Su Jianye was so thoroughly manipulated by Su Qian that he couldn’t even find the words to argue.
Fine, fine! You go clubbing to pick up men, and somehow it’s my fault now?!
This was completely unreasonable!
But what Su Qian had said had struck right at the source of his guilt.
After all, he really did dote on Su Muyao. The only reason he had called to scold Su Qian tonight was because Su Muyao had just phoned him in America, crying her eyes out.
At this very moment, he really was taking his adopted daughter’s side.
But…
Yaoyao was such an innocent and pure-hearted girl. He had pampered her since she was little! Even if hiring paparazzi had been a little inappropriate, she must have simply acted on impulse!
Feeling guilty, Su Jianye had finally managed to convince himself with that excuse, leaving him with no real ground to refute Su Qian.
When she noticed he had gone silent, Su Qian became even more energized.
“Feeling guilty now, are you? But what’s the use of guilt? As a grown man, the most important thing is figuring out how to make your daughter happy again.”
She sighed dramatically.
“Luckily, I’m a beautiful, understanding young lady. Don’t worry—even if you’re a completely incompetent father, I won’t hate you too much.”
“Alright, you know what to do now, don’t you? I’ve already sent you my bank account number. How much compensation you transfer depends entirely on the sincerity of your apology.”
Su Jianye: “…”
So that’s what this little brat was after.
Still, he didn’t dare keep arguing with Su Qian. He was afraid she’d say something she shouldn’t again, just like last time, and bring up Yaoyao’s mother right to his face.
After all, this daughter of his treated Weibo like her personal Moments feed.
Most people weren’t even this reckless when posting to their private social media!
Accepting his bad luck, Su Jianye cursed under his breath and hung up.
A few moments later, a transfer notification arrived.
Su Qian counted the zeros.
Hm.
Fifty million yuan.
Not bad. The sincerity was acceptable.
She happily put away her phone, only to notice Su Yichen standing beside her, still holding the shoe she had thrown earlier.
“You… really shouldn’t talk to Dad like that…”
He had barely gotten one sentence out before Su Qian interrupted him, looking him up and down with obvious disdain.
“I only scolded him and not you. What, are you feeling left out?”
Su Yichen pressed his lips together.
Deciding to accept his own bad luck as well, he silently handed her shoe to a maid.
“Put the young miss’s shoes away.”
He didn’t want to continue the subject.
Unfortunately for him, Su Qian had no intention of letting him off the hook.
“You stood there listening to everything and you’re still just standing around?” she said as though it were the most natural thing in the world.
“What? You think I went out looking for men and you bear no responsibility at all?”
Su Yichen: “??”
The innocent and utterly bewildered expression on his face almost made Su Qian soften.
Almost.
Her heart might soften, but her hands never did.
“Why did I go out in the middle of the night? Because I couldn’t stand staying in this house anymore! Think about the way you’ve treated me. How could I not be heartbroken? How could I not go out looking for some excitement?”
Su Yichen hurriedly raised a hand to stop her before she could continue.
“Alright, alright, I know what you’re getting at.”
Keeping a cold expression, he pulled a bank card out of his wallet and placed it in Su Qian’s hand.
“This supplementary card has no spending limit. Take it and use it. Happy now?”
Su Qian accepted it on the spot.
“That’s more like it.”
Sure enough, all these NPCs in brainless romance novels were the same. They treated money like it was worthless. Ask, and they’d hand it over immediately—they spat out gold coins even faster than an ATM.
After unleashing one round of verbal attacks, Su Qian had made a fortune.
Holding her phone and the unlimited credit card, she happily went upstairs.
Left downstairs, Su Yichen stood there for a long while before finally muttering,
“If you go out to have fun… at least be careful.”
Su Qian didn’t even acknowledge him.
She went straight to her bedroom and shut the door.
Time to count her money!
…
Meanwhile, on the other side, Ji Yuhan was about to die of anger.
The moment Su Qian’s Weibo post went up, Su Muyao had started crying.
But when Ji Yuhan opened the post, what caught his eye were those bar photos.
He had never really noticed before, but Su Qian was actually stunningly beautiful—the kind of woman who stood out instantly in a crowd and left people amazed at first glance.
But right now, he had no time to think about that.
Because even with the faces censored, he could still see the people sitting in the VIP booth!
One, two, three, four…
There were at least six or seven men surrounding Su Qian!
Fine.
She had said on the phone that she was ordering six men…
She had actually gone and done it!
Shameless… such a promiscuous woman!
He gripped the Buddhist prayer beads around his wrist so tightly that he nearly crushed them.
At that moment, Su Muyao’s manager arrived.
She wrapped an arm around Su Muyao’s shoulders and gently comforted her.
“There, there. I know you only did it because you care about your sister.”
As she soothed Su Muyao, she secretly watched Ji Yuhan’s reaction.
Crying softly, Su Muyao said,
“I… I only wanted to teach Qianqian a little lesson so she wouldn’t fool around outside anymore. I really meant well. Qianqian just misunderstood me…”
The manager sighed and deliberately raised her voice so Ji Yuhan could hear.
“You just officially announced your participation in Heart-Stirring Star, and your popularity is at its peak. Su Qian clearly did this on purpose to ruin your reputation by smearing you now.”
“I’m not afraid of people criticizing me…” Su Muyao sobbed. “Just think of it as me being foolish for a moment. I shouldn’t have cared about her in the first place…”
Only then did Ji Yuhan really pay attention to Su Muyao.
Of course he believed what she said. After all, she had seemed genuinely worried about Su Qian earlier.
But that wasn’t the point!
The point was that Su Qian had actually dared to hire male escorts—and had even proudly posted about it online!
Watching Su Muyao cry, Ji Yuhan wasn’t particularly moved. He merely said casually,
“Don’t worry. I’ll handle what’s happening online.”
The manager glanced at Su Muyao before continuing to fan the flames.
“Yaoyao has always been careful and kept a clean image throughout all her years in the entertainment industry. How did everything suddenly become like this the moment Su Qian showed up?”
The two women had worked together for years.
Manipulating Ji Yuhan was as easy as one plus one.
Sure enough, he immediately took out his phone and called his company.
“Take care of all the negative comments about Muyao online. And remove all of Su Qian’s trending topics as well.”
The Ji Corporation was an industry giant with a near-monopoly.
Handling something this small was effortless.
As expected, the trending topics quickly began dropping, and the overall buzz started fading.
At this rate, by tomorrow morning, nobody would be talking about it anymore.
Only then did Su Muyao relax a little.
Wiping away her tears, she looked at Ji Yuhan gently.
“A-Han… I’m sorry. I’m such an idiot. I always end up making you help me because of things like this…”
Ji Yuhan gazed back at her affectionately.
“You silly girl. What are you apologizing for?”
Just as the two of them were about to embrace again, the manager suddenly cried out in alarm.
“Su Qian posted on Weibo again!!”
Su Muyao snatched the phone from her hand.
[AAAA Agricultural Machinery Repair Sister Su:
My family found out that Su Muyao stabbed me in the back, and they’re absolutely heartbroken for me! I can’t even spend all my allowance, so I’m giving away another round of cash—one hundred followers, one hundred thousand yuan each. Go have some fun with it!]
Another repost-and-follow cash giveaway.
And just like that, the trending topic that had only just started dying down was pushed right back to the top by countless netizens eager to win the prize.