Chapter 255: Going Home

"Which family with a man willing to marry you doesn't have a wicked mother-in-law? The ones who stay unmarried are stinky brats panning for gold in shit; the divorced ones are golden babies—outwardly broken, but they don't just polish your reputation, they also produce gold. If it were you, which would you choose?"

The Lin family had now lost their greatest backing; Lin Junzhi needed to wake up! The Lin family lacked ability but had self-awareness. A Lin Junzhi whom everyone despised and who could only rely on them was the best blood pack.

Lin Junzhi didn't want to choose either one.

Su Yu quietly ate her melon, planning to mention this to her uncle later!

【Looks like the studio is a no-go. Unless Lin Junzhi's brain got kicked by a donkey, she won't stay in the country.】

"Then I'd better go abroad. I never expected that a passing whim would become my last way out!"

Staying in the country—never mind what people around her would say—as long as she dared not to cooperate, her parents could run her company into the ground until not even ashes remained.

No matter how good her designs were, if they were boycotted by the authorities, they wouldn't sell.

Abroad wasn't actually great either; she'd been constantly targeted, but relying on that little bit of business to save up enough money for the rest of her life wasn't a problem.

Maybe she could find someone else to help; she didn't necessarily have to be the one in power domestically? But if she did that, she'd have to spend even more money!

Thinking about her impending drop in living standards, Lin Junzhi gorged herself on hotpot!

Guo Yingbai snapped out of his daze and saw Lin Junzhi looking like a starving ghost reincarnated. He scoffed, "Is it really that serious?"

Lin Junzhi swallowed her food and nodded very seriously. "It is. You have no idea how expensive things are abroad, or how hard it is to get a proper Chinese meal!"

Many restaurants opened abroad would adjust their recipes to suit local tastes as much as possible. If she wanted Chinese food that suited her taste, she'd have to cook it herself, but the rooms had smoke alarms, so stir-frying and such was extremely inconvenient! And those seasonings and things were also very expensive!

She had to save money now; she'd have to be even stingier in the future!

After finishing the hotpot, Lin Junzhi went to the car to get her things, put on the waterproof snow boots Guo Yingbai had sponsored, and walked straight down the mountain.

"Goodbye, Auntie!"

"Goodbye!"

Lin Junzhi left this place step by step. Once she saved enough money and achieved financial freedom, she would come back!

【I thought I'd be able to get an order from her studio!】

Wulongcha didn't feel regretful at all. 【It's just as well we didn't. Some humans are too difficult to deal with. If she opens a shop in your family's business, her family would most likely cause trouble. A partner like that is better off not having!】

Wulongcha was very practical. Anyway, this person had no real emotional tie to Su Yu; no benefit, then part ways—the farther away the better, so as not to drag Su Yu down.

Su Yu stood at the doorway watching Lin Junzhi disappear from her field of vision, then turned and went back to the club's reception room to lie down on the tatami for a nap.

"She's really not holding back!"

Guo Yingbai secretly complained to Jing Ming.

Jing Ming ignored the suddenly dramatic Guo Yingbai and focused on playing Go with Su Yi.

Su Yu woke up from her nap, not interested in Go. She ran to the entrance and saw that the staff had already cleared most of the roads.

"Dad, come look! The snow on the ground has all been cleared. Are we going home?"

Su Yi went out to take a look. "They haven't finished clearing yet. Let's wait a bit more."

The workers were still working, and the snow-clearing machines were still running. None of the other shops had any cars leaving yet, and Su Yi didn't want to be the first.

"Fine. I really want to go home!"

No shooting for her, no snow mountains either—nothing at all. She came for nothing!

【This trip really wasted my time and wasted my feelings!】

Su Yu was a little resentful. The clothes she wore weren't waterproof and weren't suitable for playing in the snow; otherwise she would've gone to build a snowman.

If only the ice and snow park at the summit could send down a set of waterproof clothes in her size!

Su Yu waited until people came down from above, but unfortunately they weren't looking for her, and the clothes they wore wouldn't fit her either.

"Excuse me, is Lin Junzhi here?"

Guo Yingbai, who was watching the game, answered casually, "She left ages ago!"

The plainly dressed woman holding the hand of a tall boy covered head to toe in designer brands didn't quite believe Guo Yingbai. Wasn't the foreign-looking man sitting over there the Jing Ming that Lin Junzhi wanted to marry? Lin Junzhi was probably hiding in some room, refusing to come out!

"Little one, have you seen a very pretty auntie?"

The woman pulled out a photo as she spoke.

Su Yu looked carefully. The photo was an ID photo; the face value was lower than Lin Junzhi's actual appearance. "I've seen her. The auntie cried so miserably, so miserably. Auntie, do you know why the auntie cried so miserably?"

【She even has an ID photo; can Lin Junzhi escape? I suspect her family confiscated her ID.】

The auntie herself: ……

Guo Yingbai nearly laughed out loud. How messed up in the head did she have to be to try to pry information out of Su Yu?

"What kind of way is that to talk?"

The boy heard the word "auntie" and subconsciously checked his mother's expression. Seeing she was unhappy, he took the initiative to step forward and try to shove Su Yu hard.

Su Yu was quick on her feet, dodged his hand, and then burst into tears with a "Waaah." "Waaah, Grandma, save me! Someone's bullying me! Waaah!"

The woman had just helped up her fallen son, then remembered who Su Yu's grandmother was, and connecting that to yesterday's banquet, she deeply regretted asking that extra question!

How could she have forgotten that this child was now the most treasured darling of the two old things of the Xu family!

She should have just called home to complain and let the two elders at home deal with Lin Junzhi! The money she had advanced—Lin Junzhi would have to pay it back eventually!

Su Yi had just rushed over to pick Su Yu up and check her over when Xu Mo Bai also appeared outside the reception room.

"Xiao Yu, baby, why are you crying? Who bullied you?"

Xu Mo Bai had come out to check the road-clearing progress outside, and heard that familiar child's voice. She came over curiously to take a look, and saw the familiar little figure, crying so miserably!

She was instantly furious!

Which blind fool dared to bully their Xu family child right now—was this looking down on their Xu family?

"Sister, he tried to push me! I'm scared! Waaah!"

Su Yi, who discovered Su Yu had no injuries on her and knew that Su Yu would even dare to talk about shark attacks: ……

This acting skill must have been inherited from his brother!

The woman looked at Xu Mo Bai, her grip on her son's hand tightening, and the boy slapped her hand right back. "The nerve of you! You dare hurt me!"

The boy had originally felt a bit guilty about the mistake he made at the mountaintop, but now seeing his wrist reddened from the grip, he stormed off in a rage, ready to go home and tell on her!

Guo Yingbai didn't stop him. If this kind of thing wasn't settled on the spot, Lin Junzhi's family would have to pay dearly. After the old master of the Lin family passed away from illness, the family had been declining more and more!

The boy didn't understand, but the woman was well aware that without the old master, the current Lin family was completely different from the Xu family.

"I'm sorry, let me apologize on behalf of my child!"

The woman watched nervously as the Xu family's former darling held the current darling, hoping that Xu Mo Bai was inwardly jealous of Su Yu, and that for the sake of her apology, would let the matter pass gently.

Nestled in Xu Mo Bai's arms, Su Yu rested her two little hands on Xu Mo Bai's shoulders, gazing at Xu Mo Bai with large, watery eyes full of attachment, tears pattering down, her tiny whimpers making Xu Mo Bai's heart break.

She carried Su Yu toward the private room she had reserved, "Be good, baby, don't be afraid. Sister will take you to watch your brother spar—he's amazing, he'll protect our precious little Xiao Yu!"

Among the same generation, Su Yu was the youngest.

The younger generation of the Xu family had basically all met and held her, and most of them really liked this exquisitely featured and adorable chubby little dumpling.

When the woman heard Xu Mo Bai's words, her face instantly went deathly pale!

It's over!

This matter was originally just children's roughhousing, and her son hadn't actually touched Su Yu, but with Xu Mo Bai stirring things up like this, it was a different story!

After the woman was "escorted" out by Su Family bodyguards who hurried over, she immediately called her mother-in-law, asking her to go offer an apology.

And after Xu Mo Bai carried Su Yu into the private room, Su Yu stopped crying right away.

"Sister, you're so nice!"

The soft, cutesy childish voice made Xu Mo Yan's heart melt!

Were daughters really this adorable?!

Xu Mo Yan looked at Su Yi with envy—he was so lucky to have such a daughter!

"Don't be afraid, baby, this is your brother. He's amazing—he took first place in the individual category at the last joint exercise!"

After crying, Su Yu's voice was hoarse, and with her deliberate acting cute, her little baby voice had the voice-obsessed Xu Mo Bai completely bewitched. "I'm not afraid. Daddy said, when there are adults around, if you run into someone you can't beat who wants to bully you, you should run first, then cry! Even if you're not afraid, you should say you are, that way the adults will protect you and get revenge for me!"

Xu Mo Bai recovered from Su Yu's "baby voice attack," processed Su Yu's words in her brain, and gave Su Yi a look of admiration.

"Your daddy is right!"

Su Yi, who had the blame dumped on him on the spot: What a setup!

Xu Mo Yan also nodded seriously, giving high praise to this man who had only become his uncle-in-law by relying on his little grand-aunt.

"Right, your daddy makes sense. Xiao Yu, you're so smart!"

Guo Yingbai and Jing Ming exchanged knowing looks with Su Yi. This method—had it been taught by Su Xi to Su Yi, and then Su Yi to Su Yu? Su Yi was sometimes slow-witted and might not have come up with it on his own. This approach of making a big scene when in the right and refusing to suffer any loss at all was more Su Xi's style.

What could Su Yi say? Su Yi was just as desperate! He had never said any such thing!

But if, after going home, his older brother found out he had taken Su Yu out and made her cry, Su Yu's feather duster would be his!

Su Yi, who desperately needed Su Yu's help to avoid a beating, could only take the blame!

Su Yu said she hadn't really been crying, but both Xu Mo Bai and Xu Mo Yan felt the child had been wronged, and Xu Mo Yan volunteered to perform archery for Su Yu!

Of course Su Yu agreed!

She called out "brother" over and over, cheerfully and eagerly!

Su Yi genuinely felt that Su Yu was a bit shameless—she actually had the system look up phrases praising people online, slightly modified them, and used them on Xu Mo Yan.

Xu Mo Yan, this big simpleton, didn't know any better. Flattered by Su Yu's praise, he not only used up every arrow in the quiver but also performed a full military boxing routine on the spot to amuse the child.

If he hadn't stopped them, Xu Mo Bai and Xu Mo Yan, both heady from Su Yu's stolen sweet talk, would have taken Su Yu back to the Xu family for dinner!

"Goodbye, brother and sister! I'll miss you!"

"Goodbye, Xiao Yu!"

"Goodbye, baby!"

On the way, Su Yu was tired from playing and took out some beef jerky from the car to gnaw on.

Su Yi was being continuously bombarded with messages by Guo Yingbai and Jing Ming.

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