MHMWTTSBATUAS 413: Unmarried for Life, a Solitary Man Until Death
┃🔴 SUPPORT US AND ENJOY EXCLUSIVE ACCESS Êš☕️à©
Hou Yunjiao sat up in bed and pressed his forehead with his hand.
He began to ponder whether the decision he made to sleep in the same bed with Qin Ruan was right or wrong.
Why did it feel like he dug a pit for himself to jump into?
After all, he had broken his vow and had experiences of a normal physical relationship.
Shouldn't he be allowed to have any reactions, just like an ascetic monk?
A troubled expression appeared on Hou Yunjiao face, and a sense of helplessness welled up in his eyes.
He wasn't worried about Qin Ruan running away, but rather worried that he would have to rely on Fifth Princess again.
...
Qin Ruan left the room and saw Li Manning floating near the floor-to-ceiling window not far away.
The sunlight outside was abundant, and she bathed in its rays without the intense reaction of an ordinary lost soul.
Li Manning was a lost soul belonging to the Yin Realm, and lost souls were Yin-attribute beings.
When an ordinary lost soul encountered intense sunlight, their soul would spontaneously ignite, causing harm to their ghost bodies.
Li Manning wasn't afraid of sunlight, indicating that her ghost power had increased significantly.
This was no longer comparable to a recently deceased lost soul or one that had been dead for several decades.
Li Manning noticed Qin Ruan's presence and immediately floated over. "You're finally awake."
She had been waiting here all night, patiently waiting for the passage of time as the moon rose high.
As the eastern sun rose and reached its zenith, the passage of time had nearly exhausted Li Manning's patience.
Qin Ruan's flushed cheeks gradually subsided, and she solemnly replied, "I kept you waiting."
The fluttering feeling in her heart, stirred up by Hou Yunjiao, had been completely concealed.
Li Manning asked eagerly, "When are we leaving?"
"As soon as I finish breakfast," Qin Ruan replied.
She didn't know how to face Third Young Master now, and she was also eager to leave.
Two months of sharing a bed had almost made her forget that Hou Yunjiao was also a normal man.
Li Manning floated with Qin Ruan to the downstairs restaurant.
When they encountered Hou Zhi downstairs, Qin Ruan informed her that they would be going out and asked her to prepare the car.
Hou Zhi immediately went downstairs to make arrangements.
While Qin Ruan was halfway through her breakfast, Hou Yunjiao entered the dining hall with Hou Chuan.
His gentle gaze fell upon Qin Ruan sitting at the table, and he asked, "leaving soon?"
"Yes," Qin Ruan replied, burying her head and drinking her soup.
Hou Yunjiao walked over to her and sat down, reaching out to tuck the hair hanging on Qin Ruan's face behind her ear.
His voice was unusually gentle as he softly warned, ''Be careful when you're out. It's not safe lately. If you like, he can stay by your side. He's not a threat.''
At the mention of Lin Hao, the soup spoon in Qin Ruan's hand paused.
She looked up and gazed into the handsome face of the man beside her, filled with doubt. ''Did Lin Hao really try to assassinate you?''
''Hmm,'' Hou Yunjiao replied casually.
Qin Ruan furrowed her delicate eyebrows and analyzed, ''I always felt that such a dangerous person, even if Third Young Master spared Lin Hao's life, he wouldn't trust him enough to keep him by my side. Unless there's some unknown information involved.''
Hou Yunjiao rubbed Qin Ruan's head and, with a low and gentle voice tinged with amusement, said, ''Lin Hao is Su Jingshu's bodyguard and her favored confidant.''
Qin Ruan exclaimed, ''Lin Hao is the lover of Young Master Rong's ex-fiancée?''
She seemed to have discovered a major secret.
Hou Yunjiao smiled and said, ''Yes, the favored one.''
''Then the man who betrayed Young Master Rong before...''
''He's not Lin Hao. That person was also Su Jingshu's bodyguard, and she threw him into the sea to feed the fish.''
Qin Ruan fell silent for a while, then raised her thumb. ''That's ruthless!''
Hou Yunjiao pinched her ear and casually said, ''The Su family knows that they can't kill me with Lin Hao. They sent someone for me to handle.''
Qin Ruan was puzzled again. ''Why did the Hou family have to deal with Lin Hao?''
Hou Yunjiao replied, ''There's a mole in the Su family.''
Qin Ruan frowned, still not letting go. ''Whose mole is it?''
''By sending Lin Hao to assassinate me, the Su family suspects that he is a mole from the Hou family.''
''So, is Lin Hao really a mole?''
''Little one, what kind of answer do you want to hear?''
''I hope to hear the truth from Third Young Master.''
Hou Yunjiao released his grip on Qin Ruan's earlobe and looked at her with calm eyes. ''Given last night's situation, Lin Hao had to die, regardless of whether he was from the Hou family or not.''
Qin Ruan had a suspicion in her heart but couldn't understand his words. ''Why?''
Hou Yunjiao pursed his lips and tapped his other hand lightly on the table. His voice grew heavier as he said, ''The Su family has their hidden pieces in the Hou family, and likewise, the Hou family has people planted by the Su family and other clans.''
This information left Qin Ruan overwhelmed. She had thought that the Hou family was so meticulous that they wouldn't allow infiltrators from other parties."
"Does Third Young Master know who they are?"
Hou Yunjiao nodded slightly, "Yes, he knows."
Qin Ruan looked puzzled, "Why don't we eliminate them?"
"If we eliminate them this time, there will be a next time. It's better to keep an eye on them and avoid too many worries."
"It's so complicated." Qin Ruan frowned but had a smiling face, "So, we just let the Su family's assassination attempt slide?"
Hou Yunjiao chuckled, his voice tinged with a hint of coldness, "Second brother has already arranged a generous gift for the Su family last night. It's called reciprocity."
Qin Ruan blinked curiously, "What kind of gift?"
Hou Yunjiao motioned to Hou Chuan behind him, who handed him a tablet.
He pulled up last night's news and presented it to Qin Ruan, saying, "Su Jingshu's mother had a car accident last night."
The opened news article on the tablet had the headline, "Wife of a wealthy businessman, a woman surnamed Su, involved in a car accident during a late-night rendezvous with her lover."
Qin Ruan scrolled down and saw a picture of a man and a woman passionately kissing inside a luxury car.
There was another image below that, showing a man in a white shirt about to push the woman down.
Both pictures had enlarged versions of the man and woman in the top left corner.
It was quite impressive that they were kissing while driving.
As for the image of them falling, it didn't seem like it was taken while driving—it had the vibe of a live broadcast.
Couldn't they have gone to a hotel? Instead, they chose to perform such an eye-catching scene under surveillance.
The focus was on the third picture, where the man was driving, and the woman was also driving.
However, the woman's driving was different from the car mentioned before.
She seemed to be looking for something, leaning close to the driver's seat, out of the view of the surveillance cameras.
The man held the steering wheel with one hand and kept driving.
His other hand was resting on the head of the woman surnamed Su.
Staring at the surname Su, Qin Ruan asked with confusion, "Su Jingshu's mother is also surnamed Su?"
Hou Yunjiao's eyes contained deep meaning as he casually replied, "She is his aunt, and also her mother."
"..." Qin Ruan's brain instantly hit a dead end. Her lip twitched as she stared at Hou Yunjiao serious expression, "Does it mean what I think it means?"
"It is and it isn't." Hou Yunjiao lightly laughed and explained, "Su Jingshu's mother has no blood relation to the head of the Su family, it's just a nominal title."
"That's a relief, then."
The disdain and disgust on Qin Ruan's face faded away.
If Su Jingshu's background is indeed against ethical morals, it's truly disgusting.
Of course, it's not her that's disgusting, after all, she had no choice in her birth. It's the master of the Su family and Su Jingshu's mother who are disgusting.
Qin Ruan scrolled down and finished reading the entire news article, which completely revealed the identity of Su Jingshu's mother.
She looked up and gazed at the man sitting beside her, smiling as she spoke, "According to reason, this kind of news should have been suppressed. Is it intentional on the part of the Hou family?"
Hou Yunjiao replied naturally, "Otherwise, how could the Su family suffer losses?"
Qin Ruan nodded lightly, thinking that this move was quite ruthless.
She placed the tablet on the table and picked up the napkin beside her to wipe her lips.
In the midst of these actions, she organized the words spoken by the man.
Qin Ruan put down the napkin and looked at the man beside her with certainty, "I understand. Lin Hao should be a member of the Hou family. It's just that with someone from the Su family present last night, you had to create the illusion of wanting to kill him."
"But I think Hou Qiang really wanted to eliminate Lin Hao last night. If I hadn't shown up, would Lin Hao really have died?"
Hou Yunjiao's eyes were filled with a hint of admiration as he smiled, "What's your guess?"
Qin Ruan replied with certainty, "I guess you wouldn't have killed Lin Hao."
Hearing her certainty, a deeper smile appeared on Hou Yunjiao's face, and he felt quite pleased inside.
He looked at Qin Ruan affectionately and teased, "You trust me that much?"
Qin Ruan nodded, affirming once again, "I trust the father of my child. He wouldn't bear the burden of an innocent life lost."
Perhaps due to her serious and persistent attitude, Hou Yunjiao stopped teasing her, "Hou Qiang and the others don't know anything. Lin Hao will be taken to the Hall of Punishment, but everyone there belongs to me."
Qin Ruan's tense little face broke into a bright smile, "I understand."
As long as Hou Yunjiao's hands didn't touch innocent lives, it wouldn't have much impact on his own fate.
This made Qin Ruan breathe a sigh of relief. She was still counting on this man to live a long life, accompanying her and their child through their lives.
Hou Yunjiao didn't know Qin Ruan's worries. He spoke slowly, "I don't know how you know Lin Hao or what kind of relationship you have, but now he has a legitimate reason to appear in front of everyone. In a way, it's his good fortune resulting from a disaster. I have to thank him for that incident. Otherwise, my Ruan Ruan would have been bullied by bad people, and the latter half of my life would have been lonely."
As he spoke, there was a strong sense of teasing and mockery in his words, along with a hint of seduction.
Qin Ruan ignored his explicit and implicit teasing and frowned unhappily, "Sir, please don't speak casually."
In her past life, this man did indeed remain unmarried throughout his life, ending up as a lonely individual.
But it's not entirely accurate to say that. He was a lonely individual before he died, but after his death, he was buried beside her and their child, bringing the three of them together.
Hou Yunjiao smiled
faintly and remained silent. Sometimes he couldn't understand Qin Ruan's sensitivities.
Clearly, sometimes she didn't care about human life, but sometimes she was quite persistent.
Qin Ruan changed the topic: "If I hadn't shown up last night, what would have happened to Lin Hao next?"
Huo Yunqiao replied, "He would have been taken away overnight."
Qin Ruan pursed her lips and said, "As expected, there are many troubles in big families. My dad was right."
When his father-in-law was mentioned, Hou Yunjiao asked with concern, "Is father-in-law doing well recently?"
Qin Ruan replied, "He's doing fine. As long as he undergoes regular check-ups and nothing unexpected happens, living a long and healthy life is not a problem."
Comments
Post a Comment