“Is there anything more important than me? You put me off and didn’t come. What am I supposed to do?”
Su Wan’s voice suddenly rose, sharp and grating.
Zhou Sui’an frowned.
Su Wan was usually gentle and soft-spoken. Why was she being so harsh today?
“Wanwan, I’ll give you whatever compensation you want. Please don’t be angry.”
Su Wan hadn’t really cared at first.
Zhou Sui’an was such a devoted simp. She had finally given him a chance, and he should have been grateful beyond words. How could he possibly not show up?
But the more she listened, the more something felt wrong. She asked incredulously, “Zhou Sui’an, what do you mean?”
“I’m sorry.”
“I gave you a chance, and you actually turned it down? Fine. Don’t come looking for me ever again.”
“Wanwan, I…”
“You only get one chance. Think carefully.”
Zhou Sui’an was about to explain, but she impatiently hung up.
He rubbed his temples weakly.
Perhaps it was the instinctive bond between blood relatives.
He actually found himself believing his sister’s claim to some extent.
If his actions had caused trouble for his sister, he would have deserved to die a hundred times over.
Watching his troubled expression, Zhou Suisui curled her lips into a cold smile.
“Go on, then. Why aren’t you going? Aren’t you afraid you’ll regret it?”
Zhou Sui’an’s throat tightened. “…”
You didn’t even give me a chance to regret it!
Zhou Sui’an was caught in a dilemma.
He had finally gotten a chance to confess his feelings, only to stand her up like this.
He gritted his teeth.
No matter how he looked at it, this was all Jiang Zongyan’s fault!
That man had ruined everything for him.
—
At the confession venue, in the dressing room.
Su Wan angrily ended the call, but she began to panic.
Sitting beside her was a plump, middle-aged woman whose eyes gleamed shrewdly.
“Wanwan, what did Young Master Zhou say?”
Su Wan looked displeased. “He says something urgent came up and he has to stand me up.”
At that, her manager, Wang Zhen, paused before letting out a contemptuous laugh, as though she had just heard an amusing joke.
“He’s not coming? How is that possible? He’s been chasing after you like a dog. He isn’t going to show up on such an important day? Are you trying to amuse me? Is this April Fools’ Day?”
Hearing that, Su Wan felt slightly reassured. She lifted her chin haughtily.
“You’re right. He wouldn’t dare not come. He must be planning to surprise me. He scared me just now, though. Hmph. Even if he is giving me a surprise, I’m not going to forgive him so easily this time.”
“Exactly. Don’t forgive him too quickly. Come on, let’s go wait for him. And remember, you have to act pitiful later. With all this publicity, you’re guaranteed to become popular.”
“Of course.”
The two of them headed toward the livestream venue, chatting and laughing casually as they went. Neither of them cared in the slightest about the consequences this would bring Zhou Sui’an.
Yet half an hour passed, and Su Wan still hadn’t seen him.
The reporters around them were growing restless.
“Why hasn’t Young Master Zhou arrived yet?”
“What’s going on?”
“Everyone, look! Young Master Zhou has sent a message.”
“What? The confession event has been canceled. They’ll notify everyone about the next one, and compensate everyone with ten times their fee.”
“Young Master Zhou is pretty generous. Isn’t he always happy to play the devoted simp for Su Wan? He actually stood her up?”
“You heard the message correctly. Whatever, as long as we get paid. The love affairs of celebrities and rich heirs have nothing to do with us wage slaves.”
“Good point. Let’s go. We can get paid again next time. Heh.”
Watching the reporters pack up and leave one after another, Su Wan completely panicked.
She abandoned her calm, superior demeanor, sprang to her feet, and shouted, “Stop! Who said you could leave?”
One of the reporters looked at her in confusion. “Miss Su, Young Master Zhou can’t make it. Why should we keep waiting here?”
“Who said he isn’t coming? He’s just preparing a surprise for me.”
“A surprise? We all received the message. Didn’t he tell you?”
“I…”
Su Wan’s voice caught.
Zhou Sui’an had actually been telling the truth. He really wasn’t coming.
By then, the internet had exploded.
#ZhouSui’anStandsHerUpDuringGlobalLivestream#
#RichHeir’sGrandConfessionEndsInDisaster#
The two hashtags shot straight to the top of the trending charts. The livestream’s viewership surpassed ten million, with everyone tuning in to watch the spectacle.
Su Wan’s fans had already begun turning on one another, while passersby mocked her for “having her rich-family dream shattered.”
Su Wan’s face alternated between pale and flushed.
Wang Zhen paced anxiously. “Wanwan, what do we do now? If Young Master Zhou doesn’t come, what happens to the livestream’s viewers? We’ve already signed a contract with the merchants. If we can’t livestream, how are we supposed to promote their products? If we don’t hit the sales target, we’ll have to compensate them for their losses.”
Wang Zhen never let an opportunity to make money slip by. Long before Zhou Sui’an had prepared his grand confession, she had secretly contacted an e-commerce company and signed a sales contract with them.
If the confession was canceled, the livestream’s viewership would quickly plummet.
No. Absolutely not.
Su Wan gritted her teeth, instantly making her eyes turn red. She walked in front of the livestream camera and addressed the audience with a choked voice.
“Everyone, please don’t criticize Sui’an. Something urgent must have happened at home, and that’s why he couldn’t get away at the last minute. I’m fine, really… As long as he’s safe, that’s all that matters.”
Beneath her perfectly made-up eyes, a vicious glint flashed.
Even if Zhou Sui’an didn’t show up, she would still establish herself as a gentle, understanding, independent woman who refused to bend to the whims of the wealthy.
Inside the villa.
Zhou Suisui had been watching the online developments the entire time.
She knew Su Wan well. Su Wan would never pass up an opportunity to undermine her brother.
Now that her brother had stood her up, Su Wan would definitely make trouble.
Sure enough, when Zhou Suisui saw the woman on the livestream crying prettily while pushing all the blame and speculation onto her brother, she let out an angry, mocking laugh.
“See? This is who Su Wan really is.”
Zhou Sui’an had clearly seen the trending topics on his phone as well.
“She’s only trying to protect herself.”
“Protect herself? Do you know what the consequences of saying that will be? Tomorrow, everyone will be writing articles condemning you. The Zhou Group’s stock will hit its daily limit down for days in a row, causing losses of more than ten billion yuan.”
“C-Could it really be that serious?”
Zhou Sui’an actually sounded a little guilty.
Zhou Suisui gave a cold laugh, but there wasn’t the slightest warmth in her eyes.
“Big Brother, don’t worry about anything. I’ll handle this.”
Seeing that the livestream’s viewership was continuing to drop instead of rising, Su Wan performed even more earnestly.
“I believe Sui’an. He must have had a special reason for standing me up today. He’s different from those other rich heirs. He would never deliberately toy with someone’s feelings.”
#Sister,You’reJustTooKind.TheRichAreAllTheSame.#
#Exactly.Sui’anIsAWealthyYoungMasterToo.HeWasProbablyJustPlayingWithYou.#
#DoesHavingMoneyMakeHimBetterThanEveryoneElse?CanTheRichToyWithPeopleWheneverTheyWant?DoTheyThinkOrdinaryPeopleAren’tPeople?#
#IUsedToBeADevotedCustomerOfZhouGroupProducts.I’mBoycottingTheZhouFamilyStartingNow.#
#CountMeIn…#
Zhou Suisui continued to laugh coldly.
It was exactly the same despicable tactic as in her previous life.
Suddenly, an account named “Zhou Suisui” appeared in the livestream.
#“Sister Su Wan, my brother really did have something urgent to deal with. After all, he had just found out that while you were having him confess his love to you in a global livestream to boost your popularity, you were upstairs at a hotel discussing career opportunities with Director Zhang from Floating City. Anyone would be upset, right?”#
What?!
The lively livestream fell utterly silent in an instant.
