"I only asked you back to divorce you. You don't know yet, but he could bring down the Qin Group in one fell swoop because of the Shu family's help and support. Do you know who the Shu family is? They are willing to help him because he will be marrying the Shu family's youngest daughter."
Gu Susu simply hummed. If Qin Tianyi intended to divorce her, that was exactly what she wanted.
Wouldn't that be perfect? Yet, for some reason, her heart ached.
Seeing her lack of reaction, Qin Yaxuan sneered, "You two really are a match, both cold-faced and cold-hearted. But tell Qin Tianyi, we weren't the ones who killed Xiao Yongmei. He wants revenge, so why is he not letting us off?"
As she spoke, she pressed the elevator's close door button. Gu Susu was shocked by her words and quickly tried to ask, "You mean Xiao Yongmei didn't die in an accident? Who, who killed her..."
But the elevator doors had already closed. Gu Susu quickly put the broom and mop back into the utility closet and intended to go to the third floor to find Qin Yaxuan.
She stood by the elevator, pressing the down button for a long time, but the elevator remained on the first floor.
Just then, Tang Na walked over with her bag, also waiting for the elevator. Seeing that Gu Susu had no cleaning tools in her hands, she asked, "Have you finished cleaning the pantry and restrooms? Why are you here slacking off?"
Gu Susu ignored her and pressed the down button by the elevator again. The elevator finally responded and started moving upwards from the first floor.
Tang Na continued to speak sarcastically, "Where are you rushing off to? Is someone waiting for you for a date?"
Gu Susu glared at her angrily, feeling that she was truly going too far.
Tang Na was startled by Gu Susu's furious gaze and, feeling a bit guilty, shut her mouth.
At that moment, the elevator arrived and the doors opened. Gu Susu rushed in first and pressed the button for the third floor.
Seeing how anxious she was, Tang Na deliberately walked slowly into the elevator and pressed the button for the first floor. She asked, "What are you going to the third floor for? Do you know someone in the sales department?"
Gu Susu's patience ran out. "I don't need to report to you, who do you think you are?"
"You! I knew your seemingly gentle demeanor was all an act, just to make everyone think I'm bullying you!"
"You said that yourself, I didn't. And you know you're deliberately bullying me!"
"How dare you, Gu Susu..."
"I've arrived." Gu Susu shot her a glare and stepped out of the elevator onto the third floor.
Looking around, the sales department's common office area was empty. Only two private offices still had their lights on.
She immediately pushed open the door of the first office from left to right. She saw only one man working inside and did not see Qin Yaxuan.
The man looked up and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"Sorry, wrong office." Gu Susu quickly closed the door for him and went to the other brightly lit office on the right.
When she pushed the door open, she saw only a middle-aged man in this office.
The middle-aged man looked up and said, "You, you are..."
"I'm sorry, I'm from the design department. I've got the wrong person." As she spoke, she was about to close the door for him.
The middle-aged man hurriedly stood up and called out to her, "You're Ms. Gu, aren't you?"
Gu Susu's hand was on the doorknob as she looked at the middle-aged man. He looked familiar, but she couldn't recall where she had seen him.
"How do you know me?"
The middle-aged man quickly said, "Ms. Gu, don't you remember? I'm Xiao Li, who always followed Mr. Fan. You must remember Fan Zhihua, right?"
"Uncle Fan?"
"Yes."
Gu Susu remembered that when Fan Zhihua was at the company, he always had two or three people around him. They were likely his assistants and people he wanted to promote.
"Xiao Li... Manager Li, is Uncle Fan no longer with the company?"
Manager Li replied, "Mr. Fan has retired and is living abroad with his wife to enjoy his retirement with their children."
"That's good."
"Yes. Ms. Gu, is there something you need in our sales department?"
Gu Susu said, "I'm not Ms. Gu of the company anymore. I'm just a designer in the design department. I came here to find someone. I ran into Qin Yaxuan at the elevator earlier, and she said she was coming to the sales department. Why don't I see her?"
"Are you looking for Miss Qin? She took this month's settlement check and left without saying much to me." Manager Li shook his head. "This Miss Qin is just like that, so proud even in her current state."
Gu Susu asked in confusion, "What is she doing now?"
"She's doing wholesale clothing in a small city below Lancheng. Mr. Qin, thinking of her as family, gave her authorization for low-end clothing in that small town. But you know, the sales in those third or fourth-tier cities won't be great. She doesn't earn much each month, but she insists on monthly settlements. The finance department also made an exception for her out of consideration for Mr. Qin. However, she always comes to collect her check very late, and the finance department couldn't wait, so they handed it over to me."
"I see," Gu Susu said, wanting to go downstairs to chase her. "She shouldn't have gone far yet."
"Ms. Gu, don't bother. She must have driven off already. Every time she comes to collect her check, she drives from that small city and drives back immediately. She probably doesn't have much money to stay here."
Gu Susu couldn't quite believe it. "What about their house in Lancheng?"
"They must have sold it long ago. Her parents lost a huge amount of money gambling online, and the Qin Group had always been there to bail them out. After the Qin Group collapsed, they had to sell everything they could to pay off their debts."
"Okay, I understand," Gu Susu said. She then asked, "Which small city are they staying in now?"
"Dechuan City. Are you looking to find her there? Is there something urgent?" Manager Li asked enthusiastically.
Gu Susu smiled and said, "It's nothing, I was just asking casually. You're busy, and I should be getting off work too."
With that, she left Manager Li's office and returned to the fifth-floor design department. She tidied up her belongings and prepared to leave.
As she was about to leave, she noticed a draft paper had fallen on the floor. She clearly remembered putting it into her folder before going to clean the restrooms.
She put the fallen draft paper back in place, not thinking much of it, assuming she had just missed clipping it. Then, she picked up her bag and left the company.
On the way back, the nonsensical words Qin Yaxuan had spoken kept swirling in her mind.
No wonder Qin Tianyi was so ruthless towards the Qin family, showing no mercy.
She used to think that her mother's car accident was indirectly caused by the Qin family, but she never imagined it was a deliberate murder.
It was terrifying to think about. Qin Tianyi should have been in the same car as Xiao Yongmei at the time. The killer was actually targeting both mother and son, but Qin Tianyi was lucky to survive.
Gu Susu returned to the villa. She didn't see Qin Tianyi or Xiao Xingxing. Only Chen Ma was busy on the first floor.