Chapter 498: Did I give you too much face by assigning you number 0488? Chapter 498: Did I give you too much face by assigning you number 0488? In the evening at the Victoria, the dazzling lights and vibrant nightlife painted a scene of extravagant superficiality.
At that moment, a luxurious sedan pulled up to the front entrance.
The driver quickly got out of his seat, circled around to the other side, and opened the rear door with a respectful attitude.
A tall and upright figure alighted from the car, followed by an extended hand toward the interior. A second later, a delicate and fair hand emerged, resting in the man’s palm.
Gu Heng carefully helped Su Xinyan out of the car. She, in a dress befitting a delicate lady of status, with her makeup impeccably done, looked up at him and smiled slightly, “Thank you, Brother Heng.”
Gu Heng also smiled gently, his face warm and tender, his eyes tinged with a hint of indulgence.
It wasn’t long before two more sedans slowly drove up.
Seeing this, Su Xinyan trotted to one of the cars, while Gu Heng shook his head helplessly and followed her.
As the car came to a stop, Su Xinyan hurried over and opened the rear door with care and courtesy.
Deng Jingru alighted from the car and looked at the sensible and well-behaved Su Xinyan, her eyes filled with satisfaction.
“Such small matters could have been handled by the driver.”
Su Xinyan just smiled without speaking; her simplicity made her all the more endearing.
Gu Heng also stepped forward to open the door of the other car. Su Hongde and Tan Lirong got out and approached the group.
Tan Lirong playfully glanced at her daughter and said to Deng Jingru with a smile:
“Look at her, not yet married and she already has no eyes for her own parents.”
“Mom, what are you talking about?”
Su Xinyan stamped her foot and looked at Tan Lirong with an embarrassed expression.
Tan Lirong affectionately tapped her on the forehead, “Right now, in your eyes, there’s only your uncle and aunt, where is there any room for your father and me?”
Deng Jingru covered her mouth and chuckled, teasingly:
“Before long, Xinyan will be part of our Gu Family, flattering her future mother-in-law is not wrong at all.”
Su Xinyan, teased to the point of blushing, shyly sought refuge in Gu Heng’s embrace.
Su Hongde stood by somewhat stern-faced, yet his eyes betrayed a hint of fondness.
As the hosts of the day, the Gu Family had Gu Heng head to the private room to arrange the details.
Since Wen Peipei’s car had not yet arrived, the other guests waited at the entrance for her.
At this moment, a black sedan slowly pulled up to the doorstep.
The passenger side door opened, and Ye Zhichen stepped out.
Immediately after, the driver’s door opened too, and Su Ran, casually dressed with her hair cascading down her shoulders, closed the door and walked with Ye Zhichen toward the clubhouse’s entrance.
Upon glancing up, she saw the group of people at the door and her brows furrowed slightly.
Ye Zhichen looked at the people before her and shrugged at Su Ran in resignation.
She really had not expected to run into them here, but then again, Yong City was large; wherever she went, it seemed she would encounter them.
Su Ran’s gaze was cool and indifferent, her expression calm and unruffled. Deng Jingru and the others, upon seeing her, wore expressions of awkwardness.
They were here today to celebrate the upcoming marriage of Gu Heng and Su Xinyan. Even though she was not particularly fond of Su Ran, she was, after all, formerly engaged to Gu Heng in name.
As for their marriage, Deng Jingru had always been somewhat reluctant. She preferred the gentle, considerate, and well-behaved Su Xinyan over the aloof and strong-willed Su Ran, who was not easy to approach.
But the family adamantly insisted on the marriage; although she felt resentful, she was powerless to change it,
fortunately, Gu Heng eventually ended up with Xinyan, which allowed her to breathe a sigh of relief.
However, thinking of the recent events, she felt a deep revulsion and rejection towards Su Ran’s actions.
Tan Lirong and Su Hongde, on the other hand, watched Su Ran with wary, somber eyes, fearful of her causing trouble.
Su Ran didn’t spare them an extra glance, and just as she was about to brush past them with Ye Zhichen, Deng Jingru hesitated for a moment but ultimately couldn’t help herself and blocked Su Ran’s way.
Now, the most important thing was to soothe her emotions.
“Xiao Ran, you’re here too?”
Su Ran slowly stopped walking and looked at the person blocking her path, her brows slightly furrowed.
“Can’t I come, Madam Gu?”
Deng Jingru was briefly stunned, surprised by Su Ran’s attitude and at a loss for how to respond to her rhetorical question.
“What insolence, is this how you speak to your elders?!”
Su Hongde glared at her, his voice stern.
Su Ran turned her head, her eyebrows raised slightly.
“Since you know you’re an elder, you should act like one. Yelling and screaming out of place, in this society, a loud voice doesn’t mean you’re right.”
Su Hongde’s face turned ashen, “You…”
Deng Jingru hadn’t expected that Su Ran would ever become so sharp-tongued and disrespectful, utterly lacking in filial piety towards her own father.
She sighed deeply, her facial expression struggling to maintain composure.
“Xiao Ran, Auntie knows that you hold a grudge about Gu Heng choosing Xinyan, but matters of the heart really can’t be forced. Gu Heng and Xinyan love each other; why must you be so unrelenting and insist on wedging yourself between them? Auntie has been through life, and for a man, not liking means not liking. No matter how much you do, he won’t give you a second glance, so…”
Su Ran cut Deng Jingru off, her expression laced with a smile, yet her eyes remained cold.
She looked up at her, her icy gaze piercing directly into Deng Jingru’s eyes.
“Have I given you too much face?”
Deng Jingru’s face stiffened with disbelief at Su Ran’s words.
“What… what did you say?”
Su Ran chuckled derisively, the corners of her lips curling into a sleek smile.
“Is the Gu Family’s face so big, or have I just been giving you too much respect, allowing you to be so fanciful in front of me time and again?
Do you think that Gu Heng is such a desirable catch? That I should be obsessed over him? He’s nothing but a philandering scumbag, happy to be a recycling plant for trash, picking up anything, fragrant or foul. But my standards are high, understand?”
Su Xinyan’s face shifted pale with rage; this wretch!
Deng Jingru, hearing her son ridiculed so by Su Ran, could no longer keep her composure. Her expression darkened, and she trembled with anger, pointing at Su Ran.
“How can you say something so vulgar, it’s completely uncultured!”
Su Ran laughed softly, casting a mocking gaze at Su Hongde, whose face looked extremely unpleasant.
“Father dear, someone is questioning the Su Family’s upbringing; isn’t this something you ought to reflect upon?”
Deng Jingru’s face froze immediately, and as she looked up, sure enough, she saw Su Hongde’s dark expression.