But seeing that Qin Tian didn't want to talk about it anymore, she didn't press him further.

In the evening, Su Wantang and Lu Linchuan stayed in the room.

"Lin Chuan, I think Li Xiumei is not good enough for my uncle, whether in terms of character or anything else," Su Wantang muttered softly.

"What my uncle meant was that Li Xiumei married my uncle because he saved her life."

“Hmm,” Lu Linchuan said, “I don’t think Li Xiumei is a kind-hearted person. She doesn’t do things without a reason, and she doesn’t seem like the kind of person who would save people.”

"I hope she won't do anything to hurt her uncle," Su Wantang sighed.

"Hmm, don't think about it too much. It's getting late, go to sleep." Lu Linchuan hugged Su Wantang, pinched her cheek, and comforted her softly.

"Um."

Su Wantang nodded, and the couple fell asleep in each other's arms.

It was late at night.

Seeing that Qin Tian had fallen asleep, Li Xiumei heard the sweet call of the cuckoo outside the window, quietly got up, and slipped out of the house.

She arrived at an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of the city, familiar with the place.

Wang Wu was already waiting there. As soon as he saw her, he roughly pulled her into his arms and his hands roamed freely.

"Missing me?" His voice carried a hint of mockery.

Li Xiumei half-heartedly agreed, but complained, "You're pushing me so hard, how can I concentrate? Qin Tian, ​​that blockhead, has been very wary lately."

"Hmph, so what if you're wary? He's still obediently raised our son for so many years." Wang Wu pinched her chin, his eyes filled with contempt.

Li Xiumei's body stiffened for a moment, then went limp and clung to his neck.

"And you say that? If it weren't for you, I would never have ended up with him. My child has to call someone else 'Dad.'" Her voice was filled with grievance.

She was desperate back then, and Wang Wu saved her. The two of them then started a relationship.

Later, Wang Wu recognized Qin Tian's scientific research value and orchestrated everything.

The so-called "assassination" was just a play arranged by Wang Wu, with the aim of making Li Xiumei appear by Qin Tian's side in a natural way and staging a "beauty saves the hero" drama.

The so-called "responsibility" is utter nonsense.

While taking care of Qin Tian, ​​one time, Qin Tian drank too much, and while he was fast asleep, Li Xiumei had already taken off her clothes and lay down on his bed.

The next day, when Qin Tian woke up, he saw the woman beside him and the fake "blood" on the sheets. He thought he had done something beastly while drunk.

Out of a sense of responsibility as an upright man, and also out of guilt towards his "savior," he had no choice but to take responsibility for Li Xiumei and marry her.

In reality, nothing happened that night.

The child in Li Xiumei's womb was Wang Wu's from the very beginning.

"Don't forget your mission," Wang Wu whispered in her ear. "Stay by his side and extract information. Once the mission is complete, I'll take you and the child far away to live a good life."

Li Xiumei was swayed by his empty promises and nodded with a dazed look in her eyes.

She was already too deeply involved in this scam to extricate herself.

The two were entangled together, and obscene sounds echoed all around.

...

The morning sun was shining brightly, but Lu Linchuan had no heart to appreciate it.

He was holding a newly translated telegram in his hand, the edges of the paper wrinkled from his grip.

The telegram was brief, but of great importance.

Instructions from higher command: Recently, a group of enemy agents codenamed "Locusts" has been unusually active, targeting several key domestic scientific research projects. Lu Linchuan is ordered to immediately establish a special task force, sparing no effort to eradicate this cancer and protect the security of national scientific research achievements.

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