What is Su Nanyin playing at?
She had personally organized a small, secret wedding for me and Chongchong.
She knew that the Li family village had already accepted Du Yaoyao.
She knew that Su Maomao and I were at odds!
Then why, defying her grandmother's advice, didn't she bring Chu Yazhi over?
What possessed her to say, "We have mouths to feed"?
Did she want me to understand the logic that it's just as easy to let one sheep wander as a whole flock?
Or, seeing Su Maomao pregnant with Lin Yifeng's posthumous child, did she simply decide to use me, an uncertain godfather, as the fall guy for her inheritance?!
If that were the case, she would have me completely in her grasp.
The venomous Guanyin is terrifying—
As Li Qianfan thought of this, he blinked desperately, trying to stop Su Maomao's unsanitary actions.
His eyes pleaded, "What's the use of you doing that?"
Yes.
Eyes couldn't speak.
Ears couldn't speak either; at most, they could hear gurgling sounds.
Noses also couldn't speak; at best, they could only smell a different scent when the ears heard a cough.
Li Qianfan, whose world had once again become still, moved his eyeballs and discovered that it was already dawn.
Without realizing it, an hour and a half had passed.
Su Zui raised her head, lightly patting her cheeks with her hands, as if doing a beauty treatment.
Her movements suddenly stopped.
Because she saw Li Qianfan open his eyes.
First, she was astonished, then her face turned red. She sprang up and, lowering her head, quickly walked out of the bedroom.
She rushed into Su Nanyin's room and eagerly whispered, "Mom, Mom. He's awake!"
Su Nanyin, who was fast asleep, was immediately awakened. She turned over and sat up.
"Mom, he's awake."
Su Zui said again, rubbing her cheek.
Hoo.
Su Nanyin let out a long sigh of relief, her tone bland, "It's good that he's awake. Go and get ready to go to the company. I'll handle what comes next."
Su Zui nodded and turned to leave.
Su Nanyin picked up the phone, calculated the time, confirmed it was midnight in Gaul, and dialed Yang Xiao's number again: "Mr. Yang, your suggestion worked."
Yang Xiao sounded a bit surprised, "Qianfan's awake? That quickly!"
Su Nanyin, however, answered a different question, "It's my eldest son."
Yang Xiao fell silent.
"Alright, goodnight."
Su Nanyin's tone remained indifferent as she bid Yang Xiao goodnight and ended the call.
All she needed to do was let the Empress Dowager of Longxu know that her eldest son had paid a heavy price, including his "dignity," to wake Li Qianfan up in time. After that, she didn't need to worry about anything else.
Yang Xiao would naturally have to consider everything else.
Su Nanyin pondered for a moment, then dialed Li Wujiang's number.
Li Wujiang, who had long known that Maomao and Chongchong had been caught in one net, sighed, "Su Nanyin, you truly know how to play. No wonder you wouldn't let me tell the Empress Dowager about Maomao and Chongchong. So, you were constantly looking for an opportunity. My foolish son is finally completely in your grasp."
Su Nanyin said, "Stop the nonsense. If you babble any more, I'll take Maomao to the hospital."
Li Wujiang immediately said fiercely, "You dare!"
Su Nanyin, too lazy to deal with her, changed the subject, "How is the situation over there?"
Upon hearing about the serious matters, Li Wujiang's attitude immediately became solemn.
Everything was exactly as they had analyzed.
Just before Li Wujiang rushed to the border highlands, someone had already incited the local populace to buy "aliens" at high prices.
At this time of year, aliens hibernate.
It was difficult for the public to find them.
However, those people provided the public with a biological detector specifically for searching for aliens, free of charge.
The purchase price for one alien was as high as one hundred yuan.
"Although there is no evidence to prove that the people buying aliens are related to International Ruixue,"
Li Wujiang said, "but it's them with 100% certainty. After I led my team here and discreetly interviewed local residents, I learned that they had already started buying them months ago. Back then, it was hot, and the price was ten yuan per alien. They are still buying now to catch any stragglers. In other words, they don't want to leave us any opportunity." httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Su Nanyin asked, "After the aliens were bought, were they shipped abroad?"
"No."
Li Wujiang replied, "But under the guise of saving endangered animals, they established a charitable company. Almost all the aliens were collected by that charity company. And that company was founded last year by a Chinese Canadian named Ye Dong, from the World Animal Protection Organization."
Before last year—
This was enough to prove that the enemy had been planning for a long time!
"Monopolize our country's supply and increase the price of aliens in neighboring countries, creating a resource shortage, thereby reasonably increasing the price of the special medicine."
Su Nanyin sneered slightly, "The key is that if we try to demand aliens from Ye Dong, we'll be labeled with some major accusation and provoke strong condemnation from the World Animal Protection Association, leaving us overwhelmed. Heh, a truly clever tactic."
Li Wujiang said, "Then let's cooperate with them and put on a show here!"
"Since President Zhao trusts us so much in Anren, especially given the huge price your pig paid. It wouldn't be right not to put on a good show for them."
Su Nanyin finally said, "Alright. I'll handle things at home, you can do your work outside with peace of mind."
Li Wujiang instructed, "Then you must be careful of the dark web trying to increase infiltration amidst the chaos."
Su Nanyin nodded, "Don't worry. My blade has long been sharpened."
Li Wujiang further instructed, "Then you absolutely must not compete with Maomao and the others for food."
Su Nanyin—
Just as she was about to curse, the call ended.
At 7:30 in the morning, Su Zui drove to the company.
Su Nanyin entered Li Qianfan's bedroom with a bowl.
Seeing her come in, Li Qianfan, who had been staring at the ceiling, quickly closed his eyes.
After placing the meticulously prepared rice porridge on the cabinet, Su Nanyin said, "What are you pretending for? Open your eyes."
Li Qianfan remained unresponsive.
Su Nanyin sat on the edge of the bed and said teasingly, "So you're done with it and don't want to take responsibility?"
Li Qianfan had no choice but to open his eyes. His lips moved, and he said with difficulty, "Is this, is this interesting?"
He could finally speak.
His fingers could also move slightly.
"No, it's not interesting."
Su Nanyin replied, "The method to wake you up was suggested by Yang Xiao. Originally, I wanted Chu Yazhi or Chongchong to come over. But I couldn't afford to delay. After all, it would take about five hours for them to get here even at their fastest speed."
Li Qianfan whispered, "You, you shouldn't have arranged it like this."
Su Nanyin sneered, "But I did! What can you do except obediently take responsibility?"
Li Qianfan—
He was utterly speechless.
Su Nanyin continued, "If you hadn't stubbornly refused Junlin, how would Chongchong have had a chance? How would you have had a chance to go to Lingnan and spend a few days of blissful ignorance? And how could Maomao, whose marriage was unhappy, have developed feelings for you during her most painful time?"
Li Qianfan was furious, "Su Nanyin, you're twisting logic!"
Su Nanyin reached out, pulled his head into her arms, and picked up the bowl of porridge, "I am twisting logic, what can you do to me?"
Li Qianfan's lips moved, he really didn't know what to say.
"Drink."
Su Nanyin brought the porridge to his mouth, growling at him to drink.
Li Qianfan wouldn't refuse to drink the porridge.
Because he was really starving.
Only by quickly replenishing his nutrition could he stand up and leave the Su family as soon as possible.
Soon.
The bowl of perfectly warm rice porridge was finished by Li Qianfan.
His stomach felt even hungrier.
But he knew very well that he absolutely couldn't eat any more.
After Su Nanyin put him back down on the pillow, she sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed and began to massage his leg again, "We're treating you like a king, yet you're nothing but trouble. If you had even a shred of conscience, you wouldn't be like this."
Li Qianfan wanted to say something, but he saw the bloodshot in her eyes and the fatigue in her brow.
Feeling a pang of guilt—
His mouth, however, refused to concede, "Even if you felt there wasn't enough time, you could have called Mu Rongmingyuan over. After all, she's in Sijiou."
Su Nanyin looked up, "You trust her?"
Did Li Qianfan trust Mu Rongmingyuan?
Definitely not!
But he still spoke stubbornly, "I can be sure that she would never betray me."
"Fine. Then go find Mu Rongmingyuan now."
Su Nanyin was filled with irritation.
She got up and grabbed Li Qianfan's ankle, dragging him towards the ground, "Get out now. Consider it as if my sleepless two days and nights of care for you, and Maomao's sacrifice, never happened!"
Li Qianfan was shocked, "You, what are you doing?"
"I'm telling you to get out!"
Su Nanyin's face was ashen, "We in the Su family don't keep ungrateful people like you. Go find the Mu Rongmingyuan you trust the most right now."
Li Qianfan—
Just as he was about to be dragged to the ground, Su Nanyin's phone rang.
A member of Anren called, "Vice President Su, we've discovered evidence of Mu Rongmingyuan secretly colluding with the dark web!"