When Sheng Lengshuang suddenly heard Mo Lingxi's voice, she turned her head and saw a certain prince swaggering in, immediately rolling her eyes.
"I say, Mo Lingxi, this is my boudoir. Please be mindful."
Mo Lingxi sat beside her, his thin lips curving slightly. "I've been in your boudoir many times."
Sheng Lengshuang really wanted to slap him to death. She asked impatiently, "What are you doing here so late at night?"
Mo Lingxi touched her hand.
*Slap*.
Sheng Lengshuang slapped him across the face. "What are you doing here being a pervert so late at night?"
Mo Lingxi hissed in pain. "No, I was just checking if your hands were cold, worried you might catch a chill."
Sheng Lengshuang didn't believe a word of it. "Ask your conscience if you believe what you're saying."
Mo Lingxi chuckled. "I'm telling the truth, but you don't believe me. Never mind, I didn't come to talk about this. I came to talk about capturing people. So far, it's going smoothly. The next step is to see if Zhou Wenxing will confess anything."
Sheng Lengshuang had already guessed why he was here. "Zhou Wenxing is still holding out. He knows the consequences of confessing very well, and he's probably waiting for the mastermind to save him."
Mo Lingxi's eyes turned cold. "This is good for us. We need bait."
This was exactly what Sheng Lengshuang had in mind, which was why she had spared Zhou Wenxing's life. "One wave has already come tonight. I wonder if another wave will come."
Mo Lingxi noticed the weariness in her eyes and felt very pained. "You go to sleep. Leave this to me."
Sheng Lengshuang: "... Do you think I can sleep peacefully with an outside man here?"
Mo Lingxi pressed his forehead. "If I really wanted to do something, could you resist? Don't worry, I won't do anything. Even if I wanted to do something, I would ask for your consent."
Sheng Lengshuang looked at him suspiciously for two seconds. "Are you really not going to do anything?"
Mo Lingxi repeatedly assured her he wouldn't do anything. "I just said, if I wanted to do something, you wouldn't be able to resist."
Sheng Lengshuang thought about it and agreed. She asked Mo Lingxi to sit in the outer room before going to rest.
Mo Lingxi shook his head, feeling a pang of sadness. It seemed his wife was still wary of him and didn't like him much. His journey to win her over was still long.
Perhaps it was because Mo Lingxi was there, or perhaps Zhou Wenxing couldn't be rescued smoothly, but until dawn, no second group came to save him.
After learning about this, Sheng Lengshuang discussed it with Mo Lingxi.
"What do you think?"
Mo Lingxi served her food, urging her to eat more. "Most likely, they want us to lower our guard so they can rescue Zhou Wenxing. Zhou Wenxing is a madman, and madmen have the greatest and easiest value to exploit."
Sheng Lengshuang understood this. "Compared to Tao Li, who is afraid of death, Zhou Wenxing has greater value and is easier to use. Therefore, the mastermind will find a way to rescue Zhou Wenxing for their own calculations."
Mo Lingxi: "No, rescuing Zhou Wenxing is secondary. The most important thing is to achieve their calculations by rescuing Zhou Wenxing."
Sheng Lengshuang's expression trembled. "You mean, rescuing Zhou Wenxing is a pretense, and the mastermind's goal is to calculate against us by rescuing Zhou Wenxing?"
Mo Lingxi nodded. "This is what I thought of last night. If they really wanted to save Zhou Wenxing, there wouldn't be only one group. Most likely, this group was for testing."
Sheng Lengshuang connected the whole incident and increasingly felt that Mo Lingxi was right. "If that's the case, then we need to be more careful and guard ourselves well to avoid falling into the mastermind's calculations."
Mo Lingxi smiled. "Isn't this perfect? The more frequent the mastermind's actions, the easier it will be for us to find them."
Seeing him like this, Sheng Lengshuang knew he had already made arrangements. "Then I will await good news from Prince Mingrui."
Mo Lingxi leaned in. "I have good news, concerning you and me."
Sheng Lengshuang's face was blank. "Sorry, I don't want to hear it at all."
"You really don't want to hear it?"
"I really don't want to hear it. If you insist on saying it, you can say it slowly by yourself to satisfy your wish."
Mo Lingxi knew he couldn't rush. "Have you not recovered your memory yet?"
Sheng Lengshuang replied, "I have recovered some of my memory."
"Then your attitude towards me...?"
"Look at what you're saying. Just because I've recovered my memory doesn't mean I have to get back together with you."
Mo Lingxi felt for a moment that this statement was very apt. "But you promised me that after I resolved the marriage alliance issue, we would get back together."
Sheng Lengshuang glanced at him sideways. "Are you sure I said that?"
Mo Lingxi looked genuinely sincere. "Certain."
Sheng Lengshuang didn't want to deal with him. "Prince Mingrui, I have recovered some of my memory."
Mo Lingxi understood. "But you really said that, didn't you?"
Sheng Lengshuang refused to talk to him any further. If she continued talking to him, she would be angered to death.
Mo Lingxi fully utilized his shamelessness. "Are you really not going to consider me? Look, I have status, I have good looks, and I treat you well. We even have a son. We are a match made in heaven."
Sheng Lengshuang scoffed.
Mo Lingxi stopped talking. It seemed this method wouldn't work, and he needed to find another approach.
After breakfast, Sheng Lengshuang and Mo Lingxi decided to go and see Zhou Wenxing, also hoping to get some useful clues.
The two of them arrived at the dark prison.
Zhou Wenxing, who had been tortured all night, looked weakly at Sheng Lengshuang and Mo Lingxi, unable to say a word.
Sheng Lengshuang took out several packets of medicinal powder, and seeing Zhou Wenxing tremble like a sieve, she smiled. "Look at your pathetic state, it's truly disgusting."
Zhou Wenxing didn't want to be like this. He knew how terrible Sheng Lengshuang's medicinal powder was, which was why he trembled reflexively.
"Even if you kill me, I won't tell you anything."
Sheng Lengshuang handed the medicinal powder to the guards and said to Zhou Wenxing, "Look at what you're saying. You still have so much value, how could I bear to kill you? Don't worry, I'll make sure you're comfortable and experience the most extreme pain."
Zhou Wenxing hated Sheng Lengshuang as much as he was in pain. "If you have the guts, kill me."
Sheng Lengshuang stopped wasting words and signaled the guards to continue force-feeding the medicinal powder.
After Zhou Wenxing went through another round of painful torture, he was truly close to death, yet he clung to a thread of life. This time, he deeply understood how terrifying Sheng Lengshuang was. This woman would do anything to torment him.
He gritted his teeth, still refusing to confess anything.
Sheng Lengshuang and Mo Lingxi were truly not in a hurry. They chatted there.
"You say, will Zhou Wenxing die in the dark prison?"
"Not yet, but it's not guaranteed he'll die in the dark prison. Although Zhou Wenxing is a wanted criminal, if he's killed by someone, then there will be trouble."
Sheng Lengshuang glanced at Zhou Wenxing's expression and drew out her words. "For example, killed by our family."