And she was the substitute for his white moonlight.
That fool, Zhou Sui'an.
He thought he had hidden it well.
But his eyes, his every word and action, had betrayed what was in his heart.
And then there was the debt of gratitude from the time she had saved his life.
She was both the substitute for his white moonlight and his lifesaver.
With those two dazzling identities layered upon her, there was no way he could simply give up on her.
Hadn’t the outcome been proven countless times before?
Whenever Zhou Suisui fell ill, one phone call from her was all it took for Zhou Sui'an to come running to her like a wagging-tailed puppy…
When she wanted a high-end gown for the red carpet, he personally went to Milan and paid a fortune to buy one.
When she wanted better opportunities, he drank with those old-fashioned men in the entertainment industry until he perforated his stomach.
Ha!
Since he loved “her” so much and was willing to sacrifice anything for her, how could he possibly bear to truly blame “her” for drugging him?
She had been absolutely certain that this time would be just like all the others.
Nothing would change!
Unfortunately, she had miscalculated this time.
At that moment, Zhou Sui'an stood before the villa’s soaring floor-to-ceiling windows, looking at the frail, pitiful woman in the rain.
His eyes were cold and detached. There was no trace of pity left in them.
His mind was filled entirely with thoughts of his precious little sister. He had no interest in dealing with anyone else.
“Sui'an!”
“Sui'an, where are you?”
“Come out and hear me explain, okay?”
The rain poured down as Su Wan knelt pitifully on the ground.
“I really didn’t know there was something wrong with the incense. Sister Wang gave it to me. She said that since I hadn’t been sleeping well lately, burning it would help me sleep!”
“Please come out and see me!”
“I know you’re angry with me. Just let me see you. I need to see with my own eyes that you’re all right before I can feel at ease.”
Su Wan collapsed in the rain, putting on an incredibly devoted performance.
Cui Wu ground her teeth in fury. “Su Wan, what are you shouting for?”
“Do you really think the young master is someone you can summon whenever you please and use however you like?”
Although she shouted loudly, she was only bluffing.
She was worried that the young master would soften toward that vicious woman once again.
“Heh. Then let’s make a bet! He’ll definitely come out to see me within ten minutes!”
Su Wan lowered her voice, still unwilling to back down from provoking Cui Wu.
However…
Ten minutes passed, and her face turned pale.
Half an hour passed, and her voice weakened.
An hour later… her throat was hoarse from shouting.
She knew Zhou Sui'an was inside the living room, yet he had not made a sound.
She was completely panicked.
“Zhou Sui'an! Are you really going to be this heartless to me?”
“Is this how you treat the woman who saved your life? You keep saying that you’ll repay every debt of gratitude. Is this how you repay me?”
“I only made one tiny mistake… Can’t you be a little more magnanimous?”
“Zhou Sui'an!”
“I’m going to count to three. Will you come out? As long as you do, we can go back to the way we were…”
“One, two…”
Su Wan stared fixedly at the front door with reddened eyes. She was about to count to three, yet Zhou Sui'an still did not appear.
She dug her fingers into her palms, her panic reaching its peak.
The next second, she closed her eyes and let her body fall stiffly to the side.
Cui Wu paused, then shouted furiously, “What are you pretending for? Get up!”
The rain grew heavier, matching the quickening of Cui Wu’s breathing.
Su Wan had fainted. Would the young master soften now?
Just as she was feeling anxious, a man’s low voice came from behind her, devoid of any emotion.
“If she’s fainted, take her to the hospital. Don’t let her die at the entrance to the Zhou residence.”
“…Yes. We’ll take her to the hospital immediately.”
Afraid that Zhou Sui'an might change his mind, Cui Wu hurriedly called out to A-Biao and A-Ling, who were standing not far away:
“You two, come over here and get her to the hospital. Don’t let her die at the Zhou residence. How unlucky!”
Although she hated Su Wan, this was still a human life. She couldn’t bring herself to stand by and watch her die with such cold-blooded indifference.
Besides, if Su Wan really died at the entrance to the Zhou residence, wouldn’t her fans swarm all over the place like bloodsucking leeches, refusing to leave the young master and the young miss alone?
—
Meanwhile.
Outside the airport in Hai City.
Zhou Suisui impatiently dragged Zhou Sui'an’s number into her blacklist, then casually switched off her phone.
“Here, take your phone back.”
Zhou Suisui slipped the phone back into Jiang Zongyan’s pocket, swung her legs a couple of times, and struggled to get down.
“Brother Yan, am I too heavy? You can put me down!”
Although his back was warm and comforting, he had been carrying her for so long. He had to be tired.
Instead of putting her down, Jiang Zongyan hitched her higher onto his back.
Amused by her words, he said, “How much could you possibly weigh? Ninety pounds?”
“I weigh ninety-eight pounds!”
Zhou Suisui said, sounding a little troubled.
No girl wanted to be too heavy.
Jiang Zongyan felt the softness beneath his palm. “I could carry you even if you weighed another ten pounds! You’re too thin.”
At those words, Zhou Suisui suddenly thought of something, and the tip of her nose began to sting again.
Her brother had said the same thing to her.
One moment, she had been angry with her brother; the next, she was missing him again…
Why was she so hopeless?
“What’s wrong?”
Jiang Zongyan thought she was unhappy because he had called her too thin. He stopped walking.
“Actually, you’re not that thin…”
He considered his words, then spoke with reddening ears.
“You’re slim where you should be slim, and you have curves where you should have curves.”
Zhou Suisui froze and blinked at him blankly.
“…What?”
What kind of bold, suggestive thing was he saying?
Was this really the same refined, aloof, celibate-looking heartthrob she had admired?
He had teased her until her face was burning red, and she had no idea how to respond.
Then she heard him ask, “Were you serious about what you said to your brother just now?”
“What did I say?” Zhou Suisui pretended not to understand.
The man’s rich, mellow voice, brimming with the power to stir the heart, slowly drifted into her ears.
“You said you’d have my children?”
“!!!!”
Zhou Suisui buried her face against his back, her cheeks red as a boiled shrimp. She wished she could find a little hole in the ground and bury herself in it.
She had only blurted it out because she had been too anxious. She had just wanted to make her brother angry and hadn’t thought about the consequences at all.
How could he still remember it so clearly?
“You heard wrong!”
The young miss’s muffled voice came from behind him.
Jiang Zongyan laughed. “Yes, I heard wrong. She definitely didn’t say ‘tonight.’”
“Jiang Zongyan!!”
Zhou Suisui flushed with embarrassment and anger, lifting a hand to cover his mouth.
“Mmph… let go~”
“Are you going to say it again? Are you?”
“I’ll tell your mother that you bullied me! And I’ll tell your father that you took liberties with me…”
“As long as you aren’t afraid of them making me take responsibility, go ahead and complain.”
“You! You!!”
The young miss’s face turned red from anger, but she couldn’t come up with a single word to refute him. Her eyes grew red with frustration.
The corners of Jiang Zongyan’s lips curved upward.
She really was adorable.
Since when had he become so childish?
Teasing a little girl just to make her happy?
The two of them continued bickering and fooling around.
Behind them, two men in black hoodies and baseball caps followed stealthily.
They exchanged a hand signal.
This was their chance. Zhou Suisui had finally been left alone, even if Jiang Zongyan was still with her.
But it was two against one.
Their odds were in their favor.
They pulled gleaming daggers from their backpacks and were about to move in.
Suddenly, everything went black.
Before the two of them could react, someone struck them hard from behind, knocking them unconscious.
