Chapter 313

313 5.57 – Underneath Her Mask – The Sleepless Elite’s wife

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Edited by Psycho S.

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Mo Luwei, once sure that he was alone, shoved his hand inside of his inner suit pocket and touch the USB that contained many dirty secrets on his enemies. Rong Shu, his number one enemy, was one of many enemies who badly wanted this USB.

Mo Luwei was only aware of Su Luqin’s connection to Rong Shi as an accomplice once he investigated the murder of Su Min’s father. He decided to ‘marry’ Su Luqin so that she would gain hope but once she thought she was safe...

Mo Luwei’s eyes darkened as a sinister smile graced his lips. Su Luqin’s hope, he would crush it in his hands and then...

He would ruin her. He’d stomp on her reputation into the mud and peel away everything that was dear to her; from looks to confidence. He wanted her to be miserable and, when he got Su Min back, they would watch Su Luqin descend into despair and insanity. Just to avenge Su Min and her parents.

It was only logical for Su Luqin to die but her death would be in the hands of Su Min. Min’er could hold Su Luqin’s life and death in her pretty hands.

This was a long due retribution to Su Luqin.

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(A/N: This is the whole reason/excuse why the ML behaved like this in the original novel “Excruciating deep love with you”. To deny his feelings towards FL at first, and to protect her later, after learning the truth. Until the end, everyone trusted the villainess’s blatant lies. No, I’m not kidding...)

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After a few days...

Mo Luwei wasn’t able to find Su Min and, true to his words, he cut his PA’s weekly wage in half. Through a fit of desperation, he drove to the prison that held Su Luqin. When he visited Su Luqin, he pulled at her chin harshly and kept her struggling form pressed against the bars.

“AHH-” Su Luqin let out a slight scream as her face was slammed into the bars because of Mo Luwei’s rough actions. Her vision went momentarily red as blood bled from her forehead: the blood came from the injuries made by the metal bars. She breathed rapidly in fear and hatred as she stared at Mo Luwei with wide, glassy eyes.

Mo Luwei’s lips pulled backwards into a disdainful sneer. Not feeling like she’d been hurt enough, he grabbed her by the hair and slammed her once more into the metal bars.

Su Luqin let out a blood-curdling shriek of misery when more blood poured from her forehead and into her open mouth.

The warden, who’d been watching the exchange with shock, stepped forward to try and stop Mo Luwei’s violent rampage.

A second warden hissed through his clenched teeth as he stopped his friend.

“Don’t you know who he is?” The second warden asked as he pulled his friend away. When the friend shook his head with wide doe eyes, the second warden explained Mo Luwei’s identity in a hushed voice.

The first warden bit his lip as he watched Mo Luwei continue to slam the dizzy Su Luqin into the bars. It was evident in his watery eyes that he was one of the few wardens who’d taken this job with justice in mind; he was one of the few wardens that prisoners liked because of his big heart and caring nature.

“Come on,” The second warden, knowing how soft-hearted his friend was, would pull him away to give Mo Luwei privacy.

Once Mo Luwei felt as though his anger had been somewhat extinguished, he would taunt Su Luqin with a mocking tone, “You’re useless to me now.”

He released the sobbing Su Luqin from his grasp and watched as she crumpled to the ground like a puppet whose strings had been cut. A flicker of anger remained in his ashen heart. Su Luqin, who had gathered her bearings, listened to Mo Luwei’s warning, “If something goes wrong, I’ll have you buried with Su Min.”

Su Luqin clenched her hands and she forced herself to stand, if only to give the image that she was strong. Her effort was wasted as, not even a moment after standing for three seconds max, she fell to the ground.

Su Luqin’s heart, which had been dipped into a puddle of despair and pain, would be enraged by what Mo Luwei said.

Perhaps it was confidence that made her say what she said, or perhaps it was desperation; maybe she wanted to see Mo Luwei falter in all his overbearing presence, no one would know. But what she said made Mo Luwei pause.

“Useless?! Me?! You didn’t know the truth at all but still, in all our five years of being engaged, you never touched me! Are you a real man?!”

Mo Luwei crossed his arms as he looked down at Su Luqin with disdain. This woman... Though he had to applaud her for her gal, she was really too troublesome for her own good. She needed to know when to shut up, because at this moment, she was acting too much like Silika Lin. Nonetheless, he didn’t bother to interrupt Su Luqin’s ranting. What she said was entertaining.

It was like she was a delirious woman.

“Is she really your savior?! What a pathetic excuse you have to get rid of the mistakes you’ve made!” Su Luqin shouted at Mo Luwei as much as she could, “If an old man saved you, would you fall in love with him too?! Let me tell you, you’ve made another mistake!”

Su Luqin told Mo Luwei something that made him narrow his eyes, “The one who really saved you was Silika Lin!”

“What the hell did you just say?!” Mo Luwei roared fiercely, with anger and shock. His loud voice made the soft-hearted warden whine with worry and his friend to frown.

They better escort Mo Luwei out before he commits first-degree murder.

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Bing Shi burst out in merry laughter. She was watching the situation between Mo Luwei and Su Luqin through Xiao Pu. She was delighted to witness his outburst but she soon lost interest.

Bing Shi stopped watching Mo Luwei and followed Xuan Mu to the rooftop of a building. As they were walking, she would lament with a sigh, “That man is beyond dumb. Oh no, did I just insult a prodigy who was hailed as a genius?”

Bing Shi chuckled, “What does that make me? Am I beyond dumb, then?”

Xiao Pu laughed weakly. If he was in Mo Luwei’s shoes, he too, would be doubting himself. Perhaps he wouldn’t be doubting himself with so much violence... but still. He had gone through a similar situation with his previous host.

Here, Bing Shi let herself be at a clear disadvantage. She was going against a tyrannical billionaire tycoon but she herself was a nobody. ‘Don’t try it at home if you don’t have iron guts kids.’ Wasn’t she too full of herself?

Perhaps she was full of herself, but she also wasn’t looking down at her opponents. She was only so confident because she was saving her trump cards for emergencies. Mo Luwei certainly didn’t act fair in their battle, but Bing Shi wasn’t very fair either. By the time one figured out the unspoken rules that Bing Shi had broken, they would know that she had already won the game.

“Bing Shi, genius prodigies are not omnipotent. We don’t know everything,” Xuan Mu took satisfaction in kicking Silika’s ex out of the building. He was only slightly dissatisfied when the fall-protection net caught the flailing man.

Silika’s ex screamed in terror and cried out for help. Of course, his cries for help were useless. Nobody could hear or see him. Because of this, everyone bustled about, oblivious to the man who was close to peeing his pants.

Bing Shi watched as the man’s screams and cries warranted no response. In this situation, he was just like the original Silika Lin; perhaps it wasn’t so extreme, but the symbolism was still somewhat the same.

If the old Silika saw her photos and videos released in the public, she would have screamed just like her ex but her screams would not have garnered any pity or attention from the public. She would have been shamed or ignored for being lewd... While the old Silika sent her ex nudes, she wasn’t aware of the videos he recorded of her, behind her back.

“I know, but it’s hard not to think of you genius prodigies as anything but omnipotent,” Bing Shi said as she poked her staff at the screaming man.

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