Shattered by Fate, Restored by Truth

Chapter 493: It’s Very Refreshing Not to Deal with Human Affairs

Chen Lei asked very seriously, urgently waiting for Su Wanxin to give him an answer.

Su Wanxin looked at him, pondered for a moment, and quietly clarified—

"Maybe it’s like... when my mom was selling fruit, she honed her eloquence and switched careers to become a lawyer. My dad thought the fruit business wasn’t that great, so he switched to IT, maybe?"

Chen Lei: "..."

I bought your bullshit. You sly little girl, so wicked!

Chen Lei: "President Su, it’s truly a blessing for the country and the people that you and President Fu didn’t mistakenly go down the path of pyramid selling."

He slowly stood up, his sigh filled with a sense of wonder.

With that ability to bluff without batting an eyelid, brimming with confidence, it feels like doubting her words is the wrong thing to do. Chen Lei felt that he could never achieve that level in his next life.

"Look at you, with such a powerful background, and still you were bullied to such an extent before?"

Chen Lei, thinking of some past incidents, couldn’t help but give heartfelt advice.

"If I had someone backing me like you do, I could reach the skies!"

Su Wanxin smiled thoughtfully and returned to working on her computer: "I’m afraid that falling from the sky would hurt even more."

So, it’s better to rely on oneself than others.

Su Wanxin didn’t have the habit of holding onto powerful legs and never letting go, even now that she had returned to the Su Family, she hadn’t thought about using the family’s status for anything.

Chen Lei sighed and left, down the corridor, several colleagues were waiting for news from him.

Seeing him come out with a complicated expression and nod, a series of expletives followed one after another.

Su Family’s stocks had been nailed to the daily limit from the moment the market opened, and they were still capped at closure.

In just one day, Su Wanxin received numerous invitations, including various dinner parties and business events. She refused so many that her head hurt.

In the evening after getting off work, she grabbed her bag and car keys and ran off, driving straight home.

She knew that Fu Shihan had dinner with Su Bai tonight, but didn’t know what other plans the two might have. She was eager to go home to accompany her son, and then, wait for Fu Shihan to come to her with complaints.

Fu Shihan hadn’t called her today, nor had he sent any messages. The two only bumped into each other at the doorstep in the morning, exchanged glances, and had no other interaction.

This gave Su Wanxin a sigh of relief.

His ability to exert both soft and hard influence left her feeling inferior.

...

Fu Shihan had a meeting today and only returned from the neighboring city at around four o’clock in the afternoon. On the way to meet Su Bai, Lu Ci called him.

Once the call connected, that schadenfreude-filled voice came through, asking him, "President Fu, what’s your plan for today? If you’re free, how about we grab a few drinks?"

Fu Shihan sat lazily in the passenger seat, holding the phone, and with a hooked lip corner, said, "Brother Ci, been quite idle lately?"

Lu Ci: "..."

Fuck.

What did he just call me?

"Should I find some work for you?" Fu Shihan had been laughed at by them a lot recently, he remembered that well.

There’s plenty of time in the future, no rush, we can settle this account slowly.

"Brother Han, let’s talk nicely," Lu Ci immediately lost half his momentum when he heard that form of address.

He and Fu Shihan only had a few months difference in age, and adding to that their mothers were sisters, so they had known each other for more than twenty years.

According to Lu Ci’s personal experience over these twenty-plus years, every time Fu Shihan called him Brother Ci, nothing good came of it.

"Huh?" Fu Shihan scoffed coldly. "Am I not speaking nicely?"

Lu Ci: "..."

"Which one of us has been living it up lately, without a care in the world, you or us? Don’t you know in your heart?"

Lu Ci: "..."

"Brother Ci, if I fell into a river, do you think you’d be able to escape?"