47. Aggravating Her

When An Bingyan came out of the walk-in closet, the butler had already been waiting outside for quite some time. The two of them headed toward the room where Tong Muxue was being held.

Butler: "Young Lady, Tong Muxue and Sakuta have both been caught. What should we do with Wan Qianhua?"

An Bingyan: "Didn't he claim to understand young men and women better than anyone else, and to be willing to help me unconditionally?"

"Let's keep him around for now. If there's anything I don't understand later, I can ask him. He might come in handy."

"By the way, how is Tong Muxue?"

"Has she begged for mercy, cried and made a scene, thrown a tantrum, or refused to eat?" An Bingyan asked with interest.

Butler: "She hasn't said a word. She's just been sitting quietly on the stool."

"I didn't give her any food. I've kept her hungry for half a day."

An Bingyan was taken aback. She stopped and frowned as she scolded the butler, "Why didn't you give her anything to eat?"

"What if she gets sick from hunger?"

The butler frowned. "Young Lady, isn't Tong Muxue your archenemy?"

"Didn't you capture her so you could torture her?"

An Bingyan hurriedly shook her head. "Wait, wait, wait!"

"She may be my archenemy!"

"No, why does Tong Muxue even deserve to be my archenemy?!"

"I just can't stand her and want to torture her a little!"

"But I can't let her starve!"

The butler couldn't hold back at that. "Young Lady... this..."

"What do you mean, 'this'?!"

"When I torture her, I'm going to completely expose the façade she's kept up all these years, shatter her defenses, and make her beg me for mercy!"

"I'm not going to subject her to private punishment!"

"Do you think I'm