His hand was cold, and it was still trembling slightly.
When they returned to the car, the cabin fell into complete silence.
Jiang Zongyan leaned back against the seat with his eyes closed. His face was frighteningly pale.
Zhou Suisui looked at his damp back, her heart filled with both worry and confusion.
After hesitating for a moment, she gently tugged at Jiang Zongyan’s sleeve and asked softly, “Are you all right?”
Jiang Zongyan opened his eyes. His gaze fell on the girl’s trembling lashes, which quivered with concern for him, and the tension around his lips finally eased a little. His voice was low and weary.
“I’m sorry. I scared you.”
“I’m fine.”
Zhou Suisui shook her head and gently patted his back. “Don’t let this get to you.”
“I’ll take care of it.”
Jiang Zongyan hesitated, then raised his hand and rubbed the top of her head. “I won’t let anything like this happen again.”
“…”
The young girl pressed her soft pink lips together. She wanted to ask something, but in the end, she said nothing.
Downstairs at Zhou Group.
The black Bentley came to a slow stop.
Jiang Zongyan helped her unfasten her seat belt. “Go on inside. Your brother is waiting for you.”
After a moment’s hesitation, Zhou Suisui pushed open the door and got out.
She stood beside the car with her eyes lowered slightly, meeting the gaze of the man in the back seat through the window.
She did not leave at once. Concern flickered in her eyes.
“You…”
Just as she was about to speak, Jiang Zongyan curled his lips into a faint smile and interrupted her gently. “Go on. Your brother is waiting for you.”
Hearing that, Zhou Suisui swallowed the words on the tip of her tongue and changed what she had intended to say. “Be careful on your way home.”
Jiang Zongyan nodded.
The moment the window rolled up, it cut off the girl’s worried gaze.
The smile on Jiang Zongyan’s face instantly vanished. His eyes turned ferocious, as cold as ice, and a low, sinister laugh rumbled from his throat.
“Lin Zhou, go teach that woman a lesson. If she dares show up in front of Suisui again, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
The coldness spilling from his eyes frightened Lin Zhou. He stiffened and nodded.
“All right. I’ll take care of it right away. I promise she’ll never appear in front of Miss Zhou again.”
“If there’s a next time, you can forget about continuing to work for me. Go to Human Resources and resign yourself.”
“Yes, sir.”
Lin Zhou lifted his eyes and cautiously glanced at his expression.
Jiang Zongyan’s face was as cold as frost. He had returned to being that ruthless, iron-fisted CEO.
Lin Zhou raised a hand and wiped the fine sweat from his forehead.
Thinking of that deranged woman, his expression darkened.
The reason the CEO had previously chosen not to argue with her was because she had lost her daughter.
But she should never have brought this matter to Miss Zhou.
In the back seat, Jiang Zongyan raised his well-defined fingers and tugged at his shirt collar. His movements were rough and urgent.
The collar fell open, revealing a section of his sexy collarbone, exuding an untamed allure.
With a grim expression, he took a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and drew on it hard.
White smoke slowly drifted from his thin lips, rising to blur his cold, ruthless features.
His gaze was icily sharp, and the faint curve at the corner of his lips made it obvious that he was barely keeping his emotions under control.
-
Zhou Suisui watched the black Bentley drive away.
Still uneasy, she looked back every few steps as she headed toward the CEO’s office at Zhou Group.
She failed to notice…
In the shadows by the stairwell, Zhou Sui’an stood there, his face livid as he stared at her.
The twins’ furious voices came through his phone.
“Young Master, Miss ditched us just now and secretly went to meet Young Master Jiang. She almost got hit, too.”
The twins had lost track of Miss Zhou earlier and had run around like headless chickens. In the end, it was Young Master who told them that she had gone to the airport.
When they reached the airport, they discovered that Miss Zhou had already left with Young Master Jiang.
They hurried after them and finally spotted the pair outside the restaurant. Before they had time to report to Young Master, a wild-eyed woman had lunged at Miss Zhou.
It happened in the blink of an eye.
The twins had not had time to rush over and protect her before Young Master Jiang had already shielded Miss Zhou securely in his arms.
They had to admit… Young Master Jiang had looked rather impressive at that moment.
After an entire day of running around, they had finally managed to obtain one tiny piece of useful information. Otherwise, Young Master would surely have fired them.
Listening to the twins’ report, Zhou Sui’an secretly ground his back teeth.
“If you lose track of Miss again, neither of you needs to keep working.”
“Young Master, it was an accident this time. It absolutely won’t happen again. We’ve never slipped up before.”
The twins immediately assured him.
Zhou Sui’an snorted and hung up.
Hearing only the busy tone on the other end, the twins looked at each other, speechless.
“Brother, we’ve never lost track of Miss before. How did we mess up this time?”
“I have a feeling Miss Zhou used to let us follow her on purpose… Judging by how she acted today, she clearly knew from the beginning that we were tailing her.”
A-Ling was completely baffled.
“Forget it. Don’t think about it anymore. Just keep a closer eye on her next time. Luckily, Miss wasn’t hurt today. If she’d actually been hit, the two of us would have been out of a job.”
At that, A-Biao leaned over and asked curiously, “What kind of romantic trouble has Young Master Jiang gotten himself into? That woman looked like she wanted to eat him alive.”
A-Ling smacked him on the head. “Don’t ask about things you shouldn’t know. Knowing too much can get you fired.”
“Ow!” A-Biao rubbed his head, unconvinced. “It may not concern me, but it concerns Miss. If he’s really been fooling around with other women, then we’ll have to obey Young Master and keep a close watch on Miss. We absolutely can’t let them end up together.”
“Hmm, you have a point.”
-
Zhou Sui’an stood in the shadows, watching his sister get out of the car.
A black Bentley with six identical digits on its license plate—who else could it be but Jiang Zongyan?
He had already been furious. Then he saw his sister looking back every few steps, and he clenched his fists, barely managing to hold himself back from charging out.
If he rushed over now and caught them in the act, how would they explain themselves?
“CEO Zhou, please calm down! Calm down!”
Assistant Wen clung tightly to his arm and urged him in a low voice, “You must keep your composure at a time like this!”
“Let go of me! I’m going to kill that bastard!”
“If you rush out now, Miss will only resent you more! Young girls are rebellious at this age. The more you oppose them, the more they’ll like each other!”
Zhou Sui’an ground his teeth as he stared at the bag in Zhou Suisui’s hand and the smile she was unable to hide. He was so furious that his lungs felt ready to explode.
He would have let it go if Jiang Zongyan had been flirting with some other woman. That was none of his business.
But that man had chosen to set his sights on his little sister.
His sister was his very life. There was no way he would allow the two of them to be together.
Assistant Wen was right. If he rushed out now and exposed them, he would only alert them to his suspicions.
He had to resolve this quietly and make his sister see that man’s true colors.
Suppressing his emotions, he turned around and entered the elevator first.
Zhou Suisui quietly made her way back to the office.
Standing at the door, she poked her little head inside and glanced around.
When she saw no sign of her brother, she finally relaxed, pushed open the door, and walked in.
She took the small ceramic ornament out of her bag and carefully placed it in the exact center of her desk.
The little figurine wore a pink dress and had its hair tied up in a tiny bun. With its curved eyes, it looked exactly like her.
She couldn’t help smiling as she looked at the figurine.
“Hmph.”
Just then, a cold snort came from the doorway.
Zhou Suisui looked up and saw Zhou Sui’an standing there, fixing the little figurine with an unfriendly stare.
