The thunderstorm was her nightmare. She would never forget the night when she was ten years old, when her mother had worked late at school and was worried about her, and she had driven home to pick her up.

She was only ten years old, but she sat in the living room and comforted her crying face to face because she was afraid of thunder.

Amidst the rumbling rain, the ear-piercing phone rang. She ran over to grab it with great anticipation. She thought it was her father, but she heard a cold tone coming from the other side of the phone.

"The Lin Clan? The Lin couple died in a car accident after being rescued. Please come and take care of the aftermath! "

A blinding bolt of lightning flashed past the window. She immediately froze as if she had been struck by lightning. The phone in her hand also fell to the ground. The cold autumn was once again frightened by her appearance to the point of crying loudly.

She hugged the cold autumn and murmured like a soulless puppet,

"They say... Mom and Dad are dead... "Mom and dad died …"

Tears were pouring out of his eyes like a torrential downpour.

However, before she could even cry over the death of her parents, she found that Leng Qiu's face was blue, and his entire body was trembling. He had a heart attack because of this shocking thunderbolt, so she could only endure her grief and sent Leng Qiu to the hospital.

In the cold hospital, in the lightning and thunder corridor, eerie and cold, she curled up on a bench, her body trembling. The heartache from the death of her parents and her worry for Liangqiu's health made her cry until her tears dried.

For a moment she wanted to let herself fall asleep, to go with her parents to heaven, to think of the cold autumn when she was young and weak and sick, but then she woke up with a start.

She couldn't die, she lived, but she didn't know how to face the fragmented life. Thus, the pain of living a life worse than death became a terrifying nightmare for her.

She worked desperately all her life, but on rainy days she would push everything out of her way and run home to lock herself in her room. Then she would cover her head with a quilt and put on the headset to turn up the volume of her voice and force herself not to think about the terrible things that had happened.

Most of the time, she was the one who took care of Cool Autumn Leaf. It was only at this moment that she would reveal the weakness of a little girl, and thus rely on Cool Autumn Snow.

However, there had once been a cool autumn accompanying her, comforting her and giving her warmth and support.

But now, she was only left with one person.

She turned off the shower head, and the intense water droplets streaked across her smooth body and dropped to the ground. She panted heavily, telling herself in her heart that she had to be strong.

She dried herself and came out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel. A bolt of lightning struck her face, causing her frail body to sway for a bit. With a pale face, she limped to close the door and window.

Just as he was closing the window on the balcony, he heard a door open behind him. She turned her head and saw him approaching her with an air of hostility. He leaned against the balcony and watched calmly as he approached.

Behind her, the sky was filled with flashes of lightning and the rumbling of thunder. In front of her was a man as frightening as Satan. She felt a wave of dizziness.

Zhuang Shili never expected to see her so pale and helpless. His black eyes flashed with a strange emotion, but he still clenched his teeth and walked over.

As he stood in front of her, his deep eyes emitted an ice-cold aura that would cause chills to run down one's spine.

"What is it? Is the money I gave you not enough? Or go there in the name of work to date an old lover? "

The calm, yet cold, mocking tone pierced her heart like a sharp sword. She raised her pale face and looked at him in puzzlement.

"What do you mean?"

"What do you mean? Don't you know that the coffee shop was opened by Song Heng? "

The corner of his mouth pulled out an ice-cold arc, forcefully suppressing the inexplicable irritation that his innocent watery eyes gave him.

"I really don't know. Senior sister Can was the one who introduced me. I just wanted to pass the time before the start of school by using my part-time job …"

Although Autumn Leaf was surprised, she only lowered her head and said tiredly, she didn't have the strength to argue with him.

Now that he was standing in front of her, his body was like a warm and wide wall. She wanted to let go of the fear in her heart, but her reason told her that if she did that, she would die miserably.

However, to him, her calmness was a silent form of resistance. He took a step forward and used his powerful hand to pull away her small face. His deep expression revealed a frightening coldness.

"Want to work? "Then go to my company tomorrow and be my little sister!"

"No!"

She suddenly shrieked in refusal. His compassionate attitude made her feel like she had been severely insulted.

"I don't want your charity!"

"What?" A charity? "

He narrowed his sharp eyes, and a thick sense of ridicule hung on the corner of his mouth.

"In these few years, have you received less charity from Song Hengming? What? "Can't you ask for my charity if you want it?"

"You … "What do you mean?"

What do you mean by accepting Song Hengming's charity?

His venomous words made her panic, but his venomous anger made her even more frightened. She tightly clutched the towel in front of her chest, her tongue somewhat tied up.

"What do you mean?"

He leaned toward her, her smooth back pressed against the cold balcony, and the fierce rain that poured in through the cracks in the window on her bare shoulders sent a chill through her.

"Do you really think you can afford to pay for medicine all these years? If it wasn't for the fact that Song Hengming did something about it, could you have bought those pills? "

"What?"

Autumn Leaf shook her head in disbelief.

"He's just an ordinary doctor, what can he do …"

There was a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

"You are really silly and adorable. The dignified hospital's President had concealed his identity for you for two years, yet you did not discover it?" What is your brain for! "

The President of the hospital? Song Hengming was actually the hospital's director?

Autumn Leaf was so shocked that she couldn't say a word. She kept shaking her head, unwilling to believe his words. But when she thought about it carefully, she realized that he wasn't as simple as an ordinary doctor.

For example, she had seen him drive a Porsche. For example, the doctors and nurses at the hospital all obeyed his orders. For example, his luxurious office … However, every time she went to the hospital, she was always in a state of worry, so she never thought about it.

"From tomorrow onwards, you are not allowed to work there again!"

he ordered imperiously, his cold, sinister eyes tightening at the sight of her swollen feet.

The anger he felt just now made him forget his original intention of leaving Long Ying to chase him, it was to check the burn wound on her leg. Even he couldn't understand the feeling of sitting still after seeing her run away.

Glaring fiercely at the dumbstruck Ning Xuemo, he walked up to her in large strides, picked her up and carried her to the sofa. He then went to get a medicine box to apply on her.

She curled up on the sofa, her face pale and her lips pressed tightly together without a word, her small body still trembling, while he sat calmly on the edge of the sofa, his big, rough hands gripping her swollen little feet and smearing ointment on them.

Glancing at her frightened appearance, he couldn't help but feel stifled. He had just scolded her a few times, and she had become like this? One had to know that this was his most merciful method of dealing with women!

But why would he be angry at her for something like this? Why can't he be as indifferent to other women as he is to them? How many men would he be indifferent to?

Autumn Leaf was curled up on the sofa like a frightened bunny, staring absentmindedly at him who had applied the medicine. Every time thunder rumbled outside, her face paled, and the fear in her heart grew even more intense.

Suddenly, a sound several times louder than before exploded above her head. As if she had suffered some kind of shock, she abruptly withdrew her foot from his hand and ran back to the bedroom at a speed so fast that he couldn't react for a moment.

By the time he realized her unusual behavior, she had locked the door from the inside. His heart couldn't help but sink. He crossed his arms in contemplation as he tried to figure out how to get in. Suddenly, a sharp and mournful cry came from inside the bedroom.

His expression changed, and he knocked hard on the door.

"Lin Qiuye, open the door!"

Silence returned to the room. He pressed himself against the door and heard heavy breathing coming from inside. His cold face turned serious in an instant.

The sudden clap of thunder aroused Autumn Leaf's hard-pressed fear. She fled into her bedroom, hastily closing all the doors and windows, closing all the lights and pulling the curtains, and curling up in bed by herself.

However, even with the headphones turned up to their maximum volume, they were still unable to withstand the deafening thunder outside. Terrified screams uncontrollably escaped her mouth as her consciousness started to fade away due to her fear.

After changing the room for a few more times, she still did not react. She forcefully kicked the door open after taking a few steps back.

The darkness in the room made him panic. He turned on the light and grabbed out the little girl who was under the blanket, who was almost suffocating.

"Autumn Leaf, what's wrong?"

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