"There's a door ahead..."

Before Ling Junye could finish speaking, the girl's figure disappeared.

He coughed softly, a sharp and calculating glint in his eyes, then turned and went back into the house. He pulled a dagger from the drawer and continued to stab his arm.

The morning sun shone through the window into the ward.

Jiang Pengyue came over with a lunchbox containing millet porridge and two meat buns. She apologized to Xu Manzhi for the Ling family's refusal to see her the previous night.

Xu Manzhi, whose bandage had been re-wrapped, took the meat bun and munched on it for a few bites.

The meat juices dripped onto her lips.

She wiped her fingers with her fingers, then licked them before slowly raising her head to meet Jiang Pengyue's gaze. She said softly, "It's not enough for you to go; Third Brother has to come in person."

"But--"

Jiang Jiuhe's temper was so bad that even she was afraid of him.

Xu Manzhi made excessive demands as soon as she opened her mouth.

That's because she hasn't suffered at the hands of her third brother!

"Comrade Jiang Pengyue, my face is not feeling well. I feel like I can't deal with Comrade Zhou who is so eager to please. He's too difficult to handle. Let him go somewhere cool and stay there."

"Okay, I promise I'll go beg Third Brother. Please just shut up."

Jiang Pengyue was so angry that she gritted her teeth.

But there was nothing they could do.

"Why do you insist on inviting Ling Junye to dinner? He won't like you. Even if you strip naked and offer yourself to his bed, he won't even glance at you and will just throw you out!"

It's not like no one has ever done it before.

Ling Junye's ancestors included a remarkable figure who had very close ties with higher-ups. If it weren't for his poor health and long-term illness, he would have been promoted long ago.

Even so, there was no shortage of people wanting him as their son-in-law.

His sickly youthful aura attracted many girls who, without any regard for their own dignity, only wanted to be with him forever.

Ling Yunye's self-discipline was so great that even the Ling family was afraid of him.

Xu Manzhi leaned back on the bed, eating with great comfort, and said, "You don't need to worry about it. Anyway, I must repay his life-saving grace. How do you know I can't do it if I don't try?"

In the original owner's memories, Ling Junye's people frequently approached her, trying to get to her by sending her money and gifts, attempting to ruin the Jiang family's reputation and bring down the mighty Jiang family in one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, Jiang Jiuhe was keeping a close eye on things.

They never succeeded.

She was a naive woman, but she could piece together the original owner's memories one by one. To deliver a heavy blow to Jiang Mingda, she had to first cut off his right and left arms.

Jiang Jiuhe was his right-hand man.

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