Chapter 209 - You've Arrived Too Late (4)

Feng Huan was immediately brought back to his isolated cell. There wasn't any window like Xiong Jingfei's cell that could see whether it was daytime or nighttime. It was absolute darkness for him.

He slumped down against the wall as his head was resting on his knees. It was obvious to him that someone is trying to bring down the Xiong and Feng family. The problem was that he doesn't know why and who the hell is doing this to them! 

Later that night, someone came to visit him in prison. 

Feng Huan's arms got bound to the armchair, but his legs were set free. The person he was facing this time had their face and body covered with a cloak, but the figure looked familiar. 

"Huan, didn't I advise you to choose me?" 

Zhao Fan took off the hood and smiled. The disgraceful appearance she had on the other night became as if it never happened. She was back to the beautiful Zhao Fan that people admired. 

"Why did you side with Xiong Jingfei? What does she have that is better than me?" Zhao Fan asked, looking at the stone walls around them with no windows. "Look at where you're at because you didn't listen to me."

"Zhao Fan!" Feng Huan snarled, "Is all of this your doing!?"

"Me?" Zhao Fan laughed and played with her hair. Ah, her precious hair that got pulled by him the other night. "I can only admit to a small portion of it." 

Feng Huan instantly stood up, but two soldiers pushed down on his shoulders to sit him back down. Never had he felt the urge to hit a woman as badly as he does right now! 

He regretted that he didn't kill her the other night. If only he knew he was going to get thrown into prison, then there wouldn't be any reason to stop him from piercing his sword into her. Zhao Fan's small contribution is putting two families on death row!

"Was that wench Xiong Guang your doing?" Feng Huan asked, rubbing his wrist against the ropes tying him down. His wrist began to bleed, but the pain couldn't be compared to the hatred he had for Zhao Fan. "Answer me!"

"Ahhh, that lowly slave?" Zhao Fan nodded her head and answered, "Yes and no? I can't possibly take all the credit for it." 

"Who is it?" Feng Huan asked, "Who is the person behind it all?" 

He knows that Zhao Fan is not powerful and smart enough to pull off all of these schemes. She can be a brat, but she wasn't capable of dragging down two families at once. She only picks on those she can easily stomp on.

"Huan, you're saying all the wrong things." Zhao Fan sighed, she leaned across the table and touched his face. "You should be begging me to save you and your family. Don't you want to save your poor mother and father?"

Feng Huan shut his eyes in frustration. He couldn't bear to look at her anymore! 

"Say it!" Zhao Fan shrieked, gripping onto his jaw. "Promise me that you will only love me for the rest of your life, and I'll save your family!" 

"Didn't I tell you that I have my own pride as a Feng?" Feng Huan opened his eyes and smirked. "I rather die proudly with the dignity I have left than be your slave for the rest of my life."

"W-what about your mother and father?" 

Zhao Fan's body trembled out of anger as tears dropped out of her eyes. Why is Feng Huan not caving to her demands after threatening him with his parents? Does he not care about them?

"It is useless to threaten me," Feng Huan's face became emotionless. "You can't save my family or me." 

She let go of his jaw, but because she pressed her nails into his skin, it left marks.

"I-I can!" Zhao Fan shouted, her eyes brightening that Feng Huan was giving in a little. "They promised me that they'd let you and your family go as long as you confess to having an affair with Xiong Jingfei! I can save you!"

"You are more of a fool than I thought, Zhao Fan." Feng Huan chuckled and shook his head. "Let me advise you this time. Watch, you will be discarded too after this is all over."

Zhao Fan stood up so quickly that her chair fell and hit the ground with a loud thud. She stormed out of the small stoned room without looking back, and Feng Huan didn't mind it.

Asking him to beg her for the sake of his parents was tempting, but Zhao Fan wasn't capable of saving them, not at this point. Whoever is behind this wanted all of them to die, and living wasn't an option. 

Taking down the Xiong and Feng family was a smart move. If they only took down the Xiong, his father wouldn't sit idly by and watch it happen. Bringing both families down would avoid any delay in killing the Xiong clan off. Also, both sides of the families' army would have no leaders, and no leader leads to confusion. 

It will also manage people to take extra precautions not to get caught up in the treason crime. This is a sticky situation that no one wants to dip their hands into. 

Do you hate them as much as I do, Xiong Jingfei? 

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"Get up! It's time!" Two soldiers came marching in and tied Feng Huan's hands to the front with ropes. "Hurry!"

Feng Huan winched when the sunlight hit his eyes. He wondered how many days had passed since he got put in the cell with no windows. Where were they taking him?

As they got closer to their destination, he started hearing people chattering and laughing. When they got closer, he saw a bunch of people who looked like civilians pointing and throwing rotten vegetables at something.

The soldiers pushed him onto a stage that had other men kneeling in a row. Men that he knows because they were his people, and one of them was his father! 

Feng Huan scoffed, so it was finally "that" time.