"The disappearance of Jing Jihan has already caused a huge impact in the Chinese business world..."
The voice from the TV continued as Shi Su was almost in a state of sleep. But with the sound from the TV playing by her ear, she was still trying to hold on to a sliver of consciousness, wanting to hang in there a bit longer and take a shower before sleeping.
The news felt vague and unclear to her; half-asleep, she couldn’t really make out much but something about a president and the five great families.
She struggled to keep her eyes open, and the news had already moved on to the next report, which was about a company in Jiang City suffering a liquidity gap of billions due to a blunder in the finance department.
Originally, she wanted to see what the impressive person named Jing something looked like.
A president and a master’s degree holder—wondered if he was bald.
"Since when did I switch to the economic news channel?" She looked at the TV screen in confusion, then picked up the remote next to her, pointing it at the TV and pressing a few buttons.
She randomly switched to another channel, hearing laughter from a group of people in a variety show, halted her actions, and still sat there in a daze, unable to process or absorb anything she heard or saw, before taking a deep breath and getting up to take a shower.
Jing Jihan had already gone to sleep but suddenly heard Shi Su return and the sound of the TV being turned on.
Shi Su was so tired that she even forgot to lower the TV volume, and he could clearly hear those news reports. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on novel-fire.net
He was prepared for Shi Su to come in and question him about all sorts of things.
If there was no way to hide it any longer, then there was no need to cover it up.
However, the door was knocked on twice before it was pushed open. Shi Su walked in holding a set of pajamas and a towel, looking utterly exhausted and sleepy, saying in his direction, "I’m going to take a shower. If it’s convenient for you, go sit in the living room for a while. If you’re already asleep, just continue sleeping. Don’t mind me. I’ll be done soon and won’t disturb your rest."
After saying that, she let out a big yawn, clearly not having taken in anything from the news report earlier, and went straight into the bathroom.
Shi Su was in a state of drowsiness, not fully regaining her sanity or condition in her speech.
Out of respect, Jing Jihan got up and left the bedroom.
He noticed she still had some nasal congestion in her voice, indicating her cold hadn’t fully recovered. He boiled water using the kettle in her house and took out the cold medicine from the coffee table drawer to place beside the water cup.
By the time Shi Su came out after her shower, she was much more awake. While drying her hair, she saw Jing Jihan holding a glass cup and pouring water, suddenly chuckling, "You’ve been staying at my place these days. You’re familiar enough now to boil water on your own."
Jing Jihan ignored her idle chatter, simply placing the water cup down and saying, "Wait for the water to cool before taking the cold medicine and then go to sleep."
Shi Su, still drying her hair, paused slightly, looked in his direction again, glanced at the water cup and medicine on the coffee table, then put down the towel and said, "Oh, were you already asleep before and was woken up by me?"
"Remember to take the medicine." Jing Jihan replied lightly and entered the bedroom.
After closing the door, he picked up his phone again, glanced at the time, and didn’t make a call but sent Jing Luozhou a very brief message.
The next day, all the major news stations in Jiang City mysteriously removed all reports about Jing Jihan’s car accident and disappearance.