CH 12

After this incident, Cheng Su’an became a lot more vigilant when facing He Xiran. The clothes he wore are all very well-behaved, and no button will be unbuttoned no matter how hot it is. When cleaning, he has to focus on He Xiran, and stay away from him. The teenager’s defenses are all written on the surface.

He was wrapped up very tightly, and He Xiran reacted calmly to this. But Su An could clearly feel his eyes trailing on his ankles and wrist bones. His line of sight was so fleeting that it disappeared like a cold wind. 

In the evening, Su An called Cheng Suqing again, but it still did not get through. When he was in a trance, he saw a familiar face on the TV.

Su An was taken aback. It was Special Assistant Chu.

In the news, Special Assistant Chu was handcuffed and walked into the police car under the supervision of a group of policemen. His expression is numb, his eyes are dull, dark, and haggard.

The headline of the news said: “Shen’s group Chu is caught in a murder case. After investigation, Chu is suspected of being the murderer in an accidental casualty case in a villa two months ago. His whereabouts are unknown on that day…” 

Su An read these news headlines word by word, and his face sank. He called Cheng Suqing, but none of them could be connected.

Su An immediately ran to He Xiran’s room and called out anxiously, “He Xiran!”

He Xiran was standing neatly at the floor-to-ceiling window and talking on the phone. He had a cold look on his face, then he looked back at Su An, and he continued: “Go ahead, do as I say.”

Su An shut his mouth and stared at him anxiously.

He Xiran looked at him twice, and whispered, “Hang up.”

“Uncle He,” Su An was anxious, “It was said on TV that the special assistant beside Shen Zhangxiu was suspected to be the murderer in the accidental casualty case of a villa two months ago. Did it mean Ms. He’s accidental death?”

He Xiran nodded silently.

“But,” Su An said, “We all know this is fake.” 

So what are your plans? You’re not just going to watch Shen Zhangxiu find a scapegoat right?

Su An conveyed these words to He Xiran through his expectant eyes, and He Xiran looked back lightly.

Su An bowed his head pitifully, “Uncle…I know you won’t allow Shen Zhangxiu to find a scapegoat just like this and turn over Ms. He’s affairs completely, right?

He Xiran was silent. 

Su An’s eyes reddened suddenly, and he couldn’t believe it, “Uncle!”

He Xiran turned on the television in the room, and the local news was still repeating the news. The camera was aimed at the headquarters of the Shen Group, and the towering skyscraper shone dazzling in the sun.

The photo of Special Assistant Chu was placed on the lower left, then He Xiran asked: “Do you know him?”

“I know,” Su An took a deep breath. “He is my sister’s friend and has helped me and my sister a lot. He is in an accident now. Does it represent my sister…” 

Will something happen to Cheng Suqing?

Is it because Special Assistant Chu’s derailment with Cheng Suqing was exposed, so Special Assistant Chu was retaliated against by Sheng Zhangxiu?

Still, because Cheng Suqing let him go, she angered Shen Zhangxiu.

Su An’s brain was spinning quickly, and from the corner of his eyes, he caught a glance of He Xiran’s pant leg. Or Shen Zhangxiu sensed the danger from He Xiran, and the perceptive businessman used such a method to set off the secret of his ex-wife’s death one step ahead of time. 

After the murderer is confirmed, how else can the case be overturned.

Su An’s fingers on the door frame were almost sinking into the wood, He Xiran walked over and pulled down his hand, and suddenly said, “I do have a plan.”

Su An looked up at him. He Xiran’s pale hands were inserted into his suit pants, and his black eyes were flowing with dark green luster, then he suddenly smiled, “If you want me to save him, just provide me with what I want.”

His eyes, it’s as if they could drag Su An deep into the sea. 

…

What does He Xiran want?

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But Su An is so pure, so how can he say “I’ll sleep with you, so save people” to him. And it’s not Su An’s narcissism, but he is so beautiful and he has such a strong charm. What if He Xiran is infatuated with him? What should he do if he still wants to sleep after sleeping with him once?

Su An touched his face, and walked out of the bathroom while humming a song.

As long as He Xiran is not Chu He, and he will not entangled with him after sleeping, Su An feels that it’s not a loss. But the premise is that he doesn’t want to take the initiative. Based on his personality, he is the pitiful one. Facing a strong man, he is just a helpless male high school student who was desperately seeking help, and this is what makes it appropriate and smooth. 

His mouth was speaking proud and high, but Su An actually dreamed of something unsuitable for children that night. After he woke up, he was sweating profusely, his head was hot, and the fear left over from the dream still lingers in his mind.

Su An was on his plain white pillow, gasping for breath. It was terrible. He dreamed that he was locked in bed by He Xiran and could only take it passively.

Originally, he thought it’s nothing but sleeping, but now, Su An suddenly felt a little scared, and didn’t want to anymore.

He took a moment to calm down and woke up from his dream, before he got up and went out. 

There was no one on the first floor, and Su An was glad that he didn’t see He Xiran here. He put on his peaked cap, and walked to the side of the road with his school bag on his back, then he opened the map for navigation.

Today, he is going to the nursing home where the old nurse was found before.

After two hours of journey, it was already noon when he arrived at the nursing home. Fortunately, Su An was lucky and he succeeded in finding the old nurse, who just finished eating, and was resting.

The old nurse had a kind face, with deep wrinkles drooping on both sides of her mouth and nose. Her white hair mixed with black hair was neatly combed behind her head, and sparsely tied into a ball. 

Su An gave enough money, and the old nurse was intermittently honest: “Ms. He was not like a patient. There were two young nurses who were hired by Ms. He at that time. I don’t think young girls can take care of Ms. He, and only an old nurse with rich experience like me can take good care of her. But to my surprise, Ms. He didn’t like me much, and actually liked the two nurses more.”

“Why is Miss He not like a patient?”

“Ms. He takes medicine regularly everyday,” Then the old nurse exclaimed. “I have never seen such a patient who cooperates with the treatment, she does not cry or creates trouble. She took her medicine actively, and she didn’t need to make people too worried. Who knew that when I temporarily went to get new medication for Ms. He that day, I was just gone for less than an hour when Ms. He suddenly fell ill and died.”

She sighed, “The world is really unpredictable.” 

Su An thoughtfully asked, “New medicine?”

“Mr. Shen and Ms. He are very affectionate, and he will always be the first to search for the latest drugs developed at home and abroad for Ms. He,” Then the old nurse spoke in great detail and gave the names of several drugs. “It should be the effect of these drugs, in the month that I accompanied Ms. He, Ms. He really did not have a single symptom of illness.”

“Then do you have any taboos when you accompany Ms. He?” Su An asked.

“This…” The old nurse was startled, and tried to think back, “I have to think about it, two months ago, I don’t remember it very clearly.” 

Su An gave another red envelope, “Excuse me, please think hard about it.”

The old nurse thought for a long time before saying: “When we were giving medicine to Ms. He, we really couldn’t tell that Ms. He was sick. And because Ms. He didn’t want to let people know that she had a mental illness, she’s very sensitive, so we don’t really mention it, honestly. Oh, that’s right, Ms. He likes music very much. She has her own music room and occasionally goes there to relax, but we are not allowed to follow.”

Su An was silent for a while, then he took out a plastic bag from his bag and poured out two pills, “Can you tell if this is the medicine Ms. He took before?

The old nurse took a closer look, and after a long while, she hesitated: “It looks the same, these types of drugs are similar and can’t be distinguished with the naked eye.” 

“Okay, thank you.” Su An sighed.

…

The results of the drug test haven’t come out yet. Just when he returned to the city center in the afternoon, someone sent him a message. Su An opened it, and it turned out that Cheng Suqing sent it.

——Su An, come back to Shen house, I have something to talk to you about. 

About the matter of Special Assistant Chu?

Su An frowned and replied: Sister, what’s the matter?

The other side took a moment.

——I’ll talk about it when you come back. 

Su An felt heavy and said: I see.

Two hours later, the Shen house.

Su An was led into the house by the smiling Steward Zhao, and Steward Zhao kept talking, “The young master is thinner. The young lady is too ruthless. She really kicked you out when she said to kick you out. After the master got home, he even reprimanded the young lady about this incident. The young lady has been guilty for several days. It is great that you can come back now.”

Su An shook his head, “My sister did it for my own good, She wants me to be independent sooner.”

Steward Zhao obviously disagrees, “You have just grown up, where do you need to be independent immediately? And the master will be your family in the future, you just need to live here comfortably. Even if you live here for the rest of your life, the master will only be happy.”

Su An’s eyebrows jumped and interrupted the topic, “Steward Zhao, I’d better go see my sister first.” 

Shen Zhangxiu was at the company at this point in time, and should still be dealing with the matter of Special Assistant Chu. After knowing that he was not at home, Su An let out a sigh of relief.

Pushing open the door, Su An called out, “Sister?”

Cheng Suqing lay on the bed and was startled when she heard the sound, then she turned her head to look at Su An. He hadn’t seen her for a few days, and she was completely different. Her hair was withered, and her eyes were red and swollen. She looked wretched like a dying patient.

Su An hurried forward. This time he was really frightened. He firmly held the bedside sheet and said, “Sister, how come you have become like this.” 

Cheng Suqing’s bloodshot eyes fixedly looked at Su An, and the watery color reappeared in them. She then closed her eyes heavily, and strenuously raised her hand to grab Su An’s arm, “Why are you back!”

Her tone was mixed with anger and despair, and her fingertips made his arm hurt, “Su An, I finally drove you away, and you are back!”

Su An returning here is tantamount to a sheep entering a wolf’s den, how could Cheng Suqing not be desperate and angry?

Big gasps and tears were rustling, and Su An was almost dragged by the heavy pulling force. Su An’s heart sank to the bottom, “Sister, someone sent me a message with your number, saying that you have something to discuss with me, and I hope I will come back to see you.” 

Su An had previously guessed that there was a problem with the text message, but he has not contacted Cheng Suqing for many days. For fear that Cheng Suqing would be killed like He Feiyu, so even if he knew that there was something wrong, he wanted to confirm Cheng Suqing’s safety.

Cheng Suqing understood what was going almost instantly. After Shen Zhangxiu, that ruthless man, let Chu Lin in jail, and after harming her like this, he still didn’t think it was enough. He still wanted Su An, and he still wanted to satisfy his own selfish desires after doing all those bad things.

Her hands were trembling. No matter how deep her fear was, it all turned into hatred after knowing what Shen Zhangxiu had done. Numbness and despair burned her at this moment. Cheng Suqing’s teeth creaked, and her chest heaved violently.

Su An quickly patted her back to help her breathe smoothly, “Sister take a deep breath.” 

Cheng Suqing tried to control herself. She inhaled and exhaled, and her trembling body gradually returned to calm.

The atmosphere in the room was heavy, and it was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard. After a long time, Cheng Suqing said in a flat tone, “Su An, did you see Shen Zhangshu when you came here?”

“No,” Su An said, “Only Steward Zhao and a few servants are there.”

Cheng Suqing nodded, “Go and open the curtains.” 

Su An did so, and as soon as the heavy curtains were opened, a large golden light could not wait to break into the room, sweeping away the dullness and darkness in the room.

He also looked specifically below the window; a flowery field with fertile soil and lush flowers, with no sign of stone or sharp objects.

Cheng Suqing looked at the sunshine for a long time. The dazzling light caused the tears in her eyes to fall down. She closed her eyes, her lips were very dry, and she felt sticky and painful even when she spoke, “Su An, how are your days after I drove you out?”

Su An poured her a glass of water and sat on the bedside and said silently: “Very good. Sister, I know you did it for my own good.” 

Sheng Suqing pursed her lips, “If you hate me, just say so.”

“Sister,” Su An spoke earnestly, “I really know you did it for my own good.”

Cheng Suqing couldn’t laugh anymore. After a while, she said exhaustedly: “Su An, you should have known about my relationship with Special Assistant Chu last time.”

“He is my first love, since high school. I should have been underage then,” Cheng Suqing murmured, “You also know that the high school in our hometown is a ruined, and there are all kinds of students in it, except for those who don’t really come to school. Chu Lin is different. He is a foreigner from our place, and he is so smart and handsome. Do you know the kind of boys in romance novels? I used to think that was him. When I was busy for a few dollars everyday, people had already decided what kind of college they wanted to go to.” 

Su An was quietly listening.

Cheng Suqing turned to his side, then she curled up in the blanket, “I have been with him for five years, from high school to university, I have been well with him for five years. I thought he was different. He had a future and had a clear plan for his future. Chu Lin used to tell me that he wanted to be his own boss and wanted me to be the boss’s wife. I remember these words clearly…after he was admitted to the university, I took you with difficulty and followed him around the university. You will be locked in the house by me, so you should have never seen him…so women are still too emotional. They can’t have love for anything. Youth should be used to make money. Money is everything. Love is nothing. It’s simply not worth wasting your youth at all.” 

Tears slipped onto the pillow, but there was no crying in Cheng Suqing’s voice, she was calm and quiet, “After five years, I was pregnant. I thought he would be happy, but he only panicked. He was young and was still in school, so he didn’t dare have children. But I didn’t go to school again. I was very upset, and finally felt relieved after I got pregnant. But who knew he was so scared to death and borrowed money everywhere to give me an abortion. Later, when his family learned about his loan, they dragged me by my ears to the gate of Chu Lin’s University, scolded me for everyone to see, saying that I was a vixen who seduced their son, and forced Chu Lin to break up with me in from of a group of alumni watching the excitement.”

“Chu Lin’s face at that time was really ugly. While I have disheveled hair, looking at the little girls around my age. They all dressed so beautifully, with make-up and jewelry. Only me, who was holding my belly in embarrassment and became a joke.” Cheng Suqing bent her back and laughed lowly, “Chu Lin was ashamed, and I was ashamed.  I don’t believe that those little girls will look better than me if they remove their makeup, but at that time, I can’t wait to hide my face, find a hole and drill in.”

Su An felt uncomfortable. He thought of Cheng Suqing’s face  that was forever wearing heavy makeup, “And then.”

“There is no more after,” Cheng Suqing’s tone became cold. “Chu Lin didn’t want to break up, but he still persuaded me to have an abortion. The day before the abortion, I heard him subconsciously vetoed his relationship with me in front of a friend.” 

At that moment Cheng Suqing’s heart was so cold that she had already forgotten what she thought about that night, but she will never forget her mood at that time. The next day she went to the hospital to have an abortion alone, and the blood-colored embryo was deeply imprinted in her memory.

After that, Cheng Suqing changed drastically. She wanted to regain the face she lost before. Jewelry, cosmetics, she wanted all the best. Men, it’s better to get their hands on them than cosmetics and jewelry.

A few years later, Cheng Suqing thought she had forgotten Chu Lin, but when she saw Special Assistant Chu, who looked like an elite next to Shen Zhangxiu again. She was stunned for a long time, and a hatred was born out of thin air.

She made a decision immediately. She wanted to get close to Shen Zhangxiu to take revenge on Chu Lin. She wanted Chu Lin to see her everyday, to see her become so beautiful now, and to see her become his boss’ wife. 

Pain, she wanted Chu Lin to experience the pain of her countless days and nights of despair.