"Mmm." She responded softly, raising one hand to pinch the space between her eyebrows.

Since the day they broke up, she and Gong Chengjue have not been in contact again. Their WeChat messages have not rang, their phone calls have not been made, and even their Moments are blank, as if they have tacitly disappeared from each other's world.

She, the new head of the Su family, was so busy that she only slept a few hours a day, preferring to be so tired that she could barely keep her eyes open rather than have any free time to think about him.

"Didn't your senior brother tell you?" she said softly.

“I haven’t been in contact with my senior brother for a while,” Lu Linghong said. “He’s not in the capital right now either.”

"Oh." Of course, Feng Xixuan couldn't stay in the capital for long; it was perfectly normal for him to be constantly on the go with a packed schedule.

Su Ziqing closed her eyes, showing no desire to speak.

Lu Linghong seemed to sense her exhaustion and asked softly, "What happened?"

Although Su Ziqing had a good relationship with him, she didn't often tell him about her own affairs, let alone about Gong Chengjue.

Lu Linghong deliberately avoided inquiring about her and Gong Chengjue's relationship. If Su Ziqing hadn't said they had broken up, he would still be in the dark, thinking that the two of them were still in a sweet relationship.

Su Ziqing had calmed down and could now calmly state the reason, "He said... our family backgrounds are not a good match." They were not a good match.

“The Gong family is indeed a pit of fire, and they are certainly not worthy of you,” Lu Linghong replied directly.

He wasn't deliberately misinterpreting Su Ziqing's words; he genuinely believed it to be true, and besides, he had always thought so before.

"Besides having a little more money than others, what's so great about the Gong family, not to mention Gong Chengjue..." Without even considering anything, the words that came out of his mouth were all about how annoying he was.

Su Ziqing was truly at a loss for words, but Lu Linghong's words did heal her sadness a little. "Yes, Senior Brother is right."

"You think I'm trying to comfort you?" Lu Linghong said seriously. "Heh, I'm not trying to comfort you, I'm just stating the facts. Old Master Gong just passed away, and the Gong family's mourning hall even caught fire. They've been arguing at least twice a day."

Su Ziqing: "..." Is it really that chaotic?

However, whether things were chaotic or not was no longer her concern, so she remained silent.

"Moreover, I heard that the Gong family is splitting up. If they split up, the title of the richest family in the capital will no longer belong to the Gong family." Lu Linghong chuckled lightly. "With a family like that, how could they be worthy of you?"

Anyway, his junior sister is the best in the world, not to mention that Su Ziqing is like Xi Shi in his eyes.

"The Gong family is splitting up?" Su Ziqing was genuinely surprised to hear this news. "How could this be..."

"People outside are saying that the Gong family is not convinced by Gong Changfan, so they are making a fuss." Lu Linghong told them what he had heard.

Su Ziqing found it strange, "How could news like this about the Gong family get out? Are their PR people all dead?"

"So you can see how chaotic the Gong family is now. News can be spread so easily." There's no family privacy left.

The news has spread to the outside world, so you can imagine how chaotic things are inside the Gong family. It's nothing new for wealthy and powerful families to fight over inheritance, but the Gong family is doing this right after the old man passed away, making everyone in the capital want to put down what they're doing and watch the drama unfold.

Su Ziqing swallowed back the question she was about to ask. "Even in chaos, things will eventually calm down," she said, drawing on her experience. The Su family had been through so much, but things had returned to normal.

Lu Linghong didn't say anything more, just hummed in agreement, and then talked to her about other things related to work. After all, he was experienced, and Su Ziqing could indeed ask him for advice.

The call lasted for about ten minutes before ending. Although Su Ziqing had resolved her business doubts, she didn't feel relieved at all; instead, she felt somewhat heavy-hearted.

She drank half a cup of coffee to try and clear her head.

No matter how chaotic the Gong family was, it had nothing to do with her anymore; she told herself not to think about it anymore.

But……

She was still worried about Gong Chengjue, worried about the extent of his injuries, and worried that he might have encountered any danger in the past few days.

After Old Master Gong passed away, no one could control the Gong family's uncles anymore. They dared to use all sorts of underhanded methods, which shows how rampant they had become.

Gong Changfan, as the new head of the Gong family, is unable to win over the people. Sigh, what was the old man thinking back then?

She tried to banish the images that kept popping into her mind, trying to stop herself from overthinking.

The secretary knocked on the door and came in. "Ms. Su, Manager Tian was in a car accident and called to ask for leave."

Because Manager Tian's position is rather special—he was sent by Su Ziqing to the Beijing branch—he always informs Su Ziqing in advance of any important matters.

"What did you say?" Su Ziqing was startled when she heard that Manager Tian had been in a car accident. "Is it serious?"

"It's very serious. Manager Tian called while he was being taken to the hospital for emergency treatment. He said that he needed to send someone you trust to take over a project he was working on."

Even after such a serious car accident, he was still thinking about company matters. Su Ziqing didn't know whether to praise Manager Tian for being responsible or what else to say.

Su Ziqing remained silent for a while, then said to her secretary, "Book a flight to the capital tonight, and also cancel all my plans for tomorrow."

"Yes," the secretary replied, thinking to herself, "Miss Su is really exceptionally kind to Manager Tian."

Su Ziqing stared at the computer screen, but then she saw Gong Chengjue's face appear on the screen. She shook her head; she was thinking about him again…

She went to the capital only because Manager Tian was suddenly in a car accident, and she needed to follow up on the project he was working on. It wasn't because of Gong Chengjue, that's all.

But another voice inside me was saying: What kind of project requires you, the person in charge, to leave the head office to handle it personally? Is the branch office president just for show?

You just want to see Gong Chengjue!

I didn't! She struggled. He had made it so clear that day. She wasn't the type to cling on desperately, and she had agreed to break up. She wasn't going to let herself go back to him and be rejected.

Two voices were arguing in her mind, and Su Ziqing felt a headache coming on. A wave of dizziness washed over her, and she fainted.

Hospital

When Su Ziqing woke up, she was in the hospital. She moved her hand and found that it was connected to an IV drip.

"Miss Su, you're awake." The secretary finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Su Ziqing wake up.

Su Ziqing hummed in agreement. "What happened?" Wasn't she in her office? Why is she at the hospital?

The secretary held up the newly released lab results. "Ms. Su, your fainting was caused by extreme fatigue, and you, you..."

The secretary handed the form to Su Ziqing and said, "You're pregnant."