{“I’ve seen you sticking to dad like glue…” 1}

“Who taught you to shout like that on the phone?”

Bian Yuan stood up leisurely, entering the frame perfectly.

Yu Suye thought Bian Yuan was there to help her out, but his commanding presence and the way he began to scold made her feel as if—

The boss was doing it on purpose.

What could have been a few comforting words turned into an outright conflict between the father and daughter, and she found herself caught in the middle.

Bian Yuan was standing not far behind her, making it hard to believe they weren’t on the same side.

“Su Su, did you choose him over me?”

Faced with such a tearful question, Yu Suye felt both pity and helplessness.

How could she have chosen?

What right did she have to jump between a billionaire and his daughter, thinking she could freely choose?

It didn’t make sense.

Yu Suye could only try to calm the situation, her tone softer than usual as she said, “Xingxing, Su Su will always stand by your side.”

Then, the boss stepped forward, towering over her and entering the frame completely, creating a visual overlap that was hard not to interpret in various ways. Yu Suye quickly walked away, finally letting down her guard at the blinds, her gaze warning the boss not to get any closer.

But the boss seemed to have good intentions, considering the room’s lighting, and he moved to draw the curtains nearby.

At that moment, Yu Suye felt a bit confused. Aren’t curtains usually smart? Why didn’t he just use electronic controls instead of coming so close to her?

Her thoughts were drawn back to the crying little girl.

The girl had already run out of tears.

“You’re still lying to me, I saw you two together all the time…”

The phrase “together all the time” hit Yu Suye like a thunderbolt. She didn’t know how to explain; she had clearly maintained some distance from Bian Yuan, but the camera sometimes created such misunderstandings.

But the little girl seemed beyond consolation and hurriedly hung up the call.

Feeling guilty, Yu Suye wondered how to make it up to Xingxing. But when she glanced up again, the source of her troubles, Bian Yuan, looked utterly relaxed.

“Could you not appear when I’m chatting with Xingxing?”

“That might be difficult.”

This time, Bian Yuan didn’t bother to deceive her because in the future, he would always be “together” with her.

Yu Suye was very angry. She didn’t want to linger any longer, doing things that were thankless and having to bear the burden of the father-daughter conflict.

“I’m leaving now to buy Xingxing a small gift,” she said, her tone different from when she had avoided confrontation before. She felt confident enough to say, “I’ll also check on the venue I got for free.”

At that moment, she didn’t even realize how much she gritted her teeth when saying “for free,” while the man revealed a fleeting smile.

When Yu Suye arrived at the villa complex, not only had her agent’s attitude done a complete turnaround, but even the highest-ranking person in the project was present, nodding and bowing to her.

For a moment, she felt a bit overwhelmed by this warmth from others.

But that didn’t stop her from picking and choosing among the villas, until she found the one that perfectly matched her vision for throwing a party.

Yu Suye knew she was riding on Bian Yuan’s coattails.

It was only because of her connection with his daughter that these people treated her with such respect today.

As she walked alone in the beautifully designed building, with its French charm and high balconies, every detail seemed to cater to her tastes, and the pricing was astonishing. It made her feel that Bian Yuan was being too stingy.

Fortunately, she was only responsible for the down payment of an ordinary apartment and hadn’t accrued too many debts of gratitude, so it wouldn’t significantly impact the boss’s finances. Otherwise, she would have to think hard about how to cover for the father and daughter.

Thinking of all the properties Bian Yuan owned, she felt a bit lighter.

“I want the night of the 22nd-23rd.”

Yu Suye arranged everything for her junior’s return party, filled with endless anticipation for her first officially planned event. Coordinating the timing and transportation with her junior, she felt she had accomplished something significant.

After careful calculation, she realized that the earnings from this deal, combined with the free venue, would almost cover her first month’s mortgage.

Yu Suye waited for the renovations to finish, so she could bring her parents over to enjoy their retirement.

This should have been a perfect day to find a place to dine out with her roommates.

After leaving the villa area, Yu Suye chose to take a taxi instead of bothering the staff, but to her surprise, there weren’t many cars around at that hour.

So, she had to walk out of the area.

Yu Suye knew this was a wealthy neighborhood and didn’t worry much about safety, but she sensed a gloomy atmosphere.

Sure enough, she hadn’t walked long when she encountered someone she had seen in her nightmares—her aunt.

Years had passed, yet she still remembered her aunt’s sharp, bitter face, and couldn’t forget how her aunt had thrown a not-so-thick envelope at her mother’s face.

At that time, her father’s business in Beichuan had run into some financial troubles, and her mother remembered the only aunt who hadn’t turned against her. Despite having countless ways to refuse, her aunt chose the most humiliating method.

Protected by her parents throughout her childhood, Yu Suye had hardly any shadows in her life, but her aunt Zou Nan was one of her few nightmares.