"She's here, in the room you used to live in," Ai Yiwei smiled as Gu Susu became agitated.
Gu Susu immediately turned to run back into the villa, to the attic on the third floor to see her child!
Ai Yiwei grabbed her, "You want to rush up to the third floor like this? Even Qin Tianyi, as foolish as he is, would find it strange seeing you in such a frenzy. He'll surely tell his grandmother when he returns to the Qin family."
"I don't care! I want to see Xiao Xingxing!" Gu Susu tried to shake her off, "What did you do to him? Why couldn't we hear him at all when we were on the first floor?"
"He's sleeping, and Sister Lin is watching him," Ai Yiwei held onto her, refusing to let go. "If you want to see him, I can help you, so that you won't show any flaws in front of Qin Tianyi."
"You'll help me?" Gu Susu no longer believed her. She was two-faced and more venomous than anyone.
Ai Yiwei glanced at Gu Susu's clothes and jewelry, "Yes, but there will definitely be conditions."
"What conditions?"
"I want the dress you're wearing..."
"No, everything I'm wearing isn't mine; it belongs to the Qin family." Gu Susu knew she was a greedy viper.
Ai Yiwei forcefully tugged at her arm, "Don't forget, I also gave you a dress. Give me the dress you're wearing as repayment, and consider the jewelry you're wearing as interest on that dress."
"The dress you gave me?" Gu Susu found it amusing.
Yes, that time when she went to try on Ai Yiwei's dress in her room, the day after being humiliated by Yuan Shuna and Ai Yifeng, Ai Yiwei had brought that chiffon dress to her room and given it to her, saying she had only just learned what had happened.
Ai Yiwei feigned kindness and repeatedly apologized. Gu Susu hadn't blamed her then, thinking it was just a coincidence, and that her own mother and brother didn't believe her.
At that time, she felt Ai Yiwei was the kindest person in the family. She thought about how they were swapped by Ai Yiwei's biological parents at birth, and it wasn't Ai Yiwei's fault. They were both infants, both innocent, and it was just fate playing tricks.
She had already learned the origin of the chiffon dress from Yuan Shuna and tried hard to refuse it. But Ai Yiwei, seeing her reluctance, thought she was still blaming her and even shed tears.
Gu Susu had no choice but to accept it. However, she had no intention of wearing the dress. After accepting it, she placed it at the bottom of a drawer. But later, this dress caused a major upheaval between her and Ai Yifeng.
Thinking back now, it was all Ai Yiwei's instigation, making the Ai family hate her. Her own biological daughter was worse off than Ai Yiwei, who was unrelated. It was all her own fault for being too naive back then, for trusting this viperous woman.
Gu Susu decided to ask clearly, "Back then, you asked me to go to your room to choose a dress, deliberately turned off your phone, and even reminded the household staff that I entered your room. That's why my mother and Yifeng rushed into the room and treated me like a thief? Then you gave me the chiffon dress, and pretended to Ai Yifeng that the dress had gone missing, leading Ai Yifeng to search my room, which resulted in Ai Yifeng misunderstanding that I was still coveting it. I tore up that dress in front of Ai Yifeng, and from then on, Ai Yifeng hated me deeply! Was all of this your design?"
"Wow, you've become so smart now," Ai Yiwei smiled at her. "But what's the use of you guessing correctly? No one in this family will believe what you say."
"Ai Yiwei, you're too terrifying! You grew up pampered, lived such a good life in my place, received a good education, so why have you become like this? Your appearance is dazzling, but your heart is rotten to the core..."
Ai Yiwei grew impatient listening to her preach. She only asked, "Give me what I want, and I'll let you see the child smoothly. Do you agree?"
Gu Susu gripped the jade bracelet on her wrist and gritted her teeth, "I can give you this dress and jewelry, but I cannot give you this jade bracelet. It was entrusted to me by the Qin family's old madam to keep safe, and I cannot lose it. Otherwise, if I'm kicked out of the Qin family, my father won't be able to get what he wants from the Qin family's old madam, and the entire Ai family might be ruined. At that point, without your status as the Ai family's daughter, can you still marry into your ideal wealthy family? You might even have trouble getting married."
Ai Yiwei's heart skipped a beat. She hadn't expected Gu Susu to know everything now. Did Gu Susu know about her and Qin Tianlang?
She hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Alright, I don't want this bracelet."
"How do you plan to help me?" Gu Susu asked coldly.
"Follow me and act according to the situation..."
"You're all here, are you arguing?" Qin Tianyi also wanted to go to the restroom, so Ai Shunan had Ai Yifeng escort him to the restroom in the garden.
As Qin Tianyi and Ai Yifeng walked into the garden, they saw Ai Yiwei pulling Gu Susu's arm from a distance, appearing to be arguing. They couldn't hear what they were saying from afar.
He forcibly pulled Ai Yifeng closer and only heard Ai Yiwei say "act according to the situation." He didn't understand why they needed to act according to the situation in their own home.
Gu Susu and Ai Yiwei were both startled to see Qin Tianyi and Ai Yifeng suddenly appear.
Ai Yiwei reacted quickly, linking her arm with Gu Susu's and smiling, "Brother-in-law, my sister and I have a good relationship, why would we be arguing? Sister was just saying she wanted to go to the room we used to live in to have a heart-to-heart talk."
"Your sisterly bond is truly strong," Qin Tianyi said with a hearty laugh. "Then you two go chat."
Ai Yiwei smiled and asked Yifeng, "Brother, are you accompanying brother-in-law for a stroll in the garden?"
Ai Yifeng replied with a calm expression, "He needs to go to the restroom, Father asked me to lead the way."
"Yifeng, where is the restroom? Hurry and take me," Qin Tianyi urged, seemingly oblivious.
Ai Yifeng led Qin Tianyi away. Only Gu Susu knew in her heart that Qin Tianyi was actually more astute than anyone. She wondered if he had already seen through something.
Ai Yiwei looked at Gu Susu with a hint of smugness and said, "Let's go. First, go to my room to change, then we'll quietly go to the third floor to see the child."
But to see Xiao Xingxing for a moment, she couldn't afford to worry about anything else and followed Ai Yiwei upstairs.
Seeing Gu Susu accompanied by Yiyi, Ai Shunan and Yuan Shuna were no longer worried about any trouble. They had always thought Yiyi was sensible, steady, and reliable.
Upon arriving in Ai Yiwei's room on the second floor, Gu Susu took off her dress. Ai Yiwei casually gave her a set of clothes and told her to change.
Ai Yiwei held the jewelry and dress she had taken off, looking at them repeatedly. She was particularly captivated by the high-quality diamonds inlaid on the dress, gently stroking them with her fingers, exclaiming in admiration, "The clarity of these small diamonds is so high. It would be nice to pick a few and make a pair of earrings!"
Seeing her obsessed with these luxury items, Gu Susu felt that she saw nothing but these things in her eyes. Her seemingly beautiful and noble appearance concealed a boring and hollow soul.
"I've given you everything you wanted. Hurry and take me to see Xiao Xingxing."