"He sure is easy to deal with." Huo Xun spoke leisurely, watching Song Yi leave in embarrassment with a smile. "I just mentioned it casually, and he left. Your companion is truly..."

"Huo Xun, you bastard!" Gu Anjin struggled to hold back, "Did you really poison him?"

Huo Xun turned his head, looking at her frustrated expression, "Maybe yes, maybe no. What do you think?"

"I’ve done everything you wanted me to do, and if you keep this up, I won’t go along with it!"

Gu Anjin said, ready to sit down.

She had no patience to let him toy with her any further.

The most outrageous thing was that this person seemed to take delight in toying with her.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t be so unapologetically laid-back, watching her throw a tantrum while he laughed happily.

That damned man, if she had the chance, she would tear him to pieces!

"Hey."

Her wrist was suddenly touched by someone.

A voice came to her ear.

"You sure have a temper."

Gu Anjin instinctively shook off his hand, "Don’t touch me."

Huo Xun let go, smiling at her, "Alright, I won’t touch you. But if you walk away now, I won’t say anything."

"Whatever!"

She was furious and gave him a glare before attempting to leave.

Huo Xun’s expression changed slightly, "Fine, I’ll talk."

He looked at Gu Anjin’s back and finally took a step back.

"No poison, alright?"

Gu Anjin halted her steps, "Really? How do I know you’re not lying to me?"

Huo Xun smiled slowly, "Aren’t you the one who deceived me? I exposed you from the start; it was you who pretended to hate Yue Siqing to make me believe you."

"Haven’t you lied?"

Huo Xun shrugged, "At least the name I told you is my real name."

"You give me a name that can’t be traced!"

Huo Xun chuckled softly and stepped forward, "If my name was so easy to trace, do you think I’d still be living?"

Gu Anjin calmed down, realizing she was being unreasonable.

Whether Huo Xun was lying wasn’t worth explaining to her.

They were standing on opposing sides.

She took a deep breath, deciding to quell her temper.

Calmly, she said to him, "Whether it’s true or not, only you would know."

"One day, you’ll know," Huo Xun whispered seriously, unusually earnest.

"Since you have something to say, now’s your chance. Give me a reason not to expose you. Otherwise..." She looked coldly at Huo Xun, especially at his wickedly smiling face that stirred her hate.

Why is it that she’s the one being toyed with while he smugly presides over everything?

This feeling was utterly bad.

"Or let Yue Siqing kill me?" Huo Xun’s tone contained a hint of chill for the first time tonight when he spoke these words.

"Since you know the consequences, I won’t say anything more," Gu Anjin said coldly, "Once your identity is exposed, you won’t live through the night."

"Then why, at the first moment you saw me, didn’t you immediately contact Yue Siqing to have him kill me?" Huo Xun squinted, his gaze deep and meaningful as it fell upon her, "Gu Anjin, perhaps you don’t really want me dead."

Gu Anjin, who had calmed her temper, almost couldn’t control herself again; she felt she was extremely hot-tempered tonight, "If you continue to evade the issue with me, I’ll..."