As the temperature plummeted, so did Shu Qilan's heart.
At that moment, her heart was ice-cold.
Today is her birthday, and she has been waiting for Jian Yuan's gift. She never imagined that her birthday present would be so special.
Shu Qilan stayed at home all day, waiting and waiting.
She imagined countless reactions in her mind, and even practiced her expressions in front of the mirror, making sure that her brother Jian Yuan wouldn't find out that she had already guessed there would be a surprise.
And so it went, one hour, two hours, three hours...
From sunrise to sunset.
Shu Qilan's feelings shifted from anticipation, excitement, anxiety, and disappointment to tension, suspicion, and worry.
Shu Qilan's brain automatically ignored the fact that the roads outside were flooded, they had no means of transportation on water, and Jian Yuan looked down on the other people in the building, so their activities were completely confined to their building.
She didn't believe, or rather, didn't want to believe, that Jian Yuan's abnormality had nothing to do with her, and began to worry that something had happened to Jian Yuan outside.
As night deepened, the temperature dropped even faster, and Shu Qilan could no longer sit still.
What if her brother Jianyuan, who is so weak and unable to take care of himself, encounters danger outside?
Just as Shu Qilan opened the door to search for Jian Yuan outside, she seemed to hear Jian Yuan's voice.
Shu Qilan was pleasantly surprised and went up the stairs to follow the sound, which became clearer and clearer.
Not one, but two.
A man and a woman are arguing.
Female voice: "You should have said you weren't good enough earlier, you're wasting my time."
Male voice: "Heh, you just want to get something for nothing, stop trying to manipulate me."
Female voice: "What a waste of a face, good-looking but useless."
Male voice: "You really got a good deal on my face."
...
Shu Qilan paused, shaking her head frantically in the darkness, unwilling to face reality.
This is definitely not Jian Yuan's brother, just someone whose voice sounds very similar to his.
Unfortunately, reality just had to slap her in the face.
For Jian Yuan, it was like a repeat of the "rich, beautiful, and successful woman" incident. Of course, this time the only reason for returning the item was that it wasn't good-looking without makeup.
That won't do!
Utter disgrace!
Jian Yuan stormed downstairs in a huff. Because the rich woman had been pulling and tugging at him, he was disheveled and had snot bubbles coming out of his nose from the cold.
He was in a fit of rage and didn't care about maintaining his image. Seeing Shu Qilan, the second "white-boned devil," Jian Yuan couldn't help but take his anger out on her, saying fiercely, "Hurry up and open the door to find me some clothes, I'm freezing!"
Shu Qilan usually obeyed Jian Yuan's every word, and almost instinctively turned around and went home.
Jian Yuan muttered to himself, cursing, "Trying to crush my confidence and exploit my body, do you think I can't see through it? Bah! If I didn't have limited choices right now, I'd be sleeping with you!"
Shu Qilan opened the closet and rummaged through the clothes, only to find her hands and feet were ice-cold.
She paused, her back to Jian Yuan, and stiffly asked, "Brother Jian Yuan, do you know what day it is today?"
"Huh?" Jian Yuan sprawled on the sofa like an old man. "They've distributed support supplies?"
Shu Qilan choked back a sob and said, "Today is my birthday."
Jian Yuan replied with little interest: "Oh, you're not expecting me to give myself to you as a birthday present, are you?"
"..."
Shu Qilan remained silent in the darkness.
Jian Yuan, completely oblivious to the impropriety, continued, "Let me tell you, a toad can forget about eating swan meat!"
Even if he's not good enough, he's not someone a country bumpkin like Shu Qilan could even dream of! Unless Shu Qilan becomes rich overnight.
As Jian Yuan thought this, he found himself amused.
He wanted to regain the self-esteem he had lost with rich and beautiful women through Shu Qilan.
So, Jian Yuan was about to say a few more words to Shu Qilan when he turned his head and suddenly found that Shu Qilan had been standing behind him at some point.
"ah!"
Jian Yuan let out a pathetic shout.
"People can scare each other to death, don't you know that?!"
Shu Qilan ignored him, staring intently at Jian Yuan.
"You are not my brother Jianyuan."
"What?"
Jian Yuan was stunned, and then belatedly felt a chill run down his spine.
"You are not my brother Jianyuan."
Shu Qilan kept repeating this sentence, as if she had found some kind of courage in it. Then she grabbed Jian Yuan's hair, lifted him off the sofa with one hand, and slammed his head against the wall.
Everything happened too suddenly.
Jian Yuan had no time to resist, nor could he resist Shu Qilan who had used her skills.
He cried out in pain and fainted, only to wake up in even more intense pain, experiencing this unprecedented torture over and over again.
Shu Qilan still spoke to Jian Yuan in that girlish, worshipful tone.
“When I read time-travel and rebirth novels, there are often plots like this: the protagonist bumps his head, and then his body is replaced by a different soul.”
"You're not my Jian Yuan brother, you're Jian Yuan from the disaster city, right?"
"Give me back my brother Jianyuan!"
"Brother Jianyuan, don't be afraid. Even if you are disfigured, I will still love you. I am not like those superficial fans who only care about looks."
“I read a comic book where the male protagonist only learned to distinguish right from wrong and knew who truly loved him after he was disfigured.”
"..."
It's both a pity and not a pity.
Jian Yuan will not be disfigured; he possesses the skill "Ice Skin and Jade Bones," which allows his skin to automatically repair any damage.
After Shu Qilan discovered this, she showed even less mercy.
Actually, she was a little guilty when she said she only loved Jian Yuan's soul.
After all, in idol dramas, the female lead can be an ordinary, innocent girl, while the male lead must be a rich, handsome, and successful man!
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