Su Ding lowered her eyes and placed her phone face down on the bed. "A telemarketing call."
But the phone rang again.
Su Ding finally answered, and a panting male voice came from the other end.
"Miss Su, Fu Qing and that woman's affair has been discovered by President Shao. President Shao has been rushed to City Third Hospital..."
Su Ding covered the phone and glanced unnaturally at Jin Ye, lowering her voice. "Okay, I understand."
After hanging up, she looked up and saw Jin Ye staring at her thoughtfully.
"Whose call was it?"
"...A friend. He finished something I asked him to do and is letting me know."
Su Ding clenched her fingers and forced a calm smile. "Thank you for coming to see me."
Jin Ye noticed her small movements and pondered for a moment. "If you need anything, just ask me."
"Mhm... Okay." Su Ding lowered her eyes, her heart in disarray.
She picked up her water glass and took another sip, but it still couldn't quell the turmoil in her heart.
Her father was in the same hospital as her now. What a coincidence.
She had deliberately arranged for Fu Qing to seduce Wang Meilan, wanting her cold and heartless father to experience the pain of having his lover seduced by a third party.
Now, he was experiencing it.
She felt a surge of vengeful glee, mixed with a faint unease.
Her mother had been jointly murdered by her father and Wang Meilan, and she would not let them off the hook, even if it meant bearing the stigma of being unfilial.
Gradually, her eyes began to sting, and she didn't even know how these emotions had arisen.
"Su Ding."
Jin Ye gently patted her shoulder. "No matter what happens, I'm here."
As he spoke, a tear dropped from Su Ding's eye.
Just one.
She held back, curved her eyes into a smile, and said, "Mhm."
Just then, Jin Ye's phone rang.
He walked out to answer it, and a voice came from the phone. "Mr. Jin, we found out. It was Miss Shao who instructed Su Qingmu to target Miss Su Ding. She promised Su Qingmu the leading role in her next drama."
Shao Lin...
Jin Ye's eyes darkened, and his expression turned icy.
Over the years, he had pretended not to know about her underhanded tactics out of consideration for her being Xiao Xi's mother.
But now, to use such cruel methods to harm Su Ding, he could no longer tolerate it.
He returned to the ward, briefly briefed Su Ding, and then left.
After Jin Ye left, Su Ding finally felt at ease enough to make a phone call.
"Miss Su, what do we do now? Wang Meilan isn't answering my calls." Fu Qing asked in a low voice.
"Don't make any moves for now. Wait for her to contact you. I've already arranged for your payment to be sent to your account. Rest for a few days. Also, send me the photos and bank transfer records from this period to my email."
"Understood." Fu Qing hung up and sent the files.
Su Ding looked at the files sent by Fu Qing on her phone, her heart turning to ice.
In two more days, she would personally visit her father, whom she hadn't seen in years, armed with these.
She wanted him to witness firsthand how his most despised daughter would watch him experience his most humiliating and embarrassing moment.
Her mother's death must not be forgotten like this!
At this moment, Xiao Yuan returned to the ward and couldn't help but gossip. "Dingding, Mr. Jin is really good to you."
Su Ding smiled absentmindedly.
She didn't intend to tell Xiao Yuan too much about their affairs. In fact, being with someone of Jin Ye's status made her feel insecure.
Shao Lin's existence made her uncomfortable. She could deceive herself into thinking that being with Jin Ye was also a way to get revenge on Shao Lin, but her reason told her clearly that Shao Lin was a thorn between them.
Just then, there was a knock on the door. Xiao Yuan got up to open it.
Standing outside was a well-maintained, elegant middle-aged woman. She smiled faintly. "Hello, is Miss Su Ding here?"
Xiao Yuan was startled.
She could tell the woman before her was accustomed to a life of luxury and was definitely not a celebrity. But Su Ding hadn't returned to the country for long, so how could she know this person?
Although the woman looked noble and kind, Xiao Yuan still felt a sense of unease.
She smiled politely. "I'm Su Ding's agent. May I ask what you need from her?"
The middle-aged woman pursed her lips and smiled.
Xiao Yuan glanced into the ward, where Su Ding was looking at her with confusion. "What's wrong?"
"I mean no harm. I just have a few things to discuss with her." The woman nodded with a smile and bypassed Xiao Yuan into the ward.
Su Ding looked at the woman approaching her, finding her increasingly familiar.
The woman closed the door, sat down on a stool with elegant posture, and said, "Su Ding, is that right?"
Su Ding nodded. "And you are?"
The woman smiled at her. "I am Jin Ye's mother. I just returned to the country yesterday. You should know that, right?"
Su Ding finally understood.
No wonder she felt a bit familiar. Jin Ye's features resembled hers, and they shared a similar noble demeanor.
She nodded and quickly greeted her, "Hello, Auntie."
The woman glanced at her lightly and continued, "I know our Xiao Xi likes you very much, and I hope you can be the woman his father is with. But you must understand that the Jin family is not an ordinary family. They cannot casually marry a woman who has already had children into the position of the Jin family matriarch. You should be aware of this, shouldn't you?"
Su Ding was completely stunned.
She had anticipated this scenario. If she were to reach the point of marriage with Jin Ye, she might face rejection from his family.
She just hadn't expected it to happen so soon.