"Mom, can you stay with me and Dad and not go work out of town? I don't want you to leave," Little Star said, looking at her with reluctance.
Gu Susu asked with a heavy heart, "Are you and Dad not getting along? Little Star, does your dad treat you badly?"
"Dad treats me very well, but I want our family to be together," Little Star said with expectation.
"Then do you want to go out of town with Mom?"
Little Star looked up at Gu Susu, asking as if she understood, "Did Mom and Dad argue? Jiang Shihan from our class said that when parents aren't together, it's because they've argued or divorced, and they'll never be together again."
Gu Susu felt helpless, realizing she couldn't coax the child. Children today understood everything. She tried to tell him, "Even if Mom and Dad aren't together, we will still love you very, very much..."
At that moment, Allen brought two desserts and said to them, "Have some dessert to moisten your throats."
"Thank you, Uncle," Little Star said, lowering his head to eat.
Gu Susu couldn't take Little Star away directly. As long as Qin Tianyi didn't agree to return the child to her, no matter where she took Little Star, he would find them.
After eating dessert, as she was leaving with Little Star, Allen specifically hugged Little Star and said to her, "Miss Gu, your child is so cute and so likable."
"Thank you, Allen. He really likes the desserts you make."
Allen then asked, "How is Fleck's wound these days?"
"It's recovering well, almost healed." Gu Susu took the opportunity while he was seeing them out to ask, "Do you know how he got those old scars on his back?"
Allen glanced at Little Star in his arms and said, "It's a long story. Next time you come alone, I'll tell you slowly."
Gu Susu nodded, took Little Star from his arms, and said, "Okay, we'll be going now."
After leaving the dessert shop, she took Little Star to the large arcade in the mall. Little Star played every game he could and was very happy.
She stayed with Little Star until ten o'clock at night. After confirming with Aunt Chen that Qin Tianyi had not yet returned to the seaside villa, she drove Little Star back.
The child was tired from playing and fell asleep in the car. When they arrived at the villa, she had to carry the child inside and hand him over to Aunt Chen before reluctantly leaving.
As she drove away alone, a car passed her on the road.
She didn't slow down, but she recognized the car as one Qin Tianyi often drove. Fortunately, she didn't run into him at the seaside villa, or her heart would have been broken again.
Qin Tianyi was looking at documents in the car and didn't notice the car passing by. However, Xiao Anjing, who was driving, did.
"Tianyi, the car that just passed was driven by Miss Gu. Why would she be on this road? Could she have gone to the seaside villa?" Xiao Anjing slowed down and said.
Qin Tianyi immediately turned to look back, but through the rear window, he could see nothing but darkness.
Xiao Anjing asked again, "You're not there, so what would Miss Gu go to the seaside villa for?"
"What else could it be? To see the child," Qin Tianyi said indifferently, as if Gu Susu had no relationship with him anymore.
"She wouldn't have taken the child, would she?"
Qin Tianyi continued to bury his head in his documents and said with certainty, "She wouldn't dare."
"Miss Gu is driving a top luxury car now, and our group is in a precarious situation. Why don't you find her and see if she can get Yang Sijie to back off..."
"Shut up!" Qin Tianyi looked up and warned him angrily, "Xiao Anjing, if you dare to ask Gu Susu for help, get out of the group immediately. From now on, I'll pretend I never knew you!"
"I understand," Xiao Anjing said, accelerating and continuing to drive, no longer speaking.
He didn't understand what Qin Tianyi was thinking.
Qin Tianyi had completely offended the Shu family because of Gu Susu, and now even the Huo family was helping the Shu family. It was equivalent to the two most powerful families in Lancheng targeting Aoxiang Group, coupled with Yang Sijie's relentless pursuit, Aoxiang Group was on the verge of collapse.
But Gu Susu hadn't reconciled with Qin Tianyi and was still with Yang Sijie, helping Yang Sijie deal with them. What was this all about!
He felt it was not worth it for Qin Tianyi from the bottom of his heart!
Gu Susu returned to Yang Sijie's villa and found that Yang Sijie was still awake, sitting in the living room, specifically waiting for her.
"You're back," Yang Sijie said, looking at her.
Gu Susu put down her bag and replied, "Your injuries have just started to heal. You should rest early. You don't need to wait for me."
"I'm not that delicate. The injury on my back doesn't affect me anymore."
"That's good," Gu Susu said, standing in front of him. "Your injuries are no longer a major concern. I think I'll move back to my own place tomorrow."
"Are you uncomfortable living here?"
"No, it's very good here."
Yang Sijie patted the empty space on the sofa where he was sitting and said, "Sit with me."
Gu Susu stood still and said, "Brother Sijie, I'm a little tired. I have to go to work tomorrow morning, so I want to go back to the guest room to rest."
"Ever since Qin Tianyi took you away from the wedding last time, you've changed. You've become afraid of me," Yang Sijie asked her. "What did Qin Tianyi say to you that time?"
"Brother Sijie, it has nothing to do with others. We still need time to understand each other. We've been separated for a long time, and I don't understand you very well. In fact, you don't understand me that well either..."
Yang Sijie interrupted her, "Is it because of Sasha? I've completely cut ties with her. As long as you're by my side, I won't have any other women."
She didn't pay attention, truly not paying attention to Yang Sijie's relationship with that female celebrity.
Having lived this long, she naturally knew that with Yang Sijie's achievements and status today, it was impossible to avoid social engagements in the entertainment industry.
Whether he was keeping a female celebrity or had other women, she felt no pain or heartache. It was precisely because of this that she had to re-examine her feelings for Yang Sijie.
After they were separated in the orphanage back then, she had also missed him terribly for a long time, hoping he would come back to the orphanage to pick her up sooner.
But things didn't go as planned. Later, she went through many things and kept those warm memories of them hidden deep in her heart. In the quiet of the night, when everything was silent, she would often bring them out from the depths of her heart to reminisce.
Qin Tianyi had said that day that he had hidden many things and was also a man of means.
But she wasn't surprised by this either. She could understand that he hadn't told her those unbearable things, and she wouldn't proactively ask about them.
He must have his reasons for not wanting to say, just as she herself wouldn't want to tell him about the injustices, grievances, and pain she had experienced...
Therefore, she had never blamed Yang Sijie, nor did she want to question him about anything.