Lu Qiance’s expression didn’t change. He merely asked calmly,
“Were you just trying to fall into my arms?”
Jiang Mengmeng immediately blushed shyly.
“Oh, Commander Lu… it was an accident…”
Before she could finish speaking, Lu Qiance took another step backward and calmly pulled his trouser leg free from her grasp.
He glanced at Sun Dajiang and said coldly,
“Take this woman, who openly molested me, to the Public Security Bureau. And let your sister-in-law know that someone molested me on the street, so I’ll be home a little late.”
Sun Dajiang: “…”
Li Xiaohe: “…”
Well…
What their commander was doing was indeed a little ruthless.
But then again, of all people Jiang Mengmeng could have flirted with, she had to pick their living King of Hell.
Lu Qiance was famous throughout the army for risking his life on missions. He was ruthless toward himself and even more ruthless toward his enemies.
Trying to scheme against him?
She must’ve been dreaming.
Now she’d ended up suffering the consequences herself.
Jiang Mengmeng couldn’t believe what she’d just heard.
She stared at Lu Qiance in disbelief.
“C-Commander Lu… you’re joking, right?”
He couldn’t even be bothered to look at her.
“You’ll find out whether I’m joking after you get to the Public Security Bureau.”
Tilting his chin toward Sun Dajiang, he ordered,
“Arrest her. Take her to the station immediately.”
Seeing this, Jiang Mengmeng forgot all about the pain from her fall. She scrambled to her feet and tried to run.
Sun Dajiang caught her with a swift restraining hold.
“Ahhh! It hurts!”
She struggled desperately.
“Let me go!”
Sun Dajiang looked at her expressionlessly.
“Comrade, it’d be best if you cooperated. Otherwise, you might get hurt.”
Jiang Mengmeng was speechless.
“Why should I cooperate? I’m an unmarried young woman! How am I guilty of molesting anyone?”
Standing nearby, Li Xiaohe said with obvious amusement,
“Weren’t you counting on our commander being a soldier who wouldn’t dare do anything to you? That’s why you deliberately tried to molest him.”
Sneaking a glance at Lu Qiance, he continued,
“You can’t seriously deny that you intentionally threw yourself at our commander. When you missed, you even grabbed his pants. We all saw it.”
“I didn’t! It wasn’t on purpose!”
Even if she had eight mouths, Jiang Mengmeng couldn’t explain herself.
Just moments ago, she’d thought that her interaction with Lu Qiance was the novel’s destined romance at work.
Now she realized…
It was a death flag.
The crime of hooliganism was punished very severely in this era.
If she admitted it, even if she didn’t die, she’d lose half her life.
Li Xiaohe shrugged.
“I’ve seen plenty like you. Murderers all claim it wasn’t intentional.”
Then he turned to Sun Dajiang.
“Dajiang, escort her to the Public Security Bureau. I’ll go let Sister-in-law know, so she doesn’t worry.”
Sun Dajiang nodded without objection.
Keeping a firm grip on Jiang Mengmeng, he marched toward the Public Security Bureau.
At first, Jiang Mengmeng struggled, hoping they’d let her go.
But when she noticed curious passersby staring at them…
She lost her nerve.
If the matter stayed small, there was still a chance to recover.
But once all the neighbors found out…
Even if nothing came of the investigation, people would gossip about her forever.
So she simply covered her face and resigned herself to following them.
There wasn’t any irrefutable evidence against her.
She… probably wouldn’t get into too much trouble.
…Probably.
As they walked to the Public Security Bureau, Jiang Mengmeng replayed everything that had happened.
In the end, she reached one conclusion.
It had to be because Sang Qing had recovered part of her stolen luck.
That was why she’d suddenly become so unlucky.
That stupid Fortune-Stealing System!
Because she’d only been able to afford the beginner version, it couldn’t even display her progress.
The amount of luck she could exchange for items was pitifully small.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t still have redeemed only a single recipe for braised pig intestines.
She hadn’t even made much money yet and was already exhausted.
When she’d read novels set in this era, every heroine seemed to become rich by selling braised pig intestines.
So why wasn’t it working for her?
Never mind how disgusting pig intestines were to clean—the smell alone made her want to vomit.
Not to mention that cleaning them required fine flour.
If the system hadn’t only given her that braised pig intestine recipe, she’d have quit long ago.
What irritated her even more was that the recipe only worked for pig intestines.
If she used it on anything else, whatever she cooked would end up smelling like pig intestines.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became.
Then she looked up—
And saw Sang Qingshan hurrying toward the Public Security Bureau.
“Director Sang!”
She shouted excitedly, completely forgetting the warning she’d given him before.
Outside, they were supposed to pretend not to know each other.
At this point, she couldn’t care less.
All she wanted was to get safely out of the Public Security Bureau.
Sang Qingshan paused in surprise when someone called him.
Looking carefully, he saw Jiang Mengmeng being escorted by one of Lu Qiance’s subordinates toward the station.
Walking ahead of them was none other than his nominal son-in-law, Lu Qiance.
Frowning, Sang Qingshan immediately put on the airs of an elder.
“Xiao Lu, what’s going on here?”
He pointed toward Jiang Mengmeng behind them.
Instead of answering, Lu Qiance asked,
“Director Sang, do you know her?”
Caught off guard, Sang Qingshan hurriedly explained,
“We’re neighbors. Isn’t it normal to know each other? But we’re not close.”
Lu Qiance nodded thoughtfully.
“I see. Since you’re not close, it’d be best if you stayed out of this matter.”
Sang Qingshan’s expression darkened.
Already furious, he became even angrier.
“Lu Qiance! Don’t think you can do whatever you want just because you’re a regiment commander! I’m telling you, Sang Qing broke into my factory dormitory and stole my belongings! I absolutely won’t let this go!”
Lu Qiance’s eyebrows lifted slightly.
“She went to your factory dormitory to move your things?”
That did sound like something his wife would do.
But she hadn’t asked him for help.
Nor had she brought Sun Dajiang or Li Xiaohe…
As he was thinking this over, Sang Qingshan continued furiously,
“That’s right! She emptied my dormitory completely! You’d better make her return everything! Otherwise, I won’t let her off!”
Seeing an opportunity, Jiang Mengmeng quickly joined in.
“Commander Lu, you should listen to Director Sang. If Sister Sang Qing—ahem—if Sang Qing keeps acting so willfully, she’ll definitely drag you down too…”
Lu Qiance ignored Jiang Mengmeng completely.
Instead, he continued questioning Sang Qingshan.
“You actually saw her do it? Who was with her when she went?”
His wife had gone to collect a debt…
And he hadn’t been there to help.
Once again, his wife had to do all the hard work by herself!