Then Tang Tang took a deep breath and said a sentence in an extremely complicated tone.

"Jiang Li, you really know how to pick."

Jiang Li almost choked on the mango.

"Let me explain..."

"Zhou Yanchuan's younger brother? Right?"

I knew what happened at the bar that day; the way that guy looked at you was just wrong.

Wow, Jiang Li, you're amazing!

Tang Tang's voice changed from shock to excitement.

"How old was it again? Nineteen? Jiang Li, are you going for a younger man/older woman relationship?"

"Tang Tang, keep your voice down!"

"Why would I be speaking quietly in my own home! Wait, he's with you? You two are living together???"

Zhou Chiye was laughing so hard his shoulders were shaking.

He moved even closer, almost touching Jiang Li's cheek, his voice gentle and soft.

"Sister Tang Tang, I will take good care of my sister, don't worry."

Tang Tang let out a scream that was hard to decipher.

"Okay, okay, I understand!"

I'll wait until you get back and treat me to dinner; I want to hear the whole thing!

If you dare utter a single word less, I'll break off all ties with you!

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Li collapsed onto the sofa.

"You did it on purpose."

She glared at Zhou Chiye.

Zhou Chiye had a piece of mango in his mouth, his eyebrows and eyes crinkling.

"I was just saying hello to my sister's friend."

"You clearly did it on purpose so she could hear you."

"So what?"

He placed the fruit plate on the coffee table, rested one hand on the back of the sofa, and leaned slightly over to look at her.

Their eyes were bright.

"I wish the whole world knew that my sister was mine."

Jiang Li's heart skipped a beat.

She turned her head away from him, her ear tips pink.

"childish."

"Yeah, childish."

He didn't argue, but instead rested his head on her shoulder and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Nineteen-year-olds are naturally immature."

The sunset over City B outside the window painted half the sky.

There are still some cardboard boxes in the new house that haven't been unpacked, but it already feels like home.

On the evening of the same day.

Thousands of miles away, Zhou Yanchuan's car was parked downstairs in a large apartment building.

He remained seated in the driver's seat, his hands resting on the steering wheel, his fingertips tapping unconsciously a few times.

Xu Qingyu, in the passenger seat, spoke softly.

"Shall we go up?"

Zhou Yanchuan remained silent for a moment, then removed the key.

"Let's go up and take a look."

The elevator reached the third floor, and as soon as the door opened, the familiar entryway came into view.

All the women's shoes that were originally on the shoe cabinet are gone.

In the living room.

The rabbit-ear water glass that Jiang Li used to have on the coffee table is also gone.

Zhou Yanchuan stood in the middle of the living room, looking around.

The master bedroom is cleaner.

The wardrobe was mostly empty; all the women's clothes and dresses were gone.

The dressing table was spotless, not even a single hair clip was left.

The same applies to the guest room.

The blankets were folded neatly, as if no one had ever lived there.

Zhou Yanchuan stood at the door of the guest room, his hand gripping the door frame without moving.

"They've all moved away."

Xu Qingyu's voice came softly from behind.

Zhou Yanchuan didn't turn around.

He knew this day would come.

The one-month deadline hadn't passed yet, but Zhou Chiye was clearly impatient.

Zhou Yanchuan turned and walked towards the living room.

A key was on the coffee table.

There was a note under the key, written in Jiang Li's handwriting.

"Brother Yanchuan, the key is here. Thank you for taking care of me these past six months."

Just this one line.

Polite, courteous, and clean.

It's like a note left with the landlord when moving out.

Zhou Yanchuan sat down on the sofa and loosened his tie.

"Yanchuan."

Xu Qingyu sat down opposite him.

"What are you planning to say to your parents?"

Zhou Yanchuan thought about this problem for a long time.

He had been thinking about it ever since the day the fake certificate was laid out on the coffee table.

"I can't say."

His voice was very soft.

"The company has just gone public, and the stock price is still fluctuating."

You know my dad's personality. If he knew at the same time that the document was fake, that Jiang Li was gone, and that I...

He didn't say the second half of the sentence.

Xu Qingyu pursed his lips and lowered his eyes.

"So what are you going to do?"

Zhou Yanchuan remained silent for nearly half a minute.

Then he took out his phone and opened a page.

"I contacted a private sanatorium in another city."

Xu Qingyu glanced at the screen.

It was a well-regarded high-end sanatorium in a coastal city in southern China.

"My mother has always been in poor health, so I booked an appointment with a specialist there two weeks in advance."

Zhou Yanchuan outlines the project introduction on the famous page.

"Under the pretext of taking care of her health, I asked my dad to accompany her to stay for a while."

Xu Qingyu understood.

Send your parents away to buy some time.

The next morning.

Zhou Yanchuan dialed his home phone.

It was received by Zhou's mother.

"Mom, I asked a friend to help you get an appointment with a cardiovascular specialist."

The environment is particularly nice in the south; you could stay there for a while and take the opportunity to recuperate.

Why waste money like that? I'm perfectly healthy.

As expected, Zhou's mother's first reaction was to refuse.

"Mom, the waiting list started two months ago, and the specialists only see three patients a month."

If you don't go, this money will be wasted.

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone.

Then Zhou's mother's tone softened.

"You kid, you didn't even tell me beforehand... How much is it?"

"Don't worry about the price, let my dad go with you, consider it a vacation."

Zhou's mother laughed on the other end of the phone.

"That's fine, but Yan Chuan..."

"Um?"

Zhou's mother raised her voice.

"You and Lili should live a good life together."

Don't find what Mom told you before annoying.

You've been married for almost a year now, it's time to have a baby.

Zhou Yanchuan gripped the phone frame tightly with his fingers.

The knuckles are turning white little by little.

"...Okay, I understand."

"Your dad also said that he wants to have a grandson before next year."

"Lili is still young; it's better for her health to have a baby sooner."

"Um."

"Okay, I'll talk to your dad about it, and we can leave this weekend."

"it is good."

A year has passed in the blink of an eye.

That year, life was truly wonderful.

In a high-end apartment in City B, the air conditioning was blowing just the right amount of cool air.

Jiang Li sat barefoot on a beanbag chair, munching on a strawberry while flipping through medical information on her tablet.

Ding.

The phone screen lit up; it was a bank notification that money had been deposited into the account.

Two million.

"Honey! This is the third order this month!"

The system, in its cow-cat form, was so excited that it rubbed its paws together on top of the snack cabinet.

"The speed at which this golden retriever makes money is absolutely amazing! We can really relax and enjoy life to the fullest now!"

"Promising."

Jiang Li swallowed the strawberry, her voice sweet and cloying.

"The software modules he's written in the last few months alone have been enough to make Zhou Yanchuan's company a fortune. Isn't it only right that he gets a share of the profits?"

The keypad door beeped.

Zhou Chiye pushed open the door and walked in, carrying a large bag of seafood.

At twenty years old, he was a little taller than a year ago.

With broad shoulders, a black sleeveless sports vest clung tightly to his body, clearly revealing the contours of his slender muscles.

She wore a black sports headband, which pushed all her wild, unruly hair back, revealing her strikingly handsome face.

He had just returned from playing ball, and he was radiating an astonishing amount of heat.

Sweat trickled down his sharp jawline, past his prominent Adam's apple, and then flowed down into the shadows deep within his vest.

With broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs, he looks like a walking hormone-generating machine when he stands in the middle of the living room.

Jiang Li couldn't help but take another look, then immediately looked away as if she were doing something wrong, staring at the anatomical diagrams on the tablet.

Stop pretending to be a genius.

The system's electronic voice mocked mercilessly in my mind.

[You were practically staring at that guy's abs, your eyes were practically glowing green!]

Shut up, I just appreciate the superior texture of human bodies.

Jiang Li frantically tried to justify herself in her mind.

Yes, yes, I'm drooling from admiring it.

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(Here's a solo picture of the little girl)

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