His words tore through Yueyao's chest like knives, her heart shattering completely as her vision blurred with tears.
She let out a broken sob, her arms trembling so violently that the knife slipped slightly away from his neck.
In that split second, Shen Xiao raised his hand and signaled the head guard.
"Now."
Before she could react, two guards surged forward, grabbing her wrists and wrenching the knife from her trembling fingers.
She screamed and struggled wildly, her hoarse cries echoing through the grand foyer as Shen Xuan scrambled away from her, sobbing into Bai Zhi's arms.
"No! Let me go! Let me go! Please! I don't want to be here! Please… please…"
"Hold her down," Shen Xiao ordered coldly, his obsidian eyes narrowing as he watched her thrashing helplessly against the guards' iron grip. "Call Doctor Han over."
