Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 550 - 279: The Enemy Lurking By Your Side_3

Chapter 550: Chapter 279: The Enemy Lurking By Your Side_3

Jiang Shouzhong laughed, "Then, I must thank Ms. Jiang."

Seeing that worry still shaded the man’s brow, Jiang Yi couldn’t help but frown, "What? Still not satisfied? You wouldn’t be thinking of claiming Chun Yu and Dong Xue as well, would you?"

The woman scoffed, "Jiang Mo, don’t overdo it, and don’t be too greedy."

"Of course not."

Jiang Shouzhong quickly shook his head and, after a moment’s thought, said, "There’s another matter I want to deal with, but I’m afraid it might implicate you. So, could Ms. Jiang also leave the Capital?"

Upon hearing Jiang Shouzhong’s words, Jiang Yi looked utterly astonished:

"Are you joking with me?"

Jiang Shouzhong knew his words were absurd, but once the matter of killing the Crown Prince was exposed, given his and Xia He and Qiuye’s relationship, Jiang Yi would definitely be implicated.

He wasn’t sure how extensive Jiang Yi’s background was, but no matter how powerful, it couldn’t be more so than the Emperor, could it?

"I just fear implicating you, I’m worried about you,"

Jiang Shouzhong said.

Jiang Yi suddenly burst into laughter, her laughter shaking like the branches of a flower in the wind, tears streaming down her face, her brows arched as tumultuously as a tsunami.

After a long while, she managed to suppress her laughter, her eyes slightly misty: "You fear implicating me? You’re worried about me? Oh, Jiang, you really are the type to pity and cherish the fairer sex, aren’t you."

Jiang Shouzhong silently watched her.

Jiang Yi took out a handkerchief to dab the tears at the corners of her eyes and said lightly:

"Jiang Mo, you and I are not on the same level. Even if you stirred up the heavens, it wouldn’t implicate me. Even if it did, that would be my own fault."

"Alright, I understand now."

Jiang Shouzhong didn’t linger any longer and left the room.

Jiang Yi, supporting her chin with one hand, murmured, "This stinky kid isn’t really going to stir up the heavens, is he?"

...

Jiang Shouzhong came to the deck and saw that at the stern side, Qingchen and Xia He were talking about something.

The latter was bowing her head, nodding occasionally.

Upon seeing Jiang Shouzhong approach, Qingchen coughed lightly and nudged Xia He with her elbow subtly; the latter looked slightly panicked and instinctively tried to leave but was stopped by Jiang Shouzhong.

"What are you talking about?"

Jiang Shouzhong curiously looked at the two women.

Qingchen tilted up her pale chin slightly, trying to appear nonchalant as she said, "Nothing much, just asking about some matters concerning martial arts, isn’t that right, Xia He?"

"Oh, yes."

Xia He nodded woodenly.

Jiang Shouzhong, uninterested in delving into women’s private whisperings, spoke softly, "Is there something you need help with?"

"What is it?"

Qingchen asked, startled.

Jiang Shouzhong extended his hand palm up and wrote a few words on it; the two women looked at him with strange expressions.

"Tell the boss as well, just in case."

Jiang Shouzhong said.

Qingchen hummed an affirmation and left with Xia He.

On the other side of the ship’s bow, Lu Renjia, Wen Er, and Rong Yuhe were standing at the bow, enjoying the river while chatting.

Jiang Shouzhong walked up to Lu Renjia and asked with a smile, "Why not call Qing Niang out? Isn’t she stifling herself sick staying indoors all the time?"

Lu Renjia helplessly said, "She said she wanted to rest."

Beside them, Rong Yuhe, with his fingers curved delicately, said in a drawling tone, "I say, Jia, Qing Niang just doesn’t want to deal with you. Doesn’t it disgust you to keep hovering around her?"

Lu Renjia glared, "You don’t know crap, woman!"

Wen Er flicked his folding fan open casually, revealing a bit of his dashing, charming character, and pretended to speak profoundly, "Mr. Lu, pursuing women is an art, and that’s not how you do it."

Lu Renjia replied rudely, "You’re forty and still a bachelor, what do you know?"

Wen Er was choked up.

He snorted coldly, "I’m just roaming among the leaves, not hanging myself on one tree, what do you know?"

The few of them kept bickering and none could outdo the others.

In the end, the topic shifted to Jiang Shouzhong.

"Jiang, come and judge this, am I not right?" Wen Er said, his cheeks flushing with anger.

Lu Renjia rolled his eyes, "Jiang is also a bachelor, what would he know."

Having said that, Lu Renjia suddenly remembered Ran Qingchen’s earlier comment about being Jiang Mo’s wife, and felt suspicious again.

Was it true?

Or had he hallucinated?

Jiang Shouzhong didn’t join in on the topic but pointed towards a river area in the distance and said:

"I remember when I came to Qingzhou with Leng Jing, we also came by boat, and then the boat sank. At that time, we thought it was an accident, but we later learned that it was someone performing a ritual behind the scenes."

"Damn, I don’t even know which bastards, once I catch them, Jia will beat them hard," Lu Renjia muttered under his breath.

Rong Yuhe frowned, "According to the reports from the Wenxin Department of Liushan Division, these people seem to be after some truth about demon energy."

Wen Er’s eyes flickered for a moment, but he remained silent.

Jiang Shouzhong continued, "In Qingzhou, this group is still active, even fearing that I would ruin their plans, they joined hands with the young prince of Nanjin Country to frame me.

The techniques they used to frame me were quite clever, forcing me to become a street rat, only able to hide in the dark.

But the person impersonating me, although he had some of my features, has not yet been found."

Lu Renjia spoke, "Don’t even mention it, initially Zhang and I were deceived by that fake Jiang Mo, we almost fell for it at the beginning. Luckily, Jia is awesome and didn’t fall for it."

Jiang Shouzhong smiled and said, "That person’s little finger is missing, and he also recognizes me, which should make him easy to identify. But even after so long, we still haven’t found him.

Later, I had a sudden thought, maybe his hand is intact on regular days, and we just didn’t notice."

Lu Renjia didn’t understand:

"What do you mean? How can it be intact if the finger is broken?"

Jiang Shouzhong spit out two words, "Prosthesis."

"Prosthesis?"

Lu Renjia furrowed his brows, moved his own little finger a couple of times, "Even if it’s a prosthesis, it can’t compare to a real one, that would make it even easier to discover."

Jiang Shouzhong nodded, "That’s right, a fake little finger is ultimately stiff and can’t move.

It’s very difficult to disguise on a daily basis, you have to wash your face, draw a sword, fight, grab things... all five fingers are involved in very natural activities, and there’s no room for carelessness.

But what if he doesn’t use that little finger at all?"

"Not use it?"

Lu Renjia was stunned.

Jiang Shouzhong said lightly, "Just now, Qing Niang reminded me, and I realized that among us, there seems to be one person who doesn’t use his little finger much. To be precise, he’s always using it, just... not moving it much."

As Jiang Shouzhong’s words fell, the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became tense.

Ran Qingchen, Li Nanshuang, Leng Jing, and the four women of spring, summer, autumn, and winter stood at different positions on the deck.

Jiang Shouzhong looked towards Rong Yuhe, who was holding up his orchid finger, and smiled, "Hello, Monkey."

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