Wishing to Take Miss Su as a Concubine

In the dim, dank dungeon, only a few candles were lit, their light flickering between bright and dark.

With a splash, a bucket of cold water was thrown down.

Su Qinghan, unconscious until then, suddenly shuddered, then opened her eyes and woke up.

The first person she saw was Jiang Lan, sitting leisurely on a wooden stool before her.

He looked down at her, his eyes seeming to carry some inscrutable meaning.

An empty bucket sat nearby. The cold water just now must have been thrown by him.

Su Qinghan hurriedly came to her senses and glanced at her dress. It was still entirely intact.

It had merely been soaked through by the cold water, clinging wetly to her body.

"Miss Su, you certainly slept comfortably. I had not wished to disturb your sweet dreams..." Jiang Lan's lightly amused voice sounded.

Su Qinghan saw the chains binding her hands and feet. She clenched her teeth, and her gaze grew ever colder.

She treated Jiang Lan's teasing words as though she had not heard them.

When she had been taken away, she had not even had time to react before feeling something heavy, like the back of a blade, strike her neck. She had passed out on the spot.

"What sort of look is that, Miss Su?"

"I believe I have not done anything to you."

Jiang Lan rose from the stool and walked over.

"What exactly does Young Master Jiang want?" Su Qinghan drew back slightly and asked.

"What do I want? Does that even need guessing?"

Jiang Lan smiled, his gaze sweeping over her exquisitely curvaceous figure.

Su Qinghan's entire body tensed. Unfortunately, she discovered that her cultivation had been sealed, and the chains on her limbs left her utterly unable to move.

Seeing the forced calm and fear revealed in her eyes, Jiang Lan smiled.

"So Miss Su can feel fear too?"

"If so, why did you still dare to assassinate me?" he asked with great interest.

Su Qinghan did not answer. Did he not know perfectly well why she had taken such an enormous risk?

How could he still have the nerve to ask her that?

Recalling the rumors of this Prime Minister's Heir's twisted tastes, she suddenly felt chills run down her back.

Among the countless rumors outside, this notorious Second Generation Scion was merely a complete good-for-nothing who relied on the Prime Minister's prestige to bully others with borrowed power.

Yet from their encounters thus far, there was no way he could be associated with the word "good-for-nothing."

He had used her younger sister as bait to lure her here, then seized her under the charge of attempted assassination.

Su Qinghan was no fool. Though her rage had clouded her mind earlier and caused her to lose her reason,

now that she thought it over, she could see the loopholes contained within it all.

All she could say was that she, a mere young lady of the Su Family in tiny Yuyi City, was truly more fortunate than she deserved.

And besides, what exactly was he plotting by doing this?

Was it fun? Did it satisfy his twisted tastes?

Did he see her as prey, watching her step by step fall into the trap he had laid, unable to struggle free, enjoying the whole process?

"Miss Su, are you worried that I will use the charge of attempted assassination to threaten you and force you to do things you do not wish to do?"

Jiang Lan asked leisurely.

Naturally, he could guess what Su Qinghan was thinking. Given his current status, taking a fancy to Su Qinghan and forcibly claiming her would have been the most natural thing in the world.

But if Su Qinghan's master learned of it afterward, she would certainly stand up for Su Qinghan. At that point, even his father, the Prime Minister, would have to consider the greater picture and show that Sword Immortal some respect.

After all, within the Great Xia Dynasty, the influence contained in a Sword Immortal was not to be underestimated.

But if Su Qinghan had no grounds to stand on in this matter and had even intended to "assassinate" him, then forget a Sword Immortal stepping forward—even if the Heavenly King himself came, it would be useless.

Afterward, with his father's capabilities, he could even make that Sword Immortal suffer a silent, bitter loss.

At those words, Su Qinghan raised her eyes to look at him.

Jiang Lan stood before her in flawless White Robes. His features were handsome beyond compare, his bearing as refined as jade. Aside from seeming somewhat thin and pale, he even possessed a touch of otherworldly detachment.

What a waste of such a fine face.

And once she understood Jiang Lan's words, she could not help clenching her teeth.

"Young Master Jiang worries too much. How could Qinghan judge a gentleman's heart with a petty person's mind?"

"My clothes remain intact, and there is nothing unusual on my body. That is enough to show that Young Master Jiang did nothing to Qinghan while she was unconscious."

"From this, it is clear that Young Master Jiang is upright in character and trustworthy in conduct."

Yet that was what Su Qinghan said aloud.

"Miss Su is mistaken. I am no gentleman. From beginning to end, I have been a petty man."

"I came to Yuyi City today specifically for Miss Su."

Jiang Lan suddenly smiled softly. Then, amid Su Qinghan's astonished and bewildered expression, he reached out and pinched her fair, delicate chin.

Su Qinghan clenched her teeth, forcefully enduring the humiliation and unwillingness in her heart.

Jiang Lan stroked that nearly flawless jade-like face, as though he intended to take in every trace of humiliation and shameful anger upon it.

After all, in the original plot, he was a "psychological pervert" who liked to bully others by relying on his power.

Su Qinghan felt as though countless ants were crawling across her face. Goosebumps rose all over her body, and she hurriedly turned away to avoid him.

"Young Master Jiang, please conduct yourself with dignity. Qinghan is a married woman," she said coldly.

Jiang Lan smiled indifferently and withdrew his hand. He then took out a clean embroidered handkerchief and unhurriedly wiped his hand, as though he wished to clean away the touch of Su Qinghan's face.

The original owner had been somewhat of a clean freak. After their memories fused, Jiang Lan had unconsciously inherited this habit as well.

Su Qinghan noticed his action. Though her eyes remained cold, the humiliation and anger in her heart grew even stronger.

What did this mean?

If he found her disgusting, why had he touched her?

Yet Jiang Lan seemed to know what Su Qinghan was thinking. He merely smiled faintly. "It is nothing. I happen to like married women such as Miss Su. Your son-in-law husband has not touched you even now, has he?"

Su Qinghan froze at those words. A suspicious look flashed through her eyes, followed by sudden realization.

So that was the reason.

At last, she understood why disaster had come upon her for no reason at all.

A "married woman" like herself who still possessed her untouched body was indeed rare.

In that instant, her resentment toward that useless Lin Fan deepened further. If not for him, how could she have been so unlucky?

"I actually intend to take Miss Su as my concubine. I wonder what Miss Su thinks?"

"If you agree, I will release you at once."

"Otherwise, in this dim dungeon, even if you scream until your throat tears apart, no one will come to save you."

Jiang Lan spoke leisurely, paying no heed to the shock and disbelief spread across Su Qinghan's face.

The original owner had, after all, been a complete good-for-nothing. If he did all this without providing a suitable reason, it would be hard to ensure that his parents would not grow suspicious.

It was not that I craved the Female Protagonist's body. If I craved anything, it was her fortune...

"Is Young Master Jiang joking?"

Su Qinghan suppressed all her emotions. Though waves of helplessness rose in her heart, her expression returned to calm as she asked coolly.

And now that the matter had become an unchangeable fact, unless she possessed strength capable of making the Prime Minister's Manor wary, there was no way she could alter today's situation...

At such a time, who could save her?

She had never expected Jiang Lan to say that he wanted to take her as a concubine.

Jiang Lan looked at her and seemed to speak with great seriousness,

"Miss Su may as well consider it carefully."

"I cannot guarantee much else, but I can at least guarantee that I will not mistreat you. From now on, I can provide every resource and cultivation method you need for cultivation."

"You will no longer need to live at the mercy of your sect. Everything other heavenly geniuses can possess, my woman can naturally possess as well. And what other heavenly geniuses do not have, you can have too..."