- Home
- A Fascinating Marriage with the Colonel
- Chapter 82 - Who Wants to Make Use of Qin Shu?
Chapter 82 Who Wants to Make Use of Qin Shu?
Early in the morning, the sky was still dark.
Qin Shu held the quilt in her arms and was sleeping hazily. Suddenly, she felt a cold aura of killing intent.
She woke up from a shock and vaguely saw Ling Mohan walking over in a black combat uniform. It looked like he had just returned from the outside. She couldn’t help but mutter, “When did you leave?”
“Midnight.” Ling Mohan restrained his hostility and quickly took off his coat. Then, he went to bed and hugged Qin Shu in his arms, letting out a satisfied sigh from his throat.
Qin Shu felt that he was hugging her tightly and protested, “Do you want to strangle me to death?”
She had just woken up and her soft and hoarse voice sounded like a kitten that was acting cutesy.
Ling Mohan couldn’t help but kiss her on the lips with affection. “Let me hug you for a while!”
“I want to get up. Hug the pillow.” Qin Shu ruthlessly pulled out her pillow from under her head and stuffed it between her and Ling Mohan.
Whoosh!
The pillow that got in the way of them was roughly thrown away by Ling Mohan. He stretched out his long arm and pulled Qin Shu back into his embrace. Then, he tyrannically put his arms around her.
“Sleep a little longer.” He kissed the little woman’s earlobe as if he couldn’t kiss her enough.
How did this person become so clingy!
Qin Shu was angry and also felt it funny. She struggled slightly and said, “I’ve had enough of sleep. You can sleep by yourself.”
Ling Mohan refused, hugging her and not letting go of her. He coaxed her in a low voice, “Lie down with me for a while longer.”
Qin Shu was speechless, so she could only continue to lie in his embrace, with her head resting on his hard muscles. Surrounding her were filled with the familiar and strong aura of the man, as domineering as he himself.
Not long after, the long and steady breathing sound came from above her head.
Qin Shu guessed that he was asleep.
However, she didn’t want to sleep and stared at the ceiling with her eyes wide open, feeling a little depressed and irritated.
What was the relationship between her and this bastard now?
A couple? But the two of them barely managed to get the marriage certificate, and they shared the same bed but had different dreams, then finally they began to get along harmoniously, so they could not be considered as husband and wife.
Superior and subordinate? The secretary was lying in the arms of her superior and they slept together every day. It was too ridiculous to say that they were superior and subordinate!
It was hard to explain and figure it out clearly.
Qin Shu was angry for a moment and wanted to wake up Ling Mohan to ask him what he thought of her.
But on second thought, what was the difference between her who was so eager for an answer and those jealous wives who questioned their husbands in a fit of temper? As if she cared about him very much.
Qin Shu was not very happy, and she couldn’t figure out why, so she soon fell asleep in a daze as well.
When she woke up again, she vaguely heard Ling Mohan speak on the phone, “…search every corner of the base carefully, be sure to stay safe, and don’t let down your guard!”
“What base?” Qin Shu muttered casually.
Ling Mohan hung up the phone and touched her soft long hair. He said, “The Rose Organization set up a secret base in the old industrial area of City Lin. When we rushed over, the viper had already escaped, but we detected that there were a lot of explosives laid around the base.”
After he reported the situation, the higher-ups immediately ordered the Wild Wolf Special Forces to evacuate. Then, they sent three elite search groups and bomb disposal squad overnight. Just now, the subordinates reported that they had already removed almost all the ammunition around the base. The vanguard of the special forces was preparing to go deep into the base.
Of course, these were important affairs of the military, so Ling Mohan could not say anything to Qin Shu.
“I need to go back to the military area.” He turned over and quickly put on his combat uniform. Then he placed his big hand on the back of Qin Shu’s neck and said, “Stay right here, don’t go out!”
Qin Shu habitually wanted to argue with him, but she heard the man say seriously, “Be obedient, don’t make me worry.”
Qin Shu could only scratch out the words of retort in her heart and blink her eyes. “Yes, Lord Colonel, I promise I’ll be obedient.”
“Humph!” Ling Mohan gently rapped her forehead and strode out. When he reached the door, he suddenly turned around and quickly walked back to the hospital bed. He pulled Qin Shu over and kissed her hard before he left contentedly.
Qin Shu covered her slightly flushed cheeks and involuntarily raised her lips into a smile.
She fell on the bed, thinking casually that, whatever their relationship was, she’d just let nature take its course!
With this thought, Qin Shu felt much happier in her heart.
She wasn’t so dizzy today, and she didn’t feel sick after breakfast. But she was bored. She lay on the bed and was playing with her mobile phone when the WeChat chatting group of the Secretary Department kept ringing the prompt tone of receiving messages.
Qin Shu clicked open the message. It turned out that many people in the group were congratulating Tang Anru on her promotion to deputy team leader of the second group of the Secretary Department.
She raised her eyebrows slightly and read the chatting records for a while. There was no actual content, so she turned off WeChat.
But there was always someone who wouldn’t let her have some peaceful time.
Not long after Qin Shu put down her phone, Tang Anru suddenly called.
Qin Shu had already put Tang Anru’s phone number into the black list, but she had no choice but to contact Tang Anru because of work needs.
“Hello, Miss Tang, what can I do for you?” Qin Shu answered the phone, her tone cold and distant, and she sounded with a business attitude.
Tang Anru did not mind her coldness at all and said softly, “I heard from Special Assistant Yang that you got sick and took leave. Are you feeling better?”
Qin Shu said, “I’m fine. Thank you for your concern. If there’s nothing else about work, I’ll hang up.”
“Wait!” Tang Anru anxiously shouted, “Qin Shu, can you stop doing this? Even if we can’t go back to the past, I still hope that we can get along as happily as other colleagues…”
Qin Shu curled her lips and chuckled, “Miss Tang, if you are calling to say such nonsense to me, I advise you not to waste your time, or I will call the police and charge you of harassing me.”
Tang Anru immediately said apologetically, “Sorry, I didn’t do it on purpose. I, I got promoted to deputy team leader today, so I couldn’t help but want to call you. As we used to do at school, we always share good things and celebrate together.”
Qin Shu rolled her eyes speechlessly. Sharing what? She was clearly just showing off, and she spoke that in such a high-sounding tone.
Facing Qin Shu’s silence, Tang Anru cautiously said, “I want to treat the colleagues in the office to dinner tonight. Would you like to come and join us?”
“No, goodbye!” Qin Shu refused and hung up the phone decisively.
Then suddenly the ward door was pushed open, and a cheerful voice sounded, “Darling, I’m coming! Why are you in the hospital again?”
“Xiaoya?” Qin Shu sat up in surprise. “How do you know I’m here?”
She didn’t tell Su Xiaoya about her being kidnapped by the viper.
Su Xiaoya dodged to the side and pointed at the guard behind her with a smile. “This handsome guy picked me up and took me here.”
The guard explained, “Sister-in-law, the boss asked me to bring Miss Su over. He was afraid you might be too bored in the hospital.”
“…Don’t call me sister-in-law.” Qin Shu was a little embarrassed.
The guard scratched his head and didn’t quite understand why, but he still nodded and said “yes” before going out to stand guard.
Su Xiaoya chuckled and winked at Qin Shu. “Hey, sister-in-law! Sister-in-law!”
“I dare you say it again!” Qin Shu pretended to glare at her fiercely.
Su Xiaoya was not afraid at all. She even laughed and leaned forward, saying in a tone of gossiping, “Darling, quickly tell me what happened.”
“What happened?” Qin Shu pretended she didn’t know what Su Xiaoya was talking about.
“You’re still pretending! The guard called you sister-in-law, so you and the colonel, did you two…” Su Xiaoya deliberately didn’t finish her sentence and looked at Qin Shu expectantly.
Qin Shu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She slapped her head and said, “The relationship between him and me is not as simple as you think. I’ll tell you another time.”
Su Xiaoya was depressed and asked again, “How did you get yourself into the hospital again? Where did you get hurt on you?”
As she spoke, she reached out her hand to Qin Shu, wanting to see where she got hurt and whether it was serious or not.
Back then, Qin Shu rolled off the car. Her bones were fine, but there were some scratches on her skin. They looked a little scary.
So she hurriedly stopped Su Xiaoya and said, “I’m fine. I just accidentally hit my head and had a slight concussion.”
Su Xiaoya looked at her suspiciously.
Qin Shu pointed to the small card of medical record hanging above her head on the hospital bed. “Here, look at it yourself.”
Su Xiaoya leaned over and took a serious look. Then she nodded and said, “If I had known this earlier, I would have bought a pot of stewed pig brains over. It’s good for your brain.”
Qin Shu, “…”
Su Xiaoya was a chatterbox who could chat on and on. A place with her was never boring, at least there would be no lack of gossip.
Halfway through their conversation, she seemed to recall something and suddenly asked with puzzlement, “Darling, did those two disgusting lovers break up?”
“How would I know? Why are you asking that?” Qin Shu picked up an orange and peeled it.
Su Xiaoya rubbed her chin and said, “Yesterday, I went to Guxuanzhai for dinner with a friend. I saw Tang Anru and Yang Bin sitting in the private room. The two of them looked very intimate. If she and Qi Mingran hasn’t broken up, why would she take a fancy to Yang Bin? Tsk, tsk, I had wanted to take a picture of them to show you, but unfortunately, the waiter closed the door after coming out.”
Taking a picture?
Qin Shu suddenly recalled the anonymous photo she had received, so she stared at Su Xiaoya. “Tell me honestly, did you hire anyone to take pictures of Tang Anru?”
“Why would I do that?” Su Xiaoya’s face was full of disgust. “Whenever I see her, I feel disgusted. It would be better to hire someone to follow and shoot a star than her. In that case, I’ll put the pictures in our magazine and then our sales volume will soar!”
Who else could it be then? Qin Shu thought as she ate the orange. The other party clearly knew that she had a conflict with Tang Anru. Was the person simply trying to make use of her to deal with Tang Anru, or did the person want her and Tang Anru to fight fiercely and then the person would be able to reap benefits?
Su Xiaoya did not know about the anonymous photos and kept on talking, “Darling, if that couple of disgusting lovers have broken up and Qi Mingran comes back to you to ask for being together again, you must not promise him! That kind of scum must be beaten whenever I’ll see him. You mustn’t be soft-hearted or deceived by his appearance… Darling, what are you thinking? Did you hear me?”
“I heard you.” Qin Shu stuffed an orange slice into her mouth and said thoughtfully, “I wonder who else hates Tang Anru the most besides me.”
“Me!” Su Xiaoya stuck out her chest and shared the same hatred as Qin Shu.
“You don’t count.” Qin Shu pondered for a moment. She took her phone and showed Su Xiaoya the hidden anonymous photo. “See? The two of them were already very intimate before you saw them. They are commonly referred to as the bosom friends.”
Su Xiaoya widened her eyes. “Is this the pure friendship between men and women? But isn’t this friendship too impure?”
Qin Shu smiled faintly. “Who knows, but if Qi Mingran sees this photo, he will definitely break up with Tang Anru based on his straight male personality. However, I don’t intend to send it to Qi Mingran. I need to make good use of these two photos.”
Su Xiaoya agreed with her totally. “Right, right, right. We can’t let them break up and harm others. But darling, how do you want to make use of the photos?”
Qin Shu curled her lips and smiled without saying a word.