Su Miao was immediately turned over by Shen Changji, who silenced all her resistance with a kiss.

She was so breathless from his kiss that she didn't even have the strength to push him away.

Shen Changji looked up at her beautiful face, his Adam's apple bobbing. Unconsciously, the hand he was holding reached to her waist, drawing closer to her.

Su Miao froze for a moment, her ears turning red.

"Chen Changji...you are shameless!"

"This isn't the first time I've been shameless; you should have known that long ago."

Upon hearing this, Su Miao could only attack him with her teeth.

"If you mess around again, I'll kick you out of bed!"

She gently calmed her breathing, her flushed face glistening with sweat and her hair sticking to her hair, her eyes fixed intently on the long silence.

Shen Changji looked at her, his tone carrying a subtle warning: "You cannot marry Xie Qin."

"I'll investigate Liu Jiaojiao's situation myself; you don't need to worry about it too much."

Su Miao was well aware of the current situation and dared not move at all.

Shen Changji took a deep breath, then pulled the blanket over Su Miao and said in a deep voice, "Let's go to bed."

"Then you really need to investigate carefully. Don't be fooled just because she looks at you with love in her eyes. Who knows, she might have ulterior motives for marrying you."

Su Miao, covered by the blanket, made muffled sounds.

Upon hearing this, Shen Changji scoffed dismissively.

Upon hearing this reaction, Su Miao couldn't help but roll her eyes from under the covers.

She knew that Shen Changji wouldn't really believe it.

After all, Liu Jiaojiao has cultivated her skills respectably over the years, and it wouldn't be something that could be done in a day or two if we really wanted to dig out all of her secrets.

Moreover, with such a good reputation, if she were someone else, she would also be fooled by her superficial charm.

Su Miao turned her back to the deep silence. Perhaps because it was late at night and the room was gradually becoming quiet, she slowly became sleepy.

Listening to the even breathing, Chen Changji couldn't help but turn to look at Su Miao.

That figure, so close yet so far, made him feel as if she were so far away, impossible to grasp.

He only knew that an indescribable emotion was surging within him, a feeling he had never experienced before...

Shen Changji reached out and pulled Su Miao into his arms, feeling her warm body and inexplicably feeling more at ease.

...

Liu Jiaojiao stood in Shen Changji's private residence, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

"Is he at the Duke's mansion again tonight?"

“Yes, Miss. General Shen has many military matters to attend to, and the old lady is not feeling well, so it’s getting late and he’s staying at the Duke’s mansion.” Cui’er said respectfully.

"Okay, you can go now."

Cui'er glanced at it, then lowered her eyes and left.

As soon as she stepped outside, she remembered what Aunt Gu had told her a while ago…

Actually, she had considered following General Shen... but she thought of her mistress. If she really betrayed her, her mistress would truly be all alone.

She had grown up with the young lady since childhood, so she felt a little reluctant to part with her.

Cui'er thought about it, but was more hesitant than anything else.

After seeing Cui'er leave, Liu Jiaojiao smiled faintly.

She had not forgotten what the man had told her earlier that day.

Stay calm...

But how could she remain calm? No matter what, she wanted to make Su Miao suffer!

As Liu Jiaojiao pondered, a plan flashed in her eyes.

While she's away from the Duke's mansion, she needs to act quickly.

...

The next morning, Liu Jiaojiao came to pay her respects to Old Madam Shen, but Old Madam Shen was unwell and did not see her.

Liu Jiaojiao turned around and went to the second wife's house.

The second wife always treated her kindly, so she took the opportunity to teach her some embroidery patterns.

"Jiaojiao, you have such skillful hands."

"Really? I'm glad you're happy, Second Mother. Grandmother wasn't feeling well today, I thought Sister Su would come."

Whenever Su Miao is mentioned, the second wife thinks of Xie Qin.

"I reckon that after your happy occasion with Ziji is over, this beautiful girl will be next."

Undeniably, in her eyes, Su Miaoming was indeed quite good.

First, she was able to enter the Duke's mansion, and then she was able to become involved with Xie Qin. She was considered to have climbed the social ladder. There are probably not many women in the world who can be as lucky as her!

Liu Jiaojiao: "Really? But I've recently heard rumors that the current Su sister isn't the real Su sister; it seems she came in with a fake identity."

Upon hearing this, the second wife's hand immediately stopped moving.

"Really?"

"I don't know either, I've only heard about it. Maybe it's false. Sister Su is so kind!"

Liu Jiaojiao only mentioned it briefly, but although the second wife did not doubt it, she did not completely believe it either.

...

When Su Miao got up, Shen Changji had already left.

Just as she opened the window, a cool breeze blew in.

"It rained last night, and the air feels much better now."

Tao'er was stunned when she heard this.

"Miss, it didn't rain last night."

"No?" Su Miao was taken aback.

"No! I didn't hear any rain. Are you hallucinating, Miss?"

"Didn't it rain heavily last night, and then Shen Changji came in to take shelter from the rain?"

"Has the eldest young master come? How come I didn't know? Could it be that I overslept..." Tao'er began to doubt herself.

Su Miao thought for a moment and immediately understood what was going on.

This man... is acting incredibly strangely!

They can lie so calmly!

Tao'er understood instantly when she saw Su Miao's expression.

So... General Shen secretly came in to see their young lady last night!

She knew it... General Shen was just being stubborn!

Su Miao rubbed her head, feeling somewhat unable to understand this man.

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