“What?”
Su Nanyin was clearly stunned when Su Zui uttered those words.
The wine glass she held in her left hand wavered, its rim tilting, and blood-red wine spilled out.
It splashed onto the knee of her white, porcelain-like left leg, the red and white creating an exceptionally alluring contrast.
“Many WeChat groups are spreading photos of you.”
As Su Zui spoke, he took out his phone and opened his photo album.
Inside the album was a screenshot of a chat log from one of the group members.
This group was a taxi driver group, with hundreds of members.
Taxis traveled all over the country, and the quality of practitioners varied. Their favorite pastime was gossip!
This was also why many taxi drivers had a silver tongue, knew everything from astronomy to geography, and were proficient in ancient and modern Chinese and foreign affairs.
The photo in the group was of a woman.
She wore a black mink coat, her hair elegantly tied up, a large pair of sunglasses on her face, and knee-high boots.
Even in a single photo, one could profoundly feel the noble and sexy aura radiating from the woman.
If it wasn’t Su Nanyin, then who could it be!?
“This dame is truly beautiful and voluptuous.”
“Judging by her voluptuous figure, she must be at least thirty-four or thirty-five?”
“Rumor has it, she was once known as the Guanyin of a certain place.”
“The Guanyin who rides… that?”
“It’s said she’s keeping a young gigolo, surnamed Li.”
“Damn, it’s too much for that dog to have.”
The above was the chat record from the screenshot.
Su Zui’s phone contained several more screenshots.
These screenshots were all from mixed groups like driver groups and micro-business groups.
The groups all contained Su Nanyin’s candid photos.
All the chat logs, overtly or covertly, said she was keeping a gigolo surnamed Li.
Who was this gigolo surnamed Li?
The Buddha said it cannot be spoken—
Su Nanyin carefully flipped through the screenshots, her expression calm, her gaze serene.
Neither pleased nor saddened, as if all four cardinal directions were empty.
“I’ve already sent Su Xin to investigate the source of these rumors,” Su Zui said in a low voice. “But I doubt she’ll find anything. Because these rumors, appearing in group chats, suddenly appeared in many groups across the country around five o’clock. This means the people slandering you have changed their strategy. They've exploited the public’s particular love for gossip. They’ve exposed your name and home address and are spreading it madly through group chats. However, the rumors haven't exposed your profession. It seems they are also aware that some things shouldn’t be touched lightly. They only say you’re a rich woman.”
Heh.
Su Nanyin’s lips twitched slightly. She returned the phone to Su Zui, got up, and began walking back and forth on the floor barefoot.
Seeing her looking down at her toes, arms wrapped around herself, Su Zui knew his mother was racking her brains.
Su Zui had been very angry when he saw these rumors.
He could only guess that it might be some wealthy families causing trouble behind the scenes!
To disrupt the relationship between the Su family and Li Qianfan’s family!
But what Su Nanyin saw was far more profound than what Su Zui could grasp.
She stopped and looked up at the window, saying faintly, “Those people are going to make a move on me.”
What?
Su Zui froze.
Then, he understood, and shot to his feet, saying urgently, “The Shen family of Sijiu and other wealthy families, because you helped Qianfan deal with the aftermath of the killings, are preparing to assassinate you!?”
Su Zui was indeed Su Nanyin’s daughter. With a slight hint, he immediately grasped the point.
“They are using rumors to ruin my reputation first.”
“When rumors become widespread, even if Manager Zhao knows the malicious intentions of some people, he will have to ask me to keep a low profile as much as possible, to avoid going out if I can.”
“But the current Dark Blade is in a period of rapid expansion.”
“If I can’t go out, I can’t work as before.”
“But work must be done, so I have to delegate some of it.”
“This will greatly reduce my authority and influence over Dark Blade.”
“Over time, I, as the deputy chief manager of Dark Blade, will gradually be marginalized due to staying home for too long.”
“Then, when I am forced to go out and am suddenly assassinated, my influence will be at its lowest.”
“Most importantly—”
“They will succeed in forcing Li Qianfan to distance himself from me to avoid suspicion.”
After analyzing this far, Su Nanyin chuckled, “Heh, a clever tactic. This is a conspiracy, and even more so an open scheme.”
“They are despicable!” Su Zui gritted his teeth and cursed, then hurriedly asked, “Mom, do you have any way to break their conspiracy?”
Su Nanyin fell silent.
After a long while, she shook her head, “No.”
Even though Su Nanyin was exceptionally intelligent and astute, she could not break the enemy’s conspiracy.
Because she was a woman.
And a very beautiful woman at that!
A woman’s extreme beauty could sometimes be her greatest weakness!
If Su Nanyin were a woman like Sister-in-law Feng, with a rugged face and a plump figure, countless onlookers would have to have their brains scrambled to care if she was keeping a gigolo.
Her attackers were precisely using her beauty, especially her current single status, to make a fuss.
“No.” Su Nanyin repeated softly, then smiled disdainfully. She walked lazily into the bathroom, her voluptuous waist swaying.
She really couldn't find a way to break the enemy's conspiracy.
So, she wouldn't rack her brains over it!
Coincidentally, she didn't know what she had done wrong to make Li Qianfan start to distance himself from her, making her lose interest in doing anything.
Then, in the future, she would just be a rich wife who stayed indoors, never bothered by any storms, and could even avoid enemy assassination.
“Sigh.”
In the bathroom, looking at her porcelain-white body in the mirror, Su Nanyin sighed softly and murmured to herself, “Li Wujiang, I’m sorry. It’s not that I don’t want to continue being the bad guy for you. It’s just that I’ve lost the motivation to continue. I even feel that living is meaningless. I only hope you can take good care of Mao Mao and the others.”
At the same moment.
Manager Zhao was furious in his study at home.
He demanded that the person on the other end of the phone find the source of the rumors and suppress them all.
The person on the other end of the phone repeatedly agreed.
However.
Manager Zhao also knew very well that the means, methods, and widespread nature with which certain people were spreading these rumors were too sophisticated and extensive.
Even if the rumors disappeared online, they would be passed around by word of mouth within wealthy circles across the country.
This was a fact that even Manager Zhao’s personal intervention could not change!
As long as the rumors circulated within wealthy circles—
Su Nanyin would definitely have to stay indoors.
Li Qianfan would definitely avoid suspicion.
Then, it would be out of the question for him to become Su Nanyin’s secretary.
This would also undermine Manager Zhao’s painstaking efforts to “gold-plate” Li Qianfan!
It would also force Li Wujiang, the chief manager of Dark Blade, to step forward from behind the scenes.
Li Wujiang, who orchestrated from the shadows, capable of emerging at any moment to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy, was the most deterrent force.
“Those damned people, for their own selfish reasons, have caused the infiltrated dark network to lose its greatest deterrent.”
Manager Zhao walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, muttering curses.
Cursing.
Could not solve problems.
But it could adjust a person’s mood faster than any other method.
Manager Zhao calmed down, picked up the phone, and called Su Nanyin.
“Please wait a moment.” Su Zui answered the phone, said respectfully, and pushed open the bathroom door.
Upon hearing it was Manager Zhao’s call, Su Nanyin, who was soaking in the bathtub, sat up and took the phone.
Su Zui thought for a moment, then took off her clothes and sat in the bathtub.
As she scrubbed her mother’s back, she was suddenly filled with an indescribable jealousy.
Su Zui was also a beauty one hundred percent, but every time she bathed with her mother, she always felt something was missing.
In terms of figure, Mao Mao was no less than Su Nanyin.
In terms of appearance, the two were also comparable.
At most, her skin tone couldn’t compare to Su Nanyin’s.
The biggest difference was their temperament!
Su Zui was also a proper young lady, and her temperament was perfectly captured.
But compared to Su Nanyin, she was at most a young lady, while Su Nanyin was a true goddess!!
“For a woman, the greatest tragedy is to compete in beauty with her mother and lose.”
As Su Zui pouted secretly, she couldn’t help but playfully pinch her mother.
Su Nanyin, who was leaning on the edge of the tub and talking on the phone, frowned.
Su Zui stuck out her tongue, then fawningly picked up one of her mother’s feet and began to knead it.
But she subconsciously compared—
Unable to help herself, she pinched her mother again.
That brat!
Even taking advantage of her own mother.
Get lost—
Su Nanyin kicked out, her foot landing on Su Zui’s face.
After Su Zui sheepishly left, Su Nanyin said, “Manager Zhao, please rest assured. Even if I have to resign, I will complete all my work before I do. As for my safety, it’s nothing. At worst, I’ll go back to Lingnan.”
She paused.
Su Nanyin said softly, “Besides, I still have a final fallback.”
Her fallback—
was Misty Town!
But if Su Nanyin could go to Misty Town, why would she come to Sijiu to establish her own sect!?
Manager Zhao, who understood this clearly, felt an indescribable sense of powerlessness for the first time.
The counterattack from the wealthy alliance, with Su Nanyin as the breakthrough point, had greatly exceeded Manager Zhao’s expectations.
Even though he knew the eleven wealthy families were despicable, even damnable, Manager Zhao could not make a move.
He could only watch as Su Nanyin, whom he increasingly admired, sadly exited the stage.
Whoosh!
Manager Zhao let out a long sigh of turbid air and slowly asked, “What’s the reaction from the little brat over there?”
Li Qianfan’s reaction to this matter was crucial.
If Li Qianfan didn’t care about those damned rumors, the success rate of certain people’s scheme would be greatly reduced.
The problem was.
No matter how Manager Zhao thought about it, he couldn’t find a reason for Li Qianfan to not care!
After all, the age gap between Li Qianfan and Su Nanyin, and especially Li Qianfan’s relationship with Du Junlin, were factors.
“Manager Zhao, regardless of Li Qianfan’s reaction,” Su Nanyin answered very rationally, “he cannot ruin his own future because of me, or even because of work. The young master of Longxu can have beauties all around him, but he absolutely cannot have any rumors with Su Nanyin! Otherwise, it will not only affect Du Junlin, but also make it impossible for him to establish himself in the Eastern wealthy circle.”
Manager Zhao remained silent.
“Manager Zhao. Please call Li Wujiang personally. Tell her I entrust you to convey my decision to her.” Su Nanyin said in a low voice, “And please ask her not to tell anyone, and especially not to tell Li Qianfan.”
Manager Zhao said with a heavy heart, “Speak.”
“I can die,” Su Nanyin said faintly, “but Li Qianfan’s reputation must not be ruined!”