Chapter 75
It had been a while since she had seen her mom.
After Fang Jinyue had called her, Su Guan had quickly agreed, “Okay, Mom, I’ll be right over.”
Before hanging up, Su Guan suddenly thought of a question and asked, “Mom, is Mother at home?”
She knew that the situation at home was not good recently, and she didn’t know what Wen Zhouqin was up to.
…It seemed that after their last meeting, Wen Zhouqin had been a little more restrained. But Su Guan had also heard about Wen Zhouqin from other sources. This person was still very flamboyant outside.
This news had been told to her by Wen Shijin.
Fang Jinyue on the other end of the line said, “Mother has been at home these past few days, but she might not be at home tonight. But she’s at home much more than before now. Daughter, if you have time, you should come back more often, so you can see your mother often.”
Fang Jinyue’s words were overflowing with her love for Su Yaying.
She loved Su Yaying so much, but did the latter love her as much?
At this thought, a hint of sourness appeared in Su Guan’s heart.
The original host and her mother were both unlucky, both belonging to the type who had loved the wrong person—fortunately, the original host was no longer obsessed with Gu Qing, but her mom still had illusions about love.
Su Guan took a deep breath and replied to the other end of the line, “Well, it’s fine. Mother is very busy. It’s fine if I don’t see her.”
“Life won’t be a matter of life and death just because you see one less person, Mom.”
It was clearly a normal conversation between a mother and daughter, but how had it reached such a serious level? Su Guan had, of course, said it with a hidden meaning.
As expected, Fang Jinyue on the other end of the line was silent for a long time and said, “When you come over, let me know.”
She chose to avoid it, not understanding what Su Guan was saying.
This daughter was more concerned about her than she had imagined, Fang Jinyue thought.
…
When Su Guan arrived at the Su family’s house, the valet had been changed.
Su Guan drove the car in and waited and waited, but no valet came up. Finally, when she couldn’t help but get out of the car to find someone, a tall and thin woman was standing beside her. She came up and asked, “Excuse me… what is your surname?”
With that, the woman took out her phone, pulled up a list, and continued, “You can just tell me your surname. I need to confirm the visitor. Miss Wen gave me a list today…”
As she spoke, she scrolled through the page. Fortunately, Miss Wen didn’t seem to be in a very social mood today. There were only five people on the list.
Ah, but she should know all five of these people! Could it be that she wasn’t here to see Miss Wen?
Su Guan’s expression was rarely gloomy. She said, “You’re asking for my surname? To confirm the visitor?”
The woman nodded repeatedly and said, “Yes! Please tell me your esteemed surname. This is just a procedure. Miss Wen has set this rule these past few days.”
“Oh, I see. It’s a rule set by Miss Wen, right?” Su Guan nodded thoughtfully. “Do you all have to follow her rules?”
The woman shook her head. “Uh, some of them?”
Miss Wen was still young, after all. The rules she had set were, of course, only useful for people like them.
After she finished speaking and saw that Su Guan still hadn’t replied, the woman added, “Like Madam and the Mrs., of course, they don’t have to. Alright, please tell me your surname…”
In the past, the people who had come to see Miss Wen, which one of them hadn’t been eager to report their own surname? The lady who had come today was so strange!
“Can’t I get in if I don’t tell you my surname?” Su Guan blinked.
“Yes. Unless you’re not Miss Wen’s friend,” the woman’s patience was almost exhausted.
The person in front of her was almost the same age as Wen Zhouqin. How could she be a friend of Madam or the Mrs.? Or, was she not at all, just passing by?!
At this thought, the woman had already taken a breath—once the lady in front of her didn’t give a reasonable answer, she would drive her away.
“Ma’am, I hope you will inform me as soon as possible, or I will have to ask you to leave.”
Su Guan glanced at her, her lips parted, and said, “Alright… then I’ll tell you.”
The woman forced a smile and was about to take out her phone to call someone. If the person in front of her was really one of the five on the list, she would have reported her name long ago, so she had no appointment at all.
People without an appointment could not enter the Su family’s house.
Seeing that Su Guan was still not telling her, the woman continued, “It’s still early, and this is not a place to joke around. If you feel you’re very free, you can…”
However, her words were suddenly interrupted by Su Guan.
“Stop. I am free, which is why I came over,” Su Guan’s tone was calm and slow. “I can leisurely walk here and there, and there… until you’re fired.”
The woman was terrified and stammered, “Huh?”
At this point, Su Guan was no longer hiding anything. She stared at her and said, “My surname is Su.”
The Su family, it was normal for someone to have the surname Su.
But besides Su Yaying, who else was there in the Su family?
And her age was similar to Miss Wen’s…
The woman suddenly reacted and looked at Su Guan in a daze. “That is, that is to say, you, you are…?!”
The possibility flashed through her mind, and Su Guan had already left.
Her heart was pounding like a drum, and she wanted to call someone she knew.
She had just found this job and didn’t want to lose it. Miss Wen had clearly told her that this Eldest Miss Su wouldn’t be back for a while!
But Su Guan had already gone far, and Miss Wen might not listen to her!
She held her phone and looked at Su Guan’s retreating figure in a panic.
The woman felt she should follow.
…
The woman she had met while parking was not as stubborn and deliberately provocative as she had imagined. After learning who Su Guan was, she had followed her without much hesitation and explained the whole story and what had happened at home these past few days.
It turned out that she had also just started working at the Su family not long ago.
“I’ve been here for less than a month. At that time, I saw a parking job on the market and came to apply. The recruitment content said it was for a company, so I came. It wasn’t until I arrived that I found out this was a villa… I was originally going to leave, but Miss Wen offered a very considerable salary, so I agreed.”
Su Guan asked her again if Wen Zhouqin had asked her to do anything extra.
“Miss Wen didn’t ask me to do anything, just to look at people when I was parking. For example, like today, because you didn’t make an appointment in advance, she didn’t let me help you park.”
As the woman spoke, she started to stammer again. “Ah, yes, Miss Wen also didn’t tell me anything about you.”
Su Guan’s temples ached at first, but now she just found it funny.
If she wanted to stop her, wouldn’t she have been stopped at the gate? What was the point of choosing a valet to stop her?
Su Guan continued to ask about this.
But the woman said, “I’m only responsible for guiding Miss Wen’s friends… she often brings some friends back now.”
Su Guan was slow for two seconds, then she finally understood. So, in the end, Wen Zhouqin was just trying to disgust her!
With her status, most of the people in the Su family wouldn’t give her a good face. And Wen Zhouqin had run into Su Guan last time and probably held a grudge against her, so she had started to play some small tricks to disgust her.
This kind of small matter of parking could only disgust people.
But disgusting people now didn’t mean she wouldn’t frame them in the future.
Su Guan told the woman to go back first. “It’s none of your business.”
The woman thanked her repeatedly and then left. Before she left, she kindly told Su Guan, “Miss Wen is coming back tonight.”
Su Guan smiled and agreed.
….
The strange family ethics drama was once again staged at the Su residence.
When Su Guan went back, before she could have a few cordial words with Fang Jinyue, she heard Auntie Mei say that Wen Zhouqin was back.
The warmth on the mother and daughter’s faces instantly froze.
“Oh, she’s coming back tonight?” Su Guan raised an eyebrow, her tone with an undisguised disgust. “Mom, I originally came back to be with you and Mother.”
Fang Jinyue’s eyes darkened, and she comforted her, “Mother is often at home these days. Dearest daughter, you don’t have to think too much. Since Wen Zhouqin is back, then, then…”
At this point, Fang Jinyue actually swallowed her words and said no more.
Su Guan’s heart suddenly tightened. She immediately understood what Fang Jinyue meant.
Because Wen Zhouqin was back, so Mother would also be back, right?
And the experience of being inexplicably made difficult when she had just come home made Su Guan feel even more uncomfortable.
“I see. She’s coming back today, so Mother will also be back, right?” Su Guan looked up and said.
Fang Jinyue muttered, “Yes, they might both be back today, but there’s no causal relationship…”
“Mom, I know.”
…
Seeing Su Guan again, Wen Zhouqin had long since lost her previous fear. She even looked at Su Guan with a smile and took the initiative to reach out her hand.
First, it wasn’t the first time they had met. It was understandable to be embarrassed the first time. Second, she had a backer. As for the third, she had received a call from someone that day.
That person had said it was not convenient to reveal their specific identity but had told Wen Zhouqin a lot about Su Guan as a bargaining chip.
They were going to make a deal.
“Hello, Miss Su,” Wen Zhouqin said, her tone enthusiastic as she reached out her hand.
Su Guan smiled faintly. “Well.”
Wen Zhouqin’s hand was suspended in mid-air, along with her stiff smile. Now that Su Guan was just talking but not shaking her hand, she could only awkwardly maintain her original posture. What could she do?
“We haven’t seen each other for a long time,” Wen Zhouqin lowered her hand slightly but didn’t completely retract it.
She felt that Su Guan should still give her some face.
After all, this was still at home, and Fang Jinyue was watching from the side! Although Fang Jinyue’s attitude towards her was also average now, she still had the most basic courtesy.
Hearing Wen Zhouqin’s words, Su Guan looked up in surprise and glanced at Wen Zhouqin. “Ah, but we haven’t met before, have we?”
“You’re talking as if we’re old friends.”
Wen Zhouqin was stunned, her face burning with pain, followed by a wave of displeasure.
This Su Guan, what did she mean?
But Wen Zhouqin was very confident today, or rather, she had been very confident these past few days.
She forced a smile and retracted her awkwardly suspended hand. “Alright, alright, let’s not talk about this first. Mother is coming back. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen her, right?”
She had her mother to back her up. If Su Guan continued to maintain this attitude, she would be done for today
