Jiang Zongyan stared at her in stunned disbelief.
“I have to leave too?”
Zhou Suisui forced herself to stay composed, refusing to let herself look too much like she was bluffing. “Of course. I’m a woman, and you’re a man. If you stay in my room all the time, people will get the wrong idea!”
“I…”
Before Jiang Zongyan could defend himself, she pushed him out of the room.
Without the slightest hesitation, she slammed the door shut.
“Bang!”
Phew.
Zhou Suisui leaned against the door and let out a deep breath.
Outside, Zhou Sui'an and Jiang Zongyan stared at each other.
“Hah, I thought you were so special. Turns out you got kicked out too!”
Zhou Sui'an planted his hands on his hips and sneered.
Apparently, his little sister treated them equally.
He failed to notice that his standards were being lowered little by little.
Jiang Zongyan let out a cold laugh. “Idiot. Since when was getting kicked out something to be proud of?”
“…”
Zhou Sui'an was left speechless.
He narrowed his eyes dangerously and warned, “Jiang Zongyan, my sister isn’t getting married. She’s only going to take a husband into the family! If you’re not prepared to do that, then don’t get involved with her!”
“A live-in son-in-law?”
Jiang Zongyan’s gaze turned cold. “Are you talking about Fu Jie?”
“…”
He had never said he would marry his sister off to Fu Jie.
He had only meant to annoy Jiang Zongyan.
“Do you know what Fu Jie’s family background is? Have you investigated it thoroughly?”
“Of course I have.”
“The Fu family’s methods aren’t exactly clean. Can you guarantee that Fu Jie is innocent?”
Jiang Zongyan shoved his hands into his pockets, his tone sharp.
Unable to argue with him, Zhou Sui'an changed the subject. “Why are you asking so many questions? My sister was raised by me. Her affairs have nothing to do with you.”
“Don’t change the subject. We’re talking about you right now. As long as you stop bothering my sister, she’ll naturally find herself a good man.”
Before he could finish, he saw that Jiang Zongyan was ignoring him and had turned to leave.
“Hey! I’m not finished!”
“Where are you going?!”
“Stop right there!”
Under Zhou Sui'an’s furious gaze, Jiang Zongyan took a room card from his pocket and opened the door opposite.
It was the room the organizers had later arranged for him.
“Beep—”
The door opened.
Jiang Zongyan walked inside.
The next second, Zhou Sui'an slipped in after him.
He made a beeline for the large bed, then sprawled out on it with his arms and legs spread wide.
“Ah, this is comfortable.”
“…”
Jiang Zongyan rubbed his temples.
What a shameless man!
As a thought occurred to him, he gave a cold laugh. “Since you like this bed so much, you can sleep here.”
With that, he turned and walked out.
He still had another room card in his pocket. He would go stay in the room next to Zhou Suisui’s.
“Damn it!”
Zhou Sui'an’s expression changed.
He scrambled off the bed and followed him.
He had made up his mind: wherever Jiang Zongyan went tonight, he would follow.
Just before the door closed, Jiang Zongyan turned around and saw the other man following him inside. His temples began to throb.
“Zhou Sui'an, are you sick?”
Zhou Sui'an acted carefree, his tone lazy. “It’ll be daylight soon anyway. I can just find somewhere to make do.”
This shameless, scheming old boy!
Now that he was here, he absolutely wouldn’t give Jiang Zongyan another chance to get close to his sister.
As he spoke, his gaze fell on the only large bed in the center of the room.
Jiang Zongyan had a bad feeling. “What are you trying to do now?”
“Sleep, of course!”
With that, Zhou Sui'an walked straight toward the bed.
He spread out his arms and legs and dropped onto it, letting out a satisfied sigh.
After being tossed around all night, he was only now starting to feel tired.
Nothing felt better than lying in bed.
Jiang Zongyan’s chest heaved. He was so angry that he couldn’t even laugh.
So he really intended to cling to him, did he?
He finally understood where Zhou Suisui had learned her shamelessness.
Those siblings were exactly alike.
He walked over and nudged Zhou Sui'an’s leg with his foot.
“Hey, go sleep on the sofa.”
“Stop bothering me.”
Zhou Sui'an rolled over, lying there like a dead pig and clearly determined to claim the bed.
Jiang Zongyan stood silently beside the bed for a moment. Then he suddenly gave a cold laugh.
“Fine. Sleep here.”
With that, he turned and headed for the door.
Zhou Sui'an’s eyes flew open, and he sprang up from the bed.
“Don’t even think about leaving! Wherever you go today, I’m going too!”
Jiang Zongyan said, “You’ve taken over my bed, so I can only go sleep with Suisui.”
Zhou Sui'an nearly choked on his own blood. Gritting his teeth, he enunciated each word.
“Fine. You sleep on the bed. I’ll sleep on the sofa.”
Angrily, he grabbed a pillow and lay down on the sofa.
“…”
Jiang Zongyan raised a hand to pinch the bridge of his nose. Resigned to his fate, he walked over to the bed.
Only after Zhou Sui'an saw him lie down did he return to the sofa with peace of mind.
He didn’t dare close his eyes. Instead, he kept them open and watched Jiang Zongyan sleep.
Jiang Zongyan kept his eyes closed and said coldly, “Zhou Sui'an, if you look at me one more time, I’ll gouge your eyes out.”
“Please. Who wants to look at you? One nose, two eyes. Three-legged toads may be hard to find, but two-legged men are everywhere!”
Listening to his ridiculous rambling, Jiang Zongyan fought the urge to throw him out. He turned over and forced himself to fall asleep.
Outside the window, the sky was beginning to brighten, heralding the arrival of dawn.
The noisy room seemed even quieter now. Even the waves outside had fallen silent.
Zhou Sui'an’s phone kept vibrating.
Su Wan sent one apologetic text after another, each filled with grievance and helplessness.
Zhou Sui'an’s expression darkened.
After rushing over from Tang City and seeing his sister’s red-rimmed eyes, he realized just how awful he had been.
For the sake of a woman, he had ignored his sister’s feelings.
“So noisy.”
Suddenly, Jiang Zongyan’s low voice came from the bed. “Turn off your phone, or get out.”
Zhou Sui'an pressed his lips together and obediently powered off his phone.
In the room next door, Zhou Suisui lay in bed, listening to the faint sounds coming from the neighboring room. She was completely bewildered.
How could she hear her brother and Jiang Zongyan talking from next door?
The soundproofing in this hotel was terrible!
It was supposed to be a five-star hotel, too.
But she didn’t think much of it and simply assumed the soundproofing was poor.
She turned over and soon drifted into sleep.
After being tossed around all night, she could finally rest peacefully for a while.
She was genuinely angry this time.
She absolutely wasn’t going to make up with that idiot of a brother so soon!
