After leaving Zhongsheng Hall, Fu Jingyan hurried to a coffee shop near the hospital where Su Qingyue was waiting for him.
“What’s wrong? Didn’t Fifth Uncle stay with you?” Fu Jingyan noticed her downcast expression.
“We can’t be glued together every moment, can we?” Su Qingyue smiled. “I ordered an Americano for you.”
“Thank you.”
“Do we still need to be so polite with each other?” Su Qingyue looked at him. “Did you just go see Yu Yue?”
“Yes, Grandma asked me to thank her properly.”
“Hmm, that should have been me and Fu Shen going. It seems Old Madam still wants to bring you two together and doesn’t want you to divorce her.” Su Qingyue understood Old Madam’s intentions.
Logically, Old Madam supported Fu Shen marrying her. Since Old Madam still wanted to keep Yu Yue as her granddaughter-in-law, to please Old Madam, she could help persuade Fu Jingyan.
Unfortunately, she hadn’t expected Yu Yue to be so close with the amnesiac Su Cheng.
Such a Yu Yue could not be allowed to stay in the Fu family.
The divorce had to happen as soon as possible.
To avoid complications.
“Grandma really doesn’t want me to divorce her,” Fu Jingyan admitted.
“What about you? What do you think? As a friend, I’m on your side, even though I’d love to sacrifice you to please Old Madam.” Su Qingyue spoke honestly.
“Sacrifice me?” Fu Jingyan raised an eyebrow, puzzled.
“I’m afraid Fu Shen still won’t marry me. So, before returning to the country, I thought about persuading you to accept Yu Yue on Old Madam’s behalf. But in the end, I didn’t do it. I still believe your feelings are the most important.”
Su Qingyue spoke flawlessly.
Having grown up with Fu Jingyan, she believed she understood him deeply and thoroughly.
“Thank you.” Fu Jingyan took a sip of his Americano.
“I already said, there’s no need for such politeness between us.”
“Did you ask Yu Yue when exactly Tangtang’s surgery is scheduled?” As a mother, Su Qingyue knew she should first establish her maternal image before discussing anything else.
“…Not yet.” Such an important question, and he hadn’t even had the chance to ask Yu Yue.
But Yu Yue was just a small assistant who couldn’t even meet the big shot. Surely, she could only wait for notification whenever the big shot decided on the surgery date.
Asking wouldn’t make much difference anyway.
“It’s fine if you didn’t ask. We’ll just wait patiently. After all, they’re the big shot—we can’t rush them.”
And it was the kind of big shot who didn’t care about money, the type you couldn’t cut in line no matter how much you paid.
“Right. Since they’ve already agreed, they’ll notify us of the time once they finalize the surgical plan. There’s no need to rush.”
“I’m not rushing. It’s your Fifth Uncle who’s anxious.”
“…”
How could he not be anxious?
Tangtang was Fu Shen’s biological daughter.
“By the way, when Fu Shen and I went to Jing’an Temple today to pray for Tangtang, we ran into Yu Yue and her friend.”
“What was she doing at Jing’an Temple?” Fu Jingyan wondered. “Her friend? Male or female?”
“Of course, it was a female. What are you thinking? Do you know about her friends?” Su Qingyue picked up her coffee, pretending to ask calmly.
“Yes, aside from her senior brother, there are two other women—one is a lawyer, and the other is an actress.” Fu Jingyan said.
He hadn’t learned this himself. Instead, every time he called his grandmother, she would tell him, hoping he would get to know his little wife better.
Yu Yue was petite in stature but young in age.
He was five years older than her.
“You must have met her lawyer friend, Lin Lan.”
“Yes, her name is Lin Lan.” Yu Yue said they were close friends.
“Jingyan, there’s something I want to tell you. You must help me.”
“What is it?”
“It’s about Yu Yue’s lawyer friend, Lin Lan. I think it’s highly possible that she is my cousin, Su Cheng.” Su Qingyue looked at Fu Jingyan with tearful eyes.
“What?” Fu Jingyan had never met Lin Lan, so he had no idea about this.
He had only met Su Cheng once before. After that, Su Qingyue’s third uncle’s family encountered a shipwreck, and all five members perished.
Su Cheng and her older brother, Su Jun, were never found.
After so many years, the Su family searched for two years before finally giving up.
During that time, the Fu family appeared peaceful on the surface, but internally, things were far from calm.
It was also during that period that he was involved in a car accident. At that time, the upper circles of the capital were in turmoil, with several families experiencing various accidents.
That incident marked a significant and far-reaching reshuffling of the upper echelons of the capital’s social circles.
Those with strong willpower survived.
Those without fortune met their end early.
Fu Jingyan didn’t know much about the Su family’s affairs; he had only pieced together what he had heard.
Su Cheng truly seemed to have little luck. She went missing as a child and wasn’t found by the Su family until she was in her teens. Yet, she didn’t enjoy many years of happiness before going on a sea trip with her parents and disappearing.
“Jingyan, today, in front of Yu Yue, I didn’t dare show any panic. So, if it’s convenient for you, could you help me inquire about Lin Lan’s situation through Yu Yue? If she has parents and family, then forget it.”
“But if she doesn’t, I want to know why she changed her name and pretended not to know me.”
“You know, after my third uncle’s family passed away, it was a huge blow to my grandparents. My grandfather loved my third uncle the most. After his family was gone, my grandfather passed away shortly after.”
“My grandmother was so heartbroken that she became senile and still mentions my third uncle’s name every day. After my father was forced to take charge of the Su family, we moved to Nancheng to help treat my grandmother’s illness. That’s where her maternal family is from.”
“If Lin Lan is indeed Su Cheng, I want her to go to Nancheng with my parents to see my grandmother once they arrive.”
Su Qingyue’s eyes were red, and she spoke tearfully, her words deeply moving.
Fu Jingyan reached out and patted the back of her hand. “Alright, don’t cry. I’ll help you with this.”
“Thank you, Jingyan.” Su Qingyue took a tissue and wiped her tears, forcing a smile.
“No need to thank me. We’re about to become family soon. In the future, I’ll have to call you Fifth Aunt.”
“There’s one more thing.” Su Qingyue blushed shyly. “Actually, back then, it was Fu Shen who found Su Cheng for us. I never told you, but Fu Shen dated her.”
“!!!”
Fu Jingyan could hardly believe it. He stared wide-eyed in shock.
He and his grandmother only learned later that the reason Fu Shen had always refused to accept Su Qingyue, who was deeply in love with him, was because he had another woman in his heart.
But they truly didn’t know that the woman Fu Shen kept in his heart was actually Su Cheng.
How old was Su Cheng back then?
Did his Fifth Uncle really like a young girl?
This is truly unbelievable.
No wonder he refused to tell his grandmother about this matter, because his grandmother had always admonished Fifth Uncle, saying that as an elder, he should be more mature, act prudently, and always put the Fu family first.
So, the two of them were secretly dating without letting their families know?
But…
“When I found out about this, I was also shocked. Jingyan, considering I already have Tangtang, please help me. If that Lin Lan really is Su Cheng, find a way to prevent your Fifth Uncle from seeing her before the wedding, okay?”
Fu Jingyan: “…”