Quick Transmigration: The Villain Is Too Pampered and Alluring - Chapter 390

Cui Hengbo’s face looked grim. He turned and pleaded with Xu Zhengqing, “Marshal Xu, please, I beg you to save my son.”

Xu Zhengqing glanced at him, then pondered a moment before asking the man who was holding Cui Jiulang hostage, “Who’s your sister?”

The man immediately replied, “She was taken from Liujin by you. That day she was tricked into offering you a toast, and was captured by you.”

So it turned out to be one of the assassins from last time…

Xu Zhengqing instantly understood and spoke calmly, “All right. Let Young Master Cui go, and I will have your sister released.”

“Don’t even think about it. You must first have someone bring my sister here. I need to see that she’s safe and sound.”

Xu Zhengqing frowned slightly, then said in a cool tone, “Safe and sound might be difficult. She attempted to assassinate me. Do you think she would remain unharmed once she landed in prison?”

The man’s eyes immediately went bloodshot, “Xu Zhengqing!”

Beside them, Cui Hengbo grew even more anxious, “Marshal Xu, please don’t provoke him! My son is still in his hands. I beg you, help me rescue my son.”

Xu Zhengqing turned and said, “I’ve already executed that woman.”

Cui Hengbo instantly froze…

At the same time, the kidnapper seemed to realize something, his face turning deathly pale. He gnashed his teeth, “Is my sister dead, Xu Zhengqing… did you kill my sister?!”

Xu Zhengqing said nothing. In the darkness, several shadows were swiftly encircling the kidnapper from outside the deck’s perimeter.

But the man was clearly driven mad. He pressed the dagger deeper against Cui Jiulang’s neck, “Cui Hengbo, kill Xu Zhengqing for me, and I will let your son go… Hurry, kill him.”

Cui Hengbo’s face turned ashen in an instant.

This was forcing him to choose between his youngest son and the fate of his entire family… Although he loved this youngest child the most, he could not sacrifice everyone else over him.

At this moment, the kidnapper suddenly laughed maniacally, “It doesn’t matter, I can just kill Cui Jiulang right now… Cui Hengbo, remember this, your son will die unjustly, and it will be because of Xu Zhengqing.”

Even if he died, he wanted Yunmu’s greatest underworld power to resent Xu Zhengqing…

Outside by the ship’s railing, Xu Zhengqing’s men were closing in. But just then, the man’s eyes flashed with vicious intent, and he slashed the dagger toward Cui Jiulang’s throat.

Cui Hengbo cried out in shock, “Xiao Jiu…”

Cui Jiulang’s eyes widened, his mind going blank. Xu Zhengqing’s gun was already raised, finger on the trigger… but at that moment, a figure suddenly and without warning lunged forward from the side, grabbing hold of the kidnapper’s arm that held the knife. Then, using sheer force, that figure shoved the kidnapper backward into the river.

The person who intervened also toppled into the water due to the exertion. Those on deck hadn’t even gotten a clear look at who it was.

Cui Jiulang and Xu Zhengqing saw it… Xu Zhengqing saw the figure in a goose-yellow dress plunging into the river along with the kidnapper.

“Sister Sheng…” Cui Jiulang cried out, bl00d gushing from the cut in his neck.

“Quick, stop the bleeding and save him!” Cui Hengbo rushed forward to hold his son. At the same time, everyone saw Marshal Xu throw off his overcoat and dive straight into the river…

All around came shouts and screams of panic.

Xu Zhengqing’s men jumped into the water in succession to rescue people, and on deck, Cui Hengbo’s men also sprang into action… If something happened to the Marshal at his banquet, the Cui family would be doomed.

The autumn night river water was icy cold and dark. After Xu Zhengqing plunged in, he kept diving deeper, trying to locate that figure… At this moment, he felt chilled to the bone.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of something. He immediately swam in that direction and soon saw Sheng Nuan sinking slowly into the water, appearing to have lost consciousness.

Xu Zhengqing quickly reached her and grabbed hold of her… Seeing her eyes closed, unresponsive, his heart clenched. Without further thought, he bent down to pass his breath into her mouth, while dragging her upward to the surface.

But in that instant, Xu Zhengqing’s body suddenly stiffened. In the murky darkness of the river, the woman who had just been lying there with eyes closed was now looking straight at him, eyes filled with sly triumph.

She clung tightly to the lapels of his clothing, kissing him with reckless abandon…

Xu Zhengqing’s arm, which was holding her and pulling them upward, instantly tightened, fingers digging into her waist. The next second, he forcibly tore her away.

As they separated, he clearly felt a coldness on his lips… He didn’t know whether it was river water or something else. All he knew was that his entire body trembled, his scalp prickling.

Moments later, the two were rescued onto the deck.

“Marshal, Marshal, it’s good that you are all right!” Cui Hengbo personally draped a blanket over Xu Zhengqing, his face filled with worry and shame.

Beside them, Cui Jiulang, with bandages pressed to his neck, hurried over, “Sister Sheng…”

Xu Yunqian had also rushed over after hearing the commotion. He quickly grabbed a blanket brought by someone nearby and wrapped it around Sheng Nuan. Luo Linlang stood beside them, eyes full of worry and lingering fear, “It’s good you’re safe, it’s good you’re safe.”

Sheng Nuan, wrapped in the blanket, looked pitiful, “All thanks to Eldest Cousin’s rescue.”

Xu Zhengqing stiffened abruptly. He turned back and locked eyes with Sheng Nuan, who seemed innocent but whose gaze brimmed with smug satisfaction.

This crazy woman!

Xu Zhengqing’s face darkened and he turned and left immediately…

Soon, Sheng Nuan was also sent back to the Xu household. Aunt Liu had already prepared ginger soup.

After taking a hot bath and drinking the ginger soup, Sheng Nuan lay down on the bed, thoroughly pleased with her clever move today. She had advanced from a casual peck to making great progress. Tsk, looks like Marshal Xu’s bottom line would have to be pushed back even further.

She knew Xu Zhengqing was in the study right now but did not show herself.

When everyone else had retired, Xu Zhengqing returned from the study to his room.

He had sat in the study for over three hours without accomplishing anything… That lingering icy sensation on his lips haunted him like a shadow, unsettling his mind and leaving him restless.

After showering and lying down, images of that moment in the freezing water still filled his thoughts… The feel of that slender waist under his hand as he forcibly tore her away…

He bolted upright, chest heaving violently.

He remembered clearly how the autumn river water chilled one to the marrow, but it now scorched him with restless agitation. In the next moment, he got up, not even bothering to put on his shoes, and went straight to the bathroom.

Turning on the cold water, Xu Zhengqing let it pour over his head. He stood under the stream, trying to douse the agitation burning through him.

But the cold water only made the memory of that underwater encounter even clearer… The feel of her waist beneath his palm…

Xu Zhengqing cursed under his breath, bracing one hand against the wall, head bowed as he took heavy breaths…

After a while, even the water from the shower seemed heated by his breathing. Just then, he suddenly seemed to hear a soft voice by his ear.

“Eldest Cousin…”