Zhou Suisui came to her senses and exploded in fury. “Su Wan, what the hell are you talking about?”
The next second, Zhou Suisui posted high-definition surveillance screenshots of Su Wan entering a hotel with Director Zhang on her Weibo account and displayed them in the livestream as well.
The livestream instantly erupted.
The barrage of comments came so fast that the screen froze, while the number of viewers shot past twenty million.
#Holy crap! Two-faced much? Keeping a rich second-generation heir on the hook while sleeping with a director?#
#She was just pretending to be deeply in love. So it was all an act?#
#She used to brag about being independent and clearheaded. Turns out she just treats men as stepping-stones!#
#Su Wan is two-faced#
#Su Wan’s carefully crafted image has collapsed#
The two hashtags rocketed to the top of the trending list and couldn’t be suppressed.
Half of the goodwill Su Wan had built up among ordinary passersby collapsed overnight.
Su Wan shouted hysterically, “No, that’s not true! She’s slandering me! I didn’t do anything!”
#Not true? Why don’t you take a look at the products in your livestream shopping cart? You really won’t pass up any chance to make money, will you? You even turned my brother’s confession into a business opportunity?#
“No, no! Zhou Suisui, stop talking nonsense!”
Su Wan was completely flustered.
Seeing that things were getting out of hand, Wang Zhen hurriedly grabbed Su Wan and stopped her from saying anything else.
“I’m sorry, something unexpected has happened here. We’ll give everyone an explanation later.”
With that, she shut down the livestream.
At the villa, Zhou Suisui gently set down her phone and looked up at Zhou Sui'an, whose face had gone deathly pale. Her voice was restrained as she said, “Brother, this is the woman you love so much that you’d even give up your life for her. To her, a confession is nothing more than a profitable business deal.”
Zhou Sui'an’s face shifted from green to white.
Su Wan… Why had she said those things during the livestream? Why had she directed all the blame at him?
The products in the livestream shopping cart were from Tianyu, a rival company of the Zhou Corporation.
If word got out, what position would that put the Zhou Corporation in?
How was he supposed to explain this to the company’s shareholders?
At the thought of the possible consequences, a thin layer of cold sweat broke out across Zhou Sui'an’s back.
He had originally felt guilty for standing Su Wan up. Now, his eyes held nothing but confusion.
Just then, his phone rang.
Zhou Sui'an stared at the characters flashing across the screen, his brows tightly furrowed.
The moment he answered, a wounded voice came through.
“Sui'an, I didn’t put those products in the shopping cart. I had no idea. Sister Wang handles all those things.”
As soon as Su Wan ended the livestream, she immediately discussed a countermeasure with Wang Zhen.
They would push all the blame onto Wang Zhen and pretend that Su Wan had known nothing about it.
Once the storm had passed, they would deal with everything else.
After saying this, Su Wan quietly waited for Zhou Sui'an to give her an opening to back down.
Hmph. He’d better lower his head quickly and take the blame upon himself. Otherwise, she would really be angry.
In the past, Zhou Sui'an could never bear to see her suffer even the slightest grievance. The moment she so much as huffed, he would immediately comfort her.
But this time, she waited and waited, and the phone remained silent.
Su Wan grew irritated. “Why aren’t you saying anything?”
Zhou Sui'an finally spoke, his voice low.
“Is that really true, Su Wan?”
Su Wan froze, and for some inexplicable reason, panic fluttered in her chest. “Sui'an, don’t you believe me? You know that little nobodies like us in the entertainment industry have no say at all. Every move we make has to follow our manager’s arrangements.”
Her words were half true and half false, yet she delivered them with such sincerity that they sounded convincing.
Sure enough, Zhou Sui'an began to waver.
That was right. Su Wan was still only an insignificant minor celebrity in the entertainment industry. Anyone at her company could interfere with her decisions.
She was soft-hearted and innocent. It made sense that her manager would take advantage of her.
“Wanwan, your manager clearly isn’t capable. I’ll find you a new one another day.”
He had money. As long as he was willing to pay, he could hire even a top-tier talent agent for her.
Su Wan smiled. “I’ll do whatever you say, but… what are we going to do about today’s mess? Everyone is cursing me right now. If this continues, my reputation will be ruined.”
After all, he was the one who had stood her up, so he did bear some responsibility.
Zhou Sui'an said, “I’ll take care of it for you.”
“I knew you were the best.”
Su Wan happily ended the call and smugly said to Wang Zhen, “He should look at himself before boasting. Does he really think he can replace my manager just because he says so?”
Wang Zhen sneered. “That’s what lapdogs do.”
“But… what about the sales figures we promised? I just checked the backend. We’ve only sold a little over a hundred orders. That’s nowhere near enough.”
Su Wan’s face was filled with displeasure.
Not only had she failed to make money today, but she had also embarrassed herself in the livestream. It was all Zhou Suisui’s fault for ruining her plans.
She had gone to great lengths and slept with Director Zhang for an entire week before he finally agreed to give her a chance to audition.
As long as her number of followers reached five million and she stayed at the top of the trending list for an entire week, Director Zhang would give her the female lead role in his new series.
What was so impressive about Zhou Sui'an and his money?
Director Zhang was the real guarantee of high ratings in the entertainment industry.
Everyone who had played a lead role under Director Zhang had gone on to become a first-tier celebrity.
Come to think of it, this was also Zhou Sui'an’s fault. If he hadn’t had a grudge against Director Zhang, she wouldn’t have needed to sleep with him. She could have simply coaxed him into throwing some money around.
That was also why she had pretended to accept Zhou Sui'an’s confession and risked so much to orchestrate this sensational event.
Who could have expected Zhou Suisui to interfere at the very last moment?
A cold hatred flashed through her eyes.
“Sister Wang, do you have any way to make her disappear from Tangcheng for good? Just looking at her annoys me. She actually dares to compete with me for attention.”
Wang Zhen brushed it off. “She’s just an impulsive little girl. Next time, plant a few more doubts in Zhou Sui'an’s ear. I refuse to believe you can’t turn those siblings against each other.”
“You’re right. She’s only nineteen. She’s not enough to throw me off balance. Let Zhou Sui'an clean up this mess. Once we figure out how much compensation we’re owed, give me the bill. I’ll call him over later and take the opportunity to make him kick Zhou Suisui out of the Zhou family.”
“Ask for more money. The fans need to be appeased too, and the promotional campaign and trending searches have all gone to waste.”
At the thought of this, Wang Zhen immediately took out the contract and began calculating their losses.
She had already made up her mind. On top of the compensation, they would demand an additional twenty percent as spiritual damages for Zhou Sui'an standing them up.
—
There we go. Su Wan had merely softened her tone, and this idiot had started romanticizing everything again.
“What else did you promise her?”
Zhou Suisui’s chest was practically about to burst with anger.
“Nothing… Nothing much. Suisui, you reminded me just now. I’ll be more careful around her from now on.”
Meeting his sister’s clear, cool gaze, Zhou Sui'an inexplicably felt a hint of guilt.
Worried that she would keep pressing him, he hurriedly changed the subject.
“Now it’s your turn. Can you explain how you and Jiang Zongyan came to be involved with each other?”
Zhou Suisui had originally planned to tell him the truth—that she had deceived him into coming home.
After all, desperate times called for desperate measures.
She had also wanted to tell him about the tragic deaths they had suffered in their previous lives.
But with this idiot’s lovesickness flaring up, he wouldn’t listen no matter what. He might even think that her claim about being reborn was just some made-up story.
Furious, she said with a devil-may-care attitude, “I’m an adult now. What’s wrong with getting a boyfriend? It’s no big deal.”
“No big deal?”
Zhou Sui’an’s temples throbbed. “Do you want to hear yourself right now?”
Zhou Suisui just grinned. “Brother, isn’t this one of our Zhou family’s fine traditions?”
“What tradition?”
“The tradition of being simps!”
“You—!”
Clutching his trembling heart, Zhou Sui’an said earnestly, “Jiang Zongyan is no good! He’ll play you until there’s nothing left of you!”
“Brother, you’re not allowed to bad-mouth Brother Yan. You’re just prejudiced against him.”
“…”
Zhou Sui’an froze.
Why did that sound so familiar…? It seemed… that was exactly what he usually said about Su Wan.
Zhou Sui’an sighed. “His personality is strange, and his methods are ruthless… Most importantly, he’s your brother’s mortal enemy. He must be dating you just to get revenge on your brother.”
The hostility between him and Jiang Zongyan could be traced all the way back to when they were three and started kindergarten.
From then on, the two of them had loved competing over everything… grades, height… They had even pulled down their pants to compare while using the bathroom, seeing who could pee farther.
Things only got worse as they grew older.
Any contract he wanted, Jiang Zongyan would snatch.
Any project he took a fancy to, Jiang Zongyan would steal.
Any gathering he organized, Jiang Zongyan would come and stir up trouble.
He had only just returned to the country, yet he immediately approached Suisui. He was obviously up to no good.
After listening to him, Zhou Suisui clicked her tongue twice, looking completely unconcerned.
“Brother, who said we’re dating? These days, people are all about sex without feelings. We just sleep together.”
“What?!”
Zhou Sui’an flew into a rage. He grabbed the feather duster beside him and jumped to his feet.
“Say that again, I dare you!”
His hands trembled with anger. “That’s not dating! That’s a hookup!”
Oh, crap!
Zhou Suisui jumped in fright and hurried behind the sofa, though she still refused to back down.
“He’s that good-looking. What’s wrong with hooking up? I’d be happy to hook up with him.”
You’re always acting like a simp. Let’s see if I can’t infuriate you to death!
“You… You’re a girl! How can you say something like that?”
Zhou Sui’an gripped the arm of the sofa, his face deathly pale, looking utterly devastated.
He couldn’t believe it.
His sweet little sister, whom he had doted on since childhood.
Such a well-behaved girl, and now… she casually threw around words like “hookup”?
Where had things gone wrong?
Could there be something wrong with the family graves?!
Zhou Sui’an’s eyes reddened, and he looked as though he were about to shatter.
“Suisui, you’re lying to your brother, right?”
“Quick, tell me you’re only saying this to upset me!”
Zhou Suisui felt immensely satisfied. “You can love Su Wan without asking for anything in return, so I can do the same. As long as Brother Yan needs me, I’ll give him anything! It’s just sleeping with him. What’s the big deal?”
“I…”
Zhou Sui’an pointed at her, his lips trembling.
“See? See? You have nothing to say now, do you? Clearly, we really are brother and sister. Even our attitudes toward love are exactly the same.”
“I!”
The feather duster in Zhou Sui’an’s hand trembled again.
Zhou Suisui dodged to the side and provoked him fearlessly. “Go on, then! You’d better not leave tonight to look for Su Wan, or I’ll go to a hotel and find Jiang Zongyan.”
With that, she stopped paying attention to Zhou Sui’an.
She clasped her hands behind her back, held her head high, and strutted upstairs.
“…”
Zhou Sui’an was officially emo.
Who was this bratty little demon?
Get out of my sister right now!
