In fact, he knew very well what she was about to say.
However, he had always disagreed with that.
Shen Qi looked at him firmly with eyes full of determination.
“I want to leave here and file a divorce.”
Ye Moxuan remained silent upon hearing that, and his pupils slightly shrank.
But after a while, he curled the corner of his lips into an evil grin. “I’ve long known that you have such thoughts. So I will tell you directly now—it is absolutely impossible. Even if you die, you’ll still belong to me. You will live here from now on, and you are not allowed to go anywhere.”
Hearing that, Shen Qi couldn’t help biting her lower lip. “Ye Moxuan, you don’t have the rights to make such a decision! I don’t want to live here!”
With that, Shen Qi took a step forward and walked outside. If he would not let her leave, she would just leave on her own.
“Well, we’ll see if you can get out of here.” Ye Moxuan’s icy tone came from a distance behind her, but Shen Qi ignored him. Does he assume that I would be lost in this huge villa? Well, I will definitely find a way out.
However, at the end, Shen Qi realized that this villa was much bigger than she thought. Because there were many buildings, Shen Qi found one exit upon another.
In the end, she was tired from walking, and she sat on a stone to take a rest.
Although it was already autumn, she was sweating after walking for a long time. Shen Qi could only wipe her sweat off her neck with her hand. Then, she suddenly remembered something and touched her neck.
It hurt a little, and it felt a little numb. What’s wrong with my neck?
Unfortunately, she couldn’t see it herself, so she could only put her hand back.
After resting for a while, Shen Qi continued looking for the exit again.
In the end, she ran into the previous maid when she turned the corner.
“It’s you.”
The maid was also very happy to see her, and she walked up with joy. “Miss, are you all right?”
Shen Qi shook her head. “I’m fine. What’s the matter?”
“You didn’t look good just now, so I thought you were unwell. Are you okay now? Would you like to see a doctor?” she asked earnestly, looking concerned about Shen Qi, who felt a slight warmth in her heart as she shook her head. “No, I don’t need a doctor. But… I have another thing I want to ask you for help.”
“Sure! If there’s anything that I can do, I will definitely help you!” With that, the maid glanced at her neck again and smiled.
Well, she’s really enthusiastic, Shen Qi thought. She’s probably acting like this out of respect for Ye Moxuan.
But it was not the time to think about this. Shen Qi pursed her lips and asked, “Do you know where the exit is? Can you bring me there?”
The maid didn’t think too much into it because she thought that since Ye Moxuan brought Shen Qi back, the two of them must be a couple. After all, Shen Qi was the first woman Ye Moxuan brought back after so many years. All the maids in the villa were now discussing in private that she would become the future Young Lady, so everyone was thinking about how to get in her good books.
Now that Shen Qi took the initiative to make a request to her, the maid was eager to present herself, so she immediately nodded. “I will take you there now.”
“Thank you.” Shen Qi smiled at her and thought to herself, Ye Moxuan wouldn’t let me go and assumed that I didn’t know the way out. However, he didn’t expect that one of his maids could help lead me to the exit.
Shen Qi followed the maid and walked outside. The maid was very familiar with the area here, and it seemed that she had been working here for a long time. In no time, Shen Qi was quickly brought to the main gate.
After stepping out, Shen Qi felt that she had become lighter.
Looking at the gate that was right in front of her, Shen Qi thought, As long as I walk out of this gate, I can completely leave Ye Moxuan’s world.
So Shen Qi took a deep breath and shot a glance back at the villa before striding toward the gate.
However, she was stopped by someone as soon as she reached the gate.
“What are you guys doing?”
“We are going out,” the maid answered with a puzzled look.
One of them glanced at the maid and said without any expression, “Young Master Ye said that no one can leave here.”
The maid widened her eyes. “What? When was the order given? Wasn’t everything just fine in the morning? Why did he suddenly—”
“This is the order that was just delivered. Zhu Yun, just take Young Lady back.”
Zhu Yun was the maid who showed Shen Qi the way. She was a little surprised when she heard the other person refer to Shen Qi as ‘Young Lady’.
“Y-Young Lady? Are you talking about—”
With that, she shot Shen Qi a terrified look with her mouth agape, unable to utter another word for a long time.
While they were having the conversation, Shen Qi was planning to sneak out. However, two more people appeared out of nowhere and blocked her way.
“Young Lady, Young Master Ye has ordered us not to let you get out of this gate.”
Shen Qi froze and looked at them blankly.
She suddenly remembered the words Ye Moxuan said to her before she left.
“Well, we’ll see if you can get out of here.”
Shen Qi’s face turned pale. She then took a huge step back uncontrollably and almost fell down.
Fortunately, Zhu Yun hurriedly stepped forward to support her. “Are you all right, Young Lady?”
It turned out that when he said that, he didn’t mean that she would get lost—he had already given out orders to the gatekeeper to stop her from leaving no matter what.
Heh. I was so happy just now, thinking that I can leave here once I find someone to lead the way.
But she didn’t expect that he had already calculated it long ago, and he was just waiting for her to fall into his trap foolishly to be brought back forcefully.
Thinking of this, Shen Qi couldn’t say a word. She closed her eyes and trembled violently.
“Why can’t I leave? This is imprisonment!” Finally, she resisted the trembling of her body and lashed out.
Upon seeing her face turn pale while she trembled with anger, the gatekeepers dared not say anything and could only take a few steps backward.
“Get out of my way.” Shen Qi opened her eyes again and looked at them coldly. “I have to get out of here today.”
“I’m sorry, Young Lady. This is what Young Master Ye has ordered. Even if we were to lose our lives, we can’t let you out.”
“Is that so?” Shen Qi smiled bleakly. “What if I threaten you with my life? You won’t let me go out either?”
When they heard this, they stared at each other in horror. “Young Lady, please don’t make it difficult for us. We all have a death agreement with Young Master Ye. If you go out, then we… will have to die here.”
Zhu Yun, who was supporting Shen Qi, was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat when she heard this. “What are you talking about? Do you want to scare her? Young Lady, let’s not go out today. I will bring you back to rest.”
Shen Qi looked at those people with a deadpan expression. They looked sincere, as if they had really made such an agreement with Ye Moxuan.
Am I really going to watch these people die?
Ye Moxuan knows me well, indeed—he knows I have a kind heart, so I’d choose to stay.
“Does he think that he knows me so well? I’m going to go out today no matter what.”
