Her designer clothes and handbag were all grabbed casually from the room. These weren't her own belongings; when she moved into the seaside villa, the wardrobe was already filled with such attire.
Today, she received a call from Su Kangxi and rushed out, picking out an outfit and this bag from the wardrobe. In reality, Ai Yiwei didn't need to envy her for any of this.
"Where is Qin Tianlang? Did you capture and imprison him?" Ai Yiwei asked directly.
Gu Susu replied with a faint smile, "We are also looking for him, including the police."
"The police? Why would the police be looking for him?"
"Don't you know what your own husband has been doing outside?" Gu Susu retorted.
"I..." Ai Yiwei was momentarily speechless.
They were not of the same ilk. Ai Yiwei had harmed her several times, and it was good enough that she hadn't held it against her. Seeing her again, there was nothing to reminisce about, and she didn't want to speak to her.
"I should go, goodbye."
Ai Yiwei, however, said resentfully, "You'd better tell Qin Tianyi to stop harming people. Qin Tianlang is his own brother, and the Ai family didn't provoke him, so why is he not letting the Ai family go?"
"What do these things you're saying have to do with me? Qin Tianlang brought this upon himself. The Ai family has nothing to do with me either; I don't have the surname Ai."
"You can't just say you don't have the surname and have it be so. Blood ties cannot be escaped."
"You still have the nerve to talk about blood ties? If they cared about blood ties, they wouldn't have stood by and watched me be wronged and sent to prison back then, believing you, a daughter without blood ties, over me. When did they ever treat me like a human?" Gu Susu said, finding it laughable. "You are their biological daughter. Now that the Ai family is in trouble, you should be the one finding a way to help them. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste to have raised you and treated you so well?"
Ai Yiwei's face immediately flushed red, and she said awkwardly, "I can't even protect myself right now, how can I help them?"
"You're a graduate of a prestigious university and the young mistress of the Qin family. Can you not even protect yourself?"
Ai Yiwei's face showed anger, then calmness, and soon her eyes revealed despair, her eyes welling up with tears. "Gu Susu, please, I'm begging you. As long as you say a word to Qin Tianyi, he will let the Ai family go, and he will let me and Tianlang go. Remind him not to forget his promise to his father, that he wouldn't push Tianlang to a dead end and would provide them with living expenses regularly."
Gu Susu couldn't help but laugh. "You think too highly of me. Do you think I can solve everything just by whispering in Qin Tianyi's ear? I don't have that much power, so even if you beg me, it's useless."
"I know you're still angry about what happened before. We were both young then, and I was joking with you. Nothing happened to you, and you're still alive and living a more luxurious life than anyone else."
She was still as unreasonable as ever, never thinking she had done anything wrong.
Gu Susu didn't want to talk to her anymore. She had tricked her into losing her purity, caused her to be imprisoned for a murder case, and two years ago, she had offered to help her escape, only to plan to sell her and Xiao Xingxing to the mountains... Each incident was dismissed as a joke, but such jokes were truly terrifying.
She just wanted to leave quickly. Ai Yiwei tried to stop her again, but she was pushed aside by the bodyguards accompanying Gu Susu.
Unable to get any closer to Gu Susu, Ai Yiwei suddenly said, "Don't you want to know who the child's biological father is? If you help me, I'll tell you..."
Gu Susu's back stiffened. Xiao Xingxing's biological father?
She had never dared to think about it. That night, she was completely unconscious and unaware. That man might have been a smelly, unkempt fellow, or a bald, greasy man. Or perhaps... she didn't want to know. Without looking back, she walked directly towards the parking area.
Of course, as she got into the car, she suddenly wondered how Ai Yiwei would know who that man was. Was she at the scene that night? Were these things still related to her?
However, no matter what, her intention to find out who Xiao Xingxing's father was was still malicious.
If Qin Tianyi found out who Xiao Xingxing's biological father was, would Qin Tianyi still treat Xiao Xingxing well? If he didn't let her go, would he also bully Xiao Xingxing?
Although what Ai Yiwei said didn't threaten her, she still felt a little worried.
As the bodyguards started the car, Gu Susu sat inside, her mind racing. Two years was not long, nor was it short. She hadn't expected that the people and events in Lancheng would change so much; everything was different.
"Take me to the Qin family mansion."
The bodyguard driving the car exclaimed, "This... why is Madam going there?"
"I remembered I left some things there," Gu Susu said calmly. Actually, she was curious about what the Qin family mansion had become. If she could meet someone she knew, perhaps she could inquire about what had happened in the past two years.
Old Madam Qin was gone, Qin Yangye and Jin Meiyao were both in prison, and Qin Tianyi didn't live there. There must be other Qin family members living there, right?
One bodyguard said with difficulty, "Madam, you should inform Mr. Qin first and see if he allows it."
Gu Susu said coldly, "Is Qin Tianyi instructing you to restrain me? Don't I have any freedom to go wherever I please?"
"No, no," the bodyguard in the front passenger seat quickly explained. "Mr. Qin only told us to protect your safety..."
"Then that settles it. Take me there immediately," Gu Susu interrupted him firmly.
The driving bodyguard had no choice but to follow her instructions. The bodyguard in the front passenger seat secretly sent a message to Qin Tianyi.
Qin Tianyi hadn't instructed them not to let Gu Susu go anywhere, but wherever they protected her, they should report to the boss.
When the car reached the first gate of the Qin family mansion, it could go no further.
No matter how much the driving bodyguard honked, there was no response, and no one controlled the automatic button to open the gate.
A bodyguard guessed, "Perhaps no one lives in this mansion anymore? Is it empty?"
"Stop," Gu Susu refused to believe that the Qin family mansion, which used to be bustling with people and had too many servants for her to count, was now deserted.
The car stopped by the gate. Gu Susu got out and walked to the first gate. Peering through the gaps in the iron railings, she saw that the road leading to the mansion was covered with withered yellow leaves, indeed indicating that no one had cleaned it for a long time.
She tried to press the password lock on the gate, but the display screen was out of power and couldn't be operated.
The gate was securely locked, with only a clearly visible keyhole. This required a key to open. It seemed this large house was truly uninhabited.
Although Old Madam Qin had passed away, what about Rong Ma? Did she not live here anymore? Where did she go?
Gu Susu felt an indescribable emotion. She got back into the car, knowing that the Qin family mansion had been abandoned by Qin Tianyi, and this large house was indeed empty.
"Let's go back," Gu Susu leaned back in her seat, lost in thought. She felt that this large house must hold too many memories that Qin Tianyi disliked, and by completely sealing it off, could he forget everything?