Chapter 1130: Acting as an Inside Man

The whole Du family was in a harmonious mood, but Su Shoudao had already simply packed his luggage and was ready to set off for Australia.

This incident left him in a very passive position; his father explicitly told him to temporarily avoid the limelight, and he could only honestly comply.

Before departing, he called Su Zhifei, and as soon as he got through, he asked: "Zhifei, you and your sister, come to my study for a moment."

Su Zhifei responded promptly: "Okay, Dad, we'll come right over."

After hanging up, he said to Su Zhiyu: "Zhiyu, Dad wants us to go to the study."

Su Zhiyu said somewhat resentfully: "You go yourself, I don't want to see him!"

Su Zhiyu found it hard to accept for a while that her father had betrayed her mother and had a love child only one year younger than herself, so she was unwilling to see Su Shoudao at this time.

Su Zhifei helplessly advised: "Zhiyu, the matters between Dad and Mom, we as children should not get too involved; you can't possibly sever the father-daughter relationship just because Dad made a small mistake over twenty years ago, can you?"

Su Zhiyu said earnestly: "I'm not trying to cut ties with him; I just don't want to see him right now. You go see him yourself."

Su Zhifei asked awkwardly: "Then when I see Dad later, if he asks about you, what should I say?"

Su Zhiyu replied without hesitation: "Just tell him directly that I temporarily don't want to see him."

Seeing that Su Zhiyu was not joking, Su Zhifei could only sigh helplessly and say: "Alright then, I'll go first."

Immediately, Su Zhifei stood up and stepped out of Su Zhiyu's study.

The Su family villa covers a vast area, overall resembling a castle; although the whole family lives together, everyone resides in different sections of the villa.

Su Zhifei came downstairs to his father Su Shoudao's study, knocked and entered, only to see Su Shoudao with a face full of worry, holding a cigarette, looking as if he had aged ten years in an instant.

Seeing Su Zhifei enter, Su Shoudao asked in surprise: "Where's your sister?"

Su Zhifei said awkwardly: "Zhiyu is a bit…… a bit……"

Su Shoudao gave a bitter smile and asked: "Zhiyu must be very angry with me, right?"

Su Zhifei gave an embarrassed laugh: "She's just stubborn; actually, this kind of thing should have long been taken in stride……"

Su Shoudao sighed: "Ah, in the end, I still let down your mother, I let down you two siblings."

Su Zhifei hurriedly said: "Dad, don't say that…… it's not that feelings have no right or wrong, you don't need to blame yourself too much……"

Su Shoudao waved his hand: "Liking someone or not liking someone is neither right nor wrong, but after marriage, one must indeed be responsible for the marriage and the other half; this is something I did wrong, and Zhiyu being angry with me is perfectly justified."

As he spoke, he added: "Zhifei, I called you here mainly to tell you something; your grandfather has ordered me to go to Australia to avoid the limelight, I'm leaving tonight, and I may not be able to return for a short time."

"Go to Australia?!" Su Zhifei exclaimed in surprise: "Dad, why is Grandfather sending you to Australia at this time? And why leave so hastily? Even if this matter blew up, there's no need to go to Australia, is there?"

Su Shoudao gave a bitter smile: "This matter is a scandal between me and your grandfather; he naturally sent me to Australia to make me the scapegoat, and at the same time to divert media attention; after I leave, they will surely leak the news of my fleeing overnight to the media, and then the media will definitely focus all their energy on me."

Su Zhifei said angrily: "Dad! Grandfather's doing this is also too excessive? He sold Su Ruoli out; if we really discuss this, he's an old fox who could even sell his own granddaughter; at this time, instead of quickly finding a way to resolve the immediate crisis, he still wants to throw you out as a scapegoat—how can this be justified?"

Su Shoudao waved his hand and said seriously: "Such talk, you can say it here and forget it; once you leave this room, don't mention it to anyone; your grandfather's temperament is just like this……"

In his eyes, everything must first consider personal interests; before personal interests, nothing is non-negotiable.

"Today he could sell Ruoli to the Japanese Self-Defense Forces; who knows tomorrow he won't sell one of us to some interest group? So while you're by his side, you must remember these five words: serve the ruler, like serving a tiger!"

Su Zhifei lightly nodded.

Su Shoudao continued: "By the way, Zhifei, after I leave, during this period, you and Zhiyu should spend more time with your mother, also help me apologize to her and say a few kind words; by the way, you'll also need to trouble yourself to pay more attention to your mother, see what she's doing, where she's going, who she's meeting, and if there are any movements, inform me promptly."

After saying that, he hurriedly explained: "You also don't need to overthink; my meaning isn't to have you spy on your mother for me; mainly, I still want to try to mend my relationship with your mother, so I need you to help as an inside man."

Su Zhifei nodded: "Dad, I understand, you can rest assured."

After saying that, he quickly added: "By the way, Dad, Mom said she's going to Jin Ling tomorrow, and Zhiyu and I happen to be going too……"

"Go to Jin Ling?!" Su Shoudao asked: "What is Mom going to Jin Ling for?"

Su Zhifei stammered: "That…… Mom might just want to go relax a bit; I'm not entirely sure about the specifics……"

Su Shoudao's expression was very unpleasant.

He clearly knew why Du Haiqing was going to Jin Ling.

He gritted his teeth in secret: "Jin Ling is where Ye Changying met his end back then!"

"All these years, she has had lingering feelings for Ye Changying; the thought of going to Jin Ling definitely hasn't been just for a day or two!"

"Just now we talked about divorcing me, and immediately she wants to go to Jin Ling to remember Ye Changying; Du Haiqing, you're also too much! In your eyes, have I ever had even a bit of respect?!"

"Just today the scandal of my extramarital illegitimate daughter broke out, and tomorrow Du Haiqing goes to Jin Ling to remember Ye Changying; if this gets known, where am I to put my old face?!"

Thinking of this, Su Shoudao felt intense hatred in his heart.

Seeing Su Shoudao's very unpleasant expression, Su Zhifei realized he had misspoken and hurriedly changed the subject: "Dad, when are you leaving? I'll go see you off."

Su Shoudao forced himself to calm down, collected his thoughts, and said to Su Zhifei: "I have to depart in ten minutes; this time I was arranged by your grandfather to go to Australia, and your second uncle has been pushing hard behind the scenes; during my absence, you and Zhiyu must be careful of him."

"Second uncle?" Su Zhifei frowned and asked: "He has always obeyed your orders, how could he now stab you in the back?"

Su Shoudao gave a cold laugh: "Since ancient times, no matter how many princes an emperor has, he will only choose one to be the crown prince to inherit the great throne; to ensure the crown prince's successful succession, he will greatly weaken the other sons' strength to make sure they cannot rebel; your second uncle wants to be crown prince, so naturally he will spare no effort to deal with me."

Su Zhifei gritted his teeth: "Second uncle usually treats you and us with polite smiles and friendly faces; I never thought he would suddenly turn against us at this time!"

Su Shoudao gave a bitter smile: "Your second uncle is exactly the typical smiling tiger, hiding a knife in his smile, honey in his mouth but a sword in his belly; this time I was negligent, got caught by his opportunity and trapped; when I return, I will naturally make him pay the price!"