Chapter 15: The Main Appears

Looking at Li Xiu Fen dumped in the servants' room, Su Airan wore a look of disgust.

Didn't I tell you to just toss her into a nursing home? Who let you bring this old lady back home?

Look at how poor and rustic she is—who knows if it might rub off on me.

Su Qingming gave an apologetic smile, "Airan, you also know that."

Weiwei is about to return to the country; to avoid complications, isn't it safest to keep the old lady under my watch?

You don't know—I got the news; after I took the old lady away this morning, that dead girl Su Xiyan went looking for her.

And she even went and saved the eldest son of the Feng family—I have no idea where she gets such ability!

Su Airan fumed just thinking about it. "How dare you say that! Su Qingming, you married into my Su family and yet you dare to bring forth an illegitimate daughter!"

That cheap girl even dares to use the Yan family's name to make me lose face, and you still claim the substitute marriage for Weiwei is for her own good!

I think you're just trying to find a good match for this little girl so you can both rise to prominence together!

"Oh dear, Airan, how could you think that way."

You think it's just because you dislike that little girl Su Xiyan! I've long investigated—Su Xiyan isn't my daughter at all, and I don't know where that wild child Wang Mei came from, just trying to cuckold me!

If the old lady hadn't insisted on raising her, I would have tossed her out long ago!

Besides, the ten billion from Tripod Glory Luxury Mansion are all in your hands, and I haven't taken a single cent~

After hearing Su Qingming's words and being soothed by him, Su Airan's complexion finally improved a little.

"Don't touch me!"

She shouted affectedly, yet her face showed she was enjoying it.

After attending to Su Airan, Su Qingming's face instantly darkened.

"Pah! An old, yellow‑pearl sow!"

If it weren't for the Su family's money, he would have dumped this old woman long ago!

Upon arriving at the servants' room where Li Xiu Fen was, Su Qingming said coldly:

"Old lady, have you thought over my question?"

Li Xiu Fen had long given up on her son; she couldn't fathom how she had given birth to such a white‑eyed wolf.

"Even if you ask me ten thousand times, I still wouldn't know!"

Su Qingming gritted his teeth. "Dead old lady, if you won't take the toast, you'll drink the penalty!"

"I want to see just how long you can keep breathing!"

After Su Qingming left, Li Xiu Fen hunched her body, endured the pain, and prayed in her heart,

"Yanyan, you must definitely do well in the Yan family."

"Whatever you do, don't let that unfilial son Su Qingming discover the truth about your Jade Ruyi!"

After leaving Li Xiu Fen's room, Su Qingming's face grew grim beyond compare; he went to a secluded corner of the villa and made a call,

On the other end came a gentle voice: "Qingming, how did things go?"

"The old lady still won't budge."

The other end worried, "What can we do then?"

Su Qingming laughed, "No problem—as long as the old lady is in my hands, I'm afraid that girl Su Xiyan won't behave unless she's forced."

The other end pressed, "Qingming, are you really sure the Yan family's eldest son has the same pendant as that girl Su Xiyan?"

Su Qingming, "I absolutely won't mistake it—the old lady thought she hid it well, but I've known all along."

"Otherwise I wouldn't have set up a scheme to let Su Xiyan stand in for Weiwei and marry into the Yan family."

The other end sulked, "Weiwei, Weiwei, your heart holds only Weiwei."

"When have you ever had me and Mengmeng in your heart?"

Su Qingming, "What nonsense—aren't all my schemes now for you and Mengmeng?"

After a bout of deep affection and longing, Su Qingming hung up the phone.

His expression instantly turned cold, appearing even more chilling in the night.

"Heh, Su Xiyan, Su Xiwei, Mengmeng—all the women in his eyes are merely tools for him to climb the ladder to heaven."

Turning around, Su Qingming returned to his room.

The next morning, Su Airan and Su Qingming came downstairs together; upon seeing Su Xiwei standing in the hall, they both gasped in surprise.

Su Airan exclaimed in surprise, "Weiwei! How did you come back to the country!"

"Didn't I tell you to lie low abroad because things are tense, and return only after it blows over?"

Seeing Su Xiwei, Su Qingming's eyelid twitched as well, fearing she would ruin his meticulous plans, but his face showed deep worry: "Weiwei, now that you're back, if the Yan family learns of the substitute marriage,

"we'll be ruined beyond recovery! Listen to me—hurry and go abroad."

Su Xiwei never expected her doting parents to dislike her return so much, even wanting to drive her away.

Su Xiwei snapped, "Mom, Dad! How can you do this!"

"You let Yanyan take my place in marriage without my consent, leaving me unable to live a normal life back home!"

"And Yanyan too—she's so formidable, even willing to marry a vegetative person!"

"She wants to marry, so she marries—and she even does it in my name!"

"If people find out I have such a powerful yet country bumpkin sister, how could I face anyone!"

Su Qingming said somewhat embarrassedly, "But Weiwei, you yourself agreed to the substitute marriage back then, didn't you?"

"You said that if I gave you one hundred million, you'd stay obediently abroad."

Su Xiwei blinked, "But I've already spent all my money."

"Besides, I'm bored overseas, and hearing that the Feng family's eldest son Feng Yan has awakened, I rushed back."

"You know I've always admired Elder Brother Yan since I was little."

Su Airan's face turned cold, "Weiwei, you really are being willful! A hundred million, you actually spent it all in just one month!"

And the Feng family is also something you can even think about!

Su Xiwei stamped her foot in anger, "Even Su Xiyan, that country girl, can marry the vegetative young master of the Yan family, the most prosperous in Jingcheng, while the Feng family still falls short of the Yan family by three points—how am I not good enough?"

Su Airan angrily shouted, "You yourself said he's a vegetative person; when the Feng family's eldest son was bedridden and unconscious before, you weren't this eager!"

"You yourself said he's a vegetative person; when the Feng family's eldest son was bedridden and unconscious before, you weren't this eager!"

"Now get out of the country immediately!"

Su Xiwei muttered, "How can that be the same? Who would want to marry a vegetative person?"

"No matter how good-looking or rich, they're just a living corpse."

"Hmph! If you won't let me go home, I'll go find Su Xiyan myself!"

Saying that, Su Xiwei actually really was going to go find Su Xiyan.

Letting Su Xiwei and Su Xiyan meet at the Yan family would be unacceptable,

"Come back!" Su Airan made Su Xiwei shake with anger.

With a satisfied smile, Su Xiwei turned around,

"I've already transferred my school registration back; from now on I'll be attending Jingdu University."

"I also need to go to the hospital to take care of Elder Brother Feng."

Su Airan gritted his teeth: "Fine, but if you dare go look for Su Xiyan, don't blame me for cutting off your card."

After Su Xiwei walked away triumphantly, Su Airan looked at Su Qingming and said fiercely:

"Su Qingming, look at the terrible idea you came up with!"

Su Qingming's face showed obsequiousness, but inwardly he sneered,

"It's all because you spoiled your daughter into this!"

"That idiot Su Xiwei will surely cause trouble sooner or later; he must speed up his actions!"