At this moment, Tianyi was calling her over, and she couldn't chat with Huangfu Shaohua any longer. She said, "You're busy, my husband is over there, I need to go to him."
Huangfu Shaohua grunted, waved goodbye to her, and continued handing out flyers to passersby.
Susu quickly returned to Tianyi's side and asked, "Did you sign the car contract?"
"It's signed, we can pick up the car in a week." Tianyi glanced in the direction Susu had come from and asked, "Why did you take a fancy to that car over there again? Should we buy another one? It would be good to have two cars to switch between."
"One is enough," Susu said, linking her arm with his. "Didn't you see that the manufacturer's representative over there is Huangfu Shaohua? He's Daisy's husband now. I'll go say hello."
Tianyi gave a soft "oh." If Susu hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have recognized Huangfu Shaohua. He said indifferently, "Daisy married him? How could such a joyous occasion for the Huangfu family not be reported in the financial news?"
Susu gestured for him to speak quietly and said, "I just heard from Huangfu Shaohua that the wedding was held without his parents' knowledge. The Huangfu family still doesn't accept Daisy as their daughter-in-law, and he's still at odds with them."
Tianyi was not optimistic. "If Huangfu Shaohua doesn't rely on his family, can he endure this hardship himself? I'm afraid Daisy will be the one to suffer in the end."
"Perhaps if they persevere a bit longer, the Huangfu family will accept Daisy. Where there's a will, there's a way!" Susu, however, was very optimistic about them.
The fact that Huangfu Shaohua could humble himself for Daisy and work diligently now proved that he loved Daisy very much.
Tianyi didn't want to argue with her. "Forget it, we can't interfere in their affairs. However, Daisy is strong-willed and shouldn't be easily defeated."
Susu hummed in agreement and asked, "Where are we going now, home?"
"Since we're already out, why don't we have some couple time? Whatever you want to do, I'll accompany you."
Susu smiled and said, "Then I have so many things I want to do: shopping, watching a movie, having a big meal..."
"Then we'll do them one by one. Without the children bothering us, you can enjoy yourself to your heart's content." As he spoke, Tianyi put his arm around her, kissed her cheek, and began booking movie tickets online.
...
On Monday, as soon as Susu arrived at the studio office, she messaged Daisy, asking her to treat them to lunch and to honestly explain how she and Huangfu Shaohua got their marriage certificate.
Daisy, who didn't need to go to the club during the day, was still in bed. When she saw Susu's message, she wasn't surprised at all.
Huangfu Shaohua had told her when he returned last night that he had met Susu and Tianyi and had told Susu about their marriage.
Daisy looked at Susu's message and replied with a smile, "Okay, I'll definitely come to beg for forgiveness at noon."
Susu was satisfied when she saw her reply and put down her phone, preparing a red envelope for her.
Seeing that it was still early for lunch, and Shaohua had already left for work, Daisy stayed in bed, scrolling through her phone. She accidentally stumbled upon a gossip video news report about a certain conglomerate's daughter entering a nightclub with a strange man, behaving intimately, and leaving with him in a car.
The photos in the video were a bit blurry, likely taken from a distance.
But the woman in the photos looked exactly like Huangfu Shaohua's sister, Huangfu Mengqi, whom she had met at the wedding.
The man accompanying Mengqi at the time also strongly resembled the man in the photos.
She remembered Huangfu Shaohua mentioning that this man was his elder sister's subordinate. Could their relationship be more than just superior and subordinate?
She hesitated for a moment, but then sent the gossip video to Shaohua. After all, it concerned his sister, and he should know.
Huangfu Shaohua was handing out RV flyers with his colleagues in a high-end office area when his phone vibrated. He stepped aside to check the message.
It was from Daisy. He smiled and opened it, seeing a forwarded video and a message.
"It seems to be about your sister. Take a look."
Huangfu Shaohua watched the video. It was indeed his sister and Song Jiaping at a nightclub.
As they left the nightclub, his sister was leaning entirely on Song Jiaping, and Song Jiaping was tightly supporting, or rather, holding, his sister.
Just as he was about to call Mengqi, the sales manager who had followed them walked up to him.
"It's working hours, what are you doing?"
Huangfu Shaohua quickly explained, "A personal matter."
The sales manager's expression turned cold, and he pointed at Huangfu Shaohua's nose. "Handling personal matters during working hours, and you're quite self-righteous about it."
Huangfu Shaohua was stunned. He had never been spoken to like this before. "There's no one passing by right now, can't I take a break?"
"Fine, fine. If there's no one here, you can't find a more crowded place to hand out flyers. The company doesn't give you a base salary for you to go on vacation. Go hand out flyers now!" the sales manager ordered him angrily.
Huangfu Shaohua disliked being ordered around like this. He glared at the sales manager and remained still, saying, "Let me finish one phone call first."
The sales manager couldn't believe that a newcomer dared to speak to him like this. He suppressed his anger and said, "Don't think that a degree from a prestigious university gives you the right to disobey. If you don't want to work here, find another job. Our small temple can't accommodate your great Buddha."
Huangfu Shaohua was so angry that he threw the flyers in his hand up into the air and roared, "If you don't want me to work, then I won't! Who cares about that meager base salary!"
With that, he started to untie his tie. The sales manager was startled by his demeanor and took a step back, pointing at him and saying, "You, what do you think you're doing?"
"I'm quitting right now!" With that, he turned and walked away with immense swagger.
The sales manager, looking at his retreating back, said indignantly, "What a piece of work! Someone with this attitude deserves to be unemployed!"
Huangfu Shaohua strode across the road, away from the crowded area, and walked to a recreational green belt before taking off his half-undone tie.
He had never been treated like this before. Back at the Huangfu Group, he wouldn't have even glanced at a manager of such a low position.
Now, working outside, he was being controlled by someone he looked down upon. He would rather give up his job than endure such humiliation.
After sitting on a bench in the green belt for a while, he remembered to call Huangfu Mengqi.
He dialed the number, and she answered quickly.
"Shaohua, how have you been lately?"
"Sister." He suppressed the resentment in his heart and didn't complain to Mengqi. He said, "I saw a gossip news report online. What's going on between you and Song Jiaping? He's Mengyao's ex-husband. If you two are together..."
"Don't talk nonsense. He and I are just colleagues." Mengqi had already explained to their parents and now had to explain to Shaohua. "I dragged him to the bar that day. Later, I got drunk, and if he hadn't supported me, I couldn't even walk. But I didn't expect the paparazzi to take pictures and spread rumors online."