Zhou Zuizui and Shen Nan went home and first went to the pet hospital. They still needed to take good care of the kitten they had brought back from the yard.
The kitten is fine; it's probably a stray cat that someone abandoned. It's been outside for a while and is a bit cold, and it hasn't eaten properly in a long time.
Zhou Zuizui felt a pang of sympathy looking at the kitten's pitiful appearance.
"So you'll be observing here for a few days?"
The doctor nodded: "Yes, we need to check again tomorrow to see if there are any other unusual reactions."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zuizui nodded: "Okay, thank you, doctor."
After thinking for a moment, she added, "What do we need to buy to raise a cat? This is our first time raising a cat."
The doctor told her everything, so Zhou Zuizui simply made a list in her memo, planning to buy it online tomorrow or tonight.
After everything was settled, the two went home.
As soon as he entered the house, Shen Nan glanced at his wife and asked, "Have you decided to get that cat?"
Do you object?
Shen Nan chuckled and ruffled her hair. "I don't object. You can keep it if you want." He lowered his head, nuzzled her soft ear, and kissed it, whispering, "I'll take care of you, and you can take care of a cat."
Zhou Zuizui smiled, curved her lips into a kiss, and said, "Thank you, Captain Shen."
The two exchanged a smile. Shen Nan stared intently at her expression for a while before asking, "Are you happy now?"
"I'm so happy." Zhou Zuizui said with emotion as she sat on the sofa, "Actually, before I found her, I had a lot of expectations."
There were so many, many of them bad thoughts. Although her parents always said her younger sister was long gone when she was little, Zhou Zuizui didn't believe it, not at all. She always felt that her sister was still alive, just unsure if she was doing well.
When watching TV, Zhou Zuizui would occasionally see scenes of human trafficking and other unpleasant events, and she would wonder if her younger sister was going through the same thing. After watching, she would secretly pray that her sister would never encounter such things and that she would be safe and sound.
There are so many reports of human trafficking online now, including those about women being sold to mountainous areas to be married off. Whenever she sees this kind of information, she is filled with fear.
She would think, if her younger sister encountered something like this, how would she survive?
Zhou Zuizui had never given up on finding her. When the news was confirmed a few days ago, her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally felt a little relieved. Thank goodness, she was safe and healthy, and hadn't encountered any of those messy things. She was grateful for everything, and would even be willing to give up her own health in exchange.
As long as she's okay.
She was forced to leave home at a young age and has been living away from home ever since. During those years in the orphanage, she suffered countless grievances.
Seeing this tonight, Zhou Zuizui thought that the Duan family must have treated her quite well, otherwise the little girl wouldn't be so innocent and kind. Since they treated her well, that was enough.
She was extremely grateful to the Duan family.
Shen Nan squeezed her hand, roughly knowing what she was thinking. He comforted her, "It's all in the past."
“Hmm.” Zhou Zuizui raised her eyebrows and looked up at him. “Yeah, it’s all in the past.”
Do you want to acknowledge her as your wife?
Zhou Zuizui was silent for a while before saying, "I have thought about it, but she's living such a good life now, I think it doesn't make much difference whether I acknowledge her or not." She murmured, "Maybe even if I don't say anything, she can continue to live such a happy and joyful life."
It's better not to go back to her house.
Shen Nan understood: "Think it through before we talk. There's no rush now."
"Mmm." As the two were talking, Zhou Zuizui's phone vibrated. She looked down and her eyes lit up: "It sent me a message."
Shen Nan was both amused and exasperated. He pinched her cheek and said, "I'm going to take a shower first. You can talk to her."
"Uh-huh."
After Duan Weiyi returned home, he still couldn't stop thinking about the kitten, so as soon as he was put back in his room, he couldn't wait to contact Zhou Zuizui.
Wei Yi: Sister, how is the cat now?
Zhou Zuizui: It's nothing serious. The doctor said it's just a bit of a cold, and I'll just stay here for a few days to observe.
Duan Weiyi was slightly worried: Is everything really alright? Will you be staying for a few days?
Zhou Zuizui: It's not certain yet. The doctor said we need to do another check-up tomorrow. Do you want to come with us?
Duan Weiyi's eyes lit up, and she asked in surprise: Is that okay?
Zhou Zuizui: I'm fine on my end, can you come out now?
Duan Weiyi: Sure, I'll just tell my brother then. I'm not going back to school until tomorrow afternoon.
Zhou Zuizui then remembered that Wei Yi had just started university this year and was currently a freshman.
After the two made their agreement, Zhou Zuizui couldn't help but look at Duan Weiyi's Moments again. She had to admit that the girl seemed to be quite happy in her daily life. Although she would occasionally complain, it was just the kind of little emotions that young girls have. She seemed very free and easy, which was obvious.
Seeing this, Zhou Zuizui felt relieved.
The Duan family truly doted on and liked her.
She was incredibly grateful to everyone in the Duan family.
Just then, Duan Bowen unexpectedly sent her a message.
Duan Bowen: Are you there?
Zhou Zuizui: Mr. Duan is here.
Duan Bowen: Is it convenient for us to talk?
The next second, Duan Bowen made a phone call.
It's definitely not true that Duan Bowen has no feelings for Zhou Zuizui. But no one knows how deep those feelings are.
Furthermore, after learning that Zhou Zuizui was already married, Duan Bowen extinguished any feelings he might have had. He was indeed quite a scoundrel and not a gentleman, but he wouldn't stoop to being a mistress. A businessman like him wouldn't do such a thing.
However, there was another reason why I called Zhou Zuizui tonight.
He absolutely did not believe that people like Zhou Zuizui and Shen Nan would appear at the banquet for no reason, let alone show such extreme enthusiasm and affection for his younger sister. Others might not have noticed, but he saw the look in Zhou Zuizui's eyes when she spoke to Wei Yi. Not only him, but Duan Ziyu also noticed it.
"Mr. Duan."
Duan Bowen smiled and said, "You're too kind, Miss Zhou. Are you still awake so late?"
Zhou Zuizui hummed in agreement: "I was just chatting with Wei Yi about cats."
Duan Bowen was taken aback, not expecting her to be so frank. He lowered his eyes, looked at the documents in his hand, and smiled faintly: "Miss Zhou seems to be quite nice to our younger sister."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zuizui readily admitted, "It's really good, it's only right."
Duan Bowen: "...You."
"I presume Mr. Duan already has some investigation data?" Zhou Zuizui said bluntly, "Actually, Mr. Duan can just say it directly, I don't mind."
Ai Zeyang could find this information, and so could Duan Bowen. However, she estimated that Duan Bowen couldn't be certain yet.
Unsure why he was so interested in Duan Weiyi, Duan Bowen hadn't yet found out anything deeper about her in such a short time.
Duan Bowen chuckled, raised an eyebrow, and said, "Just tell me why I'm interested in you. Be direct and bold, it's been a long time since I've encountered someone like that."
"I'm married," Zhou Zuizui said. "And I love my husband very much. Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Duan."
Duan Bowen choked, silently accepting this display of affection: "Just tell me directly, I'm too lazy to check."
Zhou Zuizui remained silent for a moment, then told Duan Bowen directly.
If we're talking about who's in charge of the Duan family right now, it has to be Duan Bowen. He protects his younger siblings. Although he seems to be a playboy and a womanizer, without him, the Duan family wouldn't be where it is today.
Zhou Zuizui pursed her lips and asked, "Do you know about Jiayue Company?"
"Yes, it's Miss Zhou's parents' company."
Zhou Zuizui laughed, explaining, "My parents have more than one daughter."
Duan Bowen paused, then remained silent for a moment: "You have another daughter? How come I've never heard anyone mention her?"
Zhou Zuizui got up and went to the balcony to feel the breeze. The bright lights outside made it look especially warm. She felt the wind brushing against her cheeks and whispered, "Because I was lost when I was very young, no one has ever mentioned it."
At this point, even if Duan Bowen wasn't very smart, he would understand the implication behind her words, let alone the fact that Duan Bowen was a smart man.
Are you so sure?
“Eighty percent before seeing the person, ninety-nine percent after seeing the person,” she said definitively.
People related by blood will always have some similarities, especially when the person is standing right in front of her. If she really couldn't recognize her, she wouldn't be the Zhou Zuizui who longed for her sister so much. So after seeing the person, she could be 100% certain that it was her lost sister.
As for why it's 99%, she gave a 1% chance of providing medical proof.
Duan Bowen didn't speak immediately, probably because he was impressed by her confidence.
After a while, Duan Bowen said, "Wei Yi will not go back with you."
Zhou Zuizui laughed: "I didn't want her to come home with me." She said seriously: "I am very grateful to your Duan family for adopting her, raising her to adulthood, and treating her so well. She is living quite well in your family. I didn't want her to come home with me."
Duan Bowen was taken aback: "Then what do you mean by this?"
"I just want to know if she's doing well so I can feel more at ease."
It's true, she didn't intend to ruin her sister's life. If things weren't good, Zhou Zuizui would definitely take her home and raise her without hesitation. But the Duan family has been so good to her, and she's gotten used to that environment and the people there, and can adapt very well. It wouldn't be right or appropriate for her, as a stranger, to step in and take her away.
She was sincerely grateful to the Duan family. As long as they treated Duan Weiyi well, she was willing to never acknowledge her again in this lifetime.
Duan Bowen was stunned for a moment, probably surprised by her decisiveness.
"Miss Zhou is indeed a person of strong character."
Zhou Zuizui rolled her eyes: "President Duan, stop with the bureaucratic tone."
Duan Bowen chuckled: "I can have Wei Yi go with you to get proof, but first I have to make one thing clear: whether she is your sister or not, she will not leave the Duan family."
"Okay, thank you."
After hanging up the phone, Shen Nan looked at her: "Is it settled?"
Zhou Zuizui nodded, looking at Shen Nan with surprise: "Duan Bowen... is surprisingly easy to talk to."
Upon hearing this, Shen Nan gave his wife a deep look and asked, "Is that so?"
Zhou Zuizui, unaware of any danger, nodded seriously: "Yeah, he also said he could let Wei Yi go with me to get a certificate, I guess it'll be something like giving me Wei Yi's hair..."
She talked on and on, becoming incredibly excited whenever she mentioned it.
As they were talking, Shen Nan suddenly picked the person up in his arms.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Shen Nan gritted his teeth: "You."
Zhou Zuizui: "…………"
She looked at Shen Nan in surprise, then reached out and hooked her arm around his neck, both amused and exasperated: "What did you say?"
Shen Nan gave her no chance to breathe, carried her back to the room, pressed down on her, and directly sealed her mouth.
Finally, there were no more voices talking about other men, and Shen Nan felt much better. He lowered his head and kissed her lips, tracing their shape, licking and sucking at the corners of her lips with great patience.
The two were very close. At first, Zhou Zuizui was a little helpless, but gradually, she succumbed to his kisses.
Shen Nan has a unique charm; a kiss alone can completely disrupt her thoughts. Zhou Zuizui reached out and responded to him, kissing the corner of his lips to appease the secretly jealous man.
Their breaths intertwined, inseparable.
Just like their current position, Shen Nan kissed her lips, moving downwards.
The temperature in the room gradually rose, catching people off guard and making it difficult to control.
The wind blew outside the window, and in the cool autumn season, leaves rustled and fell. A corner of the curtain was lifted, but nothing could disturb the two people entwined in bed.
Zhou Zuizui's voice was weak and fragmented, broken by the impact. In short, she couldn't utter a single complete sentence all night.
She finally understood how terrifying a jealous man could be.
Towards the end, Zhou Zuizui had no strength left to resist and let herself go. There was no point in resisting anyway, since the man had plenty of stamina.
It wasn't until late at night that the two of them washed up and went back to bed.
Zhou Zuizui collapsed into his arms, mumbling, "Your jealousy is a bit inexplicable."
Shen Nan snorted coldly, biting her chin: "Random?"
Zhou Zuizui laughed and snuggled in his arms: "That's right. I'm not interested in Duan Bowen. He only told me the one thing."
Hearing this, Shen Nan was still displeased.
Zhou Zuizui found people boring, but as a man, he could understand what a man's gaze meant when he looked at a woman. Thinking about this made Shen Nan even more annoyed.
Duan Bowen never gave up.
Zhou Zuizui coaxed him, both amused and exasperated, "Everyone is yours."
She whispered in Shen Nan's ear, "Only you. I can't control other people's feelings, but I can know mine." She hooked her arms around Shen Nan's neck and said, word by word, "Only you."
Throughout her life, there was only one man she deeply loved: Shen Nan.
Shen Nan listened, unsurprisingly, and was appeased by his wife.
He kissed Zhou Zuizui's eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "I know."
Zhou Zuizui laughed: "Are you still jealous?"
"eat."
Zhou Zuizui: "…………" Fine, I'll eat it.
The two hugged and talked for a while, and then Zhou Zuizui fell asleep.
The night was breezy, and Shen Nan held the person in his arms as they both fell asleep.
The next morning, the first thing Zhou Zuizui did after waking up was to drag Shen Nan to the wardrobe to choose clothes. She had made an appointment with Wei Yi to go see the cats in the afternoon, so she needed to dress comfortably.
Shen Nan felt quite helpless about this.
I probably wouldn't even bother to dress up properly for my own wife, but I spent the whole morning racking my brains for my sister-in-law.
"Is that set really okay?"
Shen Nan smiled: "Yes, very good, it suits you very well, like a gentle older sister."
When this was mentioned, Zhou Zuizui became a little worried: "But I'm not a gentle older sister."
She's more like a strong, assertive older sister.
"Nonsense," Shen Nan coaxed her, smiling gently, "In my heart, you are."
Zhou Zuizui gave him a coquettish glance, pinched Shen Nan's chin, and kissed him: "Captain Shen knows how to talk."
Shen Nan smiled.
The two argued at home all morning, and Zhou Zuizui finally drove out at 3 p.m.
Shen Nan is going back to the team later, so I can't go out with her.
The two agreed to meet at the entrance of the pet hospital at four o'clock, but Zhou Zuizui was nervous, so she left half an hour early. She arrived at the pet hospital at three-thirty.
After parking her car, Zhou Zuizui went inside to take a look around. Only then did she seriously examine the kitten she had found last night. It was a real little kitten, looking particularly pitiful, a small white kitten.
When Zhou Zuizui went in, the kitten was sleeping and looked listless.
She looked at the doctor on the side, asked about the situation, and couldn't help but laugh.
"Can you come pick it up in two days?"
"Yes." The doctor smiled and said, "He just caught a chill. I guess he's been wandering around outside for a long time and is a little afraid of strangers."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zuizui nodded: "Okay, thank you, doctor. I will keep a close eye on things."
Zhou Zuizui firmly believed that she could take good care of a cat.
While we were chatting, Wei Yi called her.
"Hello."
"Sister, we've arrived at the door."
Zhou Zuizui's eyes lit up, and she quickly said, "Wait a moment, your sister will come out to pick you up right away."
A moment later, Zhou Zuizui smiled upon seeing the two people appear before her: "Second Young Master?"
Duan Ziyu's expression was cold and stern as he glanced at Zhou Zuizui indifferently: "Hello."
Ignoring their introductions, Duan Weiyi grabbed Zhou Zuizui's clothes excitedly and said, "Sister, let's go see the kitten!"
Zhou Zuizui suppressed a laugh, looked at Duan Ziyu's disgusted expression, and curved her lips into a smile: "Let's go, I'll take you there."
As soon as Duan Weiyi saw the kitten, she couldn't help but exclaim "Wow!" and blinked her eyes: "So cute! She took a bath. She looked so miserable last night."
“Yes.” Zhou Zuizui smiled. “The doctor said it’s nothing serious, and we can come and pick him up to go home in a couple of days.”
Duan Wei nodded and asked excitedly, "Did you buy the things the cat needs, sister?"
"Not yet." Zhou Zuizui looked at her: "Do you want to go buy one with your sister? This is your little cat, too."
"Okay, okay."
Duan Weiyi agreed without hesitation: "Then let's go now."
"Shouldn't you ask your brother?"
"No need," Duan Weiyi said with a grin. "My brother will agree to anything I do, except for raising a kitten."
She gets very discouraged when this is mentioned.
Zhou Zuizui chuckled and patted her head: "Don't be discouraged, come to my house to see the cats whenever you have time."
"good."
For the next two hours or so, they went directly to the largest pet supply store to buy things.
Zhou Zuizui and Duan Weiyi had similar requirements: as long as it was suitable, price was not a consideration at all.
Duan Weiyi was very familiar with cat food and other supplies for cats, which showed that she genuinely liked kittens and had done her research. Unlike me, who only learned a little about them last night.
She had been observing Duan Weiyi the whole way. The little girl was innocent and retained her purity, but she was also smart. It's just that in front of acquaintances, she still looked like a child. Seeing her like this, Zhou Zuizui was completely relieved.
In the end, Zhou Zuizui couldn't resist Duan Weiyi's insistence and wanted to have dinner with her, so the three of them ate together.
She watched Duan Ziyu serve food to Duan Weiyi, watched him forbid Duan Weiyi from eating ice cream, yet indulge him infinitely in certain ways. Zhou Zuizui didn't know how to describe her feelings, but undoubtedly, she was somewhat moved.
She didn't have those old-fashioned ideas. She could see that Duan Ziyu liked Wei Yi, and she could even see that Duan Ziyu was the most important person in Wei Yi's heart, much more important than Duan Bowen.
She treats Duan Bowen like a typical younger sister treats her older brother, but not Duan Ziyu.
Zhou Zuizui thought about it and smiled.
That's good. As long as the Duan family doesn't object and they like each other, she'll support them.
After dinner, Duan Ziyu first took Wei Yi to the car before looking at Zhou Zuizui.
"You have something to say to me?"
Duan Ziyu nodded and handed her an envelope: "Inside is what you wanted."
Zhou Zuizui was taken aback and looked at him: "You found out too?"
Duan Ziyu hummed in agreement: "I knew about it even before my brother did."
That's why my attitude towards Zhou Zuizui last night wasn't very good.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zuizui raised an eyebrow at him in surprise: "Thank you."
Duan Ziyu pursed his lips and remained silent for a while before saying, "The only one is a member of our Duan family, and has long since severed ties with the past. The reason I agreed to let you testify is because I know you want evidence, and of course, I want it too." He said, "I had thought about doing this before, but I never did it."
He looked at Zhou Zuizui with a sharp gaze: "As for your parents, they will be punished for their mistakes!"
He turned his head to look at the little girl peeking through the window, trying to eavesdrop, and smiled faintly: "Weiyi is doing quite well now, I hope you won't bother her too much."
Zhou Zuizui opened her mouth before saying, "Don't worry, I'll keep my mouth shut. I just want to see her."
"Um."
Duan Ziyu didn't say much, but he conveyed what he wanted to say. After finishing speaking with Zhou Zuizui, he sent Wei Yi back to school.
Zhou Zuizui took what she was holding and went to the military hospital immediately, where Shen Nan had arranged for a doctor to treat her.
Zhou Zuizui left the hospital after handing the items to the doctor.
Finally, she had solved the thing she wanted to do most, and the huge weight on her heart was finally lifted.
The most important thing now is to wait for the results.
Zhou Zuizui wasn't in a hurry; she could wait that long.
...
For the next two days, Zhou Zuizui went to work diligently and also took the kitten home.
The only difference is that she chats with Wei Yi for a while every day, occasionally telling her about the kitten's recent situation. She shows her pictures of the kitten, and she lives a very enjoyable life.
The medical report came out, and there were no surprises, except for her sister who had been missing for many years.
Everything was going smoothly, and Zhou Zuizui had been feeling good about it, until this day.
She had just left the newspaper office and was driving home.
Zhou Zuizui immediately sensed something was wrong; a car was following her.
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