104. What the eyes see is not necessarily true.

After Nan Wan finished speaking, the car was silent for a long, long time.

She didn't look at the man's expression, neither retracting her words nor continuing.

He remained silent, and so did she.

The air seemed to hold an invisible confrontation, a clash of swords and spears, neither willing to concede.

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After the car came off the overpass, Nan Wan pressed her lips together and broke the silence, "Stop at the next intersection."

In this atmosphere of mutual cold war, even breathing was difficult.

After a few minutes, the car didn't slow down, and the buildings on either side of the road continued to retreat rapidly.

Nan Wan raised her voice, "Mu Jin Huan, I said stop the car."

Mu Jin Huan's expression was impassive, his deep black eyes seemed soaked in ice, and his sharply defined features appeared even more relentless.

His thin lips slightly parted, and he indifferently uttered two words, "Shut up."