Chapter 2

Su Xiyan wore a red wedding dress, standing inside the house, looking at the bridal chamber that had obviously been arranged.

Needless to say, the Yan Family is indeed aristocratic; even though Yan Moci is merely an immobile vegetative person, the bridal chamber is decorated with utmost luxury.

After admiring for a while, Su Xiyan's gaze returned to Yan Moci lying there.

Even in a coma, with a slightly pallid face and somewhat sunken cheeks, Yan Moci still concealed none of his immortal bearing, serene and bright.

This was the first time Su Xiyan had seen a man with such exquisite and splendid looks; she instinctively drew near Yan Moci.

She carefully observed Yan Moci's appearance.

Thick black hair, deep-set eyes, a straight nose bridge, and tightly pursed pale thin lips.

"If you could open your eyes, your eyes would surely hold brilliant stars," Su Xiyan sighed regretfully after gazing for a while.

She twitched her small nostrils and exclaimed in surprise, "Even after being a vegetative person for so long, there's not a hint of odd smell; instead, there's a crisp, pleasant pine and cypress fragrance."

After the fatigue of the journey and a day's busyness, smelling that fragrance, Su Xiyan, still in her wedding attire, began to nod off little by little against Yan Moci's beautiful chin.

Feeling a bit chilly, Su Xiyan instinctively slipped into Yan Moci's quilt, her hands and feet boldly wrapping around him, using him as a human-shaped pillow.

After burying her whole head in Yan Moci's embrace, she finally curled her lips in satisfaction.

After Su Xiyan had fallen completely into deep sleep, the man lying on the bed suddenly opened his eyes.

Yan Moci turned his head to behold the girl's exquisite visage within arm's reach, sensing the pure, lily-of-the-valley-like fragrance on her breath, and frowned deeply.

This is the bride Grandfather previously said he had found for him, Su Xiyi.

She looks barely of age; truly preposterous!

Moreover, this little girl, does she not understand the propriety between men and women? Even if he is now a vegetative person, how could she lie so unguarded beside a strange man?

Before Yan Moci could think further, Su Xiyan shifted toward him again, their distance suddenly closing, even their breaths intertwining ambiguously.

Gazing at Su Xiyan's petite nose tip and smooth, fair skin, a deep emotion stirred in Yan Moci's eyes.

Before he could ponder further, he saw Su Xiyan's eyelashes fluttering like butterfly wings, showing signs of waking.

Yan Moci immediately closed his eyes, as if he had never awakened at all.

The next morning, upon waking, Su Xiyan still felt somewhat incredulous,

"I actually slept so soundly in a strange place!"

Before Su Xiyan could think further, she whispered:

"Oh no! I almost forgot!"

Su Xiyan carefully searched the entire room, but found nothing.

Her phone rang; seeing the caller ID, Su Xiyan narrowed her eyes slightly and answered.

"Hello."

"Boss! How's the investigation going?"

Glancing at Yan Moci on the bed, Su Xiyan lowered her voice, "Still looking into it."

"Boss, is there anything you can't do? A country girl actually managed to infiltrate the Yan Family!"

Su Xiyan retorted sarcastically, "A country girl could defeat you top-tier red hackers; what's so surprising about getting into the Yan Family?"

Hey hey! Don't be like that, you hothead, just tell me.

How exactly did you code the final data of that competition?

Su Xiyan scoffed, "It's just that you're all too weak; I casually played and came first, then logged off."

Wow! You're so infuriating! Hello? Hello!

After hastily hanging up, Su Xiyan gazed toward Yan Moci and fell into contemplation.

Su Xiyan is not the biological daughter of the Su Family matriarch Su Airan; according to her investigation, she is not a child of the Su Family at all.

Su Qingming was a son-in-law who married into the Su Family, taking their surname afterward; previously he had a lover named Wang Mei, who was supposedly her birth mother. Wang Mei used herself as a bargaining chip to force Su Qingming to marry her, but Su Qingming refused to acknowledge it and even drove Wang Mei away.

Before leaving, Wang Mei abandoned herself at the Su Family; helpless, Su Qingming could only take care of her.

In everyone's eyes, I have always been considered an illegitimate daughter.

Even she herself thought so, until one day her grandmother sighed and revealed the truth, also producing an heirloom that had been with her since infancy—a delicate, small Jade Ruyi.

Through the Jade Ruyi and the investigation of Wang Mei's information, she learned that Wang Mei had never been pregnant nor given birth.

It was she who stole me in order to coerce Su Qingming into compliance.

But she later went mad.

Now the only key evidence of my true origins is this pendant. Su Xiyan inquired with the Red Hacker Association; the person who wears the Jade Ruyi is Yan Moci!

After searching the room again and finding nothing, Su Xiyan turned her gaze to Yan Moci lying on the bed and cautiously moved closer.

"Could it be on him?" Su Xiyan murmured softly.

Su Xiyan half of her body pressed onto the bed, deepening the impression on the soft mattress; her restless hands reached out toward Yan Moci.

Just then, the steward's knock suddenly sounded from outside the door,

"Eldest daughter-in-law, it's time for breakfast."

"Plop!"