After Black Moonlight revealed her true feelings, everyone panicked.

Lu Sijian didn't see it, but she could guess.

In the novel, the original owner of this body did not reveal her true colors in the early stages and always pretended to be dignified and gentle. Even if she wanted to cause trouble, she could not do it herself every time.

She didn't like forming cliques, so she cleverly thought of using Lian Buman to achieve her goals.

The problem is that even if she wanted to win over Lian Buman, Lian Buman wouldn't blindly follow her... after all, they are mortal enemies.

So she came up with a plan: she bribed Lian Buman's confidante, Xia Youyou, and then had Xia Youyou incite Lian Buman to deal with Mu Liangyue, thus achieving her own goal.

Her method of bribing Xia Youyou was to promise to make Xia Youyou her sister-in-law.

Xia Youyou came from a poor family, but she was quite beautiful and dreamed of marrying into a wealthy family.

The reason she tolerated Lian Buman's bad temper was threefold: first, Lian Buman was generous and she could gain benefits from her; second, she could come into contact with wealthy families by following Lian Buman; and third, she could use Lian Buman's arrogance and domineering attitude to highlight her own gentleness, understanding, and domesticity, achieving multiple benefits in one fell swoop!

Xia Youyou was determined to marry into a wealthy family, and before the original owner of this body approached her, she certainly wouldn't just wait for an opportunity to come knocking on her door.

She took advantage of attending banquets with Lian Buman to get to know various wealthy young men, and then tried to flirt with and get close to them.

In the novel, she has an affair with Zhu Jinming, but their relationship is clandestine. Zhu Jinming is clearly more enthusiastic towards Mu Liangyue, but he only wants to play around with her.

This made Xia Youyou hate Mu Liangyue completely, so when the original owner came to her door, she immediately hit it off and colluded with the original owner.

However, Xia Youyou in the book is just a clown. She claims to be Lu Lingjun's fiancée, but Lu Lingjun doesn't even remember her name.

The only time the two crossed paths was when Lu Lingjun suspected her of instigating his younger sister, so he crossed out her photo. The next day, Xia Youyou was sent to the countryside by her family to get married.

She married a lame old widow in his forties, and readers all thought it was a perfect arrangement, because those who climb the social ladder should fall into the mud and be trampled on.

"Miss Lu, I didn't come here voluntarily. They tricked me into coming!" Xia Youyou suddenly looked like she was about to cry.

Lu Sijian snapped out of her daze and pulled out her phone: "You really didn't do it voluntarily? Then how about I call the police for you?"

Xia Youyou put away her delicate expression. Was she really heartless?

Lu Sijian laughed, "It seems you did it voluntarily."

"What exactly do you want from me? Let me make this clear first, I don't do anything illegal or criminal." Xia Youyou's face darkened.

She has a sweet appearance, and with the help of makeup, she looks very pitiful, but Lu Sijian thinks she looks more charming when she's a bit fierce.

What a pitiful, innocent white lotus flower; she's clearly a fierce, man-eating flower.

“Zhu Jinming offended me when he was a child, but his family sent him abroad for protection. He finally came back. What do you think I should do?”

Lu Sijian snapped a maple branch off the edge of the pond with a snap.

Xia Youyou looked at her like she'd gone mad: "Zhu Jinming has been abroad for over ten years. What kind of grudge or hatred could you possibly hold onto for so long?"

She thought she was very vengeful, but compared to this young lady, she was nothing!

The system also thought Lu Sijian had gone mad: [Even if there's a grudge, it's between the original owner and Zhu Jinming, what does it have to do with you?]

Isn't the host being a little too empathetic to the original owner?

"Try to do as little as possible things that are unrelated to the main quest," the system advised.

Lu Sijian mentally replied to the system: "How is it unrelated to the main quest? I'm just trying to increase Lu Lingjun's dislike value, aren't I?"

"Look how many times I've offended him, but my favorability towards him hasn't changed at all, it's like it's nailed down. I'm afraid he wouldn't even flinch if I killed someone to his face."

Lu Sijian thought for a moment, then looked frightened. "Your Majesty, you wouldn't really force me to try killing someone, would you? I can't do it!"

System: [...It's not that bad.]

It understood the host's anxiety about not being able to complete the task, so it chose to keep quiet.

Seeing Lu Sijian staring silently at the pond, Xia Youyou wanted to sneak away.

Lu Sijian reached out and grabbed her collar, "Don't go, little fairy."

Although Xia Youyou wasn't as pretty as Mu Liangyue, she had a good sense of aesthetics and was good at dressing up. Wearing a white dress, she looked like a pure and innocent little flower. Lu Sijian thought calling her a fairy was very fitting.

Xia Youyou's face darkened. Nowadays, "little fairy" is not a good word.

Lu Sijian sighed. She had really overthought things. She was praising her, not insulting her!

Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly heard voices approaching, so she quickly pulled Xia Youyou and hid behind the artificial hill next to them.

There were two people who came, and one of them happened to be Zhu Jinming.

The two stopped where Lu Sijian and the others had just been standing, and flicked their cigarette ash into the pond while smoking.

The koi, mistaking it for food, swam over, only to be poked a few times by Zhu Jinming with a branch, scaring them away.

"So easily angered?" the man teased.

Zhu Jinming threw away the tree branch, his expression dark. "Damn it, why wasn't that little bitch stabbed to death back then? She's already causing trouble for me as soon as I got back."

"Maybe she didn't contact you on purpose. After all, she's getting engaged, so it's reasonable for her to be at a jewelry exhibition."

Zhu Jinming: "She had better not mess with me, or I'll kill her!"

His face was full of hostility, clearly indicating that he wasn't just talking.

From Lu Sijian's angle, she could only see Zhu Jinming's expression. The person who was talking to him had his back to them. He was very tall, and his imposing figure was not hidden even though he was wearing a suit.

"This is China, not abroad. You should probably tone it down," the man advised.

Zhu Jinming looked completely unconcerned and didn't take his words to heart.

The man changed the subject, "Logically speaking, you should have found a chance to come back three years ago."

Three years ago, it was during the time when Lu Sijian was seriously injured and in a coma.

Zhu Jinming: "Do you think I didn't want to? The Lu family couldn't keep an eye on me at that time, and I wanted to arrange to return to China, but Sheng Yunchao suddenly interfered, causing me to stay abroad for another three years."

"It's a real pity. If you had come back three years ago, you would probably have already established yourself in the country." The man sighed, exhaling a smoke ring.

Lu Sijian: "..."

These seemingly casual words were actually full of provocation.

She was somewhat surprised. She had thought that Zhu Jinming was afraid to return to China because Lu Ting was watching him, but it turned out that Sheng Yunchao was also involved.

Could it be that he has some kind of grudge against Zhu Jinming?

Considering Zhu Jinming's personality, it doesn't seem so surprising, after all, he is truly lawless.

The Zhu family sent him abroad, saying it was to let him suffer, but judging from his lawless behavior, he clearly had a very carefree time abroad.

[This makes me unhappy. They said they were exiled, but they've gone off to enjoy themselves. Is the Zhu family just playing a joke on me?]

Shen Baolin suddenly stopped in her tracks. She had come out to look for Lu Sijian, but she didn't see her. However, she heard Lu Sijian's inner thoughts.

By the pond, the man suddenly asked, "Where's the beautiful woman you brought today?"

Zhu Jinming paused for a moment, then gave a knowing smile. "Brother, you like it?"

"I don't like it, and I advise you to be careful not to get scammed." The man put away his cigar box and walked away in the other direction.