Susu leaned in and kissed him lightly on the lips, smiling as she said, "Who would harm us now? There's no need for bodyguards."
Tianyi insisted, "In case of any emergency, having a bodyguard can help you."
"Alright," Susu agreed, wanting to put his mind at ease.
Tianyi scooped her up in his arms, looking at her with a smile. "I don't like it when you're so brief with your kisses. If you want to kiss me, you should kiss me properly." kanδん
...
After Susu took Xiao Xingxing for a follow-up check-up at the hospital, she walked out with a heavy heart.
The doctor had told her that although Xiao Xingxing's vital signs were currently stable, surgery should be performed as soon as possible. They were worried that if it relapsed, it would be difficult to control.
She thought that once Tianyi returned home, she would have to ask him to decide which surgical plan to adopt and where to have the surgery. This matter could not be delayed any longer.
As she walked with her child, lost in thought, fate, as it often does, brought her face-to-face with Zhan Jiayi, who was strolling in the garden.
Seeing that only Gu Susu and a child were present and Qin Tianyi was nowhere in sight, Zhan Jiayi walked directly towards Gu Susu.
With a sarcastic expression, she looked at Gu Susu and said, "What a coincidence, meeting you again. What is this child suffering from that you're always running to the hospital?"
Susu noticed that Zhan Jiayi looked quite well, even a bit plumper than the last time they met. She didn't seem ill, so perhaps she was recuperating in the hospital while pregnant.
"Just a minor ailment," Susu replied with a smile. "Your taste is still as… strong. Xie Zhendong is already elderly, sixty or seventy? It must have been quite an effort for you to have a child with him."
Zhan Jiayi's face instantly turned pale, and she felt an urge to tear Susu apart.
"Gu Susu! My father and I came together because of mutual admiration, not in the way you imagine. If it weren't for your deep scheming to seize the Shu family's inheritance, my father and I wouldn't have separated, and he wouldn't have died so young!"
Susu's expression changed drastically. With the child present, she didn't want to argue about such trivial matters. "Who is the one with deep scheming? Besides, my father's heart had always been weak. Whether his heart condition acted up had nothing to do with whether you were there or not."
Zhan Jiayi said with a laugh, "After he acknowledged you as his daughter, did you ever truly care about him? Did you know about his health condition, stay by his side to care for him, remind him to get check-ups and take his medicine on time? You failed to fulfill any daughter's responsibilities, yet you gained everything from the Shu family. Your father's death is naturally your fault!"
Susu's breathing hitched. This had always been a regret in her heart.
At that time, Shu Zhongze had repeatedly shown her kindness, but because of the lingering resentment in her heart, she stubbornly refused to accept it, thus missing the chance to rekindle their father-daughter relationship.
She had indeed never paid attention to Shu Zhongze's health until her attitude began to change. But then Shu Zhongze suddenly passed away from a heart attack, and she never had another chance to make amends.
"Have you said enough? If you're done, please let me pass," Susu said, clutching Xiao Xingxing's hand, unwilling to get into a further dispute with her.
"See, you're guilty!" Zhan Jiayi's smile grew more triumphant.
Susu pushed her away impatiently and said, "The one who should feel guilty is you. You wanted to take a shortcut to success, but my father is not a fool."
With that, she took Xiao Xingxing's hand and walked briskly towards the hospital entrance.
Zhan Jiayi watched Gu Susu's retreating back. Thinking of the past, she still harbored deep resentment. Shu Zhongze had indeed been cunning.
To smoothly transfer the Shu Group to Gu Susu, he had shown her no affection whatsoever.
The thought of this soured her mood. She hadn't brought the two nannies with her, only intending to get some fresh air outside the ward, but she had to run into Gu Susu, the person she detested the most. What bad luck.
As she turned to head back to her VIP ward, a man in a doctor's white coat suddenly jabbed something into her arm. She immediately felt dizzy, and the scenery of the garden blurred.
...
Susu and Xiao Xingxing walked to the parking lot. Xiao Xingxing asked curiously, "Mom, do you know that auntie from just now? Were you talking about Grandpa?"
Susu nodded and said, "This auntie used to be Grandpa's assistant."
"Did Grandpa also have a heart condition? Was it the same as mine?" Xiao Xingxing asked.
"Yes."
Xiao Xingxing then said, "Grandpa didn't get better and passed away. Will I also..."
"No, you won't," Susu quickly reassured her. "Dad and I have both told you, we need to have faith, and you will be alright."
Although Xiao Xingxing was only eight years old, she understood many things. She gave a soft "oh" and said nothing more.
The accompanying bodyguards opened the car doors for them. Just as Susu and the child were about to get into the car, she spotted Zhan Jiayi being stuffed into the trunk of a car by two men in white coats from a distance.
She immediately felt something was amiss. If those two were doctors, why would they stuff a patient into a car trunk?
Moreover, the patients at this hospital were either children or pregnant women. This was definitely suspicious.
Susu immediately pulled Xiao Xingxing into the car and said to Xiao Lin, who was sitting in the front, "Quickly follow that gray car."
"What gray car?" Xiao Lin didn't react immediately.
Susu said quickly, "The gray car ahead with the license plate ending in nine-six. Hurry, hurry, follow it!"
Xiao Lin saw the car Susu mentioned and immediately started the engine, skillfully following it.
Susu felt he was following too closely and said, "Keep some distance, don't let the people in the car notice. Just don't lose them."
"Okay," Xiao Lin replied.
...
Zhan Jiayi was regaining some consciousness but was still groggy.
In the trunk, she tried desperately to open her eyes but couldn't. However, she realized she had been kidnapped.
After an unknown period, she felt someone drag her out of the trunk and into a room that smelled of dampness and mildew.
Her consciousness gradually cleared. She saw that the two men holding her were wearing masks, obscuring their faces.
"Who are you?" she asked, looking around the room.
The walls of the room were covered in mold. In the center was a gynecological examination bed.
The bed was old and dirty, with a surgical lamp nearby.
She suddenly understood what they intended to do and began to struggle desperately.
"Let me go! Do you know who I am?"
The two men holding her ignored her words, their eyes cold. They directly began to tie her to the examination bed.
Although her consciousness had returned, she was still weak and couldn't break free from the two strong men.
She was quickly tied to the examination bed, and the two men stepped aside.
At this moment, a woman wearing a mask and hat, also in a doctor's white coat, walked in.
The woman pushed a surgical tray filled with various instruments to the bedside, picked up a syringe, and prepared to inject anesthetic into Zhan Jiayi.
"Don't move around. Just get a good sleep, and you'll be fine when you wake up," the female doctor said in a soothing tone.