“Oh, is this the child you brought back?” The high-pitched voice made Su Xi’s eardrums feel uncomfortable.

Su Xi looked at the two women in front of her. One was in her thirties and the other was in her early forties. They both had freshly done hair and wore flashy clothes that didn’t look cheap.

As Su Xi examined these two people, the two women were also sizing Su Xi up with what seemed to be a hint of disgust in their eyes.

“She doesn’t look like my brother^[1]elder brother.”

“These facial features really don’t look like that of the Su family. Maybe she took after Lin Xueyan?”

“I also don’t think she looks like my sister-in-law^[2]elder brother’s wife.” The woman in her thirties looked askance at Su Xi and muttered, “Can there be a mistake? She hasn’t been found for so many years, how can they say it’s her……?”

The woman’s voice wasn’t loud, but just enough for all present to hear.

Uncle Fu had been maintaining a proper but distant smile on his face, but when he heard the woman’s words, his expression turned dark.

“The two of you are worrying too much. We’ve arranged for someone to personally retrieve her and also conducted a DNA test. It’s impossible to make a mistake.” Uncle Fu’s tone was firm and cold.

The two women choked from Uncle Fu’s words, and their complexions changed slightly.

However, the woman in her early forties was obviously of a much higher level. The other party smiled calmly at Zhou Fu and easily broke the deadlock. “Zhou Fu, you’re speaking too seriously. Xiao Shan is only asking out of concern and is afraid that there’ll be a mistake.”

“That’s right, if you guys are not mistaken, the one you found is my niece. Why, am I not allowed to care?” The woman in her thirties returned at Uncle Fu, then looked at Su Xi with scrutiny again. She just didn’t think the girl look like anyone.

On the contrary, the woman next to her gazed at Su Xi and said, “Look carefully, the eyebrows look a bit similar.”

“Oh dear, I almost forgot, you don’t know us yet, do you?”

Su Xi: “……”

Su Xi was baffled by these two women, so she turned her head to look at Uncle Fu.

Uncle Fu first pointed to the woman in her early forties and introduced her to Su Xi, “This is the wife of Sir’s younger brother.”

“Also,” Uncle Fu gestured to the other woman and said, “This is Sir’s younger sister.”

The ‘sir’ that Uncle Fu was referring to couldn’t be Su Jingcheng, so he should be speaking about the villain’s father, the late Sir Su.

So these two were the elders of the villain?

Su Xi remembered that in the novel, the villain did have a few extreme relatives.

There were four siblings in Su Jingcheng’s father’s generation. Su Zhengheng was the second eldest, with an older sister above him, and a younger brother and sister below.

According to Uncle Fu’s introduction, Su Xi roughly matched the two women in front of her with the characters in the novel.

This woman in her early forties was named Xu Feng and was the wife of the villain’s uncle^[3]father’s younger brother. The other should be the villain’s youngest aunt. If she remembered correctly, her name was Su Shan.

In the novel, these relatives of the villain appeared several times. They didn’t have many scenes, but none of them was easy to get along with.

Moreover, Su Xi noticed that Uncle Fu didn’t mention the terms ‘aunt’ to her when he was making an introduction. It was obvious that Uncle Fu didn’t like these two uninvited guests at all and didn’t want Su Xi to have much contact with them.

Uncle Fu’s introduction caused Su Shan to be dissatisfied. “Zhou Fu, what kind of introduction is that?”

“That’s right, Zhou Fu, your introduction made it seems like we, the aunts, aren’t relevant at all.” Xu Feng glanced at Uncle Fu, then directed her gaze at Su Xi.

“You’re called Su Xi, right? If I remember correctly, you must be 14 this year?”

“Second brother’s and the eldest family’s child’s should be about 14 years old.” Su Shan took over and continued frowning. She pointed at Su Xi. “But look at how thin and short she is, she doesn’t look like she’s 14.”

“Is it due to poor health?” Xu Feng asked with concerned like expression.

“Our Su family’s genes are very healthy. There’s no such thing as poor health. It must be some kind of disease.”

“If that’s the case, we must quickly call the doctor to take a look.”

“That said, this child has been outside and we don’t know what she’s experienced. If there’s really anything wrong, it’s best to find out and treat it early.”

……

Watching the two people talking with their mouths, singing the same tune, Su Xi kept quiet.

As a result, the two seemed to get more excessive.

“This child has been silent all along, can’t she speak?”

“Perhaps she’s introverted.”

“That’s hard to say, what if it’s autism?”

Su Xi: “……”

Why didn’t she know she’s ill? And when did autism came up? If she let these two go on, there was no telling what diagnosis they would come up with next.

However, Su Xi understood that these two people were here to find fault with her.

“First, I’m thin because I don’t want to be fat.” Su Xi said, not forgetting to glance at the three layers of flesh on Xu Feng’s waist, then continued, “Second, there’s nothing wrong with my body. If you don’t believe it, you can go out for a 3,000 meter run with me.”

Su Shan: “You—!”

Su Xi: “Want to go?”

Xu Feng: “……”

They clearly didn’t expect the girl who had been silent all this time to suddenly speak up. Both of Xu Feng and Su Shan were stunned.

Uncle Fu on the side didn’t expect it either.

He really didn’t like these two women from the Su family. Su Shan was the Old Sir’s youngest child, spoiled and lawless, with a rebellious and brainless personality. As for Xu Feng, she seemed warm and welcoming, but was actually a scheming person. However, their relation with Sir and Young Master was there, and he, as a butler, couldn’t say much.

Just now, Uncle Fu was thinking of what to say to make the two stop for a while, but he didn’t expect that Su Xi would speak up first.

Moreover, Xiao Xi looked at them with no fright at all.

3,000 meters was fine. However, Xiao Xi has thin arms and legs and Uncle Fu dare not let her run for real.

Seeing the defeated faces of Xu Feng and Su Shan, Uncle Fu held back his laughter. He coughed lightly and said in a serious manner, “It’s getting late, if you two have nothing else—”

Uncle Fu only spoke halfway through but anyone could understand his meaning of seeing off the guests. However, the two women acted as if they weren’t aware.

“Who says there’s nothing else? We haven’t even talked about the main matter yet.”

Su Shan sat back down on the sofa, legs crossed, as if she were the hostess.

“Okay, okay, don’t stand around. Su Xi, come and sit down too. What I have to say has something to do with you.”

Seeing that Su Xi remained unmoved, Su Shan didn’t care either.

Xu Feng on the side said, “Here’s the thing, we’ve checked the date. Next Thursday will be father’s 80th birthday. He didn’t want to make it a big deal, but what needs to be done has to be done. Normally, father’s 80th birthday should be organized by elder brother’s family, but since Jingcheng is the only one left, it’s really inconvenient for him to do it. So I’ve discussed it with everyone. Our family will handle this birthday banquet.”

“We came over today to inform you that Jingcheng must remember to come back to attend father’s birthday banquet.” She paused slightly as her eyes turned, and then Xu Feng continued, “We’ll handle the birthday banquet, but as a member of the Su family, Jingcheng should still prepare what’s needed. I think the venue for the birthday banquet can be at the Shengyuan Hotel under Suyuan’s banner. As for the expenses, we’ve thought about it and we will not take up this responsibility.”

After hearing Xu Feng’s words, Uncle Fu sneered. After talking for a long time, weren’t these two here just to ask for money?

“These things are not valid if you said it to me. We have to wait until the young master returns to make a decision.”

Su Shan wasn’t happy. “Giving his grandfather^[4]paternal grandfather a little gift for his birthday banquet, what can he, Su Jingcheng, say? Moreover, there’s no telling when he’ll be back. What if he didn’t return by the time of father’s birthday?”

“Haha.” Like Uncle Fu said, he couldn’t make the decision on this matter. “Why don’t I call the young master now and you two talk to him directly?”

Hearing that Uncle Fu wanted to call Su Jingcheng, the expressions of the two changed a little.

“Isn’t he busy right now? What are you calling him for?”

“Fine, we just came over to say this. When Jingcheng comes back, we can discuss the matter then.” Xu Feng stood up and took another look at Su Xi, who had little presence. “This child was found but the family wasn’t notified, so I forgot to arrange a place for her for father’s birthday banquet. Look at what happens when one’s extremely shy. There’s no need to attend, as long as the intention is there.”

“I will convey it to the young master. The two of you can go ahead, I won’t see you off.”

———

After the two left, Uncle Fu looked at Su Xi. “Young Miss mustn’t take what those two people said just now to heart. They dare not provoke the young master.”

Those two members of the Su family dared to come to Jingyuan and act presumptuously when Su Jingcheng was away. He’ll see if they dare to speak like that in front of the young master.

They even told the young miss that there was ‘no place’ for her.

If it weren’t for him being an outstanding butler and that his professionalism wouldn’t allow it, Uncle Fu would have really wanted to tell them that even if there’s a seat arranged, their young miss still wouldn’t want to go.

Hearing what Uncle Fu said, Su Xi nodded.

She didn’t take those two people seriously from the very beginning.

The novel mentioned the affairs of the villain’s family. Although the Su family that Xu Feng and Su Shan spoke of was also in business, it could only be regarded as a small fourth or fifth rate company in B City. The business giant Suyuan Group mentioned in the novel was actually founded by the villain’s father, Su Zhengheng, after breaking away from the Su family. Su Zhengheng spent more than ten years making Suyuan Group one of the top companies in B City that later grew a lot bigger under the hands of Su Jingcheng.

After the growth of Suyuan Group, the people on that side of the Su family have always relied on the villain’s father.

So, strictly speaking, they should be the true head of the Su family, while Su Shan and Xu Feng, were at best the collateral relatives.