The more Zhou Suisui spoke, the softer her voice became.
Medicine to protect the pregnancy?
She definitely couldn’t admit to that.
Where would she find a baby when the time came?
But if it was abortion medicine… at least that would mean the baby was already gone.
She had no idea that those three words exploded over Zhou Sui’an’s head like a thunderclap, complete with crackling lightning.
“What?!”
“You’re trying to kill yourself? Is that how you’re supposed to take abortion pills?!”
Although he had no experience with them himself, how could she take that kind of medicine so casually?!
What if it caused a massive hemorrhage?!
Without giving her a chance to explain, Zhou Sui’an snatched the cup from her hand and set it on the table beside them. He gripped her chin with one hand and reached toward her mouth with the other.
“Spit it out!”
“Quickly!”
“Mm!”
Zhou Suisui’s eyes flew wide.
Zhou Sui’an had moved too quickly for her to resist. By the time she realized what he was about to do, she was already shaking her head frantically, her eyes turning red with fright.
“Brother… No! It’s not abortion medicine!”
Zhou Suisui covered her mouth and backed away in alarm.
Her large eyes glistened with tears, and the corners were stained with a frightened flush.
She watched her brother’s crazed, ferocious expression warily.
“It’s to protect the baby! Pregnancy medication!”
Zhou Suisui shouted hurriedly.
If she didn’t speak up, her brother was really going to stick his fingers down her throat.
Hearing that, Zhou Sui’an froze for a moment. His handsome features twisted into a knot as he glared at her.
“Zhou! Sui! sui! Then what exactly is that medicine?”
His chest heaved violently, and his face was ashen, as if he were about to go murder someone the next second.
“Mm…”
Zhou Suisui didn’t dare lie again. She quickly explained, “It’s just medicine to regulate my body. It won’t have any side effects.”
Zhou Sui’an clenched his fists. There was a hint of heartache in his gaze as he looked her over.
“Why did you lie to your brother?”
“My heart is a heart too, you know!”
“…I’m sorry…”
In the end, Zhou Suisui couldn’t bear to upset him. She lowered her head in grievance.
“…”
Zhou Sui’an stood rigidly beside the bed. Only after seeing that her face was slightly flushed and that she didn’t seem uncomfortable did his tense shoulders finally relax.
But immediately afterward, he gnashed his teeth and warned her, “Zhou Suisui, if you lie to your brother and prank him again, I’ll… I’ll…”
He repeated “I’ll” for quite a while, but Zhou Sui’an couldn’t come up with anything to say after it.
A deep sense of helplessness welled up inside him.
No matter how mischievous his little sister was or how much she teased him, she was still his only sister.
The only person in this world with whom he shared a blood connection.
Even if she brought the sky crashing down, he would do everything in his power to help her patch it back up.
In the end, he resigned himself to the situation and sighed.
“Go to sleep. You’re not alone anymore, so you need to get plenty of rest.”
Zhou Suisui blinked.
Had she gotten away with it just like that?
The corners of her lips curved up, and her tone became noticeably lighter.
“Brother, you should get some rest too.”
Zhou Sui’an’s tone finally softened. “Don’t worry. I’ll sleep on the sofa across from you and stay here with you.”
Zhou Suisui had complained of stomach pain earlier.
Although the doctor had said there was nothing wrong and that she only needed to go home, rest well, and drink plenty of hot water, he still couldn’t bring himself to relax.
He planned to stay here and watch over his sister for the night.
“Good night, Brother.”
Zhou Suisui hurriedly lay down on the bed and closed her eyes.
-
In the room next door.
Jiang Zongyan leaned against the sofa, his fingertips rubbing his lips now and then. A lingering, satisfied smile still tugged at the corners of his mouth.
He glanced at the time on the wall, then looked toward the room next door.
His dark eyes grew somber.
Zhou Sui’an still hadn’t come back?
The thought of that eyesore sleeping in Suisui’s room made Jiang Zongyan feel uncomfortable all over. It was as if countless kittens were clawing at his heart, leaving him restless and tormented.
He took out his phone and sent Lin Zhou a message.
Boss HX: “Think of a way to get Zhou Sui’an out of Zhou Suisui’s room.”
When Lin Zhou received the message, he was so sleepy that he could barely keep his eyes open.
Seeing its contents, he felt even more hopeless.
He couldn’t help cursing inwardly.
Sir, have you looked at the time?
It was one in the morning!
Did you really think it was all right to keep targeting your future brother-in-law like this? Did you still want to be accepted as the little brother-in-law or not?!
He tapped open the keyboard and began typing in the message box, but he had no idea how to respond.
While he was still struggling, another message from Jiang Zongyan came through.
“I sent that to the wrong person. Go to sleep.”
“…”
Lin Zhou’s lips twitched.
You used his full name. How could you possibly have sent it to the wrong person?
At least the boss had finally found his conscience.
Happy to let things unfold as they would, Lin Zhou pretended not to see the message and went back to sleep.
-
In the room separated by a single wall.
Zhou Suisui tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.
Whenever she closed her eyes, the scene of Jiang Zongyan rubbing her stomach surfaced in her mind uncontrollably.
His hot palm had covered her lower abdomen, applying just the right amount of pressure. It had felt so comfortable that she had nearly fallen asleep.
And then there had been that sudden kiss.
His lips had been unexpectedly soft, carrying a strange flutter that was completely at odds with his cold personality…
When she realized that she was still savoring the memory, Zhou Suisui felt as if the sky had fallen in.
She was crazy!
Zhou Suisui, had something gone wrong with your brain?
He had teased you, and not only had you failed to get angry, you were actually sitting here reliving it?!
If her brother found out that she had kissed Jiang Zongyan, he would probably be furious enough to die.
She could lie to her brother now and then, but she didn’t want to truly lose him!
She pulled the covers over her head, burying her entire face beneath them as she tried to drive those shameful thoughts from her mind.
-
After Zhou Suisui’s breathing became even and she had fallen completely asleep, Zhou Sui’an rose silently from the sofa.
Barefoot, he stepped onto the thick cashmere carpet.
He walked to the side of Zhou Suisui’s bed and carefully picked up the bottle of medicine.
Taking out his phone, he switched it to silent mode and snapped several pictures of the plain, unmarked bottle and the pills inside.
Then he opened the newly developed AI tool on his phone, “Xiaodou,” and uploaded the photos.
A few seconds later, Xiaodou provided the results.
Name: Wuji Baifeng Pills.
Purpose: Relieves menstrual pain.
“…”
Zhou Sui’an stared at the words on the screen, first slightly stunned, then let out a quiet laugh.
He crouched beside the bed and looked at his sister, who had pulled the covers over her face. Carefully, he tugged the blanket down, revealing her flushed little face.
In the darkness, his face was filled with helplessness as he whispered, “You little thing. You’re tricking your brother again.”
Remembering the panic and helplessness he had felt earlier—how he had nearly cried and laughed at the same time—he let out a long breath of relief.
Thankfully, his sister had only been fooling him.
Thinking back to her reaction just now, she had probably realized at the hospital that her period had simply arrived, hadn’t she?
Besides…
He had always believed that with him as her brother, his sister could never fall for a pretentious bastard like Jiang Zongyan.
Even if there was something between them, it was only because she was young and inexperienced, and had been deceived by Jiang Zongyan’s handsome face.
As long as he kept an eye on things, his sister would come to her senses one day.
Just then, his phone vibrated.
He opened the message, and his expression darkened slightly.
“Sui’an, can you please reply to me?”
“Do you really have the heart to watch me die?”
“What exactly do I have to do for you to forgive me?”
Su Wan had sent him over a hundred messages in the past two days.
That evening, she had even threatened to kill herself.
Zhou Sui’an sat quietly against the sofa and suddenly felt deeply, overwhelmingly exhausted.
In the dead of night, he sat alone.
His desolate figure stretched long in the pale moonlight streaming through the window, casting its lonely shadow across the carpet.
