Susu gently pushed open her room door, entered, and then quietly closed it. She saw Ya Nan sitting on the bed, still answering questions on her phone.
"What are you answering? You're so focused," Susu asked, sitting beside her.
Without stopping, Ya Nan replied, "Practice questions for the accounting exam. I refuse to believe I can't get them all right at least once."
Susu watched the timer ticking on her screen and didn't speak to disturb her, waiting patiently for her to finish.
"Yes! All correct!" Ya Nan exclaimed excitedly after finishing the questions.
Susu quickly said, "Keep your voice down, don't wake them up."
"Oh, oh, it's the first time I've gotten them all right. I'm just too excited," Ya Nan whispered with a smile.
Seeing that Ya Nan had found something she was interested in and enjoyed, Susu was happy for her. "Our future CFO," she said.
Hearing those four words, Ya Nan could hardly imagine herself becoming a CFO of a large corporation.
Dreaming about it was certainly allowed. She chuckled, "Then you'll be the future Chairperson."
She immediately held her phone up as if it were a document and joked, "Chairperson, here is our group's latest quarterly financial report for your review."
Susu took her phone, made a gesture as if signing off, and after a brief smile, felt a deep sense of loss.
She also wanted to create her own brand, establish a studio, a company, and eventually own her own group.
But after working hard at Dechuan and finally seeing some progress, she had to leave this place to undertake some risky endeavors.
"Ya Nan, I'm entrusting the shop to you from now on. When I'm away, I'll send you design drafts online. You can have the factory produce them according to my designs. While selling them in the shop, you should also develop some wholesale distributors to be our agents. If the shop grows bigger and you get too busy, don't be too stingy with costs. Hire some employees, don't overwork yourself, and take good care of your health..."
"Wait, are you saying goodbye, or are you going somewhere very far away and never coming back?" Ya Nan interrupted, sensing Susu's mood was off.
Ya Nan looked at her, confused, and said, "You've remarried Qin Tianyi, and you can be with your child. Your family of three is so enviable. What are you going to do?"
"What do you mean 'saying goodbye'? Can't you say something nicer?" Susu forced a smile. "I wanted to tell you about the future development direction of our shop."
"You can just worry about that. Why are you telling me all this? Besides, Lancheng isn't far from Dechuan. You can just travel between the two places. Why are you talking as if you'll never see me again?"
"You're overthinking it," Susu said, avoiding her gaze. She took out a USB drive and handed it to Ya Nan. "Here, open it when you have time."
"What is it?" Ya Nan asked inexplicably.
Susu replied, "I don't know. Someone asked me to give it to you."
Ya Nan immediately thought of Su Kangxi and pushed the USB drive back into Susu's hand. "Give this back to him and tell him not to waste his efforts. I will never forgive him!"
Susu quickly said, "It's not Su Kangxi. Tianyi asked me to give it to you. I didn't even see Su Kangxi when I returned to Lancheng this time."
"Then why would Qin Tianyi give this to me? I don't have any dealings with your husband," Ya Nan asked curiously.
When dealing with Jin Meiyao and Qin Tianlang before, Susu had vaguely known that Qin Tianyi had some connection with Boss Wei.
Xiao Anjing had mentioned that they had gotten involved with Boss Wei when they were abroad.
At that time, Qin Tianyi and Xiao Anjing had offended one of Boss Wei's subordinates, but Boss Wei hadn't held it against them and had let them go.
Qin Tianyi had helped Boss Wei out of youthful loyalty, so they became friends despite the age difference. After returning to the country, they occasionally kept in touch with Boss Wei.
Susu said directly, "Actually, Tianyi has an old acquaintance with your father. He said this USB drive was left for you by your father."
"My father left it for me?" Ya Nan took the USB drive and held it tightly.
Susu nodded, assuming she must be eager to see its contents. "Then I'm going to sleep. You should rest early too."
"Okay, goodnight."
After Susu left her room, Ya Nan immediately turned on her laptop, plugged in the USB drive, and excitedly and curiously opened the files within.
There were all her father's bank account passwords, property deeds, and a will.
She couldn't believe that her father had a premonition before his accident and had left a will in advance. Her eyes welled up with tears as she carefully read the will.
It turned out her father had known Su Kangxi was a mole before his accident. He hadn't exposed or killed Su Kangxi entirely for her sake. Her father knew she liked Su Kangxi very much and wanted to fulfill their wishes.
In the letter, her father also expressed his regret towards her and her mother. He had wanted to retire from his illicit activities long ago, but at that point, he couldn't stop.
Her father also knew he wouldn't have a good end, so he asked her not to blame Su Kangxi.
After his death, if Su Kangxi genuinely cared for her, then she had chosen the right person, and her father would bless them from heaven.
Ya Nan's tears flowed uncontrollably, blurring her vision. She covered her mouth to stifle her sobs.
How could this be? So this was how it was!
Should she listen to her father and forgive Su Kangxi? But even if she forgave him, he was a police officer, and she was merely the daughter of a deceased underworld boss.
Would being with him affect his future? Would he truly be willing to marry her?
She realized that the intense resentment she had always felt towards him was not just hatred, but also her own lack of confidence in front of him.
When she wiped away her tears and continued reading, she found that the last page contained a letter from Qin Tianyi to Susu.
On the blank A4 page, a single line was written: "To my beloved wife, Susu."
Ya Nan didn't flip further. She wanted to find Susu and let her see it herself.
But it was late, and Susu must have been asleep. She copied the letter separately and sent it to Susu's phone, thinking Susu would see it as soon as she woke up in the morning.
Qin Tianyi had also put his love letter to Susu on this USB drive. It must have been meant as a surprise for Susu.
...
The next morning, Susu and Xiao Xingxing played on the bed for a while after waking up. After washing up, they were preparing to take Xiao Xingxing and Ya Nan to the shop that was being renovated when Susu checked her phone.
She noticed that Ya Nan had sent her a file in the middle of the night. Puzzled, she opened it.
To my beloved wife, Susu:
Susu, by the time you read this letter, I will have already left for abroad with Su Kangxi. Don't be too surprised. You've deceived me several times, so it's my turn to deceive you once.
During my time with you these past few days, I often recall the first time we met at our wedding.
You were stunningly beautiful then. In fact, I was inexplicably drawn to you the moment I saw you.
At the wedding, I thought, Grandma's taste is indeed excellent. She didn't choose some repulsive, common woman for me.
I've also been asking myself when exactly I fell in love with you. I suppose it was at that wedding.
What I didn't expect later was that we had already shared a night of pleasure. Fate is truly wondrous.