Lu Chengwen lay prone on the bed, recuperating from his injuries.
Before long, the door opened, and Jiang Bozheng walked in.
"Cheng Wen, I came to see you."
Lu Chengwen hurriedly made as if to sit up, but Jiang Bozheng quickly said, "Stay down, stay down. Your Fourth Uncle hit too hard today. Rest up properly. Honestly, you too—rushing off to take that whip for Xiaogou. You suffered for it, didn't you?"
Lu Chengwen smiled. "It was only right that I suffered. I was the one who got Brother Gou into this."
"Nonsense. He brought it upon himself. He disgraced the Jiang Family. If not for you, hmph, who knew how big a mess he would have made?"
Lu Chengwen asked, "Can Brother Gou's body still recover?"
Jiang Bozheng shook his head. "His dantian has been destroyed. From now on, he can only live as an ordinary man. Let's not talk about that. Cheng Wen, I heard you and Little Monkey have had some friction lately?"
"Not at all." Lu Chengwen smiled. "Monkey Princess was only fooling around with me. Cheng Wen would never truly get angry with Her Highness."
"Mm, that's good." Jiang Bozheng settled into his seat, straightened his robe, and said leisurely, "Cheng Wen, actually, I know you have a lot of grievances against the Jiang Family."
"I wouldn't dare."
"Hey! Between you and me, we should be honest with each other."
Lu Chengwen said, "Cheng Wen's heart can be witnessed by the sun and moon. I would never dare conceal or deceive anything."
Jiang Bozheng could tell that Lu Chengwen was unwilling to speak the truth.
Fine. If you won't say it, I will!
Jiang Bozheng sighed. "Cheng Wen, there are two things about the way you handle matters that I particularly admire."
"Which two?"
"First,