With nowhere left to turn, Su Wan still wanted to make one last desperate attempt.
She posted a lengthy statement, crying her heart out as she claimed that she had been the victim of Zhou Sui'an’s long-term harassment and had been forced into submission by powerful interests.
According to her, Zhou Sui'an had relied on his wealth and influence to keep pestering her. When she refused him, he had blacklisted her. All the scandalous allegations this time had been fabricated by Zhou Sui'an and his sister, Zhou Suisui, out of revenge.
Just as her brainless fans began sympathizing with her and preparing to whitewash her reputation, Zhou Suisui suddenly updated her Weibo.
As always, the eldest young lady’s post contained no unnecessary words.
This time, it consisted solely of a simple compressed file.
Inside were all of Su Wan’s chat logs and transaction records with Zhou Sui'an over the past two years.
In the chat logs, Su Wan spoke in a falsely sweet tone, subtly maneuvering Zhou Sui'an into spending money on her.
[Sui'an, I really like that bag, but it’s so expensive. I can’t bear to buy it.]
[Which one do you like?]
[No, I don’t want to spend your money. You work so hard to earn it. It breaks my heart.]
[Wanwan, how can you be so kind?]
Transfer: 100,086 yuan. (Voluntary gift)
Su Wan: Received 100,086 yuan.
[The rent went up again this month. I can barely afford to eat! Tell me, is it you capitalists scheming behind the scenes again?]
[Wanwan, how can you be so adorable? Why are you still renting? I’ll buy you a place. Do you want an apartment downtown or a villa in the suburbs?]
[Wouldn’t that be too much trouble for you? …Since you put it that way, I suppose a downtown apartment would be more convenient for getting to work… It doesn’t need to be very big. A hundred and forty-eight square meters would be enough for me.]
[Then I’ll just buy a two-hundred-square-meter one!]
[Wah… I’m crying, Sui'an. You’re so good to me!]
[Sui'an, there’s a female celebrity on our set who’s so fake. She even has her boyfriend pick her up after work, and he drives a luxury car worth tens of millions. Do you think she might be kept by some old man?]
[Not necessarily. If you like cars, I can buy you one too.]
[No, I don’t want one. I don’t want people saying I’m being kept, and sports cars aren’t practical anyway. A motor home would be better.]
[All right. Whatever you say…]
The transfer records were even more shocking. They ranged from tens of thousands spent treating the entire cast and crew to milk tea, to a motor home worth millions, to an apartment worth tens of millions, and even a seventy-million-yuan investment…
Every single transaction was laid out in black and white.
The public’s attitude flipped once again.
[Ugh—I’ll be the first to throw up!]
[Someone save me! I’ve got goosebumps all over. What is this fake sweetness?]
[Am I the only one who noticed Eldest Young Master Zhou’s replies? Isn’t he the textbook example of a gullible rich fool?]
[I’m blind! I actually felt sorry for someone like this!]
[How is this Zhou Sui'an harassing her? She was clearly stringing CEO Zhou along and using him as an ATM!]
[That slap in the face was loud enough to hear from here.]
That very afternoon, Su Wan was kicked straight out of the production.
Her apartment was repossessed, and her motor home was driven away.
With nowhere left to go, Su Wan frantically called Zhou Sui'an over and over.
What she didn’t know was that, at that very moment…
Zhou Sui'an was kneeling pitifully on the cashmere carpet in the Zhou family living room, both hands gripping his ears.
“Little Sis, I really know I was wrong!”
“I was just young and foolish back then!”
Zhou Suisui had known for a long time that her brother had been strung along by Su Wan and treated like an ATM.
But she had assumed that, since Su Wan had always presented herself as an “independent, strong woman,” she probably hadn’t spent too much of her brother’s money.
However, as she watched one transfer after another scroll past her eyes—
From a few tens of thousands spent buying milk tea for the entire production crew, to meals and barbecues for everyone on set, then heat allowances for the crew… to custom-made dresses worth hundreds of thousands…
Every transfer had the words “voluntary gift” appended to it.
Of course, that had been Su Wan’s own request.
She had jokingly said that if Zhou Sui'an ever regretted it and asked for the money back, she would be worried. Her brother had immediately added those four words to put her mind at ease.
Her vision went dark again and again, and her hands trembled with rage.
At that moment, she truly wanted to beat her brother to a pulp—and then have Su Wan killed.
One of them was a gullible rich fool.
The other was vicious to the core!
“You really are… You really are…”
After fuming for a long while, she was both furious and heartbroken. Finally, she forced three words through clenched teeth:
“Stupid! Pig! Brain!”
“You called her a pure and kind little white flower? Which part of those chat logs makes her look like that? Huh? This is straight out of a socialite training course’s classic playbook!”
He had never noticed it before, but now that she had pointed it out, Zhou Sui'an saw it clearly.
He was so ashamed that he wished he could find a hole to crawl into, then bury himself one shovelful at a time with a tiny shovel.
“I was dazed and confused back then. Whenever I saw her face, I just couldn’t think straight…”
“So that gave you an excuse to ignore right and wrong? Whatever she asked for, you gave her? If she asked for your life, would you give her that too?”
“…”
Zhou Sui'an pressed his lips together and lowered his head without saying a word.
Before this whole thing blew up, it wasn’t entirely impossible that he would have…
“!!”
Zhou Suisui pressed a hand to her forehead, looking as though she was about to faint.
Luckily, she had been reborn and had seen through Su Wan’s true nature.
At this rate, how could her brother possibly escape from Su Wan’s clutches?
Zhou Sui'an’s eyes flickered as he spoke softly.
“Little Sis, actually, before Mom passed away… her dream had always been to enter the entertainment industry. Right after graduating from high school, she filmed an ice cream commercial. With her pure appearance and unique aura, she won over the audience overnight and became famous across the country.”
“She was the only person who became a household name from a single advertisement before even making her official debut.”
Zhou Suisui froze.
“Then what happened?”
If their mother had been a celebrity, she would have heard at least a few rumors about her.
But there was nothing.
Their mother had left no trace in the entertainment industry.
Recalling everything that had happened before, Zhou Sui'an’s brows drew together.
“For some unknown reason, just as Mom was becoming famous, she was blacklisted overnight. From then on, she vanished without a trace… Later, she married Dad. Dad supported her in pursuing her dream. Just as she had gathered her courage and was preparing to return to the entertainment industry, she unexpectedly became pregnant with me…”
At this point, his gaze darkened. His hands, resting on his knees, quietly clenched into fists, and his voice grew heavy with sorrow.
“After I was born, she couldn’t bear to leave me with a nanny all by myself. She said… that she would wait until Sui'an was older before deciding what to do. Finally, when I was seven and could take care of myself, you came along…”
“…”
Zhou Suisui’s heart clenched.
There were things about this that she had never known.
Their mother had given up on her dream for the sake of her two children.
Zhou Sui'an’s voice trembled slightly. “When I saw her situation, I would think of Mom… If I hadn’t held Mom back, she might have become a globally renowned superstar long ago. And the qualities Su Wan displayed—her gentleness, kindness, and perseverance… always reminded me of Mom…”
Zhou Suisui fell completely silent, her emotions tangled.
No wonder her brother…
Su Wan really had stacked every possible advantage in her favor.
Not only did she look thirty percent like their mother, but her dreams and career path were similar as well. On top of that, she had once saved Zhou Sui'an’s life…
With all three layers of filters stacked together, it was no wonder her brother had rushed to satisfy her every demand.
However…
Although Su Wan did resemble her mother by about thirty percent, a closer look revealed that they really didn’t look alike at all.
Her bearing was nothing like her mother’s.
There was always something slightly off about Su Wan’s face. It looked somewhat unnatural.
She was beautiful, yes, but lacked a certain spirit.
Her mother, on the other hand, could simply stand anywhere and effortlessly draw everyone’s attention with her graceful, gentle charm.
Just then, Cui Wu hurried in from outside, looking extremely troubled.
“Miss! I found out!”
