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70 - What she wants is love

As the unfamiliar presence drew closer, Su Qiao An was so shocked that he almost jumped up from the stone block. She leaned his body backwards uncomfortably, and his neck shrunk as he dodged Mo Yunlang's attack.

He pulled back his body and raised his hand. In his hand was a piece of fallen leaf, "Don't misunderstand, I don't have any ill intentions towards you, I was only helping you to hold the fallen leaf on your head."

Su Qiao An's face fell as he awkwardly said, "You can just tell me directly …."

"You don't seem to like dealing with the opposite sex. If it wasn't for the fact that I've seen you many times, I would have misunderstood that you really hate me." Mo Yunlang laughed and teased.

She frowned. "Unnecessary networking is a waste of time."

"Then to you, I am also an unnecessary interpersonal relationship?"

"Yes." Su Qiao An's honesty made Mo Yunlang laugh out loud, "Solicitor Suu, I have never seen such a woman who can't speak before, is your EQ too low or are you too lazy to deal with it?"

"Whatever you want." She was actually very sensitive to the external world and was also very slow. It was as if her brain was born with lacking tendons and she subconsciously blocked certain things from her mind, unwilling to use her brain to think about them.

She loved Zhu Jiangci a lot, but she didn't know how to get along with him.

Doing things with no dignity and being unable to display that lowly attitude in front of Zhu Jiangci, even she himself despised himself.

Solicitor Suu, if you were to learn how to be weak in front of him, I think that his attitude towards you would be even better.

Su Qiao An disagreed with what he said.

Su Qiao An shook his head, "I won't show weakness to someone who doesn't love me. I will play along with him.

From beginning to end, her goal was clear. What she wanted was love, not sympathy.

Mo Yunlang's eyes flickered slightly. From start to finish, he kept silent with a smile on his face.

He had heard Su Qiao An's name countless of times before even coming back to the country. He knew that Su Qiao An was Zhu Shixiong's daughter-in-law and also the second young master's, Zhu Jiangci's, wife.

The first time they met, was at Chu Family's family banquet.

Beautiful things were always eye-catching, no one could avoid the vulgarity, he looked at Su Qiao An a few more times.

Besides being pretty, there was only indifference.

This woman did not know how to react, nor did she seem to be someone who would make people happy. He could tell that in the entire Chu Family, other than Zhu Shixiong, no one else seemed to care about this Second Young Madam. Even her own husband did not care about her.

After a few encounters, almost every time, this woman gave him a whole new experience.

She was pitiable, her core bloody when she peeled off the outer shell, and he wondered why the woman didn't scream for pain or show weakness.

The woman in his memories would be surprised if she was injured even a little. Su Qiao An was the complete opposite of the person in his memories.

This was the second label he put on Su Qiao An.

She had taken possession of almost all of the qualities that were most offensive to men.

Su Qiao An was a weirdo, and so was he.

He did not dislike this personality. On the contrary, he understood it.

She needed to erect spikes to protect herself. This was because she knew that no one would come to protect her, and even if she admitted defeat, no one would feel any pain in their heart.

"That's right. Mercy isn't love, but life is so long, you can't be stuck in love forever. Being a girl is just a seasoning. When it's time to look ahead, you still have to be able to take it." Mo Yunlang replied.

"Hmm …" She nodded softly and looked into the distance.

She would learn to put it down, but she wasn't sure if she could really put it down.

… ….

"Chu Shao, do you want to call him?" The Principal was perspiring profusely. Seeing Zhu Jiangci's cold face, he was even more afraid.

Zhu Jiangci stood there silently, his pitch-black pupils clearly imprinted the figures of the two people, including their earlier actions.

He did not reply for a long time, and then he suddenly lowered his eyes to hide the hostility in them.

Only after seeing him turn around and leave did the principal heave a sigh of relief and wipe the sweat off his forehead.

He had obviously left from their school, but he was actually afraid of the former president of the student council.

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When Su Qiao An returned to the hotel, the first thing he did was to take a bath. After taking a shower, he directly laid on the bed to sleep, not even wanting to eat dinner.

Originally, the Principal had wanted to treat them to a meal, but in the end was rejected by Zhu Jiangci with a cold expression.

On the way back, the two of them did not say a word.

She was already used to Zhu Jiangci's silence, so she didn't feel anything was amiss.

During the night, Su Qiao An woke up from his daze due to the noise outside.

She turned on the bedside lamp and heard a rustling outside, as if someone was rummaging through something.

He lifted the blanket and opened the door. Seeing Zhu Jiangci flipping through the living room, Su Qiao An frowned: "What are you looking for?"

"Nothing." Zhu Jiangci didn't even turn his head around.

"I don't want to be nosy, but you're making a fuss about me." Su Qiao An said coldly, his back facing her. The man's figure that was bent over while he was carefully looking around stopped, he stood up, and looked back at Su Qiao An.

Su Qiao An asked, "Tell me! What are you looking for? "I can help you find it, but it will also save me the hassle of looking through things like this."

"Key." She thought Zhu Jiangci wouldn't answer her, but when she suddenly heard his words, her expression froze.

Key?

She remembered that Zhu Jiangci was such a cold person, yet he was willing to use an extremely childish looking pendant like a key ring. She thought it was strange at the time, but she found out that the key ring was given to her by Jiang Kerou on his 18th birthday.

Although it wasn't worth much, Zhu Jiangci treated it as a treasure!

While Su Qiao An was still in a daze, Zhu Jiangci took his jacket and prepared to leave. When he was about to leave, he said, "I'll go out and look around, go to sleep!"

"..."

With Zhu Jiangci gone, Su Qiao An completely lost all sleep.

She was wrapped in a blanket as she stood by the window. She lived in the observation room downstairs and from there, could almost overlook the entire Hanjiang River's night scenery.

It's just a broken pendant, yet I'm still looking for it in the middle of the night.

Su Qiao An could not help but laugh at himself. That's right, Jiang Kerou was too important to him, even she did not understand why Zhu Jiangci loved Jiang Kerou so much.

At nine thirty in the night, light rain began to fall outside. Su Qiao An laid on his bed and looked out the window.

The rain gradually grew heavier, causing Su Qiao An's heart to feel restless. He simply pulled up his blanket and forced himself to sleep.

The quieter the room was, the more agitated she became.

She suddenly pulled up her blanket and sat up, trying to dial Zhu Jiangci's number, but no one answered.

She wasn't worried about what would happen to Zhu Jiangci, a grown man, she just knew too well how stubborn he was to Jiang Kerou. Losing something that was insignificant to outsiders was like a thousand gold, and as long as he didn't find it for a while, wouldn't rest, not to mention take shelter from the rain. Even if there was a hailstorm outside, he wouldn't let it go easily.