Chapter 11: A Misunderstanding About Elopement – ​​A Stranger Comes Knocking!

Zhang Sao's kneeling stunned everyone in the water room.

No one expected that Zhang Sao, who was just arrogant and domineering, would kneel down to Jiang Wu in front of so many people!

"Sister-in-law, what are you doing? Get up!"

"That's right, let's talk this out, why are you kneeling down!"

Several military wives nearby rushed over to help her.

But Aunt Zhang was paralyzed on the ground as if her bones had been removed, and she couldn't be pulled up no matter what.

She clung to Jiang Wu's leg, crying with snot and tears streaming down her face: "Sister-in-law! I was wrong! I was really wrong!"

"I'm just a smart aleck! I'm just jealous of how good-looking you are, and I'm jealous of how much Commander Qin dotes on you!"

"I'm just jealous! I'm just talking nonsense! Please don't take it to heart!"

While crying, she secretly glanced at Jiang Wu's face out of the corner of her eye.

She's really scared now.

Jiang Wu's words were like several knives, each one stabbing at her Achilles' heel.

She dared not gamble, nor could she afford to!

Jiang Wu looked down at Zhang Sao, who was clinging to her leg and crying her eyes out, her eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.

Of course she knew about what happened in Zhang's family. This was all thanks to the divine sense she had cultivated in the Hehuan Sect in her previous life.

Although he has lost all his spiritual power and his divine sense is pitifully weak, it is still more than enough to cover this small family compound and find out some secrets about family life.

Last night, she used her divine sense to hear Zhang Sao and her husband Lao Wang arguing, and also learned about their theft of military raincoats and their resale to relatives back home.

She hadn't intended to expose this. After all, it's better to avoid trouble.

But this woman was really going too far, and he just had to run into her trap.

Then she had no choice but to "make an example of someone."

"Aunt Zhang, get up." Jiang Wu said calmly.

"I have no interest in your family matters."

"I'm speaking frankly today simply to tell you a lesson." She paused, a hint of coldness in her voice, "Be mindful of your words. Otherwise, you won't even know when retribution will come."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhang trembled even more violently.

She could easily understand the warning in Jiang Wu's words; she was being given a warning!

"Yes, yes, yes! Sister-in-law is right! I'll remember it! I'll never dare to do it again!" She nodded vigorously, almost kowtowing to Jiang Wu.

Jiang Wu looked at her like this and also felt it was pointless.

She pulled her leg away and took a step back: "Alright, get up. What kind of image is this with so many people watching?"

After saying that, she ignored Aunt Zhang on the ground and the dumbfounded military wives around her, and went to an empty faucet to start washing clothes.

She washed very carefully and quietly, as if she weren't the one who had just been so assertive and had made Aunt Zhang kneel down and beg for mercy.

The water room was eerily quiet.

Everyone looked at Jiang Wu with a completely new, awe-inspiring gaze.

This woman is no ordinary person!

She is no longer the "drama queen" who only knew how to cry and throw tantrums.

She has become unfathomable, and no one dares to provoke her easily.

Aunt Zhang knelt on the ground for a while, and seeing that Jiang Wu really didn't intend to pursue the matter any further, she stood up shakily with the help of others.

She didn't even bother washing her clothes; she grabbed the basin and slunk away from this place that had made her lose face.

After this incident, no one dared to gossip about Jiang Wu anymore.

In fact, their gazes toward Jiang Wu now held a hint of flattery and fawning.

"Sister-in-law, this basin is heavy, shall I help you carry it back?"

"Jiang Wu, you don't look too well. Did you not sleep well last night? I have some brown sugar at home. Shall I bring you some to help you recover?"

That's just how realistic the world is for women.

When you are weak, everyone wants to kick you while you're down; when you are strong, everyone wants to curry favor with you.

Jiang Wu remained lukewarm towards their advances.

After she finished washing and hanging the clothes to dry, she went home.

Closing the door shuts out all the noise and disturbances from the outside world.

She lay in bed with her eyes closed, and began to think about her next plan.

Qin Lie's side has made initial progress.

Although the man didn't say it, his body language spoke volumes.

He had already fallen for her.

What she needs to do next is to slowly boil him like a frog in warm water, gradually winning him over completely.

After today's commotion, no one should bother her in the family compound for a while.

Everything seems to be moving in a positive direction.

However, Jiang Wu overlooked the biggest "time bomb," which was the "lover" left behind by the original owner who was preparing to elope—Zhou Mingyuan.

In the afternoon, Jiang Wu was reading a book in her room.

I was reading a book called "The Barefoot Doctor's Manual".

Although she possessed the pills from the Hehuan Sect, those pills were potent and only provided temporary relief.

Her body is severely depleted right now, and she will need the medical expertise of this world to fully recover.

She was engrossed in watching when a commotion suddenly broke out outside the courtyard.

"Jiang Wu! Come out here!" A man's voice rang out angrily at the courtyard gate.

Immediately following was the sound of neighbors chattering amongst themselves.

"Hey, isn't this Zhou, the cadre in the cultural troupe who plays the violin?"

"What does he want with Commander Qin's wife?"

"Judging from his angry look, is he here to cause trouble?"

Jiang Wu's heart skipped a beat when she heard the words "Director Zhou".

She put down her book, walked to the window, and quietly looked outside.

A man wearing a white shirt and gold-rimmed glasses was standing at the gate of her yard.

The man was fair-skinned and refined, but there was a hint of gloom and impatience in his eyes.

It was Zhou Mingyuan, the one she had promised to elope with in the original owner's memories.

Why did he come knocking on our door?

Jiang Wu frowned.

In the original owner's memory, she met Zhou Mingyuan at a military region performance.

Zhou Mingyuan was a violinist in the cultural troupe. He was handsome and knew how to say sweet nothings, which made the original owner of the body very fond of him.

The original owner thought she had met her true love. For him, she was willing to divorce Qin Lie and even abandon everything to elope with him.

They agreed to meet at the dock on the afternoon Qin Lie returned from the army, and then take a boat together to leave the island.

But that day, Jiang Wu traveled through time.

She was busy dealing with Qin Lie and had long forgotten about Zhou Mingyuan.

Unexpectedly, he came to us himself!

"Jiang Wu! I know you're in there! Open the door!" Seeing no response from inside, Zhou Mingyuan started banging on the gate again, this time with even louder banging.

His commotion attracted even more onlookers.

The military spouses in the family compound all ran out of their homes and gathered outside the compound, pointing and whispering.

"What exactly is going on? What is the relationship between this Zhou secretary and Jiang Wu?"

"You don't know yet? I've heard that Jiang Wu was so desperate to get a divorce, all because of this Zhou!"

"What?! Really?!"

"It's absolutely true! I heard they've even bought tickets to elope!"

"My God! So now... how come she's getting together with Commander Qin again? And... and he even carried her back?"

"Who knows! I think this woman is fickle, always wanting more than she has!"

"So when this Secretary Zhou came to our door, wasn't it... to catch them in the act?"

Every word of the crowd's discussion reached Jiang Wu's ears.

Her face darkened.

She knew she had to go out and resolve this problem.

Otherwise, her hard-won reputation would be completely ruined.

Moreover, if Qin Lie found out that a random man had come to his door because of a "runaway" affair...

Jiang Wu couldn't imagine the consequences.

She straightened her clothes and expression, then opened the door and went out.

As soon as she appeared, all the discussions stopped.

All eyes were on her, some with curiosity, some with disdain, and some with schadenfreude.

Jiang Wu seemed oblivious to those gazes.

She walked straight to the gate of the courtyard and looked at Zhou Mingyuan through the fence.

P.S.: I almost missed the bus today, and standing in the cold wind made me so emo…

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