TCN: Mei Gongqing

Chapter 182: Jealousy Leads to Passion

Chapter 182: Jealousy Leads to Passion

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He spoke no more, and did nothing else. His hold on her hand was gentle but firm, as though he wanted to coax the weariness out of Chen Rong.

Sure enough, she gradually relaxed.

Her tensed wrists fell as she settled in the crook of his neck, sinking down little by little.

When she awoke it was to a bumpy ride. As soon as she stirred, a hand stilled her and Wang Hong's voice sounded: "Don't move, your wound has just been dressed."

Chen Rong softly hummed and opened her eyes.

She saw a white-clad man with a faint smile on his handsome face, leaning leisurely on the carriage wall. "Where are we going?" she asked in a daze.

"Back to Nan'yang."

"Back to Nan'yang just like this?"

Wang Hong looked down and smiled at her.

His smile was particularly radiant. "Don't worry, Murong Ke's people have fallen to Ran Min's trap," he explained. "After you disappeared, I sent someone to contact Ran Min."

"Murong Ke is a clever man. He only communicated with me," he lazily said, rubbing his chin. "He intended to use you to lure me, then get rid of me before using you again to deal with Ran Min. Even if the two of us didn't fall for his trap, he must have thought we'd live in regrets for the rest of our lives because you had fallen into his hands. But he had underestimated me, as well as Ran Min."

With a faint smile, Wang Hong looked up at the carriage ceiling and muttered, "I had told that rascal long ago that I, Wang Hong, have never been a stubborn old hat. What made him think I wouldn't look for Ran Min and join our forces against him?"

When he saw that Chen Rong was listening attentively, he continued: "I disclosed the new mayor's route and his troop numbers to Murong Ke because I knew he wouldn't be able to help himself from taking the bait. Ran Min agreed to take care of Murong Ke's men while I rescue you. I'm guessing," he paused to estimate, "that those two have met by now. Tsk tsk, we have a purpose whereas he is negligent, we take action whereas he is passive; Murong Ke will suffer quite a loss this time. I bet he'll start to behave after this."

"Then what about the mayor of Mo'yang?" Chen Rong asked.

Wang Hong bowed his head to look at her. He rested his hands on his lap in the same nonchalant manner.

Chen Rong, on the other hand, grew more anxious the longer she looked at him.

Wang Hong quietly regarded her. His lips upturned into a faint smile. "That's inconsequential."

"How can it be inconsequential?"

Chen Rong sat up, tugged his sleeves and pleaded, "Well? Tell me." Tell me. You gave away the mayor's itinerary. Would you be exposed? Would you be incriminated?

Wang Hong was still quietly watching Chen Rong.

His gaze was quiet and clear.

But the more he acted this way, the more uneasy Chen Rong felt. She knew this man. The bigger the trouble, the more he would try to brush it off as if nothing was the matter.

Wang Hong withdrew his gaze with a smile.

"Rest easy, nothing's the matter."

How could nothing be the matter? The major clans in Jiankang constantly tried to impede one another... If that wasn't the case, then why would he hide everything when he clearly hadn't lost to Murong Ke?