It was true that Su Jianan did fall asleep, but it was just a light one. It was not long before she felt that the car had stopped. She also opened her eyes. As expected, she was home. Uncle Xu was holding a pair of shoes and waited outside the car door.
She pushed the car door open. Uncle Xu laid down the pair of shoes and said, "Young Madam, are you alright? Oh, yes, Mr. Su is here."
"My brother!?" Su Jianan smiled brightly out of surprise, "of course I am fine!" She put on her shoes and ran into the room, without paying any attention to Lu Boyan who was behind her.
Uncle Xu sighed sadly, "Young Master, it seems that when it comes to impact on Young Madam, you cannot beat Mr. Su."
Lu Boyan got down from the car with a sullen look. By contrast, Su Jianan was much happier.
"Brother!" As soon as Su Jianan saw Su Yicheng, she just ran at him and bumped into Su Yicheng's arms all of a sudden. "How could you come."
"Mr. Pang called and informed me that you had been abducted, how could I not come?" Looking Su Jianan up and down carefully, Su Yicheng inquired, "Were you hurt? What had Shao Mingzhong and his brother done to you?"
"Don't worry, I am fine!" Su Jianan took a turn for Su Yicheng to look at. "Shao Mingzhong and his brother are actually tigers made of paper!"
Su Yicheng smiled and shook his head. "What did you do to them?"
"Just getting them tied up..." Su Jianan said with much regret. "It was inconvenient for me to beat them a good ass while wearing a dress."
"As for beating people, I will be of your service. You don't need to do it by yourself," Su Yicheng said while stroking his sister's hair. "It is late, now you go upstairs to take a shower and go to bed early."
Having been obedient and always did what Su Yicheng'd told her, Su Jianan went upstairs tamely. Su Yicheng watched her figure disappearing around the corner of the stairs. The tenderness on his face was frozen inch by inch and turned into bone-poking coldness.
At that right moment, Lu Boyan walked in from outside. Su Yicheng said, "Boyan, let's talk."
These two men were both sweetheart dream lovers of numerous women in A City. They matched each other as for their appearance and ability. There also existed so many similarities when it came to their respective means of handling things. Having already guessed out what Su Yicheng was going to say, Lu Boyan responded in advance, "It was an accident this time. There would be no next time, I promise."
Lu Boyan never made a promise easily, but once he did, it would be one as good as gold. Knowing his style well, Su Yicheng smiled and said, "I will trust you for one more time. Moreover, regarding tomorrow's news, I would not like to see any new coverage which would be against Jianan, neither do you. Am I right?"
"You don't need to imply." Lu Boyan answered. "I know what to do." His eyes were as sharp as those of hawks.
Su Yicheng smiled contently, "It is late. I will not bother you. See you then."
Of course, Lu Boyan would not escort Su Yicheng off out of courtesy. Instead, he directly went upstairs, entered the study room which was adjacent to the room and called through Shen Yuechuan's phone.
"A great hell of fuss had been made and the whole thing had been fully disclosed. I already received phone calls from so many media." Shen Yuechuan asked, "What should we say."
Lu Boyan simply illustrated him the solutions. Then Shen Yuechuan knew that in any case should he protect Su Jianan specifically.
"No worries, I will handle it well." Shen Yuechuan continued after some pause, "Oh, I forgot something, Ruoxi... seemed to be looking for you and it sounded very urgent. Would you like to call her back?"
Speaking of Han Ruoxi, another issue came into Lu Boyan's mind, "It was strange of Shao Mingren to abduct Su Jianan and Ruoxi at the same time. You check it out."
"Yes!" It was until this time that Shen Yuechuan was suddenly enlightened. "Though the news of your getting married was spread over, only those people who attended tonight's banquet party knew that it was Jianan whom you got married to, isn't it? No way could Shao Mingzhong and his brother knew that so quickly. So you mean... someone had arranged for them to do so? Who would it be? Han Ruoxi?"
"It was unlikely to be her." Lu Boyan said, "Check up on Chen Xuanxuan."
Shen Yuechuan nodded over the phone and agreed, "Based on Chen Xuanxuan's intelligence level, it was highly possible that she would be that one. Maybe neither did Han Ruoxi know about this. Let me handle it. For this kind of small case, You will get my answer tomorrow morning."
Quickly, Shen Yuechuan got the answer out from Shao Mingzhong within less than one night's time. Abducting Su Jianan, Han Ruoxi together and forcing Lu Boyan to make choices was exactly the idea Chen Xuanxuan worked out for them.
Chen Xuanxuan personally thought that this idea was amazing!
"Not only could this make Su Jianan realize that to be Mrs. Lu was no easy thing, but also let her see the facts straight that you were the most important one in Lu Boyan's heart!" Chen Xuanxuan said while holding Han Ruoxi's hands cheerfully, "For tomorrow's headline, it must be "Lu Boyan abandoned his sweet wife to protect Han Ruoxi. True love was tested out at a critical time!"
"Xuanxuan, you thought too lightly of Su Jianan," Han Ruoxi said. "Moreover, you forgot the fact that she had a brother whose ability was no worse than that of Lu Boyan. When it came to tomorrow's headline, which press office and magazine could have the courage to embarrass her?"
Upon thinking, Chen Xuanxuan agreed with Han Ruoxi. "But we also did not suffer any loss. At that moment, you were Lu Boyan's choice! This had fully proved that to Lu Boyan, you were far more important than Su Jianan. You should be happy about it!"
Han Ruoxi just smiled faintly.
Other people might not notice at that time, but she saw Su Jianan's hands moving and it was obvious that Lu Boyan had also noticed her motion. It reminded her of the fact that Su Jianan worked in the police bureau. Consequently, it was not that hard for her to figure out that the motion Su Jianan had done were actually signals and code words.
Lu Boyan chose her instead at a critical moment, and it was just an outward presentation to deceive other people.
If she was really that important, why didn't Lu Boyan stay and accompany her? He did not even pay her any glance before he pursued after Su Jianan. Why till now didn't he ask her whether she was still afraid or not?
Lu Boyan protected her and instead he came to Su Jianan's rescue regardless of danger.
Then who was the more important one?
"Oh, my, you are still waiting for Lu Boyan's call!" Chen Xuanxuan pushed against Han Ruoxi. "You had been waiting ever since you fell for him. You had been waiting for him to pay attention to you, to make you famous, to love you back and to be in confession to you. You have seen the fore wishes come into reality. How about the left back ones? He married someone else! My own opinion would be that you should be more initiative and lay down your queen-style. And it should start with you making him a personal call on your own."
Chen Xuanxuan forcibly pressed the mobile into Han Ruoxi's hands.
Han Ruoxi admitted that it was true that her own self-esteem was doing mischief before. She thought that she was the only person in the world that could be worthy of Lu Boyan. So she never took the initiative. She was just creating gossips about affairs between her and Lu Boyan, which was to purposely make the whole world think that they were a perfect couple and then other women would step backward wisely.
But it never occurred to her that there was a woman called Su Jianan in the world who had become the wife of Lu Boyan quietly.
Now she felt a bit afraid. She was willing to take the initiative to call Lu Boyan...
Lu Boyan's residence. Su Jianan had tried over ten different sleep postures and had made over ten attempts at summoning any somnolence she thought she had in her, but still, sleep eluded her. Usually, she would fall asleep the moment she hit the sack. But tonight, thoughts of Lu Boyan's bridal carry preoccupied her mind. The way his strong hands felt when they were pressed against her skin, his body heat, the warmth of his firm pectorals, the sharp contours of his handsome face... Oh, it was as if she was back in his arms again, reliving the same experience, seeing and feeling everything clearly. Her pulse began to race... "Hey, you'd left Lu Boyan's embrace ages ago, okay! Just stop this! Argh!" she thought. Usually, Su Jianan had better self-control than that. But this time, stopping herself really did seem like a lost cause, so she got out of bed and left her bedroom. She needed a drink to calm herself! Su Jianan noticed
On the way to Orchid Gardens, Su Jianan was bubbling with excitement. "Lu Boyan, you must feel very happy to have a mother like Auntie Tang." That was one thing about Lu Boyan that she was most envious of. From the moment they got married until now, Su Jianan had kept addressing Tang Yulan as 'auntie' like she used to. But in truth, Tang Yulan was waiting for Su Jianan to start using a different honorific. Lu Boyan frowned. "Su Jianan, we're already married. My mother is your mother too," he reminded. To Su Jianan, who had lost her mother at the age of fifteen, maternal love was something extremely precious? Lu Boyan's words... was he expressing his willingness to share his mother's love with her? "Aww, Lu Boyan. I'm surprisingly touched by your words... Even if it's just for two years, I'll treat Auntie Tang like my own mother!" said Su Jianan sincerely. "Thank you!" "...&quo
As yet, Su Jianan and Lu Boyan had not even consummated their marriage. In fact, they had already agreed to a divorce, which would happen in two years' time. How on earth were they supposed to have kids? Also, this topic was... it was practically a test for how thick-faced she was! Su Jianan's face turned as red as a poppy and she suddenly grew fidgety. She did not have the courage to look at Tang Yulan and Lu Boyan. Lu Boyan admired Su Jianan's facial expressions with interest. "Wasn't she the one who'd demanded me to take my clothes off the night before we got married? Why is she blushing now?" he thought. But he could not deny that she looked more like a shy teenager when she was blushing. There was a flicker in her eyes, one that made her look like a deer caught in the headlights. It made him feel that... that he would be facing a total injustice if he did not at least try to tease her. He pulled Su Jianan into his arms affecti
Su Jianan was staring Lu Boyan and letting her imagination run wild, when Lu Boyan suddenly opened his eyes. Amid the night-time ambience, that danger and coldness in his long, narrow eyes were far more intense than they usually seemed. Startled, Su Jianan took a deep breath. Lu Boyan sneered. "If I'd intended to do something to you, do you think you'd still be standing over there?" "Then... then where would I be?" Su Jianan asked blankly. "The bed, of course." Lu Boyan's lips curved upwards, forming an evil grin. Another sound went off in her head. Something had exploded in her skull, causing Su Jianan's mind to go completely blank. Not because of what Lu Boyan had said, but because... because he knew exactly what she was afraid of! That was just pure evil... "Pass me the throw pillows on the couch," Lu Boyan said all of a sudden. "Oh." Obediently, Su Jianan did
The doxxing threat was no longer a cause for concern, so the following day, Su Jianan went to work as usual. What Su Jianan did not know was that Su Yuanyuan's hatred for her had reached its breaking point. When Su Jianan and Lu Boyan visited during their post-nuptial homecoming, Su Yuanyuan had intended to use her leg injury as an excuse to get closer to Lu Boyan. But what ended up happening was beyond her expectations. Instead of catching Lu Boyan's attention, she got sent to the hospital by Su Jianan. It was like trying to steal a chicken using rice as bait, but ended up having the bait stolen instead. Ever since that day, Su Yuanyuan had been plotting her revenge. Now, her opportunity had finally come. Countless of Han Ruoxi's retarded fans on the internet were looking for Su Jianan. So if she leaked Su Jianan's personal details onto the internet, it would eliminate the need for her to execute her revenge with her own two hands. There would be hordes
It was not until a while later that Su Jianan dropped off the phone. She drifted into the kitchen confusedly and took the food materials which would be utilized out from the refrigerator. Rolling her sleeves up, she began to deal with these food materials. Uncle Xu told Lu Boyan that Su Jianan was in the kitchen. He walked to the door of the kitchen questioningly and saw Su Jianan processing a chub. “Bang"! Beating the chub to faintness nimbly, she cleared off the scales carefully, cut open the side face and took out the visceral. Via a few cuts, she separated the head and the tail, also the fish bones and the fish flesh successfully. The entire set of motion was natural and spontaneous. It was possible that the fish-mongers in the market could not beat her when it came to the nimbleness. After that, she cut the fish flesh into the thin fillet, putting the left head, tail and fishbone into a small clean bowl for backup. From beginning to end, her sma
It was until she received Captain Yan's hint that Su Jianan then glanced backward—to her surprise, it was really Lu Boyan! How could he end up here! Su Jianan was so shocked that she almost fell from the chair. Jiang Shaokai subconsciously intended to hold Su Jianan up. But Lu Boyan reached his hands out faster than Jiang Shaokai did. With pampering smile on his dashing eyes, he held her up affectionately and said, "Are you so happy to see me here?" Su Jianan smiled drily and replied. "Why are you here?" "I am here to discuss business." Lu Boyan lowered his voice and whispered in her ears, "You come to the private room with me." His breath was lukewarm. His charming voice was pretty low and soft. His thin lip touched Su Jianan's auricle intentionally or unintentionally and it tickled Su Jianan's ears a bit. The itching was spread from her ears to her heart. For just one instant, she felt herself fallin
Lu Boyan reached the passenger's side of his car and opened the door. Su Jianan got in obediently. After settling herself into the passenger seat, Su Jianan took out a black card and handed it to Lu Boyan the moment he was in the car. "Here." Lu Boyan frowned. "The card doesn't work?" "You gave me the wrong card," Su Jianan said earnestly. "My salary for two years is 480, 000 in total. But you gave me a credit card. What, you want me to use up exactly 480, 000 worth of credits and then return the card to you? But that's going to be a real pain. How am I supposed to keep track of the amount I spend every time I use it..." The crease on Lu Boyan's brow deepened. "You only want two years' worth of salary?" He seemed to recall that yesterday Su Jianan had mentioned something about taking her responsibilities seriously for the next two years. Why only two years? "That was what you said, wasn'