Data report

His voice shook with fear. "Zizhen! Zizhen!!"

Only after picking Yuan Zizhen up did he see the obvious cut on the wrist he had dipped into the bathtub. Blood was still seeping out, a frightening sight.

He gripped Yuan Zizhen's wrist tightly, pulled out his phone, and dialed 120.

As he called his name over and over, Yuan Zizhen slowly came around and looked at him with tear-filled eyes, making Sun Liang's heart ache.

"You fool, what are you doing?!"

Tears spilled from the corners of Yuan Zizhen's eyes as he said weakly, "Liang, I know I'm not good enough for you. Getting engaged to me has been hard on you."

Hearing this, Sun Liang became even more convinced that what he had heard on the phone was true. He sighed and said, "We'll talk about this later. The ambulance is on its way. Let me get you to the hospital first!"

Yuan Zizhen shook his head. "No, I'm afraid if I don't say it now, I won't get another chance. Liang, I'm healthy. Even if I die, you can have someone perform an autopsy on me. The innocent have nothing to hide. I just..."

He sobbed. "I just don't want you to think being with me is some kind of punishment."

Sun Liang was shocked!

He immediately realized that the bitch Wei Zisu must have said something to Yuan Zizhen.

"Zizhen, don't listen to other people's nonsense. When have I ever thought being with you was a punishment?!"

Yuan Zizhen had only mentioned it once, and he already knew someone else had told him. In fact, his words amounted to an unprompted confession.

But Yuan Zizhen's aim wasn't to establish his guilt, so naturally, he wouldn't produce evidence to prove it now. Besides, he wasn't sure whether throwing the video Wei Zisu had sent him in Sun Liang's face would make this idiot fly into a humiliated rage and break off their engagement.

Then he would end up losing more than he gained. He wasn't that stupid.

Actually, after smashing things up, he had thought it through. Didn't he just want to marry properly into the Sun family and become a wealthy family's spouse? Then, as long as he could achieve that goal, paying a small price was only to be expected.

So he dripped thick fake blood used for filming into the clear bathwater, then sat in the bathroom waiting with a razor blade. Only when he heard Sun Liang come in did he make a shallow cut on his wrist and slump over the edge of the bathtub, pretending to have fainted.

He didn't want to die at all. He just wanted to take a gamble this way.

If he won, he could marry Sun Liang and enjoy wealth and luxury.

If he lost, this little injury was nothing, and making Sun Liang hate Wei Zisu from then on would still be worth it.

"Did Wei Zisu say something to you?!" Sun Liang asked, giving himself away again.

Yuan Zizhen nodded pitifully. "He said you went to see him and asked him to be your lover. He also said being with me was your punishment."

Sun Liang gritted his teeth. "That bitch Wei Zisu!!"

"Zizhen, don't believe him. After Wei Zisu broke off our engagement, he married someone from the countryside, and he's regretting it to death. He came to me first, throwing himself at me and asking to be my lover, but I refused. I said I already had you and wouldn't want anyone else, and he said I'd get what I deserved for being with you. That venomous man actually twisted the facts to drive a wedge between us!"

Inwardly, Yuan Zizhen rolled his eyes.

If he hadn't seen the video, he really would have believed him.

This man could lie without even blushing. Clearly, Sun Liang must have lied to him plenty of times before, too.

But it didn't matter. He was a terrible person, but he had money.

"Really, Liang?" Yuan Zizhen asked pitifully.

Sun Liang instinctively raised his hand to swear an oath, but after some thought, he lowered it again. "Of course it's true. Would I lie to you? Zizhen, be good. Let's go to the hospital and get that wound dressed first."

Yuan Zizhen nodded slightly, then added, "Liang, come with me for a checkup. I want to prove I really don't have that kind of disease."

Sun Liang said, "All right. As long as there's nothing wrong with your health, we'll register our marriage right away!"

His overwhelming guilt toward Yuan Zizhen made him blurt it out, as though marriage was the only way to make up for what Yuan Zizhen had suffered.

Yuan Zizhen's eyes lit up. I won!

That evening, Wei Zisu and Cui Xiangxiang showered and lay on the bed chatting.

For once, there were no night scenes to film, so they could get a good night's sleep.

The production had arranged the hotel Wei Zisu was staying in, and the accommodations were decent enough. He had originally planned to get Cui Xiangxiang a room of his own. But Cui Xiangxiang said he had lots to tell him, and sharing a bed had been commonplace for them before, so they canceled the other room.

Oh, right. Before returning to the room, they had also been pestered by Wu Hao for over half an hour.

Wei Zisu asked Cui Xiangxiang to explain what was going on between him and Wu Hao.

Looking utterly done with life, Cui Xiangxiang rolled over and lay spread-eagled. "That kid has something wrong with him. When Wu Kui and I first got together, he looked at me like I was his enemy and kept picking on me. Later, I taught him a few lessons behind Wu Kui's back. He stopped picking on me, but started harassing me instead."

Wu Kui was Cui Xiangxiang's ex-boyfriend.

"At first, I thought he'd just found a different way to get back at me. Then he suddenly told me he was serious, and even tried to force me to break up with Wu Kui and be with him."

Wei Zisu asked, "Then how did I get dragged into this?"

Cui Xiangxiang laughed. "Because I collected lots of your photos and merchandise! He asked if I liked you, and I said yes, I loved you to death, and even if I divorced Wu Kui, I'd go marry this actor."

"That was it? He actually believed you?" Wei Zisu was questioning Wu Hao's intelligence.

Cui Xiangxiang said, "After that, whenever I contacted you, I deliberately let him see me calling you baby and sending you kissing stickers. I meant to make him give up and think I'd choose an omega over him. But not only did he believe it, he actually went off to become an actor! His brain doesn't work right."

With Cui Xiangxiang's verdict delivered, Wei Zisu asked, "So all that calling me baby was fake?"

Cui Xiangxiang rolled his eyes at him. "At least you know your place. Remember, whenever I call you baby from now on, there's definitely a reason."

Wei Zisu fell silent for a moment, then said, "He's only four years younger than you. That's actually not bad."

Yin Zhengchuan was three years younger than him, too.

Wait, no, why did I suddenly think of Yin Zhengchuan? He should have reached Shandong by now...

"Get lost!" Cui Xiangxiang said. "I only like men older than me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gotten together with that old man Wu Kui."

Not wanting to discuss Wu Hao anymore, Cui Xiangxiang stretched and changed the subject at lightning speed. "Have you really never slept with Yin Zhengchuan?"

Wei Zisu finally caught up with the change in subject and said helplessly, "No."

"What a waste."

"A waste of what?"

Cui Xiangxiang didn't answer, just tapped away on his phone.

Wei Zisu immediately received a message. He opened it and asked in confusion, "What's this?"

Cui Xiangxiang said, "Can't you read? Look for yourself."

Of course he could read, but the title of the chart Cui Xiangxiang had sent him was actually...

"Sales data report from XX's largest online sex toy retailer"!

Most purchases of large condoms: Shandong.

Most purchases of extra-small condoms: HN

Most purchases of lubricant: SC

Most purchases of delay spray: GD

Most purchases of dildos: SH

"What are you getting at?"

Cui Xiangxiang said, "Look at the first line. The rest doesn't matter."

Wei Zisu blushed and put his phone facedown on the pillow.

"I hear Shandong alphas aren't just tall, they're all big, too," Cui Xiangxiang said with a laugh. "Zisu, I can't speak for anything else, but you're in luck in that department. After you two sleep together, remember to tell me if it's true. If it is, I'll find myself a Shandong alpha, too."

Wei Zisu said, "Get Wu Hao weaned first, then we'll talk."

At the mention of Wu Hao, Cui Xiangxiang's headache returned, and he turned away glumly.