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"Err …"

Autumn Leaf was so frightened that she winced. She just felt that with his distinguished identity and his calm, manly demeanor, he should be a man of only thirty years of age. Why was he so angry?

She looked at him timidly and opened her mouth with difficulty,

"Uncle …"

"Don't let me hear that name again!"

Annoyed, he crawled his hair. Damn it, hearing her call him that suddenly made him feel so old!

Autumn Leaf tugged at her blanket and once again mourned her fragile heart.

"Alright, alright, Zhuang, then …" How old are you this year? "

"Twenty-eight!"

he said snappily.

"Oh, so what's your birthday?"

she asked cautiously, thinking that he was exactly ten years older than she was, and that it wouldn't be too much to call him Uncle, but he was yelling at her like that.

"Today!"

He coldly spat out two words, picked up his clothes and put them on again.

"Ah?" "Today?"

Autumn Leaf blinked.

"Zhuang, even if you're angry at me, you don't have to lie to me like this!"

It couldn't be such a coincidence, he just happened to be asked about his birthday.

"Who lied to you? Are there any random things about birthdays? "

His expression suddenly changed. It was terrifyingly gloomy, as if he was a completely different person from before. She was stunned and couldn't say a word.

"I'm going to work. Today, I've asked for a day off. Have a good rest!"

He glared at her for a moment before putting on his clothes and leaving, leaving her to sit on the bed for some reason. She was truly a moody man. Wasn't it just a question about his birthday?

After he left, she lay in bed all alone, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. Should she give him some kind of present? Sigh! It was all her fault for talking too much just now. If she didn't ask, and didn't know, then that would be the end of it.

But now that she knew, it didn't seem right not to do anything, but what should she give away? He was so rich, so he probably couldn't care less about her gift!

After thinking for a long time, she still couldn't come up with anything. She could only call Shu Can, and just as she picked up the phone, she heard his anxious voice.

"Autumn Leaf, are you alright?"

She had heard about her kidnapping yesterday morning, so she didn't dare call her. Afraid that she was in a bad mood, she headed straight for her apartment.

"It's fine now!"

Autumn Leaf lazily laid on the bed and wrapped herself in a blanket, staring at the warm winter sky outside.

"Oh right, senior, do you have time today?" Will you accompany me to choose a gift? "

"Who's having a birthday?"

Shu Can asked casually.

"Oh, Zhuang Shili!"

She said somewhat embarrassedly. It seemed as if Shu Can was startled for a moment before he continued.

"I've just reached your building, hurry up and come down!"

"Ah?" Are we downstairs? "Then I'll go down immediately!"

She hurriedly got up from the bed, tidied herself up and hurried downstairs.

When they arrived downstairs, they saw Shu Can, in a brown, bright-faced down jacket, an extremely short skirt, and a thick smoky makeup. She was standing next to the trash can, smoking a cigarette.

She frowned, went up to him and happily grabbed her cigarette, threw it into the trash can, and hooked her arm around it.

"Senior sister, the book says that the woman who smokes is getting old!"

Shu Can helplessly rolled his eyes.

"I wish I could be eighty years old now. At that time, I shouldn't have so much to worry about!"

With that, he dragged her out of the district.

The two of them chatted and laughed as they arrived at the entrance to the district. They saw a fiery red sports car drive towards them like a whirlwind, then stop beside them with lightning speed. Before they could react, Autumn Leaf was already in the arms of the person who had just got out of the car.

"Autumn Leaf, are you alright?" I just got back from a business trip and I heard you were kidnapped? "

The person who came hugged her tightly with a nervous expression, as if he wanted to embed her within his body.

"En..." Can you let me go first? "

Autumn Leaf was strangled to the point where she couldn't even breathe, and she embarrassedly tried to push him away. Beside him, Shu Can also hurriedly stepped forward to help.

"Hey, hey, sir, let go of him first if you have something to say!"

"I'm not letting go!"

The person hugged her even more tightly. That's right, the person who came was Duanmu Yi. He had just returned from a business trip abroad and heard from his subordinates that something had happened to her. He rushed over before he could even return home.

He thought that he was really eaten by this woman. He couldn't tell what was good about her and he never gave her any face. He didn't even put her in his eyes.

He tried to keep her out of his sight, to make himself forget her, and that was why he had gone abroad on business, but all his persistence had vanished the moment he heard what had happened to her. Was she an angel sent by God to save him, or a demon?

"Autumn Leaf, leave him!"

He held her in his arms and said,

"Come to my side. When he first gave you that much money, I will pay it back double for you. Come to my side and let me protect you!"

Seeing this, Shu Can couldn't help but silently retreat to the side. Originally, she was filled with disapproval towards this man who carried her in his arms without saying a word. However, after hearing his words, she suddenly became moved.

If there is a man who doesn't mind your past and doesn't care about your future, then he must truly love you.

Autumn Leaf only felt his domineering gentleness slowly flow into her heart like a warm current. She did not push him away, instead calmly leaning into his embrace as she softly said,

"Duanmu Yi, thank you. I'm fine. Don't worry about me!"

This moment allowed her to lean into his arms, feeling the care of her friends. There were many things she could brazenly say to him, but she was not afraid of him laughing at her. For example, the matter between her and Zhuang Zhiqiang was the first male person, excluding Leng Qiu, to know of this matter.

Duanmu Yi gently released her. His black eyes tightly locked onto her little face as he cried out in pain.

"Do you know his identity? Don't you know how dangerous it is to stay by his side? "

It was only until they were face to face that Autumn Leaf realized that his face was covered in dust. She couldn't help but sigh to herself in her heart. Why did everyone never meet the right person?

Lifting her eyes slightly, she said calmly,

"I won't be in any danger because... No one knows about our relationship! "

Duanmu Yi was stupefied. He glanced at her with a complicated expression on his face. No one knew about the relationship between the two of them? Could it be … Is Zhuang Shili protecting her? Now that she thought about it, Zhuang Shili really had never made her public before.

At first, he thought that they were just a relationship between a simple potential customer and a lover. But now, it seemed that she had fallen in love with him, and he was not indifferent.

"I see that you are also very tired. You should go home and rest first!"

She gave him a big smile and pushed him to the red sports car in a daze.

He took hold of her hand.

"Autumn Leaf, if you aren't happy, I'll always open my arms for you!"

"Thank you!"

Autumn Leaf didn't know what to say other than thanks. Only then did Duanmu Yi let go of her hand and got into the car. The red sports car sped off like a wisp of smoke.

Autumn Leaf let out a long sigh of relief. She turned around to look for Shu Can's figure, only to see her striding towards her, then looking at the back of the sportscar, pretending to sigh with disappointment.

"Sigh, what a pity for such a beautiful man!"

Autumn Leaf wrinkled her little face.

"Senior, stop teasing me. I don't even know how I offended this playboy!"

However, Shu Can stopped joking around as he solemnly declared.

"He …" As if she's really in love, Autumn Leaf, the more men like them who look like wind or flowers, the more infatuated they are with her. Once they're in love, perhaps you really will have to do it! "

"No way!"

She lowered her head and muttered in distress. Actually, she could also feel Duanmu Yi's feelings towards her. It was just that she had always been unwilling to admit it.

"Let's go, let's first solve the problem before you say anything else!"

Shu Can walked up to her and carried her to the bus stop.

Only now did Autumn Leaf remember that the biggest worry in front of her was what present she should give him. After much fighting along the way, she finally decided to give him a lighter, because in her mind, it was only a lighter that was inseparable from him. Every time he lit a cigarette in the future, she thought selfishly, he would think of her.

Of course, she could spend the money he gave and buy the most expensive ones, but she didn't want to. She wanted to use the money she saved from her work to buy presents for her.

According to Shu, each Zippo is a collectible work of art, representing male light and heat.

Therefore, she chose a black Zippo lighter. It was an ordinary airframe, without any complicated decorations, only endless black that emitted a chilling aura. It was very similar to the one he gave off.

While paying, she subconsciously stroked the dragon-shaped ring on her finger. Suddenly, she remembered the moment he had helped her put the ring on, under the blue sky of the western country, her chest had suddenly throbbed violently.