Your Highness, your wife doesn't want you anymore!

Nan Zhi replied to him: 【Is there something you need?】

For the past three years, he would send messages every holiday, trying to use her to build a relationship with Jin Si Nian so that the Nan family could have an easier time.

Unfortunately, she rarely talked about this with Kings.

She never mentioned to Jin Si Nian that she was going back to the Nan family home during any holiday.

Madam Jin would send him back to the old house, and sometimes she would go with him, and sometimes she would go back to the Nan family.

Although she didn't return to the Nan family many times in total, she did return three times, and Jin Si Nian came twice.

She didn't want the Nan family to use her as a medium to profit from Kings.

Just like last year's Dragon Boat Festival, she returned to the Nan family. Jin Sinian was not originally going to come, but she did.

Nan Yu talked with Jin Si Nian for quite a while, and it seems that she gave him some benefits in the end.

Nan Yu was very happy, and afterwards he would send her messages every holiday and New Year, almost in a commanding tone, asking her to bring Jin Si Nian back.

Nan Yu replied to her: 【Just bring him along, why ask so many questions!】

[What do you know, you country bumpkin?]

Nan Zhi rolled her eyes, not out of anger, but out of speechlessness.

I really don't know where she got her confidence from, that she was so sure that she could get Jin Si Nian to come back to the Nan family with her just by saying one sentence.

(-ι_- )

She had no feelings for these people, so they couldn't hurt her.

If it weren't for the fact that three years ago, they suddenly came to claim her as a relative and wanted to take her back to live a better life, and her grandmother also wanted her to go with them.

She won't come; Grandma thinks she's here to enjoy a good life.

She also felt a little hopeful, after all, she had never met her parents or brother since she was a child.

Reality dealt her a heavy blow; she was sold.

Those who went back with them that day were sold to Kings that very night.

She wanted to leave, but she was drugged and couldn't move.

The Nan family knelt before her, begging her to compromise, saying it was to repay their kindness in giving birth to them.

Nan Zhi learned her lesson when a complete stranger, a relative she'd never met before, suddenly approached her and said he'd take her to a better life.

They're either trying to scam you or selling you out.

Nan Zhi replied to him: 【Understood】

She wouldn't take Jin Si Nian back, but she would go back to the Nan family.

It just so happens that her period will end right before the Mid-Autumn Festival, so she can go to the Nan family's house to hide for a couple of days.

And the annual meeting with Kings is held at the King's house every year.

Because on that day, Jin Si's older brother, who lives far away abroad, will come back to stay for two days.

It's a day for family reunion, so naturally Mrs. Jin will let them all go back.

Mrs. Jin didn't like her, so it didn't really matter whether she returned or not.

So that day, she went back by herself!

If you can stay put for two days, then stay put for two days and hide away.

They'll sell her off and expect her to work for these people? Dream on!

Nan Zhi held a low-key jewelry necklace with few diamonds in her hand; it was unremarkable.

The design is understated and simple, lacking any sense of luxury and not at all eye-catching.

I don't know exactly how much it's worth.

She took out her phone, took a picture of the necklace and searched for it. The price that popped up on the screen made her freeze for a moment, and her fingertips trembled slightly.

It was a long string of numbers followed by several zeros; she had to count it several times before she could make it out.

This necklace is worth a whopping seven million!

Seven million...

Nan Zhi's heart skipped a beat. This money was enough for her to take her two unborn children and run away to live a peaceful and stable life.

However, these are secondhand pieces of jewelry that have been worn. If you resell them, the price will definitely be significantly reduced and may not even reach the original price.

She bit her lip, deciding to take it to a nearby secondhand jewelry store later to inquire about the buyback price. If the price was right, she would sell it.

Consider it alimony from the Jin family, a way of severing the child's blood ties.

Her gaze then fell upon the other pieces of jewelry neatly arranged to the side, and a thought flickered in her mind: should she select one more item to sell as well?

After hesitating for a moment, she shook her head and decided to find out the price of the necklace first. Taking more than she was entitled to would only make her more likely to be discovered.

Besides, she was also upset. Although Jin Si Nian said he would buy it for her, he didn't say she could sell it!

This thing still belongs to him.

"I think I should just sell one," Nan Zhi thought, putting away the necklace, changing her clothes, and getting ready to go out.

But as soon as she reached the entrance, Aunt Qing quickly stopped her.

Aunt Qing stood before her, her tone respectful yet carrying an air of unyielding authority: "Young Madam, are you heading out?"

"This morning, the young master specifically instructed you not to go out unless it's something extremely important."

"The young master specifically instructed that if you have any urgent business to attend to and need to go out, you must call him first to let him know, and you can only leave after he gives you his permission."

Nan Zhi was stunned. What was this?

They're restricting her personal freedom. I've never seen Jin Si Nian do this before when she went out.

She never went out this frequently before.

She knew that Aunt Qing was also in a difficult position, so she could only sit on the sofa, getting angrier and angrier as she thought about it.

Why can't she go out? She's not going to do anything like murder or arson.

Or was he annoyed that she stuttered and embarrassed him?

Who outsiders know that Nan Zhi is a bird kept by Jin Si Nian!

Nan Zhi was stopped by Aunt Qing and ultimately did not step out of the house.

She sat on the living room sofa, feeling frustrated. After waiting for a long time without seeing Jin Si Nian return, she finally picked up her phone and sent him a message with trembling fingertips.

Why won't you let me go out?

She couldn't be tough on Kings because of this unequal relationship.

She remained in a humble and subservient position, and even her questioning tone betrayed her underlying cowardice.

Not long after, the phone vibrated. Jin Si Nian replied quickly: "Why are you going out again? Zhi Zhi has gone out so many times these days."

[Going out almost every day is not good.]

Nan Zhi stared at the text on the screen, utterly bewildered. Her fingers flew across the keyboard as she typed a rebuttal: "This is restricting my personal freedom."

You can't do that.

This time, Jin Si's reply carried an undeniable force; those three simple words were brimming with obsession: "I can!"

Immediately afterward, another message popped up, filled with controlling rules: [Zhizhi, I'm not forbidding you from going out, just report to me where you're going, send me a video every half hour with your location and who's with you.]

Let me pick you up after this is over, then I can let you out.

Nan Zhi stared at her phone screen, a deep sense of powerlessness welling up inside her, her fingertips turning slightly cold.

What's the difference between his so-called permission to go out and 24/7 surveillance?

Then, another message from the man came crashing down, accusingly asking: "Or are you going to see that man from yesterday again, Zhizhi?"

【Child, just because I allowed you to interact with him before doesn't mean you can still laugh and chat with him in the future.】

Don't forget whose woman you are now.

Nan Zhi frowned and explained, "It's not what you think about Jingzhi and me. Don't misunderstand."

Seeing how affectionately she called him, Jin Si Nian's grip on his phone tightened suddenly: [Misunderstanding?]

[Jingzhi, you're calling me so affectionately, yet you tell me not to misunderstand.]

In short, going to him won't work.

Nan Zhi: [Why?]

Jin Nian's eyes were swollen with anger: "[There's no reason why, you'll never see him again anyway.]"