Rong Jin took in a deep breath and closed his eyes. He granted Shui Qianqian permission to do everything she liked.

Shui Qianqian looked at him and suddenly chuckled. She let go of him and asked coldly, "Rong Jin, why are you doing this? Do you know that I really hate seeing that pretentious face of yours? Everyone who knows me tells me that I'm ugly, but you say that I'm beautiful. You lie without even batting an eye."

"If you think of me that way, I have nothing to say too."

"You must feel so wronged!" Because her blood was boiling, Shui Qianqian's wound hurt and she wanted to cough too. But she still had to protect her pride. She didn't want to lose in front of Rong Jin or let herself cough out loud.

Hearing Shui Qianqian's snide words, Rong Jin's expressions changed a little. He said calmly, "My queen, I'm doing all these for Country M."

"Ha! For Country M? Rong Jin, are you saying that you're willing to marry me for the sake of Country M?"

Looking at how infuriated Shui Qianqian was, Rong Jin didn't want to pursue the fight.

Shui Qianqian looked at how silent Rong Jin was and realized that she had lost control of herself again. She had always been like this in front of him. She didn't want this to happen too.

After quelling the anger inside her, Shui Qianqian said peacefully, "Rong Jin, why are you doing this? You just have to let me go, and the entire Country M will belong to you."

"You are the queen and that is the irrevocable truth."

"You can announce to everyone that I've been a.s.sa.s.sinated. You can work with some other king or queen."

A dark glint flashed across Rong Jin's eyes, and he answered calmly, "But, my queen, you are well and alive. n.o.body else knows that you have been shot."

"You sure did a good job hiding it!" Shui Qianqian taunted.

Rong Jin's expression turned to normal as he said, "If you agree, I can kill off every single one of your enemies."

"I didn't see them clearly nor remember their faces." Shui Qianqian thought that if more a.s.sa.s.sinations were to happen, she might perhaps be able to end her life. She would have left a mark in Country M's history too. At least she didn't take her own life like a coward, but was instead murdered by him.

This was what she thought deep down, but Rong Jin wanted her to help him get rid of those a.s.sa.s.sins. She couldn't a.s.sist in any way actually. It was such a mess back then. How could she have known who was trying to kill her?

However, she had her own suspicions. She just didn't dare to verify them. She would also never let Rong Jin know too.

Yes, she didn't trust him.

Even though they were engaged, this relations.h.i.+p was extremely weak. She wasn't even his fiancée initially.

Rong Jin looked at how stubborn Shui Qianqian was and didn't want to pursue any longer. He took out a stack of doc.u.ments and pa.s.sed them to her. "This is the results of the international martial arts compet.i.tion. You may take a look. If you wish to meet any of them, I can arrange for it."

"You were the one who organized the international martial arts compet.i.tion. It has nothing to do with me." She simply wanted to be stubborn.

Shui Qianqian had always put up a front to protect herself from Rong Jin. Even though she was vulnerable deep down, she still pretended to be high and mighty.

Rong Jin placed the doc.u.ments on Shui Qianqian's table. "I'm leaving it here. If you want to, you may look through it."

Shui Qianqian felt rather tired, so she answered quietly, "I know." The more he wanted her to take a look, the more she refused to.