Empress in her second playthrough: Something's not right with this plot!

She immediately reopened the search box.

What does "dad" mean?

[Definition: Father.]

Staring at the answer, Jiang Qingying threw her phone onto the bed, her eyes fixed on Li Jingwu, who was still unaware of what had happened.

Li Jingwu, who was reading a novel, felt a chill run down his spine. When he turned around, he met Jiang Qingying's gaze.

He thought the Empress was throwing a tantrum because she was bored.

He immediately stood up and walked behind the Empress.

"How about I go for a walk with you?"

A smile appeared on Jiang Qingying's face, but her voice carried a hint of coldness.

"Where does Daddy want to take me?"

Upon hearing the word "father," Li Jingwu stiffened.

He belatedly looked at the phone that had been tossed aside and immediately understood.

"Let me explain!"

Dressed in a business suit, Jiang Qingying flipped over and straddled Li Jingwu's mouth.

"What else do you have to say for yourself!"

Li Jingwu's mouth was sealed by the Empress's other two lips, and he had no chance to argue.

Soon, only Jiang Qingying's plaintive cries of "Dad" remained in the room, interspersed with pleas for mercy.

An hour later.

During halftime, Jiang Qingying weakly raised her arm and pointed outside.

"It sounds like someone is knocking on the door."

Boom boom boom!

As the knocking intensified, Li Jingwu got up and hastily put on his clothes.

"coming!"

A moment later, Li Jingwu opened the door and was stunned to see the person standing there.

"dad!"

As he spoke, he involuntarily turned around and glanced back at the room behind him.

Fortunately, he closed the bedroom door when he came out.

How did you find this place?

Although he rented this house from his aunt, he didn't tell his family the address.

"This house belongs to your aunt. If I asked her, how could she not find it?" Li Xingci walked into the living room step by step, hands behind her back. "What, not welcome?"

"No, a warm welcome!" Li Jingwu replied insincerely. "What brings you here, sir?"

“You told me you had a girlfriend, but your mom didn’t believe you, so she sent me to check it out.”

After wandering around the living room, Li Xingci sat on the sofa with his legs crossed.

"Didn't I already send you photos of the two of us? How could it be fake?"

To appease his family, he has already taken many sweet photos with the Empress and posted them in the "We Are a Loving Family" group chat.

If Jiang Qingying's identity hadn't been yet unconfirmed, he would have already made an official announcement on his WeChat Moments.

He really didn't expect that the old couple would not only disbelieve him, but also come to his door in person.

However, he also knew that he couldn't entirely blame them, after all, he had done it before—

At this moment, Li Xingci turned his head away and snorted.

Do I need to elaborate on what you've done in the past?

He was furious when he said this.

When he went home for the Chinese New Year, in order to appease the two of them, this guy deliberately took many sweet photos with the girl and then tricked them into believing that she was his girlfriend.

That sounds nice, but we can bring it back after the New Year.

As a result, less than a week after he left for the New Year, they broke up.

Oh--

Seeing the old issue brought up again, Li Jingwu was full of confidence this time.

He got up, walked to the bedroom door, and knocked.

“My dad’s here. He wants to see you.” Then, looking at Li Xingci with an arrogant expression, he added, “She’s inside. She’ll be out in a bit.”

Li Xingci raised an eyebrow and said, feigning surprise.

"You two are living together?"

“No, what are you thinking?” Li Jingwu immediately denied it. “She’s just off today, so she came to see me.”

However, after waiting for a full fifteen minutes, there was still no movement at the bedroom door.

Chapter 340 The Empress in the Suitcase

[There are two chapters of 340; one of them has been changed to chapter 341 to avoid duplicate subscriptions.]

Li Xingci turned to look at her son, her eyes asking: Where is he?

On the sofa, Li Jingwu was also somewhat puzzled.

There's plenty of time to even get dressed, so why is there still no movement?

He got up, walked to the door, knocked, and then pushed the door open and went in.

The room was empty; there was no sign of the Empress.

Moreover, there wasn't a single trace of the Empress in the room.

All the Empress's personal belongings on the table had disappeared completely, just as when she lived alone.

Seeing him standing frozen at the door, not saying a word for a long time, Li Xingci walked over.

Looking inside, there wasn't a soul in sight.

"Didn't you say you were inside? Where are you?"

Li Jingwu's eyelids twitched, and he immediately turned to look at the wardrobe.

In his room, only the wardrobe could hide a person.

"She was just inside the house."

As he spoke, he opened the wardrobe door.

Upon seeing the various clothes he had bought for Jiang Qingying, he felt as if he had found evidence and immediately stepped aside.

"Look, these are the clothes she usually wears."

Li Xingci raised an eyebrow.

"I didn't expect them to go to such lengths this time; they even bought the clothes in advance."

Seeing that he still didn't believe him, Li Jingwu opened his mouth, but didn't know how to explain.

If Jiang Qingying really does appear, then these clothes are enough to prove that the two have already started living together.

But if Jiang Qingying doesn't show up, then he's lying.

Undeterred, he opened another wardrobe door, muttering to himself.

"Don't hide it anymore."

I opened the closet door, and there were still only clothes inside.

He spun around the room, his gaze sweeping over every corner.

He even opened the window and glanced outside.

Unable to find anyone anywhere, he had no choice but to resort to his ultimate move.

The flow of Qi allows me to carefully sense every corner of the room.

As long as Jiang Qingying is in this room, she cannot escape his senses.

However, Li Xingci twitched his index finger slightly, and then quietly watched his son perform.

A moment later, having gained nothing, Li Jingwu looked at his father in confusion.

hum!

His mind went blank for a moment, and for a brief instant, he even began to wonder if he was hallucinating.

Seeing his appearance, Li Xingci stepped forward and gently patted his shoulder.

"You can lie to me, but you can't lie to yourself."

"Could it really be an illusion?"

Li Jingwu scanned the bedroom again, but still found nothing.

The bedroom is only so big, so there are very few places to hide.

He had just carefully sensed that there were only him and his father in the room.

He simply couldn't imagine where the Empress had gone.

Or was it all just a dream I had?

wrong!

He immediately took out his phone and checked the chat history.

Seeing the photos of himself and Jiang Qingying that he had posted on the show "A Loving Family," he finally breathed a sigh of relief.