Chapter 25 [Updated] Su Yunruo severed ties...

The 60 million is settled, but 40 million is still needed.

Zhou Kantian felt an excitement that victory was just around the corner, but this excitement vanished completely when Tuya hung up on him for the third time.

He had time to wait a few days ago, but now he urgently needs money and doesn't have time to wait for Tuya.

Zhou Kantian paced back and forth in the room, his shadow obscuring the bright lights and bustling activity outside the window. After a long while, he decided to add another ten million to his account and leverage all his connections to figure out how to raise thirty million.

money.

Which of his fans is wealthy and easy to control?

...

Su Yunruo was also waiting for Tuya.

According to her plan, Tuya should have taken action when she saw Zhou Kantian targeting her in the second phase, but there was no news for several days in a row, and the system showed that the task progress was still stuck at a pitiful 20%.

After a day or two of scorching heat, the weather finally turned cool, showing signs of autumn. Su Yunruo was called home twice by her mother, who both openly and subtly discussed marriage.

Just as she was about to leave, a piece of good news came from the "All Su Yunruo's Brainless Fans" group, disrupting her plans.

Please do not disturb: [My dad's old illness has relapsed, and he needs to find a place to recuperate. @BeautifulSuYunruo.]

The stunningly beautiful Su Yunruo: [Arrange it immediately. I guarantee she'll live to be 100 in a hospital bed.]

Su Yunruo thought for a moment, then asked, "What was the reaction of the people in your company?"

Please don't interfere: [They're planning to support that idiot my dad's keeping outside so they can easily transfer the funds away.]

Su Yunruo understood that "they" included not only shareholders, but also most of the middle and upper-level leaders.

The big moves at this time are not out of fear of the risks of a leadership transition, but rather out of a desire to divide up the huge pie.

Not everyone has the patience to get promoted and receive a raise; those who reach the leadership level are inherently animalistic.

The more capable the leader is, the more control they have over the company's cash flow, making subordinates hesitant to act boldly and reducing their profits.

If the leader is incompetent, then those below can recklessly siphon off company assets, taking kickbacks and pocketing profits, accumulating a large sum of real, controllable funds within three or four years.

This time, you definitely won't lose money: [Since you're not married, you might as well just send your dad to be cremated. Without a DNA test, who knows if that mistress's daughter is really related to your dad?]

"[Tao Minmin made a very good suggestion.]" Su Yunruo praised her, then added, "[However, I think her father should have already submitted the paternity test report to the lawyer. And right now, her father can't die.]"

Please do not disturb me: [I haven't finished handling all the company's affairs yet, and my father passed away, leaving behind a lot of old debts that are difficult to deal with. What I need most right now is the support of a few important people. @Beautiful Su Yunruo, I'll send you some documents; please see which ones you can handle. @This time, we definitely won't lose money; I need some funds. My father is sick, and the funds for developing new products have been withheld.]

Faced with the grand plan to seize power, the system's tasks and Zhou Kantian can be temporarily put aside.

Su Yunruo had already walked to the door, but she opened it again and went back inside, turning on her computer to look at the documents she had received.

Most of the top figures in S City's business circle are old acquaintances of hers. Su Yunruo had met many of them when she was a child, but these elderly men were still more old-fashioned than the younger generation. They were only polite to her out of respect for her father, and only if there was no conflict of interest involved—once there was a conflict of interest, their arrogance would be revealed.

Fortunately, Su Yunruo never relied on emotional appeals.

Her ancestors loved writing personal biographies, both well-known and unknown to outsiders. In fact, regardless of good or bad, they could all be summarized in one sentence: "The world is bustling with activity for profit, and people are thronging around for profit."

The benefits can come from the company or from other sources.

Su Yunruo sat cross-legged on the sofa, pondering how to set a trap for these uncles and elders, when a phone call popped up on WeChat.

"Hello--"

“I visited the companies I sent you privately yesterday, and their responses were consistent: my dad had previously made it clear to them that the company would be taken over by that idiot outside, and I want to get rid of that mother and daughter.”

Su Yunruo thought for a moment, "Is it possible that the person who accepts this can be anyone but you? They must have prepared a second candidate."

“I also have some people in the company who support me. Now, apart from my dad’s firm first choice, no one else can beat me as the second choice.”

“Those old men know that their children and grandchildren are no good, so they are trying to fight for more despite their old age. If you do it this way, it might end in a fight to the death.”

The other side: "Perfect for wiping out my dad's influence."

Su Yunruo is not someone who likes to endure hardship, and she would never choose such a self-destructive method to harm the enemy. However, her friend was not valued by her father since childhood, and she has endured her brainless father from childhood to climb from the bottom to where she is today. She is not afraid of hardship.

Su Yunruo responded verbally, but her hands continued to flip through the documents, thinking of ways to make the old man's people defect at the last minute.

Suddenly, the system spoke in his mind: [Old Master Miao, Zhou Kantian's future father-in-law. His later integration into the original novel's male protagonist's circle was also due to this marriage.]

She tilted her head in confusion, flipped to Grandpa Miao's file and read it carefully, as if she couldn't hear what was being said on the other end of the WeChat call.

Later, Zhou Kantian became related to Grandpa Miao.

She had heard her father say that when Grandpa Miao was young, he was a ruthless yet kind man. When he went to the city to sell eggs and encountered robbers, he was able to fight five of them and beat them to a pulp. When some hooligans in the village harassed girls, he dared to risk getting entangled with them and step in to help.

It was precisely because he was righteous yet "fierce" that many people in the village followed him to do business, thus accumulating the Miao people's initial capital.

Grandpa Miao and his wife were deeply in love. They only had one daughter. After their daughter got married, her husband moved in with her family, and they had a granddaughter who took the Miao family name.

This is truly a breath of fresh air among a group of "successful people" who, once they become wealthy, seek out younger wives and keep mistresses.

Therefore, Su Yunruo viewed him with a certain "filter," feeling that such a person should not allow his only granddaughter to marry Zhou Kantian.

After all, Zhou Kantian's chaotic private life is easy to find out, and an actor who isn't even a top performer in the entertainment industry can't lead so many people in the Miao family.

"Xiao Su?"

Su Yunruo seemed to wake up from a dream, "Make two preparations. You proceed according to the plan first, and I'll see if I can get a few old men to change their stance."

"Okay, I'll wait for your good news."

The WeChat call ended, and Su Yunruo's thoughts also came to a halt.

Reason told her that the marriage between Grandpa Miao's granddaughter and Zhou Kantian was not a simple matter. Making random guesses without knowing much about the situation would only affect her judgment. She needed to arrange for someone to investigate.

Of course, she wouldn't investigate Old Master Miao. Su Yunruo had a clear understanding of her own abilities and would never try to play tricks on an old hand without absolute certainty.

Let's start with Zhou Kantian.

It's time to talk to Tuya's husband.

...

S City Secondary Business District, Fanjian Studio

At 5 p.m., with half an hour left before closing time, the receptionist, who had been busy all day, was in a good mood.

At 5:10, an ordinary black Mercedes-Benz was parked at the entrance.

It's considered ordinary because it really doesn't have anything special about it, and it's not particularly outstanding compared to other guests who come here.

But then someone came down from above.

She was ridiculously tall. A staff member was just going out and passed by her, and her breasts only reached her waist.

The receptionist couldn't help but stare at her, hoping to find some clue in her sunglasses.

Who is it?

The clients served by Fanjian Studio are all of high status, but someone with such a figure and temperament is truly rare.

As the woman entered, the receptionist instinctively tilted her head back.

She took off her sunglasses, revealing a face so beautiful it seemed unreal. "Hello, I'm looking for your director."

"Su su su su..."

Shh, keep it low-key.

The receptionist quickly bit her lip and nodded, looked around to make sure no one was paying attention, and then led her to the next lounge.

Big star!

A real superstar!

Su Yunruo is so tall! She's practically a model.

The receptionist, who had always been a "passerby," was deeply shocked by Su Yunruo in person.

"Um... water... coffee... you you you..." The receptionist bit her tongue hard. "What would you like to drink?"

"No need, I'm here to discuss business and will be leaving soon. Please ask your director to hurry up."

The receptionist nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, I haven't told the director yet."

She ran out and called the secretary in the director's office. When she heard that the director had already left work, she exclaimed in surprise, "Left work? When?"

"He left work at 4:30. His wife is pregnant, so he's been leaving get off work very early these past few days."

"Su su su su..."

"Su what?"

"That female celebrity, the female celebrity Su Yunruo, is here. She wants to talk business with the director."

"Su Yunruo..." The secretary's tone changed on the phone, "The director isn't here. Why don't you tell her to come again tomorrow morning?"

The receptionist immediately mentally crossed out the idea. "Sister Li, this...this...this isn't a good idea, is it?"

"Who told her to come just before she got off work? Does she deserve special treatment just because she's a celebrity?"

"..."

The receptionist was too afraid to speak.

Tan Xiaoli, the director's secretary, is a good friend of the director's wife. Ostensibly, she's a secretary, but in reality, she was sent by the director's wife to monitor him and prevent anyone in the company from seducing him.

Normally, she's treated like a "princess" at the company, and no one dares to mess with her.

"I'm hanging up now, I'm going home too. Send Su Yunruo away."

The receptionist, clutching the phone that could only make a beeping sound, suddenly felt an urge to cry as she stared at the studio door.

"What should I do? I shouldn't have brought Su Yunruo into the lounge. How am I supposed to go in and tell her that the director isn't here and that she should come back tomorrow?"

The receptionist next to her said, "Learn from this experience. Next time, no matter who comes, make them wait at the door while we call them inside. If they're not there, let them leave; if they are, let them go upstairs."

The receptionist was filled with regret. She shouldn't have rushed to take the person to the lounge. It was such a small matter; why did she make things so difficult for herself?

But thinking about it, Tan Xiaoli doesn't represent the director. If the director knew Su Yunruo was coming, he would definitely go back to the company. After all, doing business for celebrities can also serve as publicity.

The receptionist thought for a moment, then took out her phone to send a message to the director.

[Director, a Ms. Su Yunruo came to the company looking for you, saying she has business to discuss. Would you like to reschedule the meeting or arrange for someone else to receive her first?]

After distributing the gifts, Tan Xiaoli, who had just finished packing her things, came downstairs. Her Valentino "torture devices" were still on the director's wife's feet half a month ago; the size wasn't quite right, and they wobbled when she walked.

Tan Xiaoli's foot was uncomfortable, and her tone became unpleasant as well, "Has Su Yunruo left?"

The receptionist stammered, "Not...not yet."

"Get her out of here right now. Don't you know that the director's wife hates Su Yunruo the most? If she finds out, you'll be fired."

After Tan Xiaoli finished speaking, she looked at the receptionist, who seemed like a country bumpkin who had never experienced anything serious, and couldn't help but scold her.

As he was cursing, he suddenly realized that if he gave Su Yunruo a hard time, Tuya would definitely be happy.

"Hey, forget it, you'll only ever be a receptionist at this rate. Where's Su Yunruo? I'll go tell her to get lost."

The receptionist hesitated for a moment, "Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

"Where—" Tan Xiaoli drawled, her face full of impatience.

"Restroom 1 on the left."

After the receptionist finished speaking, Tan Xiaoli wobbled towards lounge number 1 in her ill-fitting high heels.

Click—

Pushing open the door with a nonchalant air, ready to make trouble, Su Yunruo stood up to check the situation, after all, the waiting time had been a bit too long.

Tan Xiaoli's long, narrow eyes were staring directly at Su Yunruo's chest.

She wore a white silk shirt, unlike some online celebrities who wear shirts with logos plastered on every piece of fabric to show off their high-end status. Tan Xiaoli's shirt was of unknown origin.

Not only her shirt, but also her coat and high heels, were not styles I was familiar with.

But this outfit looked inexplicably sophisticated on Su Yunruo. She looked like a model drawn by a designer—relaxed, beautiful, and the clothes complemented her perfectly.

Tan Xiaoli traced her foot down her chest, neck, and chin, finally meeting Su Yunruo's questioning gaze.

Autumn has arrived, and the days are short; it was already dark by 5:30. Before leaving, the receptionist turned on the lights for Su Yunruo. Although the lights were installed on the high ceiling, they seemed to be blocked by Su Yunruo, who had carved out a dark shadow of a person.

The sense of oppression brought by height is real and shocking.

Tan Xiaoli didn't believe that someone could scare others without saying a word.

But now she's the one who's "frightened".

Perhaps because I've watched too many TV dramas, my impression of Su Yunruo is limited to that of a weak female protagonist, and I've never realized that Su Yunruo is actually so tall.

Even compared to most of the men in the company, she is very tall.

Tan Xiaoli had only ever seen a girl that tall before, when she traveled to Northeast China.

"hello."

Tan Xiaoli opened her mouth, but her throat seemed to be blocked, and she couldn't make a sound.

Su Yunruo took a half step back, finally emerging from the shadows, and smiled brightly, "You are..."

Tan Xiaoli's mouth is getting bigger and bigger.

"Um?"

Ta-ta-ta

The sound of hurried footsteps pulled Tan Xiaoli back to her original thoughts.

But the other person was moving too fast, and before Tan Xiaoli could even turn around to see who it was, she was pushed aside. "Get out of my way, don't block me."

Tan Xiaoli was in trouble. Her shoes were already loose, and with this push, she twisted her ankle and fell to the ground, exclaiming, "Ouch!"

Who the hell—

Wait, it's Tuya.

Snap.

The sound of the door closing almost coincided with the jolt in Tan Xiaoli's heart.

Tan Xiaoli blinked, her ankle throbbing with pain, but she couldn't figure out what was going on.

inside the house

Su Yunruo didn't see who it was, but her knees buckled suddenly, and she almost lost her balance. Upon closer inspection, she realized that it was Tuya who had rushed in and grabbed her leg.

"Miss Su." Her eyes were filled with tears, and her voice choked with sobs. "I...I didn't mean to not do as you asked, I...I'm pregnant."

Su Yunruo chuckled and patted the hand beside her feet, "You have to be careful when you're pregnant. Sit down first, or people will think I did something to you."

Tuya hesitated for a moment before standing up and following Su Yunruo to sit on the sofa.

“My husband and mother-in-law have been looking forward to this child for a long time. If something happens to the child, it will be the four of us…” Tuya deliberately emphasized the last four words and squeezed out two more tears.

"..."

"The child is innocent."

As Tuya spoke, she observed Su Yunruo's expression. Seeing that Su Yunruo remained calm, or even indifferent, Tuya wondered how Su Yunruo used micro-expressions when filming TV dramas. Was it AI?

When Su Yunruo acts with others in the TV series, the audience can really feel her emotions from the subtle expressions. However, Tuya found that since the last time they met, Su Yunruo only had a friendly smile on her face.

"Do you want the whole family of four to hold hands and jump off Building A?"

She uttered a sentence in the most innocent tone that made Tuya's heart plummet to freezing point.

Tuya only wanted to put pressure on Su Yunruo; she didn't intend to do anything real. Although her words were a question, they sounded like a command to Su Yunruo.

Tuya recalled that the dozens of stories high building in Block A, when looked down from the balcony of Su Family Tea House, would make even those who weren't afraid of heights dizzy.

Jump down from above—

A chill ran through her, and her fingers trembled. "Miss Su..."

Su Yunruo's lips curled into a smile, revealing a set of bright white teeth. "This might be the first time you've dealt with someone like me, but it's not the first time I've dealt with someone like you. Stop with the fancy stuff. Just be honest and tell me you're pregnant and want a son to keep your wealthy lifestyle, and I won't make things difficult for you. If you're trying to use moral blackmail to soften my heart, you'd better give up. You don't even have a moral compass yourself, yet you expect me to?"

"..."

"Um?"

Su Yunruo didn't hear a reply, so she tilted her head and slightly raised her eyelids, like an innocent and bewildered child seeing something she was curious about. But that moment of innocence gave Tuya the illusion that she was being watched by a pervert.

Unruly children are inherently dangerous.

"I...I have this." Tuya hurriedly reached into her pocket, found her phone, failed to recognize her face repeatedly, shakily entered the password, turned on the video, and handed it to Su Yunruo.

This is also why she dared to wait for Su Yunruo to come to her.

—A private video taken with Zhou Kantian.

The video clearly shows a hotel room. The man, who had just come out of the bathroom, was naked. He turned around, saw the camera, and gave a wicked smile.

"Come here," the woman commanded.

This is Tuya.

The man pounced on her from afar like a puppy; the first-person perspective was so strong that Su Yunruo almost couldn't help but back away.

The photographer was shooting from this strange angle, looking down at the man, revealing a pair of legs and the top of his dark hair.

A woman's slender fingers run through her hair, the white and black intertwining, lingering at the bottom of the screen as the black fades into the distance.

Tuya turned her phone volume up to the maximum, and the speaker emitted a sticky, wet sound.

He suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with desire. He stuck out his tongue to lick the wetness from the corner of his lips, and hummed softly in a low voice, as if whispering, "Sister is so sweet."

Su Yunruo's expression remained unchanged, but she suddenly pressed the pause button.

"Miss Su, are you interested?"

Su Yunruo's intense reaction made Tuya both delighted and somewhat dismissive.

Zhou Kantian has a really good figure, a nice face, and is also very romantic in bed. I ask you, which woman could resist him?

The wealthy young women that Tuya knew initially resisted such men and affairs, but eventually they couldn't resist the temptation.

Therefore, she was about 70-80% confident.

The remaining two or three points of uncertainty are because the male actors Su Yunruo is paired with are of higher quality than Zhou Kantian, and Tuya is afraid that she won't be interested.

"Well done, send me the video."

It's done!

Tuya couldn't help but smile.

Actually, after receiving instructions from Su Yunruo that day, she planned to get rid of Zhou Kantian, and ideally, Zhou Kantian would never appear in the entertainment industry again.

But she was pregnant, and she knew in her heart whose child it was.

Things change, and what if her husband goes bankrupt in ten or twenty years while Zhou Kantian becomes an overnight sensation? She needs to plan for her children and herself.

Therefore, even though Tuya realized that Su Yunruo was not easy to deal with, she still took a big risk to try to recruit Su Yunruo into her group. As long as they became allies, she would have a handle on Su Yunruo, and who knows when she could turn the tables and control her.

Click—

Tuya watched with delight as Su Yunruo walked to the door, only then remembering that she should open it herself. She hurriedly stepped forward, wanting to send this big Buddha away.

Su Yunruo suddenly turned around and said, "Oh, right."

Tuya smiled and whispered to Su Yunruo, "If you want to try it tonight, I'll call him for you."

"You should have gone to that maternity hospital in the west of the city for your prenatal checkups and childbirth, right?"

"Yes, yes, I heard that's the best hospital in S City. It's said that your mother gave birth to you there."

Tuya thought she had done a good deed and that Su Yunruo was going to reward her, so she relaxed and assumed the posture of receiving a gift.

"Yes, that's my house."

"Your place is amazing! The service there is exceptional. Every time I go there, I dream of having a second or third child."

"If you like it, that's fine. I'll find a doctor to take care of you later, and after the baby is born, I'll give you a free paternity test package."

Paternity testing

The world before Tuya's eyes transformed into a smooth, pristine pane of glass. The instant Su Yunruo's image was reflected, a thunderous roar erupted—cracking open from the center, spreading like a spiderweb. That enigmatic, chilling face shattered into countless pieces.

“Su, Su…”

Tuya collapsed to her knees on the floor, her body limp. As Su Yunruo was about to leave, she couldn't think of anything. Instinctively, she crawled over and grabbed Su Yunruo's legs. "Miss Su, I'll do anything you want, I'll do anything for you, please, please let me go."

"Did I do anything? I'm just curious whether your child looks more like your husband or Zhou Kantian."

Can't.

Absolutely not!

Tuya had so many plans, but she never expected that Su Yunruo would use the child to threaten her.

Now that her husband is much richer than Zhou Kantian, and her affair has been exposed, she has no choice but to go to Zhou Kantian, but Zhou Kantian's current status cannot afford her expenses.

"You can't have it all. I already let you choose."

Su Yunruo sounded the final alarm bell, and Tuya's psychological defenses, built up by greed, were finally broken. She stammered out all her cards, "I...I...I also have Zhou Kantian's other...videos, I'll give them all to you, I'll give them all to you."

"Besides Zhou Kantian?"

Tuya was taken aback.

Why don't you answer?

"hiss--"

A breath escaped from between Tuya's teeth.

Her scalp stung, her hair was pulled upwards, and she had to lift her face in the direction of that force.

Looking down at her, Su Yunruo was like a cold statue, devoid of joy or sorrow, her eyes lowered, her dark pupils containing indifference to everything at hand.

"Miss Tu."

"Uh-huh."

Tuya's body trembled involuntarily, because she was so scared that she even tried to avoid being looked at directly. But as soon as she moved her chin slightly, the force pulling her hair pulled hard, and Tuya stretched her neck out completely, her whole body in a stiff and uncomfortable position, afraid to move.

"Do I look like someone who's easy to bully? Why are you making excuses for me again and again?"

She shook her head violently, tears welling in her eyes, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

"It seems I can't trust you at all."

"Miss Su, please give me another chance, please."

"Turn off all passwords on your phone and give it to me. From now on, you can find a safe place to have your baby."

"What?"

"You won't give it to me?"

Tuya was stunned.

The phone... it came so suddenly, and it has a lot of information on it. What if Su Yunruo sees it?

No, no, Su Yunruo only takes it because she wants to see all the information inside.

We can't afford to provoke her anymore.

Tuya hurriedly took out her phone, turned off all passwords, and handed it to Su Yunruo.

"I'll have someone send your phone back tomorrow morning."

After Su Yunruo finished speaking, she slammed the door and left.

Tuya sat blankly on the floor, her scalp still throbbing with a tearing pain.

After a long while, she finally came to her senses.

It's all over. Now not only is Zhou Kantian gone, but I've also become a traitor in that group.

Su Yunruo cut off her escape route!

But--

She also said she would let her go.

Tuya patted her head and said, "Don't overthink it. Su Yunruo has only dealt with her connections in the wealthy wives' circle. At least my affluent life can continue to be guaranteed."