Without thinking, Yi An chased after her, grabbing Su Yan who was holding Su Xiaoyu and walking away quickly.

"Su Yan, don't go."

Su Yan shook off his hand, stared at him coldly, and questioned, "Yi An, why did Xiao Yu get involved in our affairs?"

Yi An was speechless. After a moment of silence, she finally spoke, "I didn't know Xiao Yu would attend the birthday party, and I had no idea that something like this would happen."

Su Yan looked at his innocent-looking face and nodded heavily.

"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have had that damn contract with you in the first place! Forget it, let's forget everything from today onwards!"

Yi'an was shocked by how decisively she spoke.

He grabbed her again, "Su Yan, is this really such a big deal? Besides, you've never told me that Xiaoyu is your daughter, have you?"

Is it really necessary?

Su Yan found it funny after repeating the sentence.

"You actually used the phrase 'is it really necessary' to describe the emotional distress Xiaoyu suffered tonight?!"

Seeing her cold smile, Yi An realized he had said the wrong thing and wanted to explain, but Su Yan didn't give him the chance.

Watching Su Yan's resolute back as she walked towards Xue Qinxin's car, he grew anxious and shouted, "Su Yan, leaving now is breaking the contract!"

Su Yan stopped abruptly, and without turning her head, said coldly, "I have broken the contract. Yi An, go ahead and sue me in court. I will accept whatever the court rules."

After she finished speaking, she got into the car and slammed the door shut with a loud bang.

Yi An watched the car drive away speechlessly.

How can he sue about this?

In the car, Xue Qinxin turned to look at Su Yan with concern, "Yan Yan, are you alright?"

Su Yan hugged Su Xiaoyu tightly, "It's okay, godmother. Thank you for tonight. I really don't know what I would have done without you."

Xue Qin knew that she was just being polite.

Even without me tonight, Su Yan wouldn't have suffered any injustice.

“You are my goddaughter, how can I stand idly by?”

Listening to her kind words, Su Yan deeply understood that the reason she was helping her so much was for the sake of cooperating with Su Xuehai.

Nevertheless, Su Yan was very grateful for her help.

Xue Qinxin kept replaying Su Yan and Yi An's conversation in her mind, which seemed to have mentioned something about breaking a contract, and she was filled with curiosity.

She glanced at Su Yan a couple more times, then swallowed back the question she was about to ask.

After such a fierce battle, the atmosphere inside the Yi family villa became awkward.

The astute guests, noticing Meng Jie's unfriendly expression, all made excuses to leave.

Those who lacked foresight were all pulled away by the others.

After the guests left in twos and threes, Lin Hui covered her face in grievance.

“Aunt Meng, I think you’ve seen it all, haven’t you? Su Yan is such a rude and liar person. I don’t know what she said to you, but I can assure you, not a single word of the truth has been uttered by her!”

Meng Jie looked up with a cold smile, "Guarantee? How can you guarantee it?"

Seeing her unfriendly expression, Lin Hui hurriedly said, "Even at this point, can't you see what kind of person she is? It doesn't matter if I suffer a little grievance, but you can't be fooled by her!"

She spoke very sweetly, but Meng Jie didn't appreciate it at all.

"Are you trying to teach me how to do things and how to recognize people?"

Lin Hui shook her head in a panic, wanting to explain something, but was so frightened by her eyes that she fell silent.

Mrs. Lin hurriedly stepped forward to explain on Lin Hui's behalf: "President Meng, Huihui absolutely did not mean that. Look at what I've done to protect you!"

Meng Jie watched as the mother and daughter feigned grievances in front of her, and coldly exposed their pretense.

"Lin Hui, I remember warning you, didn't I? No matter what, you weren't allowed to ruin this birthday party. What did you do?"

Lin Hui looked completely innocent, appearing every bit the victim.

"Aunt Meng, it wasn't me! It was Su Yan! Su Yan repeatedly challenged your authority and even lied..."

"Enough!" Meng Jie interrupted her sharply.

"Do you really think I've been in the business world for so many years for nothing? Do you think I can't see through your little schemes?"

Lin Hui was startled by her sharp gaze, her face turned pale, and she couldn't utter a word of explanation.

“Originally, I tried to turn a blind eye because you are Xiaobao’s mother. But now I feel that whether Xiaobao has a mother or not doesn’t matter anymore.”

After Meng Jie said this, Lin Hui and Madam Lin panicked completely.

"Aunt Meng, Xiao Bao can't live without me, he can't live without his mother!"

Lin Hui hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Meng Jie's hand, explaining urgently, but Meng Jie shook her off.

"Don't mention Xiaobao, you have no right to!"

Meng Jie uttered those words sharply and strode upstairs.

Lin Hui's composure and smugness vanished; she was now completely panicked.

She gripped Mrs. Lin's hand tightly, pleading, "Mom! What should I do? I can't live without Xiaobao! What am I going to do?!"

Madam Lin was also in a panic and wanted to say something to comfort her, but then she caught sight of Yi An walking in.

She rushed over to him as if he were her lifeline.

"Yi'an, listen to your aunt. Huihui couldn't bear to see you and President Meng kept in the dark, so she had no choice but to expose Su Yan! You must say nice things to President Meng. Xiao Bao is so young, he can't be without his mother!"

Lin Hui nodded hurriedly, so excited that she could only cry and couldn't say anything.

Compared to them, Yi'an's reaction was much calmer.

"You couldn't bear to see us kept in the dark, so you deliberately tormented a four-year-old child? You ruined Xiaobao's birthday party? You made the entire Yi family a laughingstock?"

Yi An asked three questions in a row, followed by a series of cold laughs.

"Lin Hui, you're so reluctant to do it!"

"I·····"

Lin Hui was stunned, and stammered for a long time without being able to utter a complete sentence.

Yi An glared at them coldly, then turned and went upstairs.

Lin Hui watched his merciless retreating figure, her eyes reddening, and she was on the verge of tears.

She tugged helplessly at Madam Lin's sleeve, "Mom, what should I do?"

Madam Lin was at her wit's end and stomped her feet in anger.

"You've already been scolded like this, what else can you do! Go home, stop putting up with other people's attitudes here, don't you have any backbone at all!"

Madam Lin angrily pulled Lin Hui away, who kept turning back to look at her.

Yi An stormed upstairs without knocking and barged into Meng Jie's study.

Before Meng Jie could speak, he interrogated her, "Did you deliberately have Xiao Bao bring Xiao Yu here?"

Before Meng Jie could explain, Yi An took the blame for her.

How could you treat a four-year-old child like that!

Meng Jie smiled as she listened to his question.

"If she doesn't come today, how long are you going to keep this from me?"