After deceiving the villain, I was forced to love him.

Chapter 148 A Bet? Trust

three days later.

Wang Qingyan's reply was ridiculously fast; he returned like lightning, carrying the "antidote."

But Fang Lanzhi and her subordinates were unsure whether it was true or false.

Thus, Seventeen naturally became their test subject.

I come home battered and bruised every day, and the next morning, as soon as I wake up, I'm dragged out again...

After repeating this process for seven days, it was finally proven that the antidote and its preparation method provided by Wang Qingyan were genuine.

On the eighth day, seeing them about to drag Seventeen out again, Baili Ce in the opposite cell roared again, his eyes red, "Stop! Stop! Don't touch him!"

He looked sad and helpless, and had completely lost the arrogance he had shown a few days ago.

"Please, please don't touch him!" Seeing their indifference, Baili Ce's voice was trembling with tears.

"..." The person who came glanced at Baili Ce a few times and smiled mockingly.

Hmph, so what if Wang Qingyan is here?!

So what if I'm from the Baili clan? I'm still treated like a dog by them!

"Plop..." Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, and with Seventeen's blood all over the floor of the opposite cell, Baili Ce burst into tears.

"Didn't they say that if we proved the antidote was real, they would...then let us go?"

"Hahaha..." The person who dragged away Seventeen laughed loudly.

The thug from ten days ago even sent the others away, saying he wanted to "give her a piece of his mind."

Patting Baili Ce's face, the thug completely abandoned his previous restraints. "You were so naive all along?"

"Hahaha...uh..." Laughing, the thug fell to the ground.

Bai Li Ce stopped crying, wiped away his tears, and looked at the thug like he was an idiot.

The thug strained to scream a few times, "..."

There was no sound.

Then he desperately tried to climb out...

Fifteen minutes later, he was still waving his fingers in the same spot.

Bai Li Ce leaned against the prison door and watched for a quarter of an hour, but eventually lost interest.

So he easily opened the lock with the hairpin in his hair...

Go outside, squat down, and remove the human skin mask from the thug's face.

A slight smile, yet a chill runs through the body.

"Patriarch Zhou, it's been a long time."

"Pfft!" The hairpin fell with a swift motion, splattering blood all over his face.

He stood up blankly and slowly walked out of the cell.

With every step I take, my left foot hurts terribly.

She couldn't walk any further after only a few steps.

They had no choice but to stop in a blind spot where they couldn't see inside from the outside.

He tilted his head to one side, poured a small pill out of his ear, and put it under his tongue to relieve the pain.

Looking at the previously "battered and bruised" and "on the verge of death" Seventeen, he glanced around for a while...

He strode up to the second floor and skillfully knocked on the door of a room.

The person who came out of the door was someone she didn't recognize.

But their warm interactions clearly indicated that they had known each other for a long time.

Then, other people arrived, making a total of about six or seven.

Besides Fang Lanzhi, there was another person she knew.

Zheng Fu, an investigator from the Investigation Division, is one of Lin Yuchuan's men. He had previously worked with them to wipe out the He family's private army.

I wonder what official position he holds now.

Judging from the way he walks, he must be some high-ranking official or someone in an important position.

Gradually, the pain in my left foot became so severe that even painkillers couldn't stop it...

When Wang Qingyan found Baili Ce inside after the Gu Guards had killed people outside, she was already curled up in a corner, covered in cold sweat and trembling all over.

"How is it?" With a gloomy face, Wang Qingyan held her in his arms, not knowing why she was so stubborn.

The strong smell of blood and rust immediately enveloped Baili Ce completely.

Once the pain in his left foot subsided, she raised her hand to touch the wound on his body. "Does it hurt?"

The scent of moonlight and flowers, mingled with the smell of blood, filled his nostrils. Previously, he was the most authentic Wang Qingyan; now, he was—

The most authentic her.

"you have not answer my question yet."

Bai Li Ce closed his eyes and stopped struggling. "Let's get married."

Wang Qingyan also said coldly, "It hurts a hundred times more than you."

......

Although it is unknown which part of the process went wrong, resulting in Wang Qingyan's injury.

But this game of feigned retreat ended in his complete victory.

What he wanted to prove was ultimately proven in the most satisfactory way.

He was the best to her in the whole world.

Everyone else would betray her, whether it was Seventeen or the mother she had called for years.

Therefore, Wang Qingyan did notice when Seventeen took Baili Ce away.

Instead, she wanted to show her that those people she used to be close to didn't take her seriously at all.

The only surprise was that the assassins they had prepared were indeed ruthless and numerous.

So after resolving the matter here, Baili Ce left with Wang Qingyan.

She didn't even ask if there were any survivors, and slept until the afternoon of the next day.

Then Wang Qingyan pulled her up to take a bath.

"Do you know how much I wanted to kill Seventeen when he took you away?"

In the misty steam, Wang Qingyan held her close with one arm, while rubbing her back with the other.

“If it weren’t to make you stay willingly, I would have chopped him up and fed him to the dogs long ago.”

"......" Would you be willing to talk to her at this time?

But Baili Ce didn't want to argue with him.

"Look at you, why did you make yourself look so pathetic?"

Seeing that she hadn't said much since she went into the water, Wang Qingyan, whose emotions had become much more stable, stepped back a little and wiped the blood off her face.

"If it hurts, just say so. The blood has dried on your face, so you need to rub it off harder."

Bai Li Ce remained silent and sullen.

He surprisingly explained in a gentle tone, "I admit that I went with the flow and forced you to get rid of Zhou Tianli yourself."

"But you saw through it from the beginning. If you hadn't wanted to see just how far they wanted to use you, you wouldn't have done it this way."

Bai Lize looked up at him. "Are you saying I deserved it?"

“That’s not what I meant at all,” Wang Qingyan said, further lowering his tone.

"But with your intelligence, you always have a way to get rid of Seventeen or stop halfway."

"I don't know if you're praising me or insulting me," she said, genuinely feeling hurt.

One by one, they're all insatiable.

Why not be a good person instead of being two-faced and using her as a bargaining chip?

"How could I be criticizing you? I just think it's a good thing for you to see these outcasts clearly sooner rather than later, so that..."

Wang Qingyan froze the moment the handkerchief was wiped under her neck.

It's not that he's embarrassed.

Instead, he looked at her dark, wet hair draped over her chest, its disheveled and alluring appearance... and he became aroused.

“…” I followed his gaze downwards.

He sees what he sees, and naturally he sees what he sees.

What's the difference between once or twice?

We're showering together, what's there to be afraid of!

Moreover, it was also what she hoped for that Wang Qingyan could maintain this relatively normal state.

So, Baili Ce went straight over.

He finished the sentence he hadn't said: "From now on, it'll just be you and me, always together."

“…” Wang Qingyan was stunned.

Then, overjoyed, he hugged her waist and asked, "What?"

With a gentle gaze, Baili Ce lightly stroked his chest, "It's not very likely that I'll completely accept you right now."

"I also can't completely sever ties with the people and things from the past."

"But I promise you, I will love you well from now on."

"Take our future days seriously."

After saying that, she gave him a light, fleeting kiss.

Aren't you going to fall for this?

"..." Wang Qingyan's eyes were sparkling as he touched his cheek in disbelief.

Only one thought remained in her mind: she was willing, Azhu was willing...

It took him a while to realize what he should do. "Heh, you asked for this."

Seeing the wicked yet pure smile on his lips, Baili Ce embraced his neck with affection in his eyes, letting the water ripple and his heart and body indulge.

Gradually, affection lingered like autumn rain, soaking the pond with misty rain; trust spread like wild grass, growing all night long.