Chapter 261: Puzzled

In the smelly prison, Jiang Yirou, wearing prison clothes, huddled in a corner by the wall, shivering.

She couldn't remember how long she had been in there, and she didn't understand why she had ended up in this situation.

Every inch of this place is filled with the breath of death.

Not only was it cold and damp, but there was also an unpleasant, rotten smell.

It's okay during the day, but at night there are not only rats that come out to bite people, but sometimes you can also hear creepy howling sounds that make your blood boil.

Jiang Yirou has been locked up for some time, but no one from the Jiang family has ever come to see her.

If it weren't for the jailer who brought her meals on time every day, she would have thought that she had been forgotten by everyone.

Jiang Yirou tried hard to think about what went wrong with her plan, but she had no idea which step had gone wrong that led her to her current situation.

In this incident, it can be said that almost everyone's reaction was within Jiang Yirou's plan.

The only thing that caught her off guard and left her completely puzzled was Chen Lin's hunger strike.

When something like that happened, it was obviously her, a young girl, who suffered the loss.

She hasn't even tried to commit suicide yet, but Chen Lin has already started to act up.

Obviously Chen Lin had always been kind to her, and had even argued with Fang Qingyu for her several times.

Jiang Yirou dared to conclude that Chen Lin liked her, or at least did not reject her.

But why did he behave so abnormally later?

In fact, at the beginning, Chen Lin was not the person Jiang Yirou was satisfied with at all.

Although he has extraordinary appearance and noble birth.

But what the capital city has the most is young men of noble birth.

Among the many noblemen in the capital, there are some who are better than Chen Lin.

To be fair, judging purely by appearance and talent, Chen Lin is not actually ranked among the noblemen in the capital.

Jiang Yirou was raised by Xiao Han to be arrogant and look down on others.

Both of them were thinking of finding a young and promising nobleman in the capital to be Jiang Yiru's husband so that he could be better than Jiang Yining in the future.

Ever since Xie Yanqing coldly threatened her with a sword, Jiang Yirou had developed a fear for those crude military commanders, and wanted only to find her ideal husband among the gentle and refined young men from aristocratic families.

After getting to know Chen Lin through Jiang Can, Jiang Yirou also made a careful comparison among the young masters of aristocratic families.

Among those aristocratic families with similar power and status, or even superior to the Ningyang Marquisate, there are some particularly outstanding noblemen.

The three brothers of the Shen family, Zhou Zeyan, Jiang Cheng and the young marquis Xue Cong of the Guangping Marquisate, all look much better than Chen Lin.

In terms of talent and learning, Chen Lin is even less comparable to Shen Keting and Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Yirou had some ideas about those people.

But the three brothers of the Shen family and Zhou Zeyan only had eyes for their silly sister and couldn't see anyone else.

Jiang Yirou also thought about starting with that little fool, but the Shen and Zhou families protected that little fool like their own eyes, and there was no way to get close to him.

Later, when she accidentally witnessed how they dealt with those who spoke ill of the little fool, Jiang Yirou suddenly thought of Xie Yanqing who had a cold light in his eyes back then, and she stopped thinking about the Shen brothers and Zhou Zeyan.

As for Jiang Cheng, he is even more unreliable. If Jiang Yirou can still figure out who the Shen brothers and Zhou Zeyan care about, then she has no idea what Jiang Cheng is thinking.

At a party, Jiang Yirou saw Jiang Cheng eating snacks alone in the pavilion, so she found an excuse to approach him.

She wanted an excuse to stay and create an opportunity to be alone with Jiang Cheng, so she tentatively said that she was hungry.

Unexpectedly, after hearing her words, Jiang Cheng not only did not invite her to sit down like other noblemen did, but he ate the cakes faster.

While eating, Jiang Cheng kept staring at Jiang Yirou with a vigilant look, as if she would pounce on him and snatch his food.

Finally, he stuffed the last piece of pastry into his mouth right in front of her and left.

Jiang Yirou was simply stunned by the scene. She had never seen such an unromantic and ungraceful man.

Xue Cong was more normal than those others and was polite to everyone.

But no matter what tricks Jiang Yirou used, Xue Cong always kept a distance from her, and even his politeness revealed obvious alienation.

In the end, Jiang Yirou chose Chen Lin as her target because he had a normal personality and was easier to approach.

As it turned out, her choice was right.

Xiao Han said that men are born with a strong desire to protect weak things. As long as you show weakness to men, you can arouse their sympathy.

After being deliberately "troubled" by others in front of Chen Lin several times, Chen Lin completely took Jiang Yirou under his wing.

Once, I learned that Chen Lin and Fang Qingyu had made an appointment to fly kites at Wanliu Lake.

Jiang Yirou pretended to meet him by chance on the road he had to pass, and "accidentally" sprained her ankle.

The result, of course, was that Chen Lin sent Jiang Yirou back, leaving Fang Qingyu, who was unaware of the situation, waiting by the Wanliu Lake.

This trip back and forth naturally took a lot of time, and then it suddenly started to rain heavily.

Fang Qingyu got caught in the rain and caught a cold when she returned home. She also had a quarrel with Chen Lin.

Jiang Yirou patiently waited for Fang Qingyu to make a fuss for a few more days, so that Chen Lin would think that she was being spoiled and arrogant and would dislike her from then on.

Who would have thought that a few days later, Chen Lin actually went to the Duke of Ming's mansion in person to ask for peace.

Fang Qingyu was also a spineless person, and he made peace with Chen Lin after being coaxed into doing so.

But Jiang Yirou was not in a hurry. Xiao Han had told her that there is no man who does not like fishy things.

As long as you wait patiently, one day you will be able to win the man you like.

Jiang Yirou followed her plan step by step, gradually alienating the relationship between Chen Lin and Fang Qingyu.

She understood that no matter how deep the relationship between two people was, once there was a crack, others only needed to push it gently, and no matter how deep the friendship was before, it would disappear in an instant.

However, a series of events that happened later interrupted Jiang Yirou's plan. First, Xiao Han got into trouble, and then Jiang Jinrong hastily arranged a marriage for her.

Jiang Yirou has no way to go, and no way to retreat.

She didn't want to marry the son of that minor official, so she had to take a risky move.

But, in the end, it didn't happen.

Clearly everything was going according to her ideas, and clearly she had had sex with Chen Lin in public, which made it impossible for the Ningyang Marquisate to shirk responsibility, and also made Fang Qingyu completely heartbroken.

The Duke of Ming also cancelled the engagement, but what went wrong?

Could it be that she calculated wrongly?

But how could she be wrong?

Wasn't everything fine before?

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Jiang Yirou fell into self-doubt. On the other side of the prison, Xiao Han was looking at the person in front of her as if she had seen a ghost.

"Pei Lan, didn't you die together with that short-lived Han Yin? Why are you here?"

Xiao Hanshi remembered clearly that not long after Han Yin died, her courtyard caught fire. All those who had served Han Yin died, and Peilan was one of them.

Perrin looked at the disheveled little Han with joy in his eyes.

"I am the eyes left by the girl, watching your family's final fate on her behalf. How can I die?"

Xiao Han immediately realized that Peilan had faked her death. She glared at Peilan angrily, "Now that you have seen my fate, are you satisfied?"

A smile slowly spread across Perrin's face. "I'm quite satisfied. Actually, the reason I came here this time was not only to see how miserable you are, but also to tell you a good news."

Xiao Han still glared at Peilan with resentment. Her intuition told her that Peilan would definitely not be able to say anything good at this time.

But now she was in a cage, and no matter how much she hated Perrin, she could do nothing about him.

Perrin stared at the changing expression on Xiao Han's face, and she seemed to be even happier.

"You've been locked up for so long, you must have missed your child."

Hearing this, Xiao Han had a bad feeling in her heart.

Could it be that something happened to her Rouer and Xiaoran?

Didn't that coward Jiang Jinrong protect her child?

The next second, Perrin's words confirmed Xiao Han's guess -

"You probably don't know yet, but Jiang Yirou drugged the Ningyang Marquis' son and has been taken into custody."

Perrin smiled maliciously: "You two mother and daughter are really destined to be together. Not only do you live under the same roof, but you are also imprisoned in the same cell."