Sweetie, don't look at him, kiss me.

Su Tingwan was stunned for a moment, and her face turned deathly pale instantly.

The car fell into a deathly silence.

Lin Qingmian sat quietly in the corner, watching the commotion out of the corner of her eye.

She glanced at Ji Linzhou in the front row, whose face was gradually turning red, in the rearview mirror, and then at Su Tingwan's clenched knuckles, which were turning white, beside her.

Looks like they had a fight and haven't made up yet?

It's not surprising that Ji Linzhou asked her for his location before.

Soon, the car arrived at the Rongcheng Xinghan Hotel.

Bai Cheng turned off the car: "Miss Su, we've arrived."

Su Tingwan did not rush to get out of the car.

She glanced down at her phone screen; the top message was from a number saved as "Aunt Ji"—

[He laced his drink with a potent drug; seize the opportunity tonight.]

After locking the screen, she glanced at the man in front of her, who was radiating heat, and said gently, "Lin Zhou, can you take me upstairs?"

The man in the passenger seat leaned back with his eyes closed, his voice slightly hoarse, but his refusal was crisp and decisive: "It's very safe inside the hotel."

Su Tingwan's fingers unconsciously tightened around the bag strap in her hand, her voice tinged with a hint of grievance: "We haven't seen each other in so long."

As she spoke, she glanced meaningfully at Lin Qingmian in the back seat: "We haven't had a proper private conversation since we met today..."

Su Tingwan only glanced at him briefly, but that look made Lin Qingmian very uncomfortable.

It was as if she were the ungrateful third wheel, breaking up the couple.

"Linzhou".

Seeing that Ji Linzhou still showed no intention of getting out of the car, Su Tingwan's eyes reddened: "Is it really that difficult for you just to take me back to my room?"

"I really..."

"Baicheng".

This time, before Su Tingwan could finish speaking, Ji Linzhou frowned and interrupted her.

The medication seemed to be working, as the hoarseness in his voice became more pronounced: "Take Miss Su upstairs for me."

Su Tingwan's face turned pale, and her knuckles, gripping the bag strap tightly, began to turn white: "I don't want him."

The surrounding air instantly became still.

Driven by curiosity, Bai Cheng, who was in the driver's seat, glanced at Lin Qingmian in the back seat through the rearview mirror.

She was casually scrolling through short videos on silent mode.

It was as if the fact that another woman invited her legal husband upstairs had nothing to do with her.

After a few seconds of tense silence, Su Tingwan finally lowered her gaze.

She understands Ji Linzhou.

This man possessed an innate stubbornness etched into his bones, like a piece of steel that had been tempered, both cold and hard.

Over the years, even his closest friends and family have rarely been able to change his mind.

The determination hidden in his eyes could not be shaken by a few light words from her.

If she continues to pester him now, besides making him dislike her, it might also expose that she was involved in the drugging incident tonight.

Can……

She looked up and her gaze fell on Lin Qingmian in the back seat.

Although this woman seemed harmless and was one of Ji Xingye's people, she was, after all, a woman.

Ji Linzhou has been drugged, what if...

Thinking of this, she paused for a moment, then raised her voice: "Miss Lin, please take me upstairs."

At this moment, Lin Qingmian is liking the picture of the slender, handsome guy sent by Jiang Yao.

The sudden sound startled her.

The finger that was clicking "like" accidentally swiped and tapped the unmute button.

Inside the car, suggestive background music and a young man's pleading voice instantly filled the air: "Tonight, I just want to be my sister's dog..."

The air seemed to be sucked out in an instant.

Lin Qingmian quickly silenced her phone again, then awkwardly looked up: "Miss Su, did you call me?"

Su Tingwan covered her mouth and laughed: "So Miss Lin likes this kind of thing."

As she spoke, she subconsciously glanced at Ji Linzhou out of the corner of her eye.

The man's brows furrowed tightly, and a chill silently spread from him, like a sudden gust of cold wind in winter.

It's clear that he's very dissatisfied with Lin Qingmian's behavior.

Su Tingwan raised an eyebrow slightly.

It seems her worries were unnecessary.

He could never be interested in a shallow woman who enjoys watching those low-brow videos.

But his current physical condition is rather special...

She looked at Lin Qingmian again and smiled, "Take me upstairs, I have something I want to tell you."

Lin Qingmian paused for a moment, then put away her phone: "Okay."

Su Tingwan first pestered Ji Linzhou to escort her upstairs, and when he refused, she pulled her back inside...

She was also a little curious about what she was really up to.

"Miss Lin."

After getting out of the car, she had just walked to Su Tingwan's side when Bai Cheng, who was in the driver's seat, called out to her.

Lin Qingmian stopped in her tracks and turned to look in the direction of the sound.

From her angle, she could just see Ji Linzhou's sharp and smooth profile.

He seemed a little unwell; his eyes were red at the corners, and his breathing was slightly more rapid than usual.

"Our husband is not feeling well and I'm afraid he can't wait for you for much longer."

Bai Cheng paused for a moment, then said in a businesslike tone, "I'll give you ten minutes. If you can't get back in time, you'll have to go home on your own."

Lin Qingmian pouted and said, "Okay."

Needless to say, these words were definitely spoken at Ji Linzhou's instruction to Bai Cheng.

Why are you in such a hurry to set a time limit for her? Are you afraid that she will say something she shouldn't in front of Su Tingwan, or are you afraid that Su Tingwan will talk to her about their sweet past?

After hearing Bai Cheng's words, Su Tingwan's lips unconsciously curled up again.

Although Ji Linzhou was cold to her, he showed no mercy to other women either.

He didn't even bother to say a word to Lin Qingmian.

Her previous worries were indeed unnecessary.

"Sleep."

Concealing her inner smugness, Su Tingwan gently took Lin Qingmian's arm: "Let's go, there's an elevator, it'll only take a few minutes to get me up, it won't delay us."

Coming to her senses, Lin Qingmian nodded and followed her into the hotel.

From the driver's seat, Bai Cheng watched the two women walk away hand in hand, feeling inexplicably uneasy.

After a long while, when the two figures had completely disappeared and he looked away, he realized that Ji Linzhou's condition was a bit off.

The man's face flushed an unnatural red, and his breathing became noticeably faster and heavier.

He could even feel the heat emanating from the man's body.

"gentlemen."

Bai Cheng immediately tensed up: "Are you feeling unwell?"

"fine."

The man in the passenger seat calmly unbuckled his seatbelt, got out of the car, walked around to the back seat, opened the door, and sat down: "I was just drugged."

"Is it...the old lady?"

Thinking that tonight was the welcome banquet that the old lady was hosting for Su Tingwan, Bai Cheng frowned.

Ji Linzhou ignored him and leaned back in his seat with his eyes closed.

The night breeze seeped in through the half-open car window, finally making him feel a little more comfortable.

Suddenly remembering something, Bai Cheng frowned and said, "Then... Miss Su insisted that you take her upstairs just now, could it be that...?"

Ji Linzhou scoffed coldly: "What do you think?"

Bai Cheng paused for a moment, then suddenly realized, "So, sir, you just gestured for me to remind your wife to be mindful of the time because you wanted to get to the hospital quickly, right?"

"I need to contact the doctor now to prepare..."

"I'm not going to the hospital."

The man in the back seat interrupted him, glancing up at the direction Lin Qingmian had left, his eyes narrowing slightly.

She asked for her opinion before she made him drink that glass of wine.