Chapter 520: Shattered Dreams

Su Man frowned and stared at Xiao Beisheng, wanting to see if he was being vulgar.

Five seconds later, she cursed:

"Neuropathy."

Xiao Beisheng was startled and raised his eyebrows.

"You really have something against me," Xiao Beisheng said firmly, but still seriously: "I think it's best not to mix personal feelings when discussing business."

No personal feelings involved?

She sounded like an abandoned woman.

Su Man curled the corners of her mouth sarcastically.

She said in a tone that was more official and less emotional than his: "Mr. Xiao, even if they really have something, it is their generation's own business. I don't care and I won't interfere. Besides, this matter should have nothing to do with you, Mr. Xiao, right?"

"It's not completely unrelated to me. My business is related to the two of them. I have to figure out the relationship between them so that I can formulate the next business strategy plan." Xiao Beisheng said in a high-sounding manner.

Su Man found it even more ridiculous. "According to your logic, Mr. Xiao, what obligation do I have to consider your business? We don't have any personal relationship, right?"

After saying this, she jumped down from the fountain's stone wall and turned around and left without saying goodbye.

The conversation between the two was simply going in circles.

Suman is upset.

Is Xiao Beisheng missing something emotionally?

How can it be like nothing happened between the two of them?

Or maybe he is really heartless.

If you say you want to draw a clear line, you can really draw a clear line.

Su Man prides herself on being good at pretending, but facing Xiao Beisheng, everything falls apart.

Xiao Beisheng has the ability to make Su Man so upset.

Su Man walked away with big strides, and Xiao Beisheng finally stopped following her. However, his words gradually entered Su Man's mind and lingered there.

If Su Changhai owed Mrs. Bai a debt of love.

Does it mean that they were old lovers?

When did it happen? Was it after my mother passed away, or when she was still alive?

If it is the latter, isn’t Su Changhai cheating on his wife?

Xiao Beisheng is not the kind of person who would make things up out of thin air. Whatever he says is probably already 70% certain in his mind.

Su Manjun thought of Su Changhai's elegant and refined image, who looked very amorous at first glance.

Could it be that the reason his mother left home was not only because he was involved in gambling, but also because he had improper relationships with women?

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Bai Lan stayed in the banquet hall for a short while before returning to the lounge.

Once he left the crowd and avoided being seen and heard, Bai Lan's fortitude and calmness gradually collapsed, revealing a dazed and trance-like look.

Eleven looked at Bai Lan worriedly and couldn't help asking, "Madam, you've been acting strange since a while ago. What happened?"

Bai Lan rubbed his hands anxiously and did not answer. Instead, he walked to the wine cabinet and took out a bottle of martini.

The light yellow liquid gurgled into the wine glass and she drank it all in one gulp.

The strong alcohol went down her throat, and the burning sensation in her stomach made her feel a little relieved. "Eleven, I saw him. I didn't expect he was the owner of the Golden Gate. He hates me. It seems this gambling business is a dead end."

"The person just now... turned out to be...?" Eleven was so surprised that he didn't even finish signing.

Bai Lan rubbed the back of her neck and felt a tingling pain in her heart.

The problem I have had for the past twenty years will come back whenever I think of the past.

She could no longer tell whether it was physiological or psychological.

Eleven hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and asked, "Why don't you take this opportunity to ask where your daughter is? Has he been kind to your child over the years?"

"Ask, I must ask... I've been avoiding it for so long, it's time to face it. I've long expected this day to come as soon as I return to Haicheng, but I didn't expect it to be under these circumstances..."

She was not prepared at all.

then,

Their assault team failed in their mission, and she escaped death, seriously injured, and hid in a panic.

The people above would not tolerate her escaping the net and would definitely find her and silence her.

Haicheng is full of people from above.

She understood very well that she could no longer stay in Haicheng.

But her foundation and connections are all in Haicheng.

Here, she also found the person she loved deeply in her life and had a lovely child with him.

She wants to give up all of this.

At that time, she was burdened with huge grievances and resentment, and the twenty-one blood debts owed to her teammates overshadowed her personal happiness.

For the safety of her family and to clear her teammates' names, she had to leave Haicheng.

On the night they were preparing to leave, Su Changhai, who was completely unaware of the situation, asked her to meet him at a newly developed property.

Take her to one of the unfinished houses.

He happily told her that this was the new home he had prepared for her and their child.

In order to let her and the child live a good life, he took on the task that he had been hesitant about before. His superiors commended him, promoted him to a higher level, and increased his salary accordingly. From then on, she no longer had to suffer with him.

"Ayue, my superiors have long intended to give me this mission, but I've been hesitant about whether to accept it. Until I saw you and Nannan squeezed in with me in the small rental house, I finally decided to give it a try for you. Although it's a little dangerous, as long as it succeeds, you won't have to live a hard life with me anymore."

At that time, Su Changhai was full of passion and had visions for the future.

There was excitement in his eyes.

Bai Lan looked at him, feeling bitter inside.

Su Changhai thought she was worried about him, so he hugged her and comforted her: "Don't worry, your husband will protect himself for you and your daughter."

He wiped away Bai Lan's tears, took her hand, showed her around the new house, and introduced her to the layout of his imagined future home:

"Ding ding ding! Welcome Ms. Jiang and Mr. Su to their new home!"

"This will be our living room from now on. It's where we'll play with our daughter."

"This will be your dressing room from now on. It will be used to store your beautiful clothes and jewelry. An entire wall will be used to store your bags and shoes."

"Here, your husband, is my exclusive territory—the kitchen! From now on, I'll be the one cooking for you. Don't complain. The kitchen is a restricted area, and you can't trespass on it. Hehe."

…

After introducing his imagined layout of the future house, he led Bai Lan to the deepest part of the house.

The venue in the small room was arranged in advance.

Lights, flowers, balloons.

The atmosphere is romantic and beautiful.

Su Changhai put away his playful expression, knelt on one knee in front of Bai Lan, and took out a diamond ring from somewhere. He said solemnly: "The diamond ring is a bit expensive, but what others have, the woman I love must also have."

Bai Lan then realized that during this period, Su Changhai was always busy from dawn to dusk because he had taken on several part-time jobs.

Before going to work every day, he works a part-time job, and after work, he takes on three more jobs.

He ate instant noodles and gnawed on bread while doing his intensive work.

Just to save money to buy her a diamond ring.

He did all this secretly without telling Bai Lan, never complaining about the hardship or tiredness, just to give her the surprise and see the happy smile on her face.

"When you married me, you had nothing. Now that you've given birth to a daughter, you still have nothing. Everyone says that if you can marry a woman for one dollar, you won't spend ten more. I tricked you into my life with nothing, so you won't have any of these things in the future. But I want to prove to you that I will have bread and flowers in the future."

At that time, Bai Lan looked at Su Changhai with tears in her eyes, and she was almost about to waver in her previous decision.

She was almost there, so she didn't want any revenge or to clear her grievances.

Abandon the identity of a special forces member and live a good life with Su Changhai as an ordinary person.

But the moment she reached out to take the diamond ring, the faces of her innocent and tragically killed teammates appeared before her.

She woke up suddenly.

The dream was shattered.

All visions of the future came to an abrupt end.

She held the diamond ring in her hand, raised her hand, and threw it out of the window.