Substitute Bride to the Crippled Billionaire
Chapter 114 Our Hope.

Chapter 114: Chapter 114 Our Hope.

Giving her a meaningful look, A Qi finally carried the soup inside.

Fu Yihan was in his room. A Qi took the soup in, while Su Qingnuan stood at the door, watching how Fu Yihan reacted as he drank the soup.

Still no expression.

After he finished, Su Qingnuan timidly asked, "Is it good?"

Putting down the empty bowl, Fu Yihan nonchalantly shook his head, "Could be better."

"...What would you like to drink tomorrow? I’ll try harder!"

Fu Yihan furrowed his brow in thought for a moment, then said, "Let’s have pig trotter soup then."

"Okay!"

Su Qingnuan smiled as she took the bowl from A Qi.

The moment the bowl was in her hand, it started to shake, the empty bowl and the spoon inside clattering.

A Qi frowned, "Young Madam, what’s wrong with your hand?"

"It’s nothing." Su Qingnuan quickly steadied her hand, smiling, "Maybe I’ve just been too tired lately."

"Too tired?" A Qi asked suspiciously, "You’re just interns. Does the company have such strict requirements for interns?"

They were in the IT industry, where interns were expected to type on keyboards.

Obviously, A Qi assumed she had typed so much her hand was shaking?

"It’s fine; as an intern, I should be learning more."

With that, she turned with the bowl in hand, "I’ll head down now."

Watching her quickly retreat, A Qi’s brow did not relax.

Looking back, he saw Fu Yihan also staring at the direction where Su Qingnuan had left.

"A Qi," Fu Yihan withdrew his deep gaze and said in a low voice, "Go check the company tomorrow."

"Yes."

...

Lying in bed at night, Su Qingnuan vaguely dreamt that she was arguing with that mentor.

However, opening her eyes, she found she was still lying in bed.

Wiping the cold sweat from her forehead, Su Qingnuan sat up.

After a simple tidying up, she grabbed her backpack and went out.

Today, she specifically got up early to go with Gu Xiaoxiao to the company to catch that mentor, to prevent her from finding an excuse to leave.

Seeing Su Qingnuan come out while he was still wiping the car, A Qi was full of confusion.

"Young Madam? Why are you up so early?"

"I... I just want to go out for a walk." Su Qingnuan smiled, pointing outside the yard, "It’s fine, you continue, no need to drive me, I’ll take a cab."

"....."

A Qi quickly tossed aside the cloth and opened the car door, "I just finished wiping, Young Madam, let me take you."

"No need." Su Qingnuan smiled wryly, "I can go by myself."

"If you don’t let me, and the Eldest Young Master finds out, I will be punished."

"....."

Su Qingnuan stood still, silent for a moment, finally deciding to get in the car.

Along the way, A Qi kept asking Su Qingnuan what she was doing at the company so early.

Su Qingnuan just brushed it off.

But obviously, A Qi didn’t seem to fully believe her from his gaze.

Seeing they finally arrived at the company, the car stopped, Su Qingnuan eagerly got off.

"A Qi, you should go back, the Eldest Young Master is still at home waiting!"

"....."

Watching Su Qingnuan leave at a trot, A Qi rolled up the window and drove away.

Su Qingnuan ran to the front of the company and found the main door still closed.

Since it was very early, there was no one at the entrance.

She made a round and suddenly heard a noise behind her.

"Qingnuan, over here!"

Turning her head, she saw Gu Xiaoxiao hiding behind a pillar, watching her.

Su Qingnuan walked over with a faint smile, "Why are you hiding behind there?"

"Nonsense!" Gu Xiaoxiao pulled her to hide behind the pillar, "The company requires clocking in, so she’ll definitely come at some point. We’ll wait here so she won’t see us."

"Sounds like a good idea." Su Qingnuan nodded, standing beside her.

As time passed, more and more people arrived, making it a bit overwhelming.

It was difficult to spot that bright color among the people in professional attire, so Su Qingnuan quickly grabbed Gu Xiaoxiao and walked out.

"Mentor!" Su Qingnuan and Gu Xiaoxiao blocked the woman, "Long time no see."

The woman gave them a cold glance and pushed up her glasses.

"You’re here so early?"

"Yes." Su Qingnuan responded with a smile.

Gu Xiaoxiao snorted coldly, unwillingly speaking up, "Mentor, are we still going to be sweeping today?"

"Of course." The woman frowned, "Today, you’ll go to the archive room to organize documents. I’ve already arranged it, get your work cards and go straight there."

"Mentor, our internship doesn’t include the archive room, right? Why are we going there?" Su Qingnuan asked with a smile.

"Why so much chatter?" the woman said harshly, "If you don’t want to do it, just say so. I don’t have the time to train so-called talents like you."

"..."

Seeing her impatient tone, Gu Xiaoxiao finally couldn’t hold back and pulled Su Qingnuan away.

"Why are you even talking to someone like this?" she raised her voice, "Mentor, the interns who came in with us are all working on projects with mentors, why can’t we? If I remember correctly, Qingnuan was first in the interview, right?"

The woman frowned, looking at them with disdain.

"Who told you she was first?"

"Isn’t she?" Su Qingnuan frowned, "I remember my name was at the top of the list, wasn’t it?"

"It wasn’t your first, you’re thinking too much."

"....."

The woman pushed her glasses and angrily said, "If you don’t want to do it, then leave, don’t waste my time here."

"Who said we don’t want to do it?" Gu Xiaoxiao sneered, "It’s just that the work you’ve assigned isn’t what we’re supposed to be doing. We came to intern to learn, and what are we learning from this? Learning to do chores?"

"What’s wrong with doing chores? Do you look down on it?" The woman’s icy gaze shifted between the two, "If you look down on it, then don’t do it. You claim you’re here to learn, but now you’re complaining about the work content."

Gu Xiaoxiao’s cheeks turned red with anger.

Su Qingnuan quickly pulled Gu Xiaoxiao, stepping between the two.

"Since you say this is what we should be doing, let’s go directly to the boss to reason it out."

The woman was slightly stunned, frowning as she scrutinized her, "Who do you think you are? You think you can just meet the boss like that?"

"Am I not the so-called ’backdoor entrant’ to you?" Su Qingnuan said with amusement, "Since you think I have connections, let me tell you today, I do have someone above me. Now, let’s go to the boss’s office and see if we should really be going to the archive room."

"..." The woman pushed her glasses and averted her gaze, "You think you can meet the boss just because you say so? Our boss hardly ever shows up; you can’t just see him because you want to."

Su Qingnuan smiled and looked towards the elevator.

"If I’m not mistaken, there’s a high-level meeting today organized by the boss."

"..."