So the problem still lay with that woman named Jiang Mengmeng.
It seemed he hadn’t investigated her thoroughly enough.
Lu Qiance now seriously suspected that Jiang Mengmeng was hiding some unspeakable secret.
If that were true…
…then this matter had become something entirely different.
Thinking this, Lu Qiance leaned over and kissed Sang Qing on the cheek.
“Wife, I suspect Jiang Mengmeng might be an enemy agent. From now on, you must stay away from her, understand? She may be trying to get close to you so she can gather military intelligence.”
Sang Qing: “???”
Was that really possible?
Wasn’t she supposed to be the heroine?
Would the heroine really do something that endangered the country?
While Sang Qing was still puzzled, Lu Qiance continued,
“I’ll report this immediately. If Jiang Mengmeng really does possess these suspicious traits, then the Special Investigation Team will take over the case personally.”
Sang Qing: “…”
She had to admit…
No wonder he was the male lead.
He could practically send the heroine straight to prison with that line of reasoning.
She stared at Lu Qiance for a long moment before asking,
“Don’t you feel even the slightest bit sorry for her?”
After all, they were supposed to be the original male and female leads.
Even if the story had gone off the rails, it shouldn’t have derailed this badly, right?
Or…
Was it because Jiang Mengmeng had approached Lu Qiance at the wrong time?
Or perhaps because Sang Qing had awakened and hadn’t acted as possessively toward Lu Qiance as she had in the original story?
She considered it for all of two seconds before rejecting the thought.
Impossible.
Anything that belonged to Sang Qing belonged only to her.
That included the man she’d married.
While she was still trying to figure out what had gone wrong, Lu Qiance cupped her face with both hands and said earnestly,
“The only woman I could ever feel soft-hearted toward is you. And that’ll be true for the rest of my life.”
He liked how possessive Sang Qing was of him.
Even more, he loved the certainty with which she chose him.
His words made her cheeks flush.
Embarrassed, she unconsciously turned her face away.
Suddenly, as though she’d remembered something, she immediately jumped off his lap.
Then she grabbed his hand and dragged him toward the bedroom.
Before Lu Qiance could react, she pushed him onto the bed.
Lu Qiance: “???”
Rolling up both sleeves, Sang Qing took advantage of fetching some water to secretly pour a little Spirit Spring Water into a cup.
Tilting her head back, she drank it in one gulp.
Then she pounced onto the bed, grinning triumphantly.
“Hmph! Today, I’ll show you just how amazing I am!”
As she spoke, she reached for his collar.
“Wife… are you trying to—mmph!”
Before Lu Qiance could finish speaking, her soft lips sealed his.
“Shh! No talking! Whoever begs for mercy first is a puppy!”
Today she’d come fully prepared.
She was determined to thoroughly conquer Lu Qiance and prove who the real master of this household was!
With that, her small hand slipped through the opening she’d made by undoing the buttons on his shirt.
Lu Qiance’s Adam’s apple bobbed violently.
The corners of his eyes had already begun to redden from her teasing.
He’d originally planned to show some restraint today.
He’d worried he’d exhausted his wife over the past couple of days and wanted to let her rest.
Who would’ve thought she’d be this proactive?
Then what was there to restrain himself for?
Naturally, he had to do his utmost to satisfy his wife.
…
A long while later…
The little woman who’d charged into battle so confidently finally realized something was terribly wrong.
“L-Lu…”
Unable to bear it any longer, Sang Qing gripped the embroidered mandarin-duck pillow behind her head.
Tiny droplets of moisture clung to the strands of her beautiful hair.
She felt like she was reaching her limit.
The overwhelming pleasure made her want to cling to the man…
…yet at the same time, desperately escape him.
Lu Qiance gazed lovingly at the woman he’d left utterly dazed.
He simply couldn’t get enough of her.
Unable to resist, he lowered his head and kissed her brows…
…the corners of her eyes…
His nose brushed gently against the hollow of her neck as he breathed in the intoxicating scent that had become his greatest addiction.
Lu Qiance felt himself losing control even more completely.
Hospital – General Ward
Jiang Mengmeng slowly opened her eyes.
The moment she remembered everything that had happened at the Public Security Bureau, she ground her teeth in frustration.
None of this was right!
Zhou Zheng was supposed to be dead.
How could he possibly have appeared at the Public Security Bureau?
Then Jiang Mengmeng recalled that Zhou Zheng had arrived together with Sang Qing.
Could it be…
Had Sang Qing been reborn too?
Was that why she’d severed ties with Sang Qingshan…
…and then gone to save Zhou Zheng?
As though she’d suddenly figured everything out, Jiang Mengmeng clenched her fists tightly.
She hated Sang Qing even more now.
It was all Sang Qing’s fault!
Because Sang Qing had done all those things to strengthen her fortune, Jiang Mengmeng—despite having the system—had become increasingly unlucky.
If not for Sang Qing, Lu Qiance wouldn’t have been influenced by fate into sending her to the Public Security Bureau.
She also wouldn’t have had to fake fainting to remain in the hospital after nearly being convicted of hooliganism.
No!
She absolutely couldn’t sit around waiting to die.
If Sang Qing had truly been reborn as well, then she needed to obtain that Space Jade Pendant as quickly as possible.
She’d previously approached Sang Yanyan, hoping to trick her into handing over the jade pendant.
But at the time, Sang Yanyan hadn’t known anything about such a pendant.
So Jiang Mengmeng had given up.
Perhaps it would only appear when the story reached the proper point in time.
Now that Sang Qing and Lu Qiance had officially registered their marriage, the plot had truly begun.
The most important jade pendant should have appeared by now.
Just as Jiang Mengmeng was wondering how to find another opportunity to approach Sang Yanyan…
…the ward door suddenly creaked open.
She immediately closed her eyes.
In the darkness, she sensed someone quietly sneaking into the room.
“Who are you?”
The newcomer was obviously startled.
Had she not covered her own mouth, she might have screamed.
Sang Yanyan shot Jiang Mengmeng an annoyed glare.
But remembering her father’s instructions, she forced herself to hide her displeasure.
“It’s me. Sang Yanyan.”
She deliberately kept her voice so low that, in the silent room, one had to listen carefully just to make out what she’d said.
After speaking, she removed the scarf wrapped around her face and walked over to the hospital bed.
Only then did Jiang Mengmeng secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
It seemed Sang Qingshan, her chess piece, was still useful.
Getting out of here was only a matter of time.
However, she’d barely finished exhaling when Sang Yanyan’s next sentence nearly made her choke.
“My dad got suspended because of that bitch Sang Qing. He might even lose his job altogether. So he sent me to ask if you have any ideas.”
Sang Yanyan stood there with an unwilling expression.
She had never liked Jiang Mengmeng very much.
Especially because Jiang Mengmeng always looked at everyone with that lofty, all-knowing expression, as though she were some immortal who’d risen above worldly affairs.
If her father hadn’t treated Jiang Mengmeng like some precious treasure, she’d never have bothered hanging around her.
And after learning Jiang Mengmeng had been hauled off to the police station for trying to seduce Lu Qiance…
She disliked her even more.
She’d thought Jiang Mengmeng was some extraordinary person.
Who would’ve guessed she’d also be trying to steal another woman’s husband?
One Sang Qing was bad enough.
At least Sang Qing had that breathtaking face.
Men being captivated by beauty for a few days—that was understandable.
But what did Jiang Mengmeng have?
Just because she was good at bluffing and talking big, she thought she could compete with her?
Hmph!