Chapter 505: The Tree Wants to Be Still, But the Wind Does Not Stop
"Also, don't act like a taskmaster, calling me in the middle of the night to ask about my progress. Even if you didn't ask me for help, I would have helped my sister-in-law myself if I knew about her situation... Hello? Hello?! I haven't even finished my sentence! How could you hang up!"
Xiao Tian clenched his fists in response to the busy tone on the phone.
She hasn't asked the question she wants to ask the most yet.
Since my cousin cares so much about my sister-in-law, why doesn’t he care about her himself?
What kind of man is he if he sneaks around?
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Xiao Tian and Qiao Shixin served as teaching assistants. After attending two classes, they quickly got the hang of it.
Moreover, most of the courses taught are basic skills, as well as some for beginners, which is no problem for professional dancers like Xiao Tian and Qiao Shixin.
The dance class schedule began to become flexible. Sometimes Suman only needed to attend two or three classes in the evening in a week.
Very easy.
Two weeks have passed since Fang Zhiming's incident.
No one came to question Suman, and no police asked Suman to take a statement.
Fang Zhiming's death seemed to have little impact on Su Man.
Only in the middle of the night would Su Man be awakened by the bloody afterimages in her dreams.
During this period, Xiao Tian and Qiao Shixin kept in close contact with Su Man, and Qiao Shixin also often visited Su Man.
In Qiao Shixin's words, it would be boring for her to stay at home alone if Song Lin didn't come home.
Su Man learned from Qiao Shixin that Qiao Shiyan and his female colleague Luna did not end up together.
Luna later resigned and I heard that she went abroad to study.
Qiao Shiyan continued to run the law firm with three other partners.
With the reputation improved, the cases at hand are endless and the revenue is also considerable.
There is no shortage of suitors around Qiao Shiyan.
Most of them knew that Qiao Shiyan was divorced and had a child.
Even so, it couldn't stop them from admiring and yearning for Qiao Shiyan's halo as an elite lawyer.
They were very enthusiastic about Qiao Shiyan, but they were all rejected by Qiao Shiyan.
Qiao Shixin didn't dare to tell Su Man directly that her brother had not yet gotten over the shadow of divorce and was unwilling to meet new people.
Su Man listened silently, just sighed, and did not make any comment.
With the two chirping little sparrows, Qiao Shixin and Xiao Tian, Su Man's life is finally not so dull and depressing.
There was another strange thing happening these days.
Gu Ziheng also found Man Yuan.
However, Gu Ziheng did not come to help, but to ask Su Man for help.
"Auntie, this banquet means a lot to me, so please come with me."
In the living room,
Gu Ziheng had a bitter face and was almost about to kneel down to Su Man.
Su Manqi said: "I didn't forbid you to go, I just won't go with you, you can find another female companion."
"No! The invitation says, 'Mr. Gu Ziheng and Ms. Su Man must be present.' It specifies their names."
"But I don't know this Mrs. Bai. Why did she invite me?"
"It must have been before. You asked me to pretend to reconcile with you, and the news of our reconciliation spread. Everyone thought you were my girlfriend now. Now that our family wants to do business with Madam Bai, she must have invited me this way."
Gu Ziheng said as he placed the invitation and a neatly packed package in front of Su Man. "This is a separate invitation and gift for you. One for each of you."
The invitation letter uses indigo as the base, which is elegant and steady, and the cover design is full of small ingenuity.
It was clearly written above that Su Man and Gu Ziheng were invited to attend a banquet.
The souvenirs next to it are heavy, and just from the special leather used for packaging, you can tell how valuable they are.
A separate invitation letter also comes with a luxury gift set.
This shows sincerity.
But the more this happened, the more puzzled Su Man became.
She didn't have any good feelings towards Mrs. Bai.
From what Xiao Beisheng said on the phone with his subordinates, I could vaguely tell that this Madam Bai must be holding some shady assets.
How good can the character of a person who can abandon his conscience for the sake of profit be?
Moreover, this kind of banquet inevitably requires dealing with the Xiao family. What if Xiao Beisheng is also there...it is better not to meet again.
"I'm not going."
"I'll kneel down for you, okay? Or how about you make a request, no, ten, a hundred? Manman, this Mrs. Bai is really, really important to my career... Oh, right, didn't you ask me to help you check out the owner of that gambling beach? I guess he'll go too."
Su Man immediately perked up, her eyes turning slightly, "He's going there in person?"
"That's what I heard. What do you think? If you're willing to go, you might be able to meet the person you've been looking for."
Gu Ziheng was full of excitement, like a serf ready to rise up and sing.
Su Man already had an idea in her mind at this time, but she still said, "Oh, so it's not true and reliable news. All gossip should be treated as false news. I won't go."
"Eh? Stop it!!" Gu Ziheng was about to stand up, but before he could even straighten his knees, he slid back to his knees.
Su Man glanced at him, pretended to be reluctant, and said: "I can go, but you have to agree to my three conditions."
"OK."
"Any conditions?"
"It's up to you."
"No regrets?"
"Absolutely not."
“Real and effective anytime, anywhere?”
"It's up to you."
"make a deal!"
The second generation ancestor agreed without a second thought, and only then did he remember to ask, "So what are the conditions?"
"I haven't thought about it yet. I'll bring it up later. To ensure you keep your promise, please first draft a legally binding written contract and sign it. Then I'll agree to go with you."
If it were someone else, Gu Ziheng would have flipped the table long ago.
Any conditions were fine. What if the other party asked for too much and wanted to bring down the Gu family? What if the other party wanted to take his life?
But Gu Ziheng just trusted Su Man for no reason.
He thinks Suman won’t do such things.
"Okay, wait until I bring the contract to you tomorrow, and you should get ready and think about how to dress for the party!" Gu Ziheng left angrily.
Ye Ling stepped forward to clean up the fruit plate left by Gu Ziheng.
Seeing an invitation letter and some souvenirs on the table, I couldn't help but exclaim:
"Oh my, just for an invitation, there are so many precious gifts. How much does it cost?"
"So I find it strange. When sending a gift like this, the people who should be invited are close relatives or people with whom you have direct interests. I don't even know that Madam Bai, so why would she invite me to her party?"
"Didn't Master Gu say it was because of him?"
"That's too far-fetched. It's okay to fool outsiders. But didn't you hear what Gu Ziheng said? His family hasn't really cooperated with Madam Bai yet. They're still begging Madam Bai to do the project."
Ye Ling also understood what was going on. "Yeah! That's quite strange. Then why don't you go? Less trouble is worse than more. It's better to stay at home and avoid the limelight."
Suman shook her head.
They all came to my door.
Even though Su Man hid this time, the other party will always find her next time.
"I still have to go. The tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop. Let's go for a while." A hint of tenacity and determination flashed across Su Man's gentle brows.
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