“What is it?”
In the back seat of the car sat a man of about fifty.
He wore a well-tailored black traditional Chinese tunic suit, and his hair was combed with meticulous precision. At first glance, he looked kind and benevolent.
Then he turned his face toward her.
A long scar stretched from the corner of his eye all the way to his jawline.
The dark-brown scar resembled a vicious centipede, twisting with the flesh and making his otherwise kindly face look especially sinister.
“…”
Su Wan shuddered and immediately considered backing out.
She never would have imagined that such an intimidating man would be sitting inside the car.
But when she thought of her purpose, she summoned her courage and spoke.
“M-Mister, I’m desperate. Do you have any needs? I can satisfy them all. Name your price.”
The young girl looked pitiful, tears glistening in her eyes.
Out of the corner of her eye, she secretly surveyed the luxurious interior of the car, and her eyes widened involuntarily.
“I’ve seen plenty of young girls who want to take shortcuts, but someone as blatant as you… You’re the first.”
The man chuckled softly. His tone was mocking; he had already seen through all the greed in her heart.
Su Wan’s face turned livid, and she froze where she stood, overwhelmed by humiliation.
It was true. The moment she saw this luxury car, she had been tempted.
Just as she thought she had no chance, the man pulled a photograph from his pocket and spoke in a low voice.
“If you want to use a man to rise in the world, I can point you toward a way.”
“What way?”
“Have plastic surgery to make yourself look like her.”
He raised a finger and slowly traced the yellowed photograph.
When his gaze fell upon the picture, his normally cold eyes suddenly softened. Yet deep within his pupils lurked a trace of lingering pain and hatred.
His emotions were tangled together.
For a moment, it was impossible to tell whether he felt love or hatred.
After a long while, he handed the photograph to her.
In an indifferent tone, he said, “Go find the Zhou family’s eldest son, Zhou Sui’an. I guarantee he’ll give you everything you want.”
Zhou Sui’an?
The moment she heard that name, Su Wan clenched her fists, and a deep hatred flashed through her eyes.
Three years ago, at the school’s donation ceremony, the Zhou family's eldest son had appeared like a god descending from heaven, lofty and untouchable.
He had even berated her in front of the entire student body and faculty, accusing her of having no sense of shame.
She hesitantly reached out and took the photograph.
The instant she saw the woman’s face, she sucked in a sharp breath.
A look of astonishment flashed through her eyes.
Though the photograph had yellowed with age, the woman in it looked very young.
Her skin was as white as snow, her figure slender and graceful. She wore a qipao and held a pale-colored oil-paper umbrella.
A faint sorrow lingered in her cool, delicate features.
Only half of her face was visible, yet she was already breathtakingly beautiful, with an extraordinary air about her.
Su Wan looked up in confusion.
“Who is the woman in this photograph?”
“That’s none of your concern.”
The man’s face remained expressionless.
“You only need to do as I say. Money, fame, status—as long as you go to him, you can have it all.”
Su Wan held the photograph tightly, uncertainty flickering in her eyes.
If she had plastic surgery to look like this woman, would Zhou Sui’an really obey her every command?
How could she know whether this man was telling the truth?
She gripped the photograph hard and looked up at him.
“Why should I listen to you? We don’t even know each other.”
“Because of the greed in your eyes. I know you’ll agree.”
“…”
Su Wan’s breathing quickened.
He was right. Her ambition was burning fiercely inside her. She would never give up this opportunity, even if a trap might be waiting for her ahead.
“Once you’ve made up your mind, come find me at this address… Since this is a transaction, you’ll need to leave something with me as well.”
The man’s lips curved into a cold smile.
As though bestowing charity upon her, he handed her a business card.
“I look forward to hearing good news from you.”
The car window rose slowly, cutting her off from everything outside.
The Maybach drove away at a leisurely pace.
That day, she had thought heaven was finally taking pity on her—that fate had dropped a pie from the sky, allowing her to rise above everyone else without lifting a finger.
She never expected that Zhou Suisui would ruin everything.
Not only had Su Wan lost Zhou Sui’an, her golden goose, but she had also lost the glamorous dignity of a celebrity.
What exactly had happened to her?
Why had someone’s personality changed so drastically?
When she thought of that day at the Zhou Corporation—
Zhou Suisui had been sitting in Zhou Sui’an’s CEO chair, a cold smile on her beautiful face, with a fleeting trace of hatred in her eyes.
Su Wan shivered all over.
—
With nowhere else to turn, Su Wan could only use the same trick again.
She posted a photograph on Weibo showing her wrist wrapped in gauze, with red blood seeping through the white bandages.
The caption read: [I’m too tired. Maybe leaving is the best way to find release.]
Soon afterward, Wang Jianguo, who had previously been fired by Zhou Suisui, also appeared.
He posted a video on Xiaoyin, playing the victim.
He claimed that he had always been an honest and upright driver for the Zhou family and had never taken a single cent more than he was owed.
Yet because the young lady disliked him for speaking up for someone else, she had heartlessly fired him. Now, he could not even afford to eat.
In the video, he had reporters film his living conditions. He also showed them a medical certificate proving that he suffered from uremia.
An honest, hardworking elderly man had not only lost the job he depended on for a living, but had also developed a serious illness. His treatment cost more than a hundred thousand yuan every month—enough to crush an ordinary family.
#ZhouFamilyHeiressShowsNoMercyAndForcesOldDriverOutOfWork#
#CapitalistHeiressHasNoConscience#
The topic quickly went viral online, garnering tens of millions of views overnight.
For a time, public opinion shifted once again.
Su Wan’s fans and countless uninformed netizens rushed to Zhou Suisui’s Weibo account to curse her.
[Zhou Suisui, you’re so vicious! You actually drove someone to suicide!]
[Help! Eldest Young Master Zhou was the one who pursued Su Wan first. You refuse to control your own brother, yet you’re determined to destroy Su Wan?]
[Uncle Wang was such a good man, and you fired him too. Do you have no conscience at all?]
[…]
When Cui Wu saw the news, her chest heaved violently with anger. She stormed into the kitchen and grabbed a knife.
Grinding her teeth, she shouted toward the doorway.
“A-Ling, A-Biao, go find out where Su Wan is. I’m going to carve her up!”
“She didn’t slit her wrists? Perfect. I’ll help her chop off her hands!”
A-Ling and A-Biao immediately emerged from the security room.
They grabbed the car keys.
“Let’s go!”
“My hands are itching too. Let this young master see just how thick her skin is—and whether she can take a beating.”
Standing on the second-floor balcony, Zhou Suisui watched the three of them storm toward the door in a fury and shook her head helplessly.
“Stop.”
“…”
“…”
“…”
The three of them halted.
As if in perfect unison, they turned to look toward the second-floor balcony.
Zhou Suisui stood behind the white railing in light-colored casual clothes, her slender figure graceful and poised.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
“Well…”
“Miss, aren’t you angry at all? Su Wan and Wang Jianguo are slandering you and Young Master like this. I can’t stand by and do nothing.”
Sister Wu was hot-tempered, and fury seemed to radiate from her entire body.
She had never seen anyone so shameless.
Zhou Suisui’s cool voice remained perfectly calm. She clicked her tongue and said disapprovingly:
“You’re planning to go after her with knives? Do you really think she hasn’t already had people waiting outside for you? The moment you step out the door, tomorrow’s trending headline will be that the Zhou family sent people to commit murder and silence her.”
