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After eating their fill, the two of them snuggled up against the balcony, blowing the night wind as they stared out of the window.

It was hard to describe his feelings right now. Shu tightly held onto Ling Qiao's hand, as if they had never been apart.

"I'm a little regretful right now."

"What are you regretting?" Ling Qiao tightly grasped her hand, "I will not let you go, and you can forget about leaving."

Shu Shu shook her head and smiled, "I'm not regretting this. I'm regretting that I didn't lose my head due to anger. I shouldn't have left you alone to deal with it."

Ling Qiao heaved a sigh of relief. Right now, as long as she was around, he was not afraid of anything, "It's all my fault. I deserve all of this. In addition, I have to thank you. When you insisted on leaving, I felt helpless, and even resentful. I hated that you didn't want to leave me behind, and couldn't understand why I didn't want to leave.

"What do you mean?"

Ling Qiao took a deep breath, "When the Tang Clan was forcing me to marry Tang Dynasty's woman, I definitely wouldn't agree. Grandmother said to me in private: 'Even if Shu Shu doesn't leave, this marriage of yours must still be concluded. Even if you want to get divorced in the future, you must still get married now. Grandmother said that you left because you couldn't bear to see your beloved husband cheating. You left because you didn't want the Ling family to be in danger and because you didn't want them to be troubled. At that moment, I realized that my grandpa and grandma had helped me choose the best daughter-in-law in the world. "

Ling Qiao paused, turning Shu to face his. In the bright moonlight, she was like a saint, glimmering with light. He was so peaceful, so peaceful. Ling Qiao caressed her cheek, pinched her chin, and said: "So Shu Shu, at that time I had always told myself silently that our divorce was only a delaying tactic, and that the matter between me and Tang Beiqing would always be the pain in your heart. How about we cut it off first, then let it hurt together?" After the divorce, I'll definitely catch you again.

Shu Shu rolled her eyes at him. "What are you planning?"

"There's nothing I can do about it. The Ling Family only has this single child. The responsibility I shoulder is very big. I must protect the Ling Family's reputation." "That 'childhood sweetheart' relationship was something that both families discussed later. Their goal was to gain everyone's sympathy so that the impact could be minimized."

"But if you were to separate now, wouldn't you all be affected as well?" Paper cannot contain fire. "

"That's right, paper can't hold a fire. After we got married, I never went home to sleep, and those puppies will eventually find out that I and Tang Shuqing were just receiving a certificate."

"You … Don't argue with me, I'm serious with you. "

"I'm being serious. I can't live with her as a husband and wife. Not only am I letting you down, I'm also letting her down. Marrying her to the Tang Clan's request is really just a plan to delay the war." "Grandmother said that the problem can only be solved from the roots. Since that's the case, I'll look for a private investigator to investigate Tang Zhaoqing. If you don't know what's going on, you'll find out everything after careful investigation. Everything was set up by Tang Zhaoqing and Li Changzhi."

Shushu's eyes were hopeful, but also worried and helpless. "But she's pregnant. That's your child."

Ling Qiao raised his right hand and swore to the heavens, "I swear that I definitely didn't do anything to her. The more I think about it, the more clear it is. And I really didn't feel anything after that. She suddenly said that she was pregnant, and I really wondered who the child belonged to. But I know she's always had me in her heart, and I can't think of anyone else she'd have sex with besides me, and that's what's bothering me. "

Shu leaned forward, resting her head on his chest. "I really hope this is a nightmare. Let's hurry and get over it."

She has already lost the best opportunity to ruin the Ling Family's reputation. Moreover, with her current status, if she still dares to accuse me of accusing the Ling Family, that would only become a joke in society. She's not that stupid. And I have their criminal evidence. The only thing I'm worried about right now is my grandmother's health. "

As she spoke of Grandma, Shu Shu's heart was hanging in her throat. "Let Grandma rest well. You must take care of her health." She really wanted to visit her grandmother, but she knew that she couldn't enter the Ling Family's gate for even half a step at the moment.

At this moment, an alarm sounded from downstairs. Shu Shu quivered and quickly leaned onto the balcony to look down, "Ling Qiao, this alarm is coming from my place." She was more or less afraid of living alone, so she had installed a burglar alarm on her own home, which would ring whenever an outlaw tried to force the door open.

Ling Qiao also looked down, but didn't see anything. "Are you sure it's your place?"

ShuShu nodded firmly. "Of course, with such a clear voice, it must be downstairs."

As he was speaking, a black shadow suddenly ran out from the building. The two security guards on duty chased him out and shouted, "Catch the thief! Catch the thief!"

Ling Qiao felt that something was amiss. The security here had always been pretty good, so how could there be a thief? Furthermore, he had to pry open Shu Shu's house. He pulled his hand and said, "Come, let's go take a look at your place."

He took the elevator downstairs and the people from the neighboring families all came out to watch the commotion. They surrounded Shu Shu's house to see what was going on.

"As soon as I heard the alarm bell, I opened the door and went out to take a look. I didn't expect to see the thief darting into the stairwell as soon as I opened the door."

"Really? The thieves these days are really brave. Is he really sure that there's no one inside?" Sigh, luckily this house is equipped with a burglar protection system, otherwise we would all be in trouble, maybe after he steals one, he will steal the next. "

As everyone was discussing amongst themselves, Shu Shu and Ling Qiao squeezed to the door. They saw that the iron door was slightly ajar and that the thief had pried it open. However, they had not expected that the alarm would ring.

Suddenly, someone said, "Where did the smoke come from? Did you smell it?"

"Hey, there's smoke coming out from under the door. The house's on fire!"

This shout made everyone anxious as their lips turned cold. If a fire broke out in the next room, the neighbors would be implicated. Thus, everyone hurriedly called the police and tried to extinguish the fire.

The couple next door was an outsider with a four-year-old girl. Upon hearing that the place was on fire, the man immediately said, "Xiao Ying, take care of Jiajia. I'll go get a long leather pipe and bring the water out to extinguish the fire."

All of a sudden, everyone took a basin of water, went in and out of the house to water the house. However, they were just strangers, so no one dared to enter. The door was wet, but it was still burning inside. The fire even reached the bed, making it burn even hotter.

The door to the room was a mess, dirty black water everywhere, "My bed sheets, new!" Shu-Shu was about to go in when she suddenly saw a ball of flame rise up in front of the door. Then the door started burning again.

Ling Qiao grabbed her slender arm and pulled her back, "It's too dangerous, how much is that bed sheet worth? The fire alarm is already downstairs, can't you hear me? What are you going in for, are you going to roast it like a pig?"

"But, but this is where I live after all."

Ling Qiao sighed, "Life is the most important thing." He looked at the reignited flames at the door, smelling the thick smoke and the pungent smell of gasoline, then ordered, "Everyone, go back to your rooms and clear the corridor. The fire alarm is here."

As he spoke, the elevator opened and several fire guards rushed out with extinguishers.

Fortunately, the discovery was made in time, and was not a fire. With the help of the neighbors, the fire alarm was completely extinguished after a few attempts.

Ling Qiao reminded him, "Your picture book shouldn't be inside, right?"

Shocked, Shushu opened her mouth but did not say anything. Ling Qiao shook his head, "In the end, I was unable to keep this book. It's flooded and it's a fire."

Shu Shu gave a calm smile. "It's fine. I left the picture book at the company."

Ling Qiao pinched her cheek, this was truly fortunate. To think that she still had something to rejoice about at a time like this, how optimistic was she!

The fire was not simple, the thief who sneaked out was not a thief, but was specifically set on fire. Thinking of this, Ling Qiao began to feel afraid. If it was any other time, Shu Shu would definitely be sleeping, she would be trapped inside. If there was no police system, the little thief would be able to force his way in and kill everyone and burn this place down to the ground, causing him to break out in a cold sweat.

Ling Qiao took a deep breath and tightened his grip on Shu Shu's hand. If she died, what would he do?

"Why are you all sweating?" ShuShu saw that his forehead was wet and the back of his T-shirt was wet.

Ling Qiao's blazing gaze looked at her. It was hard to imagine that the beautiful first love he had always missed would actually almost kill the woman he loved the most.

Shu Shu looked at him with a strange expression. She had also realized what he was thinking. "Could it be her again?" It was simply hard to believe, who stole who, and who let down who. If it was said that she owed Tang Zhaoqing to Ling Qiao for marrying her, then now, she really didn't feel guilty at all. Tang Xiuqing's love was too vicious, so how could Ling Qiao possibly spend the rest of his life with this kind of person?!

The little thief ran away after receiving the message from the security guards. However, the little thief could be found in the surveillance footage, so all of this was left to the police to deal with.

It was late at night, and everyone was shocked. The one who was most excited was the landlord, so he had to compensate them for all their losses.

"Miss Shu, why would there be a fire in your hands when a nice house is rented for you to live in? You are clearly your responsibility. "

Shu Shu crossed her waist and stood in front of the 1.8 meter tall burly man. Her momentum was not the least bit inferior, "How can it be my responsibility if I'm not even in there anymore?" The police found out that someone had deliberately set the fire. How could they expect me to bear all the responsibility? Landlord, you are too unreasonable. I wanted to ask if you offended someone outside and coincidentally became the scapegoat by staying here. I also wanted to ask you if you wanted to lose! "

"You're just a little girl. Don't think I'm afraid of you just because your mouth is good. Let me tell you, I won't care about the house's renovations anyway, nor will I return the rent. You can either continue to renovate your own house or leave."

"Why should I let you go when I've been renting for a year? Why should I decorate your house? "You can either refund my rent or find someone to renovate it. You don't need to decorate it too high-end; at the very least, you need to be able to live with someone."

"I'm too lazy to care about you. You made my house this unreasonable. I've never seen such an unreasonable person."

"You, you, you, you landlord, why are you like this? Haven't you seen me burn everything?" "Why don't you have any sympathy?"

While they were talking, Shu Shu started to cry. The neighbors began to whisper to each other and tried to persuade her, "Old Zhang, the girl's things have all been burnt and you just have to put it out. If you feel sorry for the house, she will feel sorry for you too."