Chapter 147: Pouring Wine

"You think your aunt doesn't miss the kids enough already?"

Ye Shu glanced into the room at Xu Mingyue, who looked utterly desolate in the sunlight. "Fine! I'll go get busy!"

Ye Shu had gotten Su Xi's location from the security guard and hurried over, only to find four bodyguards, Su Yu, and Liang Yan.

"Where's your dad?"

"Inside!"

Su Yu and Liang Yan each pointed to a room on opposite sides.

"What are they doing?"

Ye Shu had asked the security guard for the location, assuming Su Yu and Liang Yan were sleepy or tired and fussing to take a nap. That was why the two of them had gotten a suite.

"Taking a shower and changing clothes, obviously!"

【What else would they be doing?】

"Mm-hm!"

Liang Yan boredly flicked the flower stem in her hand. She had stripped the petals clean off, but Dad still hadn't come out.

"Uncle, Dad said we need an adult with us before we can go out and play. How about you take us out to play?"

"Huo Huo, you're so smart!"

【Wulongcha, keep an eye on the surveillance cameras. If there's any danger nearby, remind me. Every time I go out with Ye Shu, I have a bit of bad luck!】

【Understood!】

"Heh, no thanks. I'm here to find your dad—it's something very important!"

"We can go find Grandma! They just went in not long ago. You take us over there, we'll have an adult watching us, and then you can come back yourself!"

【We're big contributors today, maybe we can get another red envelope!】

"Little Sister Xiao Yu is right, we can go find Grandma to play with!"

Wulongcha actively checked the surveillance cameras to find Xu Yanjing's location.

"That won't work, she's busy!"

"Really?"

Ye Shu's expression turned serious. "It's true!"

【Host, it's false, he's lying to you! However, the person with Xu Yanjing is Xu Mingyue.】

"You—"

【Huh?】

【Who are you talking about?】

【Xu Mingyue! Your grandmother!】

Ye Shu looked at Su Yu, who had frozen like a crashed robot, and cautiously extended a finger, wanting to poke her.

"What are you doing?"

"What's wrong with you? You suddenly stopped moving—it's pretty scary!"

"Nothing. I just wanted to say, when you're that serious, you look really fake. Even faker than I just did!"

Liang Yan had been fooled by Ye Shu, but hearing Su Yu's words, she recalled her memories related to Ye Shu in her mind. "Little Sister Xiao Yu is right, Uncle, you used to always be grinning and joking!"

I'm "Uncle" when you don't need me and "Uncle-in-law" when you do. "Huo Huo, you can't burn bridges. I paid the name-changing fee. When you're outside, you absolutely must not call me 'Uncle'—especially when your Aunt Xie and I appear together. You have to call me 'Uncle-in-law,' got it?"

If they ran into people outside and Liang Yan called one "Auntie" and the other "Uncle," what if people misunderstood and thought he and Xie Xin Yi were relatives?

Liang Yan nodded earnestly. "Okay, Uncle!"

Ye Shu: …

The bodyguards nearby wanted to laugh but didn't dare.

Su Yu couldn't bring herself to laugh. "What did you come looking for them for?"

Ye Shu knew Su Yu's status in the company—she could order around Su Xi's special assistant.

"I want your company's firm to leak the scene of Ji Xiaoling arguing with you today, but your company's employees said they need to ask your dad for instructions. Only if your dad agrees can they act. I offered extra money, and they still wouldn't take the job."

Su Yu looked at Ye Shu in confusion. "Uncle, why do you want to offend people under your real name? And drag me and Huo Huo into it too!"

Last time Ye Shu had a very good reason. Ji Xiaoling had been just short of jabbing Xu Yanjing's head and cursing her out. As a son, he was fighting back—how filial! The one in the wrong was Ji Xiaoling.

This time Ji Xiaoling had only said a few things. The words they children said weren't pleasant to hear, but they were logical and within reasonable bounds. Making a big deal of it would make Ji Xiaoling seem petty, but letting it go meant swallowing the grievance for nothing.

If Ye Shu sent it out, wasn't he handing people ammunition?

"Other people aren't safe! If they don't guide the narrative in time, the spearhead could turn toward you three kids."

This kind of public opinion was only safe when kept in your own hands.

"Videos can be edited. Can't you edit the Lin family's two kids causing trouble, Ji Xiaoling's words, and her twisted face together into one video?"

"The Ji Family could also get the full video. If public opinion reverses, they might scold you."

"They won't!"

Su Xi, having finished buttoning his shirt, came out of the room. "Come on, let's talk outside."

Liang Yan hadn't understood. "Little Sister Xiao Yu, what video are you talking about?"

Su Yu explained it to Liang Yan in detail.

"Why wouldn't they scold us?"

"What we said was perfectly normal! Most importantly, the three of us kids represent three different families. If they release the full video and direct public opinion to attack us, they'd be offending all three of our families—it's not worth it."

Su Yu didn't know Tang Can's status. Currently, both she and Liang Yan were the only children in their families, and both were the heirs recognized by their families' people in power. They were their families' public faces! The Ji Family's current head of power was fairly sharp-minded and wouldn't do such a thing. To put it bluntly, Ji Xiaoling's "face" wasn't important enough to make the Ji Family do this.

Liang Yan understood. "Oh! So it's not worth it. I wouldn't do things that aren't worth it either. I'm so bored! How about we go find that Grandma to play with?"

"Your dad should be coming out soon too. Let's wait for him a bit longer. He helped us block the drinks—it's not safe to leave him here alone! You keep playing with your flower!"

【Your dad hasn't finished his shower yet. If some woman took advantage of all of us leaving and barged in, your dad wouldn't be able to clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River.】

Why did that aunt pour wine on us?

Maybe they couldn't finish it and didn't want to drink it themselves, so they poured it onto someone else's clothes as a way to dispose of it!

I wouldn't do that even when I was three!

If she can't finish the medicine, she'll directly tell her mom; she definitely won't pretend she didn't hold it steady and spill it on her clothes.

Besides, I always used to spill it on my own clothes; how could they pour it on ours, and Dad still doesn't want them to pay!

"Accidentally" kicking something over caused those two people's high heels to become truly misaligned, shifting the direction of the pour a little, turning the situation into Su Yu—who had wanted them to pour wine on the two kids—going along with Liang Yan's words and saying, "Your dad told them to get lost! They were dragged out by security, they can't enjoy the banquet's delicious food!"

【I don't even know which family sent these people, looking down on whom?! This kind of rotten trick can only fool themselves.】

【Host, should I go check it out?】

【Forget it, I don't want you to leave for now.】

They can't have any good food, but I'm bored too!

Su Yu ran over, grabbed a bouquet of flowers, handed it to Liang Yan, and had her continue plucking the petals.

Okay!

Zhu Xueheng came out and saw his dear holding a bouquet of very familiar-looking flowers, plucking them; it was definitely not the bouquet he had given before.

Dear, where did these flowers come from?

Flower? It's from Xiao Yu's younger sister!

Xiao Yu, where did you get these flowers?

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