My Ex-Wife Disappeared for Years and Had My Babies

Chapter 72: Chapter 69: Don’t Imagine the World Too Beautifully

A woman exclaimed: “Old Master Su’s beloved daughter, she was actually publicly rejected!”

Another woman giggled: “That’s understandable, just think about it, who is Third Young Master Shen? Even though the Su Family is powerful, compared to Third Young Master Shen, they are nothing.”

“Eh, but you think, Third Young Master Shen said he plans to marry someone else, which woman is so lucky?”

“Didn’t you just see? The little girl next to Third Young Master Shen…”

“I saw her! So cute! Makes me want to hurry up and get married and have one too.”

“Is that girl the one from the news? I think Third Young Master Shen is regretting the engagement, it probably has something to do with Su Yalan’s niece!”

The woman shook her head while sighing: “Ah, this niece competing with her aunt for a man, I think this niece isn’t anything good either!”

Another woman quickly looked around: “Shush! There’s no accurate news yet, don’t talk nonsense, if others hear you, you’ll be in trouble!”

The two women failed to notice that one of the people they were talking about was passing by them…

Su Nian turned a deaf ear and led Su Bao to find Su Zhen.

She really didn’t expect Shen Hanxiu to pull such a stunt, the moment Shen Hanxiu looked at her and spoke those words, she was genuinely afraid he would carelessly reveal her name.

At that moment, her heart was both frightened and inexplicably thrilled.

She went around to the back to find Shen Hanxiu; it was a quiet corner with few people. Su Zhen was playing with his phone, seemingly oblivious, while Shen Hanxiu sat nearby, seemingly discussing something with a few people.

Seeing Su Nian approaching from a distance, he immediately found an excuse, hugged Su Zhen, and went to greet Su Nian.

“Have you eaten yet?”

Su Nian shook her head: “No need, just take us home.”

Despite her response, he insisted: “Come eat with us.”

Su Nian fell silent; if she had driven her car or it had been easy to get a taxi here, she certainly wouldn’t be arguing with Shen Hanxiu!

Thinking of the hassle of cooking at home, she took Su Bao and followed.

Luckily, the place to eat was a private booth located in a corner, where only faint sounds of singing and dancing could be heard.

The four of them at a table, with only the occasional questions from Su Zhen and the patient responses from Shen Hanxiu.

After eating, without saying goodbye to others, they directly went to the parking lot.

On the way back, Su Zhen fell asleep with his head tilted.

Shen Hanxiu alighted from the car and naturally went to carry Su Zhen.

Figuring it’d cause trouble to wake her now, he simply put her straight to bed.

Su Bao washed up by himself and obediently went to sleep in his room.

After closing the child’s room door, Su Nian turned around to see Shen Hanxiu, and his gaze landed on her.

Recalling the other night when he took liberties with her, Su Nian did not linger to talk, and quickly turned to go to her own room.

Just as she was about to close the door, a strong hand caught the doorframe, Su Nian startled and looked at the hand’s owner: “What are you doing?”

Shen Hanxiu held the door, neither entering nor leaving, and asked weirdly: “He Xu, what do you think of him?”

Su Nian was taken aback, recalling that he was referring to her blind date today.

Not sure what he was planning now, Su Nian pushed on the door: “Move aside! I need to rest.”

“Answer me.”

Annoyed, Su Nian blurted out: “Better than you!”

He didn’t get angry but laughed instead: “It seems your judgment isn’t even as good as your daughter’s.”

He paused then added: “Don’t fall so easily for Su Family’s tricks in the future, don’t think the world is so wonderful.”

Su Nian was stunned, although she knew what he was referring to, she still said irritably: “It’s none of your business, get out!”

Expecting him to shamelessly do something, she instead saw his hand reaching in, patting her head saying: “Good night.”

As his grip vanished, Su Nian slammed the door shut with a “bang.”

Touching her own head, then considering his words.

Don’t think the world is too wonderful; Su Guotian wasn’t genuinely feeling guilty when he asked her to return, nor were Shen Hanxiu’s tender actions reflections of his longing for her, the world isn’t that wonderful.

Some people treat you well to your face, but behind your back, they plot against you.

That night, while sleeping, she received a call from Liang Yizhou, saying he had found an apartment on the two floors below his residence, and asked her to see if it was suitable when she had time.

Su Nian was aware of Liang Yizhou’s efficiency and directly said she would move over during the weekend holiday.

The place she currently lived was Shen Hanxiu’s territory, and staying there, she couldn’t be sure what might happen.

She knew keeping a distance from Shen Hanxiu was the only way Su Zhen and Su Bao could be absolutely safe.

Su Nian thought that as long as she safely got through these days and moved out, everything would gradually calm down. However, the next day she went to the company and the storm arose again.

The words Shen Hanxiu had spoken last night were reported, and now everywhere were talks of a wedding being called off. Since this was already the second time, Su Yalan had said there definitely wouldn’t be any more problems, but issues arose before the engagement party could even be celebrated. For the Su Family, this was undoubtedly a slap in the face.

Su Nian originally thought this matter had nothing to do with her, but the gossip was too much.

Many people said, since Shen Han is not in love with Su Yalan, why does he still help take care of her niece and her family?

The profound implications were self-evident, and soon many rumors suggested that the niece had seduced her aunt’s man.

Many people in the company knew about the relationship between Su Nian and Shen Hanxiu, and with such rumors circulating, everyone looked at Su Nian with disdain.

“Sister Niannian, don’t care about what these lunatics say. Even if it’s true, if you and Mr. Shen truly love each other, you should boldly be together. What are these rumors when it comes to the one you love?”

Wei Lan truly hadn’t misjudged her; when everyone turned against her, Wei Lan still stood by her side and spoke for her.

Su Nian smiled calmly: “Lanlan, I don’t care about these things, don’t worry.”

Lin Weilan grinned broadly and said, “I knew it, Sister Nian’nian is a strong woman! You are much better than the delicate Su Yalan. Mr. Shen has good taste!”

“It’s not like that with President Shen…”

Wei Lan then gossiped and leaned in, “Then Sister Nian’nian… Mr. Shen said he is going to marry someone else, is that person you?”

“How could that be?” Su Nian immediately denied and then hesitantly explained, “I’m really not close to President Shen; he only likes those two kids, and the person he wants to marry…I haven’t even seen her.”

Wei Lan chewed her food thoughtfully and then exclaimed in shock, “Sister Nian’nian, could it be like this? Mr. Shen is secretly in love with you! The one who sends flowers every day… it’s him!”

Su Nian was startled by Wei Lan’s speculation: “Don’t talk nonsense!”

“Hehe, it’s not impossible, Sister Nian’nian, if you really marry Mr. Shen, don’t forget me, remember to find me someone too.”

The first person Su Nian thought of was Liang Yizhou; a girl like Wei Lan was quite suitable for Liang Yizhou, but thinking about how Liang Yizhou would react if he heard she was matching him with another woman, she knew he would probably be upset since he liked her.

Thinking of those she felt she had wronged, Su Nian feared most being treated kindly by others but not being able to reciprocate.

In the afternoon, the manager sought Su Nian out: “Su Nian, could you compile these vouchers into a report? President Shen needs to hear a report at the meeting tomorrow; it must be flawless. The meeting starts at 9 am tomorrow, hurry and get it done, there must be no mistakes.”

The manager strongly emphasized, and Su Nian did not dare to neglect.

The paperwork, covering from the start of the year to now, was vast, but luckily Su Nian was fast and had a good memory; she nearly finished before leaving work.

Back home, she rushed for two hours, and Su Bao also helped to double-check—everything was ready before ten o’clock.

The next day, Su Nian arrived at the office with the printed files and a USB drive.

As usual, she made coffee, visited the restroom, and when Wei Lan arrived, she pulled her to go downstairs for breakfast.

Wei Lan also knew nothing about cooking, so she usually ate at the company. Since Su Nian rarely arrived early, she accompanied her.

Little did she know that this would lead to a disaster.

Xue Qi was jealous that the manager had entrusted such an important task to Su Nian, while she, despite giving so much, had still not won the manager’s favor.

Plus, she had wanted to deal with Su Nian for a long time!

Observing that there weren’t many people around in the morning, a few were grouped in conversation.

Xue Qi hurriedly approached Su Nian’s desk; the desk was tidily arranged, with the file folder from the morning on top, and the USB drive placed directly in the corner.

Xue Qi could not help but chuckle secretly, glanced around, then pulled the statistics out from the file folder and took the USB drive…

Su Nian and Wei Lan arrived right on time at eight o’clock, and not long after arriving, the manager found Su Nian: “Is the vouchers summary ready? The meeting is starting soon.”

Calmly, Su Nian picked up the file folder on her desk, unaware of Xue Qi’s smirk not far away.

“It’s done already,” she said opening the folder to show to the manager, only then she froze.

The other documents were still there, but the statistic vouchers were missing; she remembered checking them when she left home. Could she have remembered wrong?

The manager, seeing Su Nian’s expression, frowned, “Don’t tell me you haven’t finished!”

“No, it seems I forgot to bring the printed ones.”

She then picked up the USB drive from the desk, plugged it into the computer and said, “I have them on my drive, I can just print them again.”

“Hurry up!”

Only when Su Nian opened the USB did she completely panic—the files inside were all gone!

The manager turned and looked, “Don’t tell me you brought the wrong USB drive too!”

Su Nian thought to herself that this was much worse than bringing the wrong USB drive…

Could the USB drive have gotten a virus? But wasn’t it working just fine last night? And she had been using this USB for many years.

It couldn’t be such a coincidence, the paper file was missing, and now the USB backup was gone too, Su Nian immediately thought someone must have meddled during the time she was away…

And the most likely person was Xue Qi!

Su Nian looked up and upon seeing Xue Qi’s undisguised smirk, she knew she had guessed right…