The Empress’s Gigolo

Inside a detention center.

Zhou Qingyun was sitting in a solitary ward, and her mind was filled with memories of the past.

A month ago, she was stopped while attempting to leave the nation.

At that time, she knew she was finished.

During this past month, she felt fear and regret. In the end, the only thing that gave her inner strength was the thought of seeing the miserable faces of those people after the news was released.

The footsteps of the wardens stopped in front of the iron gate.

A woman looked inside her cell and announced, “Zhou Qingyun, there is someone here to see you.”

Zhou Qingyun was stunned. No one had visited her for a month. If her family members knew that she was here, there was no way that they wouldn’t visit her. There was only one possibility left, which was that her family had been prevented from seeing her.

She knew what crime she had committed.

The first time, she was lucky, but the second time… She didn’t believe anyone would forgive her.

It wasn’t until she saw the man in the conference room.

He was thinner than before, his beard was a little longer, and he looked haggard…

Thoughts like this raced through her mind. She suppressed these thoughts and hardened herself, asking, “Are you here to see how I have fallen? Your wish has been fulfilled now!”

Ren Wannian looked at Zhou Qingyun. Some time had passed, but he still couldn’t let go.

“Maybe I’m the type of person that can’t let go.” Ren Wannian mocked himself. He knew that Zhou Qingyun was here a week ago, but he had numbed himself with work until today and somehow found himself coming here.

He couldn’t bear to see the state that Zhou Qingyun was in, but he knew that he couldn’t do anything for her.

Nobody could forgive her.

“Why did you do it? I already let you off before. If you abided by the law and lived like before, things would be fine.” Ren Wannian softened his tone as he voiced his doubts.

Was it possible that she hated him that much?

However, Ren Wannian simply couldn’t think of a reason for her to hate him. Based on what Zhou Qingyun had told him before, it wasn’t possible for her to have such hatred.

He wanted to know what the real reason was.

Zhou Qingyun kept quiet and lowered her head.

Why, oh why?

Without Ren Wannian, she wouldn’t be able to access the martial arts techniques of the military and the police.

Furthermore, the blemish on her record limited her access to those techniques, so she could only be an ordinary person in this life.

Yet now, not much wisdom was needed because even ordinary people knew the significance of those techniques.

Recently, a popular blogger who regularly shared his martial arts experiences on the internet had achieved a strength of around 2,500 newtons. Two years ago, his strength was that of an ordinary person, which was only 500 newtons.

Although many people couldn’t reach his level, they still improved tremendously.

This took only two years, but it was already like this. What would it be like in ten to 20 years?

The world had changed.

In an era like this, who would be willing to be an ordinary person?

Furthermore, she guessed that Ren Baqian had to be the first to know about these martial arts techniques. This could be deduced by looking at the people around him.

Under these circumstances, she wasn’t willing to be an ordinary person. However, she had a stain on her record and couldn’t make headway locally, forcing her to seek other directions.

For example, the American spy who had obtained information from her.

After all, since this information came from her, she might be able to join their intelligence agency. In that case, the opportunity to obtain those martial arts techniques was more likely.

Although China was the second-largest economy in the world, it always followed just behind the USA even though it was about to overtake the USA sometime soon. Still, in terms of technology, the USA was considerably more advanced.

Zhou Qingyun believed that if they could obtain more information from her, they would certainly give her those martial arts techniques.

Therefore, this was her only choice.

She wasn’t wrong.

After a long while, she raised her head and replied coldly, “Why? Because I hate you. I want to see you in a miserable state. Once that happens, my goal will be achieved. It’s surprising that Ren Baqian is still on the USA’s wanted list! Your information and your secrets have been sent out, and I will see you suffer.”

Ren Wannian looked at the woman behind the glass who was wearing prison clothes. She looked so malicious that it was hard to believe that this was the person who had been with him for seven years.

With a sigh, he said, “I do not know what secrets you have sent, but in reality, we don’t have secrets to hide.”

“Is that so?” Zhou Qinyun smirked.

Let alone anything else, being on the wanted list was already enough. A few years ago, Ren Baqian’s bodyguards were already trained in those martial arts skills. Plus, with that piece of land in Wuji City, it was a joke to say that there were no secrets.

“The computer that you always carry with you and that you never let me see has an encrypted folder. Your secrets are there. I can’t crack it, but don’t you think the USA can crack it?” At this point, Zhou Qingyun no longer concealed the facts. The information had been sent out anyway, and she had also fallen into this situation. There was no need to hide it anymore.

She wished to see the other party look stunned, panicked, and angry.

This would give her some satisfaction.

“300 GB of data—you have a huge amount of secrets.” Zhou Qingyun sneered and laughed with abandon.

Zhou Qingyun observed his face. As expected, she saw the astonishment on his face.

But there was only astonishment.

The panic, hatred, and anger that she anticipated were missing.

This made her feel discomfort and despair. It was as if she had thrown a punch in the air with all her might.

Subsequently, she flew into a fury.

“How about that? I sold all your information just to see you get in trouble. You have deceived me for so long and finally reached this state. What now? Are you regretting that you let me off last time? If you had killed me then, maybe this matter would have ended forever.”

Ren Wannian looked at Zhou Qingyun’s sudden explosion of fury and let out a long breath after hearing her provocative words.

Whatever feelings he had retained for her, she had erased them.

“I do not regret it.” Ren Wannian shook his head. His face was calm, but he also looked strange.

Zhou Qingyun flared up again upon hearing this, “That’s laughable! I have never seen such a ridiculous person before!”

“No regrets,” Ren Wannian repeated.

He leaned back in his chair and adopted a more comfortable posture.

“I redeemed myself by letting you off. As for those secrets, I haven’t thought about them.” Ren Wannian’s face became very confused.

“Did you expect the encrypted folder to be stolen from the computer that you carried with you daily and never let me touch?” Zhou Qingyun acted as if she had successfully taken revenge. Bursts of pleasures erupted in her heart.

“Indeed, you have stolen more than 300 GB that I had collected!” Ren Wannian leaned against the chair and sighed.

“!?” Zhou Qingyun was unable to respond.

“Even a man with a girlfriend will still watch adult movies,” Ren Wannian explained sheepishly.

“That folder contains adult movies? How can that be? That’s impossible! You hid it so secretively… You are lying! You are lying!” Zhou Qingyun reacted like crazy.

“That’s the reason why it needed to be hidden. Just in case you discovered it… where would I hide my face…” Ren Wannian murmured softly.

He didn’t expect her to think that it was secret information. Not only did it land her in prison, but it also duped a spy from the USA…

He wondered how those clowns would feel when they realized that they were duped by 300 GB of adult movies.

Would they feel like they were being screwed…?