"Fine! Since He Bin started this and Nan Zhi is also involved, killing the lad right now will only upset her. Considering he’s just an insignificant pawn, let’s spare his life for now."
In Hong Zhen Ting’s eyes, Su Chengyu was worth naught. If not for Xu Nanzhi’s previous connection with Su Chengyu, such a small fry wouldn’t even attract his attention.
To kill or not to kill, it held not much significance.
Besides, Xu Nanzhi once mentioned that she owed Su Chengyu’s grandpa a favor. Hong Zhen Ting knew Xu Nanzhi, despite her cold exterior, was a woman who valued loyalty and righteousness deep down.
There was no need to anger her over a negligible pawn.
Unbeknownst to Su Chengyu, he had just narrowly escaped death once more.
With his current abilities, if Hong Zhen Ting had wanted to kill him, he would have been utterly defenseless.
After a silent night, the next morning, Su Chengyu took Su Xiaoxiao to school and then personally visited the company where Su Xiaoxiao had signed a contract.
With the company head, Zhao Zihao dead, and the company in chaos, Su Chengyu simply stepped in and displayed his prowess, causing the vice president to obediently cancel Su Xiaoxiao’s contract out of fear.
In the evening, Su Chengyu went to the First Encounter bar and found that Liu Yan was not there. Therefore, he simply chose a seat and waited for her.
About half an hour later, Liu Yan walked into the bar from outside. Su Chengyu immediately got up and walked towards her.
"Take a walk with me, I need to ask you something," Su Chengyu said.
"I’m busy," Liu Yan said coldly.
Su Chengyu grabbed Liu Yan’s wrist and forcibly dragged her out.
"What are you doing? Let go of me." Liu Yan said angrily.
Su Chengyu opened the car door and threw Liu Yan in. Concerning Xu Nanzhi’s affairs, he decided he didn’t need to be polite with Liu Yan.
Sitting in the car, Liu Yan massaged the wrist that Su Chengyu had grabbed, and snorted coldly, "Are you here to show off your new car?"
"Do I seem that petty to you?"
Su Chengyu drove the car to the seaside and stopped, then turned his head to ask, "I want to know everything about Aunt Xu."
"If you want to know about her, ask her yourself. Why are you asking me?" Liu Yan snapped.
"Aunt Xu and I can’t meet each other, and you know that. Tell me already." Su Chengyu was a little anxious.
"I don’t want to say." Liu Yan retorted arrogantly.
Su Chengyu grabbed Liu Yan’s wrist again, with a flash of coldness in his eyes and anger on his face, he said sternly, "Don’t mess with me. Speak up!"
Liu Yan was seeing this side of Su Chengyu for the first time. She was enveloped by his Divine Consciousness Pressure, causing an instinctative fear. She pouted and said, "I’ll talk, why are you so fierce?"
After releasing Liu Yan’s hand, she was a bit pissed, but after some thought, she began to speak.
Su Chengyu didn’t know much about Xu Nanzhi. After all, before that night, he had no interaction with her and had only met her a few times.
From Liu Yan, Su Chengyu learned that Xu Nanzhi was not her parent’s biological daughter. Like Su Xiaoxiao, she was an abandoned baby, grew up in an orphanage, and suffered quite a bit of bullying.
At the age of five, she was adopted by her current parents from the orphanage. The adoption of Xu Nanzhi by her parents was not out of love, but because Xu Daqiang’s son, Xu Bin, was often ill.
The Fortune Teller said a sister whose birth elements matched with Xu Bin was needed, so Xu Daqiang’s couple chose Xu Nanzhi from the orphanage.
Legally, Xu Nanzhi was adopted. At first, she was grateful to her adoptive parents, but as she grew older and became more beautiful, and because of her innate intelligence and excellent academic performance,
Xu Daqiang and his wife had ulterior motives and planned to marry Xu Nanzhi directly to Xu Bin, turning their adopted daughter into their daughter-in-law.
When Xu Daqiang proposed this idea, Xu Nanzhi strongly disagreed. She had always considered the Xu family as her own family members, how could she do such an absurd thing.
After Xu Nanzhi repeatedly refused, the attitude of Xu Daqiang and his wife changed drastically. Xu Nanzhi was the top student in Linjiang’s college-entrance exam and received an admission letter from Jinhua University.
However, Xu Daqiang and his wife refused to let Xu Nanzhi go to college, forcing her to be engaged to Xu Bin first. Xu Nanzhi refused, and the admission letter was torn apart.
Xu Daqiang and his wife forced Xu Nanzhi to work and repay the Xu family for the nurture they had given her over the years.
Xu Nanzhi became increasingly disappointed with her so-called family and planned to repay the kindness of the Xu family and then leave to do what she wanted to do. Later, Xu Daqiang’s clothing factory went bankrupt, and Xu Bin, who had been spoiled since childhood, often caused trouble.
Xu Bin offended someone in Linjiang and was beaten nearly half to death. The other party was smitten by Xu Nanzhi’s beauty and suggested that the Xu family trade Xu Nanzhi for Xu Bin’s life.
Xu Daqiang and his wife, in order to save their son, offered Xu Nanzhi without hesitation.
Fortunately, Hong Zhen Ting intervened, settled the matter, and forcibly kept Xu Nanzhi by his side.
When the Xu family found out that Hong Zhen Ting was interested in Xu Nanzhi, they were overjoyed. After all, at that time, Hong Zhen Ting was a top figure in Linjiang. Being able to cling onto Hong Zhen Ting was a great fortune for the Xu family.
After going through many ups and downs, Xu Nanzhi had also resigned herself to her fate. But because of this, her relationship with the Xu family had become estranged.
Hearing this, Su Chengyu was saddened. So Aunt Xu was also a poor soul, abandoned as a child and grew up in an orphanage, without experiencing the warmth of a family.
Finally, being adopted by someone, yet only to be used. No wonder Xu Nanzhi appeared cold-hearted now. Probably she was filled with disappointment for the human world.
Su Chengyu felt quite heavy, the current Mrs. Hong, Xu Nanzhi, although greatly respected in Linjiang, but her bitterness and grievances hidden behind, probably not many knew how much she suffered.
"I didn’t expect Aunt Xu to have suffered so much." Su Chengyu said solemnly.
"The suffering in Sister NanZhi’s heart, how could outsiders know about it? Okay, I’ve said all I can. What can you do even if you know all of this? You better take care of yourself."
"Yesterday, I saw that Aunt Xu seemed ill. Do you know anything about it?" Su Chengyu asked.
Upon hearing this, Liu Yan fell silent, and her expression turned somber.
"Forget it, you will find out about these things sooner or later, so there’s no harm in telling you now. Sister NanZhi is suffering from a terminal illness, and her days are probably numbered." Liu Yan said sighingly, with a face full of grief.
"What?! A terminal illness? How is that possible!"
Su Chengyu was shocked. He had noticed an unusual aura around Xu Nanzhi using the Qi Watching Technique but hadn’t expected her to be terminally ill.
"That’s why I said, the pain in Sister NanZhi’s heart is unknown to outsiders. The heavens are heartless, and destiny is unfair, thinking that the pain she is enduring is not enough, and is continuing to torture her!" Liu Yan said indignantly.