Chapter 453: Chapter 385: Birth Mother Indifferent Like a Chrysanthemum? The Young Miss Sabotages Everything with a Backhand 25_3
After going downstairs, Su Zhiruan still settled the bill as usual.
Although Su Qin was a regular customer, she didn’t have the habit of dining and dashing. As for the incident just now, she knew that the owner was concerned about her safety.
“You treated me to a meal, let me take you home, where do you live?”
After she had finished paying, Xie Yanshang walked out of the restaurant with Su Zhiruan, one in front of the other, and opened the car door for her.
At this point, Su Zhiruan did not refuse and gave him her home address. Then, Xie Yanshang drove her in that direction.
When they were a few hundred meters away from her home, Su Zhiruan had Xie Yanshang drop her off first. She didn’t want Ning Fu to see her getting out of Xie Yanshang’s car, as, with her personality, that would certainly lead to unnecessary complications.
Fortunately, perhaps because Ning Fu had been endlessly quarreling with the mistress today, she hadn’t left the house. When Su Zhiruan got home, she saw Ning Fu hanging on the stair railing, her eyes brimming with tears.
It wasn’t clear whom her posture was meant to impress, but in any case, Su Zhiruan didn’t concern herself with Ning Fu and played the role of a hands-off manager.
After eating some fresh fruit from the table, Su Zhiruan put her school bag back in the bedroom, set aside the medicine separately, planning to find a pharmacy to have the medicine prepared and stored in the refrigerator for gradual consumption.
In the following days, due to the butterfly effect of Su Zhiruan publicizing the mistress incident ahead of time, even Ning Fu’s meddling in her affairs had significantly reduced. She spent her days either crying alone, hoping others would pity her and help her, or scheming with her best friends to gossip about the mistress behind their backs.
As for Su Qin and Zhu Manqing, after thoroughly falling out over this matter, they had taken to staying together almost like a married couple, and aside from not obtaining a divorce certificate with Ning Fu, they behaved in all respects as though they were newlyweds.
Su Zhiruan did not concern herself with these convoluted developments; she didn’t support either party, but when it came to money, she was never vague. She would first visit Su Qin’s place every day to check in, saying sweet words to make him transfer money to her.
Though Su Qin had grown increasingly fond of Ning Fu, he had always felt a debt towards Su Zhiruan, his eldest daughter, over the years. Moreover, since Ning Fu had also abused Su Zhiruan, he was even more sympathetic and never hesitated when it came to giving her money.
Because of his attitude, Zhu Manqing gradually realized Su Zhiruan’s importance and standing in Su Qin’s heart. She occasionally tried to ingratiate herself with Su Zhiruan with gifts and even sent her some preparatory books for college entrance exams, and even wrote her a letter encouraging her to do her best on the exam.
All of this was noticed by Ning Fu, whose eyes grew ever more filled with spite. Although she maintained a veneer of non-confrontation and pitiful tears until dawn, internally, she was seething with resentment, which, if it could be materialized, might have already spread for thousands of miles.
Thus, in the following period, Su Zhiruan’s life went relatively smoothly.
Occasionally, Madam Xie would also bring her some items. Madam Xie did not have a daughter, and seeing her son acting differently towards Su Zhiruan, she would come to the school every now and then to bring Su Zhiruan some of her favorite fruits and treats.
Sometimes, she trusted Xie Yanshang to deliver them. Su Zhiruan gladly accepted, except for the particularly valuable gifts which she felt undeserved without having earned them, keeping only the simple fruits and treats. Furthermore, she occasionally sent some exquisite little gifts to Madam Xie as well.
Seeing Madam Xie and the eldest young master of the Xie Family repeatedly bringing things to Su Zhiruan, the other students soon solidified their suspicions.
That was that Su Zhiruan might actually be dating Xie Yanshang, or that they had developed a romantic relationship.
Once they became aware of this possibility, they all turned into people courting Su Zhiruan’s favor. In the last month at school, Su Zhiruan was the center of everyone’s attention. From the leaders to the students, no one dared to provoke her. Those who had bullied or even tormented the original host turned into shrinking turtles, and others, wishing to curry favor with the Xie Family, volunteered to deal with those who had been harshest to the original host, seeking to earn credits with Su Zhiruan.
As time passed, the day of the college entrance exam soon approached.
“Ruanruan, today is the day of your college entrance exam! Make sure to do your best and perform well!” Early in the morning, Ning Fu sat at the dining table pretending to wait for Su Zhiruan to come eat breakfast.
Su Zhiruan glanced at Ning Fu indifferently, not saying a word.
Seeing her look, Ning Fu immediately became uncomfortable, and tears instantly fell. “What kind of look is that? Are you looking down on me, on your mother? I sincerely wish you good luck on your exams, and this is how you look at me, as if I’m your enemy!”
“If there’s anything else you want to say, go ahead, I’m in a hurry.” Su Zhiruan calmly organized her examination admission document bag, sat at the table, and casually ate a few bites of breakfast.
She had already secured a nominated admittance and didn’t need to take the college entrance exam.
But to keep up appearances, especially in front of Ning Fu, she still acted as if she was going to take the exam, taking a clear document bag containing the admission ticket, ID card, and such things like pens.
Early in the morning, Ning Fu had already pulled this stunt on her.
This piqued Su Zhiruan’s curiosity about what other tricks might await her today.