Fu Shiqin pulled her aside and shielded her behind him, his gaze towards the newcomer as cold and sharp as ice.

"roll!"

To avoid them, she had her people move to a new place, yet they still managed to find her here.

Sun Xiulan trembled at Fu Shiqin's glare, but she quickly brazenly continued to cry.

"Jiaojiao, I'm sorry, but back then, I really couldn't have survived on my own with you."

Her father died before she was even born. It was difficult for her to survive as a woman with a child in those days, and it was even more difficult for her to remarry.

So she had no choice but to leave her with her grandfather and remarry.

Over the years, she and her remarried husband have had their share of ups and downs, but at least the family is together.

If she hadn't seen her on TV a few years ago, she would have almost forgotten that she had such a daughter.

Ling Jiao stood behind Fu Shiqin, whose tall figure completely blocked her view, preventing her from having any contact with Sun Xiulan.

But Sun Xiulan's sobbing voice still echoed in the corridor, reverberating in her ears.

She, a woman, couldn't survive on her own. How did her grandfather, at such an advanced age, manage to raise her?

Besides, when she left, she took all the compensation money from her father's car accident. Did she ever think about whether her grandfather could survive with her?

Fu Shiqin blocked Sun Xiulan from approaching Ling Jiao and warned her in a cold voice.

"You'd better be smart and stay away from her again, or I'll make sure your whole family never has a moment's peace."

Sun Xiulan knew who he was, and although she was somewhat wary, she still shamelessly expressed her opinion.

“I am her mother, her biological mother. I just want to... reunite with her and make up for all the years I have neglected her.”

"Then how are you going to make amends?" Fu Shiqin demanded.

“I…” Sun Xiulan only said it casually, but when asked how she would make amends, she couldn’t say.

Fu Shiqin snorted mockingly. She hadn't come back to make amends at all; she had come back to take advantage of Ling Jiao's booming career, using the guise of mother-daughter affection.

Ling Jiao stood behind her, staring intently at his back. He really did... already know.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have asked such a question, nor would they have recognized who Sun Xiulan was.

However, he didn't reveal a single word about knowing all this throughout the entire afternoon.

Fu Shiqin glanced at Ling Jiao, who was standing behind him with a pale face, and pulled her into the elevator.

Sun Xiulan tried to pry open the elevator door, but Fu Shiqin ruthlessly pushed her out. The elevator door closed, leaving only Sun Xiuchen's desperate cries.

The elevator went directly down to the parking lot. Fu Shiqin pulled her to the parking space, opened the passenger door, and shoved her inside.

Then, he walked around to the front of the car, sat in the driver's seat, and drove away while saying this.

“If you don’t mind, you can stay at the Fu family’s place for the time being. If you don’t want to deal with my family, you can stay at the Pearl River Grand View area for the time being. The security personnel there are still from the Fu family, so they can’t get in.”

Previously, because I didn't want her to find out that I knew about this, I didn't arrange for her to stay at a place under the Fu family's name.

The security personnel here hadn't had time to get to work yet, which gave Sun Xiulan an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

“You know everything,” Ling Jiao said.

Fu Shiqin pondered for a moment, then readily agreed.

"Okay, I know, but I knew you didn't want me to know, so I didn't mention it."