When Su Rou arrived in the US, it was only noon. There was a full twelve - hour time difference between here and China. So it should be midnight there. She wondered what Su Yuze was doing at this moment.
"Watch over Miss Su carefully. Don't let anything happen to her," Wen Haotian said to Aunt Yue.
"Yes, sir," Aunt Yue nodded in response.
"Xiaorou, Dad has to go to the company first. There are too many things left unresolved," Wen Haotian then told Su Rou.
Su Rou didn't answer. She just silently turned on the TV. Wen Haotian glanced at her and then left. The moment the door closed, a look of disdain flashed in Su Rou's eyes. "Watch over Miss Su carefully." In fact, he was just afraid she would run away!
Su Rou leaned listlessly on the sofa. It was really boring. All the TV programs here were in English. It wasn't that she couldn't understand, but it wasn't as easy as watching programs in Chinese.
Su Rou threw the remote control aside. Seeing Su Rou's obvious boredom, Aunt Yue wiped her hands on her apron, brewed a cup of tea and walked up to Su Rou. "Miss Su, please have some tea."
"Okay."
Aunt Yue stared at Su Rou for a long time. The more she looked, the more she thought Su Rou was incredibly similar to the mistress. She was even more alike than Wen Tong! "Miss Su, who... are you exactly?" Finally, Aunt Yue couldn't help asking.
"Me? I don't know who I am either."
"But you..." Why didn't she know before that there was another daughter in the Wen family?
Aunt Yue's words were interrupted by the sound of the door opening. The gentle Yao Yu walked in. As soon as she entered, she saw the shoes by the door. They were a pair of strange women's shoes. "Aunt Yue, is there a guest?"
"Mistress."
Yao Yu changed her slippers and walked in. Unexpectedly, she saw Su Rou sitting on the sofa. Her eyes widened in an instant, and the designer handbag in her hand fell to the ground. The girl in front of her had long, natural curly hair that reached her waist, just like hers, and the tear mole under her right eye was also very similar to hers!
"Y-you are..." Yao Yu covered her mouth. For a moment, she could hardly control her emotions.
It was the first time Su Rou had seen Yao Yu. She finally understood why Wen Haotian was so sure she was his daughter as soon as he saw her. Because... they were incredibly alike!
Aunt Yue sensed that the atmosphere was not right. She didn't say anything and silently stepped back to do her own thing. Sigh, she, a nanny, was not qualified to interfere in the affairs of this wealthy family.
"My goodness, Haotian really brought you back!" She heard that the Su family in City T was a tough one. How did Wen Haotian manage it?
Su Rou looked at Yao Yu for a while and then shifted her gaze. To be honest, she didn't have much affection for this mother.
"My name is Su Rou."
"Su Rou..." Yao Yu softly repeated Su Rou's name. "Xiaorou, how have you been all these years?"
Su Rou smiled slightly. "I've been fine. If you hadn't come to find me, I think I would have been even better."
"... " Yao Yu caught her breath. Su Rou was blaming her! Right, she shouldn't have come back. She couldn't come back! "Where's Haotian?"
"The sir has gone out," Aunt Yue replied from the kitchen.
Yao Yu looked at Su Rou's gentle profile, then walked over and whispered, "Xiaorou, you can't stay here. Go back quickly."
Su Rou looked at her strangely. What was going on? Didn't they want her to return to the Wen family? Why did this woman seem to think otherwise? "You guys are really strange. One wants me to come back, and the other wants to drive me away... Didn't you discuss it properly when you abandoned me back then?"
"I... it's not like that," Yao Yu said. "Anyway, come with me."
Without any explanation, she grabbed Su Rou's hand and dragged her towards the door. Seeing this, Aunt Yue immediately put down what she was doing. "Mistress, where are you taking Miss Su?"
Yao Yu frowned slightly. "It's none of your business."
"But... the sir has instructed that Miss Su must not go out," Aunt Yue said.
"The sir isn't here. You should listen to me, right?" Yao Yu looked at Aunt Yue, and her tone naturally took on a hint of dominance.
"But..." Aunt Yue was still a bit conflicted. The sir had instructed that nothing must happen to Miss Su, but the mistress wanted Miss Su to leave. For a moment, she really didn't know what to do!
It was a little after three in the afternoon. Wen Haotian should be in the company. Was there still a flight at this time? They had to leave before Wen Haotian came back... Yao Yu urged Su Rou to change her shoes. Su Rou was a bit confused by Yao Yu's efficient actions. Yao Yu was so anxious that she squatted down to put on Su Rou's shoes. But just as she finished putting on one shoe, the sound of a key turning came from the front door.
Wen Haotian walked in with a briefcase. When he saw the scene in front of him, his eyebrows furrowed deeply. "What are you two doing?"
Su Rou had one shoe on and was still wearing a slipper on the other foot. Yao Yu was holding a shoe in one hand, about to put it on for her. "You want to take Xiaorou away?"
"... "
Wen Haotian slammed the door shut. "You'll never succeed!"
Yao Yu bit her lip. A look of determination appeared on her gentle face. She whispered to Wen Haotian, trying to reason with him. "Haotian, we don't have to do this."
"Shut up," Wen Haotian said impatiently.
Su Rou looked back and forth between them, then kicked off the shoe she had just put on. She walked back to the sofa bare - footed. "Crazy." What on earth were these two people up to? One wanted her to stay, and the other wanted her to go. They were crazy...
Wen Haotian looked at Su Rou's back, then dragged Yao Yu upstairs to the bedroom. He locked the door from the inside. "Yao Yu, you'd better not have any thoughts about Xiaorou."
"It's clearly you!" Yao Yu said excitedly.
"You... ouch." Wen Haotian took a deep breath. Suddenly, his expression changed, and he covered his abdomen.
Seeing this, Yao Yu immediately helped Wen Haotian sit on the bed. She skillfully took out a box of medicine from the drawer. "The traveling these days has triggered your illness, hasn't it?" Wen Haotian's liver was not in good condition. He couldn't over - exert himself, and he would get sick when he got too anxious.
Wen Haotian sat there and took a while to recover. Then he looked up at Yao Yu. "Xiaoyu, I promise I won't treat Xiaorou badly. After all, she is our child..."
"Precisely because she is our child, I can't bear it..." As Yao Yu said this, her eyes turned red, and tears fell.
Wen Haotian put his arm around Yao Yu's shoulder and gently patted it, but he didn't say a word. Yao Yu shed sad tears. She knew that from today on, Wen Haotian would use his influence to prevent Su Rou from running away. It was probably impossible for her to leave!