Chapter 237: The Things That Happened

Wulongcha responded cheerfully, "Alright!"

Yesterday it heard Zhu Xueheng say he would give Su Yu a big red envelope. With the funds replenished, Wulongcha was happy to let Su Yu draw a card.

Going upstairs, Su Yu stayed in her office waiting for news from Wulongcha.

Su Xi went to a meeting with the public relations department. The meeting kept going, lasting a full hour. Su Yu, alone in the office, was day‑dreaming and couldn't settle down to work.

But until Su Xi returned to handle other matters, Su Yu still hadn't received Wulongcha.

Wulongcha's voice sounded cheerful, "Host, I'm back!"

With her mind in chaos, Su Yu anxiously asked, "Who had them causing trouble beneath our building?"

This approach is utterly disgusting! Whose family did this? If Uncle can't resolve it, she'll use card combos, go back in disgust, and charge double or even multiple interest!

"It was that man you mocked before. He had someone check the work situation at Su Company; he originally wanted to make it look like your family was hypocritically taking a holiday, but in reality there were still employees showing up to work. He didn't expect the Su Clan would directly dismiss those working employees."

Because Jingdu might experience a sandstorm, the Su Clan‑controlled company, located in Jingdu, gave all staff a one‑day paid leave. The Su Clan's HR department notified everyone to stay indoors as much as possible and avoid going out.

Su Xi even issued a draconian order forbidding anyone from forcing company employees to work for any reason. If discovered or reported, regardless of rank, once verified, they would be immediately dismissed.

Su Xi now wields the Su Clan's supreme authority; the so‑called shareholders are merely decorative. The senior executives are fully aware of Su Xi's attitude and dare not convey anything ambiguously, lest their vague words be reported by subordinates and cause them to lose their jobs. The HR department, unusually busy, personally approached each employee to notify them and even demanded that they sign a confirmation form.

Even though Su Xi issued such a strict order, some employees still voluntarily went to the company to work overtime on the sandstorm day.

Fortunately, Su Xi had Qin Tao take over the surveillance of each company; upon seeing those people, he summoned that company's HR and forcibly demanded they leave, otherwise he would call the police and accuse them of illegal intrusion and harming the company's interests!

Today, on the official workday, the HR department, following the above order, dismissed all employees who refused the headquarters' directives.

The dismissed employees were indignant!

They're all model workers!

The company won't collapse, they won't run!

Why cut them when they're so good?

At that man's instigation, the dismissed employees caused a ruckus beneath the headquarters, even rallying a group of reporters, hoping to make a big scene and force Su Xi to retract the layoff decision.

"He's a back‑stabbing wolf! Trash! How could my dad know that kind of scum?"

Su Yu remembered that it was clearly that person's own decision error, yet now he bears a grudge against the Su family—utterly unreasonable!

How big is their company, and how much extra money does a one‑day shutdown generate? Just like that, their family covered that expense, and they still can't explain anything?

It's truly being foolish and blaming others; not only complaining, but also taking action!

Wulongcha didn't know either, "Maybe it's because your dad has a wide circle of friends? Moreover, people do change. Some might awaken a scumbag trait after growing up or getting married? Humans always have various excuses for their filth, but they will never admit it's their own problem!"

Wulongcha recently investigated Ke Yuan and Yan Ranran's affairs, and incidentally looked into human emotions. When it received the data, it was greatly shocked! There's just too much information about emotions, right?

It stayed up late to read part of it, concluding that human emotions are too complicated!

Genetic inheritance is terrifying!

Fortunately, it's a system!

Su Yu, somewhat suspicious, asked, "Is there something wrong inside your system? Why does it speak so oddly?"

A strong internet vibe, not quite normal!

"I just stayed up late to look at human love and hatred!"

Normally, the more Wulongcha stays up, the sleepier it gets, but when it reads human gossip, it becomes more energetic!

Su Yu, not understanding, asked, "Why are you suddenly interested in those things? Do you have a favorite system?"

Hasn't Wulongcha been with her all the time? How does it still have time to date?

"I'm still a baby system! Systems don't date; we're what you humans call a bachelor king—only a career is the best cosmetic for a system!"

Wulongcha refuses to date like humans! Moreover, no system would ever be willing to share its own stuff! After working hard and saving, it only wants to spend on itself and doesn't want to give to anyone else!

"You're actually pretty trendy!"

Wulongcha swayed proudly. That's because it had read a lot of things online, gaining all that knowledge!

Realizing the system wasn't at fault, Su Yu's thoughts returned, "Then why did you take so long?"

"I was halfway through my search when I saw your Uncle take action, so I lingered outside a bit longer to see the outcome."

Wulongcha developed a new hobby: watching people suffer misfortune. The other company had a pile of bad debts, yet dared to provoke the Su Clan. Su Xi did a favor for Ye Shu, sending that guy's entire black history to Ye Shu's new company.

Ye Shu's new PR firm also knows how to operate. They first exposed the fact that the other company's boss had long been warned by the Su family.

After aggressively riding the #Su Clan Dismisses Employees# wave, they began a deep analysis of why that company had injured employees—clearly, rival firms were on holiday, so they had no need to work overtime!

Compared with the Su family's trending topics, the topics raised by Ye Shu's team resonated more with workers' empathy. The boss, ignoring reality, forced workers to work, delayed medical expenses, had poor character, etc.; that man was literally the perfect enemy of the working class!

Netizens who were still tangled up under the #Su Clan Dismisses Employees# tag decisively rushed to the tag created by Ye Shu's team.

"Oh, Uncle took action, so I don't need to waste money on drawing cards anymore."

Not everyone is worth her taking action against. Su Yu initially thought it was a major enemy who acted! Since it's just a petty nuisance, she won't draw a card, sparing her ten thousand dollars!

Knock knock!

Su Xi didn't even look up and said, "Come in!"

Zhu Xueheng entered with a cheerful stride.

He smiled and shook his head toward Su Yu, saying, "What a pity! What a pity!"

Su Yu tilted her head, "Pity what?"

"It's a pity you didn't come with me to watch the commotion; if you had just been a bystander yesterday, it would have been insanely fun!"

"What fun?"

Su Xi set down her pen, hurried to the sofa, and prepared sweetened water.

Zhu Xueheng, sitting on the sofa like an old man, thought Su Xi had a sudden conscience and believed he had taken a risky job yesterday. Suddenly childlike, Zhu Xueheng burst out like a bully, snatched a sip and said, "Cough, what is this? Why is it so sweet?"

Zhu Xueheng also assumed Su Xi was brewing tea; even if not, it would be coffee or milk—so why is it something sweet? Has he changed his taste?

"This is the sweetened water Su Yu drinks every day, of course it's sweet!"

Su Xi was speechless; she only wanted Su Yu to have something sweeter, to avoid her feeling upset when hearing about the Shui family. The Doctor said that when she consumes sugar and satiating food, she experiences a sense of satisfaction.

Su Yu was furious, "Uncle, how could you snatch my sweet drink?"

【An adult fighting with a child over something to drink, that's shameless!】

Zhu Xueheng widened his eyes and looked at Su Xi, "Didn't you pour it for me?"

"Isn't this brotherhood? Are you now trying to make me take the blame?"

Zhu Xueheng felt especially wronged!

If Su Xi really didn't want him to snatch it, how could he possibly succeed?

"Do you have some misunderstanding about yourself?"

Su Xi would love for Zhu Xueheng not to come today, let alone the Shui Family's business. If Su Yu knew the Shui Family's affairs, she would definitely mock the Shui Family in her inner thoughts. She didn't know, which shows that her system Wulongcha didn't tell her.

Wulongcha didn't say, perhaps out of concern for the shadow that Shui Wanhua brings to Su Yu.

Therefore, Su Xi even specifically instructed his family, especially his younger brother, never to bring up this matter in front of Su Yu. But despite all his calculations, he didn't foresee that Zhu Xueheng, who said last night that he had already arrived at the airport and would fly abroad to hide from the Shui Family, would today come to his company to show off!

"We've been brothers for so many years!"

Zhu Xueheng pretended to clutch his chest like Xi Zi, "You actually treat me like this!"

"Uncle, stop acting, it's painful to the eyes!"

Originally this kind of drama, if performed by a woman or a handsome man, could still be watched! Zhu Xueheng's face, which had been scarred by cooking, made the observing Su Yu sigh silently.

【The acting is so bad! Watching it makes my fists hard!】

"If you want to rely on your clumsy acting to cover up the fact that you snatched my sweet drink, give up! I'm still angry; you need to apologize to me!"

Su Yu's sweet drink is allotted a daily quota! Because the Doctor told her that if she doesn't start controlling sugar to care for her teeth now, she might get cavities later!

At that time, Su Yu just glanced at a picture of cavities and then had a nightmare all night!

She absolutely, absolutely does not want to grow a black tooth!

That's too ugly!

"I'm sorry!"

"Considering that you're Huo Huo's father, I'll let it slide!"

"Xiao Yu, be brave! I'll tell you about what happened in the Ke Family yesterday; you'll definitely be happy after hearing it!"

"What happened?"

Su Yu really doesn't know what happened in the Ke Family?

Zhu Xueheng rattled on, recounting the whole thing from start to finish.

"You really didn't know, when I saw Shui Shou Dan and Ye Ruotian coming together, I was both scared and excited!"

Zhu Xueheng's first reaction was that, fortunately, he had sent out the photos of Shui Shou Dan and Yan Ranran. If that damn thing, Shui Shou Dan, were here, the photos might not have reached others. That damn thing was lurking!

His second reaction was joy! He had previously, because he was close to Ke Yuan, been undermined by that guy Shui Shou Dan; this time he occupied the moral high ground, pointing fingers at Shui Shou Dan, which felt great!

His third reaction was regret! He seemed a bit rash, should have reported to his wife so she could devise a more thorough plan. His brain may not be as sharp as Shui Shou Dan's, but that doesn't mean his wife isn't!

While Shui Shou Dan was using both soft and hard tactics to drive people away, Zhu Xueheng called to tell Su Xi that he was taking a flight abroad, then called his own wife to explain clearly.

Liang Lijiang was more reliable than Zhu Xueheng; after serious analysis, she convinced him not to flee abroad and stay safely in the country. Unless Shui Shou Dan wants to break ties with Zhu Xueheng and expose his scandal publicly, Shui Shou Dan wouldn't dare act openly. Even if he wanted to secretly kill him, that would be later. Now, if Zhu Xueheng and Liang Lijiang got into trouble, Zhu Xueheng would blame Shui Shou Dan, and Shui Shou Dan, who still wants a career, wouldn't dare take that risk!

"So Shui Shou Dan is a perennial second place?"

Zhu Xueheng thought Su Yu's focus was off, "Right, when Ke Yuan's family had an incident back then, he did better on the exams! Shui Shou Dan has always been second!"

Zhu Xueheng has always thought that Shui Shou Dan has no fate with being first! Even if he enters officialdom with connections, he can't match those with even more connections; there will always be someone who tramples him, which makes Zhu Xueheng feel relieved!

"Isn't Ye Ruotian the top beauty? Why would she favor him?"

【Is this second place somehow marketable? Or is he used to being beaten down, good at staying low? It's said the top beauty prefers that because it feels sincere and easy to handle?】

Zhu Xueheng hadn't considered this question. He's not a woman; he only cares about his wife's opinion now, so he casually brushed it off, "Maybe he's richer than others, slick‑tongued, and fully supported by his whole family."

Shui Shou Dan is the prized egg of the Shui Family. The Ye family might value this, thinking that Ye Ruotian marrying into it wouldn't be a loss.

"Ye Ruotian wouldn't still want to marry him, would she?"

【First beauty, if that really happened, I'd look down on that ranking. Normal women wouldn't marry such a scumbag!】

"Of course not! Anyway, Shui Shou Dan has always been out of luck with the top. I was just speaking offhand yesterday afternoon; I wanted to find a suitable reason to tie up Yan Ranran, but it turned out Yan Ranran was actually pregnant!"

Shui Shou Dan's parents, to crush the rumors spread by Zhu Xueheng, and because Shui Shou Dan was confident he had no child, everyone went to the hospital for tests.

Yan Ranran's parents also didn't want their daughter to bear the stigma of premarital pregnancy, so a group hurried to the hospital; after a check, Yan Ranran was indeed pregnant!

Yan Ranran's parents were stunned!

They spent every day with their daughter, yet had no idea she was pregnant!

Shui Shou Dan was also stunned!

He clearly had taken precautions, even gave Yan Ranran medicine, how could there be a child?

Ye Ruotian was so angry she left on the spot!

In the circle, this matter is considered solidified!

After getting the result, Zhu Xueheng slipped away! He wasn't just worried about retaliation from Shui Shou Dan, he also dared not see his brother Ke Yuan.

If Ke Yuan learned of this, he'd probably go crazy.

When their family had an incident back then, he developed this flaw. Now that he knows Yan Ranran is truly pregnant with another's child and wants to marry him, he has to smash a house?

"Later, after receiving gifts from Uncle Ke and Aunt Ke, I still felt guilty."

The Ke Family isn't wealthy. Every year they have to contribute a sum to the disability fund they established. That money is for those who followed their family but have been discharged. If those people encounter urgent financial needs, the administrators will immediately go to the person's location to help pay, care for them, etc.

Everyone in the Ke Family, including Ke Yuan, is extremely frugal! Their daily life isn't much different from ordinary people.

Zhu Xueheng knows the Ke Family well; receiving gifts makes him uneasy! He actually doesn't need those gifts; a simple thank you from Uncle Ke and Aunt Ke satisfies him!

【Does Ke Yuan have a role in the plot?】

Su Yu was curious; a man with such experiences seems more suitable as the male lead than Shi Yu?

【Yes, he exists to capture the second male lead and die!】

【Who is the second male?】

【That one we sent in to drink tea at the previous auction banquet!】

【Oh, it's him!】

They're already in the bureau, that person doesn't matter!

Zhu Xueheng looked at Su Xi, who remained silent, and grew a bit annoyed, "Aren't you worried about Ke Yuan?"

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