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The Villain’s Wife Chapter 841

Chapter 839 Confiden

For a few seconds, Claude’s pupils dilated as he looked at Zhou Jingren and Lily. “But that’s all I really know! I don’t know anything else!” Seeing the gun in front of him, Claude started panicking. “That’s all I know. My grandmother didn’t tell me anything else! I already told you, she just keeps on repeating her stories.”

Seeing Zhou Jingren and Lily just stared at him, Claude became even more afraid. His heart started drumming against his chest. “Listen… you have to find my grandmother and talk to her yourself. She might have some sort of depression, but her mind is sound. If you really want to know what happened, then ask her.”

Lily narrowed her eyes at him before she stood from her seat.

“Where are you going?” Claude asked, confused. “Are you going to leave? Just like that?” He watched as Zhou Jingren followed Lily towards the exit of the room. “Hey! What about my grandmother?” he asked. “If— If you talked to the Duke about it… can you at least ask him to help us find my grandmother?”

Claude is starting to get desperate, and he hated it. He hated the fact that he was only a useless boy, with no backing, no men that could defend him. All he had was some trust money. In this scenario, a little bit of money is useless against the people who wanted to kill him. “Are you— Are you going to kill me?” he managed to ask when Zhou Jingren opened the door for Lily. “Can you at least… spare my grandmother? She… she doesn’t have a lot of time to live. I know… it’s a crazy thing to ask. But… please. I will not mind if you kill me. Just… spare her.” He gulped, tears started to pool in his eyes.

He watched as Lily halted her steps. She turned towards him, her face unfathomable. “I cannot promise you that.” She answered honestly. The Old woman is fighting for her life, and Lily was not a god that could save someone on the brink of death. She watched as sadness glinted on Claude’s eyes before she left the room with Zhou Jingren.

“So?” Zhou Jingren asked when they went inside the room next to Claude’s room. This was the exact replica of the previous one. However, this time, the large monitor was showing Claude’s movement in the other room.

“He was telling the truth.”

“I thought so too.” Zhou Jingren eyed the monitor. “I think… you were right. Those people wanted something else from the older woman. They must have been closely monitoring her and Claude’s actions, hoping that she will give in and tell the secret to her grandson.”

“Hmmm.” Lily nodded. For some reason, she felt that this has something to do with her grandmother’s death. A sigh escaped her lips. “I always thought that my grandmother never involved herself in illegal activities. But now that I thought about it… the Facci Group… was not the same Facci Group when she met my grandfather. It is very possible that she and grandfather engaged in some other methods to grow the business.”

Lilian was always determined and smart. She was also ruthless and cunning. Lily was just too blind to even believe that Lilian achieved all her success without doing something that is against her morals. When even she, Lilian’s granddaughter, could easily abandon her principles for her own advantage.

“Hmmm.” Zhou Jingren said. “Still… Claude’s words about Lilian’s mission in seducing your grandfather bothers me.”

“Same.” Lily sighed. Was it possible that Lilian’s goal was indeed to change the leadership of a country? But isn’t that too… much? “It is late. I am going to sleep.”

Zhou Jingren immediately raised an eyebrow. “Sleep?” Lily turned towards him.

“I am a pregnant woman. I need sleep.” She looked at him. Amused at his expression. “Yes, I can still sleep.” This is a fact. She might be curious, but it was not deep enough for her to sacrifice her health.

If this happened when Lily was not yet pregnant, Lily would surely have watched as the Doctor saved Madam Luo. She would not sleep until she knew the secret that the older woman was hiding. But, Lily already has another life inside her. She would not sacrifice her child’s health just because she was curious.

“Then… I will escort you to the room.” Zhou Jingren nodded. He then called some people, including the Duke, telling him that Lily would be resting. “You seem too calm about this.” Zhou Jingren said after he was done giving orders.

“Calm?” She raised an eyebrow. “I am not. But… panicking would accomplish nothing but complications.”Her mind has its unusual ways of complicating things. If she keeps on thinking about all these things, Lily was sure that she would be able to come up with more than a hundred ‘what if’s’ and solutions. But that would prevent her from sleeping. Therefore, sacrificing her health in the process.

Getting sick at the last trimester of her pregnancy could complicate a lot of things. So, she would rather stop thinking about the ‘what if’s’ and think about stuff that is happening at the present time.

“Plus… I know they would not hurt you and me.” She smiled. After everything that happened, Lily was somehow sure that they would not do anything to hurt her. “They have been watching me since I was a child, Jingren. If they wanted to kill me and use me against my grandmother… they could have done it when I was nothing but an infant.” The thought of this made her think about Grandma Ye’s journals. Lily immediately decided to read it later upon waking up.

“Alright then… let’s go.” He kissed her temple. “Don’t worry… I will take care of things while you sleep.”

“I know.” Lily beamed. That is another reason why she was confident. Lily knew that he would always keep her and their child safe.

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Claude’s Reason and Identity will be revealed in the next 5 chapters! Stay tune.

The Villain’s Wife

The Villain’s Wife

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Status: Completed Author:

There is no RAPE or MAJOR MISUNDERSTANDINGS. WARNING: FL is scheming and evil.

Like almost every dramatic romance novel, Lily Qin’s story began with an evil stepmother, a scheming stepsister, and a dumb ex-fiance. At twenty, she fell prey to their grand scheme and became the laughingstock of the country. In despair, she left.


Seven years later, Lily Qin rose from the ashes.


She was labeled as an empress, an iron lady, a genius, and a prodigy. She was Miss Tycoon.


Now, at twenty-seven, Lily Qin was an established businesswoman who was single-handedly controlling her multinational company abroad. She was beautiful, smart, and successful. Women envied her while men couldn’t help but worship her ethereal beauty.


With her devastating past, everyone had assumed that Lily would exact revenge on the people who had wronged her. Who would have guessed that behind that beaming smile of hers was a numb heart that aimed only to make more profit?

"You got it wrong." Lily elegantly propped her chin on the back of her hand. "I am seeing you today because we have something in common. We're both villains in somebody else's eyes. And I think it's time for us villains to get our own happy ending. Don't you think so?"


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Zhuo Jingren’s love for Lily Qin was something that only he knew. Ever since they were children, he had his eyes on her. Yet, every time he had tried to confess, he would end up fainting from nervousness.


So when Lily Qin promised to marry him if he became richer than her, Zhou Jingren did not hesitate to leave the orphanage and work his way up just to become her man.


Who would have thought that years later, when he was successful and feared by many, he would come back to an engaged Lily Qin?


Then she mistook him for an escort after eating his tofu? Preposterous!


The worst thing was, she seemed to have forgotten everything about him. Hadn’t she promised to marry him the moment he became more prominent than her family? Now, after taking advantage of him, she dared to run away?

This woman was a liar!

He gritted his teeth as he watched her approach him. He was about to say something mean when she suddenly spoke. “Are you my new bodyguard?” She did not even wait for him to answer before tossing her car keys at him. “Drive. Let’s go wreak some havoc.”


Thus, the mafia’s big boss became Lily Qin’s bodyguard.


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"So? What do you want as a compensation?" Zhuo Jingren asked her once again before laying down next to her. His elbow was resting on the ground and his palm was supporting his head as he looked at her intently.

The first thing that Lily noticed about Zhuo Jingren when he laid next to her was his exposed tanned chest. This made him look more casual… and hot. She didn't even realize she was staring at the latter.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" He smirked at her. "Do you want me to compensate you with my body?"

Lily immediately rolled her eyes at the latter. "Who wants your body? Hmp! I want money!"

"Your mind is always thinking of money but your body actually betrays you. Am I right to say that I have a shameless wife?"

"Hah! I am a strong and independent woman of the 21st century. I know what I want. But if you insist on giving your body, I will take it too!" Lily shamelessly said, taking off her stilettos. However, just when Lily was about to lie down beside Zhuo Jingren, he suddenly pulled her on top of him. With her body on top of his, their faces were really close and they could even feel each other's breath.

"What a shameless woman," he noted, the smile on his face only deepened.

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