A whirlwind marriage: The real heiress marries a warlord.

Qin Yan came out.

Cen Yan saw her first; she was like a black shadow, descending lightly and effortlessly from the fifth floor, her movements extremely nimble.

"...Who exactly is your sister-in-law?" Cen Yan suddenly asked Cheng Tianxun.

Could a girl who was switched by the Ye family be so powerful?

She can scale walls and leap across rooftops.

"It's none of your business. Don't be curious about my wife's affairs; it's none of your concern," Cheng Tianxun said.

Cen Yan: "..."

Sometimes he felt quite helpless. Some men are jealous of everything, completely unreasonable.

When Qin Yan returned, Cheng Tianxun immediately grasped her hand: "How did you feel?"

"Just as we expected, he wasn't very wary. He's dead," Qin Yan said.

Cen Yan exclaimed sincerely, "Sister-in-law, you are truly capable!"

"Do you need to say it specifically?" Cheng Tianxun said.

Cen Yan: "..."

At times like this, Cen Yan missed Xiang Linchuan. With Xiang Linchuan around, they could at least manage a 40/60 split, barely a draw.

The three disappeared quickly.

Cheng Tianxun's car was two streets away.

Qin Yan and the others hid in the passageway between the two shops, first observing their surroundings to make sure there was no one around before quickly getting into the car.

The car returned to Cheng Tianxun's villa.

Lieutenant Qian was driving, and Cen Yan was sitting in the front. When he remembered something and wanted to turn around to say something, he found the two people in the back seat hugging each other tightly.

Cen Yan silently turned his head back.

"Don't be afraid." Although Cheng Tianxun's voice was very soft, Cen Yan still heard it.

He thought to himself, why talk nonsense?

If my younger siblings were afraid, they would never act alone.

She succeeded.

"Okay." Qin Yan went along with him and said nothing more.

After a moment of silence, Qin Yan asked Cheng Tianxun, "Will the cleanup be troublesome?"

"No trouble at all. Liu Jinyao used Du Zhuojun to scheme against you, leaving himself with a lot of leverage. He wants to pin everything on Du Zhuojun after he succeeds, so we can just shift the blame for his murder onto him as well," Cheng Tianxun said.

Qin Yan: "To whom should we pass it on?"

They only discussed the assassination plan before they arrived, without mentioning who would take the blame.

I thought they all belonged to Du Zhuojun.

"Of course it's Cheng Tianyu," Cheng Tianxun said.

Qin Yan: "Isn't it too complicated?"

She meant that it would be better to identify a single person than to create more loopholes and leave the murderer an unsolved case.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Tianxun readily assured him, "No, don't worry, Cen Yan is here."

Cen Yan at the front: "..."

He suddenly realized that none of the things Xiang Linchuan and Xiang Linzi said to Cheng Tianxun were unjust.

"You didn't say that Cheng Tianyu would also be involved," Cen Yan couldn't help but interject.

Cheng Tianxun: "It's not even midnight yet, you have time to make arrangements."

Cen Yan: "And you?"

"Of course I need to make plans too. Am I supposed to just go home and sleep?" Cheng Tianxun said. "We can't rely on you entirely."

Cen Yan had nothing to say.

He should cover his ears.

The car returned to the villa. Cheng Tianxun got out of the car to see Qin Yan off, and told Cen Yan to stay in the car.

Cen Yan planned to close his eyes and take a nap, fearing that Cheng Tianxun wouldn't return for a while; unexpectedly, Cheng Tianxun returned shortly afterward.

"How are your sister-in-law?"

"Let her be alone for a while," Cheng Tianxun said. "She said it's her habit; she wants to take stock of her progress and mistakes."

Cen Yan didn't ask anything more.

They worked all night and didn't go home to sleep until almost dawn.

Today is the Dragon Boat Festival.

The warlord's adjutant called early in the morning, asking Qin Yan and Cheng Tianxun to go to the old house for the festival, saying that this was the warlord's order.

Lieutenant Qian agreed.

Cheng Tianxun and Qin Yan slept until 10 a.m. when Sister-in-law Zhou came upstairs and knocked on the door.

Qin Yan got up first.

Sister-in-law Zhou told her what had happened, and she then went to tell Cheng Tianxun: "The warlord wants us to go to the old house, are you going?"

"No need, the warlord will be summoned away soon." Cheng Tianxun turned over.

Qin Yan went to tell Sister Zhou, "No need to reply. If the old mansion calls, just say that the young marshal and I went out early this morning and couldn't reach us. They'll send someone to look for us."

Sister-in-law Zhou should be the one.

At 11 a.m., the phone rang again at the annex.

Sister-in-law Zhou went upstairs to greet Qin Yan, and Qin Yan listened to the voice and heard it was Ling Manyun.

"Qin Yan, something terrible has happened. I've called all our reporters and editors back to work, and I'm going to the newspaper office too. Liu Jinyao has been killed," Ling Manyun said.

"You can arrange it, I might not be available," Qin Yan said.

He then asked her, "Has Song Yan gone back?"

"Only his phone is unreachable," Ling Manyun said.

The newspaper installed telephones in the homes of several chief editors; the reporters were sent by reporters through a bribe from the owner of the teahouse next door, who sent several of his employees to notify them one by one. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and since this street doesn't border the river, business was slow this morning, and the teahouse employees were all idle.

"I'm leaving it all to you. You can decide what to do," Qin Yan said.

Inside the bedroom, Cheng Tianxun had already woken up. After a quick wash, he stayed in bed without changing his clothes.

He wanted to take a nap.

Qin Yan finished washing up and changing his clothes, and planned to go downstairs for dinner.

"It's going to be lively today," Cheng Tianxun said.

"I reckon they're going to call you to the military government. Get up quickly," Qin Yan said.

Cheng Tianxun: "I'm just waiting, I'm too lazy to put on clothes, so I don't have to change."

No sooner had he finished speaking than another phone call came in. Qin Yan listened to it and it was the warlord's wife.

The warlord's wife spoke a few words with Qin Yan, also asking about Liu Jinyao's murder, and then Qin Yan handed the phone to Cheng Tianxun.

Cheng Tianxun said nonchalantly, "I'm too lazy to go anywhere. The weather looks bad, like it's going to rain. Mom, why don't you come here and eat some zongzi?"

After the warlord's wife said a few more words, Cheng Tianxun said, "I will send someone to fetch you."

He hung up the phone and told Qin Yan, "No need to go to the old house. The warlord has gone to the garrison headquarters to oversee things; several high-ranking officials from the military government have also gone. Mother is coming here."

Qin Yan then asked, "Should Cen Yan also go?"

"He will definitely go. After Du Rongfei's 'disappearance,' he needs someone to hold the cabinet together," Cheng Tianxun said.

He added, "This empty cabinet should be disbanded as soon as possible to save trouble. There's no need to learn this trick and play this game."

Qin Yan said that politics is often a matter of self-deception, and appearances still need to be maintained.

The warlord's wife arrived soon after.

They went to the small meeting room to talk first.

Cheng Tianxun told the warlord's wife the truth, and she was extremely surprised.

She looked at Qin Yan: "You're so skilled?"

"I spent a year in a royalist assassin organization. I worked very hard to survive and avoid being beaten," Qin Yan said.

She learned real skills.

She also worked as an assassin for a period of time.

The warlord's wife's eyes revealed a hint of admiration: "You're skilled at everything you do. Your personality is a bit like mine."

Cheng Tianxun said, "People who aren't family don't enter the same door. That's just how fate is."

"That's true," said the governor's wife.

The mother and son had no doubts about Qin Yan's past and accepted it naturally without asking any questions.

"This man should be killed," said the warlord's wife. "Leaving aside his scheming against you and Lin Chuan, his purpose in returning is not pure."

Tianxun hurt him, and he won't let it go easily; this has created a hidden danger. The sooner it's resolved, the sooner we can have peace of mind.

Cheng Tianxun: "I said the same thing."

Then he asked the governor's wife, "What did the governor say?"

The warlord's wife pondered, "He was initially surprised, but also secretly pleased. Do you think he didn't want to kill Liu Jinyao?"

Cheng Tianxun: "He won't be happy later."

"What's wrong?"

"Cheng Tianyu and his mother have been getting along too closely with Du Zhuojun. Maybe we can take this opportunity to smear Cheng Tianyu's reputation," Cheng Tianxun said.

He explained his and Cen Yan's plans to the warlord's wife in detail.

The warlord's wife nodded repeatedly, showing great satisfaction with both her son and nephew.

She said, "That's real strategy, a single, decisive strike. What kind of trick is it for Cheng Tianyu and his mother to fabricate scandalous stories for you? They'll never amount to anything."

"They've thrown so much dirt on me, I have to return the favor," Cheng Tianxun said. "It's only fair."

The mother and her two children had lunch.

The warlord's wife and Qin Yan shared a zongzi (sticky rice dumpling), and in the afternoon they went out to watch the dragon boat races, celebrating the festival in a lively and festive manner.

The military government and the police department were extremely busy, with everyone swamped with problems; the press was also exceptionally busy, with everyone working overtime.

Qin Yan wanted to slack off, so Ling Manyun came over at dusk and brought her the front-page headlines of tomorrow's morning and evening newspapers, asking her to proofread them personally.

Because this matter has a significant impact, it cannot be published without the president's review; no one can bear such a great responsibility.

Qin Yan invited Ling Manyun to stay for dinner, and the two discussed the article for a long time.

"This person is dead. Does it have anything to do with you?" Ling Manyun asked.

Qin Yan said softly, "I killed him."

Ling Manyun: "The slaying of the poisonous snake is a cause for celebration."

Qin Yan stopped talking and changed the subject back to the article.

Ling Manyun told her, "Song Yan is still not answering his phone. If he still doesn't answer by tomorrow morning, I'm going to his house to check on him."

Qin Yan: "No need. He moved away with his whole family, and you don't know where they went. His resignation letter is in his drawer, and he gave me the key. Go get it later, and I'll sign and stamp it."

Ling Manyun: "..."