The Empress’s Gigolo

“What’s the urgent matter? Why are you in the mood to come to the river today? This place is too remote.” Zhou Qingyun sat in the passenger seat and held her hair with one hand.

She had already matured quite a bit by now.

After all, both of them had graduated about six years ago. With some support, she was now in a middle management position at her company. There was no way that she could compare to Ren Wannian, but her progression was already considered pretty quick compared to her classmates.

Seeing that Ren Wannian had a very solemn look on his face, Zhou Qingyun started to feel a little uneasy.

Before they set off, she had guessed that Ren Wannian called her out so hurriedly because he wanted to surprise her with something like a marriage proposal. As such, she felt slightly hesitant. However, after looking at his expression, this didn’t seem to be the case.

Or could he be deliberately creating such a solemn ambience just to surprise her?

Although this thought kept flashing in her mind, Ren Wannian had never been that romantic of a person. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have…

Ren Wannian didn’t speak a word. His hands were on the steering wheel, but this was just an act of habit as the vehicle was completely operating on its own.

He was just thinking his own thoughts in silence.

When the car began to slow down, they saw two cars parked in front.

Ren Wannian didn’t even turn his head. He simply asked Zhou Qingyun to get out as he got out of the car.

As she looked at the burly men who stood next to the two cars in front, her heart began to sink. She then pressed the communicator on her wrist…

Ren Wannian stood in front of the car and said to her through the glass, “Stop with these little tricks. It has been so many years that you should understand.”

Zhou Qingyun’s face was gloomy. After so many years, even though Ren Wannian rarely told her about stuff, she knew what he was capable of.

He was neither working for the nation nor was he a rich entrepreneur, but he had an unpredictable influence.

However, she still stubbornly pressed the alarm call on the communicator.

Nothing happened.

This made her wonder if the communicator had failed. After looking at Ren Wannian, who simply stood there in silence after finishing his words, she finally understood that he had actually blocked the signal in this area.

It was just for her… Why did he have to do this?

Zhou Qingyun had already guessed that Ren Wannian knew what she was hiding from him, but she didn’t understand why he would block the signal just for her.

This made her start to panic. She sat still and motionless until he came over to open the door. Like a gentleman, he reached out his hand and said, “Come out.”

“What exactly happened?” Zhou Qingyun suppressed her panic and tried to act as if she didn’t know what was going on.

Ren Wannian waited for her to get out of the car and retracted the hand that she had been holding tightly.

He said faintly, “I want to know why. It has been seven years since the beginning when we decided to get together. Back when we were students, up until now, I haven’t done anything to let you down. Why did you do this? Could this be the seven-year itch?”

His tone was full of self-deprecation.

“What are you talking about? I don’t understand…” Zhou Qingyun was a little flustered.

“Bring it out,” Ren Wannian called out to the two cars.

Her heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

There were a few people standing beside the two cars and one of them was Ding Jie.

The current Ding Jie looked very strong and calm. He was no longer that weak and frail kid from back then.

He wore a pair of half-rimmed, metal glasses that blocked the intense glare from his eyes.

The moment Zhou Qingyun saw Ding Jie, she knew that things weren’t good.

A winged cavalry warrior lifted someone up from the back seat. He was a blond man who had been tied up securely with his mouth gagged.

“This guy looks pretty good!” Ding Jie looked at the blond man with a smile, touched his face, and added, “Although he doesn’t look as good as me.”

In the past, Ren Wannian would definitely ridicule Ding Jie for his narcissism, but now, he didn’t smile even a single bit.

Looking at Zhou Qingyun, he asked, “Do you understand now?”

She bit her lip as her face went deathly pale.

“Since you already understand, this person is no longer useful. Throw him in the water. The scenery here is pretty good with water and mountains. It’s also very spacious and suitable for living,” Ren Wannian said faintly.

Zhou Qingyun was shocked by his plain words and looked at him incredulously before asking, “Are you crazy? Do you know what you are doing?”

Ren Wannian stood in front of her and felt that she was extremely unfamiliar to him. It was as if another person had taken over her body and used her skin to share the same bed as him.

“You should probably be asking yourself what it’s that you have done.” Ren Wannian felt so much pain in his heart that his eyebrows twitched unnaturally.

“What I have done? What’s wrong with a change in affections? What is society like now? Just take it as I no longer have feelings for you, and we’ll just break up! Let me tell you now, our relationship is over! I will have nothing more to do with you! Don’t think that I can’t live without you!” Zhou Qingyun seemed to have lost her mind as she snarled hysterically like an angered lioness.

“He’s more handsome, more eloquent, and more romantic than you. His d*ck is also bigger than yours! So what? I merely cheated!”

Seeing that Zhou Qingyun was rambling on after getting agitated, Ren Wannian heaved a sigh and said, “If things were as simple as that, we wouldn’t be meeting today. Are you totally unaware of his identity? Has he not investigated me? Has he not investigated my brother? Has he not investigated about things that you shouldn’t know about? I should have noticed it earlier. I should have already noticed it when you asked about things that you didn’t ask about before.”

Ren Wannian looked coldly at Zhou Qingyun and continued, “You are betraying more than just me. Do you know who told me about this piece of news? It was the nation! You betrayed your own nation for a person like this. Of course, making me a cuckold was just a byproduct of that.”

After hearing what he said, her face immediately lost all color.

“Is there anything else you wish to say? On account of our seven year relationship, I will listen to you.” Ren Wannian lit a cigarette in his mouth, took a deep drag, and blew out large clouds of smoke.

At the side, Ding Jie had already attached a large chain to that person’s body, which was enough to sink him in the river with no chance of floating up.

That person struggled, but to no avail. He couldn’t move an inch with the winged cavalry warrior stepping on his body. If they hadn’t planned to keep him alive so they could drown him in the river, the winged cavalry warrior could have crushed him with one foot.

“Throw him in,” Ding Jie said softly. His lips were a little pale, and it was obvious that he wasn’t as calm as he looked. Although he had done plenty of things over the years, this was a first for him.

This time, however, he rushed back from Wuji City and dauntlessly came of his own accord.

The winged cavalry warrior gave a kind smile as if he was looking at his neighbor’s children grow up. He grabbed the man like a toy and threw him into the river more than 100 meters away.

Plop.

From the beginning, that man didn’t shout at all. Maybe he prayed, but it was all sealed in his mouth.

As the water splashed, all traces of that person disappeared just like that.

Of course, if he was lucky enough, he could probably see the light again in a few days, weeks, months, or years.

“You bunch of lunatics!” Zhou Qingyun shouted fearfully.

“I used to call you sister-in-law. You must know that killing a spy is the right thing to do. It’s not only in our interests, but it’s also in the interests of the nation. Although it will not earn us a medal, some people will blame us if we don’t do it.” Ding Jie took out a cigar, lit it up with a lighter, and took a puff. He enjoyed the taste of the tobacco in his mouth before exhaling. There was a lingering taste of tobacco and cream, and this was the taste that he liked. It made him feel relaxed.

“Yes, he is a spy from the USA. Still, what I don’t understand is, even if you wanted to make me a cuckold, why get involved with him?” Ren Wannian looked painfully at Zhou Qingyun, who was kneeling on the ground.

“Why? Oh, why?” Zhou Qingyun was no longer hysterical. She mumbled to herself and sneered. Her expression was full of ridicule, but there was no telling whether she was ridiculing herself or Ren Wannian.

“Why didn’t you tell me anything? Why did you hide everything from me? I don’t know what you are thinking about or what you are doing. You have known about those martial arts skills for a long time, right? That’s right, you knew about them long ago. Looking at your current condition, I know that you knew about them long ago.

Even your parents knew as well! When you brought me to your home, I noticed that they were different from ordinary people.

And then? I sleep with you in the same bed every night, but have you told me anything?

You could even obtain the techniques of the military and the police, right? And then? I’m still an ordinary person! Have you thought about that?

Why do you think I betrayed you? Do I need to tell you?” Zhou Qingyun lifted her head and looked at Ren Wannian with an expression full of hatred.

He had never expected her to ever have this expression on her face.

Furthermore, she bore this hatred for him.

“My brother will be getting married within the next year,” Ren Wannian said. “After that, it would have been our turn. When that happens, I would have been able to tell you things that you are eligible to know. I also would have found a way to let you practice that set of martial arts… There are some things that I simply couldn’t tell you yet…”

Looking at the sneer on Zhou Qingyun’s face, Ren Wannian heaved another sigh.

“The wind is blowing and the smell of my cigar has dissipated. There is no more lingering scent of smoke, and the enjoyment is now gone. I had better return to the car.” Ding Jie got back in his car after he was done talking.

Ren Wannian stood there with his head down. He was like a fossil in the wind.

His face was gloomy and uncertain. He wanted to make up his mind several times, but simply couldn’t open his mouth as he looked at the person on the ground who was sneering at him.

“Go! Don’t ever come back to Shanghai and don’t ever let me see you again. Also, don’t get involved with people that you shouldn’t. If this happens again, even if I let you go, the nation will not.”

After Ren Wannian finished this sentence, he took a deep breath and returned to his car without looking back.

When those cars drove past her, Zhou Qingyun seemed to lose all of her strength. She knelt on the ground, and after some time, she cried out bitterly.