Zhou Chiye glanced at Zhou Yanchuan, then looked back at the coffee.

"I had someone check, and the Third People's Hospital of City B has no record of your registration for that month."

Zhou Chiye took a big gulp of his iced Americano.

He slowly put down the glass, raised his eyelids to look at Zhou Yanchuan, his expression completely unwavering.

He leaned back lazily in his chair, his eyes full of indifferent amusement.

"You've done a pretty thorough investigation, bro."

He bit into the ice cube in his mouth, making a crunching sound.

Zhou Yanchuan breathed heavily, suddenly stood up, placed his hands on the table, and stared down at his younger brother opposite him.

"What are you doing? Do your parents really think you can't do it... Do you know how upset they are?"

"You'd even tell a lie like this to avoid being pressured to get married?"

Zhou Chiye raised his head, his dark eyes lowered, and his nonchalant smile disappeared.

"elder brother."

His voice was extremely calm, so calm that it sent chills down one's spine.

"You used a fake certificate to deceive my sister for half a year."

Make her willingly stay in that house to be your shield and to deal with your parents for you.

Zhou Chiye leaned forward, resting his arm on the edge of the table.

"And I used a fake medical report to marry her openly and legitimately."

He stared intently into Zhou Yanchuan's panicked eyes, his tone laced with mockery.

"Between the two of us, who do you think went too far?"

Zhou Yanchuan's face turned white inch by inch.

He opened his mouth, his Adam's apple bobbed twice, but no sound came out.

Using fake documents to commit marriage fraud.

This is a stain that Zhou Yanchuan can never wash away in his lifetime.

What right does he have to criticize Zhou Chiye?

The air seemed to freeze for several seconds.

Zhou Chiye stood up, picked up his backpack and slung it over his shoulder.

He walked to the exit of the booth, then suddenly stopped and turned to look at Zhou Yanchuan.

"Brother, you can expose me anytime you want."

Zhou Yanchuan suddenly looked up.

Zhou Chiye laughed wildly and maliciously, revealing his white teeth.

"But the day you exposed me, I told my parents about you and Xu Qingyu."

The company's Series B funding round just started, and with all this public discussion, I should have a good idea how much the stock price will drop.

Zhou Yanchuan slumped back into his chair.

After a long while, he closed his eyes, his voice filled with despair as if all his strength had been drained.

"You've changed, Ono. You never used to scheme against people like this."

Zhou Chiye did not stop walking, but his voice came back clearly, even with a hint of laughter.

"Nothing has changed; I'm just protecting my loved one."

He turned around, the youthful arrogance in his eyes completely gone, replaced by the calm and sharpness of an adult male defending his territory.

"Didn't you do the same thing back then?"

The glass door closed behind us.

Zhou Yanchuan was the only one left in the coffee shop.

He sat there, motionless for a very long time.

Luxury apartments in City B.

The combination lock beeped a few times, and the door was pushed open.

Jiang Li was sitting cross-legged on the living room carpet, gnawing on a roasted pig's trotter while watching a comedy variety show on TV, laughing so hard she was doubled over.

[Tongzi, this male lead is hilarious! He sucked noodles up his nostril!]

[Honey! Stop watching variety shows! Your little wolf dog is back!]

Before Jiang Li could turn her head, a wave of heat from the summer sun mixed with a strong minty scent rushed towards her.

Zhou Chiye walked directly in front of her, his tall figure crouching down, like a mountain looming over her.

He had changed into a black sleeveless sports vest, revealing large swathes of his healthy tanned skin.

Sweat glistened on his collarbone under the light, disappearing into the depths of his neckline along the clearly defined cleavage of his pectoral muscles.

The roasted pig's trotter in Jiang Li's hand fell directly back into the bowl.

That figure.

These lines.

Even after watching it a hundred times, it will still make your mouth water.

"Is your sister stunned?"

Zhou Chiye leaned closer, his chin resting expertly on her fleshy knees.

He had just come back from outside, and his body temperature was burning hot.

The thin clothes couldn't hide the burning heat of his skin at all.

Jiang Li swallowed and used the back of her clean hand to push his forehead:

"Go take a shower, you smell sweaty."

"No washing."

Zhou Chiye took advantage of the situation, opening his arms wide and wrapping them around her slender waist, burying his face in her lower abdomen and rubbing it against her.

"Sister, let me hug you for a while."

Jiang Li felt itchy from his rubbing.

With each movement of that furry head, the muscles on her side softened a little more.

"What did your brother want to see you about today?"

Jiang Li pinched his ear and pulled it upwards.

Zhou Chiye tilted his head back following her pull.

His dark, dog-like eyes stared intently at her.

The beauty mark under her right eye looked innocent and pitiful under the incandescent light.

"My brother checked my medical report and found out it was fake."

He spoke in a very low voice, with a tone of grievance.

Jiang Li's heart skipped a beat; the laughter on the TV became nothing more than background noise.

[Damn it, is Zhou Yanchuan going to betray his own family for the greater good?]

"Don't worry, honey. Look at how calm and collected this kid is; he's definitely going to turn the tables."

The system was eating sunflower seeds and making sarcastic remarks in its mind's eye.

"and then?"

Jiang Li cooperated by showing a worried expression and gently stroking his short hair with her hand.

Zhou Chiye, like a large dog that had just gotten a bone, squinted his eyes comfortably.

"I told him that if he exposed me, I would tell my parents about his affair with Xu Qingyu, and cause his company's stock price to plummet."

He paused for a moment, and a thin layer of tears welled up in his eyes.

"Sister, I dare not tell anyone."

That fiercely handsome face was now filled with unease.

He tightened his arms around her waist.

"But, don't you think I'm a bad person?"

He pressed his cheek against her warm palm, like a child afraid of being abandoned.

"I even schemed against my own brother, and I lied to my own parents. I'm utterly wicked."

Jiang Li stared at him intently.

Look at this wolf in sheep's clothing.

He showed her his worst cards by displaying his most vulnerable side.

If she wasn't bad, how could he have snatched her away from Zhou Yanchuan?

Jiang Li sighed.

She stretched out her slender white fingers, gently stroking his high brow bone with her fingertips, sliding down to the red beauty mark at the corner of his eye.

"You are bad."

Her voice was as soft as a ball of cotton.

Zhou Chiye tightened his arms around her waist, even the muscles in his back tensed up.

Jiang Li bent down.

Her rosy, full lips pressed against his forehead, leaving a moist kiss.

"But you're bad for me, and I like that."

She pressed her face against his skin and uttered those words.

Zhou Chiye's mind snapped.

Extreme desire and possessiveness broke through all the shackles of reason.

He stood up and scooped Jiang Li up from the carpet.

In a dizzying moment, Jiang Li was pressed heavily onto the large, soft sofa.

Its tall body pressed down on him perfectly.

"Zhou Chiye, what are you doing!"

Jiang Li frantically pushed against his chest.

But she couldn't push it at all.

The young man's muscles were as hard as stone.

"Collecting interest."

He lowered his head, his strong arms encircling her tightly against his chest.

Thin lips, burning hot, pressed down heavily.

The strong scent of mint forcefully invaded her breath.

This kiss was more urgent than ever before, revealing a wild desire to devour her whole.

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