Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 471 Playing the field

Because of Lu Jiarou's unintentional remark, Chi Yanqing, a minor character who was only mentioned in half a chapter in the original script, was labeled as a scheming female supporting character with "ulterior motives and malicious intentions," and was forced to leave the show not long after, becoming a catalyst for the relationship between the "male and female leads."

What a vicious plot where the wife becomes the mistress! It was clearly Xi Yanjia who recognized Chi Yanqing's identity and feared that if she continued to linger under Lu Chengzhang's nose, Lu Chengzhang would discover something was wrong, and all her previous schemes would be ruined. So she struck first, trying to get Chi Yanqing to leave, but the girl panicked and ran away in a car accident, tragically losing her life.

As a result, the author's subtle writing style misled her, turning her into a scheming female supporting character plotting to climb the social ladder. After being exposed and warned by the female lead, she orchestrated a scene to try and sow discord between the male and female leads, but she overdid it and suffered the consequences, causing the female lead to be misunderstood by the male lead. After a heart-wrenching and melodramatic turn of events, the misunderstanding was cleared up, and the male lead felt guilty towards the female lead and loved her even more.

Du Yuxi: "..." What kind of outrageous plot is this? Oh no, I'm going to throw up!

She was clearly not the only one who felt this way; Du Anrao also had a look of utter bewilderment at this inexplicable development of their relationship, like an old man on the subway looking at his phone.

[A perfectly good wife, twisted into a mere part of your lovemaking schemes, not only lost her life but also being framed by you—it's utterly outrageous! No, she absolutely cannot be allowed to die. I will protect this ill-fated couple.]

Du Yuxi: Pfft... This works too?
The Lu family's company is located in the most prosperous business building in the city center, where the surrounding property prices are very high, and it is really not something that Chi Yanqing, an ordinary employee of the company, can afford.

She rented a place in an old town on the outskirts of the city, which takes more than an hour to drive there. Luckily, it wasn't rush hour and the roads weren't too congested, otherwise she might have been delayed for another half a day.

Before arriving at their destination, Du Anrao had already informed the Lu siblings of Xi Yanjia's plans.

"The two must have met three or four days ago. Xi Yanjia recognized Miss Chi's identity at a glance. Feeling guilty, he was afraid that his impersonation of Miss Chi would be exposed, so he came up with an extreme plan to make Miss Chi disappear from Mr. Lu's sight completely."

Lu Chengzhang's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. Three days ago, Xi Yanjia had indeed asked him about Chi Yanqing through subtle means.

Although he found it a bit strange at the time, he didn't take it too seriously. He simply mentioned to her that she was an ordinary employee in their department.

Now, hearing Du Anrao mention this matter, she finally realized belatedly that Xi Yanjia's remark was not just a spur-of-the-moment thing, but a roundabout way of testing whether she was familiar with Xi Yanjia.

After discovering that he and she were just ordinary boss and subordinate, he began to have wicked thoughts.

Thinking of this, Lu Chengzhang felt a chill run down his spine; this danger was actually brought to her by him!
Lu Jiarou was relatively calmer, and frowned as she asked, "What is she planning to do to that girl?"

"If I'm not mistaken, she must have bribed a group of people to take advantage of Miss Chi's leave of absence to kidnap her and send her abroad."

"Going abroad?" Lu Jiarou vaguely guessed what was going on, her expression changing slightly. "Where is she planning to send Xiao Chi?"

"Who knows? We only border a few countries around here, and they're all lawless areas."

The Lu siblings' expressions darkened slightly. Wasn't this a lawless place? Those were places where once you went, you could never come back. Xi Yanjia had thrown someone as helpless as her there, clearly indicating that she had no intention of letting her come back alive!

Du Anrao clearly thought the same thing, but sometimes things don't go as planned. In the original story, Chi Yanqing probably also realized that this was very likely a one-way trip, and desperately tried to escape from those people.

Unexpectedly, in his panic and haphazard driving, he was involved in a car accident and died on the spot.

Thinking of this, Du Anrao couldn't help but sigh again. The Xi family truly lived up to its reputation as a family of outlaws. Apart from Mr. Xi and a few other relatives, every single one of them was an outlaw, doing nothing right.

However, to put it bluntly, Xi Yanjia is now just a pretty face with no real power, holding the title of the second young lady of the Xi family. Where did she find these criminals to do things for her? Moreover, in the original plot, after Chi Yanqing's car accident, the people she sent to kidnap her got away scot-free, and Chi Yanqing's death was ultimately ruled an accident. It really doesn't make sense if there wasn't someone else behind this. Could it be...?

Du Yuxi immediately guessed what was going on, her eyes widening in surprise. Her inner thoughts and Du Anrao's urgent cry appeared almost simultaneously.

[It's her backup plan for that outlaw!]

This explains why Xi Yanjia and this outlaw boss didn't cross paths in the original novel. The first time the other party officially appeared was when someone wanted to pay money to kill Xi Yanjia, who was at the height of his power at the time.

Because of their shared expertise, the big shot got the news first and came to the rescue.

Afterwards, their interactions didn't seem like a first meeting; on the contrary, they were quite familiar with each other. As soon as they met, they started flirting and teasing each other as if no one else was around, clearly indicating that they were old acquaintances.

In summary, aside from Ji Weifeng, who was caught up in the butterfly effect because of Zhao Zhao, the female lead now has one boyfriend and two backup options—isn't that a clear case of cheating on her boyfriend?

Du Yuxi: Oh ho!

[Leaving aside Jiang Yiming, her business partner and boyfriend, Lu Chengzhang and that outlaw—one knowingly became the other's backup lover despite having a boyfriend, and the other went to great lengths to clear obstacles for her to keep her backup—the female lead's charm is truly unmatched. They say three women make a drama, but the drama of these three men is just as captivating, absolutely brilliant!]

Du Yuxi pursed her lips, wanting to nod. Indeed, it's not uncommon for people to have multiple partners in this world, but for these partners to know of each other's existence and still maintain a stable triangular structure, forming a physical closed loop, is something she has never seen before!

No wonder Ms. Lu felt that her brother's relationship was like he was possessed; the way the group of them were behaving didn't seem normal at all.

Considering that the incident also involved illegal acts such as kidnapping, Du Anrao called the police before setting off. When the group arrived, the police had already arrived at the scene.

Upon seeing Du Anrao and his group get out of the car, the police officer in charge of handing them over went over first to explain the situation to them.

"Is this Ms. Du who called the police?"

"Yes, I called the police."

"Based on the information you provided, we went to Ms. Chi Yanqing's room 302 to check the situation and found the door wide open and she was no longer inside. We have quickly sealed off the community and are checking for suspicious persons, but this may take a while."