Wen Haotian walked over, his gaze serious. "Tongtong, tell us." Seeing that the middle - aged woman was about to interrupt, Wen Haotian stopped her first. "Yao Yu, let Tongtong speak."
"What can Tongtong know? She doesn't know anyone in City T." Yao Yu said calmly.
"Then just let Tongtong speak." Wen Haotian said coldly.
Wen Tong sensed the tense atmosphere between her parents. For a moment, she didn't know if she should continue. She was just curious in the first place. Why did that girl look so much like her mother? But she never expected that just by mentioning it, her parents would react so strongly.
"Tongtong, speak up!"
Wen Tong glanced at Yao Yu, then slowly said in halting Chinese, "When I was shopping in the building today, I saw a girl who looked... a lot like Mommy. But it might just be a coincidence."
Wen Haotian squinted slightly. "Very similar? How similar?"
"Huh?" Wen Tong thought for a while. "About 80% similar."
As soon as Wen Tong finished speaking, the room fell into silence. Wen Haotian looked at Yao Yu, who remained calm and composed, and said seriously, "Yao Yu, have you been lying to me?"
Yao Yu continued watching TV and simply replied, "What have I lied to you about?"
"The child back then!" Wen Haotian roared angrily.
"What child? Tongtong is still here. What are you talking nonsense about?" Yao Yu said indifferently. "We'll be going back in a couple of days. Don't think too much."
Wen Tong was a bit confused. She wanted to ask something, but seeing the expressions on Wen Haotian and Yao Yu's faces, she didn't dare to. After thinking for a while, she decided it was better to go back to her room first.
As soon as Wen Tong left, Wen Haotian softened his voice. "We've been husband and wife for so many years. Why did you lie to me?"
Yao Yu's voice remained the same, but there was a hint of helplessness in her tone. "Haotian, I've already told you that the child was stillborn. If you don't believe me, what can I do?"
Wen Haotian paused for a long time. "Fine, I'll investigate on my own."
Yao Yu's pupils dilated slightly, and she clenched her hands on her sides. "Haotian, you're so selfish!"
Wen Haotian gave Yao Yu a cold look, then walked out of the room.
...
When Su Rou returned to the Su family villa, she was carrying several shopping bags. Seeing this, Su Yuze helped her carry them. "What did you buy?" Su Rou never bought things randomly. Except for buying souvenirs during travels, she never went on such a crazy shopping spree.
However, Su Yuze didn't object. Sometimes, seeing her being so thrifty made him have the illusion that the family was about to go bankrupt.
"I bought work clothes!" Su Rou took out a women's business suit and compared it against her body. "I need to wear formal clothes for work." Although it looked a bit dull, she didn't want to be too out - of - the - ordinary.
"What?" Su Yuze raised his eyebrows slightly. "You don't need to wear this." Anyway, only he would see her in it.
"The suit looks quite nice." Su Rou took out the other bags and showed them to Su Yuze. "There are also summer - style suit dresses. How do they look?"
Su Yuze looked at the suits on the sofa and was speechless. He usually bought clothes for her, and Su Rou generally didn't care about her clothes. She would just wear whatever he gave her. He never expected that she would be so interested in business suits!
"Xiaorou'er, you don't look good in this."
"No, the boss said it looked nice." She had even tried it on. If it didn't look good, she wouldn't have bought it.
"But I think it doesn't look good." Didn't she know there was something called "uniform temptation"?
Su Rou looked surprised. "Huh? You think it doesn't look good?"
"Yeah."
"But everyone in your company dresses like this." Su Rou was a bit unhappy and waved the clothes in her hand absent - mindedly.
Su Yuze nodded. "So they all look ugly."
Su Rou looked at the suits on the sofa gloomily. The boss clearly said she looked quite sexy in them, but Su Yuze actually said they were ugly? What's more, he wore suits every day himself!
"Don't wear these clothes for now." Without hesitation, Su Yuze stuffed all the suits into the bags and asked Aunt Wang to take them upstairs.
Su Rou sat on the sofa angrily and watched TV. Fine, if she didn't have to wear them, then she wouldn't!
On Monday, Su Rou wore casual clothes and went to work with Su Yuze. "Xiaorou'er, remember, don't take the planning case too seriously."
"Got it."
Su Rou sat in front of her desk. The phone on the table never rang. She sorted out some documents, but still no calls came. Her willow - like eyebrows furrowed slightly. Since there were no calls, she might as well work on the planning case.
The whole morning passed, and Su Rou didn't receive any calls. Last week, several partners had called to talk about cooperation, but she had postponed them to this week. But now... why didn't any of them call? Usually, the phone was busy during work.
Just as she was thinking, the phone on the table rang. Su Rou cleared her throat. "Hello."
"Ah, Secretary Su, regarding the cooperation case we talked about last week, I've already found a cooperation partner, so the deal with your company... will be cancelled." A hasty male voice came from the other end of the phone. After saying this, he hung up.
"Brother Ze, this needs your signature. Take a look."
"Okay."
Su Yuze looked at her and felt that she seemed to have something to say. He put down his pen. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing much. I just didn't receive a single call today." Su Rou sighed. "I did receive one, but it was to cancel the deal." It was so strange. Not to brag, cooperating with Shengshi was definitely beneficial. How could they give it up so easily?
Su Yuze didn't think it was a big deal. After all, it was normal for businesses to have their deals stolen. "It's okay."
"Someone is looking down on you." Su Rou said.
"Be good." Su Yuze ruffled Su Rou's hair and said, "Don't worry. Shengshi won't collapse just because of this small loss of business."
Su Rou nodded. "Yeah, anyway, it's their loss if they don't do business with us."
Su Rou went out to continue working on the planning case, while Su Yuze sat in his office chair and frowned slightly. For Shengshi, having business stolen didn't happen often. And in the whole City T, only the Su Corporation might have the ability to steal business from Shengshi!
The Su Corporation... Uncle?
If that was the case, then it all made sense!