She still wasn't clear about what her birth mother had gone through. If Ai Yifeng was Ai Shunan's biological child, and she was several years younger than Ai Yifeng, then if she wasn't Ai Shunan's biological child, it meant Yuan Shuna had given birth to her during her marriage to someone else.
So many things crowded her mind that she couldn't help but reach out and tug at her hair. Yuan Shuna was no longer around, so the only one who should know the truth of the matter was Ai Shunan.
Yang Sijie grabbed the hand that was pulling her hair and stopped her, saying, "Susu, can you stop doing this? You can't always be too kind. Think about how the Ai family treated you back then. Otherwise, why would you have gone to jail for three years, had a child so early, and why would Qin Tianyi be between us? They don't deserve your sympathy. If you want revenge, you should do it thoroughly, don't give them any chance to recover."
Gu Susu said with a laugh, "Even if it's revenge, it's my revenge. Did you ask me?"
"I don't need to ask you. I've had similar experiences to what you've been through. I understand everything, really, I understand everything." Yang Sijie said, his fingers stroking her long hair.
Gu Susu impatiently pushed his fingers away, knowing it was useless to say anything to him. He was used to measuring others by his own standards.
Yang Sijie bent down, leaned in, and lightly bit her cheek, saying like he was coaxing a child, "Let's not argue about these things anymore. Let's think about the new life we'll have after we go abroad soon."
"Give the Ai Group back to Ai Yifeng. You won't be in Lancheng anymore, so what use do you have for the Ai Group?" Gu Susu tried to say.
"No." Yang Sijie was firm on this point. "It will be my main platform for online sales in the country. It's quite useful to me. I'll give you some shares, which is better than you soft-heartedly returning it to them."
Although Gu Susu had no family ties with the Ai family, she didn't want Qin Tianyi's company to suffer losses because of this.
At first, she could have directly returned the Ai Group to Ai Yifeng, but she had made conditions with Ai Shunan to help Qin Tianyi. Now, it had inadvertently caused the Aoxiang Group to suffer losses.
"Then what about the cooperation project between Aoxiang Group and Ai Group? You've achieved your goal, can you stop targeting Aoxiang now?"
Yang Sijie chuckled, "I'm not targeting Aoxiang; they just had bad luck to run into this. All in all, you're still angry with me because of Qin Tianyi."
Gu Susu forced a smile at him, "I've already agreed to stay by your side. I beg you to let him go. After we leave here, he and I will have no relationship whatsoever, and he won't threaten you in any way..."
"I won't let him suffer heavy losses. Are you satisfied?" Yang Sijie felt a gnawing pain in his heart.
He never believed that Gu Susu truly fell in love with Qin Tianyi. He thought that man had simply possessed her before him, and because they had a child together, she couldn't let go. He didn't think it was true love.
But all this time, he had kept her by his side, intending for her to see that she didn't like Qin Tianyi that much and that they were the ones who should be in love.
The more it was like this, the clearer he saw that Gu Susu actually loved Qin Tianyi so much.
He could never understand why Gu Susu would fall in love with someone else besides him, yet his heart had always been only for her.
Just as Gu Susu was about to say thank you, his heart was pierced again, and he turned to leave.
After he left, Gu Susu collapsed onto the bed, her shoulders shaking, holding back tears.
She couldn't get the Ai Group back from Yang Sijie, but at least she could prevent Qin Tianyi from suffering losses because of her, which was something.
And the person she most wanted to see now was Ai Shunan. She wanted to clarify what Yuan Shuna had said before her death. If it was true, then she really wanted to know who her birth father was.
Ai Shunan hadn't shown up when Yuan Shuna was critically ill yesterday. Before she left Lancheng to go abroad, she hoped to see Ai Shunan.
She could only call his mobile phone, but when she dialed, no one answered.
Putting down the phone, she thought again that it was normal for Ai Shunan not to answer her calls.
To Ai Shunan, nothing was more important than the Ai Group. Now that he had lost the Ai Group like this, he definitely couldn't bear it and must hate her. Why would he see her again?
But besides Ai Shunan, who else could tell her who her birth father was?
Just as her head was still hurting and she lay on the bed, no longer holding any hope of clarifying her background, her phone gave a short beep.
"You still dare to call my phone," Ai Shunan sent a text message.
Gu Susu immediately replied, "I didn't lie to you. I couldn't control the Ai Group matter."
But after she replied, she kept staring at her phone, and Ai Shunan didn't reply again.
Her fingers trembling slightly, she typed a few words, "I want to see you," and sent it.
Ai Shunan sent another message, a location of a resort, asking her to find him tomorrow.
Gu Susu found it strange. Why wasn't he staying at the Ai family home, but had gone to a resort in the suburbs of Lancheng?
Even if he didn't have the Ai Group now, he should still have other private properties.
She still replied with an "Okay." Without clarifying her background, she wouldn't be able to feel at ease even if she went abroad.
...
The next day, she told Yang Sijie she was going to the supermarket to buy some things, and then drove off, following the navigation to the location Ai Shunan had sent.
The resort was on top of a small hill in the suburbs. It should have been the peak season for summer vacations and escaping the heat, but the front desk of this resort was deserted, with no guests in sight.
Gu Susu walked to the front desk and gave the staff Ai Shunan's name.
The staff member looked at her and asked, "May I ask your surname?"
"My surname is Gu. I made an appointment with him yesterday, and he asked me to come here to find him."
The staff member immediately stated the room number, "Yes, Mr. Ai mentioned to our front desk that if a lady surnamed Gu came to find him, you should be directed straight to the room."
Gu Susu followed the direction indicated by the staff member and arrived in front of a house built on the edge of a cliff. She went up to the fourth floor, which was the top floor of the house.
She hesitated for a moment, then knocked on the door. She heard Ai Shunan's voice from inside, "Come in."
She pushed the door and found it wasn't locked. She walked straight in.
The moment she saw Ai Shunan, she was stunned. Ai Shunan looked at least ten years older, his hair completely white, making her almost not recognize him.
Ai Shunan stood on the balcony, wearing a gray-blue short-sleeved t-shirt and gray casual pants. However, his clothes and pants were somewhat wrinkled, as if he hadn't changed them for days.
Gu Susu had lived at the Ai family's for a year and knew that Ai Shunan was extremely particular about his clothing. Every time he went out, he would have the servants iron his clothes, from the inside out, and would not allow the slightest wrinkle.
"Sit down. If you want tea, pour it yourself." Ai Shunan only glanced at her before turning back to face the outside of the balcony, as if admiring the mountain scenery.