in2ebook Chapter 270 Paranoia
Chapter 270 Paranoia
Qiao Wan went to find Xuan Er angrily, hoping to find some comfort, but the first thing Xuan Er said when he saw her was, "There's news about Xu Shu."
Qiao Wan was speechless: "Now is the time when he is in high spirits, what is he going to say?"
Xuan Er looked at her and asked, "Unhappy?"
Qiao Wan hummed, "Not really, it's mainly about Qiao Jianhong. Well, if I'm not mistaken... Qiao Jianhong was supposed to kill Mu Jinghua."
Xuan Er was stunned when he heard this, then he laughed: "You just discovered it?"
"Just now?" Qiao Wan's eyes widened. "You knew it a long time ago?"
"Have you forgotten the explosion in Shiqiao Village?" Xuan Er was a little helpless. "If it weren't for the young master's death order, would I have done that?"
"Later, Qiao Er received an order to kill Mu Jinghua without mercy, but later... the young master seemed to have changed his mind."
"But I am indeed sorry for Mu Ge'er and Xu Shu... and I chose to do it on Mu Ge'er's birthday."
He reached out and touched Qiao Wan's face: "I'm sorry for you too."
"How could you be so sorry to me?" Qiao Wan grabbed his hand and rubbed it twice, "But you really should reflect on yourself. Xu Shu is a ruthless character. You can never offend him no matter who you offend."
"Miss, you seem to know Mr. Xu very well?"
Qiao Wan immediately sensed the jealousy in Xuan Er's words and looked at him amusedly: "Are you jealous?"
Xuan Er blushed at her straightforward teasing: "Miss."
"I don't know Xu Shu. I've only heard a little bit about him. Of course, it's not a good thing. I won't spread it around." Qiao Wan changed the subject. "What did Xu Shu say in the letter?"
"Ask the lady if she still wants shares."
"Of course I want it." Qiao Wan was puzzled.
"If you don't want to, then don't help Qiao Jianhong behind his back every day." A clear voice came from not far away, scaring Qiao Wan so much that she trembled and quickly hid behind Xuan Er.
"Xu Shu?" Qiao Wan looked at Xu Shu standing on the wall, speechless and helpless, "Who are you trying to scare to death in broad daylight?"
"I was giving you a gift, but I happened to run into you and Xuan Er talking about me, and I couldn't help myself." Xu Shu jumped down from the wall, landed steadily on the ground, and patted the non-existent dust on his body before saying coldly, "Miss Qiao, Qiao Jianhong wanted to kill Xiao Mujin, did you really not notice it at all?"
Xuan Er drew his sword subconsciously.
Xu Shu laughed disdainfully twice, but did not move, just looked at Qiao Wan.
Qiao Wan calmed down now. She looked at Xu Shu and swallowed, "To be honest, I didn't notice anything. Do you believe me?"
"What do you say?"
Qiao Wan's legs went limp: "Then... just because I helped you pass the news to the palace, don't bother about this matter? I'm really your biological mother, and I really don't know."
Xu Shu didn't say whether he believed it or not, and asked again: "What did you talk to Qiao Jianhong in the room?"
"You know all this?" Qiao Wan said with a mask of pain on his face, "Did you secretly install surveillance cameras in my house?"
Seeing that Xu Shu didn't respond, she said carefully: "You should have noticed last time that Qiao Jianhong... knows some truths about this world."
Xu Shu hummed, sat on a bamboo chair beside him, and nodded for her to continue.
Qiao Wan: ...
She cleared her throat and did not dare to sit down. She just spoke to Xu Shu seriously like a primary school student reciting a lesson: "I came to this world about five years ago. At that time, Qiao Jianhong had just begun to develop a personal consciousness that was detached from the plot. When I came, he was frantically looking for Bai Danchen..."
"Unfortunately, when we found him, there was only a swollen corpse. Seeing him so depressed, I couldn't bear it, so I would sometimes give him some advice on some things."
"But he's too smart. When he realized something was wrong with me, he immediately found someone to monitor me," Qiao Wan glanced at Xuan Er, "He wrote down everything I said in my dreams, and even used his beauty to seduce him... You know, I don't have much self-control."
Xu Shu glanced at Xuan Er and said, "So, the stories you told me before were all made up."
Qiao Wan laughed awkwardly: "It's harmless, right? We are indeed together, it's just that the process... the process is different from what I told you at the beginning."
"It's also true that he ran away from his marriage. After learning the truth, Qiao Jianhong was paranoid and believed that as long as the plot collapsed, everything would start over again."
"Isn't it in the original plot that you are married to the boss of the Xiao family?"
"Yes..." Qiao Wan nodded, "So it was also a fake marriage. Qiao Jianhong's plan was to... poison the Xiao family boss and Xiao Wuyan during the wedding banquet."
"You don't want to help him." Xu Shu raised his eyebrows, "Why?"
"Why?" Qiao Wan's voice suddenly became louder. "I'm already speechless because you messed up my plot like that. Now there's another Qiao Jianhong. I still need your help? I'm the author! Don't I have any dignity?"
"Miss, don't get excited." Xuan Er pulled Qiao Wan.
Qiao Wan hummed in frustration, "He first killed Mu Tonghai, then bribed people in the palace to poison Emperor Zhaoyan and framed the Queen Mother. He wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of the Queen Mother, but she found someone who looked exactly like Emperor Zhaoyan from the public to pass him off as the real thing."
"I told him at the time that this might be the plot correcting itself, but he didn't believe it. Instead, he instigated Qin Lianxi and Xiao Ran to rebel with him."
"It's just that Feng Dan repeatedly attacked, so the matter was delayed for a long time. Later, he met Mu Jinghua and you... Maybe he changed his mind again."
"Now, I don't know what he is thinking..."
"I'm afraid he doesn't know either." Xu Shu laughed twice and said, "Little Mu Jin will go to the palace tomorrow. You should accompany him."
Qiao Wan nodded in agreement, hoping that Xu Shu would finish speaking and leave quickly: "Anything else?"
"That's all." Xu Shu turned around and climbed over the wall to leave.
Qiao Wan looked at his smooth movements and said in frustration, "Xuan Er, can our wall be made higher?"
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Xu Shu came out of Qiao's house and took only two steps when he saw the carriage from Bai's house.
He stopped and waited for the carriage to stop in front of him. Before the person inside could stick his head out, he knew who it was: "Little Hibiscus."
Mu Jinghua lifted the curtain to look at Xu Shu: "You've been gone for a long time."
"I'm back now." Xu Shu jumped onto the carriage and said, "Let's go. I'll take you to see our Muyilou factory."
Speaking of business, Mu Jinghua instantly became interested. Because of Qiao Jianhong, he was always thinking about the emperor and the prime minister during this period, and he was in a very depressed mood.
Now that I have taken over the business of Muyilou, and see the huge pile of money and familiar account books, I finally feel a lot more at ease.
"The jar of vanishing cream from last night smelled the best, so bring a few more. In addition, bring three jars of each of the four scents: osmanthus, plum blossom, vanilla, and mung bean."
"What do you think?"
Xu Shu nodded: "Bring a few cans of cedar too, maybe you can meet the emperor."
"Okay." Mu Jinghua still felt a little unsure, "Can't you accompany me tomorrow?"
"The time for the martial arts exam is approaching. When it's over, I can accompany you to the palace. During this time, let Qiao Wan take care of you. The Qiao family is also considered a noble family in the palace. They are related to everyone, so no one will offend you."
Mu Jinghua hummed, still a little reluctantly: "After you left, Mu Tonghai came over."