Li Zeqian arrived at the island from Country M a day early, bringing Little Sweet Orange and Little Yiyi with him.
He had already rented a car and booked a hotel.
Li Zeqian helped Jiang Shuyin with her luggage. Carrying Little Sweet Orange in one arm and holding Little Yiyi's hand with her other, Jiang Shuyin turned her head to look at him. "Brother Li, I've troubled you again this time."
Over the past few years in Country M, Li Zeqian had helped her a great deal.
A smile appeared on Li Zeqian's elegant, handsome face. "There's no need to be so polite with me."
The four of them drove to the hotel.
After arriving at the hotel, Jiang Shuyin rested for two hours. They were planning to go out to sea together in the afternoon, but since she had not brought a swimsuit, she headed alone to a mall not far from the hotel.
There were swimsuits sold right on the first floor of the mall.
Jiang Shuyin went in and picked out a swimsuit with spaghetti straps and a short skirt design.
It was simple, clean, and relatively conservative.
Just as Jiang Shuyin was about to pay, a coquettish female voice rang out from behind her, "Brother Yan, how do I look in that black bikini?"
The hand holding the swimsuit stiffened slightly.
How could it be such a coincidence?
She came to the mall to buy a swimsuit, and she actually ran into them?
The island wasn't big. Bringing the twins along, it was highly likely she would bump into Lu Yan.
However, the two little ones had been looking forward to this island vacation for a long time. If she hastily took them away, they would definitely be disappointed.
While Jiang Shuyin was lost in thought, she heard Qin Xiaoxiao say, "What a coincidence. To think we'd run into Miss Jiang here of all places?"
Jiang Shuyin looked at Qin Xiaoxiao and gave her a faint nod.
From the corner of her eye, she glanced at Lu Yan. His expression was icy cold, and he didn't even spare her a second glance.
When he left her apartment last time, he said he wouldn't pester her anymore, and he truly hadn't broken his promise.
For the past month, he hadn't bothered her at all.
After buying her swimsuit, Jiang Shuyin hurried back to the hotel.
Seeing that she didn't look well, Li Zeqian called her out to the balcony alone. "You didn't happen to run into the twins' biological father while buying your swimsuit, did you?"
Jiang Shuyin widened her eyes slightly. "You know who their biological father is?"
Leaning against the balcony, Li Zeqian recounted what had happened at the airport that morning.
"That gentleman knew my surname was Li and that I had been on a blind date with you. Plus, Little Yiyi looks so much like him. I guessed he must be the twins' biological father."
Jiang Shuyin already knew which man Li Zeqian was talking about.
She hadn't expected them to run into Lu Yan right at the airport.
"If you're worried about running into him again, we can head to Yuzhou Island first thing tomorrow morning. Although it's not as big as this place, the scenery is quite nice."
Yuzhou Island was only twenty-something kilometers away from this island. It wasn't fully developed, so it had fewer tourists and a less developed commercial district.
But it was still a good place for a family vacation.
Jiang Shuyin went to the hotel lobby and asked the front desk to check the information for Lu Yan and Qin Xiaoxiao.
Upon learning that the two were not staying at this hotel, she felt a little relieved.
If they left early tomorrow morning, they shouldn't run into Lu Yan again.
That afternoon, they didn't go out to sea, but instead played in the hotel pool for the entire afternoon.
...
The night gradually grew dark.
Qin Xiaoxiao dragged Lu Yan to a bar.
Lu Yan only had one drink, while Qin Xiaoxiao had several. She tried to pull him to the dance floor, but Lu Yan refused.
Qin Xiaoxiao had no choice but to head to the dance floor alone. She swayed her hips, her hot and spicy dance moves attracting quite a few young men.
As she danced intimately with a strange man, she glanced at Lu Yan from the corner of her eye.
She originally thought he would be jealous, but he just carelessly swirled his wine glass, his cold and handsome face completely expressionless.
After dancing, Qin Xiaoxiao drank a few more glasses of alcohol.
On the way back to the hotel, her footsteps were somewhat staggering.
She clung to Lu Yan's arm, her whole body practically hanging off him.
Lu Yan helped her back to her room. Just as he was about to leave, she grabbed his hand, refusing to let him go.
"Brother Yan, do you still not understand my feelings for you?"
Lu Yan looked down at Qin Xiaoxiao, his eyes dark and deep. "What do you want to do?"
"I want to sleep with you." Qin Xiaoxiao was bold and passionate.
Lu Yan pulled her hand away. "Stop messing around."
A dim look appeared in Qin Xiaoxiao's eyes. "What exactly is wrong with me? I have the figure, I have the looks. Why don't you like me?"
Lu Yan said with an icy expression, "If you keep messing around, I'll return to Harbor City right now."
Qin Xiaoxiao had no choice but to let go of him.
After Lu Yan left, Qin Xiaoxiao sat up on the bed and made a phone call.
Not long after, a tall and slender figure entered her room.
She wrapped her arms around the man's neck and took the initiative to kiss his lips.
...
Inside a dark-colored sedan downstairs from the hotel.
"Captain Lu, look." A subordinate handed an iPad to Lu Yan. On the screen, a video was playing of Qin Xiaoxiao intimately entangled with a man.
"This woman is such a slut. If it weren't for your sharpness, Captain Lu, we really would have thought she was devoted to you. It turns out she brought you to the island just to cover up her secret affair with that man."
Lu Yan took one glance and tossed the iPad back to his subordinate. "After investigating for so long, the mastermind behind Third Master Qin has finally surfaced."
The subordinate nodded. "But I really didn't expect it to be him!"
Lu Yan raised his long fingers and rubbed his temples. "Send more men to keep a close eye on him in secret."
"Yes, sir."
Lu Yan stepped out of the car. With one hand tucked into his trouser pocket, he walked onto the beach.
The image of Jiang Shuyin wearing that black swimsuit involuntarily surfaced in his mind.
He shook his head forcefully.
He reminded himself not to think about her, but a trace of doubt flashed through his mind.
Why would she come to the island?
Could it be that she came here for a date with Li Zeqian?
Did she know that Li Zeqian had a daughter?
After walking a short distance, Lu Yan suddenly heard a familiar piano melody.
The piano piece was called Freedom.
It was a piece Jiang Shuyin had composed herself in the Black Desert.
He had once accidentally heard her play it.
Later, when he wanted to hear it again, she refused to play a single note.
Following the direction the notes were drifting from, Lu Yan walked toward a Western restaurant.
He saw a little pink bundle sitting in front of the piano.
It was actually the little girl he had bumped into at the airport.
How could she know how to play Freedom?
At such a young age, she was playing the piece so fluently.
Little Sweet Orange did not notice Lu Yan. After finishing a few songs, she ran over to the manager on her little legs. "Uncle Manager, you said if I finished playing three songs, you would give me the doll in the display window and also treat me to the best dessert here?"
The manager looked at the clever, quick-witted, and quirky little girl, handing the doll and dessert into her hands. "You are amazing."
Little Sweet Orange looked at the dessert in her hands, a joyful smile spreading across her delicate, doll-like face.
Even if Mommy and her brother didn't give her money to buy sweets, she could earn them with her own abilities!
She was going to finish eating before going back to the hotel.
Hehe, she really was a clever little ghost.
Little Sweet Orange couldn't wait to taste the sweets she had earned herself, and she ran outside on her little legs.
However, she accidentally bumped into a long leg.
No, to be precise, the long leg deliberately stepped in front of her, blocking her way.
Wu, could it be that a bad guy was trying to rob her of her doll and sweets?
Little Sweet Orange looked up at the person who was deliberately blocking her way.
At this glance, a flash of surprise crossed her beautiful big eyes.
Wow!
It was actually the Cool Uncle she had met at the airport!
"So you're a little foodie," the Cool Uncle spoke up.
Little Sweet Orange wrinkled her nose in dissatisfaction, puffing out her cheeks as she protested, "No, I'm not. It's just that my mommy and brother won't let me eat sweets, but where there is oppression, there is resistance."
As she spoke, a glistening mist formed in the little girl's clear, big eyes. "I haven't had any in so long. Uncle, you can't tell on me."
Lu Yan looked at her with his deep, dark eyes. "Aren't you afraid of me?"
His features were rather cold and stern; many children would feel scared when they saw him.
Little Sweet Orange blinked and asked in her milky voice, "Why should I be afraid?"
She faced her brother's face every day and was already tired of looking at it, okay?
Even though her brother had a grumpy face every day, he was still very, very handsome.
The Cool Uncle in front of her was the same. Even though he didn't like to smile and looked fierce, he was very handsome.
She was a sucker for good looks and liked everything that was pretty.
"Uncle, I'm not afraid of you, but I don't like people who are cold and too serious. They look like the big bad guys on TV."
Lu Yan, "..."
Was he being despised by this little pink dumpling in front of him?
"Where is Li Zeqian? How could he let you run out alone so late at night?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he received another disdainful look from the little dumpling.
"Uncle, you are really silly. If my daddy found out, I wouldn't be able to sneak out to eat sweets."
Looking at the little dumpling's soft and sweet appearance, Lu Yan's usually cold and hard facial contours softened a bit.
From the first moment he saw this little girl, he inexplicably liked her and felt his heart melt.
Perhaps it was because he had almost become a daddy himself before!
If Jiang Shuyin hadn't aborted that child, they would be almost as old as this little girl by now.
"What's your name?"
"Little Sweet Orange. Uncle, are you checking my background? My mommy told me not to talk to strangers." Little Sweet Orange handed the doll she was holding in her arms to Lu Yan. "But I don't think you look like a bad guy. After all, you look a lot like my brother."
Lu Yan looked at the doll the little girl stuffed into his arms and didn't quite catch what she said at the end. "Who did you just say I look like?"
Little Sweet Orange realized she had said the wrong thing and quickly raised her hand to cover her little mouth. "I have to go back now. Goodbye, Uncle."
Without waiting for Lu Yan to say anything else, the little girl quickly ran away.
Jiang Shuyin, who had come out to look for Little Sweet Orange, saw Little Sweet Orange talking to Lu Yan for quite a while, and a look of disbelief appeared in her eyes.
