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"Chu Tianze." Su Qiao An said, "I feel that he is very interested in our private matters."

The corner of Zhu Jiangci's lips curved upwards in ridicule, and his eyes carelessly slid across her body. "Let him be, he won't be able to stir up any big waves, he can only do it randomly."

"Aren't you afraid that he might cause some trouble?" Seeing Zhu Jiangci being so confident, Su Qiao An was still worried.

It was not good to underestimate his opponent. What if he were to accidentally fall into a trap?

"You think I'm inferior to him?" Zhu Jiangci asked sarcastically.

Su Qiao An was a little helpless. She was clearly just reminding him out of good intentions, what does this have to do with him being able to compare to Chu Tianze?

As far as she could tell, the two brothers didn't have a single light in their hands.

Su Qiao An said snappily, "Whatever you want, this is your problem."

She wanted to leave right away, but seeing Zhu Jiangci's face filled with fatigue, she recalled what Feng Manli had said.

Now that he looked at the other party, he seemed to be a bit thinner, and the black and green under his eyes couldn't even cover him.

"I'll go get you some water. You can have a bath and rest later." Taking a bath could relieve her fatigue, but she felt that Zhu Jiangci was just too tired.

Zhu Jiangci gave a light grunt, but did not say much.

Su Qiao An went to the bathroom to drain the water. After testing the temperature of the water, she finally came out to call Zhu Jiangci in to take a bath.

When he came out, all he saw was a man sleeping on the sofa.

The eyebrows were tired, the long eyelashes drooping over the eyelids like a small fan.

Su Qiao An subconsciously relaxed her hands and feet. Seeing Qiao Er coming in, she immediately shushed him and instructed him in a soft voice, "Go and get the bed quilt."

Qiao Er nodded, then turned and left.

Su Qiao An went to the bathroom to fill up the hot water in the washbowl.

Ye Zichen squatted down beside the sofa with great difficulty, and wiped his face and hands gently after wringing out the towel.

"Young Mistress, I've brought the quilt." Qiao Er said softly.

She acknowledged, "Put it there! I'll get it later. "

"Alright, then Young Mistress, you should go rest early as well." Qiao Er meekly said to her before tactfully leaving the main hall.

Su Qiao An brought the washbasin and towel back to the bathroom. The water in the bathtub was almost cold.

She could only fetch hot water to soak Zhu Jiangci's feet, which could be considered as a simple wash.

Seeing Zhu Jiangci sleeping like this, Su Qiao An was worried that he would catch a cold. Just now, when he was speaking, his voice was a little hoarse, but she knew that if it wasn't because she was too tired, Zhu Jiangci wouldn't have fallen asleep on the sofa.

She, a woman, couldn't carry such a man to bed, could she?

Su Qiao An had no choice but to cover him with two more blankets to save him the cold.

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The next morning, Su Qiao An woke up and the person on the sofa disappeared.

She rubbed her eyes and started out.

As soon as she stepped out of the door, she felt waves of cold and desolation. She shivered.

She stood in the yard, and suddenly her shoulders sank.

"I wonder if I should be more careful while I'm pregnant?" The man's reproach was in his ears.

Su Qiao An turned his head, seeing the spirited Zhu Jiangci, he was startled, his recovery rate was not bad! Yesterday, he was still looking quite dispirited. But now, he was brimming with energy!

"We're going to offer sacrifices to the Ancestor today, aren't you going?" She was pregnant, so Chu Shixiong deliberately allowed her to avoid going through the motions to avoid any accidents.

As the eldest son of the current Chu Family, it wouldn't be right for Zhu Jiangci to not participate, right?

"I'm not going." Zhu Jiangci said, "Since no one knows that I have returned, why would I do anything unnecessary?"

Su Qiao An shut his mouth and did not say a word.

When she thought that Zhu Jiangci would not speak anymore, she never expected to hear him say, "This time in the United States, I went to see Big Bro."

Chu Wei?

She had always known that Zhu Jiangci had a brother, but she had never seen him.

Su Qiao An looked at him quietly, waiting for his next words.

He said, "Do you know how many years my brother has been in bed? "It's been so long, the academy has long advised us to give up. I don't believe that my elder brother won't wake up and continue wasting time until recently …"

Zhu Jiangci's voice was very low, it was filled with a thick sense of powerlessness and fatigue, "I went to see him at the hospital, and he lied on the bed quietly as if he was asleep. He became thinner and thinner, and his body's functions also became more and more rigid.

"You don't know what to do, do you?" Su Qiao An said in a clear voice, "Are you afraid of making this decision? Even if you know that this decision is only a kind of release for your big brother."

Zhu Jiangci laughed bitterly, "He's free, what should we do? After all these years of waiting, the so-called miracle has never happened. "

Su Qiao An never thought that Zhu Jiangci's feelings for Chu Wei Gan would be so deep. She had never seen Zhu Jiangci showing such a weak side to her before.

Now that he was persisting on like this, Su Qiao An felt very uncomfortable in the bottom of his heart.

She sighed, "You understand the logic. Even if others don't say it, you still know what to do. You just can't make up your mind."

"…" Zhu Jiangci remained silent.

"You are actually quite selfish, always forcing your thoughts on others. From your brother's point of view, if you were him, would you be willing to live your life this way?"

Not willing.

He didn't want to live his useless life like this. He forced Chu Wei's lifespan to extend and forcefully left Chu Wei, a living corpse, in the world.

To Chu Wei Gan, this was probably a slow torture. If it was him, he would rather euthanize himself to death.

Seeing Zhu Jiangci's expression waver, Su Qiao An laughed, "I see that you already have an answer in your heart, so let's do it according to what you want, no need to worry about anything else."

"Thank you." He earnestly looked at Su Qiao An and thanked her.

Zhu Jiangci could not say why he had to tell Su Qiao An these things, but he felt that she was the only one who could give him peace and quiet.

"I didn't do anything, you don't need to thank me." She paused, then said, "I can understand how you feel. It's like you've lost your most important family member, and the pain is so great that you want to die. It's like there's no point in doing anything, like there's only one person left in the world."

Su Qiao An laughed and shook his head, "No, life will never stop just because of a little pain. After you pass this obstacle, you will realize that you still have a lot to go through."

On the day of Su Rong's death, Su Qiao An felt that the sky had fallen.

However, when she recovered, she realized that her thoughts were too childish. The world would never stop spinning because of someone's departure. Life had to be lived, life had to continue, and as long as she was alive, she had to face the unknown without fear.