Meanwhile.
Zhou Suisui also received a news alert about Fu Niansheng’s interview.
When she saw Fu Niansheng say, “I can introduce him to a doctor who can take a look at his eyes,” she couldn’t help laughing out loud.
Serves her right!
It seemed Actress Fu was someone who could tell right from wrong. She knew Su Wan was no good.
Whether in this life or her previous one, Zhou Suisui was actually not very familiar with Fu Niansheng, the actress who had become famous across the country.
She had only seen her in a photograph on her brother’s graduation picture.
After all, anyone as beautiful as Fu Niansheng was hard not to look at a few extra times, even for another woman.
Wait…
She remembered now.
There had been another time, when her brother was in his third year of high school…
Fu Niansheng had visited the Zhou family once.
Suddenly, another piece of news caught Zhou Suisui’s attention.
She quickly reached out and tapped the link beside it.
A little child as exquisite as a porcelain doll appeared on the screen.
With beautiful features, the child looked like a lovely doll.
Her skin was fair, and her large, watery eyes blinked at the camera as if they could speak.
What an adorable, mischievous little thing.
For some inexplicable reason, Zhou Suisui’s heart began to race, skipping a beat.
“Wu-jie, come look!”
“What is it?”
Cui Wu curiously leaned over. The moment she saw Fu Xiaonian in front of the camera, she opened her mouth in excitement.
“Oh my goodness! Who is this adorable little darling? Why does she look so much like… Miss…? I’d say she resembles you by at least fifty or sixty percent!”
If Cui Wu hadn’t known that Miss was only nineteen this year, while the little darling on the screen looked about four or five years old, she would almost have suspected that this was Miss’s child.
“Right? I think so too!”
Zhou Suisui said excitedly, “She looks even more like my brother!”
At the Xiang residence, in the study.
An oppressive silence filled the room. The air seemed to have frozen, weighing so heavily on everyone that it was hard to breathe.
Xiang Lingxiao knelt on the cold floor with his head lowered.
Xiang Tongguang sat in a rosewood chair, expressionless as he slowly stirred the tea leaves in his blue-and-white porcelain cup.
“For the sake of a diamond, you went head-to-head with Jiang Zongyan. Not only did you offend the Jiang family, you also turned the Xiang family into a laughingstock throughout Tang City.”
He paused, then sneered.
“My good son, you’re becoming more and more capable. Tell me… how should I praise you?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he hurled the cup in his hand, scalding tea and all, straight at Xiang Lingxiao’s face.
The boiling tea splashed across Xiang Lingxiao’s tender skin.
The veins on his forehead bulged.
His hands, resting at his sides, clenched tightly into fists.
His teeth were clenched as well.
He raised his head, still refusing to back down.
“Dad, the Jiang family and we have always been on opposite sides. How can you call this offending them? The Jiang family has been suppressing us for years. It’s time for things to change.”
Seeing the ruthless determination in his son’s eyes, Xiang Tongguang froze for a moment before suddenly laughing.
“Well said! The sky over Tang City is due for a change.”
His tone abruptly turned cold.
“However, the online trend can’t continue like this.”
“I’ll take care of it.”
Xiang Lingxiao quietly breathed a sigh of relief and immediately gave his assurance.
“Find an excuse and secretly get rid of that woman, Su Wan. This whole mess happened because she was greedy and scheming. Don’t let her drag Tianyu Group into it.”
Xiang Tongguang spoke calmly, as if they were discussing the weather.
“Dad, we can’t touch her yet.”
Xiang Lingxiao hurriedly continued, “She still has an important role to play.”
“An important role? Xiang Lingxiao, have you lost your mind? What use could a third-rate actress from the entertainment industry possibly be?”
“Don’t tell me you’ve really fallen for that woman. Are you waiting for Zhou Sui'an to dump her so you can pick up the leftovers?”
Xiang Tongguang was about to continue mocking him when Xiang Lingxiao handed over a photograph.
The woman in the photo showed only half of her profile as she stood on a street refreshed by the rain.
Her makeup was light and delicate, and she wore a dark green qipao while holding an oil-paper umbrella.
There was a faint sorrow in her expression.
“This is…”
Xiang Tongguang’s expression changed dramatically.
He shot to his feet, his pupils shrinking sharply.
A name nearly escaped his lips, but Xiang Lingxiao cut him off.
“She’s Su Wan!”
“What?”
Xiang Tongguang stared at the photograph in disbelief.
“Who did you say she was? Su Wan?”
“Yes! She’s the very Su Wan whom Zhou Sui'an chased after for more than a year!”
At those words, Xiang Tongguang lifted a hand and adjusted the reading glasses perched on the bridge of his nose.
He stared fixedly at the photograph, his jaw clenched into a hard line. For a long while, he couldn’t say a word.
Then, all at once, Xiang Tongguang’s expression shifted, and he burst into loud laughter.
“No wonder Zhou Sui'an is so obsessed with her.”
“She looks so much like her! Exactly like her!”
“Dad, as long as we keep Su Wan as leverage, Zhou Sui'an won’t be able to refuse us.”
“Get up.”
“Yes.”
Xiang Lingxiao climbed to his feet, his eyes gleaming with ruthless calculation.
Only then did Xiang Tongguang nod in satisfaction.
“I’m leaving this matter to you. I want the Zhou family and the Jiang family to go bankrupt. As for the process… I’m not particularly concerned.”
Xiang Lingxiao nodded firmly.
“Your son will make sure the mission is completed perfectly.”
As he spoke, the movement tugged at the wound at the corner of his mouth, making him grimace in pain.
But when he imagined that, once the Zhou family was ruined, Zhou Suisui would become his plaything, a smug smile spread across his face.
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That’s all for today’s update. Good night, and see you tomorrow. If the rating reaches 9.2, I’ll add another chapter tomorrow~~
