Chapter 271: Chapter 271: Would it kill you to share your beautiful wife?
Jiang Nanshu, who was pinned down, just looked at him with teary eyes, “My stomach hurts.”
Lu Qingyan admitted defeat, stood up, released her, and turned off the computer. He then picked her up horizontally and carried her into the bedroom.
Jiang Nanshu clutched his collar, nervous, “What, what are you doing?”
Lu Qingyan, with a stern face, said, “With you like this, what else could I do?”
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
He placed her on the bed, covered her with a blanket, and then took a set of clothes from the wardrobe in the bedroom and went straight into the bathroom.
She slept in a daze, feeling the dip on the side of the bed, and burrowed towards the warmth. A warm, large palm lay on her abdomen, reducing her pain.
The lights were turned off. Only then did Jiang Nanshu open her eyes, inexplicably, she didn’t want to see Lu Qingyan’s gentle face.
In the darkness, she wrapped her arms around his waist.
“Ah Yan.”
“Hmm? You still haven’t slept?” Lu Qingyan responded.
His cool voice resonated near her ear, carrying a faint scent of cedar.
“It hurts,” she said.
Her arms tightened around him, drawing warmth from his body.
The old Jiang Nanshu would never admit she was in pain.
When Zhou Yanxu initially brought her home, she was suspicious and wary, never showing any discontent for fear that he would find her troublesome and send her back to the hellish place she came from.
Later, she had gotten used to it, never speaking of hardship or fatigue; she would never share her inner thoughts with anyone. Zhou Yanxu liked to see joyful things, and she behaved lively and cheerful every day, hoping to make him happy by seeing her.
After Zhou Yanxu died, due to the disputes over his estate, she hovered between life and death multiple times. They beat her with sticks, breaking her hands, and mockingly asked if it hurt.
Even if the cold sweat soaked her hair and her eyes darkly fixed on them, she would still grin and reply that it didn’t hurt.
This pain was nothing compared to the shattered ruin they became later under her schemes.
Lu Qingyan sat up again and turned on the bedside lamp, “There’s pain medication here, take some.”
“Being warm is good enough.”
Lu Qingyan reached out and touched her sweat-soaked forehead.
He got up, fetched some warm water, brought the medication, “Take this, and I’ll take you to the hospital tomorrow.”
Seeing that Lu Qingyan insisted, Jiang Nanshu somehow got up again, her face droopy as she took the medication, “It didn’t use to hurt before, it must be a complication from that time I jumped into the river.”
[Couldn’t I just take some sleeping pills instead of jumping into the river and ruining my body? That transcender’s brain is really messed up.]
[Ah, if Lu Qingyan were to find out I’m not the original Jiang Nanshu, would he still be so good to me?]
Lu Qingyan took the empty water cup from her, “Still thinking of suicide?”
Jiang Nanshu paused, looked up at him.
His expression was calm, and his tone was serious, “Speak.”
Jiang Nanshu shrank her shoulders, intimidated, “How could I dare to, I’m really afraid of pain.”
[I’m not sick, why would I keep trying to kill myself.]
Lu Qingyan somewhat believed her.
After taking the medication, she felt much better and was able to sleep normally.
And she had Lu Qingyan, this warm human-shaped pillow.
She slept until daylight.
Lu Qingyan then drove her to school.
Just as he arrived at the school gate, he encountered Yang Jiashu and his group.
They seemed to have been waiting at the gate for a long time.
Upon seeing Lu Qingyan, he coldly glanced at him and snorted, “Some people are truly selfish! Completely disregarding the feelings of the others, enjoying a world of their own with Nanshu, do you even care about the rest of the four of us!”
Xu Xi chimed in, “Exactly, do you even care about us at all!”
Yan Yidan lowered her brows and eyes, “It doesn’t matter, Jiashu, being ignored isn’t new to us anyway.” She looked sadly at Jiang Nanshu, “Do you not like me? Is that why you move without telling us, and I only found out from the news this morning that Lu Qingyan had set off city-wide fireworks for your birthday.”
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
Thinking about the clothes worth millions hanging in the wardrobe.
She coughed lightly, holding Yan Yidan’s hand tenderly, “How can you think of me like this? Don’t you understand my feelings for you all? We all sleep under the same quilt, so let’s not say such distant words!”
She shifted all the blame onto Lu Qingyan’s head, looking at him seriously, “Brother Qingyan, why didn’t you notify Sister Yan and Xixi yesterday? How can there be secrets between lovers! You really disappointed us!”
Lu Qingyan: “…”
Five pairs of angry eyes stared at him.
Clearly, they had fallen into the trap.
He took a deep breath and gave in, “Sorry, I’ll be more careful next time.”
Yang Jiashu then nodded satisfactorily, “That’s more like it. What’s the point of two people getting a room? We should all be together.”
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
[Are we sure our group won’t get caught by the anti-prostitution brigade?]
Jiang Yunchuan: “…”
Point taken.
He looked at Jiang Nanshu, somewhat puzzled.
Isn’t this obvious?
How come Jiang Leyi says she can’t hear Jiang Nanshu’s thoughts anymore?
On Monday, he purposely waited at the gate just to verify.
So, he took out his phone and replied to a message from Jiang Leyi.
People entered the school one after the other at different times.
Yan Yidan approached Lu Qingyan, whispering in a voice only the two of them could hear, “You should know why I’m here. I wanted to make it clear from the start. I’m not interested in you, breaking you up with Nannan was your mother’s idea.”
Lu Qingyan looked at her with cold eyes and a slight smirk, “What are you trying to say?”
Yan Yidan chuckled lightly, her eyes slightly squinting, “The Yan Family’s order for me is to marry you.”
“Impossible.” Lu Qingyan refused without a second thought.
Yan Yidan gave him a glance, her disdain flashing by, “I’m not interested in you either. I approached you only because of Jiang Nanshu. She really… her attractiveness sticks right in my heart, tsk, how can someone be so good-looking that you never get tired of looking at them.”
The more she talked, the darker Lu Qingyan’s face became, “So you came here just to tell me all this nonsense?”
Yan Yidan pouted, “Not really. Initially, coming down the mountain was a family order. I thought it was just about stealing a guy, which isn’t much of a challenge for me. But after seeing Nannan, I suddenly changed my mind. I don’t want to make enemies with her over ‘stealing a man’.”
Lu Qingyan scoffed, “Right, you care about her, so you’re preparing to make an enemy of me?”
Yan Yidan: “…”
No, why is he so petty!
Sharing a beautiful wife won’t kill him!
She coughed lightly, “I’m here to seek cooperation with you. I want the headship of the Yan Family, that way, it doesn’t hurt our relationship, and I still get what I want.”
Lu Qingyan looked ahead, “Heh, with your skills, I don’t believe you can’t handle the Yan Family. Jiashu and the others might not investigate you, might trust you, play around with you, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know your background, your past experiences, they aren’t worthy of my trust.”