Chapter 18

Feng Yan shoved Su Xiwei behind him, fiercely furrowed his brows and snapped:

"You woman, you haven't left yet—truly shameless."

Su Xiyan crossed her arms and sneered, "If I had known I'd end up saving such a paralyzed patient, I would never have wasted my silver needles."

"You and your brainless brother truly aren't of the same family."

"What nonsense are you spouting!"

Upon hearing Su Xiyan's words, before Feng Yan could even suspect, Su Xiwei beside him suddenly turned pale.

"How could this woman know that Feng Yan was saved by silver needles? Could it be that she was the one who saved him?"

"I heard Academician Su is an old man with a full head of white hair, and the director of the Medical Scientific Research Institute—how could he possibly be such a young woman!"

Su Xiyan couldn't be bothered to argue with this pair of brainless lovebirds; for her, the fact that Su Xiwei had returned home was the best leverage she could have.

With this, she could use it to negotiate with Su Qingming to rescue her grandmother.

But the way those two just recklessly criticized her, she would certainly not let it go.

"As the esteemed young master of the Feng family, you can't even get your true lifesaver right."

"You'd better think carefully about what ulterior motives the person behind you, pushing you along, might have."

After leaving a cryptic remark, watching Feng Yan's expression suddenly change, Su Xiyan disdainfully strode away proudly.

"Feng Yan gege, you won't really believe what that woman said, will you?"

Su Xiwei carefully watched Feng Yan's uncertain expression and probed.

"I naturally wouldn't believe such a woman who suddenly appeared."

Hearing Feng Yan's definite answer, Su Xiwei finally felt relieved.

However, seeing Feng Yan continually gazing in the direction the woman left, Su Xiwei gritted her teeth.

"Just who is this woman! I must find out and make her disappear completely!"

The departing Su Xiyan sat in the extended Lincoln that the Yan family had arranged for her, enjoying the cool breeze, feeling completely at ease.

It's truly like a pillow arriving when you're sleepy; she had been worrying about how to break into the Su family, and now someone personally delivered the opportunity.

After sending the photo she had just taken to Su Qingming, Su Xiyan demanded bluntly:

"【Let me see my grandmother, or else I'll tell the Yan family the truth."

"When that happens, it'll be a lose-lose; everyone will die."

Looking at the photo Su Xiyan had sent him—Su Xiwei smiling sweetly, linked arm-in-arm with Feng Yan—Su Qingming wished he could grind his teeth to pieces.

He had long known that once Su Xiwei returned, trouble would surely follow!

Now it's fine—what a coincidence that Su Xiyan ran into her directly; isn't this just handing her the leverage on a silver platter?

After releasing the woman beside him, Su Qingming angrily replied:

"【Su Xiyan, think it through—if the Su family falls, you'll go down with it!"

Su Xiyan let out a dismissive "ha",

"【Do you think I care?"

"He who has nothing to lose fears nothing; even if Su Xiyan wanted to investigate the Jade Ruyi matter, she kept her expression flawless."

Even Su Qingming couldn't immediately tell whether she was speaking the truth.

"That dead girl, she'd rather give up investigating her own background for the sake of that dead old lady!"

Su Qingming's expression turned sinister as he tried to buy time.

"【You know your mother's temperament; I'll work on her thoughts and get back to you soon."

Baffled, Su Xiyan rolled her eyes,

"【What mother are you talking about? Her thoughts have nothing to do with me; I'll give you two days.

"【Two days—if I don't see my grandmother, you just wait.

"【The Yan family patriarch himself spoke: 'The weather's turning cold; the Su family ought to go bankrupt.'"

Thereafter, no matter what Su Qingming said, Su Xiyan's side gave no further response.

Su Qingming furiously smashed his phone, "Su Airan! Su Xiwei! Su Xiyan! The women of the Su family are truly selfish to the extreme!"

Yang Mei looked at Su Qingming's state and hurried to soothe him: "Don't be angry, Qingming; there's always a way."

"A way, a way—if Su Xiyan saw the old lady, she'd definitely just run off!"

"Then everything would be over!"

"For the sake of future immense wealth, Yang Mei's eyes hardened: 'Su Xiyan always threatens you with the Yan family's anger, but doesn't she consider that if this were truly exposed, would the Yan family let her off?"

"My point is, since she wants to see her so badly, let her meet her. After all, her big fuss threatening you is merely to confirm the old lady's safety."

"As long as the old lady is fine, a few kind words will calm her—I doubt she'd insist on pushing things to a lose-lose."

"Moreover, over these two days you have plenty of time to prepare; as long as you keep that little girl as leverage, even if the old lady leaves, you'll have plenty of ways to control her!"

Upon hearing this, Su Qingming thought Yang Mei made perfect sense, looking at her with admiration: "Meimei, you're still the smart one."

Yang Mei smiled modestly: "Qingming, I'm just a little woman; I can't compare to you."

Su Qingming most appreciated Yang Mei's tact and sensibility; with the problem resolved, he immediately turned his thoughts elsewhere.

After returning to the Yan household, Su Xiyan indeed received Su Qingming's message telling her to come to the Su family in two days to see her grandmother; the stone in her heart finally settled, and she even ate two extra fried chicken wings that night.

Watching Su Xiyan's fragrant, enthusiastic eating, even the Yan patriarch couldn't help but take two more bites.

After eating his fill, the Yan patriarch couldn't help but ask: "Yanyan, is there something happy today?"

Su Xiyan smiled, eyes crinkling: "Mm, I went home for a trip today."

Although Su Xiyan is usually gentle, she rarely smiles so brightly; in a daze, the Yan patriarch felt that through her he seemed to see an old acquaintance.

But soon after, the Yan patriarch shook that thought from his mind,

"How could that be? That child has been missing for so long."

Ah, what a pity.

Facing Yan Laotaiye's sudden sigh, Su Xiyan felt a bit strange.

"Grandpa, what's wrong?"

Yan Laotaiye shook his head. "Nothing, I'm just old and always think of the past."

After saying that, he told the steward, "Little Liu, I'm a bit tired, help me go rest."

"Yes, elder."

After Yan Laotaiye left, Su Xiyan also returned to her room.

She was in a great mood; returning to her room, she saw the obediently lying large humanoid pillow waiting for her, and she rushed over in a few strides, leapt forward and flung herself onto it, hugging it tightly.

With a "thud",

Mmm.....

What kind of disaster is this? At the moment Su Xiyan threw herself at him, Yan Moci felt as if he saw his mother in heaven beckoning to him.

"Yan Moci, thank you."

A muffled sound came through the blanket, tinged with a hint of shyness.

In the moment Yan Moci chuckled, he forgave Su Xiyan's just‑done action.

And,

Don't be polite, my girl.

He thought to himself.