Gu Susu finally understood, completely. Everything Qin Tianyi had done to her seemed to make sense now.
He had coerced her back into his life, it was all planned out. Divorcing her yet refusing to let her go, all for this woman he was about to marry.
"Absurd! I won't believe your nonsense. Please leave, you are not the mistress of this house yet."
Shu Yan's heart seethed with hatred, but she smiled as she spoke, "I can help him build the business empire he desires by being with him. What can you give him, what can you do for him? Besides this, you are worthless. Think about it yourself."
As she spoke, she turned to leave, then suddenly looked back at Gu Susu, Chen Ma, and Xiao Mei, "I will tell Tianyi how rude you were to me today. He will not let you off."
"Oh, then I'll be waiting." Gu Susu, no matter how distressed she felt, did not show it at all.
Shu Yan turned, her high heels clicking as she strode out of the villa.
Gu Susu watched Shu Yan's retreating figure, her face pale, feeling unwell all over, especially her stomach.
Chen Ma, having overheard snippets of Shu Yan's conversation with Gu Susu, roughly understood what Shu Yan had said. She quickly supported Gu Susu, saying, "Young Madam, don't listen to this woman. She... she is too obsessed with the Young Master, completely unscrupulous. She's one way in front of the Young Master and another behind his back. She's not like this when the Young Master is around."
"Qin Tianyi often brought her here, didn't he?" Gu Susu asked.
Chen Ma explained, "Not often. Before they found you, she came with the Young Master a few times. But I thought they were just discussing business, and the Young Master didn't have any other intentions towards her."
"Business? What kind of business requires them to discuss it here? Can't they discuss it at the company's offices..." Gu Susu's words trailed off as she felt a wave of nausea, feeling like she was going to vomit.
She gently pushed Chen Ma away and rushed to the downstairs bathroom, but upon reaching it, she couldn't vomit, only retched up some sour fluid.
She splashed cold water on her face and looked at her reflection in the washbasin mirror. Shu Yan's words were still echoing in her mind.
She suddenly placed her hand on her abdomen. Could she be pregnant?
She remembered that when she discovered she was pregnant in prison, she had felt the same way at first, constantly feeling nauseous and having an acidic taste in her mouth.
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
She had been taking birth control pills and had hidden them in a place Qin Tianyi would never find.
It must be because she was too tired and hadn't eaten much since yesterday. That's why her stomach felt uncomfortable.
She quickly wiped her face and came out, sitting at the dining table and eating heartily.
Once she was full, her stomach wouldn't feel so bad.
Chen Ma stayed by her side, saying, "Young Madam, eat slowly, don't choke."
But she ignored her and started drinking soup again.
Chen Ma held her hand as she reached for the soup bowl, "Young Madam, are you alright? Is something wrong?"
Gu Susu was eating and couldn't respond, she just shook her head.
At that moment, her phone, which was on the dining table, rang. It was Qin Tianyi calling.
She quickly took a large sip of soup, swallowed the food in her mouth, picked up the phone, and heard the other person say, "You just called my phone, what's wrong?"
Gu Susu seemed to have choked, unable to speak for a moment.
"What, last night wasn't enough? You miss me?" The words came out stiffly from Qin Tianyi's mouth.
Gu Susu recovered and asked, "Where did you send Xiao Xingxing? Bring him back immediately! He's still young, please don't make things difficult for him!"
So it was about this. Qin Tianyi said with amusement, "Is it making things difficult for him to train his willpower from a young age? Your parenting methods have serious issues."
Gu Susu gripped the phone tightly and walked to the garden behind the dining room, not wanting others to hear.
"I'll do whatever you want, but please don't treat Xiao Xingxing like this. He has nothing to do with our affairs, and he has always liked you so much, truly considering you his father. Please, just let him go, okay?"
"Shit!" Qin Tianyi didn't want to talk to her anymore. After hanging up, he forwarded all the photos and videos that the instructor from the Little Wolf Training Camp had sent him to Gu Susu.
Since he had sent Xiao Xingxing to the training camp, he would naturally pay attention to Xiao Xingxing's performance and condition there. If anything happened, he would bring Xiao Xingxing back without Gu Susu having to say anything.
He already had custody of Xiao Xingxing. With his capabilities, he didn't need to make things difficult for a child to threaten Gu Susu.
As long as he didn't let Xiao Xingxing leave, Gu Susu couldn't take the child away.
Sending Xiao Xingxing to the training camp was a genuine attempt to train the child. He had participated in scout training when he was abroad, which was beneficial for boys.
That woman was an idiot, she didn't understand anything!
Gu Susu heard the dial tone on her phone. She wanted to call back and insist he bring Xiao Xingxing back.
But suddenly, more than ten text messages came in. She opened them and saw they were all photos and videos of Xiao Xingxing in training.
There were pictures of Xiao Xingxing standing at attention under the scorching sun, eating with other children, and washing clothes by a pool half his height, standing on tiptoe...
Gu Susu's heart ached and felt unbearable as she looked at them, but from every video and every photo, it was evident that Xiao Xingxing was quite happy, not uncomfortable, and not crying.
The last picture Qin Tianyi sent her was a message from the training camp instructor.
"Mr. Qin, Gu Yuxing has performed well in training. He can basically complete the military training content, take care of his own affairs, and integrate with the other children, playing a leading role. The child is very outstanding."
Seeing this, Gu Susu's tightly clenched heart eased a little. Had she misunderstood Qin Tianyi?
Was Qin Tianyi sending Xiao Xingxing away not to separate mother and son, but to deliberately make her suffer and yield?
But what about Shu Yan's words when she visited today?
Seeing Chen Ma's nervous expression when facing Shu Yan, she always felt that there had been something between Qin Tianyi and Shu Yan.
If it hadn't been for that chance encounter and him not finding her again, Shu Yan would have been a frequent visitor here.
To confirm her suspicions, Gu Susu walked into his study. If, as Chen Ma said, Shu Yan came to discuss business every time, then Shu Yan and Qin Tianyi would often be in the study.
Entering his study, Gu Susu gently closed the door. She saw that his desk was clean and tidy, and found nothing related to Shu Yan.
She then tried to open the computer on his desk, but it was password-protected and she couldn't get in.
Gu Susu sat in his usual comfortable chair and decided to open all the drawers in front of her.
She carefully sifted through the contents of the drawers and found a printed paper bag containing a stack of photos.
She looked at them one by one and was stunned. They were all photos of Qin Tianyi and Shu Yan together. The timestamps on the photos indicated they were from the two years she had escaped.
And the backgrounds of the photos were almost a microcosm of the world. Looking at these photos, Gu Susu knew they had traveled to many places together: Paris, London, Tokyo, New York...
No wonder Shu Yan was so arrogant, acting like the mistress of the house?
Then her words wouldn't be wrong either. Qin Tianyi, instead of accompanying such a good girlfriend, tried every means to confine her body, just wanting her to have a child to compensate for his inability to have children.
Gu Susu felt a chill run through her body. She finally knew Qin Tianyi's true intentions.