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Jiang Mian had no idea that Qiu Fenglan had already set her up.

Little Stone felt sad and cried in her arms for a while.

Jiang Mian gently patted his back to soothe his emotions.

Lu Chaochi's emotions gradually calmed down, and he quietly raised his eyes.

The child's nasal voice sounded even softer and sweeter as she whispered, "Mianmian, did you really...marry my dad?"

“Theoretically speaking, yes.” Jiang Mian gently bit her lip and thought about it carefully.

She felt it was better to tell the child the truth.

Little Stone is very smart; if you tell him the truth, he might understand.

But if I don't tell him the truth, he might start overthinking.

"As you've seen, if your father doesn't get married, there will always be different women arranged for him."

Lu Chaochi nodded. The woman who had just introduced herself as Aunt Qiu was one of them.

But before that, there were many aunties, all kinds of aunties, who wanted to scold his father, that stinky egg.

"If your father really has something going on with them, they might get involved in your life."

"Your father doesn't want people he doesn't trust, or people you don't like, to take care of you and be involved in your life."

"So I became the right person. You like me, and after I saved you, your father trusted me. And that's how things turned out."

Jiang Mian spoke gently, recounting her story in a slow and detailed manner.

Even if you can't tell the whole truth to the child, you've still told them a lot of facts to some extent.

After hearing these words, Lu Chaochi remained silent. The little child frowned, seemingly deep in thought.

Jiang Mian didn't disturb him and let him think for himself.

In her previous remarks, Jiang Mian did not intend to smear Lu Bozhou.

It's clear that the man still cares about the child.

So even though he broke her heart, she still harbored many grievances against that man.

She had no intention of smearing her father in front of the child.

"...So now," Lu Chaochi looked up at Jiang Mian, "am I my new mother?"

"You could say that," Jiang Mian said, a slight smile playing on her lips.

"Should I call you Mom?" Lu Chaochi asked cautiously again.

Jiang Mian said, "Whatever you say."

"I have my own mother," Lu Chaochi said softly. "If I don't call you 'Mom' so soon, will you be angry?"

Jiang Mian smiled at him and said, "When have I ever been angry with you?"

Because he had just cried, Lu Chaochi's eyes were still a little red.

Hearing Jiang Mian's words, she flashed her little white teeth and smiled, "Mianmian, you're so nice!"

"Let's go home," Jiang Mian said softly.

"Yeah! Go home!"

……

The conversation inside the car reached the man's ears verbatim.

He lay in bed, half-closing his eyes, listening to the recording on the phone.

"Tsk, since they're so concerned, why not just have them come to the hospital?" Song Xu sat by the hospital bed.

Lu Bozhou glanced at him sideways, his voice slightly hoarse and his tone indifferent.

"Want to see Lu Chaochi cry again? Do you have some kind of abnormal liking for watching children cry?"

Song Xu almost laughed in anger, "And what about you! Do you have some kind of abnormal fascination with getting injured?!"

Song Xu's tone was clearly reproachful.

The man lying on the hospital bed was wrapped in layers of bandages. He had a knife wound on his shoulder and back, and another on his side.

It took almost thirty stitches.

What a tattered rag doll! As this guy's attending physician, how could he not be angry?

Upon hearing this, Lu Bozhou merely glanced at him sideways, showing no anger.

"What can I do if someone attacks me from behind?" Lu Bozhou curled his lip.

But Song Xu didn't believe a word of it.

Instead, they became even angrier.

"Bullshit! With your skills, Lu Bozhou, how could that person have ambushed you? Were you deliberately not dodging?!" Song Xu questioned.

Song Xu was very worried. "Are you acting strange again? Otherwise, why didn't you hide?"

The man on the hospital bed simply said in a low voice, "It's not that bad, but I..."

He paused for a moment.

Then her voice became even lower, "...I took some medicine at the time, and because I was afraid my condition wasn't right, I took two more pills, and as a result, I became a little sluggish."

Upon hearing this, Song Xu glared at him and said, "Why would you eat a couple more for no reason?"

Lu Bozhou was silent for two seconds, then said indifferently, "Oh, I'm afraid I'll get too excited about picking up my son, okay?"

Song Xu scoffed at this, "I think you're just afraid of being too excited to pick up your son with your wife."

Lu Bozhou turned to the side and closed his eyes. "I'm sleepy. Get out of here."

"You'd better tell Jiang Mian that at least someone will take care of you. Can you really trust a caregiver or something?" Song Xu suggested.

Lu Bozhou didn't even open his eyes. "It's not like he's paralyzed on one side. What's there to take care of?"

Seeing him carrying this burden alone again, Song Xu sighed silently in her heart.

Unfortunately, that was the case.

Jiang Mian soon encountered trouble.

When the police came to her, Jiang Mian was completely bewildered.

She just went out to buy some groceries and daily necessities.

As soon as I stepped out of the supermarket, I was surrounded by two police officers.

They took him back to the station.

Jiang Mian was very uneasy. She had no idea what she had done to warrant such a grand display of force from the police to take her away.

The only thing I could think of was that I had been resurrected in another's body.

But... no... do the police handle this kind of thing?

Jiang Mian's mind was a jumbled mess of thoughts.

Law-abiding citizens are like this; when faced with something like this, they panic.

For a moment, I couldn't even think of who to call.

Until they took him back to the station.

Jiang Mian belatedly realized what was happening. "Excuse me, officer, did I... do something wrong?"

"Someone reported you for driving without a license."

They pulled up screenshots from the surveillance footage, and the surveillance footage is very clear now!

Jiang Mian's face on that screen was simply stunning, in high definition.

There's no denying it.

Jiang Mian didn't intend to deny it; she was just a little shocked.

Because she completely ignored it.

I don't even have a driver's license!

She has a driver's license! That's a thing of the past!

But the human brain doesn't react that quickly. She didn't realize it at first and started thinking she was a person with a driver's license!

That day, she drove directly to the Lu residence, taking Lu Bozhou, who had been drugged, home!

She had no idea what she was going to be like in this life. For someone from a family like Jiang Mian's, even going to university was a struggle; they couldn't afford the tuition and living expenses.

They have to make money by selling rice noodle rolls and delivering takeout.

How could I possibly have the money to learn to drive and get a driver's license?

However, she did not have any accidents or engage in any dangerous driving maneuvers at the time.

I was reported for driving without a license for no reason.

Without even thinking, it's obvious that I've been set up.

As for who plotted against you, just think about who you were messing with when you took Lu Bozhou away from the Lu residence that day. Whose interests were threatened, and whose plans were ruined?

It's not hard to guess then.

Jiang Mian gently bit her lip.

"Do you have a driver's license?" the police officer asked.

Jiang Mian gently shook her head. "No, I'm sorry, I was being rash."

"Then we are not wronging you. It is perfectly legal and reasonable for us to bring you back."

"Get ready, according to traffic laws, you can be detained for fifteen days."

Fifteen days?

Jiang Mian was startled. She said softly, "Excuse me, may I make a phone call home?" [Qiqi is asking for votes and favorites!]