Green Tea? She's Clearly a Hidden Gem!

With Shen Guoguo turning a blind eye, Jiang Linyuan played thief for once and boldly carried off the starry sky projector.

In the end, this didn’t seem to differ much from the book.

But the process was completely different. Minister, this was not your abandonment, it was my snatching.

The great thief gentleman is me, Jiang Linyuan!

After leaving Shen Wanyu’s room, they wandered around and returned to the place where they had stayed on the first night in Yanjing.

“I’m going to shower first.”

After entering the room, Su Muzhi hopped into the bathroom with pattering footsteps, then poked her head out and squinted, smiling:

“Wanna join?”

“Go play somewhere else, Little Chuuni.”

Jiang Linyuan sat on the bed and replied.

Su Muzhi snorted, then shut the door with a click.

Listening to the soft rustle from inside the bathroom, Jiang Linyuan started thinking about the book’s contents again.

There are too many ambiguous hints in the writing.

Xiao Su’s path is relatively clear: two fights, two hospital stays.

The first fight was probably after the conversation with Xiao Yilin, and the second fight happened after watching the stars with the Minister.

Under what circumstances would Xiao Su argue with me?

It’s obvious: I did things on both occasions that made her unhappy, and I confessed both times.

But Xiao Yilin never mentioned anything later, and neither did Haji Yao or Thief Saint.

Thief Saint did mention it in passing—he’s Xiao Su’s attending physician.

Jiang Linyuan felt something was off. If Xiao Su knew that the attending physician was Thief Saint, why would she still see him? Wouldn’t she switch doctors?

Future me isn’t completely useless either; at least this balances things here.

Also, Thief Saint said Xiao Su couldn’t have children, so it’s inferred that Xiao Su’s hospitalization was related to fertility issues.

A miscarriage or something like that?

Xiao Su’s problem is fairly straightforward; the technical appendix is right there, written by Haji Yao, which explains a lot.

Then there’s that minor shareholder at Haile Biotech.

I wouldn’t randomly say I seemed to have met her without reason.

When Jiang Linyuan thought of this, he wanted to curse the Riddle-monger to death!

If he deduce a bit, at that time he was probably approaching fifty. The likeliest way he could have met her would be through knowing her mother.

So who was it?

Haile Biotech— the answer to the problem lies in that company.

Why would a girl have so many shares at eighteen? Did she start from scratch?

She must have inherited them! Who gave them to her? If I knew that person, why wasn’t it mentioned?

And it already reached the stage of acquisition, which means some upheaval must have happened among the company’s decision-makers.

Company turmoil, a newly adult girl holding large equity, and me coming to acquire it.

What a coincidence—too much of a coincidence. It’s as if someone were entrusting me with their charge.

If Haile Biotech exists right now…

“Boyfriend, sit beside me, come over and blow-dry my hair.”

Su Muzhi wrapped in a towel ran out and flopped onto the bed, turning to pat the space beside her, winking at Jiang Linyuan with a smile.

“Are you handless?”

Jiang Linyuan snapped back, dragging his thoughts away.

Spoiled Xiao Su is unbearable!

“Hehe…”

Su Muzhi raised an eyebrow, twisted her body, pounced on Jiang Linyuan, pinned him down on the bed, and sat on top of him.

“Now who’s handless, hmm?”

She pressed her left knee onto Jiang Linyuan’s right hand, locked his left wrist with her right hand, lifted and pushed, forcing his hand down onto the headboard.

Su Muzhi tilted her head so their faces were close, a few damp strands of hair clinging to his cheek.

“Xiao Su, you’re knowingly charging into danger.”

Jiang Linyuan said.

“Hehe, don’t you know the saying—no risk, no reward?”

Su Muzhi rested her mouth against his ear, warm moist breath curling around it.

Sometimes urgent, sometimes lingering, as if deliberately teasing, tugging at his heartbeat little by little.

This Xiao Su is a formidable opponent; I’m actually getting fired up!

Skin against skin, the fabric couldn’t block the heat, nor could it stop the heart’s desire.

“Mm…”

As if sensing something, Su Muzhi suddenly lifted her head, cheeks flushed, wearing a wicked grin:

“Hehe, Little Chuuni boys are so sensitive.”

Then she lowered her body again, kissing Jiang Linyuan’s cheek, his lips, then his neck, moving downward.

“Wait…”

“You’re going to regret this now?”

“Safety…”

“Hehe, once an arrow is loosed, there’s no turning back. Oh dear, you’re not lacking any parts, are you? Ah woo—”

That little regional insult from Xiao Su at this time!

Luckily she’s not from Yuzhou, otherwise the whole room would be filled with that dialect.

“Will it hit? Will it hit?”

“It won’t hit me!”

“It totally hits!”

Wow, Yuzhou dialect is something else.

Thinking that, Jiang Linyuan stopped hesitating, planted his hands on Su Muzhi’s shoulders and gave a light push. Their positions instantly swapped.

He looked down at Su Muzhi; her fair skin flushed a rosy red and looked irresistibly alluring, her mischievous eyes always glistening, her skin delicate and smooth.

Amid sticky little moans, he kissed her.

“Later go shower with me, remember to blow-dry my hair.”

“I will.”

“Also from now on…”

“I will.”

…

After showering and resting a while, Su Muzhi nestled in Jiang Linyuan’s arms like an octopus clinging tightly, her warm body heat radiating over him.

They lay like that close to each other for a time, then Su Muzhi’s face suddenly turned red again:

“Hehe, my charm seems pretty powerful.”

She said this while groping a few times.

“Xiao Su, stop messing around, you’ll be the one who suffers.”

Jiang Linyuan said.

You were just limp a moment ago, your limbs all floppy.

Such a show-off and playful! Pathetic!

“Hehe, who knows?”

Su Muzhi bit his earlobe and whispered:

“I’ll make sure you remember this day forever.”

“Xiao Su, cut it out!”

“Hehe, I will! From now on we’ll do this all the time! When you’re exhausted, I’ll come back for you.”

“Why not cure yourself first?”

Jiang Linyuan said.

“Hehe, a flawed jade is the king, do you know that saying?”

Su Muzhi grinned.

What a chuunibyou remark. Are eunuchs kings because they’re missing something?

Jiang Linyuan thought, then said:

“Then I’ll turn the queen into my beautiful jade.”

“Dream on.”

Su Muzhi said and kissed him again.

“By the way, Xiao Su, what if you get pregnant?”

“Then I’ll give birth.”

“You wouldn’t secretly have the child without telling me and make it not recognize me as the father, would you?”

“How dumb. What’s the point of doing that?”

I also think it’s pointless, but some people think differently.