The Prince Wants to Assassinate Me Every Day-Chapter 1009 - 600: Ending Everything With My Life (Part 3)
Gu Xingchuan tugged at the reins.
With An Ning under the protection of his Guard Army, he was preparing to leave.
Just as he made this move.
An Ning suddenly leaped up.
Gu Xingchuan swiftly reached out, grabbing onto a corner of An Ning’s clothing.
An Ning exerted force.
Her body spun around.
The sound of fabric tearing could be heard.
An Ning slipped from Gu Xingchuan’s grasp, leaving behind only a piece of white cloth in his hand.
At the same time.
An Ning landed on the ground.
Without hesitation, Gu Xingchuan leaped off his horse, quickly pursuing An Ning’s figure.
Before him was a wall of Gu Xingchuan’s Guard Army.
An Ning actually had nowhere to escape.
Xiao Jinxing and Xie Ruotong were outside the Guard Army, and even though they saw An Ning’s actions, they dared not make a rash move.
They could only watch nervously the chase between Gu Xingchuan and An Ning.
An Ning was blocked by the Guard Army.
Gu Xingchuan was only a few steps behind her.
"Don’t come any closer!" An Ning turned and shouted angrily at Gu Xingchuan.
In that instant, she swiftly grabbed a sharp sword from a Guard Army member, pointing it at Gu Xingchuan, her eyes filled with resolve.
Gu Xingchuan’s gaze tightened.
He stared fiercely at An Ning, at the cruelty and anger in her eyes.
"What good will it do, An Ning?!" Gu Xingchuan questioned her.
All around were his people.
With An Ning’s skills, escape was impossible.
And yet he hadn’t expected.
An Ning had actually unlocked her own acupoints.
When did she do it?!
He hadn’t detected anything.
If he had been just a bit more relaxed.
Would An Ning have taken the opportunity to escape.
"Just now," An Ning said directly, "Uncle Zhang once taught me how to unlock acupoints myself. I wasn’t insightful enough, so it took me this long."
"But, does it help?" Gu Xingchuan ridiculed again.
He gestured around, at the thousands of soldiers.
Hardly could An Ning fight her way out alone.
Neither Xiao Jinxing nor Xie Ruotong could break in right now.
As clever as Gu Xingchuan was, how could he easily let others breach his defenses?
"It’s indeed useless," An Ning replied, "but I can, kill myself."
"An Ning!" Gu Xingchuan was furious.
Always a gentleman, Gu Xingchuan was visibly losing control at that moment.
His eyes were bloodshot, looking at An Ning’s determination.
"Instead of watching innocent people die, instead of witnessing you and Xiao Jinxing clash, instead of ultimately facing death, I’d rather end my life right now, severing all ties with the human world!" An Ning shouted loudly, seemingly pushed to the brink.
Yes.
She had enough.
Enough of everything she had gone through.
Such a dignified man as Gu Xingchuan, someone like an exiled immortal, even she couldn’t accept that he had darkened to such an extent for her.
Better to end it all with one death.
From then on, nothing here would have anything to do with her.
"An Ning!" Gu Xingchuan called out to her, his face full of anger. "Do you really not trust me?! Do you not believe that I can win?!"
"And then what if you win?!" An Ning asked him, "Do you think I’ll truly be happy if you win? No! I’ll only be in pain! I told you I love Xiao Jinxing, I truly love him. You killed the person I love the most, do you think I’ll be happy?! I’ll only be in unbearable pain!"
Gu Xingchuan’s veins bulged at An Ning’s words.
An Ning was really capable of doing anything now to force him to let go!
But how could he let go.
They had reached this point, and there was no turning back.
He furiously stared at An Ning, at her unwavering determination.
"So, you’re forcing me to die, is that it?" Gu Xingchuan asked her. Just asking her harshly.
An Ning felt a pain in her heart.
She only wanted him to let go of everything, to reduce the unnecessary loss of life.
"Xiao Jinxing just said..."
"But do you think I can pretend today never happened and live well?!" Gu Xingchuan questioned her, "I also have my pride, my dignity! How can I possibly, merely survive in this world?!"
An Ning bit her lip.
At this point.
Gu Xingchuan really had no way out.
His only path was death.
An Ning lowered her gaze.
She seemed to hear the sound of horse hooves approaching.
"An Ning!" From afar, she heard Xie Ruotong’s voice.
An Ning did not respond.
She knew they had noticed something unusual here and wanted to see what was happening.
The only one who could come over was Xie Ruotong.
Everyone else might be shot to death by Gu Xingchuan’s arrows!
"Gu Xingchuan!" Xie Ruotong, having received no response from An Ning, called out to Gu Xingchuan loudly.
Gu Xingchuan’s eyes shifted slightly.
He made a gesture.
The trusted aides beside him allowed Xie Ruotong to enter.
Xie Ruotong rode in on horseback, surprised to see the scene before her.
Had An Ning and Gu Xingchuan fought?!
"Persuade her!" Gu Xingchuan said harshly to Xie Ruotong.
"What has happened?!" Xie Ruotong asked.
"She wants to choose suicide."
"An Ning?!" Xie Ruotong asked in disbelief.
An Ning bit her lip, "Ruotong, I’m really tired. Continuing like this, I only see rivers of blood, bodies scattered everywhere! Rather than face such carnage, rather than a certain death sooner or later, I might as well end this wretched life of mine!"
As she spoke.
An Ning placed the sword, which was aimed at Gu Xingchuan, against her own neck.
"An Ning!" Xie Ruotong cried out in alarm, "You won’t die, you won’t die! Whether it’s the emperor or Gu Xingchuan, they won’t kill you! I’m sure, even if Gu Xingchuan is defeated, he won’t take you down with him, he will choose to die alone!"
This was also why she ultimately chose the emperor without hesitation.
No one could guarantee.
But Gu Xingchuan definitely wouldn’t kill An Ning.
Definitely wouldn’t!
"I know," An Ning said.
Xie Ruotong watched An Ning.
Gu Xingchuan also looked at her.
"I know that Gu Xingchuan ultimately won’t harm me. If he loses, he’ll return me to Xiao Jinxing, give back my former life. If he wins, he’ll grant me absolute freedom, a brand-new life. From beginning to end, Gu Xingchuan never intended for me to die with him."
"If you understand, then why choose suicide?!" Gu Xingchuan asked her.
His eyes were bloodshot.
"Because, reaching this point for me, do you think I could really live heartlessly in this world?! If Xiao Jinxing dies, I’ll be in unbearable pain; if you die, I won’t fare better! At this moment, the only way to truly end all grievances between you and Xiao Jinxing, the only way to truly end this senseless war, is for me to die!" An Ning shouted at Gu Xingchuan, "Gu Xingchuan, in this life, I regret meeting you, regret meeting Xiao Jinxing, regret coming to this place. I want to go back, back to where I belong. Today we part, never to meet again!"
As her words fell
An Ning, without hesitation, pressed the sword against her neck...
