"Miaomiao, you've gone too far if you keep acting up!"

Even as he was being beaten on the ground, Shen Qingming still refused to accept that Ruan Miaomiao was different from the one in his dream. He always felt that this change in her was because she was still angry about her past life.

Or rather, that's what he was hoping for.

However, he couldn't help but feel resentful after being hit: Why couldn't this woman be as gentle and lovely as in his dreams?

"Miaomiao, you're angry right now, I'll forgive you no matter what you do."

But if you hurt me, aren't you the one who's heartbroken...?

"..."

Ruan Miaomiao felt disgusted and hit him even harder, beating Shen Qingming, who was still trying to act affectionate, until he begged for mercy.

Seeing this, Ruan Miaomiao, who had enjoyed hitting him, finally stopped.

However, as soon as he stopped, Shen Qingming's morbid ailment flared up.

A pair of eyes were disgustingly fixed on Ruan Miaomiao, and a resentful tone, almost suffocatingly so, said, "Miaomiao, you weren't like this before..."

You shouldn't be like this...

"So what should I be like?"

Hearing Shen Qingming's words, Ruan Miaomiao found it amusing and retorted with a mocking expression.

Upon hearing Ruan Miaomiao's question, Shen Qingming opened his mouth, but awkwardly couldn't utter a sound.

However, Ruan Miaomiao said all the things he couldn't say: "Shen Qingming, do you think that no matter what happens between you and Zhao Xiuyun, as long as you pretend that you are just friends, childhood friends, or childhood sweethearts, I, Ruan Miaomiao, can't care about the ambiguity between you?"

I, Ruan Miaomiao, deserve to send you, Shen Qingming, things and resources, so that you can use my things to show off.

My Ruan family should help you rise to prominence and live a life of glory.

Although you are practically a son-in-law of the Ruan family, we can't treat you too badly. We have to consider your pathetic pride in everything we do, otherwise, you'll accuse us of being domineering.

"But Shen Qingming, how can there be so many 'shoulds'?"

Ruan Miaomiao's sneer was so blatant that it hurt Shen Qingming's eyes, but his mind was filled with the words the woman had just said, and he excitedly asked, "Miaomiao, you, you, you also know these things, you also dreamed about your past life like me, right?"

Miaomiao, since you dreamed about your past life, you should know how happy we were before.

Our current situation is wrong. We need to correct the mistakes, reconcile, and return to the happy state we once were.

Miaomiao…

Shen Qingming's eyes were filled with longing for Ruan Miaomiao, or rather, for the Ruan family and for the beautiful life they once shared.

However, Ruan Miaomiao on the other side only gave a cold smile:

"Shen Qingming, you and Zhao Xiuyun are really funny. One of you came to test me with coded messages like 'Imperial Jade Liquor' and 'Which excavator technology is the best', while the other keeps saying that she dreamed about her past life."

"What, you adulterous couple, what scheme have you devised this time to deceive me?"

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Shen Qingming was utterly shocked upon hearing Ruan Miaomiao's words:

Those slogans are all well-known in later generations. If Xiuyun uses them to test Ruan Miaomiao, wouldn't that prove that Xiuyun also dreamed about her past life?

Although he had long suspected that Xiuyun might have dreamt about her past life, Shen Qingming was still incredibly shocked to be certain now.

However, the most important thing right now is Ruan Miaomiao.

"Miaomiao, you, you can't deny it, you dreamed about it too, didn't you?"

Shen Qingming couldn't accept that he and Ruan Miaomiao would have no more entanglement whatsoever. His eyes were red, and he questioned Ruan Miaomiao like a heartbroken person.

However, Ruan Miaomiao simply shook her head gently and replied earnestly, "I don't know what you dreamed about, but I never dream when I sleep."

Ruan Miaomiao did not admit it!

Why should she admit it?

After admitting it, will she continue to be entangled with Shen Qingming?

Besides, feudal superstition is strictly forbidden in this era. Admitting these things in front of so many people would be like handing someone a handle against you.

Therefore, not only did she refuse to admit it, she also wanted to stab Shen Qingming in the heart.

"Shen Qingming, is it because you can't endure hardship that you made up this lie about marrying me, having children, and living a happy life with me, trying to deceive me, make me change my mind, and then continue to support you as before?"

Ruan Miaomiao raised an eyebrow, her bright features filled with mockery and disdain: "But, Shen Qingming, I've never had a good life before, and I've never met a good man, so I was easily fooled by you."

However, I, Ruan Miaomiao, am no longer blind. A man like you, who is as indifferent as a chrysanthemum, never competes or fights, and is as serene as the wind and the bright moon, is actually the most disgusting.

Even though you desperately want it, you pretend you don't, as if you're the one forcing yourself to have it.

It's not like I, Ruan Miaomiao, am so eager to give you money. But if you hadn't implied to me that you were poor, would I have given you money?

A person who's blind once is fine; if they're blind again, they might as well be dead!

"No, no, it's not, Miaomiao, it's not..."

Shen Qingming was shocked that Ruan Miaomiao would tear off her disguise in front of so many people, and he panicked.

He denied it repeatedly, but Ruan Miaomiao ruthlessly exposed him: "Stop pretending, Shen Qingming, you are a shameless person who pretends to be virtuous even though you are a prostitute."

"Look at you now, after I, Ruan Miaomiao, sobered up and stopped clinging to you, are you even willing to sleep with Aunt Yuhua for the sake of making a living?"

"No, no, Miaomiao, Aunt Yuhua and I are truly innocent..."

Ruan Miaomiao's words were too vicious, but Shen Qingming had no choice but to explain.

However, before he could even open his mouth, Ruan Miaomiao slapped him across the face, sending him flying.

"How many times have I told you not to call me Miaomiao? We're not that close!"

"Comrade Ruan..."

Even after being slapped away, Shen Qingming still wanted to keep Ruan Miaomiao with him.

After all, having experienced that beautiful dream, Shen Qingming knew all too well what Ruan Miaomiao and the Ruan family could bring him.

However, Ruan Miaomiao didn't give him a chance to act, and scolded him mercilessly: "Shen Qingming, I'm warning you, you better not be so shameless as to come in front of me again. You should know what kind of family the Ruan family is. Do you believe that even if I cut off your legs or kill you, I will be fine?"

Despite the vicious and threatening language, Ruan Miaomiao wore a cryptic, mocking smile as she spoke.

Instantly, cold sweat broke out on Shen Qingming's back: he knew that what this woman said was true.

He knew that this woman was indeed capable of doing it!

It was precisely because Shen Qingming knew this clearly that he understood exactly what he had lost...