Translator: Cheese
Never seen such a brazen person
If Zhou Lan were to say who she hated most, it was not He Qingwan, the ex-wife, but rather this damned wench Su Tian.
In the past three years, she couldn’t even count how many times she had secretly cursed Su Tian. Every single time, she hated her to the point her teeth ached.
In fact, she always regretted it afterwards. Just a little girl with no knowledge1, could she turn the sky upside down if Zhou Lan just ignored her?
Even if a share of the Su family property was divided up for her, with the precious grandson Pengpeng standing in front, how much could a little girl like her get?
Zhou Lan thought very generously and saw it as giving alms to the mother-daughter pair.
But that didn’t happen. She always thought well while she wasn’t in front of Su Tian, but as soon as she looked into those eyes that seemed to be smiling, she couldn’t control herself.
For some reason, she always had the feeling that Su Tian was laughing at her.
In particular, every time she opened her mouth, the words she spoke would directly pierce her in her weakest soft spots.
Just like now.
Before Su Tian finished speaking, Zhou Lan’s expression had already changed.
She and Su Yuhe had indeed had a quarrel. The main point was that her younger brother wanted to start a business but had no start-up capital. Wanting to apply for a loan, he came to her for help.
Naturally, Zhou Lan agreed. This was her brother, not some outsider. Plus, Su Yuhe was the chairman of HSBC Bank—approving a loan was just a matter of a few words.
Or so she thought. But just as she opened her mouth, his face immediately fell, and he refused without any thought.
Zhou Lan was angry. Her little brother was also Su Yuhe’s younger brother-in-law. How could he refuse his brother-in-law’s loan application?
Was this treating her family like his own?
But when she threw out this sentence, Su Yuhe had the audacity to say: “That’s your family, not mine. Also, let me give you one piece of advice: avoid contact with those people in the future.”
Zhou Lan then grew annoyed. It was the first day of the new year, and Su Yuhe thought that it was a trivial matter, so in a fit of anger, she declared that she would go back to her maiden home.
She originally thought that Su Yuhe would stop her, but who knew that he would actually sneer and tell her to hurry up and leave?!
Finally, Zhou Lan packed her luggage and brought her son out.
What? You’re asking why she packed her luggage? Didn’t her maiden family have clothes?
Of course it was to stall for time and let Su Yuhe come to coax her. Then she could take the step down that was offered to her2, and everything would be concluded.
After all, it was the first day of the new year. Others wouldn’t care whether she had voluntarily left the Su family’s house or not; they would only say that she was kicked out.
She also needed some face.
She also specially brought Pengpeng with her. She was particularly clear about Su Yuhe’s change in attitude toward her during this time, and she was somewhat afraid that no one would come to pick her up once she returned to her maiden home, and the losses would outweigh the gains.
But she wouldn’t need to worry if Pengpeng was with her.
Could the Su family watch their golden grandson live in his maternal family’s house for New Year?
Within a day, Su Yuhe would come to her natal family to pick her up.
At that time, she would call for others to take a look—she, Zhou Lan, was still the person in the heart of the HSBC Bank’s chairman.
But now, Su Tian was asking her where she was going with all her luggage.
With He Qingwan there, how could Zhou Lan say that she and Su Yuhe had quarreled and that she was returning to her maiden home? Though she spewed a torrent of abuse towards Su Tian in her heart, she maintained a smile on her face.
She explained: “Aiya, isn’t it because Pengpeng is naughty and insists on going to see his grandparents? I have no choice but to take him there.”
Then, afraid that Su Tian wouldn’t believe it, she added: “This suitcase is full of Pengpeng’s toys and clothes…”
Su Pengpeng didn’t want to take the blame. He briefly turned his attention away from his console, rolled his eyes at her, and said: “Obviously you’re the one who wants to…”
Zhou Lan gave him a pinch. The child threw off her hand and went back to playing games, no longer bothering to speak.
The He elders didn’t have the slightest affection for the woman who stole their daughter’s husband.
The old lady said with a cold face: “So it’s like that. Then Mrs. Su should quickly head over. We old ones will take Tiantian to see her grandparents and leave right after.”
Zhou Lan smiled with clenched teeth. “That wouldn’t do, how could I leave when there are guests? Aunt, Sister, let’s go. It’s cold outside, so let’s go in…”
The old man who never talked much suddenly spoke up. “Our Tiantian is also a guest when she comes back to her own family?”
It was a blatant slap in the face. Just now, Zhou Lan had admonished Su Tian for bringing gifts back home, and now she became a ‘guest’ again.
But Zhou Lan’s face was not the normal level of thick. Though the smile on her face was a bit strained, it never fell.
Carrying the suitcase with one hand and leading her precious son with the other, she returned to the Su family that she had just threatened to leave three minutes ago.
The butler had already seen what happened outside, and before Su Tian arrived at the front door, Old Master Su and Old Madam Su greeted them together with Su Yuhe.
Both Grandpa and Grandma Su were in their seventies, but they were still quite energetic.
As soon as she saw Su Tian, Grandma Su quickly shuffled over and pulled her granddaughter’s hand.
“Tiantian, you cruel girl, how could you leave for half a year without even giving your grandma a call?”
Grandpa Su: “As long as you’ve come back, as long as you’ve come back.”
Before Zhou Lan’s appearance, Su Tian had been the only child of the Su family, so Grandpa and Grandma Su’s love for her was not fake.
If it weren’t because she was afraid that Su Yuhe and Zhou Lan would find out and pester them, bringing a plague of troubles to her and He Qingwan for the rest of their lives, Su Tian wouldn’t have hid it from the elders.
Su Yuhe’s gaze had fallen on He Qingwan from the moment he came out.
She was even more beautiful. She clearly wasn’t as young as a little girl, but the years had only left her a more gentle temperament, delicate and charming.
He greeted: “You’re back.”
The yearning in these two words seemed almost palpable.
Zhou Lan’s face twisted slightly. Before He Qingwan could give a reply, Zhou Lan quickly rushed up to hug Su Yuhe’s arm.
She exclaimed, “Yes, I ran into Sister and Tiantian right as I came out, so I had no choice but to bring Pengpeng back.”
He Qingwan and the others were once again shocked by Zhou Lan’s shameless attitude.
There was no one present who couldn’t tell that Su Yuhe’s words were meant for He Qingwan.
How could she have the face to respond to him?
The He couple were very knowledgeable and experienced, but in all their lives, they had never seen such a brazen person.
Though the two elders were making observations in their hearts, their mouths never opened.
Yet unexpectedly, Su Yuhe pushed her away, admonishing with a cold look: “Weren’t you going back to your family and never coming back? Why haven’t you left yet?”
[1] 丫头片子: Northern Mandarin term for a young girl who is inexperienced and ignorant
[2] 借坡下驴: literally something like “to make use of the slope to get off the donkey.”
Cheese: honestly tho, i need me zhou lan’s confidence
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Gracias por el cap!!!
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