Heavy rain was beating against the floor-to-ceiling windows of the villa. Li Susu paced back and forth beside the bed, clutching her cell phone, her face pale and bloodless.

The three words "Bo Junyi" in the address book were rubbed hot. She hesitated and finally pressed the call button.

"Susu?"

The crisp sound of wine glasses clinking could be heard in the background, and Bo Junyi's voice was filled with a faint smile.

Li Susu bit her lip, her nails digging deep into her palms. "When...will you be back? The baby is moving around a lot today."

After a brief silence, the man's voice was so gentle that it could drip water: "Wait a few more days, I'll be back after I finish here."

Li Susu smiled silently.

She could almost imagine Chu Wanning leaning against him under the crystal chandelier in the banquet hall, smiling charmingly.

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

Li Susu hung up the phone, looked out the window at the dark rainy night, tears falling on the phone screen.

For the next half month, Bo Junyi called her every day, but always had different work to do.

The date of returning home was repeatedly postponed.

Li Susu no longer had any hope in him.

She began to secretly note down the gates of the villa and the changing of guard times of each bodyguard.

But when she tried to slip out through the back door, she was caught by the female bodyguard beside her.

In despair, she endured a few more days, and finally, she made up her mind and called Zhou Huaixu.

She said that Bo Junyi was too busy with work and had no time to send her back home, so she asked him if he could come and pick her up, and told him not to ask Bo Junyi's opinion.

Two days later, Zhou Huaixu appeared at the villa holding Bo Junyi's authorization letter.

"Boss Bo arranged for me to bring my wife back to China to give birth."

The guards confirmed their identities and let them pass.

Just as Li Susu was helped into the car.

News spread that a domestic court had sentenced the Shen couple to life imprisonment for tax evasion and drug smuggling.

At this time, Bo Junyi had already landed at the airport in Country S and was driving hurriedly to the villa.

He called his bodyguard and learned that Li Susu had been picked up by her cousin, so he immediately turned around and headed for the airport.

On the road in the pouring rain, Zhou Huaixu's black car has been spotted and is being pursued relentlessly.

Zhou Huaixu stepped on the accelerator hard, but he couldn't get rid of it no matter what.

The car behind was speeding like crazy, completely disregarding its own safety.

Zhou Huaixu has already realized that this might be the desperado that the Shen family hired at a high price.

Thinking of Li Susu, his heart suddenly tightened.

At the critical moment, a silver-gray Maybach rushed over like lightning.

Amidst the screeching sound of brakes, the two cars collided with a loud bang.

Li Susu only heard the loud noise of the two cars behind her colliding. She turned around and saw through the glass that the car lying across the middle of the road was pushed out of the guardrail by the huge impact force, rolling and falling into the surging river.

Li Susu thought it was just an ordinary car accident, but it was enough to scare people.

"Senior, there's a car behind us falling into the river. Should we call the police?"

Zhou Huaixu hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's go to the airport first."

Until she boarded the private plane and looked at the rolling dark clouds outside the window, she didn't know that the man who made her worry about him was already in a coma.

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The plane landed in Jiangcheng. Li Susu's eyes were instantly attracted by a figure in the crowd through the glass curtain wall of the airport.

The woman pushing a pearly white suitcase and surrounded by assistants in black, even though she was wearing a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses, Li Susu recognized her at a glance. It was Chu Wanning after plastic surgery.

"Don't think too much." Zhou Huaixu's voice came from behind, and his warm palm supported her shoulder. "This is my cousin's special assistant in Country M. She was the one who attended your birthday party last time."

Zhou Huaixu's tone was firm, but it failed to dispel the gloom in Li Susu's eyes.

The evening breeze, wrapped in the unique salty and humid smell of Jiangcheng, blew through the waiting hall. Li Susu looked at the camel-colored coat gradually moving away, and a bitter taste rose in her throat.

After the plastic surgery, Chu Wanning's walking posture is exactly the same as hers.

While Zhou Huaixu was still muttering, "Brother left you abroad for your safety," she was silently piecing together the cruel truth in her heart.

I have always been just a pawn of Bo Junyi.

Perhaps he had liked her briefly, but at least now, he was tired of her.

She retracted her gaze and said to Zhou Huaixu, "I'm tired. Please take me back to the apartment first."

"good."

As dusk deepened, she looked up at the interlaced metal supports of the airport dome, which looked like a cage trapping a flying bird.

Time to go, she thought.

Instead of waiting for Bo Junyi to speak, it is better to take advantage of the last bit of dignity and cut this tattered red thread with your own hands.

Zhou Huaixu sent Li Susu to the downstairs of the apartment building. When he turned around, he ran into Tang Yixin at the corner and told her the news that Li Susu had returned.

Tang Yixin's eyes lit up instantly when she heard this: "Su Su is back? Where is she?"

After getting the definite answer, she didn't even bother to finish the greeting and hurried to the apartment downstairs.

The moment the apartment door was pushed open, Tang Yixin was hugged by Li Susu before she could even say a word.

The trembling sobs were intermittent: "Xinxin... Bo Junyi doesn't want me anymore..."

Tang Yixin froze in place, the books in her hands scattered all over the floor, and she patted her friend on the back.

"How could that be? You're about to give birth, and he cares about you so much—"

Li Susu shook her head, and the tears on her eyelashes fell down.

"Don't let your imagination run wild." Tang Yixin pressed her down on the sofa, poured her a glass of water and handed it to her, "You two need to have a good chat."

As night falls, the food on the table heats up and then cools down.

Li Susu curled up by the bay window, looking at the empty parking space downstairs until dawn.

Only when Aunt Lin came back to take over the care did Tang Yixin feel at ease to go to school.

While Aunt Lin was out buying groceries, Li Susu took a taxi to the Bo Group.

However, no one answered Bo Junyi's phone calls.

She called Ji Lin.

When Ji Lin picked up the phone, his hesitant tone made her heart sink even more: "Boss Bo is on a business trip."

"You were in Jiangcheng just two days ago, why did you leave suddenly?" Li Susu clenched her fingers, her voice trembling uncontrollably.

After hanging up the phone, she continued to call Bo Junyi, not giving up, and she didn't know how many times she called.

Fortunately, the call finally got through.

A familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.

Li Susu's throat tightened. "I'm sorry, I'm back home. Can I see you?"

"I'm handling a project abroad and can't go back in the short term." Bo Junyi's emotionless reply made her eyes full of soreness.

"Are you angry because I returned home without permission?"

"No."

"When the child is born...you won't come back?" Before he finished speaking, the sob broke through his defense.

There was silence on the other side for a long time before a vague voice said, "Try to go back."

Then, a female voice with a smile came faintly from the receiver: "Jun Yi, can I come in?"