Chapter 61: I Was Wrong

Su Xi was scared stiff! How could Su Yu dare it?

Alone with a starving poisonous snake in the room! "How can you be so capable?"

"Still daring to stay alone; if something happens to you, what about your mother? What about us? Ah?"

Su Yu faced the wall, obediently standing with her back to it.

"I was wrong!"

"I have a communication card; it ate the whole rabbit I secretly hid! I let the system check it, it didn't look hungry, so I dared to use the communication card. I was still talking to it through the door. But this kind of story, even if I say it, you won't believe it!"

No matter what card it is, what if that snake doesn't communicate and just bites? If treatment is delayed and Su Yu dies, or suffers post‑procedure complications, what then? "You really are!"

When Su Xi first learned the news, his heart pounded as if it would leap out of his chest. Even after learning Su Yu was okay, he couldn't calm down.

Su Yu stole a glance at her mother and great‑grandmother. Both were angry and ignored her.

"I was wrong; next time something happens, I'll definitely tell you first."

"I'm just afraid that next time their methods will be used on you, so I want to find out how the snake got here and expose the mastermind. I have a system helping me; you don't!"

"System? Can your system turn into a shield protecting you? If it fails to protect, what will you do?" Su Xi's anger hadn't faded, but time was short, "Go up with your mother to bathe and sleep."

"Oh!"

Su Yu obediently went over and took her mother's hand.

Ji Yan didn't push her hand away, but her expression wasn't good.

"Have some custom protective and alarm devices made for her."

Yang Zhichun thought that if she had first learned that a venomous snake appeared in Su Yu's room and that Su Yu was interacting with it, she would have fainted on the spot. Even now, having seen Su Yu safe with her own eyes, her heart was still hard to bear.

"I had someone custom‑make them and also fitted her with a tracker."

"Who did it?"

"It was a staff member from the garden. Mu Jiguang sold Zheng Dongping's eyes, and that old Mu family scoundrel just woke up; the Chu family exposed to him that I had swallowed Mu family's assets. That old scoundrel used Zheng Dongping's connections to commit this evil!"

They used flowers to lure a trained snake into Su Yu's room, waiting to bite her once she entered.

If Su Yu hadn't come back today and secretly hidden a roasted rabbit, the starving snake might have attacked her.

"Again it's the Chu family and the Mu family!"

Yang Zhichun tapped his cane.

"Mu family, let's combine public opinion and reports. Didn't the Zhu family just split? The stuff we Su Clan can't swallow is perfect for the severely weakened Zhu Clan. The Chu family has more than just Chu Han Ya as a disaster!"

"Fine!"

…

Zhu Xueheng received Su Xi's call and was so startled he knocked over the wooden box his mother had left.

He opened the speaker, tossed his phone aside, grabbed a piece of clothing, and began picking up the broken wooden box piece by piece onto the cloth.

"Are you holding me in too high regard?"

"Let him go up against the Mu clan? That lazy demeanor of his could actually win against a Mu clan already at a dead end, fighting a desperate, back‑to‑the‑wall battle? He's afraid the Mu clan will turn and swallow his Zhu clan to fill the void."

"You can't, your wife can."

"You can't even seize a ready‑made excuse?"

Zhu Xueheng opened his mouth to argue, but that might not even be his wife. Yet saying that made it seem like he really couldn't. His mind was a mush, "Let me think!"

Zhu Xueheng hung up, finished gathering the wood, and saw a familiar name on the notebook that fell out of the box.

He picked up the diary and read it carefully.

Reason was constantly tugging at Zhu Xueheng's nerves. He thought fate really liked to tease him. Just as he was about to unilaterally upgrade his friendship with Su Xi, an accident occurred.

Zhu Xueheng opened WeChat, intending to tell Su Xi that he wouldn't deal with the Mu clan, when he saw a report sent by Meng Xianle.

He scrolled quickly to the end and saw the results of the parent‑child relationship test.

Zhu Xueheng's trembling hand let tears splash onto the phone screen.

The screen, constantly switching under the tears, brought his reason back.

He took the phone and drove straight to the location Meng Xianle had given.

…

At the bar, Liang Lijiang pushed away the man approaching her.

"I said it, we broke up!" the man said anxiously, "My mother didn't do it on purpose; she was just so angry she lost her mind. She was talking nonsense; before I left she even told me to apologize to you!"

"Can't you understand? She doesn't want you!"

Zhu Xueheng pushed away the man entangling Liang Lijiang, his expression arrogant.

The man saw Zhu Xueheng's frail figure, his gaze turning hostile, "Who are you!"

"You care who I am, everyone take a look, here's a shameless man who, after breaking up and taking the money, still clings on; if you have any class, don't look for him!"

The man's fist tightened.

Liang Lijiang lifted her head, took a sip, "Your old man just went to prison, and you didn't seize the group, yet you still come to a bar?"

The man heard Liang Lijiang's words, his momentary surge of breath deflated. He examined Zhu Xueheng, who was in loungewear, and when he reached out he saw a watch he had seen on a magazine, so he left in disappointment.

Zhu Xueheng saw the man leave and cried out, "Wow," then sobbed, "Jiang Jiang! Save me! I can't lift it!"

While Liang Lijiang wore a bewildered expression, Zhu Xueheng lunged, hugged her, and sobbed uncontrollably!

"Hey!"

Liang Lijiang poked Zhu Xueheng; she was just drunk and made a comment, why did he just hug her?

"They've been broken up for a long time, hey! Zhu Xueheng wouldn't let go no matter what."

"You're being too much!"

Zhu Xueheng, startled by that, said, "I'll drive you."

"I don't need a driver!"

"So you need a company? The whole Zhu Clan kind."

Liang Lijiang squinted and sized up Zhu Xueheng, wondering if he was really that capable. Zhu Xueheng leaned forward and whispered, "Although now there's only a little more than half, the Mu Clan is still waiting for you to settle accounts!"

Liang Lijiang recalled today's news—Zhu Xueheng had teamed up with the Su Family? Yet he came to her for no apparent reason. Zhu Xueheng took Liang Lijiang's hand and led her out, and Liang Lijiang did not refuse.

"You're pretty familiar with the place!"

Zhu Xueheng gave a goofy grin and said nothing. Liang Lijiang had drunk a bit too much tonight and leaned against the car, falling asleep.

She was woken by the sound of a car door slamming.

"Huo Huo, what's wrong?"

"Mom, why are you sleeping in the car?"

Liang Lijiang opened the car door, saw Zhu Xueheng grinning at her daughter, and in a flash thought of something, "Did Su Xi tell you?"

Zhu Xueheng didn't hide it from Liang Lijiang, and nodded.

"Mom, I've got a new dad again?"

Zhu Xueheng nodded, "Hello, sweetheart, nice to meet you. This is my welcome gift for you!"

Zhu Xueheng crouched down and handed the bank card he had intended for Su Yu, with both hands, to Liang Yan.

Liang Yan showed no hesitation, picked it up and waved it, "How much is it?"

"Five hundred thousand!"

Liang Yan smiled satisfactorily at Zhu Xueheng, "That's okay! It's already worse than the last one being poor, and you even called my poor ghost strong!"

"How could he insult you!"

Liang Yan nodded, "Exactly, does his poverty give him the right to try to swindle my mom's money?"

"Those kinds of people should just rot!"

The five‑year‑old Liang Yan seemed to have found a kindred spirit, "Mom, next time find more of these sensible ones!"

"Thank you for the little princess's praise!"

Liang Yan's phoenix‑shaped eyes curved, and she politely said, "You're welcome!"

Liang Lijiang thought that the Zhu family didn't seem so appealing anymore.

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About tears hitting the screen, I tried it when it rained unexpectedly; the rain splashed onto my phone, and the phone kept switching back and forth—one moment exiting a page, the next tapping into one—as if something were pressing it. Water can trigger the screen. But I don't recommend trying it lightly; it can ruin your phone. (End of chapter)