S City, Caesar Grand Hotel.
Lan Qianqian, who was cleaning the corridor, was suddenly pulled into the room by a large hand. Her panicked expression was reflected on the clean wall. Before she could react, a scorching body pressed heavily against her…
"Help me!" a hoarse voice whispered in her ear.
In the darkness, feeling the man’s movements, Lan Qianqian desperately beat and resisted, but couldn't move him at all.
"Rip~" Lan Qianqian closed her eyes in despair. The sun set, and the night slowly rose. A tear trickled down the corner of her closed eye, letting it flow across her face and into her neck…
She woke up again, the sky was already slightly bright.
Realizing what had happened the night before, Lan Qianqian's face turned pale. She didn't dare to look at the man behind her. She hurriedly picked up his clothes from the floor and put them on, then stumbled out of the room. Her own torn clothes were scattered on the floor behind her…
Not long after, the man on the bed also woke up. In an instant, his sleepy eyes regained their sharp gaze. He turned to look beside him, but found no one there.
He picked up the phone on the bedside table.
"Find out who drugged me yesterday," the man's chiseled features were full of ferocity.
He paused, "And then investigate the woman from last night."
For so many years, he had no interest in women, not even letting them come near him. The faint scent of the woman last night, however, was not unpleasant, even…
Thinking of his body, which was about to explode with surging energy last night, Xue Mo Han’s eyes deepened.
Beside the Rolls-Royce.
"President, the investigation results are out. It was Li Anguo who sent his daughter to get close to you. The drug was administered by his daughter, Li Mengrou," his special assistant Qi An reported quickly while standing to the side.
"Continue the investigation. His daughter doesn't have that much capability."
"Yes."
"What about that woman?"
"Hmm?" Li Ang seemed surprised that the president would ask about the woman. He looked up at his president as if he had seen a ghost. Upon meeting his boss's sharp gaze, he immediately lowered his head.
"The hotel's surveillance system is broken. The backend technical personnel are recovering it."
"Can you find out who did it?"
Li Ang lowered his head even further.
"A bunch of useless people." Xue Mo Han said, then got into the car himself. The assistant, being perceptive, got into the driver's seat, started the engine, and the car slowly drove away.
After they left, in a corner of the hotel, a face gradually appeared, faintly visible under a black cloak…
"Xue Mo Han, the first gift for you, do you like it?"
"Heh heh," a sinister smile appeared on the corner of the black-clothed person's mouth.
A little over a month later, Lan Qianqian, who should have been working as a waitress at the hotel, voluntarily resigned. She worked as a server in a restaurant near her rented apartment, clearing tables and wiping away leftovers. Suddenly, she felt a wave of nausea, but she didn't think much of it, perhaps she had just eaten too much.
After a long day of work, her exhausted body immediately lit up with a smile upon opening the door and seeing the woman inside. She opened her arms, "Mom, you're back! I missed you so much~"
The middle-aged woman who heard the voice turned around. This woman was dressed simply but had a graceful bearing. Her hair was damp and stuck to her temples from sweat due to her busyness, making her look a little tired. However, her eyes, as she looked at the young woman, were full of spirit, and the smile on her lips made her entire being appear even gentler.
"How old are you to still be acting spoiled?" Tong Mu Qing said, stroking her daughter's hair and teasing her with a smile. Looking at her daughter, who was now the same height as her, she marveled at how quickly time had passed. She had brought her home when she was only six years old, and now she was an adult.
"No matter how old I get, I'll always be Mom's little padded jacket."
"Alright, alright, my little padded jacket is here for dinner. I made your favorite steamed perch today." Saying that, she pulled her to the dining table.
Lan Qianqian looked at the rich dinner on the table, which included not only steamed perch but also ribs, two vegetable dishes, and a soup.
So she asked the woman opposite her, "Mom, why did you cook so much food today? And meat too. It's such a waste. We still need to save money, and your body has only just started to recover."
Lan Qianqian had dropped out of high school before graduating. It was because the woman she loved most at that time suddenly fell ill and needed surgery. It was already difficult for her mother to support herself, so she had to go out and earn money for the surgery fees. Fortunately, the hospital covered some of the expenses. So she looked at the woman opposite her without speaking, her eyes filled with disapproval.
"You forgot your birthday more than a month ago. I should have celebrated it then, but I had to leave for a month for some business. I'm only back today, but we definitely have to make up for your birthday." Her mother said with a smile, looking at her daughter.
"This is for your coming-of-age gift." Saying that, she took out a box from inside the house.
That's right, on that night more than a month ago, Lan Qianqian had just turned eighteen.
Lan Qianqian took the box and opened it curiously. A delicate necklace, inlaid with a small diamond and trimmed with lace, lay quietly inside, glittering in the sunlight filtering in from the window.
"It's so beautiful~" Lan Qianqian's eyes were filled with surprise, then she thought of something.
"Mom, isn't this necklace very expensive?"
"Not expensive," her mother said dotingly, looking at her daughter.
"That's good, but we can't waste money like this anymore." Then, Lan Qianqian carefully placed the box in her treasured storage container.
Just as she was about to sit down to eat, Lan Qianqian, smelling the fish, felt a strong wave of nausea and immediately covered her mouth.
"What's wrong? Are you not feeling well?" Mother Tong asked her daughter worriedly.
"No… Ugh~" Before she could finish, she rushed to the bathroom. Although Mother Tong had no children of her own in this life, she had experienced and seen a lot.
"Qianqian, what's going on? You might be pregnant, you know?" Mother Tong's expression became a little more serious.
Lan Qianqian was stunned for a moment. She had deliberately forgotten about that day. She didn't know what to do and was afraid her mother would worry. Now that her mother knew, she twisted her fingers in panic and looked at her helplessly. Finally, she told her everything that had happened that day. After saying it, Lan Qianqian herself didn't realize that she felt a sense of relief.
Tong Mu Qing stepped forward and hugged her daughter, "How could you not tell me something so big happened? Do you want to keep this child? If you keep it, you'll face many stares and ridicule. Let's not keep it, okay?"
Lan Qianqian lowered her head and didn't speak. After a while, as if she had finally made up her mind, she looked up, "Mom, this is a life. I want to keep it."
"Okay, I support whatever you do. Let's go abroad. No one knows us there, and we can start our lives anew. I hope my daughter will have a smooth journey."
"It's a good opportunity to hide from those people," Tong Mu Qing thought to herself.