The Outcast Heiress’s Secret Identities
Chapter 534 - Chapter 534 0524 A fool

Chapter 534: 0524 A fool Chapter 534: 0524 A fool She held his hand and admitted her mistake obediently.

“I was wrong!”

Fu Qiyuan looked down at her, his expression still displeased.

“What did you do wrong?”

“I shouldn’t have skipped lunch.”

Upon hearing this, Fu Qiyuan’s taut face relaxed slightly.

“Remember, nothing is worth neglecting your meals and sleep over.”

Su Ran nodded, her face earnest and eager to please.

“Mhm, I’ll remember. Let’s go, I’m starving. Let’s go downstairs to eat.”

Looking at the girl’s pitiful appearance, Fu Qiyuan’s heart softened, and he could no longer bear to blame her.

He pulled her up from the chair and took her hand as they descended the stairs.

In the dining room, the servants had already prepared everything, waiting for the two of them.

As soon as she sat at the table, Su Ran began to eat, her vigorous appetite seeming to infect the person beside her.

Fu Qiyuan sat next to her, his eyes warm with affection, watching Su Ran eat bite by bite gracefully; he too began to eat with his chopsticks.

There’s nothing much to talk about during meals, and they rarely spoke, fully embracing the ethos of “not speaking while eating or talking while sleeping.”

During the meal, Su Ran looked up at the man beside her, his handsome face showing no emotion.

After picking out the bones from the fish, she placed it in the man’s bowl. Fu Qiyuan glanced at it, then looked up at her.

“The fish is quite delicious today. Try it.”

Fu Qiyuan’s gaze was gentle, and he smiled slightly as he picked up the piece of fish and put it into his mouth.

“Is it good?” Su Ran asked.

Fu Qiyuan nodded, “Yeah, it’s tasty.”

Su Ran smiled and then continued to eat.

After lunch, the two took a stroll in the garden and then curled up on the sofa in the living room.

The sunshine outside the window cast a warm glow on them.

Su Ran’s head rested on the man’s shoulder as she watched the variety show playing on the opposite side.

“How’s the preparation for the competition going?”

After an unknown amount of time, Fu Qiyuan suddenly spoke up.

Leaning against his shoulder, Su Ran nodded, “Mhm, no problem.”

“Nervous?”

Su Ran frowned slightly as if searching for a feeling of nervousness.

After a while, “Not nervous.”

Forgive her, she really didn’t know what nervousness felt like, after all…

Fu Qiyuan glanced at her and smiled lightly.

“Good luck.”

Hearing the man’s encouragement, as well as the strong and steady sound of his heartbeat, Su Ran raised her eyebrows, sat up straight, and looked at him teasingly.

“Why do I feel like you’re more nervous than I am? The person who’s competing is me.”

Fu Qiyuan paused for a moment, then let out a light laugh, reaching out to pull her back into his embrace, pressing her ear against his chest.

“That’s true.”

Su Ran slowly raised her head within his embrace and looked up at his finely-chiseled jawline, asking:

“Don’t you have confidence in me?”

Fu Qiyuan reached out and pinched her cheek, smiling, “Of course not.”

Su Ran arched an eyebrow, “Oh?”

“It’s just that thinking about what comes after makes me a bit nervous.”

Su Ran looked puzzled and asked:

“What comes after?”

Fu Qiyuan glanced at her but did not answer.

Su Ran furrowed her brows, about to inquire further, but the phone on the coffee table suddenly rang.

There was a slight pause before she picked up the phone and looked at the caller ID, her starry eyes a frigid expanse of ice and snow.

She scoffed lightly before answering the call.

“What do you want?”

Su Hongde was startled by Su Ran’s cold and unfamiliar voice, hesitating for a long time, as if remembering his own status, a surge of anger flooded his heart in an instant.

“Su Ran, is this how you speak to your own father?”

A flash of cold light crossed Su Ran’s eyes, and impatience was evident in her features.

“Just say what you need to say, and don’t play the sentimental card with me. Do you think you deserve that?”

She had gradually lost patience with these people. If it weren’t for reclaiming her mother’s belongings, would she even bother wasting words on them?

Seeing Su Ran’s mood was off, Fu Qiyuan’s expression also darkened. He glanced at the phone in her hand and asked in a deep voice:

“Who is it?”

Su Ran let out a cold laugh, unabashedly saying:

“An idiot.”

Fu Qiyuan’s eyes narrowed slightly, a flash of fierce coldness passing through them.

Su Hongde’s face turned white with anger upon hearing Su Ran’s words.

“You… insolent!”

After his anger abated, it seemed as if he realized there was someone else with Su Ran, his face turning dark.

“Who are you with?”

Su Ran scoffed, “What does it matter to you?”

The anger in Su Hongde’s heart deepened as he retorted:

“I don’t care who you’re with, but you’d better not cause any trouble for me. If you disgrace the Su Family through your association with those people, see how I’ll deal with you!”

Su Hongde’s words were filled with fury and were difficult to listen to, anger flickering in Su Ran’s narrowed eyes, a hint of danger rising within them.

“What about you not fooling around outside? Where did Su Xinyan come from? Don’t push your luck!”

“You…”

Su Hongde found himself at a loss for words from Su Ran’s retort, the affair he had had with Tan Lirong was known to everyone.

It had even turned his household upside down.

Now, to have the matter brought up so casually by Su Ran, how could he not be furious?

Especially when she spoke of his precious daughter in such terms.

“You’ve barely broken the engagement with Gu Heng, and you’re already with another man? Do you have no sense of shame?”

Su Ran laughed coldly, “Your precious daughter managed to sleep with her future brother-in-law without breaking off her engagement. Why don’t you ask her where her sense of shame went? Was she born without it, or did you consume it yourself?”

“You…”

Once again rendered speechless by the retort, Su Hongde was seething with anger but could not argue back.

Recalling all that Xinyan had been facing lately because of Su Ran, his already scarce good will towards her grew even more uncontrollably bitter.

How could he speak kindly to such a perverse troublemaker?

Taking a deep breath, Su Hongde knew he was no match for Su Ran in a war of words and decided to get straight to the point.

“Come home today; there’s something I need to discuss with you.”

Su Ran frowned, “If there’s something to discuss, say it over the phone,”

It seemed Su Hongde was also tired of the back and forth and spoke bluntly:

“It’s about a family matter, naturally. Don’t forget, your surname is still Su. Your grandfather is also here today; are you sure you don’t want to come back?”

Upon hearing this, Su Ran’s eyes narrowed. She was well aware of what these people were up to.

The international competition was about to start, and they surely were growing restless!

It was about time for her to reclaim her mother’s things!

“You’d better have a serious matter to discuss with me; my patience is limited.”

Su Ran’s casual tone made Su Hongde uneasy. Frowning, he remembered Su Ran’s recent behavior and felt a vague sense of unease.

“Of course, it’s a serious matter. If you don’t come…”

Su Ran let out a cold laugh, “Come back? Of course, I’ll come back. Isn’t it about discussing serious matters? Then let’s properly discuss them!”

Though the phone stood between them, all Su Hongde could muster was a shadow of gloom, “You…”

Su Ran snorted coldly, not bothering with him any longer and not wanting to hear any more nonsense. As Su Hongde opened his mouth to speak again, she simply hung up the phone.

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