"The one surnamed Hu can be bribed by you to carry me, so why wouldn't he report you to the police?" Shu Zhongze said with a stern face, looking at the woman he had lived with the longest, feeling like a stranger. He pushed her away and said, "Your wings have long since grown full, and you dare to act on your own in everything. There's no need for you to stay in the Shu family. Not handing Hu over to the police and sending you to jail is already my bottom line."
Jia Nanfang's eyes widened as she looked at him in disbelief. She had pleaded and cried all night on her knees, but he hadn't softened at all.
She felt an extreme chill, her eyes reddening further. "Shu Zhongze, you are too cold-blooded. Your whole family is cold-blooded..."
Shu Zhongze remained expressionless, saying calmly as usual, "Have you forgotten what we agreed on our wedding night? You can be Mrs. Shu Zhongze, but you cannot disobey me in any way. Be a good Mrs. Shu and be obedient."
After speaking, he didn't look at her again and directly got into the waiting luxury car.
As the car was about to drive away, he rolled down the window, turned his head, and said to her, "Leave with dignity, or I will tell Qin Tianyi Hu Yong's whereabouts."
Jia Nanfang watched the slowly rising car window. The little affection she had once held for him had vanished. She sneered and whispered, "Shu Zhongze, may you die a terrible death..."
Two maids came to her side. One advised her, "Madam, why don't you leave for a while? Wait until the master's anger subsides, then come back. Your health is the most important thing..."
Jia Nanfang pushed away the maid who was advising her and suddenly burst into wild laughter.
Her laughter was chilling. The maids dared not surround her and retreated into the mansion, all thinking, "The madam has gone mad."
After laughing and crying, she dragged her luggage by herself out of the Shu family mansion's lawn and onto the road.
The sky began to rain again. She no longer felt the rain soaking her clothes, but she walked desperately in the rain.
At this moment, a black sedan followed her at a very slow speed. The rear window was lowered a small crack, and she heard the person inside say, "Get in."
The voice was not loud, but in the rain, it was enough for Jia Nanfang, who was on the verge of losing her sanity, to hear. She stopped and looked blankly at the dark car window.
The car door suddenly opened from the inside, and someone reached out and pulled her into the car.
The car stopped. The driver in the front got out and put all her luggage into the trunk.
As the car started again, Jia Nanfang felt her soaked clothes sticking to her skin, her body cold. She looked at Lü Yuanhong sitting beside her and said, "He kicked me out of the Shu family so decisively. I can't help you anymore."
Lü Yuanhong smiled and said, "Don't you still have illusions about him, still have some feelings?"
"I..." Jia Nanfang denied, "No, how could I?"
Lü Yuanhong retorted, "Then why are you sad? Him kicking you out now doesn't change anything. Have you ever thought about why he's so bothered this time that you instructed his people to harm Gu Susu?"
Jia Nanfang immediately said, "Because I didn't tell him about this. I did it behind his back."
"You're wrong. He must have known that Gu Susu is related to him by blood."
For a moment, Jia Nanfang realized with a start. How could she not have thought of this?
The more she cried and complained to Shu Zhongze about avenging Shu Yan, the more Shu Zhongze would detest her.
Shu Yan was already dead. Shu Zhongze would only care about the one who was still alive. Did he intend to let Gu Susu inherit the Shu Group?
"Gu Susu must not become the heir of the Shu Group!" Jia Nanfang gritted her teeth and said, "If it weren't for this bitch Gu Susu, our Yan would have suffered such a terrible fate."
Lü Yuanhong said thoughtfully, "Shu Zhongze might have discovered something else. It seems we can't wait any longer. I originally wanted to wait until I had absolute certainty, but now it seems that even with eighty percent certainty, the Shu family should be completely ruined."
"Yes, no one in the Shu family should die a good death, especially Shu Zhongze's illegitimate children."
Lü Yuanhong said with full confidence, "I want to start with his illegitimate children! Shu Zhongze will not only die a terrible death, but his lineage will also be severed!"
...
A week later, Susu was leisurely recuperating at home. RJ's designs for this season had been approved, and she had one less thing to worry about. She spent her days eating and sleeping, eating and sleeping, and had gained several pounds in the blink of an eye.
Today, she accidentally saw a sensational scandal online: Shu Wenfei, an important executive in the Shu Group's finance department, was rejected by a female internet celebrity and forced the girl to jump to her death from a twenty-story hotel room.
After Shu Wenfei was arrested, more of his wrongdoings were exposed: abusing his power, embezzling assets of other companies under the guise of the Shu Group, and forcing small business owners into ruin.
In fact, Shu Wenfei was the eldest of Shu Zhongze's illegitimate children. He had started working at the Shu Group the earliest, working his way up from the grassroots to become one of the heads of the Shu Group's finance department. He was also one of Shu Zhongze's capable assistants and had always been discreet and cautious in his actions.
This major exposé, with the person already arrested, would likely have a direct impact on the Shu Group, far more than Shu Yan's previous personal scandals.
Susu couldn't help but sigh that Shu Zhongze not only had problems managing his family but also that the Shu Group was even more unbearable internally.
Qin Tianyi returned that evening, planning to surprise her. He placed the wedding plan he had prepared under the pillow, waiting for her to come out of the bathroom.
Susu, wearing a silk nightgown, walked up to Qin Tianyi and complained, "Look, this nightgown is already a bit tight. I've gained quite a bit of weight. If this continues, I don't know how fat I'll be after giving birth. I still need to go to the studio every day. I won't stay there all day, but at least it'll be some exercise."
Qin Tianyi neither agreed nor disagreed. He just asked her to turn around and said, "It's okay, you haven't gained that much. We'll talk about it later."
"Still later?" Susu pulled him and asked, "When can I go out and move around?"
"Soon, very soon, I'll take you out," Qin Tianyi said with a mysterious smile.
"You're lying, you're just trying to cheer me up!" Susu didn't believe him and irritably tossed the pillow on the bed, intending to throw it at him. Suddenly, she found a stack of colorful pages under the pillow and said even more displeasedly, "Why are your work documents on the bed? How can anyone sleep? Go out, go out and attend to your business!"
"Hey, Mrs. Qin, take a closer look. This isn't my official document," Qin Tianyi said, handing her the bound booklet of colorful pages.
She took it and glanced at it curiously, reading the words on the cover, "Mr. Qin Tianyi and Miss Gu Susu Wedding Planning..."
As she read, her voice trailed off. She looked at Qin Tianyi and asked, "Wedding? Our wedding?"