Chapter 9
When An Muyao approached, Nan Yan was taking the clothes out of the bags and hanging them in the wardrobe.
She clenched her teeth in frustration, angered by Fourth Brother’s sudden change in attitude towards Nan Yan.
Did he change just because he saw her true face and thought she looked good?
An Muyao looked at her face, stunning even without makeup, and couldn’t help but feel jealous. She wished she could tear off Nan Yan’s face and put it on her own.
Was she blind? Couldn’t she see that she had been here for so long? She actually pretended not to notice her, not even greeting her!
An Muyao was furious, but she quickly suppressed her anger and put on a gentle expression, walking up to Nan Yan. “Yanyan…”
Nan Yan calmly took off the labels from the clothes and hung them neatly on the clothes rack. She glanced at An Muyao as she approached, and calmly asked, “What’s the matter?”
“Yanyan, when I asked you to go to Lantis yesterday, it was only to arrange a good marriage for you. I don’t have any other intentions.”
“If I had known that Zhang Daqian would turn out to be like that, I would never have let you go! Yanyan, you have to believe me!”
While maintaining a kind and intelligent facade outside, An Muyao had been treating Nan Yan with great kindness. When the An parents and her other brothers were indifferent towards Nan Yan, An Muyao deliberately approached her and showed her care. Once she gained Nan Yan’s trust, she manipulated her to do whatever she wanted.
She thought that Nan Yan’s morning attitude towards her was because she was frightened by Zhang Daqian and had an emotional outburst. She believed that as long as she explained a little and coaxed her, Nan Yan would return to being obedient and follow her orders.
Unfortunately, she didn’t know that the Nan Yan standing before her was no longer the one she could easily manipulate.
Nan Yan took the clothes in her hands and hung them in the wardrobe. Then she turned around, leaning against the cabinet door, and gazed at An Muyao coldly.
“An Muyao, whether you did it intentionally or not, it’s best for you not to mess with me in the future.”
“That way, you can still live a little more comfortably.”
An Muyao’s warm smile froze on her face. Confronted with Nan Yan’s cold eyes that seemed to see through her, she instinctively felt a chill down her spine.
“Yanyan, what’s wrong with you?”
“Are you pretending not to understand?” Nan Yan sneered. “Or would actions speak louder for you?”
An Muyao felt that Nan Yan’s state of mind was a bit wicked. Before she could feel panic, her arm was suddenly grabbed by Nan Yan. Then, she felt a heavy blow in her abdomen, causing her to bend down in pain.
The scream that was about to come out turned into a sob as another blow hit the same spot. Unable to bear the pain, she knelt on the ground, curling up her body in an attempt to alleviate the agony.
“Let’s first help her recover some interest.,” Nan Yan said.
She felt speechless about her current physical weakness. Just two hits on An Muyao, and she was already almost exhausted. It seemed she had to find a way to improve her physical condition.
Taking a moment to catch her breath, Nan Yan lifted An Muyao by her collar and dragged her outside.
An Muyao was in so much pain that she couldn’t even muster the strength to stand up. She was dragged all the way by Nan Yan and then thrown outside the door.
“Nan Yan, you’re crazy!”
An Muyao finally managed to catch her breath, screaming in panic.
Bang!
The closed door was the only response she received.
An Muyao sat in a sorry state, gripping the wooden floor with her hands. Nan Yan must have gone mad! How dare she treat her like this!
An Xiran heard the commotion and came out. When he saw An Muyao, he frowned. “What are you shouting about? Get up quickly! What does it look like for an adult to sit on the ground like this!”
An Muyao gritted her teeth in anger, then her eyes shifted as she held her stomach and stood up, her voice filled with anxiety.
“Fourth Brother, you have to go and check on Yanyan quickly. She might have been traumatized and gone mentally unstable. Just now, she suddenly hit me and pushed me out of the door. I have no idea what she’s doing inside!”
An Xiran’s face slightly changed, and he walked a few steps to Nan Yan’s room door. He pushed it forcefully a couple of times but couldn’t open it, so he began knocking on the door.
“Yanyan, open the door!”
“Quickly, open the door! Don’t do anything foolish!”
He had just seen the good side of his younger sister and felt that she could still be saved and nurtured. He couldn’t let her give up on herself at this moment.
An Muyao bit her lip, lightly pressing on her abdomen and rubbing it, a hint of cruelty passing through her eyes. Since Nan Yan wanted to resist, then she couldn’t let her stay!
“Fourth Brother, I know a psychiatrist. Shouldn’t we take her for an examination? If her mental state is truly affected, early treatment will help her recover quickly.”
Once she was in the hospital, An Muyao would have the final say whether she could come out or not!
Originally, An Muyao had wanted to just drive Nan Yan away, send her off to a faraway place so that she would never have a chance to come back.
But now, she had changed her mind…
“Don’t talk nonsense.” An Xiran didn’t like what An Muyao was saying and coldly interrupted her, “She was perfectly fine when she came back. There’s nothing wrong with her mentally.”
An Muyao looked aggrieved, “But if there’s nothing wrong, why did she suddenly attack me?”
“Considering what you did, I wanted to hit you too, let alone Yanyan.”
An Xiran’s face darkened, his tone icy, “An Muyao, let me tell you, Yanyan is the biological daughter of the An family. If you dare to deceive her and get her involved with some random man again, I will break your legs.”
An Muyao’s pupils shrank, her fragile body trembling uncontrollably, almost on the verge of collapse.
“Fourth Brother…” She called out in a pitiful and pained tone, “Are you blaming me?”
“I know that what I did was wrong towards Yanyan, but do you not understand the current situation of the An family? So many people are waiting to see our family’s downfall. Father stays up all night worrying about real estate matters. I just… I wanted to help the An family overcome this crisis…”
“If you want to help the An family overcome the crisis, why don’t you marry Zhang Daqian?”
At some point, the door had opened, and Nan Yan was leisurely leaning against the door frame.
Her eyes were cold and distant, tinged with a hint of mockery.
“The An family has raised you for eighteen years. Now that the An family is in trouble, as the adopted daughter of the An family, this is your chance to repay them, dear sister. Don’t make excuses, alright~”
According to their birth times, An Muyao was a few hours older than Nan Yan. But the way Nan Yan addressed her as “dear sister” was filled with sarcasm.
“Impossible!” An Muyao’s tone grew annoyed. “How could I marry him?”
That fat pig, he wasn’t worthy of her! She felt so disgusted that she wanted to throw up when she saw him.
“You can’t marry him, but you want to scheme for me to marry him?” Nan Yan’s expression turned cold, the mockery on her face becoming more evident. “On what grounds?”
“What right do you have to decide my future?”
“What do you think you are?”