Shang Shaoheng thought about it and felt that Jiang Rong was right. He nodded and said, "I will tell him the truth."
Jiang Rong thought that even if she covered herself up like that, she could still be recognized. It seemed that she would have to disguise herself next time she went out. She put the noodles into the pot and turned around: "Don't disturb me while I'm cooking."
Shang Shaoheng didn't move, "You haven't told me why you know Shao Yunqi."
Jiang Rong looked at the steaming noodles in the pot, sighed and turned around: "You really are like a primary school student sometimes."
"..." Shang Shaoheng narrowed his eyes. He supported himself on the stove with both hands, wrapped the ginger between his arms, and sneered: "If you can't speak, I can cut off your tongue for you."
Jiang Rong has become immune to Shang Shaoheng's harsh words.
She found Shang Shaoheng surprisingly indulgent towards her. She had a bad habit of being aggressive, so she wasn't in a hurry when Shang Shaoheng threatened her. She said slowly, "A mature adult should give up asking questions when they realize the other person doesn't want to talk about a certain topic. Only elementary school students would ask until they get to the bottom of it."
Shang Shaoheng scoffed: "When a person needs to judge the situation, it's because he is not strong enough."
Jiang Rong: “…”
That’s right.
Not to mention Yancheng, even in the entire country A, there is no one who can help Shang Shaoheng judge the situation.
The Shang family was originally a behemoth that had been entrenched in Yancheng for hundreds of years. The marriage of Cui Congshuang, a hostess with a mysterious identity but extremely powerful, gave the Shang family a huge bargaining chip. After Shang Shaoheng took over the Shang family, he acted decisively and now the entire family is almost controlled by him.
Others have always been the ones to guess what he is thinking by looking at his expression, so why should he need to guess what others are thinking?
"Okay." Jiang Rong said, "There's nothing to be ashamed of."
Jiang Rong poured some cold water into the boiling pot and recalled: "I just returned to Huaihua Village, maybe a month or two ago? I can't remember clearly, but one time my mother sent me to the river to wash clothes in the middle of the night..."
Shang Shaoheng interrupted her: "Based on your temper, I thought you would just lock the door and go to sleep without paying any attention to her."
"I do want to," Jiang Rong said helplessly, "but she keeps cursing at home, and even stuffing cotton in her ears doesn't help. So I thought I'd go out and get some peace and quiet. She's not in good health anyway, so she'll go to sleep when she's tired of cursing."
"I took the basket to the river and saw a body floating in the river. I thought it was someone's clothes that fell into the river and didn't pay attention. It was only when he spoke that I realized it was a person."
"Why did you save him?" Shang Shaoheng asked calmly, "Judging from your behavior and logic, you shouldn't care about him."
Jiang Rong said simply, "Because he agreed to give me some money—20,000 yuan, a huge sum."
Shang Shaoheng: “…”
Shang Shaoheng said, "Do you know who he is?"
Jiang Rong remained calm and said, "I don't know. I fished him out of the river and kept him in my woodshed overnight. The next day he disappeared, leaving behind only some cash."
"Really don't know?" Shang Shaoheng pinched her chin and looked at her face carefully.
Jiang Rong smiled and said, "I'm not someone who likes to meddle in other people's affairs. Since the payment has already been made, I won't worry about anything unnecessary."
"But why do you like pinching me like this?" Jiang Rong's eyes flickered. "Does my face look good?"
Shang Shaoheng said: "It is indeed beautiful."
He let go of her hand and said, "But she never tells the truth."
"You're really wronging me," Jiang Rong said. "I may have lied to others, but I've always told you the truth from the bottom of my heart."
Shang Shaoheng raised his hand and tucked her hair behind her ear, saying indifferently, "--Your noodles are about to boil dry."
"!" Jiang Rong quickly turned around and looked at his pot.
By the time she cooked two bowls of noodles and brought them to the table, it was already past midnight.
Only two small lights were on in the restaurant, and the lighting was soft. The steaming noodles were topped with tomato and egg topping. Although it was simple, it was very appetizing on such a slightly cool night.
"Try it." Jiang Rong said with a squinting eye, "I guarantee this is the best tomato and egg noodles you've ever had."
"So confident?"
Jiang Rong: "Because I think you have never eaten something as shabby as tomato and egg noodles before."
"I used to eat everything when I was in the 16th inning." Shang Shaoheng picked up the chopsticks and said calmly, "This is already considered good food."
Jiang Rong propped up his chin and said, "Logically speaking, you were born in Rome, so why did you choose to go to the First Military Academy's Investigation Department? It's so dangerous. It would be much better to stay at home and be your own young master."
"You said," Shang Shaoheng looked at her, "when you become curious about someone, it's a sign of falling in love with them."
Jiang Rong: “…”
Jiang Rong took a bite of noodles and said, "Just pretend I didn't ask."
Shang Shaoheng looked at her porcelain-white cheek.
When Jiang Rong wants to show his gentle side, he is very well-behaved, like a porcelain doll in a window display, incredibly delicate and beautiful.
The noodles tasted really good... better than the mushroom soup anyway. The two of them quietly finished a bowl of noodles under the dim light. Jiang Rong yawned, "Then I'll go take a shower and go to bed."
Shang Shaoheng didn't say anything. He leaned back in his chair and watched her walk up the stairs. Then he suddenly asked, "What bad things are you planning to do tomorrow morning?"
Jiang Rong sighed, leaned over the railing and said with a smile: "How did you know I was going to do something bad?"
Shang Shaoheng: "Like a little fox, his eyes are full of calculations."
Jiang Rong said happily: "You are right, I am indeed going to do something bad."
"I'll tell you next time if I have a chance."
After Jiang Rong went upstairs, Shang Shaoheng made a phone call and asked, "Did you check it?"
"I've checked this out," Chi Er said. "Shao Yunqi did encounter an assassination attempt five years ago and was missing for about two weeks. It's speculated that he disappeared near Huaihua Village. The young lady shouldn't be lying."
Shang Shaoheng said nonchalantly, "Do you think concealing something is a lie?"
Chi Er was stunned. "You mean..."
"I don't mean anything." Shang Shaoheng stood up and said with interest: "It seems that my fiancée has many interesting things about her."
After a pause, he asked again: "It's this late, have you had dinner yet?"
Chi Er's heart was filled with alarm bells - when your boss, who has never treated you as a human being, suddenly becomes concerned about your health and private life, it must be a sign of impending disaster.
He quickly went over the recent events in his mind, and after deciding that he hadn't done anything that would cause Shang Shaoheng to kill him, he said cautiously, "Not yet."
Shang Shaoheng: "I just ate."
"Tomato and egg noodles with minced ginger." He continued, "It tastes pretty good."
Chi Er: “…”
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