Chapter 213: Boredom

Disfiguring one's face was a means of avoidance, and at the same time, it signaled a concession. With that kind of madman, whether one made concessions or faced the difficulty head-on, they would fall into an abnormally excited state.

"My parents' meaning is that Xie Xin Yi is still pregnant, and the other side's forces aren't large, but their methods are disgusting. We can't take the risk. She'll stay here at your home, and the few of us will figure out a way to deal with them."

This is domestic territory!

Their family's industries abroad were nothing special; they could only bully ordinary people, hook up with shady organizations, and throw their weight around. Now that they'd transferred to the much safer domestic environment, Ye Shu could rely on local forces to send them to prison with just a flick of his hand!

The term "foreign trash" suited them perfectly!

Did they really think people returning from abroad had special privileges?

Those preferential policies for their overseas enterprises returning home were still secured by the Xu family for the Xie family. They were descendants enjoying the shade of a tree planted by others!

If their family wanted to hurt Xie Xin Yi, then Ye Shu would go find the Xu family to help chop down that tree!

Without the policies, did those returning from abroad think they could seize the domestic market?

In their dreams!

He could then contact friends and relatives to avoid cooperating with them, suppress them a bit, and see how long their meager assets could last.

Ye Shu had a plan, so Su Xi didn't ask further. "If you need my help, just say so!"

"Good! Sorry for the trouble during this time."

"That little villa has already been cleaned up. You guys head back early to rest."

"Great! Thanks, bro!"

Ye Shu glanced at the time and hurried downstairs to find Xie Xin Yi. Lately she had started sleeping a lot. Once it was time, she'd fall asleep, and even shouting couldn't wake her. He needed to get her back to sleep quickly, so she wouldn't fall asleep outside and catch a chill.

Xie Xin Yi and Ye Shu settled in at the Su family manor.

The next day, Su Xi took Su Yu into the car and had Su Yi stay home to look after Ji Yan.

"Brother, you can't be this biased. Shouldn't she be the one staying home?"

Su Yu boarded the car with a beaming smile, absolutely delighted!

"It's safer for you to stay home."

"Didn't you say last night that you weren't familiar with these matters? You can stay home and read more materials."

And while at it, she could help film videos for her. The Su family was very safe; Ji Yan wouldn't encounter what Xie Xin Yi had gone through. But knowing there was someone out there constantly pining after her husband was still very annoying!

Go to work? Better wait until Ye Shu suppressed that person first!

Ji Yan spoke up, and Su Yi felt a bit sour. They were all biased toward Su Yu!

Arriving at the company, Su Yu swung her little legs.

【After finishing those drawings yesterday, having nothing to do today still feels a bit unfamiliar.】

Su Yu thought for a moment, then suddenly realized something wasn't quite right. 【Our family hired the best construction team in the industry. How could you still find problems? With so many people investing and a well-known team in the industry, how could the construction team's blueprints still have issues?】

【Your uncle noticed something was off when you requested the renovation, and sent people to investigate. He's studied architecture, so he might have spotted the problem.】

Su Yu looked at the scattered snowflakes outside. 【Wulongcha, do you think if I had Uncle tell those people at Qingshan to stop work, and hire more people after the new year, Uncle might agree?】

【Unlikely. Right now they're mainly clearing things above ground. November is cold, but not so cold that work can't be done. A full work stoppage would make the outside world question the Su Clan's funding.】

【But the December sandstorm is almost here. What if something happens? And there's the building materials issue—prices are still high right now, and they'll drop some after the new year.】

Wulongcha was also in a difficult spot. 【Yeah!】

Su Xi wasn't in a difficult spot—hadn't a perfect scapegoat just appeared?

Before the blueprint issue was sorted out, a work stoppage was perfectly normal, wasn't it? What if the workers had been bought off by someone and planted things in the ground that shouldn't be there?

Su Xi gave the order, and the construction site began wrapping up.

Su Yu didn't worry for long before learning this news from Wulongcha.

【What a coincidence!】

Wulongcha didn't think much of it. 【The people your uncle sent out found clues and reported back. It's normal for your uncle to make this decision.】

The later the construction timeline, the later the returns—none of the participants could tolerate that!

【What's the clue? Who did it? Shi Yu again?】

Wulongcha wasn't sure. 【The methods were much more sophisticated this time, mostly offline transactions. The source of funds I could trace is Guan Xianxian. The clue is a man on the team responsible for field surveys—someone in his family who was sick suddenly went abroad for treatment.】

【That person's family circumstances were very ordinary. Normally, they wouldn't have the means for this. This approach clearly shows they sent their family abroad to take refuge in advance.】

【Guan Xianxian? How are things between her and Qin Yuanjun?】

【Living together with Qin Yuanjun in the house Shi Yu gave them.】

【Just like that?】

Wulongcha shook up and down. 【Just like that, I suppose? I didn't even go investigate!】

These two probably couldn't cause any major trouble, right?

【Go check it out—it's boring anyway!】

When busy, she felt especially energetic; once idle, she got bored. Su Yu didn't want to read, didn't want to do the homework her uncle assigned, and even less wanted to move—just felt lazy all around. But she didn't really want to sleep either. Sleeping too much meant she couldn't sleep at night.

Wulongcha quickly finished checking. 【Host, their daily life is so boring. Guan Xianxian and Qin Yuanjun appear to have a good relationship on the surface. Qin Yuanjun goes around scamming girls he knew before, ostensibly giving them gifts but actually collecting red envelopes from the girls—practically selling things.】

【While Qin Yuanjun chats with other girls, Guan Xianxian chats with Shi Yu and Lu Zhongda. In her contacts, those two are the only ones who respond to her.】

【Are there really women who fall for Qin Yuanjun's act? Is something wrong with their heads? When did Guan Xianxian get involved with Lu Zhongda? Isn't he Xie Xin Yi's ex-boyfriend?】

Wulongcha picked the question it liked to answer. 【Right! Speaking of the Lu family, one of Lu Zhongda's aunts married into the Lin family, and something happened to her recently!】

……

Su Xi listened to gossip all morning and somewhat regretted not bringing his younger brother to the company. The task of collecting this kind of gossip should be handed off to Su Yi!

In the afternoon, Su Xi had someone find several painting and origami books for Su Yu to play with, and she finally quieted down.

After returning home, Su Yu saw Xu Mingyue and Ji Tianlin and called out to them in a sweet voice.

"Good evening, Grandma! Good evening, Grandpa!"

Ji Tianlin: She really knows everything now!

"Good evening, baby!"

Ji Tianlin couldn't bring himself to say the cloying word "baby," so to show closeness, he could only softly call out, "Good evening, Xiao Yu!"

After the family finished dinner, the household began their so-called TV-watching activity—nominally keeping Su Yu company to watch cartoons, but in reality holding a family meeting.

Su Yu lounged in her mother's arms, swinging her little feet, listening to Ji Tianlin discuss the news he'd received today and the progress of his new company.

"Ji Tianci called me many times today looking for me," Ji Tianlin realized his daughter probably didn't know who that was, "He is Jiajia's biological uncle, but in reality he's just a bastard!"

Ji Tianlin thought of the call from Ji Tianci—he really regretted answering it.

Thanks to the babies for the votes~