Yang Jinzhi and Lin Cheng had never liked Lin Jinran. Two days after the college entrance examination, they forced her to go back home. Even more brazenly, they destroyed all her communication devices.
Then followed several years of complete disappearance.
In the dim night, the phone screen emitted a faint light, like a distress signal from the outside world in the vast expanse of space.
The secretary quietly waited for a reply.
Su Qinian's well - defined fingers tapped on the balcony railing rhythmically. His eyes, fixed on the distance, were deep and dark, as if he was desperately holding back something.
The Depression Rehabilitation Training Center...
He lowered his eyes and recalled this place. Then he remembered the tense mood when Lin Jinran casually mentioned this place one afternoon as if nothing had happened.
His heart seemed to be tightly grasped by a big hand, and a dull pain welled up.
It was almost certain that Lin Jinran had once been sent there to be tortured.
But she had never told him about it. Even when they talked about this topic that afternoon, she brushed it off in a few words, just like when she suffered from depression ten years ago.
She kept silent.
The invisible big hand seemed to grip even tighter. Su Qinian's thoughts drifted far away.
Why... did Lin Jinran's mother suddenly pass away?
During a visit many years ago, Lin Jinran had happily told him that her mother was undergoing stable treatment and everything was getting better.
But just one month before the college entrance examination, her mother suddenly died without any sign, directly affecting Lin Jinran's college entrance examination.
Her mother had been her only pillar of faith.
If someone had interfered...
Wait! Su Qinian's pupils suddenly shrank. The messy threads were smoothly connected through a strange point.
Her mother's death, her depression, her failure in the college entrance examination, her forced return home, her being sent to the Depression Rehabilitation Training Center, and her disappearance from the world.
Breaking away from her original family, struggling in the entertainment industry, being secretly suppressed by her family, and never achieving success.
Su Qinian knew he had grasped the key point. If Lin Jinran's mother hadn't died, there wouldn't have been her failure in the college entrance examination, and even less her entry into the entertainment industry.
Bit by bit, one by one, Su Qinian quickly connected them all, and everything made sense.
This was simply a conspiracy against Lin Jinran.
The question was, why?
Lin Jinran was Lin Cheng's biological daughter. Why did he almost try to destroy her, as if she wasn't his own daughter?
The more he doted on Lin Tingnian, the more he made things difficult for Lin Jinran.
"Go and investigate the relationship between Lin Jinran's parents. Also, find out the cause of the death of Lin Jinran's mother, Xiang Yanhua, at the Wannanshi Rehabilitation Center Hospital ten years ago."
"As for the Depression Rehabilitation Training Center..." Su Qinian paused for a moment, "Find someone to pretend to be a depressed patient and sneak in. Disintegrate it from within and expose its true nature. Remember to be discreet and try not to let Lin Cheng's side find out."
It was a training center that was unacceptable to the world.
It was also a dirty place that didn't care about human dignity.
The Depression Rehabilitation Training Center should never have existed.
After hanging up the phone with his secretary, Su Qinian remembered the director from some time ago. He clicked on the number and made a call.
The director asked, "Mr. Su, may I ask what's the matter?"
"Last time you said someone secretly bribed you. How's the follow - up?"
"That person came to see me again yesterday, but he was very cautious. I didn't find a suitable opportunity to collect evidence." The director said awkwardly. This was also the reason why he had been delaying telling Su Qinian.
Su Qinian remained silent, his eyebrows and eyes becoming even more profound in the thick night. After a long time, he said, "The program is about to end. I guess they won't contact you again. You just focus on promoting the progress of the program."
...
On the seventh day of "Crazy Crush".
Perhaps because it was the last day, everyone got up early and came downstairs to the living room. Su Qinian got up a bit later. After dealing with things last night, he thought for a long time before writing in the crush envelope.
"You look like you have heavy dark circles under your eyes. Didn't you sleep well last night?" Lin Jinran moved the pillow aside. After Su Qinian sat down, she leaned over with a concerned look on her face.
Su Qinian nodded and said in a muffled voice, "I was busy until very late last night and got up early this morning, so I don't look very energetic."
"I'll make you breakfast. I'm afraid you'll faint from low blood sugar. I can't carry you." Lin Jinran got up half - joking and walked towards the kitchen.
"Hey, actually, you don't have to..." He reached out to stop her, but all he touched was a corner of the girl's clothes slipping through his palm.
"Some people are really too lucky. I'm even jealous." He Jiao propped her chin up and smiled. She turned to Xie Yun and said coquettishly, "Yunyun ~ I'm hungry too."
Everyone: "..."
Xie Yun smiled helplessly and was about to get up to get something for her to eat.
"Oops, I was just joking. It's okay, it's okay." Seeing that he was really going to get snacks, He Jiao grabbed him and shook her head frantically.
Afraid that she would be bored working alone in the kitchen, Su Qinian also entered the kitchen after regaining his energy. He saw Lin Jinran frying an egg and said, "Why aren't you wearing an apron? Be careful not to splash oil on your clothes."
As he spoke, he took down the apron hanging on one side.
Lin Jinran turned her head and glanced at it. "I accidentally forgot. Then please help me put it on. I'm still frying the egg. I'm afraid it will burn."
Su Qinian held the apron, his beautiful black eyes curving. "Come here and put it on."
Lin Jinran obediently turned around. As the apron was put on her body, the man's warm hand brushed past her ear, like a gentle kiss rippling by.
Last night, in the misty water vapor, the two of them were almost skin - to - skin, and there was that burning kiss. Thinking of this, a blush quietly crept up Lin Jinran's ears. She bit her lip gently and stared blankly at the fried egg in the pan.
After Su Qinian quickly tied the ribbon at the back of the apron, he looked up and saw that the fried egg was almost burnt. The girl in front of him seemed to be in a daze.
"Ranran, this fried egg is burnt. Do you want to fry a black and ugly egg for me to eat?" A deep and sexy voice filled with laughter came close to her ear, pulling Lin Jinran's wandering thoughts back.
She looked down and, sure enough, it was burnt. Lin Jinran fumbled around and used the spatula to turn the egg over. It was still burnt. Something seemed wrong. She quickly turned off the fire.
A whole fried egg, burnt on the surface and the back, looked so pitiful.
Lin Jinran smiled awkwardly and whispered like a child who had done something wrong, "Or should I fry another one for you?"
"It's okay. I'll fry the egg. You just watch from the side." Su Qinian shook his head with a laugh. He washed the pan, cracked an egg into it, and soon a perfect fried egg was out of the pan.
What Lin Jinran was going to make was a sandwich. She put the fried egg in the middle of the bread, then spread some vegetables, ham, etc. Then she took a knife and cut it, and the sandwich was ready.
She also made a cup of coffee for Su Qinian. The two of them slowly returned to the living room, and Su Qinian ate the love breakfast slowly.
The aroma gradually spread into the air. Seeing Su Qinian eating so deliciously, the others who had already had breakfast seemed... hungry again.