Chapter 3190: I Want the Whole World to Know You’re My Woman

But if the person being confessed to didn’t like the person who confessed, then all they’d feel in that situation would be awkwardness and embarrassment.

Especially in ancient times, when a woman’s reputation was valued above all else, Zhuo Cheran’s behavior was practically announcing to everyone that there was something improper between them.

After that incident, he would say, ‘I want the whole world to know you’re my woman.’

If that wasn’t domineering, what was?

Yin Qing, who was already upset about losing her bracelet, was now even more agitated by Zhuo Cheran’s words. She felt utterly trapped, as if she were caught between a rock and a hard place.

Ning Shu spoke up. She said, “My lord, may we change into dry clothes first?”

Only then did Zhuo Cheran notice that both Yin Qing and Ning Shu were standing in a spot where water had pooled. Water dripped steadily from their clothes.

He quickly gestured for a maid to bring them fresh clothes.

Ning Shu turned to Yin Qing and said, “Miss Yin, come with me to change.”

Yin Qing glanced once at Zhuo Cheran. Walking away with Su Zhuru was far less awkward, so she nodded at Ning Shu.

The two went to a carriage to change.

Inside, Yin Qing sat in silence. She was visibly gloomy and staring blankly into space.

Ning Shu called softly, “Miss Yin.”

Yin Qing snapped back to her senses and said, “I have no relationship whatsoever with your betrothed.”

Ning Shu, who was toweling her damp hair, casually replied, “Mm, I know.”

Yin Qing froze. She wasn’t sure what else she should say. She couldn’t insist that she and Zhuo Cheran were completely clean and innocent.

After all, Zhuo Cheran’s intentions toward her were painfully obvious.

Sometimes Yin Qing wondered what he saw in her. Was it only because of the force she commanded?

But now, with the bracelet gone, the force might run out of supplies. She couldn’t guarantee them enough ammunition.

Her mind was a tangled mess.

Yin Qing had once been a police officer. She knew how to handle firearms.

However, it was only because she possessed even heavier weapons, like rocket launchers, that she had been able to keep her recruits in line.

Her armed force was made up of both men and women. The men were unwilling to accept her authority, and she’d had to beat them down to make them behave. Even then, that didn’t mean they wouldn’t betray her.

Before this, the jade bracelet had served as her backing, so she hadn’t feared betrayal. But now, with that safeguard gone, she had endless worries to think about.

The more she thought, the more restless she became. She finally said to Ning Shu, “Miss Su, I’m not feeling well. I’d like to head back first.”

“Are you unwell? Then go ahead,” Ning Shu said. “But make sure to take something to induce vomiting. The lotus pond is filthy.”

Yin Qing nodded and left with her maid, deliberately avoiding Zhuo Cheran on the way out.

Ning Shu then asked 2333, “Did you absorb it?”

“I did,” 2333 replied. “There’s a lot of energy in this, along with plenty of stolen fortune.

“This thing is way too unfair. With it, you could eventually produce tanks, planes, even bombs.”

Ning Shu: …

It would mean one-sided massacres. Bloodbaths for anyone who dared harbor rebellious thoughts.

No wonder Zhuo Cheran came to be hailed as a once-in-a-millennium emperor and unified so many nations.

Well, ‘unifying’ wasn’t quite right. It was more that these smaller countries were forced to pay tribute and attend court at regular intervals.

When the realm was long divided, it had to unite, and when long united, it had to divide. Zhuo Cheran used sheer military power to intimidate them, while still allowing them to keep their land and nominal sovereignty.

It left people both resentful and powerless to resist.

And all of it had been made possible by the weapons Yin Qing supplied.

But now, though Yin Qing still had her armed force and weapons, she no longer had the means to add too much of a burden to this plane.

MTL Editor: Ran

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