The news about Su Kaiming spread across City T the next day. The Su Kaiming family fell from grace overnight. All the media were reporting on it, digging out how Su Kaiming, like a scoundrel, framed his own younger brother.
Everyone was scolding Su Kaiming, calling him inhumane and a brute! How could he frame his own younger brother! They also said it was well - deserved that he went to prison!
Now, the Liu Rulan family didn't even dare to go out. They were afraid of getting dirty looks and accusations from others once they stepped out. Su Hongyu and Liu Rulan were okay. They just stayed at home alone, pondering over things. But Su Meimei didn't have the patience for that. "Why? Why did Dad go to prison!"
"Meimei, stop making a racket. Do you want the whole world to know?" Su Hongyu's tone was full of helplessness. Su Meimei's loud voice was really annoying!
"Brother, what do you mean? Don't you worry about Dad?"
"I do. Mom and I are thinking about how to bail Dad out," Su Hongyu said. Only Su Meimei seemed to be heartless.
"Then go and bring Dad out!" Su Kaiming was almost the sole bread - winner of the family. If he was in prison, what would happen to the family?
"Do you think it's that easy just by talking?" Su Hongyu was irritated by Su Meimei's words and his tone turned unpleasant. "It's not that simple!"
Su Meimei was truly puzzled. "I don't understand. Our family isn't short of money. Can't we just throw some money at it?" The Su family was so powerful. How could it be impossible?
"Meimei, you're really too naive. Do you think Grandpa doesn't know about this?" Throwing money around or finding someone to help was possible, but the key was Su Rongqi!
Would the old man forgive Su Kaiming after he learned about this?
Speak of the devil!
The door of the Su family villa was knocked. It was Su Rongqi. He had a gloomy face. He glanced around at the three people present and finally fixed his gaze on Liu Rulan. "You knew about this, right?"
"Dad, I..." Being stared at by Su Rongqi, Liu Rulan was instantly scared. The old man's gaze was so penetrating! It seemed as if he could see through her!
"You guys and Su Yue are really 'loving' each other!" Were they going to turn a blind eye to family ties between brothers? "You guys are really something!"
"Dad, it's not like that..." Liu Rulan panicked and wanted to explain, but when she opened her mouth, she found she had nothing to say, because it was indeed the truth.
"I trusted you guys before. So this is how you colluded to deceive me?" Su Rongqi's chest heaved violently with anger. Anger was evident on his old face.
Liu Rulan was greatly alarmed. She was afraid that Su Rongqi would get so excited that he might faint. "Dad, don't get so worked up."
"Not get worked up... How can I not?" Su Rongqi sneered. "You guys did everything you could to stop Yuze from returning to the Su family. And then this happened with Su Yue. Now that Su Kaiming is in prison, are you happy?"
"No..."
"I'm really glad I decided to hand over the Su Group to Yuze. If I had given it to you guys, God knows what kind of trouble you would have caused!" Su Rongqi roared angrily. "Don't even think about bailing out Su Kaiming. I've decided to let him stay in prison and reflect. It's only five years, isn't it?"
When Liu Rulan heard Su Rongqi's last words, she couldn't hold back. "No, don't! Dad, Kaiming didn't do it on purpose. You can't just leave him there!" Five years wasn't a long time, but having a prison record was never a good thing! What would Su Kaiming do when he got out? What would they do?
Su Rongqi's expression was firm. "I've made up my mind! As for your job, Hongyu, go and talk to Yuze about it later." After all, this was an adult's feud, and the kids were innocent.
Su Hongyu, who had been named, looked up at Su Rongqi and then nodded. "I understand."
Su Meimei, however, angrily shouted at Su Rongqi, "Grandpa, my dad is innocent!"
Su Rongqi laughed out of anger after hearing this. "What, didn't you tell Meimei?"
"..."
"Tell me what?" Su Meimei asked, still out of the loop.
Su Rongqi glanced at Su Meimei, then shook his head disappointedly and turned to leave the Su family villa.
...
In contrast, the Su Yue family was more relaxed. They had just cleared their name, and Su Yue had ended his month - long suspension. Now they just had to wait to return to the Su Group.
"Haha, wife, let's go out for dinner today," Su Yue said cheerfully, suggesting to his wife and son.
"Sure."
"Ziqi?" Seeing that Su Ziqi didn't respond, Su Yue couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder. "What are you daydreaming about, kid!"
"What?" Su Ziqi came back to his senses and looked up at Su Yue blankly. "What's up?"
Su Yue frowned slightly. "What's wrong with you lately? You seem absent - minded." It seemed that ever since that day when they went out to play, Su Ziqi had been like this. Sometimes he was just acting strange.
"Nothing," Su Ziqi shook his head. "What did you just say?"
"..." He said he wasn't daydreaming, but he didn't even hear what he just said. "I said we're going out for dinner today."
"Okay." Su Ziqi nodded. "Whatever."
Su Ziqi just sat there silently, looking down at his phone, but he was just randomly swiping. He didn't even know what he was looking at.
Qian Yingnan looked at Su Ziqi's expression and leaned closer to Su Yue. "What's wrong with Ziqi? His job is coming back, but why does he still look like this?"
Su Yue snorted. "Maybe he's not happy because his job is back!"
"Why?"
"Ziqi has a wild heart. He's been playing outside during these months without a job, and now his heart can't be tamed again." Su Yue knew his son too well. He didn't like going to work before. He was always lazy at work and had no interest in it at all. Maybe he was even happy when he was suspended!
But this time, Su Yue misjudged his son's thoughts.
Su Ziqi didn't want to go to work, but that wasn't the main reason. The words Su Rou said to him last time still lingered in his mind. She said don't let her hate him.
He wasn't drunk at that time, just a bit tipsy. When he sobered up, those words kept haunting his mind.
His first crush had died before it even started. Should he give up? This was such a difficult choice.