Honey Trap
Jiang Xiao couldn't help feeling guilty under Liang Cheng's gaze: "Why are you pretending?"
Seeing that she was still being stubborn, Liang Cheng rolled his eyes and bluntly exposed her disguise: "With your poor acting skills, you can fool outsiders, but you can fool me? How old are you and you still imitate the melodramatic dramas to recognize your husband randomly? I think you are crazy... Hmm."
"Keep your voice down! Are you afraid that others won't know I'm pretending?" Jiang Xiao quickly stood up, covered Liang Cheng's mouth with her hand, used her hands and feet to restrain her in her arms, and then pleaded with her eyes to shut up.
Liang Cheng subconsciously struggled a few times, but seeing that he couldn't move, he simply let the force of the person behind him push him onto the bed, and said speechlessly: "The question is why are you pretending? Tell me what you want?"
"Of course I am..." Jiang Xiao choked.
Liang Cheng asked: "What is it?"
Jiang Xiao was speechless and snorted: "Why do you care what I want? Anyway, I am not cheating for money or sex."
"I believe the former, but the latter, haha." Liang Cheng curled his lips in disdain.
If we talk about the person who knows Jiang Xiao best, it must be Liang Cheng. She is a face-chaser and gets carried away very quickly. She will do anything to win over the other person. Now she even does such an outrageous thing as pretending to have amnesia.
Facing her sharp eyes, Jiang Xiao refuted without much confidence: "I admit that he is somewhat good-looking, but I really don't have any improper thoughts about him."
Liang Cheng raised his eyebrows in disapproval: "Only a few points?"
Facing Zhou Qishen's face, which was so handsome that it didn't need any modification, how could she say such a false statement that he was only good-looking? If Zhou Qishen wasn't such a low-key person, would his nephew Zhou Wenting have taken the position of the handsome guy in the circle?
"Oh, don't worry about it. If you keep it a secret for me, I'll just lie for a few days, wait..."
"Waiting for what?"
Jiang Xiao was speechless again. She couldn't say that only by staying with Zhou Qishen could her life be saved, right?
The system says that the villain has appeared, the female supporting character has unlocked a new hidden line, and the destruction mode has been postponed.
Doesn't this mean that she must continue the hidden storyline in order to continue living? The hidden line is closely related to the villain. Now Zhou Qishen is equivalent to her life support. Only by staying by his side can the hidden line continue.
She tried to call the system in her mind to figure it all out, but the system didn't respond, and the mechanical voice she had heard before never appeared again.
She didn't know if her guess was right, so in a hurry she could only resort to this last resort. She would stay with Zhou Qishen and survive, and then make other plans after the damn system reappeared.
"Who is Zhou Qishen? Your lie is ridiculous. It's only a matter of time before it's exposed. Just prepare for your social demise." Liang Cheng tried to reason with Jiang Xiao and pull her back from the wrong path.
Jiang Xiao also knew this truth, but didn’t it get discovered?
Listening to Liang Cheng's constant chatter, Jiang Xiao gritted her teeth and made a "three" gesture: "As long as you keep it a secret for me, you can pick any three brand-name bags."
As soon as these words came out, Liang Cheng immediately became interested and glanced at her: "Really?"
Jiang Xiao nodded vigorously.
Liang Cheng's mind raced, and soon he raised the price: "Six."
Jiang Xiao gritted her teeth and tried to bargain: "Four."
"Okay, deal."
Jiang Xiao, who was successfully fooled, said: "..."
When she thought about the four big-brand bags that would be delivered to her account soon, Liang Cheng blinked happily and stopped trying to dissuade her from pretending to have amnesia to get close to Zhou Qishen. She even praised him, "I'm not saying that you're really good at pretending. It's simply the highlight of your acting skills."
Jiang Xiao didn't expect that her acting skills were so explosive that she actually successfully deceived the doctor and Zhou Qishen. If Xiao Heizi was present, I wonder if they would dare to criticize her for her poor acting skills.
Not long after, Liang Cheng seemed to have thought of something. He leaned close to her ear mysteriously and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "So what happened between you and Zhou Wenting? I heard you even got physical with him?"
She had just heard about this on her way here, and now she finally found a chance to ask.
Jiang Xiao pursed her lips. Even if Liang Cheng didn't ask now, she would find a time to explain it clearly.
She slapped Zhou Wenting and Lin Qianyu in front of so many people. As a public figure, she admitted that she was a little impulsive, but she did not regret it. If she wanted to hit them, she would have hit them. Did she have to choose a day?
However, she cannot guarantee whether there are any other people besides Zhang Jingyao who took photos or videos. If it were exposed, the public relations team would be needed to handle and respond. Speaking out at the first time would give them the upper hand and avoid some unnecessary trouble and public opinion.
Jiang Xiao took a deep breath and told everything that happened at the banquet.
"Zhou Wenting actually dared to cheat?!" Liang Cheng shouted in surprise.
"Shh." Jiang Xiao quickly pulled Liang Cheng, who was so angry that he almost jumped up.
Liang Cheng has positive values but is protective of her shortcomings. She has an unbearable temper and was on the debate team in college. She has all kinds of buffs. If she wants to scold someone, she can scold for an hour without repeating a word.
Liang Cheng naturally understood that the situation was not right, and deliberately lowered her voice, but if you listened carefully, you could still hear her anger: "They should be thankful that I'm not here, otherwise it wouldn't be solved with just two slaps."
"Why, Sister Liang also wants to go to the police station for some tea?" Jiang Xiao joked with a smile.
Liang Cheng now regrets not being able to go to the scene to accompany Jiang Xiao, leaving her alone to be bullied by several outsiders. He also knows how much she is obsessed with Zhou Wenting, and this breakup must have been a big blow to her.
Seeing that she was still in the mood to joke, I thought that she was trying to save face and was trying to act calm, so I sighed and said, "Cry if you want to. I won't laugh at you this time."
"Why should I cry? He should be the one crying for breaking up with such an outstanding person like me." Jiang Txiao has always been bold in love and hate. She never lingers on the end of a relationship. If it ends, it ends. It's not her who suffers the loss.
Even though she said it so casually, Liang Cheng still didn't quite believe it. He glanced at her suspiciously: "Have you really let it go?"
Jiang Xiao waved her hand indifferently: "What's the point of talking about letting go? I should be happy that I have cleared the garbage around me."
"That's right, there are so many men in the world, why would you want to love a piece of stinky cow dung?" Liang Cheng took it seriously.
“…”
The two of them talked about Zhou Wenting and Lin Qianyu's bad things for a while, and then discussed for a long time how to perfectly fool Zhou Qishen.
I don't know how much time passed, but when someone knocked on the door, they immediately stopped the discussion tacitly.
Liang Cheng opened the door as if nothing had happened. The person who came was a doctor who came to discuss treatment measures with the family.
Not seeing Zhou Qishen, Liang Cheng asked, "Where's Mr. Zhou?"
The doctor pointed to the end of the corridor and said, "It seems he went to make a phone call."
Liang Cheng crouched down and looked over, and saw a black figure with its back to her not far away.
"Doctor, just tell me if you have anything to say." Liang Cheng gave the doctor a look, indicating that he could step aside to talk.
The latter understood, and the two of them walked in opposite directions together, and only stopped when they reached a place with fewer people.
"I just called Xiaoxiao's family to discuss it. Considering some of the side effects of the drugs, we'll choose conservative treatment first, no medication or injections. As for the fact that Mr. Zhou is not Xiaoxiao's husband, let's keep it a secret from Xiaoxiao until she remembers it herself."
There's nothing wrong with Jiang Xiao's brain, so she definitely can't take any medicine or get any injections. But because she has to continue pretending to have amnesia, she can only fool people into thinking she has lost her memory.
The doctor looked embarrassed and tactfully expressed Zhou Qishen's wishes: "It's mainly because my husband's identity is too sensitive. Mr. Zhou may not be able to cooperate."
Liang Cheng: "Alas, we are all workers. I understand your difficulties, doctor. I will fight for Mr. Zhou's support myself. No need to trouble the doctor."
Hearing this, the doctor was secretly happy that the other party was very sensible. Just when he was relieved, he accidentally raised his eyes and blurted out in shock: "Why did Miss Jiang come out?"
Not only did she come out, but why was she also holding hands with Mr. Zhou?
"Oh, it seems that Mr. Zhou is quite cooperative. Shall we go and complete the discharge procedures? I am a little lost." After saying that, Liang Cheng suppressed a strong smile and pulled the stunned doctor forward.
Strong men are afraid of clinging women, and they just don't believe that the other party will not take the bait even if they use their beauty.
*
The sun is just rising and it is already May.
The hospital was filled with red and green. The faint light projected from inside the room barely illuminated the path. It was completely silent.
Zhou Qishen listened to the chatter coming from the phone, tapping his fingers lightly on the windowsill, and occasionally responding with a faint "hmm" or "okay" to show that he was still listening.
Suddenly, a thin arm came from behind, followed by a sweet voice: "Let's go, husband, let's go directly..."
"Husband? Who's calling you husband?"
Before she could even utter the word "police station", Jiang Xiao heard a female voice coming from the other end of the line. It was a female voice, and she sounded quite shocked.
Jiang Xiao couldn't help but frown and glanced at Zhou Qishen's face. Could this guy be already taken?
There is very little description of Zhou Qishen's love life in the book. It only mentions that he is clean, aloof and abstinent, so he seems to have quite a lot of female fans.
But how could a man who is successful in his career, has a handsome appearance and is already 32 years old not have a woman by his side? Even if you don't have a girlfriend, there will always be suitors, right? After all, the other sisters are not blind.
Thinking of this, in order to consolidate her image as a woman with amnesia, Jiang Xiao acted like a legitimate wife catching an adulterer and asked loudly, "Who are you talking to on the phone with in the middle of the night?"
"who?"
For a moment, Zhou Qishen was attacked from both sides and had to hang up the phone first and turn his attention to Jiang Xiao.
She changed into a round-neck short top and loose trousers. Her casual outfit made her look even more adorable. However, her pretty face was not very adorable. Her thick eyebrows and eyes looked fierce. When she opened her red lips, she made another unreasonable accusation:
"Husband, tell me, which wild woman is this?"
Her breath was as fragrant as orchid and she was very close.
Zhou Qishen pulled his hand out without any hesitation, but the next second, the arms wrapped around him turned from one to two, and even became more and more intense. Two soft arms pressed against him intimately, and the delicate and white skin was squeezed, revealing a groove that could not be ignored.
Zhou Qishen looked away, endured it, and tried to pull out again, but the woman did not give him a chance to escape.
After a moment, the softness that was getting closer and closer to him made him unable to move or stay still.
He tried to reason: "Let go."
The other party was very stubborn: "No."
After a stalemate, Zhou Qishen's thin lips suddenly curled up slightly, revealing a hint of sarcasm: "You say she's my wife, how come you can't even recognize your mother-in-law's voice?"
It turned out to be his mother.
While Jiang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, she also heard his teasing, and a sense of shame and guilt inexplicably surged in her heart.
Although it was to save her life, she was the one who pretended to have amnesia to deceive him. When she thought about the possibility of involving more people and the risk of being exposed at any time, she could no longer pretend.
But she has to pretend. She wants to live more than to be socially dead.
"Oh, it's mom." Jiang Xiao pretended to be calm, put on an expression that said so, and punched Zhou Qishen lightly with a coquettish look: "Why didn't you tell me earlier, husband? I almost misunderstood."
However, her words did not elicit a response from Zhou Qishen.
Silence, still silence.
Jiang Xiao felt very guilty and pretended not to understand the silence, suspicion and temptation in his eyes. She mustered up the courage to look him in the face calmly.
When dealing with an old fox like him, sometimes playing dumb is the most effective way.
After a while, Zhou Qishen narrowed his eyes slightly, with an obscure emotion rippling in them, and said in a deep voice: "Do you really want to recognize me as your husband?"
It must be said that the sense of oppression from the biggest villain in the book is still very creepy. Jiang Xiao was stunned for a long time, swallowed her saliva, and then replied stutteringly: "What do you mean by pawn? You are my husband."
"Heh." He lowered his eyes and laughed softly, a flash of hostility passing through his eyes.
"Let's go to the police station."
After Zhou Qishen finished speaking, he turned around and left.
Jiang Xiao was still trying to guess the meaning of his laughter, but when she saw him leave, she hurried to follow him.
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