MWSB – Chapter 3 Contract Space

When Lu Fengting heard these words, he lowered his eyes and looked at the woman standing before him. She was wearing his clothes, her small frame almost completely swallowed up by the oversized garments. Although she was soaked from head to toe, her eyes still gleamed with an intelligent light.

Just now, he had been afraid of putting Liu Qingyue in an awkward position, which was why he had offered to take responsibility. But since she had said this, Lu Fengting simply nodded.

“I’ll wash your clothes and send them back to you.” Liu Qingyue took another step forward and looked at him with her clear, bright eyes. “Could you leave me an address where I can send them?”

The people in the distance simply watched the two of them.

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While Liu Wanwan sobbed pitifully, she secretly watched them from the corner of her eye, unable to suppress the doubts rising in her heart.

What on earth was wrong with this Liu Qingyue?

Lu Fengting gave her an address. Liu Qingyue nodded, then bowed deeply toward him.

“Thank you for saving me. Once again, I want to express my gratitude to you!”

“You’re welcome.”

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And just like that, the first encounter between the two of them came to an end.

Lu Fengting turned and walked away into the distance. Liu Qingyue looked at the family of three standing over there, her heart filled with indescribable mockery.

“Dad, aren’t you leaving?”

“Are you going to let everyone keep watching me make a fool of myself, or are you all more interested in watching Liu Wanwan make a fool of herself?”

As Liu Qingyue spoke, the corners of her lips lifted slightly. She deliberately gave Liu Wanwan a smug look before turning around and walking away.

Liu Wanwan looked as if she had seen a ghost. She stamped her foot and quickly chased after her.

“Liu Qingyue, why did you just say that I pushed you into the water? I clearly didn’t push you!”

Her voice was somewhat quiet. Liu Qingyue refused to pay any attention to her, but Liu Wanwan continued following her, insisting on getting an answer.

Annoyed by her relentless pursuit, Liu Qingyue suddenly turned around, startling Liu Wanwan.

“Because I understand what’s in your heart!”

Liu Qingyue wore a half-smiling, half-mocking expression as she stared deeply at Liu Wanwan.

The look frightened Liu Wanwan, and her heart began pounding wildly.

Could it be that Liu Qingyue really knew?

If she didn’t know, then how could she have said those things in front of all the neighbors and all those relatives and acquaintances just now?

She knew!

Then what was she supposed to do about her plans for later?

“Wanwan.”

Seeing Liu Wanwan running so quickly, Wang Chunhua shouted loudly from behind. After catching up, she pinched her.

“Why are you running so fast? You did a pretty good job today, but what happened between you and Zhou Heshen? How did you let that little bitch find out?”

Liu Wanwan told her mother about what she had just suspected.

Wang Chunhua gritted her teeth angrily.

“That damned girl! Can’t you handle things cleanly and properly for once?”

Liu Wanwan pouted, tears rolling down her cheeks like strings of golden pearls.

“How was I supposed to know it would turn out like this? After she fell into the water, it was like she became a completely different person. She even hit me! My face hurts so much!”

Wang Chunhua rolled her eyes and quickly went over everything in her mind.

Then she lowered her voice.

“When the time comes for her to go to the island to join her husband, you go with her. See whether she refuses or not. If she refuses, then it means she really knows about you and Zhou Heshen. If she doesn’t refuse, then that proves she’s only guessing!”

“Okay.”

They soon returned home.

The moment Liu Qingyue pushed open the door, she saw a little boy playing in the courtyard. When he saw her, he snorted and gave her an exaggerated roll of his eyes.

Liu Qingyue didn’t hold back either. She walked over and kicked him.

“You—you!”

“You actually kicked me!”

The little boy was the son of Liu Dajun and Wang Chunhua.

Ever since this child had been born, Liu Dajun had practically obeyed Wang Chunhua’s every word.

And Liu Qingyue’s life had become increasingly difficult.

Her younger brother was a mischievous troublemaker. Whenever he broke something in the house, she was always the one who had to take the blame. Because of this, she had been beaten more times than she could count.

So what was wrong with kicking him once?

Without even sparing the boy another glance, Liu Qingyue walked straight into the house.

By the time Wang Chunhua and Liu Dajun returned, the boy had been crying outside for quite some time.

Just like before, Liu Dajun stormed inside angrily. He was just about to demand an explanation when Liu Qingyue turned around, clearly unwilling to speak with him.

“What kind of attitude is that?” Liu Dajun was furious. “It’s bad enough that you go outside and casually badmouth your own sister. Now you’re even hitting your little brother after coming home! I think your wings have grown strong enough that you’ve forgotten your place, haven’t you?”

Liu Qingyue remained silent.

Liu Wanwan seized the opportunity to play the victim. “Dad, she beat me so badly just now. She chased me around and hit me! My face is still burning and hurting!”

After saying that, she deliberately acted coquettishly as she sat down beside Liu Dajun. Pointing at Liu Qingyue, she said, “Dad, make her apologize to me!”

Wang Chunhua had given birth to a son, which allowed her to firmly hold Liu Dajun in the palm of her hand. Liu Wanwan, meanwhile, had also won his sympathy by constantly playing the victim and acting pitiful. As a stepdaughter, she was treated rather well by him.

It was only Liu Qingyue who held little status in the family.

Just as Liu Dajun was about to make her apologize, Liu Qingyue suddenly turned around. Narrowing her eyes at Liu Wanwan, she asked suspiciously, “Are you really not involved with Zhou Heshan?”

Under the gaze of those eyes, Liu Wanwan felt a trace of guilt.

Still, she spoke righteously, “No! You’re the one falsely accusing me!”

Heh.

Liu Qingyue smiled and said nothing more. She then deliberately put on a relieved expression.

“Alright, then I’m relieved. I might have gotten a little emotional after being submerged in the water earlier, so I hit you. I apologize!”

She stopped there, watching as Liu Dajun and Liu Wanwan visibly relaxed.

Then Liu Qingyue suddenly changed her tone.

“If you really have nothing to do with him, then that’s for the best. But if you really are involved with him, I’ll definitely beat you half to death!”

After saying that, she gave them a perfectly standard smile.

But in Liu Wanwan’s eyes, that smile was downright terrifying.

She swallowed nervously, immediately getting up from beside Liu Dajun and hiding behind Wang Chunhua.

Wang Chunhua shot Liu Dajun a meaningful look.

Only then did he cough and say, “Qingyue, don’t overthink things. How could your younger sister possibly have anything to do with your fiancé?”

Upon hearing those words, the expression on Liu Qingyue’s face became even more indifferent.

At this point, Liu Dajun genuinely didn’t know anything.

But after everything that happened later, Liu Dajun tacitly agreed to let this daughter marry Zhou Heshan instead.

Because in his eyes, although the marriage had originally been arranged with Liu Qingyue, now that her reputation had already been ruined, someone still had to take responsibility.

And Liu Wanwan was a perfectly good choice.

That way, they could enjoy all the benefits that would come from Liu Wanwan marrying Zhou Heshan.

After everything she had experienced in her previous life, Liu Qingyue had figured things out by now.

It wasn’t that Liu Dajun had no affection for her as his daughter. It was simply that, in his heart, he and his precious son mattered more.

Liu Qingyue said nothing at all. She simply turned around and walked into the house.

Liu Dajun let out a heavy sigh, while Wang Chunhua muttered beside him, “Just look at what she’s done! What are we going to do if Wanwan’s reputation really gets ruined?”

The two of them began talking among themselves.

Liu Wanwan sat off to the side, her hands tightly clenched together.

Inside, she began ranting furiously.

Now that Liu Qingyue’s reputation was ruined, she could use the fact that the two families had a marriage arrangement to marry Zhou Heshan directly.

That way, her marriage would be perfectly legitimate and justified, and she would be able to live a very good life from then on.

Thinking about this, Liu Wanwan was extremely pleased with herself.

Liu Qingyue stayed in her room for a while before Liu Dajun called everyone to dinner.

During the meal, Wang Chunhua brought up the matter.

“There’s only half a month left before you leave for the island to join your husband in the army. We should start getting things ready!”

“Mm.”

Liu Qingyue naturally knew the timeline.

After all, these were things she had already experienced once in her previous life.

She had also considered going to the island, so she did not refuse.

After finishing dinner, she turned around and was about to enter her room when Wang Chunhua began making a fuss.

“You’re not even going to help me clear away the dishes?”

“Didn’t you tell me to go clean them up?”

After saying that, Liu Qingyue walked straight into her room and slammed the door shut.

Wang Chunhua was so angry that she pounded heavily on the table. In the end, Liu Dajun could only help her clean up the dishes and chopsticks.

Once inside her room, Liu Qingyue immediately found the space necklace among her dowry.

There was a small snowflake-shaped design on the space necklace.

She used a knife to cut her hand and dripped a drop of blood onto it.

The moment the blood touched it, the necklace began radiating dazzling light.

Then, as Liu Qingyue closed her eyes, she suddenly found herself inside a mysterious space.