"Manager Shu, Shu Yan truly lost her mind and brought about her own ruin," Xiao Anjing said with a sincere expression. "She did have a child in the countryside. After the child was born, she realized she couldn't use it to frame Tianyi anymore, so she abandoned the child and had me send it to an orphanage. Mrs. Shu knows about this; she visited Shu Yan and the child in the countryside twice."
As he spoke, Xiao Anjing took out his phone and showed a photo of Xiaoxiao to Shu Zhongze.
Upon seeing the photo, Shu Zhongze chuckled, then glared at them. "Are you wasting my time, playing a joke on me? If you're going to find a photo, at least find a decent one. You think you can fool me with a picture of a foreign child! Get out, you're not welcome here!"
Susu stood up and said, "Manager Shu, we are not fooling you. This child is your granddaughter! Shu Yan originally planned to use this child to continue framing Tianyi, but the child inherited her father's genes and is of mixed heritage. Her plan failed, so she abandoned the child! But this child now has leukemia and urgently needs a bone marrow transplant. As her maternal grandparents, you cannot stand by and do nothing!"
"My wife clearly said Shu Yan went to the countryside to recuperate after Qin Tianyi caused her to miscarry..." Shu Zhongze trailed off, suddenly lacking confidence. He had always felt Jia Nanfang was hiding something from him. Could it be this?
"Then Mrs. Shu was not telling you the truth at all," Qin Tianyi said with a cold laugh.
Even he hadn't expected that Shu Zhongze, a man so shrewd in business, would be kept in the dark about such a matter by his own family.
Shu Zhongze, enraged, smashed the teacup in his hand. "Absurd! How could she give birth to such a bastard?"
Xiao Anjing quickly retrieved his phone, afraid it would be smashed too. "Manager Shu, please calm down. Since this child has come into the world, she is, after all, your granddaughter. You cannot leave her to die."
Shu Zhongze said with a laugh, "Granddaughter? I don't have such a granddaughter! You may leave now and don't bother me with such matters again."
Susu stood there, her hands and feet growing cold, unable to comprehend what kind of family the Shu family was.
However, she still wanted to plead with Shu Zhongze for Xiaoxiao with a sense of unwillingness. Qin Tianyi also stood up, grabbed her hand, and shook his head, signaling that further words would be useless.
Xiao Anjing also saw that Shu Zhongze's attitude meant he would not accept Xiaoxiao as his granddaughter. "Manager Shu, we've disturbed you. We'll take our leave."
Qin Tianyi was about to pull Susu away without a word when Shu Zhongze suddenly called out to them. "Mr. Qin, Mr. Xiao, don't forget that Aoxiang and Shu Corporation have ongoing cooperative projects. Since Shu Yan is already dead, I don't want her messy affairs to stir up any unnecessary rumors. I also hope you won't meddle further."
Before Qin Tianyi could speak, Xiao Anjing, unable to tolerate it any longer, turned back and said with a laugh, "Manager Shu, you worry too much. Business is business, and we know our limits. Besides, we are not as despicable and heartless as some people, who would use a terminally ill child for their own gain."
"That's good. I can cooperate with you on the second phase of the amusement park project, and I can also ruin it," Shu Zhongze added with a light, threatening tone.
"Let's go." Susu was so angry that she no longer had any desire to beg him. She took Qin Tianyi's hand and left the Shu family mansion.
To think that such a man existed in the world, devoid of any love or pity for his own daughter and granddaughter, his cold-heartedness was terrifying.
On the way back, she wished she could punch the air and shout!
Why was it that every time she encountered relatives who were supposedly blood-related, they brought her such despair!
Qin Tianyi sat beside her, his grip on her hand tightening, as if to comfort her.
Xiao Anjing, who was driving, was also extremely angry. He said irritably, "I've always heard that Shu Zhongze is very indifferent to family ties, and today I've finally witnessed it. No wonder all the women who were involved with him in the past had to take him to court to confirm the paternity of their children. How can we expect someone who doesn't even acknowledge his own flesh and blood to acknowledge his granddaughter and donate bone marrow for her? We were too naive."
"Have you complained enough? Watch the road," Qin Tianyi said coldly. His angry words were like adding fuel to the fire, making Susu's heart ache even more.
Xiao Anjing retorted indignantly, "Tianyi, you're so calm. Shouldn't I curse this old bastard?"
As he spoke, Qin Tianyi reached out as if to knock him unconscious. Susu tried to calm herself down and said, "Yes, you're right to curse him! How can there be such a disgusting person..."
As she spoke, her suppressed discomfort turned into churning acid in her stomach. She immediately covered her mouth and rolled down the window, wanting to vomit.
Qin Tianyi quickly handed her a vomit bag and shouted at Xiao Anjing, "Stop the car, pull over quickly!"
Xiao Anjing was momentarily confused about what was happening. As he pulled over to the side of the road, he asked, "What's wrong with her?"
"It's morning sickness, which is common in early pregnancy," Qin Tianyi explained, gently patting Susu's back.
Susu clutched the bag. Seeing that the car had stopped, she immediately pushed open the door and ran to the roadside, squatting down and vomiting uncontrollably. She felt a little better only after emptying her stomach.
Xiao Anjing stood by the car. Seeing Qin Tianyi following her, he didn't go over. He just thought that giving birth was truly difficult for women, especially since Gu Susu was carrying twins. He hoped nothing would happen to her. Seeing how nervous Tianyi was, he knew Tianyi would go crazy if something happened to her.
Qin Tianyi saw that Susu had finished vomiting but was still squatting on the ground. He also bent down and found her silently shedding tears. With a heartache, he handed her a whole pack of tissues.
"If you feel uncomfortable, just cry it out."
Hearing him say that, Susu could no longer hold back and let her tears fall.
Qin Tianyi placed a hand on her shoulder and said softly, "We'll think of other ways. Xiaoxiao will be saved. Perhaps it's a good thing that Shu Zhongze doesn't acknowledge her. If you want her to grow up in the Shu family's environment, she might end up becoming another Shu Yan."
Susu hummed, feeling a little less distressed.
Qin Tianyi helped her up and smiled. "Seeing you cry at the slightest thing, I'm really afraid the baby in your belly will be affected by you and become a crybaby."
"I don't cry often. Crying occasionally is just detoxification," Susu said, her tears turning into a smile.
...
As soon as Susu and the others left, Shu Zhongze kicked over the chair Qin Tianyi had sat on. The servants were so frightened that they held their breath and tried to stay away from him.
After venting his anger, he inadvertently saw a few strands of hair on the chair Susu had occupied. He collected them and immediately sent a message to Jia Nanfang, "Where are you? Get back here!"
At this moment, Jia Nanfang was in a hotel room with Lü Yuanhong. She suddenly received Shu Zhongze's text message and felt a pang of panic. She quickly put on her clothes and prepared to rush back.
Lü Yuanhong glanced at the message on her phone, then withdrew his gaze and said calmly, "He's furious. If you rush back now, he'll likely take his anger out on you."