Сhаpter 20: Тhird Вrоthеr Rеturns
Su Nuannuan told Du Lеrоu about whаt she had disсоvеrеd. Тhе morе Du Lеrоu listеned, the mоre alarmed shе bеcаmе.
“Nuаnnuаn, whу don’t wе саll the pоliсe? Рoisoning somеonе—Su Manjing is just insanе. What if…” Du Lеrou lооked at hеr with concеrn.
“I knоw whаt I’m dоing. My раrеnts rаised her fоr ovеr ten yеars, nevеr realizing thеy were nurturing аn ungrаtеful vipеr.” Su Nuаnnuan sighed.
“You’rе worriеd Аuntie and Unсle might be tоo sоft-hеаrted.”
“Тhat’s pаrt of it. Rourоu, whаt dо you think about me entering this yеаr’s singing competitiоn?” Su Nuаnnuan suddenly hаd аn idea—she couldn’t let Su Manjing have it easy.
“I remember Su Manjing signed up, right?” Du Lerou immediately understood her intention.
“Exactly. She shouldn’t get off so lightly.” A trace of hostility flashed in Su Nuannuan’s dark eyes. Du Lerou reached out and gently wiped it away, bringing Su Nuannuan back to her senses.
“Why didn’t you come to me sooner? It’s so hot out—why are you wearing a turtleneck? Aren’t you boiling?”
Su Nuannuan flushed. Of course she was hot—how could she not be? But Li Beixiao had left quite a few marks on her neck. Thinking of Li Beixiao reminded her of his passion last night. How utterly embarrassing.
“I’ve just been a bit disorganized lately. Alright, alright—you’ve been busy all night. You should get some rest.”
Su Nuannuan looked at the exhausted Du Lerou and sighed. Every family has its own troubles.
Du Lerou was an only child. Both her parents were in poor health, so the burden of supporting the entire family fell on her shoulders.
As her best friend, Su Nuannuan naturally wouldn’t stand by and do nothing. Back when she was still in school, Su Nuannuan had plenty of pocket money. It was only after meeting Du Lerou that she realized some people truly lived in hell.
Du Lerou had a profound impact on her. Su Nuannuan had been quite spoiled growing up, but after getting to know Du Lerou, she gradually changed that habit.
She saved all her money to help her. Du Lerou was determined too—she insisted on writing an IOU and took on three part-time jobs to repay her.
Back then, Du Lerou was only fifteen. No one would hire someone so young. Eventually, Su Nuannuan couldn’t bear to watch and asked her brother to pull some strings.
So many years had passed in the blink of an eye. She really missed those carefree, mischievous days.
She had been staying at Du Lerou’s place these past few days. She explained their friendship to Lin Shuyao, who was aware of it. Combined with Du Lerou’s personality, Lin Shuyao agreed.
Su Nuannuan hadn’t been idle either. She asked her third brother to sign her up for the competition. Su Xu was a film emperor—his word carried weight.
Su Xu had returned these past few days, as his filming location had shifted to City B. He should have come back sooner, but his schedule was packed—he barely had time to come home.
She knew all about Su Xu’s work demands. Checking the address on her phone, Su Nuannuan bought a lot of milk tea. When visiting a set, you had to bring something, right?
When Su Nuannuan arrived, Su Xu was still filming—a romantic scene, no less. Watching the two actors locked in a passionate kiss, Su Nuannuan suddenly thought of Li Beixiao for some reason. She wondered what Li Beixiao was doing right now.
What Su Nuannuan didn’t know was that Liu Tezhu had been having an extremely difficult time these past few days. The CEO was depressed, and Liu Tezhu felt his life was hanging by a thread.
Li Beixiao had initially dreamed of something happy involving Su Nuannuan, but when he woke up and realized his shirt was missing, he knew something was wrong.Assistant Liu was clever enough to cover things up, but he never expected Bo Yunshen to pull a sudden reversal. When Li Beixiao found out about this, he was furious.
It was the first time Assistant Liu had seen Li Beixiao with such murderous intent. Li Beixiao confronted Bo Yunshen for the first time, and it was only when Gu Jinghuai and Lu Chen arrived that the fight was stopped.
“Assistant Liu, find that woman and kill her.” To this day, Assistant Liu still remembers how murderous Li Beixiao was in that moment.
“President Li, there’s been a mistake. The woman arranged for Young Master He that day didn’t show up. This woman was wearing a hat and a mask—we need a little more time,” Assistant Liu said cautiously.
Li Beixiao had hardly slept these past few days. Almost every time he closed his eyes, Su Nuannuan’s aggrieved and accusing gaze would appear.
“Check who checked into the hotel.”
“I’ve already looked into that, President. Here are the records of everyone who checked in. Oh, and President, Miss Su’s younger sister was also at the hotel that day, and she was on the same floor as you. President, do you think it could be…?” Assistant Liu didn’t dare to continue.
Li Beixiao’s expression darkened. If it really was like that, she would never forgive him.
A trace of despair flickered in Li Beixiao’s eyes. His little angel would hate him. “Investigate. Get to the bottom of this.”
While Assistant Liu was running around in chaos, Su Nuannuan was watching Su Xu film, happily enjoying the drama.
“Hey, who are you?”
Everyone was busy with filming, and Su Nuannuan was so pretty that the crew members thought she might be an actress who hadn’t made it big yet.
“Hello, Director. I’m looking for Su Xu.”
The director sized up the young girl. Could she be Su Xu’s girlfriend? But she seemed too young, barely an adult.
“Go get Su Xu. Tell him someone’s looking for him.” Seeing that Su Nuannuan was well-dressed and had a different aura from ordinary girls, the director thought she might be a young lady from some prominent family and didn’t dare to give her a hard time.
Hearing that someone was looking for him, Su Xu came out without removing his makeup. He had just returned to City B and hadn’t even gone home yet. Who could be looking for him at this time?
Before Su Xu could figure it out, he saw a girl rushing into his arms like a cannonball.
Everyone around them gasped. It was well-known that Su Xu had a psychological aversion to physical contact with women. Even when filming kiss scenes with actresses, he would keep a thin film between their lips.
Everyone expected Su Xu to push her away, but he didn’t. Instead, he seemed quite happy.
“Why did you come by yourself? Let me see if you’re okay.” Su Xu spun the girl around, only relaxing once he confirmed she was fine.
“Su Xu, who is this?”
Su Nuannuan looked at the woman. She was the one who had just filmed a scene with her brother, the current popular young actress, Li Shanshan.
“Sister Shanshan, hello. I’m Su Nuannuan. Su Xu is my brother.” Su Nuannuan smiled sweetly.
Li Shanshan was taken aback. At first, she thought Su Nuannuan was Su Xu’s girlfriend, but it turned out she was his precious younger sister.
“Hello, so you’re Su Xu’s sister. You’re so pretty. Come on, let me take you to have some fun.” Su Xu watched their retreating figures and glanced at his own hand. In the blink of an eye, his sister had been whisked away.
“I bought milk tea and coffee for everyone. I’ll go get them.” Su Nuannuan skipped toward the car.Su Xu shook his head, speaking like a child, “Slow down, don’t fall.”
Su Shanshan had heard before that this little princess of the Su family was extremely doted on. If she had such an adorable younger sister, she would dote on her too.
“What are you looking at? That’s my sister.”
Su Shanshan was speechless. This was blatant showing off. Was it really necessary to flaunt having a younger sister from high school all the way until now?
If she went home now and asked her mom to give her a younger sister, would it still be possible?
Fine! He won. She didn’t have a younger sister.