Chapter 18: The Fake Daughter of a Prominent Family
Doesn’t the whole Sucheng know about it?
The newsboy was walking through the crowd, shouting at the top of his voice:
"Newspapers are on sale, come and have a look. Young Master Ye is expressing his love for Miss Su in a poem. It seems that the Ye and Su families are about to get married!"
Everyone passing by looked at him with awe. Master Ye? The cold and cruel man who could stop children from crying at night? Why did he write a love letter that sounded so mysterious...
And Miss Su, which Miss Su?
Because they were too curious, most people chose to spend a copper coin or two to buy a newspaper and read it while walking.
Those who had companions also communicated with their companions: "I only knew that Master Ye was very capable, but I didn't expect that his literary talent was also extraordinary."
Some agreed, while others questioned: "Maybe it was an assistant who wrote it for you?"
Most of them were discussing who this Miss Su was. The only famous Su family in Sucheng was that one:
"Is it the eldest lady of the Su family?"
Someone who looked like a female student said sourly:
"I've seen Miss Su, she's just average. Why does Master Ye like her?"
The people next to him rolled their eyes: "She has good looks and family background, if she doesn't like her, then how could she like you?"
The female student was so angry that she said, "You! What nonsense are you talking about!"
The person who asked the question was not afraid at all:
"I'm telling the truth. Don't you think anyone doesn't know what's on your mind? You're always talking about this or that. I think you've wasted your time in school!"
The other companions quickly tried to smooth things over:
"Alright, alright, stop talking. This is someone else's business. What does it have to do with us? There's no point in getting into an argument over someone else's business. Don't you agree?"
Another person also advised:
"That's exactly what you said. And this Miss Su may not be the Miss Su we met. I heard that the eldest daughter of their family has returned. Maybe they are talking about her."
Others were curious: "The Su family has another young lady?"
The woman nodded. She came from a good family and had met Su Youran before.
"The eldest Miss Su you know was born to my aunt, and there is another Miss Su who was born to Mrs. Su. But she went abroad to study a few years ago and just returned two days ago."
People around couldn't help but exclaim: "Did you return from studying abroad?"
“That should be very fashionable, right?”
"I don't know what it's like abroad. I really want to communicate with Miss Su."
The lady who had met Su Youran smiled but said nothing. She didn’t know whether it was fashionable or not, but this Miss Su had been beautiful since she was a child. No one in the socialite circle could compare to her. She must have become more and more attractive in a few years.
Otherwise, Ye Jiuzhou wouldn't have loved her so much that he would publicly express his feelings in a love poem.
Yes, she firmly believed that the poem was written for Su Youran. It wasn't that Su Meiming was bad, but she often dealt with Su Meiming. If she had a relationship with Ye Jiuzhou, they wouldn't be unaware of it.
Even if Su Meiming herself didn't say it, her shallow aunt would never miss this opportunity to gain face, and she would probably have spread the news to everyone.
It doesn't make sense that this love poem shouldn't have been written earlier or later, but just two days after Su Youran returned home.
If it's not for her, then who else could it be for?
There were many people who thought like her. Even Su Zhengming and Su Yu, who were working in the office, were greeted by waves of people who came to ask questions, congratulate or squeeze them.
It took them a long time to figure out what was going on.
Su Yu came to Su Zhengming with a newspaper. They were both in the same building.
"Dad, what do you think?"
Su Zhengming was also reading the newspaper and the poem, and he looked a little strange:
"It must have been that girl Ranran who instigated this."
Su Yu didn't like to hear it:
"How could it be Ranran who instigated this? How could she understand these things? This is obviously a man's trick to coax a girl."
Maybe Ranran will be deeply moved after seeing it!
Su Yu felt a little jealous, as if the juicy cabbages in his home were about to be eaten by pigs.
Su Zhengming had the same feeling, he just didn't show it.
The treasure he had cherished for so many years was about to become someone else's. From now on, he would no longer be the man Ranran loved the most...
Thinking of this, Su Zhengming felt mixed emotions: relief, sadness, and reluctance.
He sighed and waved at Su Yu:
"Go back and do your thing. If anyone asks you again, just say you don't know. We'll talk about it later at the banquet."
Su Yu was a little unwilling: "Is it really him?"
How old is Ranran? Are you going to settle down now? What if Ranran doesn't like Ye Jiuzhou anymore?
Su Zhengming asked back: "Can you find someone more suitable than him in Sucheng?"
Su Yu looked around and it seemed that there was no one more suitable than Ye Jiuzhou, with good family background, ability and appearance.
But Su Yu still emphasized: "It depends on whether Ranran likes it or not, and whether she is willing to do it."
Su Zhengming disliked his nagging and waved him away:
"Okay, you're my biological brother, so I'm not my biological father? Go away, you're an eyesore."
Su Yu finally dragged the newspaper out.
Su Zhengming looked at the closed door and sighed. The situation was chaotic now, and it would be safer with the protection of the Ye family.
They looked prominent, but they could fall at any time. But the Ye family was different.
Huo Family
Huo Zhenyao was applying an ice pack to his face. He had to go out for something soon, and it would not be good to have too many marks on his face.
He casually flipped open the newspaper that had just been delivered today, and his eyes were cold. After scanning it up and down, he couldn't help but snorted:
“You’re quite good at doing tricks!”
Huo Zhenyao couldn't hold back any longer, and tore the newspaper into pieces. He still felt unsatisfied, so he threw it on the ground and stomped on it a few times:
"It's just a trifle! It's not worthy of being in a high-class place!"
He casually threw the ice pack onto the table, making a crisp "dong" sound. It seemed that he had to speed up his actions and take full control of the Huo family as soon as possible.
Boya Hospital
As the only Western hospital in Sucheng, the doctors there are either foreigners or have studied abroad.
Shao Zhizhao is Boya who joined the company a year ago after returning from studying abroad. He is very popular among the nurses because of his elegant and handsome appearance, gentle personality and no airs.
In the past, when he entered the hospital, he would be greeted with all kinds of sweet greetings. But today, there was not a single one.
Shao Zhizhao felt quite surprised. He walked to the nurse's station and saw a group of people gathered together, chattering about something.
He knocked on the table, but the nurses, who were in the middle of a heated discussion, didn't hear him at all.
Shao Zhizhao coughed heavily again, and then a nurse on the periphery turned back impatiently:
"What's the matter...Ah! Doctor Shao!"
The nurse immediately smiled and greeted warmly. When the others heard it, they turned around and smiled brighter than flowers.
Shao Zhizhao frowned slightly: "What are you all doing here? Is it time to do the ward rounds?"
The head nurse stepped forward immediately and said, "Yes, I'll go right away, Doctor Shao."
Shao Zhizhao nodded and was about to leave when he saw that one of the nurses seemed to be holding a newspaper in her hand.
He remembered that he seemed to have seen many people holding newspapers when he was driving here just now. Did something important happen today? Why were they all reading?
"Is there anything special in today's newspaper?"
The young nurse holding the newspaper blushed in embarrassment:
"Nothing, it's just that... Young Master Ye wrote a love poem to a Miss Su, and we were curious to discuss it."
Most of these nurses are young girls from well-off families, and they are most interested in this kind of gossip.
They all agreed that this way of expressing love was very romantic.
Shao Zhizhao was not interested in this kind of gossip and was about to leave, but suddenly he seemed to realize something, paused, and asked again:
"Miss Su? Which Miss Su?"
The young nurse was surprised that Dr. Shao was also interested in this. She shook her head:
"I don't know, but I think it should be the Su family. I just don't know which daughter it is. I heard that their second daughter has also returned to China."
A nurse next to me suddenly mentioned:
"I heard from my family that the Ye and Su families had arranged a marriage for their children, and she was originally his fiancée."
Shao Zhizhao looked unhappy: "Fiancée?"
The other nurses didn't know why Dr. Shao looked so unhappy and some of them were afraid to speak.
The head nurse looked around, smiled awkwardly, and tried to change the subject:
"Speaking of which, Dr. Shao and Miss Su who just returned to China seem to be studying in the same place? I wonder if you have met them?"
Shao Zhizhao nodded reluctantly:
"If you are talking about the Miss Su I know, I have met her."
And they were very familiar with each other. He had heard that she was going to return to China, but he didn't expect that she had already returned?
Then why didn't you contact him?
The nurses' eyes lit up, and they immediately forgot their fear and asked in unison:
"Doctor Shao, is Miss Su pretty?
"It must be very beautiful. Didn't you see the praise in this poem?"
"That may be because beauty is in the eyes of the beholder."
“No way!”
"Doctor Shao, what did Miss Su study? Are you familiar with her? What's her personality like?"
Shao Zhizhao was a little stunned. The Miss Su he knew...
She is very pretty, has a very good personality, and is very smart. They are in the same major, but he is one year higher than her. They... should be very familiar with each other, right?
We used to eat together, discuss problems together, and complete homework together.
During the years they were abroad, they spent every important festival together. Because of her, they felt less homesick for their country and family.
Although there were other people around, Shao Zhizhao felt that they should be special to each other.
Will she have a fiancé?
Shao Zhizhao waved to the nurse holding the newspaper: "Can you lend me the newspaper?"
The young nurse handed the newspaper to him blankly: "Doctor Shao, take it, you don't have to give it back to me..."
Shao Zhizhao held the newspaper tightly in his hand, nodded slightly to the nurses around him, and turned to go to his office.
The nurses were left looking at each other in bewilderment: "Doctor Shao...what happened?"
Shao Zhizhao sat in the office for a while, and finally opened the newspaper and read it carefully.
In fact, there is nothing to see. The specific name of "Miss Su" is not revealed above, but the three big words "Ye Jiuzhou" at the end are very conspicuous.
Shao Zhizhao stroked the three bold words "Miss Su" on the newspaper. Could it be her?
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