Chapter 44

"Sister?!"

Qi Zhiwen put down his crossed legs, leaned forward, and said in shock: "Didn't Chen Zheyan say……"

Huo Jingcheng glanced at him sideways, his voice chilling: "You still believe him."

Apart from being keen on drawing and having super high talent, Chen Zheyan is just a fool.

"……" Qi Zhiwen.

Huo Jingcheng's voice drifted in the air, "Why don't you go apologize quickly."

"Right, apologize, I'll go apologize now." Qi Zhiwen nodded while getting up, then remembered something. Just after taking a step, he fell back onto the sofa: "If I go now, won't she beat me to death?"

"……" Huo Jingcheng.

Thinking about it, Qi Zhiwen couldn't help but find excuses for himself, "This can't be blamed on me, which imperial princess is as low-key as her? The key is that you didn't tell me either, how would I know? ……"

He muttered in his mouth: "It's over, it's over……"

Qi Zhiwen sighed, looking miserable, and carefully recalled Su Mingyan and Su Ruoyun's faces again, "Don't tell me, looking at it this way, the two siblings look quite alike."

Huo Jingcheng was too lazy to pay attention to this hindsight, "She doesn't want to expose her identity, after you know, don't shout about it to others."

Qi Zhiwen clicked his tongue, "I'm not Chen Zheyan."

Huo Jingcheng urged Qi Zhiwen to go to the tea house to apologize. Before long, he was driven out of the office.

Qi Zhiwen sat in the car, wanting to apologize, but afraid of being driven out by Su Ruoyun. After thinking about it, he decided to wait a little longer.

……

Su Ruoyun was absent-minded all day until she went to the courtyard for dinner in the evening. Being humiliated by others for "supporting" was impossible not to be angry.

Thinking of explaining, "announcing to the world" her true identity, she picked up her phone but didn't know how to clarify. She regretted letting the rumors spread just because she only thought about making money before.

At first, Su Ruoyun heard these rumors in the tea house from an employee under her, and she caught her red-handed.

After she explained it once, she fired the employee, but the effect wasn't very obvious, and there were still people whispering behind her back.

Everyone has their own prejudices, and Su Ruoyun couldn't grab everyone to explain. Even if she explained, they wouldn't necessarily believe it, so she simply let it rot.

Later, Su Mingyan asked her if she wanted to use the tea house as a real business project for the eldest lady of the Su family. At that time, she was playing around and wasn't sure how long she could do it. She had played the piano for so many years, so she couldn't throw away her old profession. So when Su Mingyan wanted to use these rumors, she went with the flow.

Later, after thinking about it carefully, it was true that most of the tea house's business came from those bosses who wanted to find a way, admiring Su Mingyan's name, spreading from ten to ten, and coming from rumors.

So the siblings simply let it go.

……

At the dining table, the Su family gathered together to discuss the 79th birthday of Old Su.

As the saying goes: "Pass nine, not ten." The ancestors believed that "nine" is the extreme number, homophonous with "long," meaning long-lasting. Celebrating a birthday at nine implies longevity, while "ten" means perfection. "Fullness invites loss," too perfect will invite defects. Ten out of ten is a great evil. So for the sake of peace and health, the elderly in Sijiucheng usually celebrate their birthdays at nine.

Madam Ming: "This year, these juniors are all here, it should be held properly. Later, when Lin Zi comes back from vacation, I will discuss it with her."

Lin Zi is the second daughter-in-law of the Su family, in the military.

Old Su nodded, "You guys arrange it as you see fit."

His eyes inadvertently glanced at the three people opposite who were eating with relish, sighing, pointing to something, "……Sigh, later, if those people ask about the three children in my family, none of them have a place, what should I do? That's so shameful, others don't know how to laugh at me?"

"Don't worry, whoever dares to laugh at you, I will let Xiao San'er throw them out on the spot." Su Ruoyun bit the spoon and grinned, "Really bold, still dare to laugh at you."

Old Su snorted lightly, "Only you can talk."

Where is the old man afraid of being laughed at by others? "Urging marriage" is the serious purpose.

"Didn't we agree to go after the girl last time? Is there any follow-up?"

Su Mingyan lowered his hands unhurriedly, the spoon in his hand fell lightly to the edge of the casserole, making a crisp sound. Immediately after, a bowl of yam and pork rib soup was placed in front of Old Lady Su. He spoke respectfully: "I've thought about it for many days, this matter still needs Grandma's help."

"……" Old Lady Su.

……

Qi Zhiwen struggled for a long time about apologizing. He was afraid of going alone and being driven out directly, but Huo Jingcheng clearly wouldn't accompany him, so he set his sights on Chen Zheyan.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Chen Zheyan, who had just stayed up all night to finish the drawings, was woken up by a phone call, and Qi Zhiwen was blocking his door.

"Old Qi, you'd better have something big, otherwise……" Chen Zheyan hummed a few times.

On the phone, Qi Zhiwen said he would take him to a place to have fun.

Chen Zheyan got up half-pushed and half-pulled. He originally thought it was going to some bar or club, but didn't expect the destination to be 'One River Tobacco' tea house.

"No, Old Qi, are you sick? Early in the morning, coming to the tea house to play."

Qi Zhiwen pulled Chen Zheyan's forearm, half-dragging, and dragged him into the tea house, "Since we are here, let's go in first."

The tea house opens at 8:30. Qi Zhiwen and Chen Zheyan were the first batch of guests that day. Coincidentally, Su Ruoyun was debugging the tea house's internal system in the front courtyard.

Xiao Hu, standing on the side, said, "Hello, welcome to 'One River Tobacco'."

Su Ruoyun raised her eyes and swept over the two figures at the door. After a cold glance, she released the mouse in her hand, turned back to Xiao Hu, and said, "It's already set up. You can practice a few more times later, and you should be able to get used to it."

"Eh, Boss Lady."

Seeing Su Ruoyun about to leave, Chen Zheyan, who didn't know the truth, hurriedly called out.

Su Ruoyun turned her head, her face expressionless, her tone very sparse and ordinary, "Does Young Master Chen have something to do?"

Chen Zheyan said: "We are here to……"

He turned to look at Qi Zhiwen.

Qi Zhiwen added a sentence: "Buy tea leaves."

There was a tea artist who had just come to work on the side. Hearing this, she stepped forward, "Hello……"

The tea house has set corresponding KPI indicators for tea artists.

Seeing this, Su Ruoyun said to Chen Zheyan: "She is the tea artist of the tea house, she will introduce them to you in detail."

As she spoke, she walked out of the cashier and walked toward the door, never looking at Qi Zhiwen once the whole time. Facing this kind of person, apart from ignoring him, she couldn't think of a better way. Finding someone to beat him up, he had the Qi family behind him, which was unrealistic.

The tea artist was still introducing endlessly.

Qi Zhiwen whispered: "You listen first."

After speaking, he followed Su Ruoyun out.

"Miss Su."

Su Ruoyun didn't stop her footsteps, never even raised her eyes for a minute.

Qi Zhiwen trotted to Su Ruoyun's side and said straight to the point: "Miss Su, I'm here to apologize."

?? Some small explanations for the recent chapters: Why the male lead has been not telling his friends about the female lead's identity is because in Chapter 30, I wrote that the female lead told him not to say it. As for why the female lead didn't clarify this rumor, besides this chapter, there will be more explanations later. Qi Zhiwen is indeed the malignancy of the so-called rich second generation, thinking that the female lead was raised by Su Mingyan, so he treated the female lead as that kind of bad woman. In this chapter, knowing the identity, he went to apologize.

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