A-Biao let out a curse. “Fuck! Even I couldn’t come up with a headline that explosive!”
Cui Wu was unwilling to let it go. “Are we really going to let them spread those rumors and smear the Zhou family without restraint?”
“Of course not.”
Zhou Suisui narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly, the corners of her lips slowly curving upward. “They claim to be honest, ordinary people, don’t they? Do they think only they’re allowed to post videos? Can’t we post one too?”
“A-Ling, A-Biao, sneak out through the back door and keep an eye on Su Wan. Report to me immediately if anything happens.”
“Yes, Miss. We’ll go now.”
“As for you, Sister Wu… It’s time to bring out all the dirt on Su Wan that I asked you to collect.”
Cui Wu licked her lips, her face brimming with excitement. “Understood.”
“There’s one more important thing. Find someone to investigate it.”
“What is it?” Cui Wu asked, puzzled.
“I suspect her face is surgically altered.”
At the thought of this possibility, Zhou Suisui ground out each word through clenched teeth, wishing she could tear Su Wan apart.
If her guess was true…
How malicious did someone have to be to exploit a man’s longing for his deceased mother in order to manipulate and hurt him?
Cui Wu froze, utterly shocked.
“Miss, do you mean… you suspect Su Wan deliberately had her face made to look like the late Madam’s?”
Zhou Suisui nodded lightly.
Cui Wu clenched her fists furiously. “How could she do this to Young Master? This is clearly a carefully orchestrated pig-butchering scam!”
Zhou Suisui’s gaze turned cold, but she didn’t answer.
The truth behind this was probably far more complicated than a mere “pig-butchering scam.”
A pig-butchering scam was about cheating someone out of their money and exploiting them for sex.
But in her previous life, her brother had killed himself, and the Zhou Corporation had gone bankrupt and been liquidated. That was far beyond what a pig-butchering scam could accomplish.
With the Zhou family’s downfall, who had benefited the most behind the scenes?
Su Wan was only an actress. How could she possibly stand against the entire Zhou Corporation?
And besides… Her brother had clearly loved her so deeply. He had borne every hardship and exhaustion himself. Would he really have been willing to leave her alone and jump to his death?
Everything that had happened was like a fog—unseen and untouchable.
The more Zhou Suisui thought about it, the more frightened she became.
—
Zhou Suisui searched the house before finally finding Zhou Sui'an in the study.
The door was not fully closed.
The man’s deep voice came clearly from inside, carrying an unquestionable authority.
“Notify all our partners. Completely blacklist Su Wan. From now on, anyone who uses Su Wan is going against the Zhou Corporation.”
The lights in the room were off, leaving it shrouded in darkness.
Zhou Suisui blinked, taking a moment to adjust before she could make out the figure standing by the floor-to-ceiling window.
His tall back was reflected on the floor, looking somewhat lonely.
“Brother…”
Zhou Suisui called out and instinctively raised her hand to turn on the light.
“Don’t turn it on.”
His deep voice carried a hint of hoarseness and urgency.
Zhou Suisui keenly sensed that something was wrong with his mood.
Frowning, she carried the first-aid kit in her hand and walked toward him.
“Brother, I’m going to change the dressing on your back. The doctor said not to let it get wet at night. You’ll have to bear with it for the next few days and avoid showering for now, understand?”
Hearing her footsteps behind him, Zhou Sui'an finally turned around.
His dark gaze seemed coated in thick, undissolved ink, as though something had pierced straight through him.
“Suisui, did you see the trending searches?”
“…”
Zhou Suisui pressed her lips together and said nothing.
Her grip tightened around the first-aid kit, and even her breathing grew heavier.
Was her brother going to soften again?
After seeing Su Wan pretend to take her own life…
The tall figure suddenly moved toward her and pulled her into his arms.
He buried his face in her shoulder, his voice filled with pain and deep remorse.
“Suisui, I’m sorry. I misjudged her before. I didn’t know she was this kind of person… I let her hurt you behind my back. I’m sorry. I was useless.”
After seeing the trending searches online, Zhou Sui'an had remained standing in this position the entire time.
He felt guilty toward his sister.
He had been blinded.
He had always thought Su Wan was a kind person, someone who could not even bear to step on an ant.
But now, she had completely dropped her act and revealed her true colors.
Unfortunately, he had only realized it now.
Hearing this, Zhou Suisui relaxed and pulled him over to sit on the sofa. Then she reached out and turned on the light.
The room brightened.
The damp redness in Zhou Sui'an’s eyes was impossible to hide.
He lowered his head awkwardly.
Zhou Suisui patted him on the shoulder and said calmly, “Take off your shirt. I’ll change your dressing.”
“Suisui, I…”
“Stop talking.”
When Zhou Sui'an did not move, Zhou Suisui urged him again.
Only then did he stop hesitating. He quickly raised his hands and undid every one of the shirt’s special golden buttons.
After taking off his shirt, he turned around, revealing a broad expanse of honey-colored skin across his back.
His muscles were firm, and his lines were handsome and smoothly defined.
But at that moment, a long gash marred his back, its shocking appearance ruining the beauty of his physique.
“Brother, does it hurt?”
Zhou Suisui raised her hand and gently touched the wound on his back, the tip of her nose turning sore.
If those tiles had fallen on him, they could easily have killed him.
Yet he had rushed over without a thought for his own safety, shielding her tightly in his arms.
“It doesn’t hurt.”
Zhou Sui'an gritted his teeth. When he had taken off his shirt just now, the movement had pulled at the wound, causing the muscles at the corners of his eyes to twitch from the pain.
Zhou Suisui noticed it all. She was both heartbroken and angry.
“Don’t risk yourself like that again if something like this happens. Even if it’s for me… I don’t want there to be a next time.”
Zhou Suisui understood what kind of person her brother was.
In his heart, she had never been his top priority.
She, the Zhou Corporation, and even Su Wan in the past—all of them ranked above himself.
“Silly girl, it doesn’t hurt, really—ah!”
Zhou Sui'an had just begun reassuring her when Zhou Suisui pressed the disinfecting cotton swab against the wound.
He could not hold back and cried out in pain.
Zhou Suisui stared at him speechlessly. “Didn’t you say it didn’t hurt? What are you shouting for?”
“…”
Zhou Sui'an was speechless.
His sister must have been corrupted by that Jiang Zongyan fellow. Why had she become so sharp-tongued?
Zhou Suisui carefully changed his dressing and covered the wound with gauze.
“All done.”
Zhou Sui'an put his shirt back on. “Suisui, don’t worry. Since she’s determined to get herself killed, I’ll grant her wish.”
Zhou Suisui put away the first-aid kit and smiled. “Brother, I can actually handle this myself. You don’t need to get involved.”
Although she was relieved that her brother had finally seen through Su Wan, the thought of Su Wan wearing a face so similar to their mother’s made her unwilling to let him deal with her personally.
Even if taking revenge on Su Wan would feel satisfying, seeing that face would still hurt her brother, wouldn’t it?
Having lived her life over again, she would not be as foolish as she had been in her previous life.
Nor would she act as impulsively as she had before.
Her brother’s death had dealt her such a devastating blow that she had panicked and acted recklessly.
By then, Su Wan had already become famous, with hundreds of millions of fans. Her influence was far greater than it was now.
Zhou Suisui had been helpless. Other than dying together with her, she could think of no other solution. As a result, she had lost terribly.
But things would be different now.
She had already begun laying out her plans in advance.
First, she would cut away all of Su Wan’s support bit by bit and sever every path to her success. Then she would watch her fall into the mud.
Zhou Sui'an, however, assumed that his sister simply did not trust him.
He looked frantic. “Suisui, just trust me this once. I’ve finally come to my senses.”
Then he paused, filled with regret. “I was such an idiot before. I prepared everything for her and worried she’d be mistreated.”
“??”
Zhou Suisui stared at him.
Suddenly, a thought struck her, and she brought up an old grievance. “Big brother, tell me the truth. Exactly how much stuff did you give Su Wan?”
Zhou Sui’an froze, only then realizing he had given himself away.
His eyes flickered, and he nervously rubbed his nose.
“Not… not that much… Just an apartment downtown, an RV, and… and I put a little money into her new drama…”
Under his little sister’s dangerous stare, Zhou Sui’an grew less and less confident as he spoke.
“How much is ‘a little money’?”
“A few… a few tens of millions…”
“A few tens of millions?!”
Zhou Suisui was so furious she nearly jumped. “She’s been taking you for a fool! And you actually spent that much money on her!”
Zhou Sui’an looked like he was about to cry. “I know I was wrong. I’ll never do it again.”
