Chapter 105 “Tell me if you’re unhappy, and I’ll comfort you.”
Lu Rang explained: "Marriage certificate."
Shang Wu: "?"
She stared wide-eyed and held up the marriage certificate to look at it.
"It's a family tradition. Getting a marriage certificate with me isn't enough. To gain the approval of the entire family, you have to sign your name on this betrothal document, which is similar to a family genealogy."
“I’ve been prepared for this for a long time. Once you’ve resolved the merchant’s case and settled things completely with Zhou Yanci, I’ll come to you with the marriage certificate. This is what I told you to sign.”
Lu Rang remained calm and unhurried throughout, but as he spoke, his fingertips became stiff with tension.
"You want me to marry you?" Shang Wu could hardly believe her eyes. The marriage certificate was filled with the signatures of women from Lu Rang's family. The names that flashed by on the first two pages seemed somewhat familiar to her.
Lu Rang asked, "Is that alright?"
Shang Wu took a deep breath and immediately placed the marriage certificate on his lap.
"Your family doesn't agree, so why sign a marriage certificate? Besides, it's a bit too early for us to talk about this now."
Lu Rang's expression darkened slightly; he had long anticipated that she wouldn't agree immediately upon seeing this.
He carefully put the marriage certificate away.
"I didn't expect you to agree now. Let me show you."
Shang Wu was taken aback.
Lu Rang pursed his thin lips slightly: "Is there anything else that's bothering you? Tell me, and I'll comfort you."
Shang Wu looked coldly at Lu Rang.
He wasn't the type to express himself passionately, but he did his best to give her a sense of security.
For this reason, they even brought out the marriage certificate.
Shang Wu couldn't quite explain this feeling.
It's unclear whether it was Lu Rang's actions at that moment that moved her, or whether the fact that he carried the marriage certificate with him, hoping that her signature would be even more touching.
Seeing that Shang Wu was too drunk to speak, Lu Rang went over to help her unbuckle her seatbelt and take her out of the car to clear her head.
But as soon as he got close, Shang Wu quickly turned her face away.
"No, I've been drinking."
Lu Rang was stunned for a moment: "What?"
Shang Wu covered her mouth to avoid getting too close to him.
"I've been drinking, so I can't kiss."
Lu let her unbuckle her seatbelt.
The seatbelt snapped open.
Lu Rang gave a half-smile, looking down at her: "Who told you I was going to kiss you? Get out of the car."
He went downstairs and opened the car door for Shang Wu.
Shang Wu got out of the car with his arm around her arm. She looked around and realized that this was a place she had never paid attention to before.
Standing on the bridge and looking across the river, you can see a row of brightly lit office buildings in the business district.
Even at this hour, the office buildings are still mostly lit up, and everyone is working hard and living their lives.
Just like her.
Shang Wu sighed.
"Lu Rang, who exactly are you? Can you tell me?"
Lu Rang turned his head to look at her, his eyes growing even deeper in the darkness: "I'll explain everything to you properly after everything is over. It's not something that can be explained in a few words now."
Shang Wu said discontentedly, "Then can't you just tell me the whole story clearly instead of just a few words?"
“Not now,” Lu Rang smiled. “I’m afraid you’ll be scared away if you hear that.”
"No, that won't happen," Shang Wu said firmly.
Lu Rang paused slightly, but before he could speak, his phone rang.
He answered the call and immediately switched to speakerphone.
A deep, steady voice, tinged with a sense of vicissitude, came from inside.
"Xiao Rang, we've investigated everything for you. The last member of their gang has confessed, and we can now submit the case to the court for arrest. When do you plan to take action?"
Shang Wu shuddered and her mind immediately cleared.
She mouthed the question to Lu Rang.
"Was that a call from the Inspectorate?"
Lu Rang nodded slightly.
Without hesitation, Shang Wu made a three-point gesture.
Lu Rang said, "The arrest will be carried out in three days. I will coordinate this matter with the court."
He hung up the phone and looked at Shang Wu.
“You can expose Zhou Yanci’s actions and send him to jail. Then, whether it’s Ji Yu or anyone else who helped him, he will be sentenced to life imprisonment.”
Shang Wu was both satisfied and dissatisfied with the answer.
Given the combined severity of his crimes, Zhou Yanci should indeed go to jail.
But she didn't want the other person to just go to jail.
Zhou Yanci had to experience the same harm that her brother and parents had suffered.
Shang Wu asked, "Do you have any influence that you can use against Zhou Yanci in prison?"
Lu Rang: "How do we do it?"
Shang Wu pressed further, "Can you do it?"
“Tell me, and I’ll arrange it.” Lu Rang looked at her leisurely, and seeing that her hand was still outside, he grabbed it and stuffed it into the pocket of his coat.
Warmed by his warm hands, Shang Wu became more and more energetic.
“The drugs he gave my father will continue to be used on him even after he goes to prison. We’ll also arrange for a few guys who like to fight to be his cellmates and teach him a lesson every day. In short, no part of his body will be alright.”
After saying this in one breath, Shang Wu thought for a moment and added, "If he dares to resist, pour chili water into his mouth. The more uncomfortable he is, the better."
After hearing her words, Lu Rang's eyes became full of affection.
He lifted Shang Wu's chin: "So ruthless?"
"Of course we have to be ruthless, this isn't enough yet." Shang Wu had many ideas in her mind.
Actually, what she was thinking about just now wasn't pouring chili water into Zhou Yanci's mouth at all.
Such a disgusting and unfaithful man deserves to have his lower body soaked in chili water to experience the excruciating pain of being worse than dead.
To maintain a certain image in front of Lu Rang, Shang Wu quickly shut her mouth and didn't say anything so rude.
"I've already made all the arrangements. I'll have Zhou Yanci attend a public event in three days, and all the most famous media outlets in the country will be there."
She wanted Zhou Yanci's affair to become not only famous in Lincheng, but throughout the whole country, turning him into a stinking ditch rat that everyone wanted to kill, with no way to escape.
Lu Rang looked at her with affection and nodded: "Okay."
Shang Wu continued, "I'll visit my brother in prison tomorrow and make him happy too."
Her brother is coming out soon, but he doesn't know it yet. She needs to explain everything clearly.
Thinking about the mixed feelings, resentment, and grievances her brother would feel after learning the whole truth, Shang Wu felt a pang of sadness.
After she finished staring blankly, she realized that Lu Rang was looking at her with a very serious expression.
Shang Wu blinked: "Why are you staring at me like that?"
Lu Rang smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just think you seem to have sobered up now."
Shang Wu smiled and said, "How could I not sober up after hearing such good news?"
"That's good, there's no alcohol left. Can I kiss you?" Lu Rang asked, then grabbed Shang Wu by the back of her neck and leaned down to taste her red lips.
Shang Wu was so dizzy from his kisses that she could barely stand.
Lu Rang noticed that she was unsteady, so he supported her waist and whispered in her ear, "I don't want those rich and beautiful women who are my equals."
"Shang Wu, if you don't agree to marry me, I'll have to tie you up and take you back with me."
Shang Wu blushed instantly. Before she could react, Lu Rang grabbed her around the waist, picked her up, and carried her into the car.
"Try to walk less for the next few days. After those two hours of exertion, your legs will hurt even more tomorrow."
Shang Wu coughed slightly, feeling a little guilty, and said nothing. She was still pondering what Lu Rang had just said, her heart pounding rapidly.
...
the next day.
Shang Wu looked radiant, put on a beautiful makeup, and headed to the hospital.
As soon as she pushed open the ward door, she saw Zhou Yanci eating, her right hand trembling involuntarily, as if she couldn't even hold the chopsticks properly.
Shang Wu paused slightly.
Thinking back on the past three years, every time I visited my father, he was always like this, unable to hold his chopsticks properly and unable to eat well.
She thought her father was just weak and old, but she never expected that it was Zhou Yanci who was behind it all.
Shang Wu's gaze turned slightly cold as she suppressed all the hatred in her eyes and walked in with a smile.
"Why is it so difficult for you to eat? Why don't you ask the nurse for help?"
Zhou Yanci suddenly lost her appetite.
Standing before him, Shang Wu shone even brighter and more radiant, like a hibiscus flower nurtured on fertile soil.
And what about him?
I can only curl up in this hospital bed, feeling dizzy and having headaches every day, unable to get up. I've lost count of how many days it's been since I shaved.
To anyone else, he was no noble young master of the Zhou family; he was just a disheveled and down-on-his-luck patient.
Thinking about this, Zhou Yanci couldn't muster any enthusiasm even when she saw the beautiful Shang Wu.
His expression darkened: "What are you doing here? Do you even remember you have a fiancé?"
Shang Wu smiled, "Why are you still angry?"
As she spoke, she handed over a box.
"Open it and see what this is."
Zhou Yanci paused slightly, then took the box with a puzzled look and opened it, finding a watch inside.
He looked up at Shangwu.
"What are you doing...?"
"You don't even remember the gift I gave you, now that you're in the hospital and looking so listless? In two days it will be our 1200-day engagement anniversary. I'd like to have one last banquet before the wedding, and invite your friends and everyone in your circle, okay?"
She patiently coaxed him to pick up his phone and pull up the photos.
"Look at the plan, I've had the organizers prepare it all, are you satisfied?"
Zhou Yanci looked at Shang Wu meaningfully, thinking about what the bodyguard had reported to him earlier that day.
The bodyguard said he saw the attending physician he had sent to deal with Shang Wu's father get into Shang Wu's car.
Zhou Yanci suddenly realized that his current discomfort and extreme weakness from the inside out were not normal and were not simply due to a concussion.
Shang Wu is poisoning him.
She found out what he had done to her father.
Having come to this point, is it still necessary for them to pretend that their relationship is still good and that they get along well?
Shang Wu didn't retaliate or mention canceling the engagement, but secretly drugged him in order to kill him after the marriage and inherit everything from him, as well as the Zhou family's land.
Zhou Yanci gritted her teeth and stared intently at Shang Wu.
"Cancel it. I don't want to attend this boring banquet with you. Besides, I haven't recovered from my concussion yet."
Shang Wu paused slightly, not expecting him to refuse so decisively.
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