At the age of sixteen, he was exceptionally admitted to Wharton, one of the world's top three business schools, and was the heir on whom the Huo family placed high hopes.
If he hadn't been betrayed and his plane hadn't crashed, he would have already seized control of the Huo family business.
Faced with Jiang Can's questioning gaze, he simply smiled and remained silent.
Jiang Can pouted, a thought flashing through her mind: Had he met some "white moonlight" (ideal love) when he was sixteen? They say men find their first love the hardest to forget. He seemed quite excited when he mentioned being sixteen, but then he stopped talking about it halfway through, clearly not wanting her to know…
There is no better explanation than "white moonlight".
A hint of melancholy flashed across Jiang Can's eyes. Since he didn't want to talk about it, she stopped asking.
But this incident left a small knot in her heart.
She silently went back to the bedroom, changed the sheets, and then took out a quilt and spread it on the living room sofa.
Gu Mang froze for a few seconds, then suddenly realized something was wrong and grabbed her wrist abruptly. "You... why did you put the blanket on the sofa again?"
Jiang Can turned to look at him. "Is something wrong?"
"Of course not!" He tried his best to remain calm. "Didn't you say I should sleep in my room tonight? Didn't you want to... with me..."
"My brother was beaten up, and you're still thinking about that?" Jiang Can glared at him.
In addition, she was still upset by her "white moonlight" (ideal love), so she was even less polite.
"Xiao Cheng definitely can't go home tonight. If I, as his older sister, don't take him in, who else will care for him?"
Gu Mang was unaware of the details, but he felt that her change in attitude... seemed a bit too fast.
"He's staying tonight? So this sofa is for him?"
"For myself." Jiang Can said expressionlessly.
"What did you say?" Gu Mang's eyes widened. "You won't let me..."
“Yeah, right.” She said casually, “You can sleep in the room with Xiaocheng, and I can sleep on the sofa.”
There's only one bed in the room!
"It's okay, there's enough room for both of you to sleep on." Jiang Can stuffed a pillow into his hand. "And you two can also talk about 'things that only men can talk about'!"
"..."
Gu Mang was speechless, and took several deep breaths.
While he was still in a daze, Jiang Can had already called Yin Cheng back from the balcony. After he washed up quickly, he was told to go back to his room to rest.
Yin Cheng was obedient and actually went into the bedroom and lay down on the bed!
Gu Mang felt a throbbing pain in both temples.
He braced himself and went in, lying down on the other side of the bed. Thinking about it, this was the first time he had slept in a bedroom bed since getting married, but there was a man lying next to him!
Gu Mang let out a heavy sigh.
That hour or so in the bathroom was wasted!
Yin Cheng heard him tossing and turning, and since she couldn't fall asleep either, she sat up and leaned against the headboard to chat with him.
"Brother-in-law, am I useless? I always get bullied."
Yin Cheng is kind-hearted and has excellent academic performance, but she is usually too honest and always has a sense of inferiority due to her family background.
He was scared when he first saw Gu Mang, but Gu Mang called him to the balcony, patiently asked him questions and comforted him, and even said he would stand up for him... He suddenly felt that this seemingly gloomy and cold man was actually very reliable.
“Brother-in-law, you’re right,” he said softly. “People should be self-reliant and strong, especially men. I want to learn from you and protect my sister and family in the future.”
Gu Mang remained silent with his back to him.
"Brother-in-law, why aren't you saying anything?" Yin Cheng leaned closer to look at him. "Is it because you're not used to my sister not lying next to you?"
"You know perfectly well what I'm asking!" Gu Mang cursed under his breath.
But she still forced out two words, "No."
"Oh, that's good." Yin Cheng smiled sheepishly. "I'm so sorry to bother you two tonight... Actually, I didn't want to bother my sister, but I was in a bad mood after being beaten up, and I didn't know where else to go but here with my sister."
"Brother-in-law, you won't blame me, will you?"
"No." Gu Mang closed his eyes tightly, praying that his brother-in-law would stop nagging.
"Brother-in-law," Yin Cheng wrinkled his nose, "what are you wearing? Why do you smell so good?"
"..."
Do you and my sister both put on this much fragrance before you go to sleep?
"Shut up!" Gu Mang growled. "Go to sleep!"
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