Chapter 21, Section 21 - Whereabouts: This shows how close they are, they don't even feel ashamed...

"What's the panic?"

After listening to Su Yi'an's flustered account, Fu Wenxun sneered disdainfully, "Fu Qingli has had it too easy these past few years, and he really thinks he's invincible and doesn't need the Fu family's support anymore! Once he stumbles in a while, he'll realize that in this society, feelings are the least valuable thing, and only money and interests are the most reliable guarantee of people's hearts. At that time, he'll obediently come back to Brother Fu and beg to marry you!"

"Yi'an, I'm not trying to criticize you, but haven't you seen enough of this kind of thing? Those scions of wealthy families who clamor for freedom of marriage, which one of them didn't obediently go home and marry into another family in the end? As the only daughter of the Su family, and the daughter-in-law I've chosen, the future Mrs. Fu, don't you have this much confidence? She's just a woman. If we can drive her away once, we can drive her away a second time! The key is to use the right method!"

Hearing Fu Wenxun say this, Su Yi'an's nearly despairing heart was rekindled with hope.

Yes, she has the entire Su family behind her. If Fu Qingli marries him, it means both families will belong to him. The powerful alliance of two families—who could resist such a temptation?

She didn't think Fu Qingli had deep feelings for Lin Xi. Back then, he only searched for the Lin family father and daughter for a little over a month, and when he failed, he stopped worrying about it and chose to study abroad.

Over the years, she learned that Fu Qingli had not continued searching for Lin Xi, but instead devoted himself to his career. When he occasionally returned to China, he would either visit his elders in Beicheng or fly to accompany Ji Jiali and Zou Song to discuss business, all of which had nothing to do with Lin Xi.

Although he avoided Fu Wenxun and himself as much as possible, he did not express such resistance.

These changes all occurred because Lin Xi had reappeared before him.

Without her, everything will proceed as they expect.

After ending the call with Fu Wenxun, Su Yi'an quickly dialed another number.

The call was answered quickly, and she ordered in a chilling tone, "Immediately investigate Lin Xi's whereabouts over the years, the more detailed the better!"

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As Su Yi'an emerged from the passage, she turned a corner and saw Lin Xi and a woman with long, flowing hair sitting and talking in the rest area a few meters away. A round, chubby panda was lying at her feet.

She knew that the panda was called Gun Gun; she had seen it in photos taken by others, and it often appeared in Fu Qingli's daily activities.

The investigation revealed that this was the product that Fu Qingli had personally trained and devoted the most effort to over the years, yet it had not appeared in any of the company's reports or plans.

Everyone knows that Gun Gun is his precious baby and cannot be touched casually.

But now, Gun Gun is alone with Lin Xi.

What this means is self-evident.

Su Yi'an's hard-won mood plummeted back to rock bottom in an instant.

She desperately wanted to rush up and question Lin Xi: since she chose to leave back then, why did she come back?

But she had just been warned by Fu Qingli, and Fu Wenxun also criticized her on the phone for being too impulsive, for confronting a woman with no status or background in person, which was too degrading and would easily make men feel disgusted.

The best way to deal with this kind of scheming woman is to fight fire with fire, killing her without her even realizing it.

She tried her best to suppress the jealousy and hatred swirling in her heart, lowered her head slightly to minimize her presence, and tried to avoid disturbing them by taking a detour.

Just as she turned around, the middle-aged man walking towards her suddenly stopped and asked with a hint of doubt, "Are you Miss Su Yi'an?"

She didn't react for a moment, and subconsciously looked up, which allowed the other person to confirm her identity.

The middle-aged man excitedly stepped forward: "It really is Miss Su! Hello, I am He Kuangyu from Zhixing West Branch. I met you at the party last month. You attended with President Su at that time."

Upon hearing this, Su Yi'an remembered.

He was the newly appointed general manager of the West City branch at the beginning of the year, and his performance in the first half of the year far surpassed that of other branches. His father greatly admired him.

Given this relationship, she couldn't pretend not to know him, so she could only force a smile and say, "I remember, Mr. He, you're here for the technology exhibition."

"Yes, yes," Yu said excitedly, his voice rising slightly as he heard that Su Yi'an remembered him. "I wanted to replace some robots in a few hotels, so I came to take a look. Miss Su, you're here to see President Fu, right? You two have such a good relationship!"

His words silenced the surroundings, and Su Yi'an could feel everyone's eyes on them.

Su Yi'an didn't know if anyone among them knew that Fu Qingli had publicly distanced himself from her.

She doesn't care what irrelevant people think.

What she cared about was that Lin Xi was right behind her, listening to their conversation and watching her make a fool of herself.

In the quiet environment, the sound of someone getting up and pushing a chair was suddenly heard.

She just saw that only Lin Xi and the others were sitting there.

What? Does Lin Xi intend to come in person to show off her power?

A few minutes ago, the resentment that I had barely managed to suppress surged back into my heart.

As Fu Qingli's rightful fiancé, she absolutely could not be outdone by Lin Xi!

Thinking of this, she quickly put on a confident and generous smile: "Yes, this is my first event since returning to China, so of course I have to come and support you..."

"Tsk tsk, Su Yi'an, don't you feel ashamed at all for saying 'good relationship'?"

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