Hiss, my head hurts.
The first thing Lu Yunze felt upon waking up was that his head was about to split in two.
Was it because he drank too much?
If only he’d known, he’d have drunk less next time.
Lu Yunze knew full well he couldn’t hold his liquor, but tonight he still got dead drunk, even refusing his friend’s offer to drive him home. Instead, he wrapped himself in the rain-soaked night and went home alone.
The real reason was that someone close to him had passed away today.
When Lu Yunze was a child, he lost his parents in an accident and was adopted by the Luo Family, his father’s old friend’s family. Because he was an outsider, quite a few people in the family disliked him.
At the time, there was an Old Nanny who always cared for Lu Yunze as if he were her own son, which filled him with deep gratitude.
But tonight, that nanny passed away in the hospital.
What was even worse, Lu Yunze missed seeing her one last time.
The loss of someone important, the mockery of others, and the harsh words from his childhood friend—all these led Lu Yunze to indulge himself in drinking.
Now that he was awake, it was time to pay the price for his recklessness.
His headache was so bad he couldn’t open his eyes. Instinctively, Lu Yunze rolled over and pulled the blanket tighter around himself.
The ground was so soft, and someone had even kindly given him an unwanted blanket to sleep with.
Who would’ve thought that sleeping on the streets could actually be enjoyable…
Wait a minute!
Lu Yunze’s eyes snapped open. What he saw wasn’t a street, but the wall of a bedroom.
The window was closed, rain beating relentlessly against the glass, creating a restless, irritating patter.
On the bedside table, a desk lamp cast a faint glow. It couldn’t light up the whole room, making the place seem a bit dim.
Lu Yunze sat up, but the sudden movement made his head hurt even more.
He pressed a hand to his face and instinctively licked his dry lips.
“So thirsty, I really want some water.”
A finger poked him, and Lu Yunze saw a glass of water handed to him. Without thinking, he took it and started drinking.
“Thanks.”
After drinking, Lu Yunze felt a chill. He realized he was shirtless, with no idea where his clothes had gone.
“Your clothes were filthy and soaked, so I took them off for you.”
“Oh, thanks.”
Lu Yunze gave an awkward smile.
“If it’s possible, could I have another glass of water?”
A moment later, a refilled glass was handed to him again.
Lu Yunze thanked her and began gulping down the water.
With enough water to quench his thirst, his brain finally started working again.
Hmm… hmm?! Something’s not right!
Lu Yunze’s heart skipped a beat. How did he end up in a hotel room?
His first reaction was that someone picked him up while he was out cold. In a flash, words like Scam and Shawshank floated through his mind.
After all, there had been a string of nighttime disappearances in Lan City lately, and the culprit still hadn’t been caught!
Smack!
Lu Yunze threw the half-full glass onto the floor and grabbed the arm that had handed him the water. In one move, he flipped the person beside him onto the bed and pinned them down.
“Don’t move. I don’t want to hurt you, but if I find out you did something to me, don’t blame me for being rude…”
When he finally got a good look at the person he’d pinned down, Lu Yunze’s eyes widened.
It wasn’t some perverted old man, but a pretty girl.
Because she’d been suddenly pressed down on the bed, her ash-brown hair was scattered messily across the sheets. Her light purple eyes reflected Lu Yunze’s dazed face.
With her jacket off, she was only wearing a short-sleeved shirt underneath, her well-endowed chest straining against the fabric.
The slightly lifted hem of her shirt revealed a bit of her flat stomach, which was currently pinned by Lu Yunze’s knee.
Her arms, caught and raised above her head, made her look even more like a helpless little bird.
Lu Yunze had seen plenty of pretty girls, but this one… how to put it… ethereal? Blank? He couldn’t quite say.
But her looks definitely hit his sweet spot.
Her name was Jiang Sui, the very person who’d picked Lu Yunze up.
“Uh…”
With her arms forcibly raised and Lu Yunze’s knee pressing into her stomach, Jiang Sui let out a faint moan of pain.
“Who are you? Have we… met somewhere before?”
“……”
“You’re not saying anything? Don’t tell me you’re really doing a honey trap?” Lu Yunze frowned. “Let me make this clear, even if you’re a girl, I won’t go easy on you…”
“Before that, could you let go of me first?”
“Huh?”
Following her gaze downward, Lu Yunze finally noticed where his other hand was.
It was awkwardly placed right on one of her breasts, squeezing it out of shape.
The moment he realized, Lu Yunze’s palm reflexively tightened, making the girl let out a soft gasp, her red lips parting in a seductive breath.
“Ah, sorry!”
Lu Yunze sucked in a breath, quickly jumped off her, and rolled off the bed.
After calming himself and forcing the feel of her chest out of his mind, he turned to face the girl again.
“It’s fine, I don’t blame you. People do all kinds of things when they’re drunk.”
Jiang Sui sat up, a faint smile on her lips.
“And besides, you already did something even more outrageous while you were drunk.”
“Wha—”
Lu Yunze was dumbfounded. He couldn’t believe he’d done something so beastly while drunk, taking away this girl’s innocence.
Just as he was at a loss, Jiang Sui got off the bed, picked up the jacket on the table, and pointed at the stains on it:
“Look, it’s all your vomit.”
She’d kindly carried him to the hotel, only for this guy to throw up all over her halfway there.
“So that’s what you meant.” Lu Yunze nearly had a heart attack from her earlier words.
“What else could it be?”
A trace of feigned disgust flashed in Jiang Sui’s eyes.
“Could it be that Young Master Lu not only wanted to dirty my jacket, but also my body?”
“Wait, you know me? Why are you calling me Young Master?”
Lu Yunze became wary again. Jiang Sui put down the jacket and explained naturally.
“The Luo Family is so famous in Lan City. I doubt anyone doesn’t know you, Young Master Lu, the notorious rumored boyfriend of Miss Luo.”
“So that’s it…”
Lu Yunze scratched his head.
The family that adopted him was well-off and never lacked for food or clothes. They already had a daughter, one of the few members of the Luo Family who cared for him.
But it was the first time he’d been called Young Master by an outsider.
“You helped me, but you’re not hoping to get something out of me, are you?”
“Young Master, you’re so mean. Why can’t it just be that I wanted to help you?”
“…I don’t buy it.”
Even the servants at home never truly respected Lu Yunze. They’d call him Young Master to his face, but secretly looked down on him. Let alone a stranger?
And for some reason, Lu Yunze couldn’t shake the feeling that this girl looked at him like he was prey.
It was getting late, and Lu Yunze didn’t want to waste any more time. He picked up his soaking wet clothes and put them on.
“Young Master is leaving already?”
“Yeah.”
“I just bought some food. Won’t you fill your stomach first?” Jiang Sui lifted the late-night snacks from the table.
“I don’t dare eat other people’s food, and I’m not hungry anyway.”
The moment Lu Yunze finished speaking—
Gurgle~
It sounded like a drum beating.
“Uh, cough cough!”
Lu Yunze turned away, trying to cover up.
Gurgle~!
“Cough cough!”
Lu Yunze was still struggling.
Jiang Sui, like she’d caught a mischievous child, smiled and asked:
“Is Young Master really not eating? If you don’t want the snacks, there’s something else you can eat.”
“What else is there?”
“Eat me, how about it?”
“That’s not funny at all.”
She knew full well he was the rumored boyfriend of the Luo Family’s young lady, yet she still dared to tease him like this. Lu Yunze just couldn’t figure out her way of thinking.
“Young Master, look at this seafood porridge, so much shrimp and crab. And this stir-fried noodles, piled high with meat. All your favorite flavors. If you don’t eat now, it’ll get cold. Isn’t good food meant to be eaten?”
She had a point.
As the saying goes, people need food to live. Skip a meal, and you’ll feel faint.
After throwing up everything from dinner, Lu Yunze was starving.
The aroma of his favorite late-night snacks wafted into his nose, tantalizing his senses and stomach. With Jiang Sui’s persistence, his defenses finally crumbled.
The moment he got his hands on the food, Lu Yunze started wolfing it down. For him, this was a top-tier feast!
“Young Master, slow down or you’ll choke.”
“It’s fine, I won’t… mmph!”
He choked anyway.
Watching Lu Yunze cough and splutter was almost painful to watch. Jiang Sui volunteered once again, going downstairs to buy a drink for him.
“Thanks, but…” Lu Yunze hesitated for a moment. “Why are you being so nice to me?”
Jiang Sui looked at the fleeting glimmer in his clear eyes, her light purple gaze curving with a smile:
“Is Young Master still worried I mean you harm?”
“I don’t even know your name.”
“As for that…”
Jiang Sui poked her chin with her finger, then flashed a mysterious smile.
“No rush. We’ll meet again.”
Ignoring Lu Yunze’s baffled expression, she closed the door. All traces of emotion vanished from her face, as if she’d become a different person.
“I’m being so nice to you, so when the time comes to wipe out the entire Luo Family, don’t forget the favor I did you.”
So we were following the Male led the entire time.