Ruan Chen stuffed her laptop into her inner bag and tidied up her things before speaking, "You didn't ask either."
Su Jin: It seems so.
Ruan Chen placed her schoolbag on her lap, looked at Ruan Yunhan who was calmly dealing with the reporters' questions, and continued, "Besides, your Su family doesn't even acknowledge my mother's identity. Why should I shamelessly go back to ask for a title? Do you think I care?"
Su Jin spread his hands, his tone somewhat innocent, "That's where you're wrong. If your dad were willing to take your mom back to the elders in the family to see her, they wouldn't deny it. Your dad is a fearsome figure in the hearts of those elders in the Su family, someone they dare not offend."
Ruan Chen was baffled. "He doesn't even know my mother is from the Su family. What is he looking at? Does the Su family think that brain-dead Ruan Zhengde is a fearsome figure they dare not mess with? How did they come to such a misconception?"
Su Jin: "...Wait, your mother is a member of the Su family? Ruan Zhengde...isn't he your adoptive father?"
Ruan Chen: It feels like something's gone wrong there.
A few seconds later, she understood the root of the problem and cleared up all the misunderstandings with one sentence: "Su Ze is also my uncle."
Su Jin mentally sorted out the relationships, "So your birth mother is..."
“Her name is Cong Rao,” Ruan Chen said calmly. “You probably haven’t heard of this name before. The Su family doesn’t acknowledge her.”
Su Jin's mind worked quickly. "Is Auntie in Jingzhou recently? I happen to have some free time today, so I'll go visit her. Why didn't you say so sooner? You've made me feel impolite."
Ruan Chen's gaze remained fixed on Ruan Yunhan, but it landed on nothingness. Her tone was still indifferent. "She died in a fire. It's been almost four years. If you're going to visit her, please pass on a message for me."
Su Jin's mind was in a complete mess. He wanted to slap his own foul mouth, but then he realized that Ruan Chen's birth mother and the Su family seemed to have a huge grudge. The overwhelming amount of information made him only ask one question, "What did you say?"
Ruan Chen glanced at him. "Are you going down to see her now? I didn't expect you to be in such a hurry."
Su Jin felt he needed to slap himself.
Ruan Chen had other matters to attend to. She came mainly to deliver something to Ruan Yunhan and to listen to the press conference. The items had already been handed over to Ruan Yunhan's secretary. As for the sensitive questions at the press conference, Ruan Yunhan answered them honestly according to the prepared speech given by the Ye family.
She stood up and deliberately stepped on Su Jin's shoe by accident. "Excuse me, I have to go now."
Only after Ruan Chen walked out of the venue did Su Jin regain his senses and chase after her.
Although the question he was about to ask might add fuel to the fire in the current situation between the two of them, he was simply fed up with the nagging from his elders at home.
He grabbed Ruan Chen, who was striding forward, and with a determined heart, asked, "Ruan Chen, is your uncle still alive?"
Ruan Chen gave a cool laugh.
Su Jin could sense that Ruan Chen was like a hedgehog at this moment, suddenly spreading all her quills, defensive and vigilant.
"The Su family seems eager to get some good news from me, but I don't understand what kind of news would be good news for them?"
Ruan Chen raised her eyes, her fierceness almost overflowing. She pushed Su Jin away, took two steps back, and the curve of her lips was cold and sharp.
Su Jin organized her thoughts and changed her approach, "You know, my uncle is very good to me. When I was little, he often held me on his lap and played with me..."
Ruan Chen coldly raised her hand and pressed it down with an extremely firm attitude, interrupting Su Jin's somewhat warm and sentimental recollection, and said, "But the Su family treated my mother very badly."
"They don't recognize her identity."
"At that time, she was a penniless orphan, and the Su family told her to get out."
"Only Su Ze was willing to be with her, so naturally, Su Ze left as well."
"Later, Su Ze also left her, and she was all alone in the world."
"So if someone gives her a little love, she'll go all out to pursue it—so in love, her fate is naturally very bad, a tragedy you can never imagine."
"She has never been loved wholeheartedly, so she doesn't know how to love. But I am grateful that she raised me safely to the age of twelve, and I can't complain about her harsh treatment of me."
"Just thinking about her life makes me sad for her, and I feel that she deserved it."
“But she’s already dead, so I will seek justice for her, bit by bit.”
Ruan Chen's eyes were terrifyingly cold, and Su Jin felt as if he were looking at a sword radiating murderous intent.
Ruan Chen took a step towards Su Jin. "One man is already dead, and another is in jail. You should see clearly what will become of the Ruan family. Su Jin, tell me, how should I collect the Su family's debts?"
Su Jin considers himself ruthless and has done a lot of dirty work over the years. The name "Mr. Su" is so famous that many people tremble with fear when they hear it.
However, he now wants to avoid Ruan Chen's sharp edge.
Ruan Chen chuckled at the end, "I really have to thank the Su family for jumping right into my lap, otherwise I wouldn't even know where my creditor is."
It was only after Ruan Chen's figure disappeared for a long time that Su Jin came back to his senses from Ruan Chen's seemingly calm but actually tearful and bloody statements.
As luck would have it, a phone call came in.
"Su Jin, how's your talk with Su Ze's illegitimate daughter going? Now that Ruan Zhengde has fallen from power, she won't get any benefits from the Ruan family. She wouldn't be stupid enough to think she can rely on the Ye family, would she? After all, she's a child of our Su family. If she's smart, she'll know that going home as soon as possible is the wise choice."
"Su Ze is probably dead, otherwise someone with his flamboyant personality wouldn't have disappeared for so long. You should persuade that child to hand over her dead father's things as soon as possible."
Su Jin clenched his fists tightly as he listened to the self-righteous remarks on the other end of the phone.
“If I were you, I would stay away from Ruan Chen,” he earnestly advised. “You want Su Ze’s things, but I think you might end up hurting the Su family because of this foolish idea.”
The voice on the other end of the phone was somewhat annoyed, "Su Jin, you're just a junior, what right do you have to say such things? Or do you want to betray the family like Su Tan? Don't forget who gave you everything you have now!"
Su Jin sighed, "I just hope that when the Su family's ship capsizes, I won't be on it."
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