The Prince Wants to Assassinate Me Every Day-Chapter 1007 - 598: I Abandoned You Once Again (First Update)
Silence from An Ning.
Silence from Xiao Jinxing.
Everyone was waiting for their decision.
An Ning was about to speak.
Gu Xingchuan directly covered An Ning’s mouth.
An Ning frowned. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
What was Gu Xingchuan up to?
She had been immobilized, unable to move except for speaking.
Gu Xingchuan whispered in An Ning’s ear, "Be good, it should be up to the emperor to decide now, not some so-called moral obligation binding you. None of this is your fault, the blame lies with him. He should be the one to choose!"
An Ning’s eyes tightened.
She wanted to resist, but ultimately couldn’t.
She didn’t need Xiao Jinxing to make a choice.
Last time in Beimu Country, although it was her decision, in the end, it was also Xiao Jinxing who compromised. She truly held a grudge then.
But this time, everything truly was as Bai Mowan said, it all started because of her, she should bear the final outcome!
But at this moment, she could only watch Xiao Jinxing with open eyes, only use her gaze to tell him to make a choice.
Xiao Jinxing naturally caught An Ning’s gaze.
He saw the redness in her eyes, saw the resignation in her gaze.
Did he really feel guilty towards the nation’s people?!
"What does the emperor choose?" Gu Xingchuan asked Xiao Jinxing, "Having abandoned An Ning time and time again, will it be the same this time?!"
Xiao Jinxing’s throat moved, his eyes already deeply red at this moment.
He said, "Gu Xingchuan, I promise you, if you voluntarily surrender, I will let you and An Ning leave together, and I will never seek you out again in this lifetime!"
"Still using this soft approach?" Gu Xingchuan sneered, "Emperor, even if An Ning and I leave, what about my family?! My family would be exterminated by you! Do you think I could leave with peace of mind?!"
So Gu Xingchuan had really thought of everything.
An Ning’s heart still ached continuously.
Because he knew everything, how much pain was in his heart when she kept persuading him.
This time she truly regretted, regretting that she allowed Xiao Jinxing and Gu Xingchuan to reach this situation.
She regretted her stubbornness, yet completely destroyed Gu Xingchuan.
An Ning’s eyes grew redder.
Her vision increasingly blurred.
Why did things end up like this, to reach this point!
"I promise, I won’t touch your Gu family!" Xiao Jinxing said deliberately.
He had already made his greatest concession.
"This time, as long as you let go voluntarily, I will overlook your actions!" Xiao Jinxing promised.
"Will the emperor really keep his word?!"
"I give my word!" Xiao Jinxing firmly stated, "In front of Song Yanqing and Xie Ruotong, I say once again, I will not lay a finger on your Gu family!"
"Gu Xingchuan, I will protect your Gu family at all costs!" Xie Ruotong also promised.
She now only hoped that Gu Xingchuan would turn back in time and end this tragedy.
"The conditions offered by the emperor are indeed tempting, but why should I hand over my initiative to you?! Why should I entrust the life of the Gu family to you?!" Gu Xingchuan countered.
"Because you’re taking a risk, and your odds are not great!" Xiao Jinxing reminded, word by word.
"That’s why I’m using An Ning to threaten you!" Clever people in a confrontation, how could he so easily fall into a trap, "I’m now asking the emperor, will you choose the throne or An Ning?!"
Xiao Jinxing stared hard at Gu Xingchuan.
"Choose An Ning, I will seize the emperor’s throne and protect An Ning completely, giving her all the freedom she wants. Choose the throne, and I will fight the emperor to the death, and the outcome depends on fate. If I lose, I will die with An Ning to atone!" Gu Xingchuan spoke, cold and ruthless.
Xiao Jinxing’s eyes turned red.
At this moment, he was indeed pushed to the extreme by Gu Xingchuan.
Must he relive the cruelty of Beimu Country again?!
"Is the emperor still not making a choice? My patience is also limited. If the emperor does not choose, then I will assume the emperor has chosen the throne! Then I will fight to the bitter end, and in the end, let fate decide who prevails!" Gu Xingchuan said, taking out the military token in his hand.
Before he could issue the command.
"Let me say a few words to An Ning!" Xiao Jinxing restrained himself, his voice seeming to tremble.
Gu Xingchuan put down the military token, "Fine."
Xiao Jinxing placed his gaze back on An Ning’s face.
An Ning looked at him the same way.
Their eyes met.
As if a thousand words, yet it seemed there were no words.
What could really be said now.
Anything spoken would only bring pain.
All were wounds.
Song Yanqing was not wrong.
Their emotions involved the lives of the people, and she was too presumptuous.
"An Ning." Xiao Jinxing called out to her.
An Ning’s throat moved slightly.
"When you left just now, I said, once you leave, never return, and never meet again." Xiao Jinxing’s voice was suddenly surprisingly calm.
As if he were just stating a fact.
An Ning’s mouth was still covered by Gu Xingchuan.
So she couldn’t utter a word.
She could only watch Xiao Jinxing, watch his calm indifference, watch him become cold and heartless.
"From the moment you decided to leave, your relationship with me was already over."
An Ning nodded.
She didn’t need Xiao Jinxing’s guilt, nor did she need his restraint towards her.
To this day, the only thing she could do was for Xiao Jinxing to give her up, prioritize the larger picture!
"And you made it very clear just now, if I gave up the throne for you, you would live forever in guilt. Even if you gained absolute freedom, you couldn’t be happy, couldn’t be truly free." Xiao Jinxing added.
His eyes watched An Ning, his face devoid of any emotion.
He made himself cold, heartless beyond compare.
"Therefore, I no longer choose you." Xiao Jinxing said.
A tear distinctively fell at that moment.
But his tone was frightfully calm.
An Ning bit her lip tightly.
Tears overflowed from her eyes, but she bore a smile in her gaze.
This time, she willingly accepted Xiao Jinxing’s abandonment.
It should have been abandoned long ago.
She never belonged here.
She shouldn’t belong to such a place.
She now even thought that when bitten to death by zombies in the apocalypse, she ought to have really died.
If she had truly died, she wouldn’t have experienced everything she was going through now.
Her arrival wouldn’t have changed the fates of so many people.
Her arrival wouldn’t have led to the suffering of the Daxuan people.
Her arrival wouldn’t have caused such deep pain to Xiao Jinxing and Gu Xingchuan!
Nor would she have to endure the inner torment and suffering for betraying her relationship with Fu Xingyi.
Death.
That would be true relief, true freedom.
It would be the same for herself and for others.
"Yet again, I’ve left you behind." Xiao Jinxing spoke again, clearly and plainly.
It was clearly just making a choice.
But it seemed like he kept telling himself over and over how cruel he was.
How utterly unbearable he was!
