The blind boss's nanny

Lu Tingzhou couldn't help but mutter to himself:

"Brother, your blindness was just an accident and a transition. She... she and we were never from the same world."

Lu Tingzhao poured himself another glass of wine.

"Yes. She said the same thing to me."

Lu Tingzhou filled their glasses and leaned closer with a grin:

"Big brother, you've only just regained your sight, are you feeling a little disoriented? It's alright, tonight your little brother will show you what the 'world of pleasures' is all about! It's just women, all kinds, plump and slender... Or, how about we move the party here and have a pool party?"

Lu Tingzhao rubbed his temples, looking slightly tired.

"Tingzhou, stop fooling around."

His voice was somewhat unsteady:

"During that time, I felt like I was a useless person. Even when you guys were with me, I felt like I was wasting your time... But she was different. I just enjoyed everything about her without any guilt..."

Lu Tingzhou raised an eyebrow dismissively:

"Brother, you paid for it."

Lu Tingzhao was clearly drunk. The next second, he suddenly raised his hand and lightly slapped the table:

"Does paying money buy everything?! Tingzhou, you simply don't understand... the kind of happiness she brought me is priceless."

He tilted his head back and took another gulp, his Adam's apple bobbing, his voice lowering:

"When I was successful, I was always surrounded by people... but when I was in my most painful and miserable time, she was the only one who never left my side."

Lu Tingzhou was completely stunned.

This...this is something his cold-hearted older brother would say?

At this moment, he really wanted to shake his older brother's head. You're a capitalist who believes in equal exchange in everything!

After several bottles of strong liquor were emptied, Lu Tingzhao finally collapsed, slumping over the table. Unconsciously, murmurs escaped his lips, repeatedly uttering that name.

Lu Tingzhou lifted the person up and carried them back to the bedroom. After settling them in, he glanced up and immediately noticed the photo on the bedside table that had clearly been handled countless times.

He was about to turn and leave when he suddenly stopped in his tracks...

Under the light, he seemed to see... a faint glimmer of light flashing in the corner of his older brother's tightly closed eyes.

...Are they tears?

Lu Tingzhou immediately felt it was absurd and couldn't help but mutter in a low voice:

"I told you to get rid of that Qin Xiu guy a long time ago, but you wouldn't listen..."

"See? Now you've caught it!"

Love-struck tendencies are indeed contagious!

Lu Tingzhou spent the whole night thinking about his older brother's absent-minded appearance, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this matter could not be left unresolved.

The next morning, Lin Xiaoman received a message from Xiao Gu saying that they were going to a newly opened farm in the suburbs this week to do a store visit and evaluation, and the two agreed on a meeting place.

She stood by the roadside waiting for a car, but instead of a ride-hailing car, a familiar Tesla appeared.

The car window rolled down, revealing Lu Tingzhou's face with a slightly cynical smile.

"Xiao Gu had something come up and asked me to pick you up on my way."

He spoke naturally, as if he were truly acting on someone's behalf.

Lin Xiaoman hesitated for a moment, checked the time, and then opened the car door and got in.

The car smoothly entered the main road. Lu Tingzhou casually tapped the steering wheel with his fingers and began to speak as if in casual conversation:

"What exactly happened between you and my brother?"

Lin Xiaoman's gaze was fixed on the rapidly receding street scene outside the window, her voice calm and even:

"It's just what you see."

Lu Tingzhou chuckled, his tone laced with sarcasm:

"Are there really people in this world as ungrateful as you? Do you know that Wenya's family is starting to beg my brother to continue the marriage alliance again?"

Lin Xiaoman's face was expressionless; she didn't even bother to look at him.

"That's your family's business, it has nothing to do with me."

Lu Tingzhou suddenly slammed his hand on the steering wheel, his tone becoming sharp:

"What did my brother ever do to you? You're willing to throw away someone like him? Let me tell you—"

"Mr. Lu,"

Lin Xiaoman interrupted him softly, still not looking at him.

"We have nothing to talk about."

She stopped talking.

Lin Xiaoman knew that arguing with someone like Lu Tingzhou was pointless.

In their deeply ingrained belief, for someone of her background to be briefly favored by someone of that social class is already a great blessing.

Even well-mannered people like the Lu brothers couldn't escape this condescending mindset.

Lu Tingzhou was an anomaly in this family. On the surface, he was cynical and easy to get along with, but inside he was vicious, lacked empathy, and was not bound by any rules or morals, acting entirely on a whim.

If he were a girl, Lin Xiaoman might have appreciated his unconventionality. Unfortunately, he was a man, and a man with resources at his disposal who was used to doing whatever he pleased.

She only wanted to keep her distance from him.

The carriage fell silent, with only the faint sound of tires rolling over the road.

Lu Tingzhou glanced at her calm profile in the rearview mirror, the playful smile on his lips faded, and a complex look flashed in his eyes.

The car was driving smoothly, but at a fork in the road it veered off the main road and turned onto a side road with denser trees.

As she watched the road with fewer and fewer vehicles, Lin Xiaoman's heart skipped a beat. She finally snapped out of her thoughts and looked warily at the unfamiliar scenery outside the window.

"Lu Tingzhou,"

Her voice was slightly tense.

"Where are you taking me?"

The moment he finished speaking, his phone rang... It was Xiao Gu.

"Xiaoman, where are you? I'm already at the farm gate."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Xiaoman's face darkened completely. She turned to look at the driver's seat, her voice trembling:

"I'm asking you, where are we going?"

Lu Tingzhou's calm and indifferent voice came from the front seat:

You'll know when you get there.

A chill ran down her spine. Lin Xiaoman's hand unconsciously rubbed the leather seat beneath her, and the next second her fingertips suddenly touched a package hidden in the seat crevice.

She hesitated as she fumbled and pulled it out... it was an unopened, transparent packaging bag.

With the light streaming through the car window, she could see what was inside.

Lin Xiaoman's breathing stopped for a few seconds, and her mind went blank.

Inside the bag were several pieces of purple lace fabric, a realistic tail, and a black silk eye mask... various QQ-related items.

The rumors about Lu Tingzhou suddenly exploded in her ears at that moment:

He was a womanizer, with a constant stream of female companions; he acted without restraint and had little sense of morality; and... there were some more secretive rumors that he seemed to have a particular "favor" for women who had been involved with his older brother...

Lin Xiaoman's fingers suddenly clenched the packaging bag. She suppressed her rapidly beating heart and forced her voice to sound calm:

"Lu Tingzhou,"

She asked, enunciating each word clearly.

"What exactly do you want to do to me?"