On the cellar stairs, she still heard Song Yi’s hissing voice, which had turned from pleading to hatred, "Gu Anjin, this is all your fault, it’s all because of you..."

The voice repeated, echoing in the wine cellar.

"Gu Anjin, if you don’t leave, I’ll carry you upstairs!" Huo Xun saw her dawdling, especially noticing those tear-filled eyes, "Looks like I really overestimated you, can’t handle this kind of scene? Huh? Has Yue Siqing protected you so well over the years?"

Gu Anjin had no mood to deal with his words. After walking out of the wine cellar and the door closed, it completely blocked out the sound.

She quickly wiped away the tears from her eyes, "Huo Xun, what exactly are you planning?"

Huo Xun put his hands in his pockets, still looking carefree on his handsome face, "What do you think?"

Gu Anjin looked at his expression and found it even harder to understand this person.

He said he didn’t plan to rescue Song Yi, which she believed.

But when she entered the wine cellar, the situation wasn’t what she expected.

It’s obvious he had people taking care of Song Yi, so Song Yi trusted him.

Moreover, the injuries were bandaged well, and a doctor visited every day.

Doing this right under Yue Siqing’s nose involves considerable risk.

But Huo Xun rescuing him is definitely not merely saving a person.

Just like he said before, the enemy’s enemy is a friend. What’s the real reason he saved Song Yi?

"Why exactly did you save him?" Gu Anjin looked at him puzzled.

Huo Xun smiled and said, "Just a casual effort, but I can throw him aside anytime to fend for himself. Gu Anjin, I saved him once just to see whether you want to save him. If you want, I can save him. If you don’t want to bother, then I won’t care about this person anymore."

Gu Anjin understood.

Huo Xun believed Yue Siqing had feelings for her, so if he wanted to retaliate against Yue Siqing, he could only start with her.

"You want to use Song Yi to make me betray Yue Siqing?"

Huo Xun raised a finger and gently shook it, "Wrong. I don’t think you would betray Yue Siqing for someone irrelevant; you’d rather negotiate with him and resolve it yourself. If there are options, you wouldn’t need to make a deal with the devil for one Song Yi, right?"

"Then what exactly do you want?"

"Consider it me repaying you." Huo Xun smirked, "As an apology gift for kidnapping you last time, on the condition that this matter is completely behind us. How about it?"

Gu Anjin raised her eyes, clearly skeptical.

"You should know, we’ll never be friends. Such reconciliation is meaningless."

"Gu Anjin, I never intended to be friends with you." Huo Xun looked at her like she was a naive girl, "But we’re not enemies. Remember, whatever grievances I have with Yue Siqing, they don’t involve you. I do hate him, and admit that my deepest wish is for you to leave him forever."

"Then why didn’t you kill me last time? If you had killed me last time, I would’ve left him forever, wouldn’t that suit your desires?"

Huo Xun answered slowly, "If I killed you, he would be sad, angry, and hateful. But someday, if you see another side of him and stop loving him, he would be truly desperate. Gu Anjin, there are some things I don’t tell you now for your own good. Think about it carefully, if you impulsively want to leave him, how would he treat you? He definitely wouldn’t allow such a thing to happen."