Chapter 80

Wu Yuanhao was silent for a moment before he slowly began to speak.

“In your godfather’s generation, the Wu family originally had four children. Four Alphas, but… only the third child, A-Jing, was a daughter.” His voice became soft, and his throat was choked up.

Fu Qingyun was silent, not interrupting his thoughts. Wu Yuanhao quickly composed himself and continued, “She’s Ziqin’s mother. A-Jing was only 23 when she left. At that time, Ziqin’s mother was three months away from giving birth. When she heard the news about A-Jing, Yu-an almost couldn’t hold on, but for the sake of the child, she bravely accepted the fact that A-Jing died in battle.”

Wu Yuanhao paused, walked to a single-seat sofa, and sat down. His steps were heavy, and the hand holding the cane was trembling. Wu Jianjun wanted to get up and help him, but Wu Yuanhao raised his hand to stop him. He continued to look at Fu Qingyun and said, “The day Ziqin was born, our whole family was very happy, as if A-Jing had come back. But on the third day of Ziqin’s birth, there was a big fire in the hospital. It was late at night. Yu-an was rescued, but Ziqin…”

“You thought she died,” Fu Qingyun said bluntly, getting to the point.

Wu Yuanhao’s eyes lost their focus, and he nodded. “The fire was huge. The entire hospital was reduced to ashes. No one was rescued except Yu-an.”

“I was the one who rescued my sister-in-law. We searched for a long time… but…” Wu Jianjun’s thoughts went back to that fire, to the desperate shouts and his sister-in-law’s frantic attempts to rush back into the hospital.

“Second Brother, please let me go back. Youyou is still inside. She’s A-Jing’s only child.” Over and over, Meng Yu-an kept repeating this to Wu Jianjun, but with a fire that big, no one dared to take the risk.

“When we learned that no one had survived, my sister-in-law lost her mind. To this day… she’s been crazy for half her life. Her mental state is on and off. Ten years ago, A-Jing’s military dog retired, and my sister-in-law’s mental state got a little better, but it’s still…”

Fu Qingyun pondered for a moment and understood the situation with Su Ziqin’s mother. “PTSD. The continuous blows were too much for her to handle.”

“Losing her wife and then losing her child right after. Even the strongest person would break down,” Wu Yuanhao said, pinching his aching brow with a deep sense of exhaustion.

Fu Qingyun closed her eyes. Su Ziqin’s smile appeared in her mind. “I’ll find an [Read on BaiLianTales]opportunity to tell her, but I have to make it clear to you that she had a very hard time all these years.”

Wu Yuanhao recalled what Wu Jianjun had told him and knew that the Wu family owed Su Ziqin. Thinking about how the Su family had treated his granddaughter, a sharp, cold light flashed in Wu Yuanhao’s eyes.

“Please, Qingyun. Ziqin’s mother loves her very much.”

“I know.” Fu Qingyun couldn’t deny it. Maybe at this moment, she was thinking of everything Gu Qingli had done for her. “What parents don’t love their child?”

Perhaps there were some, but it definitely wasn’t the two people Wu Yuanhao just talked about. “I’ll tell her, slowly. I don’t want to see her cry.”

Wu Yuanhao’s heart warmed. His granddaughter had, by a series of accidents, found a very good Alpha. “The Wu family’s state banquet is this weekend. I hope you can bring her.”

Fu Qingyun estimated the time. She was a little anxious. For Fu Qingyun, the most important thing was to find the most gentle way to tell Su Ziqin about this. Fu Qingyun naturally understood what Wu Yuanhao meant. He didn’t hope for her to go to the state banquet but for Su Ziqin to go.

“‘Green, green, the collar, for you, my heart is deep.’ Her name was originally Youyou. A-Jing made a small dress for the baby before she was born. This phrase was embroidered on the baby’s clothes. I didn’t expect her to not be named Youyou. Ziqin is also a very nice name.”

Wu Yuanhao’s words gave Fu Qingyun a hint. It’s too much of a coincidence. It’s so coincidentally ridiculous. How could a child who was lost and living outside just happen to have this name? The Su family had a secret, and this secret was related to Su Ziqin.

“The Su family can be investigated,” Fu Qingyun mumbled. Because Su Ziqin almost got into trouble at the Su family, Fu Qingyun had not set foot in that place again. In the past year, with Qin Renfeng’s protection, the Su family had not had an easy time, but they couldn’t be completely taken down in a short amount of time.

Wu Yuanhao’s eyes darkened. He glanced at Wu Jianjun. Wu Jianjun saw this. “Father, don’t worry. I’ve already had people look into it.”

“Okay.” Wu Yuanhao understood Fu Qingyun’s deeper meaning. From the looks of it, whether it was the big fire or Su Ziqin being lost, someone had clearly done it on purpose. “If you mess with a child of the Wu family, you will pay the price.”

Su Ziqin was fed a belly full of dog food by Xu Zhiqian. This dog food came from her ​Read on BaiLianTales​own imagination. As the person involved, Xu Zhiqian had no idea about Li Zhengyin’s plan, but that didn’t mean Su Ziqin didn’t. As a result, Xu Zhiqian felt that Su Ziqin had some kind of problem with her, so she took off as soon as it was time to leave.

Su Ziqin looked at the empty office. She called Fu Qingyun, and Fu Qingyun said she would be there in about ten minutes to pick her up from work.

But a phone call made her go back to the office. The endorsement for the new game had not been finalized, and the game publisher was urging her to decide on a plan.

“Ziqin, why are you back?”

Su Ziqin had just walked out of the elevator and looked at Kong Shuangshuang in surprise. She didn’t expect anyone to still be in the office at this time.

“Sister Kong, you haven’t left work yet?”

Kong Shuangshuang’s lips held a gentle smile. She opened her laptop and turned the screen to show Su Ziqin the plan. “I was about to leave, but I just got a message from the publisher asking us to decide on the endorser.”

“Are all three plans here?” Su Ziqin took the laptop. Kong Shuangshuang’s promotion plan was already very complete. Now all they had to do was finalize the endorser.

Su Ziqin found a desk next to Kong Shuangshuang and sat down. She used the mouse to scroll down. The publisher was a third-party PR company that was only responsible for promotions. Fu Qingyun had given Su Ziqin the idea to use an outside company.

The benefit of using an outside company was convenience, but the initial plan needed to be finalized by Su Ziqin and the others. After all, a promotion required an evaluation of costs and other issues. After the evaluation was done, it would be handed over to the outside company.

“It’s still a bit unrealistic to give it to Yangyang.” Su Ziqin frowned, looking at Dingfeng’s quote, which was ridiculously high. It wasn’t that Su Ziqin couldn’t afford it. There were so many people working at Yunfan now. She couldn’t let the company do a losing business just because of a personal favor.

Kong Shuangshuang moved closer to her. She held the mouse and scrolled down, accidentally touching Su Ziqin’s soft hand. Kong Shuangshuang’s heart skipped a beat, and her ears turned a little red. She glanced at Su Ziqin’s profile guiltily. Seeing that Su Ziqin was focused on the screen, she didn’t notice her small action.

Kong Shuangshuang became a little bolder. She covered Su Ziqin’s small hand with her own. “Look, this guy named Zhang Yue has a quote that’s less than half of Fu Yanyang’s. His manager is also very easy to talk to.”

Su Ziqin’s eyes were on the plan, and she didn’t notice that the distance between them was abnormally close. “Sigh, but that kid will be sad. Tsk, no, I still have to convince him to leave Dingfeng.”

Fu Yanyang didn’t know about the conflict between his sister and Qin Renfeng, and Fu Qingyun didn’t want to bother Yangyang with these things. Yangyang also really liked his manager, Fang Fang, so it was difficult to know how to bring it up.

Kong Shuangshuang acted as if she hadn’t heard what Su Ziqin said. Su Ziqin’s enchanting profile was right in front of her. Kong Shuangshuang could even smell the faint pheromones on her. She ignored the gentle and domineering scent of Long Island Iced Tea. The scent of Pink Lady was like a hook, pulling at Kong Shuangshuang’s heart.

Kong Shuangshuang swallowed. Like a sailor lured by a siren, she slowly leaned closer to Su Ziqin. Before Su Ziqin even realized what was happening, the distance between them was getting smaller and smaller.

Ding~ The elevator door opened. Su Ziqin looked up, and her amber eyes immediately lit up with a smile. In an instant, Su Ziqin was like a small missile, rushing to Fu Qingyun and hugging her waist.

“Honey!” Su Ziqin called out happily, rubbing her head against Fu Qingyun’s chest.

Fu Qingyun reached out to hug Su Ziqin. Her ink-black eyes held a faint smile. “Why aren’t you off work yet?”

Only then did Su Ziqin remember. She was in such a hurry to come back that she forgot to tell Fu Qingyun that she would be working late. “I forgot to tell you.” Su Ziqin led Fu Qingyun to her desk and sat down, briefly telling her about the current situation.

Fu Qingyun secretly glanced at Kong Shuangshuang. This person’s heartbeat was a little strange. “Are you not feeling well?” Fu Qingyun reached out to pat Kong Shuangshuang’s shoulder.

Kong Shuangshuang, who had been looking down the whole time, was startled. She immediately stood up. She swallowed. “No, Ziqin. I’ll just work from home. I’ll call you if anything comes up.”

Kong Shuangshuang didn’t wait for Su Ziqin’s reply and almost fled into the elevator. Fu Qingyun glanced at the closed elevator door. This person is really strange.

“Honey~, what’s so great about the elevator? Look at me.” Su [Read on BaiLianTales]Ziqin wrapped her arms around Fu Qingyun’s shoulders, pulling Fu Qingyun’s gaze back to herself.

A faint smile appeared on Fu Qingyun’s lips. “Aren’t you working late? You’re not working properly and you’re whining? Huh?”

Fu Qingyun’s voice was still as flat as Su Ziqin remembered, but it was no longer cold. The slightly husky and sexy tone at the end, combined with the faint smile on her lips, made Su Ziqin instantly fall under Fu Qingyun’s spell.

“I want to kiss my wife first.” Their four soft lips met. Su Ziqin’s tongue dominantly invaded Fu Qingyun’s mouth.

After the kiss, Su Ziqin leaned against Fu Qingyun’s chest, a little out of breath. “Wuwuwu, I don’t want to work overtime. I want to go home.” She wanted to have sex with her wife. Her wife smelled so good.

Fu Qingyun’s fingers traced Su Ziqin’s red lips. She said softly, “It’s okay. Isn’t it nice for me to work late with you? You don’t have to worry about Yangyang. Just find an endorser you think is suitable.”

“But if I do that, that kid will be sad,” Su Ziqin said, a little conflicted.

Fu Qingyun pinched Su Ziqin’s face. She didn’t used to be this close to Su Ziqin, but recently, she had found that Su Ziqin’s face felt really nice to pinch. “Don’t worry. He’s an adult now. He should have some emotional resilience.”

Su Ziqin turned around and looked at the plans on the computer. “Sigh? Sister Kong left. Isn’t she going to take her laptop with her?”

“Forget it. I don’t care about her.” Su Ziqin closed the laptop and directly straddled Fu Qingyun’s lap. “Honey, there’s no one here now. Let’s try it here.”

Fu Qingyun blinked at her. Her ink-black eyes held a hint of confusion. To Su Ziqin, this was incredibly cute. I really want to eat my wife, but she doesn’t feel anything… In that case, there’s no problem with my wife eating me.

“I was saying, let’s…” Su Ziqin leaned close to Fu Qingyun’s ear, her voice seductive as she whispered those two words.

“Aren’t we working late?”

Su Ziqin’s hand slid down the Alpha’s back to her shoulder and then to her palm. “Can’t we finish this and then work overtime?”

Fu Qingyun sighed helplessly and whispered in Su Ziqin’s ear, “Don’t take off your clothes.” In Fu Qingyun’s opinion, the office wasn’t very clean with people coming and going.

“That’s good. I’m wearing a skirt today.”

Soft whimpers came from Su Ziqin’s mouth. Su Ziqin pushed the clutter off the desk. Fu Qingyun hugged her and helped her onto the desk. Su Ziqin responded to Fu Qingyun with a kiss. Next to them, Kong Shuangshuang’s laptop was slightly open. The previous page had been closed, revealing the desktop. On the desktop was a smiling photo of Su Ziqin from her freshman year.