Imperial Commander: His Pretty Wife Is Spoiled Rotten [Lk] -1

284-288

"By the time I received the news, it was too late. He'd gotten shot twice, once in the chest and once in the thigh. Huo Tingxiao and I dispatched all our bodyguards to escort him back. His grandfather was furious when he found out, and of course his uncle adamantly denied his involvement. But the old man wasn't stupid, and he deposed the uncle. His family is now second in the line of succession. And, although everything seems peaceful on the surface, there is much internal conflict going on underneath. Jiang Chenghuan is quite ambitious, and he has established some very powerful connections in just a few years. He is very shrewd as well."

Yun Lisa nodded. She was surprised. She hadn't expected him to have such an interesting background story.

She had thought that he had either been seriously injured or seriously ill. She had had no idea that internal family drama was involved.

"He pretends to be a shallow playboy to fool his enemies. Although it is an effective ruse, putting on such an act can be quite exhausting."

Hmm. The lives of prominent families weren't as simple as she'd thought.
The blood battles that weren't evident on the surface were often quite brutal.

Mu Jungkook turned his head and glanced at her. "Could you tell all of this simply by observing him?"

"He acted like a silly playboy, but I'm not blind."

After a pause, she seemed to have thought of something, and she turned to ask, "Is the Mu family the same? Full of internal drama and blood battles over inheritances?"

Mu Jungkook lowered his eyes and instinctively tightened his grip on the steering wheel.

"Why, does this worry you?"

Yun Lisa scoffed. "It's your family. It has nothing to do with me and is none of my business."

She couldn't even figure out how to deal with her own outlandish siblings and parents! How could she worry about others?

Mu Jungkook smiled and changed the topic.

"There is a document for you to see in the glove box."

"What?" Yun Lisa froze for a moment.

Then she opened the glove box and took out a black folder. "Is it this?"

"See for yourself!"

Yun Lisa opened the document and skimmed over it a few times. The first page contained information on how Han Wanling had used her connections to help Liang Yeri transfer to another school.

She'd already found out about this. Next, there was information about how Han Wanling ng was going away.

"D*mn. I thought she would try to cause more trouble. She is being sent away. Studying abroad is just a euphemism for going into hiding."

"Why are you upset that she's leaving? No one will be here to bother you."

"But she will return. I hope she remembers to bring her brain when she returns. Fighting against people with no brains lowers my IQ."

"After this latest incident, Han Wanling's position of influence in the Han family has been greatly reduced. Han Sehun has climbed up instead."

Yun Lisa turned to the next page, which was about Han Sehun's investigation of her.

"Han Sehun is investigating me?"

Although her tone sounded as if she were surprised, she'd already had a hunch that he was interested in her.

"Is it bad for him to investigate you? It would be stupid of him if he didn't, since you are so interested in him."

"....." What did he mean by that? Could she be compared to Han Sehun?