Su Hua sat on the chair dressed in a striking red qipao, her demeanor icy and aloof, the very image of a cold beauty.
Jiang Shuqin, bound hand and foot with ropes, crawled toward Su Hua.
"President Su," Jiang Shuqin said, "do you remember me? I'm Lin Li's mother, the wife of the chairman of Starlight Group. We met at Li'er's birthday banquet the other day."
"Oh." Su Hua nodded. "We did meet then."
A relieved smile spread across Jiang Shuqin’s face.
Good. President Su remembered her.
"Untie the ropes on her hands and feet," Su Hua commanded.
Jiang Shuqin let out a sigh of relief.
Just as she thought—it had all been a mistake.
"President Su," Jiang Shuqin continued, "these are all your people, right?"
"Yes, they are mine," Su Hua confirmed.
Jiang Shuqin smiled. "President Su, don’t you think your people made a mistake? They must have confused me with someone else they were supposed to capture."
Su Hua arched an eyebrow.
Jiang Shuqin was certain Su Hua had the wrong person.
Then, pointing at the bodyguards, she added, "President Su, they dared to capture the wrong person. You should punish them severely."
Jiang Shuqin smirked at the surrounding guards and shadow operatives.
Heh. These people had the audacity to treat her like this? They’d pay for it.
She refused to believe Su Hua would tolerate subordinates who disobeyed orders and arrested people indiscriminately.
The bodyguards and operatives stood motionless, staring at Jiang Shuqin as if she were a fool.
They had never seen such an idiot in their lives.
Jiang Shuqin noticed their gazes.
Rage surged in her heart.
How dare they look at her like that?
"You’d better kneel and beg President Su for forgiveness now. Maybe she’ll spare you," Jiang Shuqin sneered.
Su Hua let out a cold laugh. "Jiang Shuqin, what gives you the right to order me—or my people—around?"
"President Su," Jiang Shuqin said matter-of-factly, "I’m just suggesting you clean house of these fools."
"They didn’t capture the wrong person."
Su Hua’s red lips parted slightly.
Under Jiang Shuqin’s stunned gaze, Su Hua rose from her chair and approached her with graceful steps.
She bent her slender waist, her delicate fingers lifting Jiang Shuqin’s chin.
"The person I wanted captured was you, Jiang Shuqin."
Jiang Shuqin trembled.
Her mouth fell open in shock.
"President Su, you really meant to capture me?" Jiang Shuqin’s lips quivered. "We’ve barely interacted, and I’ve never offended you. Why would you do this?"
Jiang Shuqin couldn’t comprehend Su Hua’s actions.
She had long memorized Su Hua’s status. Even if she lacked brains, she knew better than to provoke someone like Su Hua.
"President Su!"
Jiang Shuqin fell to her knees with a thud.
"If I’ve wronged you in any way, tell me, and I’ll change. Please, let me go."
She pleaded desperately.
Only if Su Hua told her what she had done could she explain herself.
"Wronged me?" Su Hua’s voice was frost-laden. "You’ve wronged me in more ways than you can count."
"For instance, the stunt you pulled a few days ago."
"Jiang Shuqin, I’d love to carve you into a thousand pieces."
If not for the fact that Jiang Shuqin was Lin Xuan’s birth mother—if not for the fact that Su Hua wanted to leave her as a plaything for Lin Xuan—
she would have killed her already.
"The stunt I pulled a few days ago?"
Jiang Shuqin frowned.
She hadn’t done anything major recently—just made a scene at Starlight Group, bribed the media to blow things up, and cursed a few people online.
Lin Xuan couldn’t possibly have any connection to Su Hua, and Su Hua certainly wasn’t one of those anonymous accounts bashing Starlight Group online.
So—
what exactly was Su Hua referring to?
"President Su, could you clarify what I did? That way, I can make amends," Jiang Shuqin said with forced sweetness.
"Then let me recount your offenses one by one."
Su Hua’s smile was icy. "After you took Lin Xuan back to the Lin family, you ignored him, abused him, and insulted him."
"Even after he left the Lin family, you still wouldn’t let him go. A few days ago, you tried to ruin his reputation and send him to prison."
"Jiang Shuqin, any one of these is enough to make me want to kill you."
Su Hua’s voice was glacial.
Jiang Shuqin froze.
"President Su, Lin Xuan is my son. These are matters between him and me. What does any of this have to do with you?"
"Because," Su Hua’s crimson lips curled, "he’s the man I love."
A man she would give everything for—even her life.
"What?!"
Jiang Shuqin’s eyes widened.
Shock was written all over her face.
Lin Xuan… was the man Su Hua loved?
So Su Hua had come after her today to avenge Lin Xuan.
How could this be?
Su Hua was the president of Su Corporation, arguably the most powerful woman in the country. How could a woman of her status ever take an interest in Lin Xuan?
When Su Hua attended Li'er’s birthday banquet, Jiang Shuqin hadn’t even dared to imagine Su Hua might have feelings for Lin Li—she assumed Su Hua was just impressed by his talent.
Because she knew—even Lin Li wasn’t good enough for Su Hua.
If even Lin Li couldn’t measure up, how could Lin Xuan?
How had Lin Xuan managed to win Su Hua’s affection?
"President Su, you must be mistaken. The man you love can’t possibly be Lin Xuan."
Jiang Shuqin refused to accept this reality.
The bodyguards and operatives in the basement looked at Jiang Shuqin with disdain.
Their boss would mistake the person she loved?
What kind of international joke was this?
"Ms. Jiang, do you really think I could be wrong?" Su Hua’s delicate brows lifted.
Jiang Shuqin saw the certainty in Su Hua’s expression and knew she was telling the truth.
Her heart sank deeper and deeper.
Lin Xuan had some nerve—winning over someone like Su Hua.
With Su Hua backing him, crushing Starlight Group would be child’s play for Lin Xuan.
No!
She couldn’t let Lin Xuan hitch himself to Su Hua’s power!
"President Su," Jiang Shuqin took a deep breath, "you might not know this, but Lin Xuan is already being kept by another woman. That day he married Qin Ruoyao, that woman showed up and took him away. Since then, he’s been living with her."
"President Su, every word I’m saying is true. You can verify it."
Su Hua’s lips curved. "What you’re saying… is mostly true."
Jiang Shuqin’s heart leaped with joy.
From the sound of it, Su Hua believed her.
Lin Xuan was in for a world of trouble now.
A woman like Su Hua would never tolerate deception—especially not when it came to matters of the heart.
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
