After that, they remained silent the rest of the way.

Qi He was so embarrassed that her scalp tingled. She kept resting her chin on her hand, pretending to admire the night view of the riverbank, but her mind was in complete turmoil.

Shang Jue didn't just kiss her, did he?

No way! That can't be!

Although she is known as Shang Jue's fiancée, this is clearly a story about a son-in-law's rise to power. How could Shang Jue possibly have any other thoughts now?

You're going for a career path!

But then I thought, Shang Jue doesn't seem to be a particularly rigid person, after all, he still has a relationship with Qi Lanlan...

Wait, so he wanted to kiss her just now?

Is he trying to have his cake and eat it too?!

He's having a sweet and loving relationship with his fiancée while still maintaining a close relationship with his sister-in-law?

Isn't he a complete scumbag?

After "deep consideration," Qi He felt that she had discovered the truth.

He's plotting... to start a harem!

Holy crap, this bastard really dares to think like that!

Qi He's thoughts went completely astray. After concluding that Shang Jue wanted to establish a harem, an unnamed anger suddenly flared up.

Go to hell, Shang Xiaojue!

You've completely offended me!

Her expression changed from panic to shock, and then from shock to indifference.

Even after returning to Qianjin Tower, she didn't say another word to Shang Jue. Her face clearly said, "I'm very angry, and I'm not the kind of person who can be coaxed." "You dog, you'd better think about what you're going to do."

Despite her anger, Qi He carefully placed the two little snowmen she had brought back into the ice basin in the cellar, arranging them in a row.

He would slam the cellar door shut to show that he was angry.

She ignored Shang Jue completely, staring at the air for a long time before Shang Jue finally stopped being so wooden and gave her a puzzled look.

Do you still dare to doubt?

Qi He chuckled.

Shang Jue finally spoke: "What's wrong?"

You dare ask what's wrong?

Yes, nothing much, you just made the mistake that every man in the world makes!

I thought you were the male lead of Green River Flow, but it turns out you're actually an idea writer!

Running this harem is going to be a breeze.

After observing the situation for a while, Shang Jue felt a little tricky.

This is even harder to predict than the market trend of Juxian over the next few years.

It wasn't that guessing Qi He's thoughts was stressful, but rather that she was afraid of asking too many questions and accidentally revealing something wrong, which would be a real loss.

However, Qi He is the kind of person who remembers kindness but not grudges. After sulking for a while, her attention was drawn to something else.

She was born with this easygoing nature; as long as life didn't kill her, she could just keep going.

She decided to give Shang Jue the cold shoulder for one night and got up to go to her room to rest.

Shang Jue then seemed to remember something and called out to her at the courtyard gate: "Qi He."

Qi He turned around: "What are you doing?"

Speak your mind, or get to the point; I'm sleepy.

"are you angry?"

Qi He replied sarcastically, "I'm not angry."

When my wife says she's not angry, she is; when she says she doesn't want something, she does.

After silently reciting the two phrases he had recently learned, Shang Jue spoke in a cold voice: "I was wrong, I'm sorry."

Upon hearing the apology, Qi He paused, feeling inexplicably guilty.

In any case, her engagement to Shang Jue was only in name, and she had no say in the male lead's love life.

In the original novel, Shang Jue's relationship with Qi Lanlan was much closer than his relationship with her.

She suppressed the inexplicable bitterness in her heart and was about to say, "I'm not angry, there's no need to apologize," when Shang Jue spoke first, "What happened on the pleasure boat just now was my abruptness."

The boy's tone was excessively sincere, "Next time I definitely won't let you hide."

Qi He's ears suddenly burned!

Who's angry about that?

A blush quickly spread across her snow-white neck; she was truly enraged this time, and slammed the bedroom door shut with a "bang."

ahhh-

That bastard is going too far!

......

Shang Jue realized three days later that he had thoroughly offended Qi He.

Qi He left early and returned late, deliberately avoiding him, and the two did not exchange a single word for three whole days.

He Wenfang noticed that the head manager had been occasionally distracted these past few days, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.

When I entered the accounting room that morning, I saw Shang Jue looking through the catalogs of the recent auctions of rare and precious items, which included several newly released pieces of pearl and jade jewelry.

He Wenfang quickly sought out the organizer's contact information and asked Shang Jue if he wanted to go there in person.

Shang Jue didn't go in the end, but asked He Wenfang to have someone take pictures for him, choosing only the colors that Qi He usually liked.

He Wenfang glanced at the number under those beads and sighed to himself: No matter how rich a man is, his ways of wooing his wife are always pretty much the same.

In the afternoon, Shang Jue canceled all his meetings and went to Huichuntang in the west of the city.

When Uncle Chen saw that Shang Jue had arrived, he quickly welcomed him into the back hall.

Two cups of hot tea were placed on the table. Uncle Chen poured him one, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally spoke: "Young Master, Miss's illness can't be delayed any longer..."

Shang Jue paused slightly as he held the teacup: "I know."

Uncle Chen then said, "How about... you apologize to your wife?"

"You and Miss are her biological children after all, why would she really hold it against you?"

Shang Jue coldly replied, "Is the Shang family's logic to point a knife at their own flesh and blood?"

Uncle Chen had no idea how deep the rift was between the mother and son.

Ever since Shang Jue left Yun Jing, Uncle Chen had been searching for him secretly for a long time, and only managed to contact him last year.

By then, Shang Jue had already suffered a lot in the Qi family.

However, the second young lady of the Qi family suddenly changed her personality, and the past year has been relatively peaceful.

However, Uncle Chen was vaguely worried. He didn't care about Qi He's life or death, but he couldn't understand Shang Jue's thoughts anymore.

"Forgive my bluntness," Uncle Chen said worriedly, "Young Master chose to settle in Jinling for Miss's sake, didn't he? Her bloodline is incompatible, and even her own brother is powerless to help."

Qi He's murder record was delivered to Shang Jue last April, and it was exactly the same as the one he had found at the medical clinic in the capital.

The blood sample matched Shang Yue's blood in eight places. If both parties agree, the blood exchange can begin.

However, since Shang Jue and Qi He were not related back then, she might not have been willing to help with this.

Moreover, the Qi family may not necessarily back down.

Not to mention that Qi He is the legitimate daughter of a marquis and has a noble status, the "phoenix blood" alone is extremely precious.

By chance, he deduced from some clues that Qi He also possessed the blood of the phoenix.

"If it weren't for Miss, why would you have to become a live-in son-in-law and suffer all this torment?" Uncle Chen sighed. "Qi He has indeed changed a lot, but she can't change what she did before. Young Master, don't let your momentary soft heart prevent you from touching her... A person like her doesn't deserve to die!"

Shang Jue felt a pang of unease and frowned slightly: "Qi He's story is different from yours."

"This old servant only knows that Miss's illness cannot be delayed any longer."

"She's weak; forcing a blood transfusion would definitely be inappropriate." Shang Jue felt a strange sense of irritation.

Uncle Chen was silent for a moment, then added with difficulty, "Young Master... about the blood transfusion, well... according to that miracle doctor, it actually doesn't... doesn't have much of a negative impact on the body."

As he spoke, he cautiously observed Shang Jue's expression.

Shang Jue looked at him coldly: "Shang Yue's illness can't be delayed any longer. Why don't you think about your own problems first?"

Uncle Chen was taken aback.

Shang Jue continued, "You've been searching for a year or two without any results, and you're blaming Qi He for your own lack of skill?"

"Qi He is not the only one with phoenix blood in this world. If we can find one, we can find a second."

Uncle Chen was speechless. If it were really that easy to find, why did the young master come all the way from the capital to Nanjing back then?

For this young master, who has no one to rely on, starting from scratch is extremely difficult, far less desirable than in the capital.

This is clearly sophistry and a case of blaming the victim.

But Uncle Chen dared not say it.

"I'll figure something out about Shang Yue's matter." Shang Jue rubbed his temples.

Uncle Chen's expression was beyond words. He tentatively suggested, "Then... how about we ask Madam if she'd be willing?"

He tactfully changed "Qi He" to "Madam".

Shang Jue suddenly emphasized, "No."

If he told Qi He, it would be the same as telling her that he had the idea of ​​using her blood to save people from the very beginning.

In the past, Qi He would have simply kept quiet about it, knowing he would eventually have taken action anyway.

But now, Shang Jue finds himself unable to face Qi He, who knows the truth.

He had a vague feeling that it would lead to an ending he could never bear.

Absolutely, Qi He must not find out.

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