Chapter 499: Chapter 401: Is the Biological Mother Indifferent Like a Chrysanthemum? The Young Lady Sabotages Effortlessly 41
“Ah, how rare it is for Mr. Xiaosu, who’s always so busy, to remember me.” Xie Yanshang looked at Su Zhiruan with a wistful expression, saying this while handing her a cup of hot milk, “The person I want to see is so busy that I can’t see her every day.”
“That’s not like you,” Su Zhiruan said, raising an eyebrow as she put down the document in her hand and rested her chin on her hands while looking at Xie Yanshang, “It’s rare to hear such words from Young Master Xie.”
“The company had a holiday today, and I also took a day off from the hospital.” Xie Yanshang stretched out his hand and pulled her into his arms.
Four years had passed since they affirmed their relationship.
Perhaps because they spent more time apart than together, their relationship still felt as fresh as it was in the beginning, even after four years.
Su Zhiruan took a sip of her hot milk, thinking about the current situation of the Su Family that she had someone investigate a few days ago.
Su Qin and Zhu Manqing had a son for their first child, and another son for their second. Su Qin was overjoyed. With sons of his own, he had long forgotten about Su Zhiruan and Su Tianci, spending all his days happily with his children.
But after he married Zhu Manqing, conflicts between them also erupted. Zhu Manqing was young and beautiful; she didn’t marry Su Qin just for himself; more importantly, she wanted to get her hands on the money.
Initially, Su Qin was very generous, even willingly giving her his credit card to spend freely without complaint.
However, as time went by, conflicts arose. According to the investigation requested by Su Zhiruan, it was said the situation escalated quite severely. Su Qin felt that Zhu Manqing spent her days doing nothing at home, with nannies taking care of the two sons, while she herself was only interested in buying jewelry or squandering money with her girlfriends.
Over time, he could no longer stand Zhu Manqing’s lifestyle, and their arguments became incessant.
Su Tianci, who had been adamant about staying with the Su Family, also suffered many overt and covert torments at the hands of Zhu Manqing.
Once, unable to bear it any longer, he even went to great lengths to find Su Zhiruan.
“Su… Sister, can you save me, please? The Su Family has gone mad now, everyone is a madman. If I continue to stay with the Su Family, I think I will definitely go insane!” Now Su Tianci didn’t dare to call Su Zhiruan by her name directly.
“Why should I save you?” Su Zhiruan, who had just graduated, crossed her arms and looked at him indifferently, as if he was a stranger. She raised her brows slightly, “People should pay for what they’ve done. I’m not a saint, I hold grudges. I can’t help you with your troubles.”
While she was speaking, Xie Yanshang, who had come to pick her up, also came out. Just like Su Zhiruan, he had no sympathy for Su Tianci. He stood aside and took Su Zhiruan’s hand.
When Su Tianci looked up, he could see Xie Family’s eldest young master, the current person in charge of the Xie Family, standing beside Su Zhiruan. Their behavior was very intimate, and they even had an understanding between them.
“Why not go to Ning Fu? Isn’t she the one who cherishes you the most? Just apologize to her.” Su Zhiruan indicated to him, and with those words, she stopped looking at Su Tianci, “Let’s go.”
Watching her from behind, Su Tianci was filled with endless regret.
Ning Fu wanted his custody, but he had refused in order to get better conditions. Nonetheless, staying with the Su Family, he was a hindrance to his father’s new family, unwanted by everyone. From the youngest young master of the Su Family pampered by thousands to being seen as superfluous by anyone he met now—how things had changed so drastically made Su Tianci feel bewildered.
For a moment, his heart was filled with mixed feelings. Su Zhiruan’s career was getting better and better, and he knew that sometimes he, too, regretted. If only he had truly appreciated Su Zhiruan back then, accepted his own blood-related elder sister with all his heart, protected her when others bullied her, maybe everything would have been different.
But there is no medicine for regret in the world. No matter how much he regretted, what was done was done; he could never return to the past.
As for what happened later, Su Zhiruan managed to get some understanding amidst her busy schedule.
It was during her junior year of college when her small company started to flourish.
Su Tianci went to Ning Fu to apologize, and in the end, despite her anger, Ning Fu, who dearly loved her younger son, reconciled with him.
After reconciling, Su Tianci could not possibly return to his original school. After all, once Su Qin found out he had gone back to Ning Fu, he declared that since that was Su Tianci’s choice, he would absolutely not care about Su Tianci anymore.