Chapter 460 - The First Song of Qin (33) (2/2)

“Oh, shut up. As if you guys don’t want to. Everyone wanted to take Qin-zong down back then. I heard he’s getting married soon. I really envy Qiao Chu.”

As Qiao Qian’qian listened to their discussion, though she was still smiling, she felt like her heart was being pricked by needles.

‘Qiao Chu, Qiao Chu, Qiao Chu… Why is she everywhere?!’

“What? You jealous?” Tang Jinchen appeared from who knows where, smelling of alcohol. He embraced her waist and pulled her to the side.

“Didn’t you team up with him to deceive me? Why didn’t you just make it real then?” Tang Jinchen pressed Qiao Qian’qian against the wall in the corner. “That little sister of yours is much smarter than you are.”

Qiao Qian’qian’s expression turned even more unsightly. “Tang Jinchen, is there any point to talking about something that happened so long ago?”

“There isn’t?” Tang Jinchen leaned closer to Qiao Qian’qian, his warm breath reeking of alcohol caressing her face. “Didn’t you look for him again? Weren’t you planning on seducing him?”

“I wasn’t!” Qiao Qian’qian defended herself.

Tang Jinchen gave a cold bark of laughter and released Qiao Qian’qian. “If you wish to stay by my side, you’d best behave. Or else…”

He brushed Qiao Qian’qian’s fair neck. “It’d be a shame if something were to appear on such a good-looking neck.”

Qiao Qian’qian couldn’t help but feel a shiver run up her spine. ‘This Tang Jinchen is too scary…’

Fortunately, Tang Jinchen didn’t do anything, as if he wasn’t the one who’d said those words.

By the time the two returned to the manor, it was already in the wee hours of the morning. The main hall was still brightly lit.

A woman was seated on the sofa, reading a book. Her temperament was that of a gentle lady who’d been raised in a respectable family.

Seeing Tang Jinchen return, she immediately put down her book. “You’re back?”

Tang Jinchen pulled the woman into his embrace and kissed her passionately, completely ignoring Qiao Qian’qian who had followed him in.

After a moment, he swept the woman into his arms and made his way upstairs.

Qiao Qian’qian stared at his departing back, her fingernails biting into her flesh, a hint of hatred slowly appearing in her eyes.

……

“Qian’qian-jie, you shouldn’t do that…” Boasting a large belly, the woman stood behind Qiao Qian’qian, giving the latter a timid look.

Qiao Qian’qian turned to look at her before turning around as if she hadn’t seen her. Qiao Qian’qian snipped the flower viciously with her shears.

The woman was scared into paling.

But Qiao Qian’qian felt a hint of the satisfaction that came with payback.

‘Tang Jinchen got married and is even going to have a kid now, but me? What did I have overseas for so many years? Just the same old cold and lonely life. I saved myself for him, but what happened? He gets a bunch of women! And even has one at home! All men are assholes!’

And that night had been the one that got the woman pregnant. Ever since then, Tang Jinchen was actually treating her better and better.

Qiao Qian’qian tossed the shears to the ground and turned to leave. When she was passing by the woman, she shot the latter a sideward glance. The woman gripped onto the railings to the side and shrunk back, appearing very afraid.

Qiao Qian’qian harrumphed coldly and walked past her.

Not long after she left, the woman was sent to the hospital where she gave birth prematurely to a son.

Suddenly giving birth a month before she was expected to naturally caused people to grow suspicious.

The servant who sent her to the hospital said that when she found her, the woman had already been lying on the balcony. The servant even said that only Qiao Qian’qian had been there at the time.

Qiao Qian’qian clearly never expected the woman to suddenly make this move after acting scared of her for so long.

Tang Jinchen had his arm around the woman, staring darkly at Qiao Qian’qian who was standing in the middle of the hospital room.

“Jinchen… I was careless and fell. It had nothing to do with Qian’qian-jie.” The woman weakly explained, but it seemed more like adding oil onto the fire.

“Qiao Qian’qian!” Tang Jinchen squeezed her name out from between clenched teeth. ‘She’s really getting more and more presumptuous!’