Villain: After Intercepting the Female Lead, the Protagonist Collapses - Chapter 88

Chapter 88: Jiang Che Plays Mentor, Teaching Ah Qing

“This is going to be a bit difficult…” Yang Gaofei said with a wry smile. If the vice hall master wanted to come to Jiuzhou Country, no one knew when or how she would arrive.

“Then find a way to delay her for me!” Xiao Fan said with a furrowed brow, aware that his request was somewhat unrealistic. Killing that woman would not be an easy task.

“I’ll take care of it right away.” Yang Gaofei agreed and immediately made a phone call.

…

Jiang Che, accompanied by Zhou Lingxi, entered his villa. It took them a full ten minutes to walk from the gate to the modern villa.

“You really know how to enjoy life.” Zhou Lingxi commented somewhat jealously, surprised by the luxuriousness of Jiang Che’s residence. The vastness of the entire estate was beyond what she had imagined.

“Why save money if not to enjoy life? Since I came here, I’ve stopped worrying about money. No matter how much I spend, it never runs out…”

“Young Master…” As Jiang Che and Zhou Lingxi entered the living room, Ah Qing had been eagerly waiting. Seeing Jiang Che, her face lit up with excitement.

She was about to run into his arms but stopped upon noticing the woman with him, her eyes flashing with confusion and complexity.

“You haven’t slept yet?” Jiang Che said to Ah Qing, who always waited for him to return home, regardless of the hour.

“Master, I can’t sleep without you…” Ah Qing said innocently.

“You silly girl…” Jiang Che patted her head and introduced Zhou Lingxi, “This is my girlfriend. She’s probably older than you, so you can call her Lingling sister.”

“This is my little maid, also my family member. Just call her Ah Qing.”

“Hello, Ah Qing sister.” Zhou Lingxi extended her hand with a smile, sensing the close relationship between Jiang Che and his maid.

“Hello, Lingling sister…” Ah Qing shook hands with Zhou Lingxi, appearing very obedient.

“Such soft skin, how do you take care of it?” Zhou Lingxi remarked as she touched Ah Qing’s hand. Even after consuming beauty pills, her skin wasn’t as smooth as Ah Qing’s.

“I…” Ah Qing blushed, unable to say that it was due to playing games with her master.

“Cough cough… Let’s go to bed, it’s late.” Jiang Che coughed to change the subject, not wanting Zhou Lingxi to keep probing, as Ah Qing might slip up.

Zhou Lingxi didn’t say much more and went to bed after her room was prepared by the servants. Meanwhile, Jiang Che played house with Ah Qing.

“I’ll count to five, and when I reach five, Ah Qing, you say stop!” Jiang Che began to teach Ah Qing.

She nodded obediently and started the counting game. “One, two, three, four…”

“Young master, you’re cheating~”

“No, you just didn’t count to five…”

…

While Jiang Che enjoyed his time in the villa, Xiao Fan outside was having a hard time. Surrounded by mosquitoes in the dense weeds near the villa, he was quite bothered.

“Hall master, should we find a hotel to stay for the night? This isn’t working…” Yang Gaofei suggested, swatting another mosquito on his arm.

“We can’t. If Lingxi sneaks out in the middle of the night, what then? We have to wait here…” Xiao Fan said, deciding to ignore Yang Gaofei and began to meditate on a large rock.

…

The next day, around noon, Jiang Che leisurely got out of bed, got dressed, washed up, and went downstairs.

The maids were serving lunch in the living room, while Zhou Lingxi was watching TV on the sofa. Ah Qing was still asleep, having stayed up late playing games the night before.

“Look who’s up, thought you’d sleep all day,” Zhou Lingxi teased Jiang Che as he came downstairs.

“I’m not a pig; I can’t sleep all day.” Jiang Che sat opposite her, pretending to be oblivious to her implications.

“You look pale, Jiang Che. You should avoid staying up late. Your health is your wealth.”

“No need to worry about me,” Jiang Che replied, detecting the underlying meaning in her words.

“How can I not worry? I’m your girlfriend. Here, I had the servants prepare wolfberry tea for you. Drink it while it’s hot.”

Jiang Che didn’t refuse and began to sip the tea. He had indeed been staying up late playing games and needed to take care of his health.

“I have to go back today…” Zhou Lingxi said while eating lunch.

“You’re going back to the capital?” Jiang Che paused for a moment, looking at Zhou Lingxi with some surprise.

“Yes, my grandmother is celebrating her 70th birthday, so I need to go back early to prepare the gift invitations.”

Hearing Zhou Lingxi’s words, Jiang Che’s expression turned peculiar. It seemed like no protagonist in a ‘son-in-law’ novel could ever escape the trope of the female lead’s grandmother’s 70th birthday celebration.

A grand birthday celebration for the old lady, and the son-in-law brings a chamber pot as a gift?

The grandmother gets furious on the spot! “How dare the son-in-law?”

The son-in-law sneers disdainfully, “What do you all know?”

“This is a chamber pot once used by Emperor Qin Shi Huang!”

Remembering these clichés from the past, Jiang Che couldn’t help but feel a mix of amusement and disbelief. It had to be said that the authors who came up with such plots were truly unparalleled.

And he remembered, in the novel “Asura Dragon Son-in-Law,” there really was such an absurd plot…