My Superstar Wife Is So Popular
Chapter 109 - 108: What’s the Benefit?

Chapter 109: Chapter 108: What’s the Benefit?

"Ginger coke, Song Qian brought it over because he was afraid I’d catch a cold along with Lin Ruochun," Wen Qiao leaned in to sniff the bowl, the pungent, spicy scent of ginger neutralized by the soda, it wasn’t unpleasant to smell after all.

Fu Jinghen’s mind involuntarily conjured up the scene he had witnessed downstairs upon his arrival, the trio standing in the lobby, chatting and laughing. However, it was quite clear that Song Qian stood closer to Wen Qiao, and their interaction seemed more intimate.

"Lin Ruochun?" asked Fu Jinghen.

"Yeah, I went out to buy some barbecue earlier, and then I happened across her falling into the lake. Struck by a bout of benevolence, I fished her out," Wen Qiao lifted her chin, seeking praise with an air of expectancy, "What do you think, aren’t I quite the hero, overlooking past grievances?"

"...Uh-huh."

But what concerned Fu Jinghen more was another matter, "The drowning, was it related to you?"

"How did you know?" Wen Qiao was startled; she hadn’t gone into much detail about the incident, how could Fu Jinghen have known?

"Just a guess." Seeing that her attention was fixed on him, Fu Jinghen subtly moved his fingers and pushed the dark concoction on the table a little further away without a sound.

Strangely, the sight of the bowl annoyed him.

It was quite foul-smelling, too.

"What happened?" he inquired again.

"I don’t know either." Wen Qiao was equally puzzled about the incident, "Lin Ruochun said that I sent her a text at noon, telling her to meet me at the riverbank in the evening. But I was filming all afternoon and didn’t have a moment to touch my phone. Yet, she recited my phone’s last digit perfectly, then she went, and after that, her phone was stolen, and when I saw her next, she was dropping into the lake."

"Hefty guts," Fu Jinghen sized her up and down, his gaze lingering for a two-second pause on her fair and slender, crossed legs. After noting that there were no apparent scrapes or bruises on her, he looked away, "The phone?"

"Ah..." Wen Qiao let out a small exclamation of surprise, slightly guiltily touching her nose, "If nothing went wrong, its remains should still be in the lake."

Fu Jinghen: "..."

"What’s up?" Wen Qiao reached out and lightly scratched the palm of Fu Jinghen’s hand, "Is Brother Jinghen planning to personally take action to resolve this for me?"

Fu Jinghen’s heart skipped a beat, and he retorted with raised eyebrows, "If I help you, what’s in it for me?"

"Wow, really, President Fu?" Wen Qiao was taken aback, "You want a reward for such a small favor?"

"Or you expect me to work for free?"

"Fine then." Wen Qiao volleyed back, "What reward do you want?"

The incident obviously had someone’s fingerprints all over it, and most likely, it was Jiang Wei’s handiwork. After all, if Lin Ruochun really drowned, she would be the prime suspect since the text inviting her to the riverbank came from Wen Qiao’s phone number.

Should the filming for "Red Makeup" be unable to continue, not to mention the identity of the prospective Fu Family daughter-in-law being jeopardized.

And all this would be most advantageous to Jiang Wei.

However, investigating this matter was neither particularly difficult nor easy, but Wen Qiao was preoccupied with filming and only had Jiang Yao, her agent, by her side, lacking even an assistant. With insufficient time and manpower, she might as well leave it to Fu Jinghen.

After all, for him, this was a piece of cake.

Besides, isn’t the bother between people what breeds affection? With such a useful tool at her disposal, Wen Qiao would be foolish not to take advantage.

After pondering for a few seconds, Wen Qiao still chose to share her speculation with Fu Jinghen, "If it turns out in the end that it was indeed Jiang Wei’s doing, you wouldn’t shield her just because you grew up together as childhood friends, right?"

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