The mother and daughter made up their minds and pretended to be worried as they revealed the news to Mr. Su.
Upon hearing that Su Xingyu might have secretly gotten married behind the family’s back, Mr. Su exploded with rage, "How could that little brat do this?! With her reputation, how can she expect to find a decent family? I’ve already arranged everything for her! Next month, when Mr. Chen’s second son returns to the country, they’ll meet! The Chen Family is wealthy and influential, and Mr. Chen studied abroad! He’s way better than whatever random match she found for herself!"
Su Xingqi sneered to herself, knowing full well that Mr. Chen was uneducated and had been divorced, with a son suffering from cerebral palsy. But then again, if it weren’t for these circumstances, how would such a ’good match’ fall to Su Xingyu? It’s already nice that Mr. Chen doesn’t mind her promiscuous reputation! She falsely reassured, "Dad, calm down. Mr. Chen won’t be back until next month, so there’s still time. Our immediate concern is to figure out if my sister is actually married. If she is, we need to have her divorced quickly. By the time Mr. Chen returns, even if he minds her being divorced, with her lack of decency, as long as she knows how to charm him on the bed, once things are settled, why worry about not getting into the Chen Family?"
"Exactly," Liu Meizhi chimed in, "That foolish girl must not know you’ve arranged such a great marriage for her, which is why she’s rushing to get herself married off! Being a young mistress in the Chen Family is much better than recklessly picking out men outside! Zhongxiao, you better find out if she’s married before Mr. Chen returns and resolves everything."
Mr. Su deeply agreed and immediately called Su Xingyu.
"You brat, come home! I have something to discuss with you," Mr. Su demanded. Read complete version only at novel~fire~net
Su Xingyu, having lost hope in this family member long ago, coldly asked, "What is it? Just say it over the phone. I don’t want to go back just to get slapped again." The slap outside Huaying Court last time had deeply hurt her.
Mr. Su, helpless, had to ask over the phone, "Did you get married?"
"That seems like it has nothing to do with you," Su Xingyu scoffed.
"You brat!" Mr. Su cursed angrily, "How does it have nothing to do with me? I raised you all these years, and you get married without telling me? That’s unfilial! And what about the dowry? You can’t be so cheap to the point where, as my daughter, you’d rush into marriage without asking for a penny of dowry, right?!"
Dowry? He talked as if he would give a trousseau.
Su Xingyu looked bleakly outside the window at the Lu Family’s villa, where flowers flourished like snow, swaying gracefully. If that girl were to get married, it would surely be a grand celebration filled with blessings. And for herself? Just a rainy day and a nine-yuan certificate that tied her to Lu Shifeng for life.
He hadn’t even bothered to buy her a wedding ring.
She turned her head and said into the phone, "I don’t need you to save for my trousseau, and my marriage is none of your business."
Mr. Su only grew angrier, "I’m your father, and of course it is my business! You better come back quickly; I have something to tell you. You know that logistic company of the Chen family, right? Their family is interested in you for Mr. Chen. If you marry into their family, you’d live in comfort forever, so you better hurry back to prepare for the meeting with Mr. Chen."
Su Xingyu was stunned, not expecting her father would even plan her marriage .
She hadn’t heard of Mr. Chen before but knew Chen’s Logistics, a company notorious for bad service and underpaying employees, and last year there was even a fatal incident that made the news.
Also, if it were a good marriage, how would it have fallen to her?
"If it’s that good, let Su Xingqi go," she replied, uninterested, "Haven’t you always favored her?"
"Don’t make it seem like I don’t care about you!" Mr. Su exclaimed, "You’re still mad at Qiqi for stealing your fiancé, aren’t you? You couldn’t hold onto Qin Mu by yourself, who can you blame for that? The Chen Family might not be as good as the Qin Family, but given your current reputation, finding a family is already lucky! Once you’re married, our Su Family’s products can go through Chen’s Logistics, linking our families closely, and they won’t treat you badly! Where else can you find such a good match?"
Su Xingyu understood that finding her a good family was a lie, and the truth was he wanted to use her marriage for business gain.
She chuckled sarcastically and hung up the phone directly.
Mr. Su did not expect her to have such a firm attitude and cursed angrily at the phone.
Su Xingqi walked over and patted her father’s back, pretending to comfort him, "Dad, don’t be angry. Even if my sister isn’t filial, you still have me. It doesn’t matter if she doesn’t reveal her marital status; we could find a way, maybe ask at the civil affairs bureau?"
Mr. Su calmed down and agreed there seemed no other option.
However, the civil affairs bureau wasn’t easy to deal with; whether Mr. Su tried to bribe or intimidate them, they wouldn’t leak a word. The clerk even sternly warned them that any further harassment would lead to a police report.
Mr. Su, both angry and anxious, cursed the civil affairs bureau employees fiercely.
Su Xingqi wasn’t satisfied to let Su Xingyu off so easily. She had heard that Mr. Chen was not only promiscuous, contracting various diseases, but was also prone to domestic violence—such a "good" husband, how could she let Su Xingyu miss out?
Her brow furrowed as she brewed a scheme, approaching Qin Mu with teary eyes, "Qin Mu, I might not be able to go out with you much lately. My dad’s been worried sick by my sister, and I need to take care of him. Oh..."
Qin Mu, concerned, asked her what was going on.
Su Xingqi, with apparent sorrow, said, "There are rumors my sister got married, but we as her family know nothing about it. Dad’s just worried she might be fooled, so he asked her about it. But she refuses to tell him anything. Dad’s so anxious that he tried to investigate at the civil affairs bureau, but they wouldn’t comply... Qin Mu, I’m sorry to burden you with these family matters again, but I’m really worried my dad might fall ill from all this stress..."
Hearing this, Qin Mu frowned deeply, feeling uncomfortable about the news of Su Xingyu possibly being married. An inexplicable emotion unsettled him, so he told Su Xingqi, "Don’t worry, I’ll think of something."
The Qin Family held much more power than the Su Family.
Qin Mu too tried to grease the wheels at the civil affairs bureau to investigate.
Strangely, however, even though the Qin Family usually succeeded in such matters, this time they faced a wall at the civil affairs bureau. When pressed too much, the clerk finally admitted to Qin Mu, "Mr. Qin, I’ll be honest with you, this Miss Su’s marriage status is in a special file, which means it’s protected. Even if your father were to come, there’s no way to get around it."