Substitute Bride to the Crippled Billionaire
Chapter 90: Trouble Brewing

Chapter 90: Chapter 90: Trouble Brewing

Su Qingnuan waited outside for a long time before those people came out.

Seeing that the office was now empty, Su Qingnuan quickly knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Su Qingnuan pushed the door open and walked in.

Seeing Su Qingnuan, the director rubbed his forehead. "Why are you here again?"

"Director..." Su Qingnuan said with a bitter smile, "Earlier, I hadn’t finished speaking, and you kicked me out."

Putting down the pen in his hand, the director frowned and looked at her. "Alright, go ahead. What do you want to say?"

Su Qingnuan hurriedly recounted what she had witnessed at the competition venue.

The director, whose brows were already furrowed, listened and frowned even more deeply, as if his expression could crush a fly.

"Are you sure what you heard is true?"

Su Qingnuan nodded and solemnly pressed against her chest. "I guarantee with my character, not a single word of mine is false."

"Alright, got it." The director waved his hand. "You go back and rest for now. There’s still a competition tomorrow. I’ll discuss this matter with the higher-ups."

"Alright."

Walking out of the office, Su Qingnuan suddenly let out a sigh of relief, feeling much more at ease.

"How did it go?" Gu Xiaoxiao ran over and whispered, "Did you tell them?"

"I did!" Su Qingnuan said with a smile and nodded. "The director said he would follow up on this matter."

"That’s good."

Gu Xiaoxiao linked her arm through Su Qingnuan’s, happily walking outside.

"This is what I expect from the Su Qingnuan I know—full of a sense of justice!"

Su Qingnuan chuckled bitterly. "I just felt that what happened wasn’t fair to the other students, so I told the director."

"It wasn’t fair at all!" Gu Xiaoxiao said angrily, "Kong Rong is just relying on her family’s power to do such things. If it were us, we’d have been scared to death."

It was true.

Ever since she was young, Su Qingnuan had always been diligent and earnest in her studies, never considering any crooked or improper means.

Asking her to cheat was as hard as climbing to the heavens.

"Never mind, don’t think about it anymore." Gu Xiaoxiao placed her arm around Su Qingnuan’s shoulders. "You have a competition tomorrow. Rest early. Come on, I’ll walk you home."

"No need." Su Qingnuan said with an unwavering smile. "I can go back by myself. It’s not like I’m sick—why bother walking me home?"

"You really don’t need me to send you back?" Gu Xiaoxiao clutched her chest with a devastated expression, "I’m so heartbroken."

"....." Su Qingnuan pushed Gu Xiaoxiao’s hand away helplessly and said, "Alright, enough. Go home and rest. Tomorrow, I have no doubt you’ll be tagging along with me again, won’t you?"

Gu Xiaoxiao snapped her fingers and grinned excitedly. "Smart girl!"

"To have better energy tomorrow to cheer for me, you should head back now."

"Fine, because you said that, I’ll go back early."

The two parted ways below the teaching building. Just as Su Qingnuan was about to hail a cab, she caught sight of a car parked at the entrance.

"Aqi?" Su Qingnuan looked toward the driver’s seat in confusion. "Why did you come here?"

She didn’t recall telling anyone when she would finish.

"I calculated the time to come and wait for you."

"..."

Su Qingnuan, touched yet slightly guilty, said, "Sorry for making you come out of your way." Glancing back, she smiled. "Would you like something to drink?"

"No need, Young Madam. Please get in the car first."

"Are you sure you don’t want anything?" Su Qingnuan asked warmly with a smile. "Let me buy you a cup of milk tea. It’s right over there; it won’t take long."

Su Qingnuan jogged to the milk tea shop, bought a cup for Aqi, and ran back excitedly.

Aqi glanced at the milk tea in Su Qingnuan’s hands, his expression stiffening slightly.

Without hesitation, Su Qingnuan placed the milk tea into Aqi’s arms and said with a cheerful grin, "Don’t be polite with me—drink this!"

Faced with the milk tea in his arms, Aqi was momentarily unable to react.

Ignoring Aqi’s expression, Su Qingnuan climbed into the car without further ado.

"Let’s go."

"Alright."

Upon returning to the Fu household, Su Qingnuan noticed the lit-up house and carefully stepped inside.

"Did you not hear what I said? Why are you still doing that kind of thing?"

Su Qingnuan froze in her tracks.

"I told you long ago that this wouldn’t do, but you insisted on not believing me and went ahead with it! What good is any of this now?"

"..."

The old man’s scolding echoed throughout the house.

Su Qingnuan hurriedly retreated outside to wait.

After a while, a car stopped at the entrance.

Looking up, Su Qingnuan frowned slightly at the person who stepped out of the vehicle.

"Why are you standing at the door?" Fu Yihan asked.

Su Qingnuan glanced inside and replied helplessly, "Grandfather is scolding someone."

"Is he scolding you?" Fu Yihan asked.

Su Qingnuan shook her head. "No, it looks like he’s scolding Fu Yixing."

"..."

Fu Yihan glanced inside and frowned. "Go over there."

"Huh?" Su Qingnuan blinked in confusion. "Huh? What for?"

"...Stand up and follow me in."

Su Qingnuan quickly stood up and ushered Fu Yihan inside.

"What’s with that expression? Who are you trying to show it to?"

Another angry shout rang out as Su Qingnuan lowered her head, pretending not to notice, and continued walking further in.

"Still not listening? You say you...."

Suddenly, the old man’s words stopped as he looked at the two people at the door.

"Yihan, when did you get back?" The old man asked with a smile.

The abrupt change in tone was truly worthy of being called a master of "changing faces."

Su Qingnuan immediately responded with a bright smile, "Grandfather, we just got back."

"...So what’s your current plan? Heading upstairs?"

"Yes." Su Qingnuan nodded.

"Alright, then go on up."

Seeing that the old man didn’t stop them, Su Qingnuan quickly ushered Fu Yihan toward the elevator.

The elevator door opened, and the two stepped into it.

Fu Yihan glanced down at Su Qingnuan’s trembling hands that were pushing him forward and furrowed his brows.

"What are you so scared of?"

"..." Su Qingnuan frowned slightly. "I don’t know... It’s just that..."

Though she didn’t finish her sentence, Fu Yihan understood what she meant.

"I got it. No need to say more."

"...Alright."

Looking at the door that was slowly opening in the distance, Su Qingnuan sighed softly. "Mr. Fu, I’d like to borrow the study tonight, is that alright?"

"To practice?"

Su Qingnuan nodded sheepishly. "Yes, there’s a competition tomorrow, but I..."

She hesitated and struggled to explain.

"What’s the matter? Hard to say?"

Scratching her head, Su Qingnuan muttered in a low voice, "Not really, it’s just..."

Seeing her troubled expression, Fu Yihan frowned deeply. "If you have something to say, just say it directly. Acting like this will make people think I bullied you."

"No, no!" Su Qingnuan hastily replied. "Definitely not!"

"....." Fu Yihan turned away, speaking sternly, "The study is occupied now. Do whatever you need to quickly, and stop bothering me."

"...Alright."

Despite being scolded, Su Qingnuan had managed to borrow the study. She didn’t say anything further.

Heading into the study with her laptop, Su Qingnuan pulled out her previous creative work and re-made it from scratch. After thoroughly testing and verifying everything to ensure there were no mistakes, she finally concluded her work.

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