the seventh bride

Chapter 207 Let Her Go

Nangong Chen was silent for a moment before saying: "As long as you return her to me, I will protect her with my own life."

"Your life? You don't know how many years you can live, how long can you protect her? You have been with her for so many years, have you protected her? Where were you when she gave birth? If you were with her at that time Will something happen to the child by her side? Can Bai Ying'an take advantage of it? If you didn't forget Miss Zhu's old love back then, and you kept her by your side and gave her a chance to strike, would Mu Qing have a car accident? You Do you really believe that this car accident is just an ordinary traffic accident?"

"Can I stop talking about the past? I just want to be with her in the future."

"As long as Miss Zhu and the man behind the scenes are still alive, these things will be difficult."

"What's behind the scenes?"

"Even if you don't know it yourself, how can others know?"

Nangong Chen nodded: "Okay, as long as you return Mu Qing to me, I will divorce Zhu Zhu immediately."

"I can return Mu Qing to you, unless Miss Zhu dies."

Nangong Chen stared at him in astonishment: "What did you say?"

"Mu Qing will be safe only if Miss Zhu is dead." Qiao Feng smiled wryly and shook his head: "In my opinion, with such a complicated environment in your Nangong family, Mu Qing may not be safe even if Miss Zhu is dead."

"Aren't you deliberately making things difficult for me?" Nangong Chen yelled at him angrily: "I killed Miss Zhu, and then you report me before the law. You and Mu Qing will have no obstacles in this life, right?" Right? This is your intention, right?"

"Miss Zhu can kill Mu Qing without a trace. You are so rich and well-connected. Could it be that you can't compare to her as a woman?"

"I used to suspect Zhu Zhu, but the police have already investigated the car accident very clearly. It was caused by the speed of the car. If you have any clues, please tell me. As long as Zhu Zhu did it, I will definitely not take it lightly. Forgive her." Nangong Chen said.

"That's enough, stop making trouble." Qiao Siheng suddenly stood up from the grass and walked to Nangong Chen: "At the beginning, I only knew that Mu Qing was fished out of the sea after the car accident, and I didn't know anything else. , Qiao Feng has made it very clear, as soon as Miss Zhu dies, he will immediately return Mu Qing to you, you can decide for yourself."

After he finished speaking, he turned to Qiao Feng and said, "Go back to your room and rest first, go to bed early."

Qiao Feng looked at the frustrated Nangong Chen, turned the wheelchair and went back to the house by himself.

Nangong Chen rubbed his blue and red face with his hands, blinked his eyes, stared at Qiao Siheng and asked, "I want to know where your hatred for me comes from, and why you designed me like this? Not only because Qiao Feng, right?"

Qiao Si kept staring at him without saying a word.

Nangong Chen yelled at him like this: "Say it!"

Qiao Siheng didn't answer his question, but raised his eyebrows at him slightly: "What? Do you still want to fight? But I'm sorry, I won't accompany you." After speaking, he turned and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly turned around and threw a mocking sentence at him: "When we both recover from our injuries, I'll buy you a drink." After finishing speaking, ignoring Nangong Chen's extremely ugly expression, he walked to the side of the car and opened the door sat in.

Seeing his car drifting away, Nan Gongchen clenched his hands little by little, apparently about to go mad with anger.

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Sister Ling walked into Bai Muqing's bedroom with a bowl of freshly cooked beef porridge, and said politely: "Miss Yi, I made you a supper, you can eat as much as you want."

Bai Muqing was still lying on the bed, motionless.

"Miss Yi, you don't need to be serious with Young Master Chen. You can eat a little secretly and I won't tell him, okay?" Sister Ling kindly persuaded: "If you don't eat something, you will really starve to death."

Sister Ling tried her best to persuade her for a while, but Bai Muqing still lay motionless on the bed. She had no choice but to put the porridge on the bedside table and said, "Miss Yi can eat some when she wants to eat later, I won't bother you." You rest."

Sister Ling walked to the door and just opened the door when she saw Nangong Chen standing at the door, she whispered: "Young Master Chen, what's wrong with you?"

She looked at the wound on Nangong Chen's face: "Did you fight? Or fell down? Why didn't you go to the hospital?"

Nangong Chen ignored her long list of questions, but walked past her into the bedroom.

Hearing Sister Ling's words, Bai Muqing quietly opened her eyes, and her eyes fell on Nangong Chen's face.The wound on his face looked blue and purple, but her gaze didn't stay on it for too long, and soon lowered her eyelashes again.

The indifference in her eyes slightly hurt Nangong Chen's heart, but after getting along with her for a long time, his heart was already scarred by her, so he didn't care so much about it.

He walked to the chair opposite Bai Muqing and sat down, looked at her emaciated face and said, "Aren't you curious who I just fought with?"

When asked by them, Bai Mu was surprised. He raised his eyes and stared at him: "Did you fight with Qiao Feng? Did you hurt him?"

Nangong Chen smiled wryly: "It seems that you really only have him in your heart. You didn't even blink your eyelids when you saw the wound on my face, but you cared so much about that man."

Bai Muqing anxiously asked: "How is Qiao Feng?"

"Don't worry, he's better than me."

Bai Muqing finally felt relieved, and then asked again: "Where's Wan Qing? Did she see you fighting? Was she frightened?"

Nangong Chen shook his head patiently.

Bai Muqing finally settled down completely, and finally glanced at him again, but she moved her lips but did not utter a word of concern after all.

How could she care about his injury if she hated him so much?
"Young Master Chen, I brought some medicine for you. You should wipe the wound first." Sister Ling came in looking for medicine from outside.

Nangong Chen glanced at the medicine in her hand and said, "No need, there is nothing serious."

"Then you have to wipe it off. You can see that your face is swollen. If you don't apply the medicine, it will definitely happen tomorrow."

"I said no!" Nangong Chen yelled at her angrily.

This roar startled Sister Ling and also Bai Muqing. She shrank instinctively and stared at him anxiously.

Nangong Chen took a deep breath, stared at her, and said softly, "You can go back."

A look of surprise appeared on Bai Muqing's face, she couldn't believe what she heard.

Nangong Chen is going to let her go back?How can it be?

"Aren't you thinking about going back to that man every second? Why don't you go?" Nangong Chen squinted at her: "But listen, I let you go not because I can't beat the Qiao Brothers, but It's because I can't bear to watch you weaken day by day, and I can't bear to let you go to real death."

He was very clear about Bai Muqing's personality. When she became stubborn, she couldn't pull back nine bulls. He didn't expect her temperament to remain the same after she lost her memory. She was still so stubborn that it made people feel distressed.

Seeing her go on hunger strike day by day, how could he not feel distressed?not afraid?
"You really want me to go back?" Bai Muqing looked at him and asked cautiously.

"Don't wait for me to change my mind."

Hearing what he said, Bai Muqing hurriedly turned over from the bed, because she hadn't eaten for a long time, she was so weak that she couldn't even stand upright, her body almost fell to the ground.

Nangong Chen stretched out his arms to hug her body, but Bai Muqing instinctively backed away from him as if touching a stove, but she left his body, but did not shake off his big palm holding her waist.

She stared at him anxiously, wondering if he would change his mind so quickly?

"Eat the porridge on the table before leaving." Nangong Chen said lightly.

Her waist was already slender, but it became even thinner after a few days of rice, and he could take half of it with one palm.His heart hurts, even when she is so indifferent to him, he still loves her.

Sister Ling hurried to the bedside table, brought the bowl of porridge to Bai Muqing, and signaled her to eat quickly with her eyes.

Bai Muqing looked at the porridge in the bowl, then at Nangong Chen, still wondering if this was Nangong Chen's trick to force her to eat, but Nangong Chen looked at her as if he could see through her heart and said: "Although I'm evil and hateful in your heart, it's not so low that I don't even have this little credit, right?"

Bai Muqing finally didn't hesitate anymore, took the bowl from Sister Ling's hand and quickly started eating.

Whether he was up to some trick or not, it was always good to try, and maybe he would actually let her go.

After Bai Muqing ate the porridge as quickly as possible, she put down the bowl and rushed out the door. The moment she stepped out of the door, she held the door frame with both hands and turned to stare at him: "No matter what, I still want to thank you for letting me go. Walk."

After speaking, she left the bedroom and went downstairs quickly.

Her body was still weak and her legs were still soft, but she didn't dare to stop for a moment, she was afraid that if she stopped, Nan Gongchen would catch her back again.

Xiao Lin was already waiting downstairs, when he saw her coming out, he immediately said, "Miss Yi, I'll take you back."

Bai Muqing glanced at him, then shook her head: "No need, I'll go back by myself."

Nangong Chen would suddenly let her go, she already felt it was unbelievable, very unbelievable, how dare she leave in his car?

"Miss Yi, this is a special confession from Young Master Chen. Please get in the car, otherwise I won't be able to explain to Young Master Chen." Xiao Lin opened the car door and said anxiously: "Besides, it's so late, and there is no car outside to go back to the city. Now, are you going to walk back on your legs?"

Bai Muqing looked at his sincere face, and finally got into his car.

It had been half an hour since Bai Muqing left, Nan Gongchen seemed to be frozen by something, still sitting motionless on the chair.

Sister Ling held another bowl of porridge in her hand, and said cautiously: "Eldest young master, you should eat some too, and go to bed early after eating."

Nangong Chen finally moved and said, "I don't want to eat."

"Miss Yi is gone, do you still have to make trouble with your body because of her?"

"She's gone." Nangong Chen smiled wryly.

Yes, she left, she left without any regrets, she couldn't wait to leave!

He thought he could lock her here, force her to take medicine every day, and help her regain her memory.

However, as Assistant Yan said, he can no longer imprison her and force her like he did back then, because she no longer has him in her heart, and she will never be willing to endure all his domineering behavior.

He could keep her people, but he couldn't keep her heart.
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Xiao Lin parked the car in front of Qiao Feng's house, Bai Muqing couldn't believe her eyes, she actually came back!

She tried to open the car door, and the door lock opened with a sound.

She even forgot to say thank you, and quickly got out of the car, opened the big iron gate and walked in.

The yard was in a mess, which was the trace left by the three of them fighting just now, but she didn't pay much attention and walked directly into the house.

She wasn't sure if Qiao Feng and Wan Qing had come back here, but there was a light in the living room, which gave her hope.She raised her hand and knocked on the door panel, then pushed the door open and walked in.

When she entered, Qiao Feng was in a daze on the sofa in the living room. Seeing her, Qiao Feng thought that he had misread it, that he had hallucinations.

Nangong Chen said just now that he would not give up on her, how could he let her back now?
Bai Muqing walked to him and sat down, looked at him and smiled, "I'm back, aren't you happy?"

"It's not unhappy, but I can't believe it." Qiao Feng raised his hand and stroked her little face: "Is it really you? Am I dreaming?"

"You haven't fallen asleep, how could you be dreaming?" Bai Muqing smiled and grabbed his palm and stroked her face back and forth: "Do you feel it? Is it real?"

It really is true!
Qiao Feng's heart moved, he reached out and hugged her into his arms, hugged her tightly, kissed her ear and said, "I thought you would never come back again, I thought you didn't want me and Wan Qing gone."

"Fool, how is it possible." Bai Muqing hugged his body tightly, choked up and said, "Do you still remember what I said before, even if I don't want the whole world, I won't leave you and Wanqing. To me, you and Wanqing Wan Qing is the dearest and dearest person in this world."

"I thought you would be influenced by Nangong Chen and stay by her side." Qiao Feng said bitterly.

"No, don't you think I'm back now?" Bai Muqing withdrew from his arms, leaned over to kiss his lips and said with a smile, "Where's Wan Qing? She must be in the bedroom at this time Asleep, right? She's fine, right?"

Qiao Feng smiled and nodded: "What do you think?"

"I said she must be in the bedroom. I miss her so much, I want to go in and see her." Bai Muqing took her hands away from his neck, got up and walked into the bedroom.

Qiao Feng looked at the back of her walking into the bedroom, so cheerful and light, he seemed to see the scene of the three of them together in the past.I finally got relief after suppressing and feeling uncomfortable for a few days.

Although he doesn't know what the future will be like, but at this moment, he is relieved.

He then entered the bedroom, watching Bai Muqing lying on the edge of the small bed and staring at the sleeping little Wanqing for a long time, watching her raise her palm to touch her, but worried about waking her up.

"Slept really well." Bai Muqing turned her head and said with a smile.

Qiao Feng walked to her side and looked at Wan Qing on the small bed with her: "She misses you every day like me, and clamors for you every night. I think if she sees you tomorrow morning, she will definitely be happy." Very happy."

"I'm sorry baby." Bai Muqing said apologetically to Xiao Wanqing.

"No need to say sorry, as long as you can come back."

"Well, I will definitely not leave you for so long in the future."

"Okay, I don't want to let you go away for so long." Qiao Feng put his arms around her shoulders.

Bai Muqing nodded, and when she looked up, she realized that Qiao Feng's cheeks were red and swollen, remembering what Nangong Chen said just now that he and Qiao Feng were fighting.Confused, she asked with concern: "Feng, what's wrong with your cheek? Was it beaten by Nangong Chen?"

Her little hand gently caressed his wound, Qiao Feng trembled a little, grabbed her little hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, he was hurt more seriously than me."

"Why did you guys start fighting?" Bai Muqing recalled that the injury on Nangong Chen's face was indeed much more serious than Qiao Feng's.

"He came here suddenly, and started fighting with elder brother without saying a word." Qiao Feng caressed her hair indifferently and said, "But it doesn't matter, as long as you can come back."

Bai Muqing nodded: "Well, as long as everyone is fine, don't bear too much grudge against him, just let him get over this matter."

Hearing what she said, Qiao Feng suddenly felt uncomfortable. He didn't expect Bai Muqing to think about Nangong Chen, and told him not to hate him?

Does she not care about being imprisoned by Nangong Chen these days?Or does she still have a good impression of Nangong Chen in her heart?

"Ah Feng, what's wrong with you?" Bai Muqing asked with concern when she noticed that the expression on his face was frozen.

Qiao Feng came back to his senses for a while, smiled at her and shook his head: "It's nothing."

"I'll rub some medicine on your wound." After speaking, Bai Muqing got up and went out to find the medicine box.

"No need." Qiao Feng grabbed her wrist and smiled at her: "This little injury is not a problem at all, it will be fine tomorrow, you must not have slept well these days, go take a bath early rest."

Bai Muqing thought for a while, nodded, took out a set of pajamas from the closet and walked into the bathroom.

She really didn't sleep well these days, and she guessed that Qiao Feng must have not slept well either. Finally, everyone can sleep soundly tonight.

Early the next morning, after Xiao Wanqing woke up and saw Bai Muqing, she was really pleasantly surprised. When she got up from the small bed, she saw Bai Muqing on the big bed, just like Qiao Feng just saw Bai Muqing last night, she couldn't believe her eyes.

She rubbed her eyes and called softly: "Mom..."

Bai Muqing responded: "Baby is awake?"

"It's really mom who's back!" Xiao Wanqing cried happily, and stepped from the small bed to the big bed, Bai Muqing caught her small body, hugged her into her arms and kissed her hard: "Baby, Mom misses you so much!"

"Mom, Wan Qing misses you too!" Wan Qing hugged her and complained unhappily, "Why didn't Mom call Wan Qing and Dad when she was on a business trip?"

"I'm sorry, it's my mother's mistake. Mom won't do this again, okay?"

"Well, in the future, I won't talk to you if I hold Qing like this again."

"Okay." Bai Muqing thought for a while, stared at her and said, "How about this, to make up for Wan Qing, mom will take you out for breakfast later, okay? Have chocolate cake and strawberry flavored milk."

"Okay, I want to eat chocolate cake!" Xiao Wanqing cried out excitedly, then turned to Qiao Feng: "Father, I want you to go with us."

"Okay, as long as Wanqing likes it." Qiao Feng raised his hand to touch her small head with a smile.

"Father is so kind." Wan Qing hugged him and said.
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Bai Muqing and Qiao Feng could finally have a good night's sleep, but Nangong Chen suffered from insomnia until dawn. He didn't know what to do next, and he was reluctant to give up, but there was nothing he could do about Bai Muqing.

What should he do if she plans to go abroad again in a few days?We can't take her back again!
Early in the morning, he drove that low-key car to Bai Muqing's residence, which was still at the corner. From this angle, he could see the scene inside and outside the courtyard.

He could clearly see that Bai Muqing, who was originally lifeless, had returned to her original vigor overnight, and that happy expression appeared on her face again.

It was still the same warm scene, Xiao Wanqing came out of the house bouncing, Bai Muqing pushed Qiao Feng and followed, and the family of three happily got into the car at the door.

Looking at the happy smile on Bai Muqing's face, the frustration in Nangong Chen's heart emerged again. It seems that only Qiao Feng can give her happiness at this time, while he will only bring her pain and pain. hate.

I never thought that there would be such a day when the woman I always thought I could hold firmly would leave me so completely.

Seeing their car drifting away, Nan Gongchen sat in the car for a while before starting the car and leaving.

Nangong Chen came to the company, picked up the phone on the desk and walked to Assistant Yan's office.

In the past, the phone rang twice at most, and Assistant Yan would definitely pick it up immediately. Today's call was answered, but it was not Assistant Yan's voice, but Secretary Lin's voice: "Young Master Chen, what's the matter?"

"Where is Assistant Yan?" Nangong Chen loosened the tie on his shirt: "Tell her to come to my office immediately."

After Nangong Chen finished speaking, he hung up the phone. One minute later, there was a knock on the door, and Secretary Lin pushed the door open and walked in.

Nangong Chen glanced at her, Secretary Lin met his contemplative gaze, felt numb, and hurriedly said: "Young Master Chen, Assistant Yan has resigned and asked me to take over her job."

She said it with a guilty conscience. After all, compared with Assistant Yan, her work ability was more than a little bit worse.

"Resign? Who approved it?" Nan Gongchen frowned.

Secretary Lin shook her head: "I don't know either, Assistant Yan didn't tell me this."

Nangong Chen picked up the phone on the desktop again and called the Human Resources Department to inquire about the situation. The Director of Human Resources heard his voice as cold as ice, and his tongue was a little knotted: "Young Master Chen, it was the order from the old lady, the old lady Said Assistant Yan should get married and have children..."

Before he could finish speaking, Nangong Chen hung up the phone.
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At noon, Nangong Chen was sitting in the coffee shop in the annex building of the company, staring at the busy traffic outside the window.

Assistant Yan walked in from the outside, looked around, and walked here hesitantly.When she saw Nangong Chen sitting on the sofa, she stared in astonishment and asked, "Young Master Chen, are you okay? How did you hurt your face like this?"

When she looked around just now, she didn't even recognize the man in front of her as Nangong Chen!

"Now it's not about my face, but about you." Nangong Chen squinted at her: "What do you mean by resigning without saying a word? Am I short of your salary? Or am I not caring enough for you?"

Assistant Yan smiled helplessly: "Young Master Chen, don't be angry, I just did what the old lady wanted. I didn't tell you in advance because I didn't want the old lady to think that I sued you to stay in the company."

"Young Master Chen, in fact, you can't blame the old lady. After all, everyone is spreading rumors about the relationship between me and you. The old lady is also trying to clean up the company's reputation and warn all employees." Assistant Yan stared at him and said solemnly: " As for my job, I have used the time of the past few days to let Secretary Lin learn and master it. Secretary Lin has been the secretary-general for so many years, and her work ability and character are trustworthy. Believe me, you can definitely train her Become the second Yan Yue."

"Then what about you?" Nangong Chen said, "Are you going to just leave me alone? You just walked away when I needed you the most? Miss Yan, do you think it's really appropriate to do this?"

"Young Master Chen, don't say that..."

"Otherwise, what should I say?" Nangong Chen said angrily, "You say you respect and obey the old lady? You say you are obedient? You go when she tells you to go? Or do you think that the leader of my company is not even capable of keeping an assistant?" No?"

Assistant Yan stared at him, then shook his head after a while and said, "Young Master Chen, to be honest, I am willing to resign myself. The old lady is right. It is suitable for a woman of my age to retire from the workplace and find a reliable person Got married and had kids."

"It's not impossible for you to get married and have children. When you find someone, I will naturally let you get married." Nangong Chen said seriously: "Starting tomorrow, return to the company to work for me immediately."

"No." Assistant Yan shook his head: "Young Master Chen, since I have made this decision, I don't want to look back, please don't embarrass me? I know you are in trouble now, but don't worry, I won't care about the company's affairs in the future. , but I will help you take care of your private affairs to the end until you and Miss Bai reconcile."

"Does it have to be like this?"

"Young Master Chen, there's no need to be at odds with my family because of me."

"If you're worried about grandma, you can rest assured that I can't even convince her of this."

"Young Master Chen, as I said, resignation is my own choice." Assistant Yan thought for a while and said, "Why don't you just leave the work to Secretary Lin and leave the other things to me. You Continue to pay my wages, and I will leave you completely after the relationship between you and Miss Bai is settled. "

Seeing that she had made up her mind to go, Nangong Chen knew that it would be useless to say anything more. He sighed, looked at her and smiled wryly: "Mu Qing is my inseparable partner in life, and you are my inseparable partner at work. Your partner, but you all chose to leave, you really are the most poisonous woman!"

"Young Master Chen, don't say that, Miss Bai will come back to you sooner or later, as for your working partners, don't they always push the waves forward in the workplace, you will soon cultivate a better assistant than me. "

"Your departure has nothing to do with Zhu Zhu, right?" Nan Gongchen asked suddenly.

He suddenly remembered what Assistant Yan said in the small villa that day. It turned out that she was already preparing to resign at that time, and Assistant Yan secretly reminded him to be more careful about Zhu Zhu.

Zhu Zhu is not a good person, he already felt this when she framed Mu Qing in the small villa, he just never knew how bad she was, and he was unwilling to delve into this issue.

From the beginning to the end, he still had expectations for her. He hoped that the current Zhu Zhu would still retain the innocence and kindness of his childhood, even if there was only a little bit.

Assistant Yan was slightly surprised. She never liked to chew other people's tongues behind her. Now that she had already decided to leave, she didn't want to complain about anyone.In fact, when she decided to help Nangong Chen put down these scandals, she had already expected such consequences.

"Young Master Chen, Zhu Zhu is your wife after all. She can't tolerate me as a woman's normal reaction, and you don't have to blame her. Remember what happened to Miss Yi back then? The more you want to protect her, the more she will The more dangerous it is." Assistant Yan smiled helplessly: "So. Even if it is for me to have a peaceful life in the future, you should not pursue this matter anymore."

"Anyway, you just don't want to come back to work." Nangong Chen looked at her.

"I'm sorry." Assistant Yan apologized.
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Although Assistant Yan didn't want Nangong Chen to pursue this matter, he couldn't pretend that nothing happened.

When he came home in the afternoon, he cut straight to the point and said, "Grandma, I heard you were the one who decided to fire Assistant Yan?"

"Chen, what's wrong with your face?" Zhu Zhu greeted him with concern, looking at his scarred face.

The old lady was also frightened by his face, so she followed up and asked: "Did you fight with someone?"

"I asked you why you fired Assistant Yan." Nan Gongchen ignored their concern, and even pushed Zhu Zhu's hands out of his arms very rudely.

"Do you need to ask? Where have you been these days? Aren't you messing around with her?"

"of course not."

"Who is that? You tell me."

"Grandma, you know that Assistant Yan is my most capable assistant at work, even if I'm really with her, do you have to fire her? You took her away, where can I find her?" An assistant who is as compatible as her?"

The old lady didn't take it seriously: "The Nangong Group is so big, I still don't believe that the company can't do without her."

"grandmother.."

"What? As the hostess of the Nangong family, I'm not even qualified to fire an assistant?"

"What about me? As the president of Nangong Group, I don't even have the qualifications to keep an assistant?"

"I'm doing this for family harmony." The old lady said angrily, "You count how many days you haven't come home. Do you still want this family?"

"I said it has nothing to do with Assistant Yan."

"The whole company knows that you have a relationship, and you still want to lie to me?"

"Grandma..." Zhu Zhu instead took the old lady's arm and comforted him: "Stop fighting with Chen, it's all my fault, it's because I don't have the courage to keep Chen's heart, otherwise...!"

"Zhu Zhu! You are enough!" Nan Gongchen turned to her suddenly, raised his palm, and grabbed her delicate neck.

Zhu Zhu was startled by him, and instinctively took a small step back, Nan Gongchen's fingers retracted and pinched her even tighter.The eyes staring at her gradually turned cold: "Do you know how much I hate you now, how much I want to strangle you to death?"

His fingers became tighter and tighter, and his brain suddenly went into a trance.

Qiao Feng said that as long as he killed Zhu Zhu, he would return Mu Qing to him. He wanted Bai Muqing to come back to him even in his dreams.

If he just strangled her to death, would Mu Qing come back to him?Isn't it?
(End of this chapter)