Chapter 24: I Have a Daring Idea

Lu Jingchen remained entirely unfazed, looking at Jiang Wanning as if she were already a corpse.

"Jiang Wanning, you are truly too foolish. You must have forgotten that this is my property. The moment you stepped inside, the signal throughout the entire building was jammed. Your little tricks are useless!" He spoke the final words with a whisper, yet they sounded like a death sentence.

"Oh, I’m so terrified. Why don't you open your dog eyes and take a look? If your eyesight is failing, I’d be happy to buy you a pair of glasses."

Lu Jingchen focused his gaze and saw that her phone signal was perfectly clear, and furthermore... it was connected to the highest central conference.

Today was a significant day, a major occasion; a national assembly was being held, with all top-ranking officials gathered. Lu Jingchen had been expected to attend, but he had requested marriage leave.

At the highest-level conference, as the leaders were wrapping up their final discussions, the large LCD screen in the hall suddenly turned on by itself. Everyone witnessed everything happening at the wedding.

The leaders’ faces turned as dark as Judge Bao’s. What were they seeing? The very person they had personally awarded as a People's Hero, the Chief of the Municipal Bureau, was committing murder!

The slap in the face could not have been more stinging.

Lu Jingchen, who had always been calm and collected, finally panicked at this moment. "You—how could you possibly connect to the network?"

He had hired the world’s top hackers to manage his network, and he was supremely confident that no one could crack it. To be safe, he had even ensured his bodyguards carried tools to suppress the mysterious power Jiang Wanning possessed.

The system, which had already given up on struggling, couldn't help but wail: "Host, where on earth did you get this black technology?"

It had no power left over its rebellious host; it simply begged to be spared.

"Because this lady knows how to bypass the firewall, ha-ha-ha..." She laughed triumphantly, delighting in her own villainous persona. She was happy, and she loved it!

The doors were breached. Having endured the abuse of countless people that day, the grand entrance finally collapsed with a thunderous crash.

The intruders presented their credentials from the provincial department along with an arrest warrant.

Lu Jingchen slowly curled his fists. This was his territory, and everyone here was his subordinate. In truth, if he wanted to resist, no one here could stop him, but it would inevitably mean a life on the run.

In the end, Lu Jingchen extended his hands and was led away in handcuffs.

There is a difference between murder and terrorism; murder requires evidence, while counter-terrorism only requires coordinates.

Before leaving, Lu Jingchen glared viciously at Jiang Wanning. His entire plan had been so perfect, yet it was ruined by this woman.

Jiang Wanning made a face at him: "Blehh..."

Lu Jianshu turned back to look at her, revealing a faint smile, though he looked slightly regretful as he stared at his empty palms.

Mother Lu appeared behind her like a phantom, throwing her arms around her, weeping with such intensity that tears and snot went flying everywhere.

Jiang Wanning could allow herself to disgust others, but she would never permit others to disgust her. Never!

With a swift shoulder throw, she restored harmony to the world.

"Mom..." Lu Jianshu called out.

***

At the Lu villa, Jiang Wanning lay on a lounge chair by the pool, wearing sunglasses and wrapped in a bathrobe, basking in the sun while eating translucent, crystal-clear grapes.

It was blissful.

Mother Lu served her like a little slave, pouring tea, fetching water, and peeling grapes to feed her.

"Mistress, I never expected to meet you here. I am so happy." Mother Lu wanted to nuzzle up to her in excitement.

Jiang Wanning gave her a warning look: one more step, and she would smash her dog head.

A literal dog head.

Mother Lu whimpered, barking twice in fear. Oh dear, she was so happy to see Jiang Wanning that she couldn't help but reveal her true form.

"Xiao Bai, how did you transmigrate here?"

Xiao Bai was the dog of her ex-boyfriend—a dog that had once bitten her.

How did she recognize her at a glance? Well, this face looked exactly like her ex-boyfriend’s, only switched from male to female. At first, she thought it was her ex-boyfriend who had transmigrated, but through her mannerisms, she guessed it was Xiao Bai.

"A few nights ago, my master was hungry and took me out for a midnight snack. It started raining halfway, so he held me under a tree to hide. Who knew a bolt of lightning would strike? He used me as a shield, and I transmigrated here. Wuu wuu..."

He truly was a dog of a man! There was a reason every person became an ex-boyfriend.

"Wait, tell me exactly which day that was."

"It was... it was three days ago. Yes, that day happened to be the Winter Solstice, and my master insisted on buying tangyuan."

Three days ago—that was exactly when she had channeled lightning to strike Lu Jingchen and the others. Could it be that she was the one who struck him? Could her lightning strike technique attack scumbags indiscriminately? And could it even connect two worlds?

She would have to demand an explanation from the system later.

As soon as the thought crossed Jiang Wanning’s mind, the system immediately grew cold and aloof. "Don't even think about it. Impossible."

Jiang Wanning had a thought, and she manually muted the system.

The system had gone from panic to current numbness. Every one of its hidden cards had been rummaged through by Jiang Wanning, and she had even found its secret skills. As a dignified system, it was nothing in front of its host.

It didn't want to live anymore; it rolled around and threw a tantrum.

Jiang Wanning couldn't be bothered to watch it act up.

***

"You are an NPC meant to drive the plot; why are you going against the male lead?"

"No, I’m here to save Lu Huimin. According to the plot, after the female lead marries into the Lu family, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law becomes terrible. Eventually, the daughter-in-law loses her baby, and Lu Jingchen sends her to a mental institution. She suffers bullying there and commits suicide. Her resentment lingers, and the system sent me to save her." Xiao Bai felt that her IQ had skyrocketed since transmigrating.

Oh, so there were different types of systems. If only she had transmigrated with this system; it would be much more justified to slaughter everyone and go against the protagonist group.

Lu Jingchen’s claim of avenging the female lead was fake; it was more likely that he discovered his true lineage and wanted to swallow the Lu family fortune.

"Mistress..."

"Stop. I have already cut ties with your dog of a master; don't call me that." Who hasn't encountered a few scumbags in their youth? Alas, the past is too painful to look back upon.

"Understood, Mistress."

Jiang Wanning: "..."

"Mistress, what should we do now? That scumbag Lu Jingchen is the male lead. Although the news said he was sentenced to fifteen years, he has the protagonist's halo. I have a feeling he’ll be let out at any moment."

Is it appropriate for a dog to call someone else a scumbag?

"I have a bold idea."

"What is it?"

The two put their heads together, whispering as if plotting something major.

"This book has a loophole. It’s a female-oriented novel; the female lead is the daughter, but the male lead is just a son-in-law. A son-in-law can be replaced, right? Let's find a handsome, invincible man to seduce the female lead, make her dump those three scumbags, and then we can finish them off..."

Xiao Bai looked at her with adoration, its eyes sparkling, its two 'hooves' resting on Jiang Wanning’s lap.

"Mistress, you are so smart."

"Ga ga ga ga..."

The two let out eerie, cackling laughs.

"Where are we going to find this invincible, beautiful man?" Xiao Bai asked. The three men—Lu, Gu, and Ji—were described as top-tier in the book, yet Jiang Xinyuan still had eyes for others.

Jiang Wanning rubbed her chin. "What do you think of Lu Jianshu?"

"Absolutely not!" a cold voice came from above.

A tall, dark shadow loomed over Jiang Wanning.