chapter 74

Ji Nanya sent Ling Mohan a hand-made Swiss army knife.

The knife body was deep black, and it had a sharp blade and unique design. Even if Qin Shu wasn’t a weapon enthusiast, she still found this small and exquisite knife very charming, let alone Ling Mohan, who had a hobby of collecting weapons.

As a special forces soldier, the Swiss army knife was an indispensable personal item for Ling Mohan.

This item was exquisitely crafted and had 33 functions. It was widely used in tourism, mountain climbing, diving, field adventures, and so on. For someone like Ling Mohan, who was often sent on special and dangerous missions, the Swiss army knife was definitely a good assistant!

It could be seen that Ji Nanya’s gift fitted in exactly with Ling Mohan’s wishes.

When Qin Shu saw that Ling Mohan liked the Swiss army knife so much that he could barely put it down, she thought of the many books about ordnance and weapons in his study. A faint sense of loss suddenly surged in her heart.

She touched her lips, as if there were still the warmth left behind by the man. Then, she curled her lips and smiled in a self-mocking way. Then, she turned around and went upstairs.

Qin Shu lived in another bedroom before. But the day before yesterday, when she started to be on her period, she was in huge pain. Ling Mohan forced her to sleep in the master bedroom.

After two days of intimate contact, there seemed to be an ambiguous feeling between the two of them.

But now that Qin Shu saw the Swiss army knife sent by Ji Nanya, the sharp blade seemed to have stabbed deeply into her heart, reminding her of some kind of delusion that she shouldn’t have.

Thinking back carefully, Qin Shu found that the information she knew about Ling Mohan was only limited to his family background. She knew very little about the rest, and his whereabouts in the past three years was even a total blank. She did not know where Ling Mohan was or what he had done.

But Ji Nanya knew.

She was a special military doctor for the special forces soldiers, and she had participated in Ling Mohan’s army life from beginning to end.

They were close comrades who fought side by side, and probably even when Ling Mohan’s life was in danger, Ji Nanya would be there for him.

It seemed natural that they should be together.

Qin Shu believed that Grandpa Ling also knew about their intimacy.

Probably because of this, Grandpa Ling was worried that Ling Mohan and Ji Nanya would become more and more affectionate, and he forced Ling Mohan to marry me quickly.

Thinking of this, Qin Shu did not know whether to laugh or cry. She really wanted to rush to Grandpa Ling and tell him not to break up the affectionate couple of lovers.

As night grew darker and darker, the lights in the city gradually went out, and many people fell asleep.

Qin Shu drew the curtains closed, yawned, and prepared to crawl into bed.

Suddenly, the bedroom door was opened, accompanied by the sound of hard and powerful footsteps. Behind her came Ling Mohan’s unhappy questioning, “What are you doing?”

“Sleeping,” Qin Shu looked back at him and said confidently.

Ling Mohan pulled her up in one go. “Nonsense!”

Qin Shu said unhappily, “How is that nonsense? Don’t lord it over here. We’re not in the army. You can restrain on everything but my sleeping!”

Ling Mohan was so angry that he tapped her forehead and ordered, “Go back to sleep in the bedroom.”

Qin Shu looked at him speechlessly before saying, “Colonel, this is my bedroom.”

“I mean the master bedroom!” Ling Mohan glared at her and said with a stiff tone. Looked like if Qin Shu didn’t listen to him, he would tie her back to the master bedroom.

Unexpectedly, Qin Shu was really not afraid. She said indifferently, “Didn’t we agree to live separately? I wasn’t feeling well these past two days. Thank you for taking care of me. Now that I’m fine, I won’t disturb your sleep at night.”

Qin Shu was not a quiet sleeper, so it was not wrong for her to say that he might get disturbed.

However, these words were polite and carried a clear sense of alienation, which made Ling Mohan very unhappy.

What did she say? Disturbed? Well, he earnestly wished that Little Qin Shu could ‘harass’ him every night.

Ling Mohan knew that Qin Shu had a stubborn temper, so he simply pulled the woman into his arms and imprisoned her there in a tyrannical manner.

“Speak properly, don’t use this weird tone!” He clenched Qin Shu’s soft waist and lowered his head to bite her nose, his movements revealing an ambiguous intimacy.

Qin Shu was a little stunned.

This bastard clearly had another woman in his heart. He was obviously forced to marry her by Grandpa Ling. Why did he act like he liked her now? It was really boring!

Qin Shu felt uncomfortable in her heart and suddenly asked, “Do you love me?”

When the question was asked, even she felt that it was very unreasonable.

They were not a lovey-dovey couple in love, nor were they a sweet newlywed couple. It was ridiculous for her to ask that.

However, she vaguely had some anticipation. She couldn’t help but raise her head and look into his pitch-black eyes. They were so deep that she couldn’t see his emotions clearly.

Qin Shu’s heart gradually turned cold.

She tried her best to pretend to be very calm and smiled as if nothing had happened. She said calmly, “Don’t mind, I just asked casually…”

“Qin Shu,” Ling Mohan suddenly stared at her with his dark eyes and said in an unprecedented solemn and serious tone, “no matter what happened between us in the past, it is gone. Now that you and I are married, I will be responsible for you. I will be responsible for this family and will definitely not abandon you. This is my responsibility!”

Responsibility?

Qin Shu was stunned for a moment before she suddenly realized that she was only a responsibility to Ling Mohan.

In other words, it had nothing to do with love, nothing to do with anything else.

So to speak, the question she asked seemed to be a joke.

Did he love her? What a disgusting, childish and ridiculous question!

What else could she say? If she continued to ask, she wouldn’t even save her esteem.

Ling Mohan was very dissatisfied when he saw the little woman in his arms lower her head. He did not know if she had taken his solemn oath to the heart.

In terms of emotions, he did not have much experience, nor could he speak sweet declaration of love. He had thought about what he had just said for a long time, but why did Little Qin Shu not respond at all? Could it be that she was still thinking about Ji Chen?

“Speak!” Ling Mohan was impatient. He forcefully pinched Qin Shu’s chin and stared straight at her with his dark eyes.

Qin Shu chuckled and asked indifferently, “What to say?”

Ling Mohan frowned. He lowered his head and bit her lips fiercely. He said domineeringly, “Don’t deal with me with this attitude! How much did you hear what I just said? Can’t you react?”

What he just said… Qin Shu thought, for an ordinary woman, if her husband swore that he would be responsible for the family and would not abandon her, it should be a very joyful thing.

But why couldn’t she be happy?

Qin Shu swiftly repeated Ling Mohan’s words in her mind. She suddenly came to a conclusion and burst into laughter.

Ling Mohan’s expression was unhappy and the anger surged in his eyes.

Qin Shu hurriedly said, “I heard you. You said that I’m your responsibility, and you will never leave me.”

This was true, but being said from Qin Shu’s mouth, Ling Mohan felt that something was wrong.

His sharp eyes stared deeply at the little woman in his arms, wanting to see something unusual from her exquisite and gorgeous smiling face, but he couldn’t see anything.

He couldn’t guess what a woman would be thinking.

Qin Shu could not guess what a man would be thinking either, especially the man in front of her. She could only test him with a smile based on her own conjecture, “Colonel, is that you feel guilty for what happened that night three years ago, so you want to compensate me through marriage?”

“Not exactly,” Ling Mohan said.

He didn’t want to deceive Qin Shu. At least, this was his first thought. Marriage was dispensable to him, and it was the same for him to marry any woman.

Since marrying Qin Shu could make Grandpa happy, and he could also shoulder the responsibility from three years ago, then why not?

Of course, Ling Mohan did not expect Little Qin Shu to be a pleasant surprise. She was a little goblin. The longer they stayed together, the more he wanted to possess her. He even wanted to put her in his pocket and keep her beside him at all times. No one was allowed to land their eyes on her!

However, Qin Shu did not know what he was thinking. The word ‘not exactly’ was equivalent to stabbing the sharp blade that had been stabbed into her heart deeper again.

In other words, Ling Mohan had this kind of intention when marrying her, so the rest of his thoughts were forced by Grandpa Ling and he had no choice but to do it, right?

Tsk, how ridiculous she was. After being taken good care of by Ling Mohan for the past two days, she thought that the other party also liked her a little, but she didn’t know that it was all out of a man’s sense of responsibility.

As a soldier, he had already inscribed the word ‘responsibility’ in his bones. No matter how long it took, he would shoulder this responsibility.

She had nothing to question, or to put it another way, she had no more extravagant hopes.

The more uncomfortable she felt in her heart, the brighter her smile became. Qin Shu was this kind of person. She concealed and buried the fragility in her heart layer by layer and finally showed that beautiful smiling face.

She raised her head again and looked at Ling Mohan calmly. She smiled, “It doesn’t matter. I don’t really care why you married me. I was just asking casually. Oh, right, when you want to divorce me, just tell me directly. Don’t cheat on me to date your sweetheart. If Grandpa Ling finds out, it’ll be troublesome …”

“Shut up!” Ling Mohan’s face suddenly darkened and he tightened his grip on her waist. “How dare you speak this nonsense? I think your mouth needs to be punished properly!”

Qin Shu raised her eyebrows and smiled. “That’s how I speak. Don’t listen if you dislike it.”

Qi Mingran disliked her for speaking so annoying words as well. She was not magnanimous enough, unlike Tang Anru who could always speak sweet words. So in the end, Qi Mingran broke up with her.

Well, she and Ling Mohan…

“Ah!”

While Qin Shu was daydreaming, Ling Mohan suddenly lowered his head and covered her lips with his mouth.

“So sweet.” After a long while, Ling Mohan was finally satisfied. His dark eyes were still as hot as fire.

Qin Shu did not dare to look at him directly, but she was somewhat unhappy in her heart.

Why did he always take the initiative?

Why could he take advantage of her naturally by using the excuse of ‘responsibility’?

Why could he treat her as a play woman, but she could only accept it passively?

The more Qin Shu thought about it, the angrier she became. She was not a vegetarian either!

Since Ling Mohan did not respect her and treated her as a woman who could have sex with whenever he wanted, then she would also treat this bastard as a seasoning for her life. She should flirt with him in her spare time, and whoever took the relationship to the heart would be an idiot!

After thinking it over, Qin Shu no longer resisted. She slowly stretched out her two white arms, wrapped them around Ling Mohan’s neck and whispered in his ear, “Well, Colonel, do you really want me?”

Rumble!

Ling Mohan looked at the charming little woman under his nose. Something seemed to roar out from his body…