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Chapter 44 I'm Here to Apologize
"younger sister?!"

Qi Zhiwen lowered his crossed legs, leaned forward, and said in a shocked tone, "Didn't Chen Zheyan say..."

Huo Jingcheng glanced at him sideways, his voice icy: "You still believe him."

Aside from his passion for drawing and his exceptional talent, Chen Zheyan is just a simpleton.

"..." Qi Zhiwen.

Huo Jingcheng's voice echoed in the air, "Hurry up and apologize."

"Yes, I'll apologize. I'll go apologize right now." Qi Zhiwen nodded as he stood up, but then, remembering something, he took a step and slumped back onto the sofa. "If I go now, she won't kill me, will she?"

"..." Huo Jingcheng.

As he thought about it, Qi Zhiwen couldn't help but make excuses for himself, "It's not my fault, is it? Which crown princess is as low-key as her? The key is that you didn't tell me, how was I supposed to know?..."

He muttered, "It's over, it's over..."

Qi Zhiwen sighed, looking worried, and carefully recalled Su Mingyan and Su Ruoyun's faces in his mind. "You know what, looking at them like this, the two siblings do look quite alike."

Huo Jingcheng was too lazy to pay attention to this hindsight advice. "She doesn't really want to reveal her identity. Once you know, don't go around telling others."

Qi Zhiwen clicked his tongue lightly, "I'm not Chen Zheyan."

Huo Jingcheng urged Qi Zhiwen to go to the teahouse to apologize, and soon after, he kicked Qi out of the office.

Qi Zhiwen sat in the car, wanting to apologize, but afraid of being kicked out by Su Ruoyun. After thinking it over, he decided to wait a little longer.

……

Su Ruoyun was distracted all day, even when she went to the compound for dinner in the evening. It was impossible for her not to be angry after being humiliated by someone mentioning that she was being kept by a sugar daddy.

Thinking about explaining and 'announcing' her true identity to the world, she picked up her phone but didn't know how to clarify. She regretted that she had only thought about making money and let the rumors spread.

Su Ruoyun first heard these rumors at the teahouse from one of her employees, which she caught red-handed.

After explaining it once, she fired the employee again, but the effect was not very obvious, and some people were still gossiping behind her back.

Everyone has their own prejudices, and Su Ruoyun can't possibly explain to everyone. Even if she did explain, they might not believe her, so she simply gave up.

Later, Su Mingyan asked her if she wanted to make the teahouse a real business project for the eldest daughter of the Su family. At the time, she was just doing it for fun and wasn't sure how long she could do it. She had been playing the zither for so many years and couldn't give up her old profession. So when Su Mingyan wanted to use these rumors, she went along with it.

Upon closer reflection, it became clear that most of the teahouse's business came from businessmen who wanted to use connections, drawn by Su Mingyan's reputation, and through word of mouth.

So the brother and sister simply left it to its own devices.

……

At the dinner table, the Su family gathered to discuss the arrangements for Mr. Su's 79th birthday celebration.

As the saying goes, "Nine is better than ten." Our ancestors believed that "nine" is the extreme number and is homophonous with "long-lasting," so celebrating one's birthday on the ninth day of the lunar calendar symbolizes a long and healthy life. On the other hand, "ten" signifies perfection. "Pride comes before a fall," and being too perfect can lead to loss. Perfection is considered very unlucky. Therefore, for the sake of peace and health, the elderly in Beijing usually celebrate their birthdays on the ninth day of the lunar calendar.

Ms. Ming: "This year, all these younger relatives are here, so it's time to have a big celebration. I'll discuss it with Lin Zi when she comes back from her vacation."

Lin Zi is the second daughter-in-law of the Su family and joins the army.

Old Su nodded. "You can arrange it as you see fit."

His gaze inadvertently swept over the three people across from him who were enjoying their meal. He sighed and said meaningfully, "...Sigh, what if those people ask about my three children and say that none of them are married? How embarrassing would that be? Who knows what they'll say about me?"

"Don't worry, who would dare to laugh at you? I'll have Xiao San throw her out right now." Su Ruoyun grinned, biting her spoon. "They're really audacious to dare to laugh at you."

Old Su snorted, "You're so good with words."

The old man wasn't afraid of being laughed at; his real purpose was to urge the couple to get married.

"Didn't we agree last time that we were going to pursue that girl? Is there any more to it?" Su Mingyan calmly lowered his hand, the spoon in his hand gently falling to the edge of the casserole, making a crisp sound. Then a bowl of yam and pork rib soup was placed in front of Old Madam Su. He spoke respectfully: "I have been thinking about this for many days. I still need Grandma's help with this matter."

"..." Old Madam Su.

……

Qi Zhiwen struggled with the matter of apologizing for a long time, fearing that if he went alone, he would be kicked out. However, Huo Jingcheng made it clear that he would not go with him, so he set his sights on Chen Zheyan.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Chen Zheyan, who had just finished working on the blueprints all night, was woken up by a phone call, and Qi Zhiwen was blocking his door.

"Old Qi, you'd better have something important to do, otherwise..." Chen Zheyan grumbled a few times.

On the phone, Qi Zhiwen said he would take him somewhere to have some fun.

Chen Zheyan got out of bed half-heartedly, thinking he was going to some bar or club, but he didn't expect his destination to be the "Yichuan Tobacco" teahouse.

"Hey Lao Qi, are you crazy? Coming to the teahouse so early in the morning."

Qi Zhiwen grabbed Chen Zheyan's forearm and half-pulled, half-dragged him into the teahouse. "Since we're already here, let's go inside and talk first."

The teahouse opened at 8:30 a.m., and Qi Zhiwen and Chen Zheyan were the first customers of the day. Su Ruoyun happened to be in the front yard debugging the teahouse's internal system.

Standing to the side, Xiao Hu spoke up, "Hello, welcome to 'Yichuan Tobacco'."

Su Ruoyun glanced at the two figures at the door, gave them a cold look, then released the mouse in her hand and turned to Xiao Hu, saying, "It's all set up. You'll get used to it after a few tries."

"Hey, boss lady."

Seeing that Su Ruoyun was about to leave, Chen Zheyan, who was unaware of the truth, quickly called out to her.

Su Ruoyun turned her head, her face expressionless, and asked in a very casual tone, "Is there something you need, Young Master Chen?"

Chen Zheyan said, "We've come here to..."

He turned to look at Qi Zhiwen.

Qi Zhiwen added, "Buying tea."

A tea master who had just started work nearby heard this and immediately stepped forward, saying, "Hello..."

Teahouses have set corresponding KPI indicators for tea masters.

Seeing this, Su Ruoyun said to Chen Zheyan, "She is the tea master at the teahouse and will give you a detailed introduction."

As she spoke, she walked out of the cashier's counter and headed towards the door, not glancing at Qi Zhiwen once. Faced with this kind of person, she couldn't think of a better way than to ignore him. Getting someone to beat him up was unrealistic, given that he had the Qi family behind him.

The tea master was still giving a long and detailed explanation.

Qi Zhiwen said in a low voice, "Listen to me first."

After saying that, he followed Su Ruoyun out.

"Miss Su."

Su Ruoyun kept walking without even raising her eyes.

Qi Zhiwen jogged over to Su Ruoyun's side and got straight to the point: "Miss Su, I'm here to apologize."

A brief explanation of recent chapters: The reason the male lead didn't tell his friends about the female lead's identity is because, as I mentioned in Chapter 30, the female lead had specifically instructed him not to reveal it. As for why the female lead didn't clarify the rumor, there will be more explanations later, besides this chapter. Qi Zhiwen, perhaps due to the malice of a so-called "rich second generation," assumed the female lead was being kept by Su Mingyan, thus viewing her as a less desirable woman. In this chapter, upon learning her true identity, he apologized.

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