The unattainable beauty was driven to depravity and madness by a wicked seed.

Shi Qianqiu's eyes were cold and devoid of any warmth, his pupils pitch black. His bare upper body was covered with marks and teeth marks, and the veins on the back of his hands were bulging. His fingertips were gripping the bed sheet tightly. His voice was hoarse as he said, "You are guilty of a crime."

Chen Jingmo's throat was sore and hoarse. Having done something bad, he stopped pretending to be innocent. "Oh, go ahead and sue me if you dare. Then all the news will be about the chairman of the prestigious Diedai Bird Company being taken advantage of by a man several years younger than him—"

"Chen Jingmo!" Shi Qianqiu frowned coldly. "This matter is very serious."

Chen Jingmo struggled to turn over, shrinking deeper into the covers from the cold, and scoffed, "What's so serious? I cleaned you up thoroughly and put you in bed, what are you complaining about?"

He didn't feel comfortable.

All I got were a few light kisses at the beginning.

Chen Jingmo pursed his lips, feeling the sting on his mouth, and said, "If you're angry, go outside and be angry. Don't keep me from sleeping."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Shi Qianqiu get out of bed. The footsteps grew closer and closer, and Shi Qianqiu lifted the blanket slightly, revealing Chen Jingmo's face. He could clearly see the anger in Shi Qianqiu's eyes.

How should I describe it?

It feels like they're going to tear the whole house down.

"What are you doing?" Chen Jingmo asked irritably.

"Get dressed, and we'll pretend nothing happened. You can continue with your relationship—"

"Pretend nothing happened...?" Chen Jingmo laughed sarcastically. "If you want to deceive and brainwash yourself, then just pretend nothing happened."

From the moment he spoke until now, Chen Jingmo's tone was as if he felt the fire wasn't big enough, and he kept adding fuel to the fire. His neck was stiff and his expression was more stubborn than anyone else's, as if he wanted to get a slap to cool down Shi Qianqiu's anger.

But Shi Qianqiu just went to the wardrobe to find clothes. When he reached the door, he said, "I won't hold it against you, but don't do this kind of thing again."

Chen Jingmo shook his head. "Impossible."

He listened to the sound of the door closing, poked his aching eyelids with his knuckles, and went back to sleep. He woke up about an hour later, forced himself to change his clothes despite his dizzy head, packed up the hidden camera, the things the delivery guy had brought yesterday, and his phone, and then opened the door to go out.

There was a strong smell of smoke outside. Shi Qianqiu sat on the sofa smoking, his elbows propped on his knees. Smoke rose from the cigarette between his fingers, shrouding his gloomy eyes. He was usually meticulous about his clothes, but today his shirt wasn't fully tucked in and he had buttoned one button wrong. He looked out the window without saying a word.

Chen Jingmo wanted to ask if he should leave now or be taken to school on Monday, but Shi Qianqiu's meaning was already very clear, so there was no need to ask, otherwise he would only be humiliated. Chen Jingmo left with Jiang Xiu's coat, took a taxi home, put his things away, threw the coat in the washing machine, drank a glass of water to moisten his throat, and then took a taxi to the hospital for an IV drip.

Yesterday was a long and complicated day. Shi Qianqiu is usually a bit of a germaphobe, so Chen Jingmo got up and cleaned him up non-stop. He sweated and dried himself off, and unsurprisingly, he had a fever again. It kept coming back and forth, and he didn't know if he would become stupid from the fever. He returned the 100 million yuan that Shi Qianqiu had transferred to him yesterday.

hospital.

The doctor looked at the familiar Chen Jingmo and asked, "Didn't your brother come? Why are you alone today? Your fever isn't serious, so why are you still running a fever? Okay, go upstairs and get your blood drawn for testing—"

"No need, I just didn't dry myself off properly after showering last night and got a bit chilled."

Why the hell are you drawing blood? His arm is covered in hickeys; if you pull it open, everyone will see them.

"You young people just don't take care of your health. You'll regret it when you get old."

Chen Jingmo nodded, looking like he was humbly listening to advice. He lay on the hospital bed receiving an IV drip and took a nap. At noon, he went back and ordered takeout. While waiting for the takeout, he pulled up the surveillance footage, took a few screenshots, and sent them to Shi Qianqiu.

Chen Jingmo: Talk to me about dating, or I'll post it online.

In the living room, Shen Qinghuai was writing his thesis at the table. Lu Sui was lying on the sofa. He turned over to look at him, but then fell asleep. Shen Qinghuai noticed this and went to cover Lu Sui with a blanket. He took off Lu Sui's hair tie and loosely tied his hair into a low ponytail so that Lu Sui wouldn't roll over and put his hair on it. Seeing that Lu Sui was curled up asleep, Shen Qinghuai took the computer and sat down on the carpet next to the sofa.

Lu Sui opened her eyes and saw Shen Qinghuai. Her eyelashes drooped lazily as she glanced at his profile, her gaze falling on the dense experimental data on his screen. Then, she nudged him with her knee and, waiting for him to look over, said in a hoarse voice, "Drink water."

"Okay." Shen Qinghuai put down his computer, grabbed Lu Sui's water glass, fed him through the straw, and put it on the table after he finished drinking. Turning around, he saw Lu Sui staring at him, pinched his cheek, and asked, "Still half asleep?"

"no."

"I forgot to tell you at noon, but I've already found a traditional Chinese medicine nutritionist. He said he'll come tomorrow to take your pulse and check your health."

Lu Sui's expression immediately soured. Shen Qinghuai said, "You promised me you would use food therapy."

"I am in good health."

Shen Qinghuai didn't refute him, but simply said, "Hiring a nutritionist will make your body better."

"I don't want him to examine my body."

Shen Qinghuai said, "I'll be watching from the side."

beep.

The phone rang.

It was Liu Qiushui who made the call.

Shen Qinghuai answered the call.

"Is that Qinghuai? Your mother has fainted."

"Aunt Xu, it's me. When did she faint?"

"It's been about two hours. I took your mom to the hospital, but the doctor said she's been overworked lately and her nutrition isn't quite right. I was thinking you haven't been back for a while, and it's Saturday, why don't you come back and see her? The debt collectors came a few days ago, insisting your mom pay them interest. Your family's debts were already paid off, they're just being unreasonable! If someone hadn't called the police... Hey, your mom's awake, why don't you talk to her—"

"Son, how have you been lately? Don't listen to what your Aunt Xu said, I'm perfectly fine, you don't need to come back to see me, it's too much trouble to take the bus..." Liu Qiushui rambled on.

Shen Qinghuai went to see Lu Sui and saw that he had covered his head with a blanket. He gently pulled it off and turned on the mute function.

"Lu Sui..."

"You want to leave."

"Yes, I want to go back and see her."

"It's none of my business." Lu Sui pushed his wrist away.

"Then... could you come back with me to take a look?"

Lu Sui was alone in the apartment. Smoking and drinking was one thing, but being in a bad mood was another. Shen Qinghuai felt it was more reassuring to have him with her.

"I don't know him."

"It's okay, we'll go back and see my mom. We don't need to have too much contact with other people."

After discussing it with Lu Sui, Shen Qinghuai turned off his phone's silent mode. "Mom, what did you just say? My signal is bad here."

"It's nothing, I just wanted to ask how you're doing at school. Don't overwork yourself. Ayu said you're dating someone. When are you going to bring her back so I can prepare."

Shen Qinghuai glanced at Lu Sui subconsciously, then accidentally hung up. He sent a voice message to Liu Qiushui, saying he would be leaving soon. After a moment of silence, he asked Lu Sui, "Can others know about our relationship?"