Chapter Forty-Eight: I Cannot Marry Her
It wasn't that she intentionally wanted to drag her along; it was just that her original plan was to get involved with the Tang family and then have Xia Zhi marry Yan Mingshen, thus completely binding the Xia family to her.
But now it seems that Ming Shen has realized something is wrong, and she can't just let Su Xiao go like this.
"You'd better be."
Su Xiao pulled out a small red booklet from the drawer, glanced at it, and saw that all the relevant stamps were still there, which put her mind at ease.
Zhou Manyun glanced at her and spoke up to remind her.
"I advise you not to make any rash moves before you have the land deed."
"I know."
Su Xiao didn't want to dwell on it anymore, but she just couldn't tell anyone yet.
Once she has the divorce certificate, she doesn't mind enduring it for a while longer.
Anyway, by the time Yan Mingshen found out, everything would have been settled, and he would have no chance to back out.
"Oh, by the way, did you know that Xia Zhi had a miscarriage?"
Su Xiao got what she wanted, and her tone softened considerably. She glanced at Zhou Manyun, only to see the latter's expression change instantly.
She had clearly already arranged for someone to take care of Xia Zhi's affairs abroad.
She originally planned for her to stay abroad for the rest of her life, but the plan changed...
"I don't care where you heard the rumor, Xia Zhi has never been pregnant."
She spoke slowly and deliberately, her words carrying a blatant threat.
But the more she acted this way, the more certain Su Xiao became.
Su Xiao just didn't understand why, if Xia Zhi had been chosen to assist Yan Mingshen, they would allow her to get pregnant with someone else's child.
Or was it that she had already discarded Xia Zhi as a pawn, and was now forced to pick her up again?
And coincidentally, it happened to be the day her father passed away.
Or perhaps they had planned all along that their father would die on that day, and deliberately had Xia Zhi stall Yan Mingshen...
Su Xiao couldn't understand it.
Zhou Manyun had already lost her patience: "Miss Su, are you planning to stay here?"
"I just want you to pay more attention to me and stop trying to fool me into thinking I'm your son."
"you……"
Zhou Manyun's chest heaved violently with anger.
Seeing this, Su Xiao smiled and put the divorce certificate into her bag. Just as she was about to leave, the study door was opened from the outside.
Yan Mingshen stood outside the door with a stern face, seemingly having been listening for quite some time.
Su Xiao didn't care; she was in a good mood and even gave Yan Mingshen a rare friendly look.
"I'm leaving now, you two can continue your conversation."
Yan Mingshen's Adam's apple bobbed as he hesitated, wanting to say something but then stopping himself. In the end, he simply let Su Xiao go downstairs, then closed the door and looked at Zhou Manyun sitting in the main seat.
"From which sentence did you start listening?"
Zhou Manyun looked at her youngest son sitting in front of her and felt an even bigger headache.
I don't know what those people the Yan family hired were doing. They didn't even bother to inform us before Yan Mingshen arrived.
"If you don't tell me, I won't tell you anything."
"Pregnancy there."
Yan Mingshen frowned slightly.
What exactly did those two say that they had to keep from him so closely?
"I want to know what happened to Xia Zhi during those five years abroad."
"You did go and investigate."
Zhou Manyun sighed; she knew her son all too well.
"She's pregnant, and I let her have the baby."
"Why? You know perfectly well about her health..."
Yan Mingshen's hand holding the teacup turned slightly white.
Even after Xia Zhi's condition, why won't the Yan family let her go?
"You need to understand that the only value of the Xia family's daughter is in marriage alliances. If you don't want her, someone else will covet her."
Zhou Manyun's words were absolutely right.
She also wanted to put pressure on her son; if he was willing to marry Xia Zhi, that would be good, but if he wasn't...
Zhou Manyun blew on her nails. She could naturally find a suitable and obedient girl, but definitely not Su Xiao.
With the Su Family Gallery backing her up, even if she wasn't easy to train, she was still the best choice.
But now that the gallery has collapsed, Su Xiao is naturally going to be eliminated.
“I will take care of her for the rest of my life, but I cannot marry her; I have a wife.”
Yan Mingshen lowered his eyes. He already had Su Xiao; how could he marry someone else?
Even if Su Xiao is angry, they are still a legally married couple, and she will have to go home sooner or later.
"Then she'll have to marry someone else."
Zhou Manyun took a sip of tea with a grim expression.
She had planned everything perfectly; the only variable was Su Xiao.
I have no idea what kind of spell he cast on his son.
Why is it that I can't live without her?
"Think it over carefully yourself."
"I see."
Yan Mingshen looked at her, his clenched fist then relaxed.
Ultimately, Xia Zhi did it all for him and for the Yan family. What else could he say?
No wonder they kept trying to force Su Xiao to leave; it's probably because the Xia family was also putting pressure on her.
But once the seed of doubt is planted, it will eventually take root and sprout.
*
After leaving the Yan family home, Su Xiao saw that it was still early, so she prepared to drive to the studio to take a look.
She's been on strike for so many days since she got injured, I wonder how Qin Lao's paintings are doing.
She parked her car downstairs at the studio and went upstairs with her bag.
Ever since Yan Mingshen forcibly took her away last time, two security guards from the Xu family have come downstairs.
When Su Xiao went upstairs, Qin Yu was pasting the death paper on the painting, and the whole painting looked brand new under his hands.
"Senior sister? Are you healed? Why did you come here by yourself?"
After Qin Yu finished pasting the last corner, he quickly pulled Su Xiao to sit down in an empty seat.
“When I rushed over a couple of days ago, I saw you unconscious and covered in blood. I was almost scared to death.”
"It's not that serious."
Su Xiao was forced to sit down in a chair by him.
"It's just a scratch."
"I've never seen a scratch that could be wrapped up like a mummy."
Qin Yu poured her a glass of hot water.
"Don't try to fool me. Old Master Qin's painting needs to air out for a few more days. There's no need to rush."
"Yes, I just came back from the Yan family's old residence and was thinking of coming over to take a look."
Su Xiao took the hot water and drank a sip. Since Old Qin had given her plenty of time, she wasn't worried.
only……
Su Xiao paused, then placed the water glass on the table beside her: "I remember you have some tools for making jewelry."
"Hmm? Why are you asking this, senior sister?"
Qin Yu was taken aback. He did have it, but he hadn't used it in a long time.
"I'd like to bid on a gemstone at the auction in a couple of days to make a brooch for Xu Bozhou."
She had actually thought about it for quite a while, but given their current relationship, giving her something as intimate as a ring or earring would be too ambiguous.
Xu Bozhou is not short of good things.
It would be more sincere for her to type it herself.
"Let me look for it for you."
Although I think these two are really at odds, it's a good thing that my senior sister is willing to put in the effort for Xu Bozhou.
Qin Yu scratched his head, then suddenly remembered something and looked down at Su Xiao.
"By the way, Senior Sister, what were you doing at the Yan family's place today? What kind of trouble are they up to now?"
"Nothing unexpected happened..."
Su Xiao rested her chin on her hand, her lips unable to suppress a slight upturn.
"I do have a divorce certificate."
Although Zhou Manyun forbade her to tell anyone, Qin Yu and Xu An were not outsiders.
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