liberty of hiring a cake chef for you to manage your store temporarily. You won't be angry, will you?"

A cake chef?

When he mentioned the cake chef, I belatedly remembered that I was injured and couldn't make cakes at all. So I eagerly asked Xie Yan, "How's the cake chef's craftsmanship?"

After I finished asking the question, Xie Yan raised his head, and his pleasant voice slowly sounded. "It's a master I know. He has been making cakes for decades and now runs his own private teaching class."

A private teaching class?

Then his craftsmanship must be extraordinary.

Xie Yan had just saved me, and now he was helping me take care of the store. Even the coldest person would feel grateful, right?

Thinking of this, I slowly raised my head and said to Xie Yan with sincere eyes, "Thank you, Xie Yan. Thank you for always helping me."

Whether it was our marriage or all the things that happened later.

My voice was soft. When Xie Yan heard it, he slightly lowered his eyes. He smiled faintly, suddenly raised his eyes, and looked at me deeply. In a low and alluring voice, he asked me, "Is Mianmian's thank you just words?"