The car door closed silently, shutting out all the noise from outside.

When Shen Sui'an sat down, the tips of her shoes barely brushed the edge of the chair, the touch as delicate as a baby's skin.

The dark panel separating the front row slowly rose, enclosing the rear passenger space.

The scent of leather and wood perfume became more pronounced; it wasn't unpleasant, but it made her unconsciously clench her fists.

"Is the temperature comfortable?"

Shen Sui'an glanced at Gu Qingyan, who was dressed in a suit and tie, across from him. He raised his hand and pressed a button to adjust the temperature inside the car to the optimal setting.

Gu Qingyan is a long-standing shareholder of Hongxia, holding the largest stake, but he delegates power to the acting directors and does not interfere in company affairs, focusing instead on technology.

She met him during one of Gu Qingyan's inspection trips. She came to the construction site to find her father, and Shen Peng put his safety helmet on her. She thought it smelled bad and refused to wear it, standing in the sun and stomping her feet at her father.

Shen Peng coaxed her, saying many nice things, and finally managed to appease her. He told his daughter to wait for him there, and then ran off to meet Gu Qingyan with the construction site manager.

Gu Qingyan glanced at the girl from afar. Her face was flushed from the sun, and she was pouting in dissatisfaction, but she was surprisingly obedient and stood quietly waiting for Shen Peng.

Shen Peng was worried that his daughter would get impatient, so he was constantly distracted.

Gu Qingyan decided to end the inspection. He didn't leave in a hurry. He took a walk around the construction site. When he was about to leave, Shen Peng was waiting for the car with his daughter at the entrance.

Gu Qingyan asked the driver to go and invite his daughter into the car so he could give her a ride.

In the sweltering summer heat, with the sun blazing down, Shen Peng couldn't bear to see his daughter exposed to the sun for so long. After thanking the boss, he saw his daughter off to her car.

That was the first time Shen Sui'an had ridden in this car.

The air conditioning was on full blast, and as soon as she sat down, she leaned back comfortably in her seat, gazing curiously at the ceiling. "Is this starry sky ceiling only visible at night?"

Even the entry-level Maybach with starry sky lights costs several million.

Shen Peng isn't rich enough to spend millions on a car; the car he drives is only worth around 50 yuan. He'd rather use that money to save for his daughter and set up a trust.

Therefore, she had only seen Maybachs on the street, but never ridden in one.

Gu Qingyan operated it in the same way. After pressing the buttons in a row, the partition and the sun visor rose up, sealing off the rear seats into an independent space. Then the starry sky on the roof lit up, but since it wasn't nighttime, the lights weren't very obvious.

Shen Sui'an was somewhat disappointed.

Looking at her dimmed eyes, Gu Qingyan said as if possessed, "It will be very good to watch at night."

Shen Sui'an laughed out loud, "That's a pity, it's not nighttime now."

Later, she felt cold, so Gu Qingyan turned up the air conditioning and took out a thin blanket from a hidden compartment for her to put on. When they got to her doorstep, she returned the blanket and thanked him.

Ji Shuhe was waiting downstairs.

Shen Sui'an got out of the car and ran into her mother's arms, acting coquettishly, and asked them when they could go on a trip.

The Maybach behind her stopped for a while before leaving.

Shen Sui'an never imagined she would ride in that car again.

She considered it a one-time ride and would never have any further contact with Gu Qingyan.

Until the accident at the construction site, Shen Peng was hospitalized, and Ji Shuhe was diagnosed with uremia.

Having nowhere else to turn, Shen Sui'an, just like today, came out of the hospital and met Gu Qingyan.

Like Wang Xiuhua today, she seemed to have grasped at a straw and turned to Gu Qingyan for help.

Although he doesn't manage Hongxia, he is the actual controlling shareholder.

Shen Suian asked him to thoroughly investigate the safety accident, prove that the accident was not entirely Shen Peng's responsibility, and to compensate the families of the deceased and the victims who were lucky enough to survive.

Gu Qingyan pulled a handkerchief from his left breast pocket and wiped away her tears, saying he could handle the matter.

The condition is that he must support her financially.

Shen Sui'an looked up in astonishment, staring at him in disbelief. Gu Qingyan was a businessman. After riding in his car back to school that day, she had unintentionally seen the news and learned that he had a fiancée he was about to marry.

He made himself his mistress, his clandestine lover.

Shen Sui'an immediately stopped crying. Without saying a word, she turned and left.

Even now, Shen Sui'an would never become someone else's mistress. "You went so far as to have them cause trouble at the hospital just to get me to agree to your conditions. You're despicable."

On an October afternoon, the sunlight was still quite dazzling.

Gu Qingyan pressed down the sun visor, and the back seat became dark. The person next to him leaned nervously against the car door, staring at him warily.

Gu Qingyan smiled and said, "You misunderstood. I didn't do that."

Shen Sui'an didn't believe it.

Gu Qingyan rarely explained, "These people are not satisfied with the compensation, and they will cause trouble sooner or later."

The incident happened suddenly. Shen Peng fell into a coma. Ji Shuhe had been away from the workplace for too long and only knew how to quell her anger, but forgot to make them sign the agreement.

Perhaps it was because they were afraid of implicating Shen Sui'an that they chose to compromise.

It must be this kind of love that could raise such a clean-looking daughter.

It's so clean that it makes you want to possess it, and also want to destroy it.

"You should have been responsible for these things!" Shen Sui'an said with dissatisfaction. "The company is yours, you are the client, so if something goes wrong, you should take responsibility."

Gu Qingyan smiled faintly, with a hint of disdain in his eyes. "I've relinquished power to Hongxia, so I won't interfere in its internal affairs. Besides, I'm a businessman."

Businessmen make huge profits.

They've always been the dirtiest players; businessmen who can make money often have no conscience.

No wonder Dad said that some people are destined not to make a lot of money, not because they are not good enough, but because they are too conscientious.

The wariness in Shen Sui'an's eyes deepened.

In the dim light, he could almost hear her rapid breathing. Gu Qingyan softened his voice, "Shen Peng's condition has not improved at all, but your mother's condition has worsened. She urgently needs a kidney transplant to have any chance of survival."

With each word he spoke, Shen Sui'an's breath hitched, her nose stung unbearably, and her pupils instantly turned red.

Gu Qingyan was telling the truth.

That's the current situation for my parents.

Gu Qingyan raised his hand, wanting to wipe away her tears, but Shen Sui'an subconsciously leaned back, his hand freezing in mid-air. Gu Qingyan moved his fingers, withdrew his hand, and placed it back on his knee.

He continued, "I will arrange the best medical team in the country for your father, find the best nephrologist for your mother, and spare no expense in finding a kidney for her."

Gu Qingyan's words were all incredibly tempting, but behind every temptation lay a price to pay.

Shen Sui'an knew perfectly well that "the condition is that I become your mistress."

"Isn't it good?"

Gu Qingyan countered, "If you come with me, I can help you solve your current predicament, save your mother's life, and even wake your father up. You can continue your studies and dance, without worrying about your parents' medical expenses or the possibility of them leaving you at any time."

"You remain carefree, just like before, a person nurtured by love."

No, no.

It's not good at all.

Having witnessed her parents' loving relationship, Shen Suian had no desire to become a third party who would destroy someone else's family.

She can't get over this hurdle in her own heart.

A girl like Shen Sui'an, who can be seen through at a glance, is actually very easy to manipulate.

Gu Qingyan coaxed patiently, "Your parents love you and have raised you. Now that their lives are hanging by a thread, don't you want to save them?"

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