I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon

Chapter 636 - 242: This pancake is poisoned! Zhixia breaks down! (Thanks to the alliance leader "A Boiled Eggz"!)_3

Qin Shu’s expression grew colder, "Do you know what Hu’er looked like after being tortured by the time I went today? By the time your so-called ’opportune moment’ arrives, he could be dead!"

"You saw Hu’er?"

Yan Peizhi’s wrist trembled, a dot of ink blotted beside the word "endure" on the xuan paper. He pondered, "Impossible. With Chen Mo’s character, he would never easily let you see him. He must be plotting something..."

"What did Chen Mo tell you today? Did he mention the Yan Family?"

A trace of disappointment flashed in Qin Shu’s eyes. He shook his head and said, "Shouldn’t you ask first how Hu’er is doing?"

Yan Peizhi said frankly, "I know in my heart, Chen Mo won’t kill Linghu; it does him no good... As for suffering a bit, that’s to be expected. Who told him to get involved in the Barbarian Slave Case?"

He threw away the brush and walked up to Qin Shu, sincerely saying, "You need to understand a principle: if the skin is gone, how can the hair attach? Linghu is still alive because the Yan Family has not fallen. In other words, if the Yan Family falls, neither you, nor I, including Linghu, will have a good ending!"

Qin Shu remained silent.

Yan Peizhi’s tone softened a bit and he continued, "I’ve already decided. Once Linghu is released, I’ll send him to Jiangnan... I am originally from a Jiangnan gentry family, and I can at least ensure he will be well provided for all his life over there."

Qin Shu froze for a moment, frowned, and said, "You want to send Hu’er away? What about the Yan Family’s estate?"

Yan Peizhi cleared his throat and said, "We’re not that old; we can completely have another one... If you’re unwilling, I can also take a concubine, but rest assured, your status as Lady Yan will never change..."

Qin Shu’s hands clenched tightly inside his sleeves, his smile somewhat bleak, "It seems Lord Yan has even thought of a backup plan. If I’m not mistaken, one of those concubines you’ve kept is already pregnant, right?"

Yan Peizhi looked slightly awkward, forcing a smile, "Madam, you’re overthinking it. There’s nothing like that..."

Qin Shu said no more, gave him a deep look, and turned to leave the study.

Returning to her boudoir, she locked the door tightly and sat in front of the dressing table.

All these years, she and Yan Peizhi had always lived in separate rooms. Apart from the personal maid she brought from the Qin Family, no one else had entered this room.

Qin Shu’s fingers tapped the hidden compartment under the dressing table, and a secret small drawer popped open, containing a white Jade Scroll.

She held the Jade Scroll in her hand, her expression changing and finally becoming resolute, as if she had made a decision.

"If he receives this gift, how should Chen Mo thank me?"

Thinking of those oppressive purple-gold eyes, Qin Shu blushed, her legs restlessly rubbing together.

Looking at the charming face in the mirror, she muttered softly, "Clearly quite good-looking, what’s wrong with being second-hand, second-hand knows how to cherish people... tch, insensitive blockhead..."

...

...

At dusk.

Ling Ningzhi had just walked out of the Chen Mansion when a familiar figure appeared in front of her.

"Zhixia, you’ve returned..."

"Zhixia?"

She called twice with no response.

Seeing Shen Zhixia’s distracted appearance, Ling Ningzhi frowned, quickly approached, and asked with concern, "Zhixia, are you alright? Who bullied you?"

"Daoist?"

Shen Zhixia came back to her senses, and immediately, her clear eyes filled with tears, and she burst into tears.

"I was still chanting and lecturing, but Households Commander Li and brother already..."

"Waa, it’s so embarrassing!"

Ling Ningzhi: ?