Achang chuckled, leaned back in his chair, and resumed his lazy yet even more unsettling posture.
He didn't say anything more, but the unspoken meaning was more terrifying than any direct threat.
The room fell silent again, with only Lin Qingqing's rapid and suppressed breathing clearly audible.
She felt as if she were standing on the edge of an abyss, with the vines in her hands breaking one by one.
The only way out seemed to be to jump to the more dangerous cliff on the other side.
She was recounting her vague memories and guesses about the location of Lu Qianhan's secret safe.
Or should we risk trying to steal some documents that might be in his study?
Either way, it's like asking a tiger for its skin; once you take that step, there's no turning back.
Achang stopped urging her and just watched her leisurely, as if he were admiring the prey's last struggle in the trap.
Otherwise, why didn't Master Zhao come himself? It's because he's seen too many swindlers like this.
"Actually, I am Lu Qianhan's fiancée!"
In her desperation, Lin Qingqing blurted out the answer without thinking.
"fiancée??"
"Miss Lin, I think you're not only out of the loop, but you might also be... not quite lucid here?"
Achang repeated it, drawing out the last syllable, with an undisguised sense of absurdity.
"Starting to have such unrealistic dreams in broad daylight?"
He looked Lin Qingqing up and down, his contempt almost tangible, and pointed to his temple.
"I'm not dreaming! Lu Qianhan and I are getting engaged..."
Lin Qingqing felt her blood rush to her head from the malice in his words and his suggestive gesture, and she desperately wanted to prove herself.
She wanted to talk about the marriage agreement from her past life, but the words stuck in her throat, appearing so pale and ridiculous under A-Chang's all-knowing and mocking gaze.
"They're about to get engaged, but they're not actually engaged yet."
"Moreover, not long ago, the Lu family and the Su family officially formed a marriage alliance. The young master Lu you mentioned who was faking illness is already married!"
"The lawfully wedded young mistress of the Lu family is currently staying at the Lu family's old mansion. You're saying you're his fiancée?"
Are you kidding me?
A-Chang interrupted her, the mockery on his lips deepening.
With a loud bang, Lin Qingqing felt her mind go blank, her ears were ringing, and Achang seemed to say something else, but she couldn't hear a word of it.
get married?
Lu Qianhan...is married?
And the Su family?
How is this possible?!
It wasn't like this in my past life!
The huge information error hit Lin Qingqing like a blunt object, making her dizzy and almost causing her to slide off her chair.
Achang watched her instantly lose her composure and her eyes glaze over, then leaned back in his chair with satisfaction, enjoying the process of her face draining of color and breaking down.
"So, Miss Lin, shouldn't you change the script for your grand plan to get close to Lu Qianhan and gain tangible benefits?"
"Or you could talk to the newly appointed Mrs. Lu and ask her to give you her position?"
He added slowly, his tone almost overflowing with sarcasm.
The humiliation of being exposed and insulted by Achang was like countless fine needles piercing every inch of Lin Qingqing's skin.
She clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug deep into her palms, but she felt no pain whatsoever.
It turns out that from the moment she was reborn and thought she could control everything...
She has already gone down a wrong path and become a complete joke!
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