Return to the Day When My Pregnant Wife Jumped Off the Building-Chapter 363 Endure the Cruelty_1

"Where is Jiang Nanxi now?"

"In the top-floor presidential suite."

Xiao Ming stood up to leave, but hesitated as he was about to grasp the doorknob, then turned back, frowning in thought.

"What, what’s wrong?" Furukawa Shizuka asked between sobs.

"Nothing, you keep crying."

With his Thief Sect skills perfected, Qingfeng could navigate walls easily—though saying he could fly across them was an exaggeration—but he was professional-level at stealth and tracking.

That was why, when Jiang Nanxi was punishing the four daughters of wealthy families in the banquet hall’s rest room, Qingfeng had been hiding nearby, allowing Xiao Ming to "coincidentally" encounter Jiang Nanxi at the side door.

From his past life’s perspective, Xiao Ming thought of this woman as narrow-minded, ruthless, and quite smart, though overestimating herself and too high and mighty, generally falling into the stupid category and not worth much attention.

So he had directly identified Jiang Nanxi’s identity back then, signaling "I know who you are."

Jiang Nanxi indeed took the bait, but she didn’t accept his invitation to come clean, instead she shifted the topic to An Kefang.

This was odd.

Xiao Ming was certain that An Kefang in the corridor wasn’t acting; she was a girl without any ulterior motives.

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Even if I were a stallion that never said no to a pretty face, sending An Kefang would be like casting meat buns to dogs—a total waste of effort.

This isn’t right, something is very off!

Jiang Nanxi’s refusal to talk meant he was missing key information, and Xiao Ming, looking frustrated, leaned back against the couch, muttering, "Even though I still hold the initiative, this feeling of having to wait for the other side to make a move really sucks!"

"We could force them into a position where they have no choice but to make a move."

A face with swollen, tear-stained eyes moved closer.

Xiao Ming handed her a tissue, "How?"

"If you don’t have anything important next, you could return to Longyin first."

"That won’t do," Xiao Ming immediately shook his head, "The Fanjincheng project isn’t finalized yet. If I leave now, something might change.

Besides, my important family members are all in Longyin, which is also my stronghold. I can’t lead the wolves back to my home."

"Then go to Lingnan," said Furukawa Shizuka as she wiped her tears, "After all, Lu Lichun has been missing you like crazy. You could have some fun there."

Xiao Ming still shook his head, "Too far from home. If anything goes wrong, I’d be too far to manage anything from Lingnan."

Furukawa Shizuka got angry, "This isn’t right, that isn’t right. With such obvious weaknesses, how are you going to achieve anything big?"

Xiao Ming spread his hands, "This is how I am, can’t change that. You’ll just have to keep biting the bullet and help your boss out."

"I regret it!" Furukawa Shizuka turned away, not looking at him.

"Too late for regrets! Once you’re aboard young master’s pirate ship, you can get on, but you can’t get off."

Furukawa Shizuka sulked for a moment, then turned back, "Since it’s like this, we’ll have to make the first move."

"Like what?"

"Like letting your spy lover take action, arresting a few key figures from the Hao, Wu, An, and Chang families, or simply destroying the power that the Hao family relies on to dominate Qingyang."

Xiao Ming’s eyes brightened suddenly, clapping his hands and laughing, "Not bad, not bad, I like this idea! Once their power base is gone, we can also clear the obstacles for us to take over Fanjincheng, killing two birds with one stone.

Xiangxiang, bringing you over was definitely my biggest gain from my trip to Lingnan."

Furukawa Shizuka’s lips slightly curled, "Then we’d better act fast, gather intelligence.

Qingfeng is great at stealth and theft, I suggest starting from tonight, let him follow Hao Taixing."

"No need, I know where Hao Family’s Achilles’ heel is."

"How do you know?" Furukawa Shizuka first puzzled, then narrowed her eyes, "You already have an intelligence network; why not share it with me?

Do you actually not trust me at all, and all those futures you painted for me were nothing but lies?"

"Don’t be so paranoid."

He flicked her forehead, got up, and while yawning, headed for the bedroom, "I invited you to build an intelligence organization that belongs only to me.

I don’t need to explain what ’only to me’ means, right?"

Furukawa Shizuka paused for a moment, then followed him, "So, you do have an intelligence source, but it’s not yours, correct?"

"However you want to interpret it."

Of course, Xiao Ming had no such intelligence network; if he had to say he did, it would be his memories from his previous life, which he couldn’t disclose.

He opened the bedroom door, turned around, and glared, "What are you doing?"

"Going to sleep, obviously," Furukawa Shizuka replied matter-of-factly.

"You didn’t book another room today?"

"The entire hotel has been booked by the Ancient Appraisal Association, not open to the public."

"Then go to the secondary bedroom and sleep with Mingyue. Qingfeng will sleep on the couch."

"I can’t, Miss Mingyue’s body is covered in venomous insects; I’m scared."

Xiao Ming opened his mouth but then realized he had only two choices left: either sleep on the couch, or sleep with—blech—Furukawa.

"Uncle."

Seeing what he was thinking, Qingfeng glanced at the secondary bedroom door, somewhat shyly scratching his head, "My grandfather once made it very clear: I’m not allowed to have... relations with Mingyue before turning twenty.

So, I’m going to sleep on the couch tonight."

"That old man is crazy! Eighteen is old enough; why wait until twenty?

And you, can’t you hold yourself back a little? Is it impossible to sleep together without doing something?"

Qingfeng hung his head in silence, his face beet red.

Obviously, asking a young man in the prime of his hormonal surge to restrain himself was quite cruel.

With a sigh of resignation, Xiao Ming stepped aside from the doorway but didn’t forget to warn Furukawa Shizuka, "Be proper when you sleep, and if you dare to hog the blanket, I’ll welt your butt!"

With her hands clasped in front of her stomach, Furukawa Shizuka bowed her head with a light smile, "My apologies, please take care of me."

As soon as the master bedroom’s door was closed, the secondary bedroom door swung open, and Mingyue rushed out, grabbed Qingfeng by the ear, and dragged him inside.

"I didn’t know grandfather had issued such a strict order; why are you giving that woman a chance?"