Chapter 127: Afraid of Cockroaches, Huh?

Jiang Li opened his eyes.

Entering his eyes was a very delicate and pretty beauty's face, skin as white as snow, faintly revealing a red blush, as fascinating as porcelain that had been polished. Long, raven-black hair fell all over the pillow, setting off her neck exposed outside the quilt, which was even more fair and slender.

Especially those two cherry lips, pink, chubby, and moist; he didn't know if they were ravaged too miserably last night, but they seemed a bit swollen.

Jiang Li's throat was a bit tight, and he scooped her over and lowered his head.

"Stop!"

Du Ruo's eyes were wide open, her hands pressed between the two of them, threatening: "Jiang Li, if you dare to mess around in broad daylight again, I won't pay attention to you for the whole day today!"

"Alright, I won't mess with you." Jiang Li grabbed her little fat claws and kissed them, smiling helplessly. "Then get up quickly; aren't you going to visit the prison?"

Oh, almost forgot.

Du Ruo hurriedly scrambled up.

The couple got dressed, washed up, and opened the door, preparing to tell Jiang Zhan first.

Coincidentally, the door of the 'Earth' grade room opposite also opened, and Xiao Liangchen walked out.

Du Ruo glanced behind him and actually

Xiao Liangchen's gaze lingered for a moment longer on their clasped hands, then he walked over to greet them: "Brother Jiang, Ah... Lady Du."

Jiang Li nodded at him, his expression indifferent.

Du Ruo, however, said with a grin: "Young Master Xiao, you're being too formal. Since you and Ah Zhan are classmates and good friends, logically you should call me Sister-in-law Jiang. Could it be that you're reluctant to call me that because I'm younger than you?"

A flash of embarrassment crossed Xiao Liangchen's eyes.

Sister-in-law Jiang? He truly couldn't bring himself to say it; even just thinking about it made him feel terribly uncomfortable.

Seeing him stammer, Du Ruo suddenly remembered how he had spoken up to defend Jiang Zhan in the examination hall yesterday, so she decided not to make things difficult for him and asked casually: "Where is your mother? Has she gone home?"

Xiao Liangchen shook his head, "No, my mother went out to buy some things."

He was also very troubled; he had originally wanted to persuade his mother to return to the village early, as there was nothing to do these past few days anyway.

But his mother said he couldn't take care of himself alone and insisted on staying to watch over him.

How could he, a grown man, not be able to take care of himself? In truth, he knew very well that his mother was afraid he would be bewitched by A'Man again and do something detrimental to his future, which was why she refused to leave no matter what.

His mother was really... too worried.

Xiao Liangchen laughed at himself, said goodbye to the two of them, and then walked downstairs.

Du Ruo didn't mind; she turned around and knocked on the door of the Heaven-grade room to tell Jiang Zhan they were going out for a while, and urged him to get more rest and not study too hard, before heading down to the lobby.

The two of them ate something first, then left the inn.

The weather was nice today; the sun wasn't too hot, the autumn breeze wasn't too wild or dry, everything was just right.

Sanyuan Inn was quite far from the Xian Ya, taking about half an hour on foot.

The young couple wasn't in a hurry anyway, so they walked and browsed, eating and drinking along the way, and didn't arrive at the entrance of the Xian Ya until nearly noon.

The guard at the gate saw Jiang Li and immediately came up to greet him, laughing: "Oh, Chief Jiang, aren't you on leave these past few days? Why have you come back?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Du Ruo beside him, his heart skipping a beat.

It couldn't be, right? Why was Chief Jiang bringing such a beautiful woman with him? Could he be using his leave as a cover to actually keep a mistress?

He had always said, where in this world is there a man who doesn't mind if his wife is ugly...

"Officer," Du Ruo called out with a smile.

This voice...

The guard stared at Du Ruo, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets, "Si, Sister-in-law?"

Jiang Li held his wife's hand and said speechlessly: "Who else did you think it was?"

Did he think he was blind? This guy had practically had the words "you heartless man" written on his face just now; he had clearly mistaken his wife for a woman from the outside.

The guard still couldn't quite believe it, "Sister-in-law, why is your face..."

"Oh, it was rotting a few days ago, but it's better now," Du Ruo explained in two sentences.

The guard: "..."

"Alright, wife, let's go in," Jiang Li led Du Ruo inside.

Once inside the Ya Men, walking forward led to the courtroom, and there was a side door nearby that led directly to the prison in the back.

Du Mingzhu was locked in the far east of the prison, in a separate small room.

Generally speaking, such cells were specifically used for holding serious criminals or powerful figures with status.

With Du Mingzhu's status, she clearly didn't deserve it.

But who told her to have such good parents? Du Ren Mei and the Jiang Shi spent a lot of silver to pull strings and cried about their misery in front of Li Xianling, and coupled with the pressure from the Northern Peace Marquis's mansion, she was able to move into the "superior room" in the prison as she wished.

Du Ruo didn't let Jiang Li follow; she prepared to go see Du Mingzhu all by herself.

There were some scenes that were hard to play if Jiang Li was present.

Jiang Li was worried, so he called a female jailer responsible for guarding Du Mingzhu to accompany her inside, just in case Du Mingzhu suddenly went crazy and hurt someone.

That female jailer was dark and sturdy, looking like a sumo wrestler.

However, her attitude toward Du Ruo was very good.

"Lady Du, Du Mingzhu's temper is extremely strange. Aside from her own parents, she doesn't give anyone a good look, and her speech is very mean. You must be careful after you go in."

If it weren't for the influence behind her, such an unruly prisoner would have been slapped in the face every day.

Du Ruo rolled her eyes and sighed, "Thank you for the reminder, but Mingzhu is my own sister after all. No matter how badly she treats me, as her older sister, I should come to see her."

The business of the Du family had spread among the jailers ever since Du Mingzhu was locked up, and the female jailer had naturally heard of it.

It was said that Du Mingzhu was arrested precisely because she poisoned her own sister.

She hadn't expected that her sister, Lady Du, would not only hold no resentment but also be so reasonable. By comparison, Du Mingzhu was simply worse than a pig or a dog!

"Oh, right, Du Mingzhu is terrified of cockroaches. She demands that we clean the cell twice a day. Lady Du, remember, don't mention the word 'cockroach'; I'm afraid she'll lose control."

"Cockroaches?" Du Ruo looked down at her feet in panic, "There aren't any cockroaches here, are there? I'm also very afraid of cockroaches."

The female jailer: "..."

They were indeed born to the same father; they were quite alike in this regard.

"Don't worry, Lady Du, we've cleaned everything. I guarantee you won't even find a whisker of a cockroach!"

Du Ruo patted her chest and let out a long sigh of relief, "Then I'm not afraid anymore."

The two turned a corner, and ahead was that "superior room."

"Little System, how do I exchange for cockroaches? How many points for one?" Du Ruo asked in her mind.

System: "... Host, are you sure you want to exchange for cockroaches?"

"Of course, and I want the kind that are big and black, preferably ones that can fly and are impossible to kill."

The system was speechless, "Host, are you sure you're exchanging for cockroaches and not Wolverine?"

Since when are cockroaches impossible to kill?

Seeing that they were about to reach the cell, Du Ruo said hurriedly: "Stop nagging, just tell me, how many points for one?"

"Cockroaches aren't worth much," the system sighed, "Forget it, considering you're using them to deal with a bad woman and get revenge for the Original Owner, I'll give you two for free."

Du Ruo was overjoyed, "Thanks, Little System, you're really becoming more and more human!"

She changed the subject, "But I have one more request: strengthen the toxicity of the pathogenic bacteria in those cockroaches a hundredfold. It would be best if it's toxic enough to disfigure someone."