Xu Min spoke softly, without explicitly saying who it was, but Su Ning guessed.

"Um!"

She replied, "I understand, Master."

"Ningning".

Xu Min looked at Su Ning's indifferent face, wanted to say something, but swallowed it back. After hesitating for a long time, she said something else, "Your father doesn't hate you that much."

"He had no choice!"

This "father" does not refer to Xu Jiang.

Su Ning looked up ahead but did not answer.

Xu Min knew Su Ning didn't believe her, so her voice became even softer, "For your mother, he sacrificed our entire Xu family."

Beauty is a curse, so neither the old man nor the old lady liked Su Xincheng, and the old lady even blamed Su Ning.

"I'm leaving now."

When Xu Min saw Madam Xu and the others coming, she left first.

She felt sorry for Xu Sheng. To outsiders, Xu Jiang, who had lost his position of power, was not as good as Xu Sheng. He was just running a restaurant and would not amount to anything.

In Xu Min's view, Xu Jiang's life is the one that people envy.

Xu Sheng sacrificed the entire Xu family to save Su Xincheng back then, so he has to sacrifice his own happiness and future.

That's why he hasn't been happy all these years!

I've lost so much, yet I can't confide even a little bit of my pain and suffering to anyone.

Gu Jingchen was kicked out by Mr. Xu after he finished washing the dishes. This time, he didn't linger in Shenyuan. If he stayed long enough, he would come to Shenyuan for meals every day.

With the help of Madam Xu, Su Ning took a bath, changed into clean clothes, and began to think about Madam Cheng's jewelry.

She had thought of this a couple of days ago.

From Xu Min's words, I know that Mr. and Mrs. Cheng are a very loving couple, and this is very important to them.

However, she knew too little about the Cheng family.

Su Ning searched online for information about the Cheng family, but found very little.

Many things about prominent families in the capital city are not posted online. For example, the past between Xu Sheng and Su Xincheng was erased by both the Xu and Jiang families, so probably not many people in high society know about it.

Just as she was thinking about it, her phone lit up with a text message.

The text message was brief, but included an attached document.

"This is the Cheng family's information."

Su Ning opened the document, which truly contained the story of Mr. and Mrs. Cheng, detailing their journey from falling in love to getting married, along with many other small anecdotes.

These are things that most people don't know.

The unfamiliar number immediately revealed who was calling.

She didn't reply to the message, saved the document, and then blocked the number.

Over the next two days, Su Ning developed a general idea for the jewelry collection based on the story in the document.

On the third day, Xu Min came to pick her up as agreed.

Su Ning changed into the dress chosen by Madam Xu and went with Xu Min. Madam Xu originally wanted to go with her, but it was the end of the month and there was a lot of work to be done at the restaurant. Su Ning didn't want Madam Xu to work overtime every night doing accounts, and besides, Xu Min was accompanying her, so nothing serious was likely to happen.

At worst, you'll encounter people you don't want to meet and hear things you don't want to hear.

Su Ning's guess was correct. She and Xu Min followed the maid into the Cheng family's garden and heard the sound of a piano coming from afar.

Su Ning was no stranger to pianos; there had always been one in Su Xincheng's room, and she had learned to play from Su Xincheng when she was a child.

However, Su Xincheng was too busy to teach her, so she spent more time learning calligraphy and painting from the old man.

Even so, Su Ning's skill on the piano is not bad.