His Genius Wife is a Superstar

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When did her life suddenly took a sharp turn and become so amazing like this?

An image of her beautiful sister appeared in her mind.

Iris’ existence was like the devil to Long Jinjing’s life before, especially when they were younger. She couldn’t count how many times she cried in anguish after her sister tormented her in the past. She hated and resented Iris for bullying her, yet she couldn’t make herself fight back because she felt ashamed for being an illegitimate child. She always thought that if the two of them fought, she would be always the one to lose because Iris was the legitimate daughter while she was not. So she just endured...and endured...but it hurt so much. Yet she still endured despite the pain because she saw that her mother, Sun Jingfei, did. If her mother could endure and stay strong, then she could do so too.

And it seemed that enduring for all those years paid off because her sister changed for the better after waking up from coma. Iris was no longer a malicious bully. Her beautiful face now reflected a beautiful heart.

Although the scars from Iris’ bullying all those years ago couldn’t be completely erased from her heart and mind, Long Jinjing couldn’t find it in herself to retain any lingering hatred or resentment for her sister. She didn’t how to explain it in a logical way.

"It’s as if the Xiulan back then and the Xiulan now are two completely different people," she murmured as her eyes opened.

Now calmer, she continued to walk along the dark and empty hallway. The rhythmic click-clack of her high heels on the floor slowed down her heartbeat and cleared her mind, almost sending her into a meditative state.

She became so relaxed that she failed to pay attention to where she was walking. Her high heel snagged on a crack in the floor. She was already falling forward before she even realized what was happening.

"Aaaaah!"

Her eyes closed on instinct, waiting for the pain that was sure to come after her body crashed to the floor. But right at that moment, something wrapped around her waist and pulled her up all of a sudden. Then her back crashed into something warm and hard, knocking all her breath away.

"What a clumsy woman," a lazy masculine voice said beside her ear.

Long Jinjing froze as if electrocuted. Her heart which managed to relax just a few moments ago began to beat wildly inside her chest once again.

She turned her head and came face to face with the devil...or at least that was what he looked like in the shadows.

"Lu Zihao," she whispered.

"Long Jinjing," he said.

Alarm bells started ringing like it was the apocalypse inside her mind.

Danger! Danger! Danger!

Her survival instincts were telling her to run away as fast as she could away from this scar-faced man, but she couldn’t seem to look away from his devilish eyes. They were like bottomless pits of pure darkness and mystery hypnotizing her.

"A woman shouldn’t walk alone in a dark and empty place like this," he suddenly said, breaking the moment.

Long Jinjing regained her senses and realized that the man’s arm was still wrapped tightly around her waist while her entire back was pressed against his chest. She could feel the hard planes of his body, making her face and neck flush red in embarrassment. Fortunately, the place was relatively dark.