Chapter 99: Taking a Bullet Hurts Terribly
Nan Xun yawned, picked up the hot milk and bread from the table and started eating, asking Little Eight as she ate, “What has Li Chen been busy with lately? Why have we been missing him so much?”
In a great mood, Little Eight spoke frankly and without reservation, “Didn’t your Daddy Li Chen spend a lot of time looking for you lately and not really keep an eye on those hidden forces? As a result, some unscrupulous people took advantage of the situation. But don’t worry, your Daddy Li Chen is very capable. In no more than five days, he will make sure that these people can no longer cause any trouble.”
After a pause, Little Eight tentatively asked, “Shall we leave this world now?”
Nan Xun paused, then said in a low voice, “Give me two more days.”
Little Eight was silent for a moment, then replied with a single word: “Okay.”
That evening, when Li Chen returned, he brought Nan Xun’s favorite pastries. He still looked a little tired, but all of that tiredness vanished the moment he saw Nan Xun.
“Nan Nan, I’ve finished taking care of everything. I can stay with you from tomorrow onwards.” Li Chen embraced Nan Xun, whispering tender words of love.
Nan Xun nestled obediently in his arms and suddenly said, “Li Chen, let’s go out and have fun tomorrow.”
Li Chen smiled and agreed, then asked, “Where would you like to go, baby?”
Nan Xun said, “Anywhere is fine, as long as you’re with me.”
So the next day, Li Chen took her to the shooting range they often went to.
Nan Xun skillfully loaded the gun and fired several shots at the bullseye.
It hits the bullseye.
Li Chen embraced her from behind, his large hands caressing her waist, his thin lips kissing her earlobe as he chuckled, “As expected of my precious child, your marksmanship is almost as good as mine.”
Nan Xun had some doubts; if this weren’t an open-air shooting range, Li Chen might have harbored some filthy thoughts.
After enjoying themselves, the two strolled hand in hand.
Just then, Little Eight’s voice suddenly rang out, “Holy crap! There’s a traitor among Li Chen’s men! There’s a sniper lying in ambush here! Now, he’s fired!”
Nan Xun’s expression changed drastically. In that instant, her body reacted before her brain, and she lunged at Li Chen, firmly blocking him in front of her.
The next second, she heard the sound of her heart exploding.
She fell backward, her eyes meeting Li Chen’s stunned expression. In less than a second, his pupils contracted sharply, and he frantically pulled her into his arms, screaming, “Nan Nan! Li Xiao Nan!”
Blood kept gushing from Nan Xun’s mouth, her hands clutching tightly at Li Chen’s white shirt, “Li…Chen…”
She wanted to say, “You must live well,” but she only managed to utter those two words before she breathed her last.
Damn, everything on TV is a lie! Why did she die before she could finish a single sentence, while people on TV can say so many last words before they die?
Nan Xun’s soul was pulled out of her body. She looked at the man holding Li Xiaonan’s corpse and clearly saw the light in his eyes quickly fade and become empty.
Li Chen lost Li Xiaonan, as if he had lost… his entire world.
Little Eight sobbed beside her, “I’m so sorry, darling, I forgot to block out your pain. Does it hurt a lot?”
Nan Xun looked at Li Chen quietly and hummed in agreement, “…It hurts a lot.”
She paused, then abruptly looked away from Li Chen and said calmly, “So, you have to make it up to me in the next world.”
Little Eight: “Don’t worry, I’ve been living a life of luxury since I was little. Cough cough, I know you definitely don’t want to make pancakes and ride spaceships anymore, so the next world is perfect for you.”
Nan Xun nodded. “Then let’s go.”
Nan Xun’s vision went black, and her soul twisted. This time, the two seemed to have spent an exceptionally long time in the darkness. Finally, at a certain moment, her vision brightened, and she and Little Eight arrived in the next world.
Before Nan Xun could even process what kind of world she had transmigrated into, she heard a sharp, unusually clear “slap.”
Then her head was slapped to one side, her face burned with pain, and the taste of blood filled her mouth.
Nan Xun felt a surge of anger. She was not one to suffer a loss. Seeing the woman who had slapped her, she swung her hand and slapped her twice, knocking the woman to the ground and making her see stars.
“How dare you! You vile woman, how dare you harm my beloved concubine!” A sharp shout suddenly rang out.
The next moment, Nan Xun was sent flying high into the air by a powerful gust of wind, and then crashed to the ground with a thud, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Little Eight quickly shielded her from the pain, but although the pain was blocked, the damage was still real.
Nan Xun dared not move her body carelessly, thinking that some of her bones might be broken. In her lying position on the ground, she slowly raised her head to look at the man and woman in front of her.
The woman was dressed in gorgeous clothes, with gold hairpins and pearl flowers in her hair, and glass earrings. Although there were two bruised handprints on her face, it was not hard to see that her face was very delicate. She was hiding in the man’s arms and sobbing, feeling extremely wronged.
When Nan Xun saw the man’s face, she was stunned for a moment.
The man was truly handsome, with sword-like eyebrows, bright eyes, and a high nose. He wore a red five-clawed dragon robe, which made him look incredibly dashing. However, his eyes, which were looking down at her, were filled with intense disgust. If Nan Xun looked at him for a while, she could vaguely see a trace of murderous intent and hatred mixed in with his gaze.
The man glanced at her coldly and said indifferently, “Consort Qin has committed a breach of conduct before the Emperor. From this day forward, she is demoted to the rank of Beauty and confined to the Cold Palace to reflect on her mistakes. No one is allowed to visit her without my order!”
Then, still completely bewildered, Nan Xun was roughly carried to the Cold Palace by two eunuchs. Apart from Cuihuan, the personal maid she had brought into the palace, there was no one else in the Cold Palace.
Little Eight chuckled, mocking mercilessly, “You promised you wouldn’t be finished within three days? You impulsively slapped Consort Li twice and were then banished to the Cold Palace?”
Nan Xun cursed directly, “You little brat, you made me get slapped the moment I transmigrated, and I haven’t even settled the score with you yet! You knew that I would definitely slap you back twice according to my temper, but you still made me transmigrate to this point?”
And what happened to the promised life of luxury? What happened to the promised noble status? She arrived as a discarded concubine in the cold palace—what kind of life of luxury is that anymore!
The more Nan Xun talked, the more breathless Little Eight became.
“Um… you really were born with a silver spoon in your mouth, aren’t you? You’re the eldest granddaughter of General Qin, do you know how awesome your grandfather, General Qin, was? He and the late emperor fought together to conquer this entire country!”
The old man was highly respected in the court, and everyone treated him with deference; even the late emperor was no exception.
Nan Xun immediately sensed the problem. “You know you’re talking about the late emperor, right? Is the current emperor the same person as the late emperor? Is that right? Let me ask you, does this tyrant think that Old Master Qin’s achievements are too great and wants to get rid of him?”
“Oh my, you’re suddenly so smart, I’m not used to it.”
Nan Xun: …
