As Xuan Yuanlie returned home less and less, Lou Yu'er grew restless and frequently used illness as an excuse to have her subordinates report to her. Xiang Wan, who was watching Lou Yu'er, had Qian Xiaoqi explain the situation to her. Xuan Yuanlie occasionally sent a military doctor to check on her, but he himself rarely appeared.
The system had been monitoring Xuan Yuanlie's movements and knew that he was secretly investigating the near-attack and had made some progress. Therefore, Lou Yu'er could no longer remain at Xuan Yuanlie's residence. In fact, the attack was somewhat related to Lou Yu'er.
The universe is filled with countless planets, large and small, and various regimes intertwine in a complex web. Although the Federation can mediate and balance the varying degrees of hostility between planets, there are always those who are unwilling to remain subordinate. For example, the Sun Star, whose prosperity rivals that of Obsidian Star, became the political center of the universe simply because Obsidian Star possessed obsidian, a universally available mineral energy source. Most of the Federation's key figures hailed from Obsidian Star. Before the Federation's formation, Sun Star could rival Obsidian Star, but later it consistently fell behind, a fact that remained unresolved. Sun Star also produced many outstanding individuals, with the younger generation, led by the Ge Taiman family, excelling in every aspect. Ge Taiman Wu Ge, in particular, was nearly the same age as Xuan Yuan Lie and considered himself on par with him in ability. However, Xuan Yuan Lie was a renowned general throughout the universe, while Wu Ge was merely a small-time planetary military commander. Lou Yu'er was the woman he fell in love with at first sight, but his dream lover was Xuan Yuanlie. How could he not be consumed by jealousy and resentment?
Wu Ge secretly gathered intelligence on Xuan Yuanlie. When he learned that Xuan Yuanlie was going to personally investigate the energy deposits of a remote planet, he hatched a plan. He secretly sent men to act as Xuan Yuanlie's personal guards, purchasing energy resources at extremely low prices on various inconspicuous planets, while simultaneously sending assassins to kill Xuan Yuanlie. The people on those small planets, lacking a prominent figure in the Federation and only suffering some financial losses, were afraid of bringing disaster to their own planets and dared not speak out. Xuan Yuanlie, accompanied only by a small group, was attacked in what he considered a safe and unnoticed location. His subordinates were all killed, and only he himself escaped to Mercury, where he was rescued by Xiang Wan.
Although Lou Yu'er was unaware of all this, she was nonetheless the catalyst for this incident. Xuan Yuanlie, having met Xiang Wan first and not yet fully embracing her charms, was now cold and indifferent to her, yet still unsure how to deal with her. Releasing her would be unfair to the brothers who died protecting him; keeping her alive would also be troublesome. If Wu Ge knew Lou Yu'er was here and used it as an excuse to start a war, while he himself was not afraid, the residents who would suffer the consequences would be the ones bearing the brunt of the conflict.
Having learned about the situation, Xiang Wan knew the time was right. Ever since Xiang Wan praised Lou Yu'er last time, Xuan Yuanlie hadn't let her return to that house. If she really needed anything, he would send Qian Xiaoqi over.
That day, Qian Xiaoqi was ordered to go back and get something. Xiang Wan told him that she was missing a ingredient for the medicine she was preparing and needed to buy it as soon as possible, as they would use it that night. Since she didn't know where to get it, she asked Qian Xiaoqi to go and get it for her.
Arriving at Xuan Yuanlie's residence again, upon entering, she unsurprisingly saw Lou Yu'er, who was overjoyed. But the moment she saw that it was Xiang Wan, the hope in her eyes vanished instantly.
"It's you! Where's the general? Why hasn't he returned?"
"Miss Lou, I've come to pick up some things that the General will need tonight."
"Hmph, don't think I don't know. The general hasn't come back for two months in a row. It must be your doing."
Short? You're not going to pretend anymore? That's a bit too impatient.
Xiang Wan said humbly, "You're wronging me. I'm just a lowly orderly; how could I possibly have the power to influence the general's whereabouts?"
"Don't think I can't see through your schemes. You rely on your looks to seduce him into staying at your place eight out of ten times. You're shameless, actually trying to make the general fall for a man. Don't you even look in the mirror? You think you're worthy?"
"That's a matter of opinion. I don't know what kind of person the general likes, but I do know what kind of person I like." Xiang Wan deliberately looked at Lou Yu'er with a lecherous grin, and approached her step by step. "Ever since I saw you here last time, I've been thinking about you day and night. I always feel that a delicate beauty like you shouldn't be alone in your room. Today there's no one else, just the two of us. Why don't we chat about life?"
Xiang Wan reached out a hand, hooked Lou Yu'er's chin, and slowly leaned her head closer.
Lou Yu'er forced herself to remain calm, but seeing that Xiang Wan seemed genuinely about to kiss her, she hurriedly turned her head away and took several steps back: "Do you know where we are? A mere orderly is so lustful. If the general finds out, what will happen to him? You don't know, do you?"
Xiang Wan raised an eyebrow, seemingly thinking for a second, before saying, "He said the defenses here are very strong. Without the right of way, no one can get in or out. My beauty, don't be afraid. It'll only take a few minutes, and no one will know."
"Ah! Don't come any closer, I won't agree. If you force me, I'll kill myself right here."
Lou Yu'er turned pale with fright and stood close to the wall, too scared to move.
This was the first time in my life I'd done something like this, and I actually found it a little exciting. Seeing Lou Yu'er's frightened, tearful face, I felt inexplicably excited.
“Miss Lou, don’t panic. It’s normal for a greenhorn like me to lose control when I see a beauty like you for the first time. Please, just accept me, and I’ll marry you. If you don’t want to, once you leave this room, it’s just between you and me, and no one else will know. You can marry whoever you want, and I definitely won’t bother you.”
"You beast! I am the only daughter of the Lou family patriarch on Lieyang Star. If you bully me, my Lou family will never let you get away with it! Just you wait!"
An unexpected surprise awaited her. Xiang Wan pretended not to know anything about this and asked in confusion, "The Lou family? Never heard of them. If you were from the Ge Taiman family, perhaps I would be a little wary."
“German Wu Ge is one of my suitors. If he finds out you abused me, he will definitely not let you off the hook.”
Sigh, even Xiang Wan is having trouble bringing herself to do it. Watching Lou Yu'er move the backstage area, it gives off a vibe of high school students bullying elementary school students, which is inexplicably a bit ridiculous.
"She's not his wife. Do you think someone like Wu Ge would go to such lengths for a withered flower? That's ridiculous."
Xiang Wan's hand was already on the wall behind Lou Yu'er's ear, a mischievous smile on her face. Lou Yu'er tried to push her away, but Xiang Wan quickly grabbed her wrist, pressing on a vital acupoint, rendering her unable to move.
No wonder men like the gentle type. Now that he has Lou Yu'er pinned against the wall and sees her panicked look, he wants to bully her even more.
Xiang Wan gently blew into Lou Yu'er's earlobe, making her breath catch in her throat. Just as she was about to make her next move, a loud shout came from behind: "What are you doing!"
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