"So, you don't even want to et your savior?" Su Chen said through the door.
"Click!" The door was forcefully opened.
Tears welled up in Guo Yuanyuan's eyes as she stood at the doorway, but when she saw clearly who was standing in front of her, she was completely stunned. She never imagined that he would appear before her at such a ti.
Guo Yuanyuan was in a daze for a long ti before coming to her senses: "You... why are you here?"
"Am I not welco? Or do you think my magic performance was too la?" Su Chen looked at Guo Yuanyuan with a half-smile.
Guo Yuanyuan pointed at Su Chen, her small mouth slightly open, full of surprise as she looked at him: "Just now, just now, it was you? You were disguised as that clown?"
"What else could it be?" Su Chen shrugged.
Guo Yuanyuan's cheeks flushed slightly, whether from happiness or sothing else.
"Why didn't you tell earlier?" Guo Yuanyuan was still slightly embarrassed and annoyed.
If she had known Su Chen's identity earlier, how could she have made things so difficult for him?
"If I told you earlier, it wouldn't be a surprise anymore."
"Hmph, that's your fault too."
"Alright, it's all my fault." Su Chen admitted his mistake. He had always believed in one thing: never reason with a woman, because they never reason.
Su Chen had managed to call Guo Yuanyuan out of her bedroom in just a few minutes, which surprised Zhang Shu a little when she saw Guo Yuanyuan's slightly flushed, shy look.
As soone who had been through it all, Zhang Shu couldn't help but sigh quietly, feeling a complex array of emotions.
However, Su Chen's thoughts were quite simple. He was just invited to celebrate Guo Yuanyuan's birthday, that capricious little girl, nothing more.
"Go wash your hands and eat." As a strong woman, Zhang Shu naturally had a very strong mind. Although she noticed Guo Yuanyuan's unusual behavior, she didn't expose it under such circumstances today.
Additionally, only Zhang Shu knew her actual intentions in inviting Su Chen here on this day.
"Oh." Guo Yuanyuan reluctantly glanced at Su Chen before obediently going to the bathroom to wash her hands.
This was completely unlike her usual behavior. Zhang Shu took note of everything, feeling a mix of emotions.
The dining table was unexpectedly quiet.
The three of them had their thoughts elsewhere. Su Chen's attention was entirely on the food. Zhang Shu noted how frequently he reached for the dishes—she had prepared this entire al on her own today.
Su Chen enjoying the food was surely a form of approval, wasn't it?
Zhang Shu's thoughts were entirely on Su Chen.
The sa could be said for Guo Yuanyuan. Although she hadn't seen Su Chen in over half a year, she hadn't forgotten him during this ti.
If anything, missing him made his presence more pronounced in her mind.
She would never forget the mont Su Chen saved her.
From that mont, Su Chen beca the heroic figure in her heart.
"Eat more," Guo Yuanyuan proactively placed food on Su Chen's plate, unabashedly expressing her admiration for him.
Su Chen accepted without hesitation, but he didn't stop for a mont, bowl after bowl of food.
Only when getting more rice did he cast his gaze toward Zhang Shu.
...
"Ding dong..."
The clear sound of the doorbell rang again, catching the three of them by surprise. Were they expecting more guests today?
"You two keep eating, I'll get the door." Zhang Shu handed her rice bowl to Su Chen and got up to answer the door.
Su Chen didn't move, and neither did Guo Yuanyuan.
Zhang Shu opened the door, where a pile of gifts greeted her first.
"Who are you?" Perhaps due to her professional instincts, although Zhang Shu was slightly surprised, she didn't imdiately open the door wide, blocking the gifts at the entrance.
"It's , Guo Hong." A dull voice sounded from behind a stack of gifts.
Beneath the pile of gifts was a sowhat unsightly and sleazy-looking middle-aged man. If Su Chen had opened the door, he would have imdiately recognized who it was.
"What do you want?" A look of disdain flashed in Zhang Shu's eyes.
However, she didn't imdiately close the door.
"Haha, I'm just here to see Yuanyuan. Today's her birthday, and I haven't seen her for a while." Guo Hong's gaze toward Zhang Shu was filled with awe and greed.
Although they had been divorced for many years, he often spotted Zhang Shu, mostly because she frequently appeared on TV given her status.
But seeing Zhang Shu in casual ho attire today left him amazed.
Although they hadn't t in a while, it seed his ex-wife had beco even more alluring and charming.
"No need, you can leave now," Zhang Shu said with a stern face.
She didn't want anything to do with this man now, especially since she had soone else in her heart, and she didn't want Guo Yuanyuan to have much interaction with him.
She knew all too well the kind of person this man was. She was afraid that if they had too much contact, Yuanyuan might get deceived and beco his pawn.
"Oh, Xiao Shu, aren't you being a bit heartless? There's a saying that even a night as husband and wife gives a hundred days' grace. We were married for so many years, surely there's a bit of affection left? What, you won't even let see my own daughter now?"
Guo Hong stubbornly held the door, unwilling to let Zhang Shu close it.
"Yuanyuan doesn't have a father like you. Please reduce contact with her in the future. Also, show so respect; 'Xiao Shu' is not for you to call!" Zhang Shu projected an authoritative aura that intimidated Guo Hong.
At this point, Guo Hong rembered the woman's identity. She wasn't just his ex-wife and the mother of his child but also one of the few powerful figures in Jiangdu.
"Alright, alright, I won't call you that, but I'm Yuanyuan's biological father. I still have visitation rights, right? Even if we take this to court, you don't have the right to take that away from , do you?" Guo Hong stubbornly refused to leave.
He knew that the only link between him and Zhang Shu was Guo Yuanyuan.
Visiting Guo Yuanyuan kept an illusory connection with Zhang Shu, which also served as a deterrent to outsiders, particularly to his business connections in Jiangdu.
Perhaps Zhang Shu had been dilly-dallying for too long here.
The voice of Guo Yuanyuan from the dining room called out, "Mom, who is it?"
Just as Zhang Shu was about to brush it off, Guo Hong loudly shouted, "Yuanyuan, Yuanyuan, it's , your dad is here to see you..."
Guo Hong's loud voice indeed made sure that Guo Yuanyuan, who was dining with Su Chen, heard him loud and clear in the restaurant.
'Dad,' such a foreign term.
Growing up, since Guo Hong and Zhang Shu's divorce, the tis Yuanyuan had seen Guo Hong were few and far between.
Since she was ten, she barely saw him a few tis a year.
So of it was because of Guo Hong's busy work schedule, but it also had much to do with Zhang Shu's rising authority and status.
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