Free Web NovelChapter 568: Chapter 567: Love-Struck at Home 49
"I still don’t quite understand Su Man’s motives." Lu Yan was cooking, and he naturally knew about Su Man’s sentencing. The reason for targeting Chenchen was that they were at odds in the Jiang Family back then, and she disclosed her affair with Gu Lingfei shortly after getting married, prompting revenge.
This confession of hers didn’t seem fake, after all, given Su Man’s abilities, lying would easily be exposed.
Ah Chen stood by watching the pot, listening to his words, and said, "There are people who kill for a penny or a word in this world; logic isn’t always present."
"True." Lu Yan’s brows relaxed, it made sense, some things just aren’t logical.
"In a few days, I have to go out again." He continued, "A secret mission."
Ah Chen didn’t ask more, lightly nodding, "Go ahead, stay safe."
She wasn’t worried about Lu Yan running into trouble, having encountered all sorts herself, if she couldn’t protect anyone, it would make her seem incompetent.
"Be careful at home alone." Lu Yan reminded her, then noticed her smiling gaze, and silently swallowed all his words. Better to watch out for those with bad intentions instead.
He was confident; however many came, that many would fall.
No one at his unit knew how formidable his wife was.
Except for him!
In a daze, he remembered something: did Chenchen know about Su Man’s abnormalities? But thinking this far, Lu Yan didn’t ask further.
As long as she’s alright.
A few days later, Lu Yan went on his mission.
But he never expected, this mission was somehow connected to the Gu Family.
Upon realizing this, he became more cautious, even harboring a secret expectation that if they could catch something on the Gu Family, it would be great. He hadn’t forgotten what Chenchen said before about Gu Lingfei having blood on his hands.
Even if Chenchen was formidable, letting a murderer like Gu Lingfei roam free was unsafe for others.
Then his mission partners noticed, Lu Yan seemed to have a grudge against the Gu Family.
Ah Chen was unaware of this, since the mission was confidential.
Recently, her life was peaceful; she heard Gu Lingfei was doing well.
He hadn’t come looking for her, seemingly having given up.
In a blink, a year passed, yet Lu Yan had not returned.
Su Man’s issue also calmed down, and Gu Lingfei hadn’t shown up in the village since; talks about Su Man gradually ceased, but mentioning it still drew attention.
Jiang Maohua changed a lot, aside from tending to greenhouse vegetables, he focused on caring for Jiang Aiguo and his wife, occasionally calling Ah Chen and Jiang Maochuan, and sending them things.
Chen Xiuying mentioned whether he wanted to go on blind dates, but he refused, saying he wasn’t in the mood for it now.
Chen Xiuying didn’t push further, things were better than before now.
At that time, when Ah Chen went out alone, she was pointed at by a gangster with a black pipe in an alley and was made to board a car.
After getting in the car, there were people on both sides pointing at her, obviously the backer knew of her prowess and made thorough preparations this time.
Subsequently, she was injected with a drug.
She didn’t resist, as long as she wanted to, those drugs wouldn’t harm her at all.
Having waited so long, Gu Lingfei finally made a move, and she quite looked forward to it.
In this era, technology was backward, and the internet not yet developed, making it troublesome to find evidence on Gu Lingfei.
If she rashly investigated Gu Lingfei, many things couldn’t be explained clearly.
After all, her task was solely to protect the Jiang Family, no need to make a big deal out of it.
So she decided to wait for him to make a move, then when the unit knew she was caught, they could investigate Gu Lingfei justifiably and capture him in one fell swoop.
The captors saw her slump down on the seat and finally relaxed a bit.
No matter how skilled, she couldn’t resist drugs.
Half a day later, she was taken to a secluded place, finally meeting Gu Lingfei.
Seeing the astonishment in Ah Chen’s eyes, Gu Lingfei laughed, "Miss Jiang, long time no see."
From the moment Jiang Chen was captured, Gu Lingfei hadn’t planned on letting her return alive.
If she cured him, he might spare her life, so she could stay and work for him.
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Naturally, he didn’t trust Jiang Chen, so he hired people with similar symptoms for her to treat first.
One must admit that Gu Lingfei was clever; he’d likely catch another in his scheme.
Unfortunately, he faced Ah Chen.
"So, Miss Jiang, do consider carefully."
Ah Chen asked, "Even if I cured you, you wouldn’t let me return."
"But I can give Miss Jiang wealth and honor far better than your current life. However, before that, Miss Jiang needs to do some things to prove herself," smiled Gu Lingfei. Proving meant committing crimes punishable by death if caught by authorities. Then he suddenly had an idea, "If Miss Jiang wishes to continue her current work, it’s not impossible, but your whole Jiang Family must join."
Then they could have police connections too.
From investigations, it was clear Jiang Chen cared greatly for the Jiang Family.
If the whole Jiang Family was dragged into the water, he didn’t believe Jiang Chen wouldn’t comply, risking her family was different from facing death alone.
Ah Chen chuckled, "You dream beautifully."
"Unfortunately, I really can’t heal," she said regrettably, "Who’d have thought that my initial bluff caught you."
Gu Lingfei frowned, trying to see lies in Ah Chen’s face.
"Miss Jiang, are you joking?"
According to the investigation, the smoking cessation remedy Jiang Chen provided to Jiang Aiguo was real, thus he hadn’t doubted Jiang Chen’s capabilities in Daoist medicine.
Little did he know, this was a trap set by Ah Chen.
In this world, she never intended to show any medical skills, so aside from that remedy, no miraculous prescription would appear.
"Not joking, I was indeed bluffing Boss Gu earlier. Before you returned, Su Man’s conduct wasn’t normal, considering years of her behavior, I guessed there was continued contact. Such a capable man like Boss Gu, returning for her probably meant illness."
"My actions were aimed at sowing discord, after all, Su Man caused great harm to my second brother, how could I let her live comfortably."
"But who’d have thought she turned against me and landed in prison."
"Today, Boss Gu’s actions confirmed one thing: birds of a feather."
Gu Lingfei’s face was grim. He had contemplated Jiang Chen’s refusal but never thought her initial bluffing was meant to sow discord between him and Su Man.
How could this be?
Does it mean his ailment couldn’t be cured?
How detestable was Jiang Chen!
Ah Chen laughed; hating someone was quite easy.
But he would hate her even more soon.
"I don’t believe you." Gu Lingfei coldly said, "Leave her to you, make sure to extract everything she knows."
Even if there wasn’t, he wouldn’t let Jiang Chen die easily.
She deserved death.
But had to be tormented first.
"Now that Boss Gu is done, isn’t it my turn?"
As Gu Lingfei turned to leave, Ah Chen’s voice sounded behind him. He turned abruptly, only to see the henchmen’s weapons in her hands, leaving them defenseless, the black pipe now pointing at him.
His forehead was drenched in sweat.
What was going on?
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