Chapter 21: Please enjoy afternoon tea

Okay! Uncle, you're busy!

【Get lost!】

Su Xi left with a blank expression. Jiang Qiyu had been bragging, and Jiang Xiangxiang loved to study. How did it happen that when he came to her house as Su Yu, she grew to dislike studying? Was it his influence? Or was Jiang Qiyu just talking nonsense?

Su Xi opened the surveillance and quickly scanned through what Su Yu had done in the office.

After seeing the title, she tossed it back—was it because she couldn't understand it, or didn't want to read it?

One idea after another popped into Su Xi's mind. He urged the investigators to work faster.

Su Yu sat listlessly in the office. The office was nice, spacious and beautiful. The carpet was thick and smooth, running from the bay window to the sofa in front of her. Even an adult could lie down and sleep there without issue.

But the only thing she could entertain herself with here were books!

Four bookshelves stood on the carpet; she could grab a book and sit down to read.

Su Yu flipped through every book on the shelves, finding only one about business competition. She breathed a sigh of relief—this at least wasn't a completely boring genre.

After reading the investigation report, Su Xi rushed to Su Yu's office and saw her sitting on the carpet, leaning against the wall near the glass window, seriously reading a book.

「Uncle? 」

「Hmm! 」

【Uncle caught a cold? Why is his voice hoarse? Or did he yell himself hoarse?】

Su Xi: "In your mind, am I just a boss who's always yelling?"

Su Xi's feelings of sorrow and resentment faded a bit.

"You're small and get hungry easily; I'll have the cafeteria make some snacks for you. What would you like to eat?"

Su Yu flicked the book away with a swish and, barefoot, ran toward Su Xi.

Su Xi quickly walked over to stop her, saying, "Just stand on the carpet; don't let your feet get cold."

「Okay! 」

Su Yu fiddled with Su Xi's phone; he then crouched down to choose with her.

「This one! 」

Su Yu scrolled the phone, pointing at a fried pork chop; Su Xi shook his head, "Too greasy!"

Su Yu looked at the oil in the picture and agreed. She scrolled further, "Then I'll take this!"

It was meatball skewers; Su Xi happily clicked "+1".

「What else? 」

Su Yu continued scrolling, "Drumsticks! Wings! Feet! I want them all!"

"Drumsticks are fine; the rest aren't."

Su Yu pouted and kept scrolling.

「This one! 」

Su Xi added the grilled sausage as well, then clicked confirm.

Su Yu still wanted to order more, but Su Xi wouldn't let her, with good reason.

"You still need to eat dinner."

Su Yu thought, and indeed, dinner would have more tasty options.

「Uncle, I also want a drink. 」

Su Yu had just seen that there was milk tea.

【Milk tea! Milk tea! Milk tea!】

"No, there's plain water on the table; drink it if you're thirsty."

Su Yu is only three; she can't drink too much.

"Then I'll buy it for my great-grandmother."

【I'll deliver it myself; if great-grandmother doesn't want it, I'll drink it!】

"Neither I nor your great-grandmother drink it."

【Plan A failed, activate Plan B.】

"I want to order for the company staff; they praised me today."

【Most of the company staff are still great; they admire Uncle and follow his words. I can't afford to give away the cards I drew, so I'll order some milk tea and snacks for them as a thank‑you for their hard work.】

Su Yu hopes the Su clan will keep improving; after she collects the cards and leaves, her mother, Uncle, and great‑grandmother will also live better and better.

"I'll have finance deposit money into their bank accounts so they can order whatever they want."

After saying that, Su Xi, in front of Su Yu, messaged the finance department head, telling her to immediately give each company employee 200 yuan, as Su Yu's treat for their afternoon tea.

【Plan B failed, brewing Plan C.】

Su Xi put his phone back in his pocket and ruffled Su Yu's hair.

"What toys do you like? You can bring them tomorrow too; if you get tired of reading, just play by yourself."

Su Yu's attention was instantly diverted.

【Toys? No, I want to play games! Read novels! Watch those ridiculous dog‑blood dramas!】

Su Xi: "No, you don't."

Su Yu hadn't figured out how to ask Su Xi to install a computer or buy her a phone when the door was knocked on.

「Knock knock! 」

「Come in! 」

「President, your snacks are here. 」

【That fast!】

Su Xi went out to get the food box, saying, "Thanks for the hard work!"

"That's right!"

The assistant left with a smile. Two hundred dollars for an afternoon tea! Not to mention just waiting in the restaurant for the meal to be brought out; even if he had to go out and buy a takeout to bring back, he would be willing.

"The lunch box is placed here; if you're hungry, eat it yourself."

"Oh! Thank you, Uncle."

Su Yu's mood was a bit low.

【Bored to death, I really miss my phone and computer.】

"I'm going to get busy."

"Bye, Uncle!"

Su Xi left Su Yu's office and went to the chairman's office. Just thinking about having to give those materials to Yang Zhichun made him feel heavy-hearted.

"Grandma."

Yang Zhichun seeing his state knew the situation was bad.

"Is Xiao Yu's data out?"

"Hmm."

"Speak."

"She's not doing well."

Su Xi checked the data and found out that the gentle-on-the-outside, cold-hearted Jiang Qiyu could be this ruthless!

Looking at the data, Jiang Qiyu didn't know that back then Jiang Xiangxiang wasn't his biological daughter. He actually allowed Shui Wanhua to torture the daughter he believed to be his own!

The torture lasted from infancy to age three without stopping!

Shui Wanhua was even more of a madwoman! She didn't seek treatment for her illness, venting her negative emotions onto innocent children. She didn't just use corporal punishment; she especially focused on mental torture!

This was deliberately meant to drive the then Su Yu mad!

When looking at those materials, Su Xi's heart felt like it was dripping blood!

Why are all the members of the Su family so miserable? Even three-year-old Su Yu couldn't escape!

Obviously they've always been doing good deeds. Every year they donate a large sum of money to various charities and the government to relieve the old and weak. Why is the Su family's fate so miserable? Everyone has to suffer a calamity!

Su Xi thought, if Su Yu hadn't voluntarily proposed a paternity test and just stayed in the Jiang family like this, Su Yu would definitely have been driven mad!

Yang Zhichun finished reading, tears flowing nonstop.

The Su family's little treasure that should have been cherished in their palms!

If it weren't for that year's accident, Su Yu should have grown up under their care, daily mischievous and naughty, making them scold her!

"Imprisonment is too lenient for Zheng Dongping; I want her reputation ruined, to suffer hardships with her foster brother, and then be sent back in."

Su Xi nodded, no longer feeling any warmth toward Zheng Dongping. If it weren't for her, even if Su Yi had been in a car accident, as long as he regained consciousness he could tell them about Ji Yan's matter. Ji Yan and Su Yu wouldn't have ended up wandering outside, and being switched to the Jiang family couldn't have happened!

Their family would be the happiest!

If Su Yu hadn't been favored by heaven and obtained a system, the family's treasure might have been tortured to death by that madwoman Shui Wanhua someday!

"Grandma, how should we deal with the Jiang family?"

Su Xi already had a mature plan in mind.

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