He's courting disaster! A coward forced himself on a tyrannical warlord.

Ruan Mianmian stood under the porch, watching her coldly.

Born on the same day, Nguyen Minh Chu had a full moon celebration, a first birthday banquet, a tenth birthday banquet, and a coming-of-age ceremony, while she always hid in a corner and shed tears.

If it weren't for Li Chenzhou's help, I would be the one covered in wounds and begging for mercy on my knees right now.

Therefore, she remained unmoved by Nguyen Minh Chu's tears.

"Sisters? Didn't you used to say that people have different fates?"

"You say you're a phoenix, and I'm just a pheasant. Why should a pheasant like me concern myself with the phoenix's trivial matters?"

Undeterred, Nguyen Minh Chu continued to humble herself and beg for mercy.

"Sister, those were just ignorant words I uttered when I was young and naive; they don't count!"

"I know I was wrong now, and I will change. We are, after all, sisters bound by blood, please forgive me!"

Ruan Mianmian couldn't possibly believe her nonsense.

"Ruan Mingzhu, I'm already being kind to you by not kicking you when you're down. You can leave now."

After saying that, he turned to leave.

Ruan Mingzhu was terrified and reached out to grab Ruan Mianmian's hand.

Aunt Xiang stood aside, used to such tricks from her upscale family.

The so-called admission of wrongdoing and submission are nothing more than crocodile tears shed when one is desperate.

She took two steps forward, grabbed Ruan Mingzhu's wrist, and pulled her away from Ruan Mianmian.

"Snapped!"

A resounding slap landed on Nguyen Minh Chu's face.

"Snapped!"

She slapped him even harder across the face, making Ruan Mingzhu's head snap to the side and blood trickle from the corner of her mouth.

"Stop with your hypocritical act!"

"Sisters who act all friendly to your face, but stab you in the back. If we really help you, our young lady will be the first to suffer!"

"roll!"

The two slaps made Ruan Mianmian feel very relieved.

I even wanted to clap and cheer.

Seeing that her last hope had been dashed, Nguyen Minh Chau decided to give up entirely.

She looked up, her eyes filled with resentment.

"Ruan Mianmian, you've forgotten your roots once you've climbed the social ladder."

"You wouldn't even care if your own sister was beaten to death? Have you no conscience?!"

Ruan Mianmian was speechless. Between enemies, there is only an obligation to watch the joke, not an obligation to help.

She retorted.

"Nguyen Minh Chau, do you think I'm stupid?"

"The fact that you're kneeling here begging me means that the Ruan family has truly given up on you completely!"

"As for me, we've been at odds since childhood. You've bullied me for so many years, why should I help you?"

She paused deliberately, admiring Ruan Mingzhu's pale face, before continuing to stab her.

"However, considering we both share the surname Ruan, I won't mind collecting your body when you die. We'll even have a grand send-off with gongs and drums to return your corpse to the Ruan family."

"ah--!"

"Ruan Mianmian, you bitch! You'll die a horrible death!"

Ruan Mingzhu completely broke down, suddenly pulled out a dagger from her body, and stabbed at Ruan Mianmian.

Ruan Mianmian dodged to the side, but Ruan Mingzhu, with a do-or-die mentality, continued to stab wildly.

"If I don't live, you wretched woman will die with me!"

Ruan Mianmian stumbled and tripped on the steps.

Nguyen Minh Chu seized the opportunity and pounced on her.

She raised the dagger and stabbed down fiercely!

At the critical moment.

"Bang!"

A bullet pierced precisely through Nguyen Minh Chu's wrist, which was holding a knife.

The dagger clattered to the ground.

Ruan Mianmian was still in shock.

Nguyen Minh Chau went completely mad and tried to grab the knife with her other hand!

"Bang!"

Another bullet pierced her other wrist.

Nguyen Minh Chu was in excruciating pain in both hands and could no longer hold the knife.

Aunt Xiang seized the opportunity and kicked her to the ground.

Unable to die together with Ruan Mianmian, Ruan Mingzhu lay on the ground in despair, glaring at Ruan Mianmian with hatred, spewing out a torrent of foul language.

"You vile woman! Just as despicable as your short-lived mother!"

"Didn't you get where you are today by sleeping with the warlord?"

"At least I'm Chairman Liu's lawfully wedded ninth concubine. What about you? You're nothing but a filthy slut living in the governor's mansion, a bed warmer, not even as good as a prostitute in a brothel!"

……

Inside the study.

Li Chenzhou stood by the window, silently looking down at the building.

Song Yichuan leaned back on the sofa, smoking, and raised an eyebrow as he listened to the increasingly vulgar curses.

"Someone's blocking your door and cursing at you, calling you a 'little wife,' and they're using really foul language. Are you planning to throw away your reputation as a living devil?"

Li Chenzhou's back remained motionless, only the knuckles of his hand gripping the gun turned white.

The shouting continued, interspersed with words like "bitch" and "whore," which were particularly jarring.

Song Yichuan exhaled a smoke ring and slowly added a sentence.

"I think you've really changed. In the past, you would have riddled people with bullets by now."

Li Chenzhou's voice was icy.

"If I don't kill her, someone else will. It will only dirty the gates of the governor's mansion."

Song Yichuan exposed him without any mercy.

"Come on, aren't you just afraid that if word gets out, your little wife will be branded as the one who killed her sister and won't be able to face anyone?"

"roll!"

"A henpecked husband who says one thing but means another."

Li Chenzhou ignored him, strode to his desk, put down the gun, and picked up the phone.

"President Liu, this is Li Chenzhou."

"Your ninth concubine, Ruan Mingzhu, brandished a knife and made obscene remarks in front of my governor's mansion, disturbing my peace."

He ignored the frantic explanations and apologies coming from the other end of the phone, and coldly uttered only one sentence.

"Keep your people in check, or you'll face the consequences."

After hanging up the phone, he glanced at the clock on the wall.

She needs to take her medicine.

"Hurry up and leave, half a day is up."

Song Yichuan was speechless.

"You said you'd borrow it for half a day, and you really did? Li Chenzhou, you're being a bit too devoted to your henpecked husband!"

She's so afraid of bitterness; if you don't keep an eye on her while she drinks, she might secretly pour it out.

With that thought in mind, he strode out of the study.

Song Yichuan was left with three black lines on his head.

……

Ruan Mianmian stood under the porch.

Watching the Liu family servants drag and pull away Ruan Mingzhu, who was still struggling, they saw her being taken away.

Suddenly, a weight settled on my shoulder.

A fluffy fur cloak wrapped her up completely.

"You're not fully recovered yet, and you'll catch another cold if you keep blowing on the wind. I don't have time to take care of you anymore."

Li Chenzhou's deep voice sounded from behind, still in that cold tone, but it inexplicably warmed up in Ruan Mianmian's ears.

"Thank you, Commander."

"Don't I have a name?" The tone was quite dissatisfied.

Ruan Mianmian remembered how angry he was about this last time, and her heart tightened. She called out timidly.

"Thank you, Brother Chenzhou."

Li Chenzhou was clearly in a better mood and grabbed her wrist as they walked toward the restaurant.

"Let's go inside."