Du Junlin.
A week ago, if Su Ziyu heard this name, she would have definitely thought it was a man.
And the kind of person who was arrogant, looked down on this and that, but never expressed it. kuAiδugg
But now—
Su Ziyu suddenly felt her heart pound, and she hurriedly looked towards the lounge.
The lounge door was ajar, and the faint sound of running water and Li Qianfan's whistling could be heard from inside.
Li Qianfan was taking a shower.
He definitely wouldn't hear her talking on the phone, nor would he ever think that Du Junlin would call her.
Su Ziyu took a deep breath and said, "Speak."
"Eight-thirty tonight."
Du Junlin said in a commanding tone, "Come to room 1202 of Qingyun Hotel by yourself. I'll be waiting for you. Remember, don't tell Li Qianfan."
Before Su Ziyu could say anything, the call ended.
Du Junlin had arrived.
Li Qianfan's legitimate fiancée, or "ex-fiancée," had arrived!
That night in the provincial capital, after hearing Gao Lingwang mention Du Junlin, Su Ziyu had a premonition that Du Junlin would one day come looking for her alone.
She just didn't expect this day to come so soon!
She wasn't mentally prepared for it at all.
In fact.
Even if Su Ziyu had been mentally prepared, what difference would it have made?
"Du Junlin coming to see me is nothing more than trying to threaten or lure me into divorcing Qianfan."
Su Ziyu quickly calmed down, her expression serene as she idly twirled a pen between her fingers.
Should she tell Li Qianfan?
Logically,
She should tell Li Qianfan not to pay attention to Du Junlin's warning.
Moreover, after the Lan Yunhai incident, Su Ziyu had sworn that no matter what happened in the future, she would never hide anything from Li Qianfan again.
But—
The lounge door opened, and Li Qianfan walked out. "Wife, I'm hungry."
"I knew you'd be hungry."
Su Ziyu got up. "Wait, I'll cook you some noodles."
When Li Qianfan came here at noon, Su Ziyu was in a meeting discussing the hospital's relocation.
By the time she finished her meeting, Li Qianfan, who had been overworked recently, had already fallen asleep in the lounge.
If Su Ziyu hadn't splashed water on him to wake him up, he probably would have slept until dark.
After waking up and taking a shower, Li Qianfan, who hadn't eaten lunch, felt hungry enough to eat a cow.
"Little husband, I still have to work on the relocation plan tonight."
Su Ziyu said as she cooked noodles on the induction stove, "I might be home late. After you eat, go home by yourself and cook for our parents."
Li Qianfan said, "I'll stay and work overtime with you. You're a young lady, and I'm worried about you going home alone late at night."
Su Ziyu, however, said, "You can't be at the hospital."
"Why?"
Li Qianfan raised an eyebrow. "Dean Su, you're not planning to date some handsome guy behind my back, are you?"
"Believe it or not, I'll kick you to death?"
"I don't believe it!"
"I can't focus on my work with you around."
Su Ziyu looked back at him. "Otherwise, I would have let you be my secretary long ago."
Li Qianfan said, "I'll wait for you in the infusion room."
"As long as you're at the hospital, your wife can't concentrate on work. She'll always want to find you, hug you, kiss you, and so on."
Su Ziyu turned off the induction stove. "Be good, listen to me. During the days you've been working overtime at the clothing factory, I've also been working overtime here. I always come home very late."
What she said was the truth.
Fine then.
Li Qianfan didn't insist anymore.
Shamelessly, he clung to Sister Yu's hand and was fed before Li Qianfan left the hospital contentedly and headed to the vegetable market.
It had been a long time since Mother Lan had eaten dinner made by her son-in-law. Tonight, she would show off a little!
The sky gradually darkened.
Su Ziyu, carrying her small bag, walked out of the office building.
Just at the entrance, she saw Yang Xiao.
"Doctor Yang, why are you still here?"
Su Ziyu had great respect for Yang Xiao.
After all, the time Mother Lan almost hit her, if Yang Xiao hadn't intervened, she might have had a scar on her back.
"I was just reviewing a case."
Yang Xiao looked at Su Ziyu with a gaze full of kindness.
After this period of getting along, she was increasingly satisfied with this eldest granddaughter-in-law.
She was even considering whether to go and talk to Du Junlin herself and make her voluntarily give up marrying into the Li family.
After learning that her eldest grandson was "getting married," Empress Xiao's desire to hold her great-grandchild suddenly spread like poisonous weeds.
Yet Du Junlin interfered, forbidding the eldest grandson and granddaughter-in-law from being together.
Yang Xiao didn't care at all about how many girls her precious eldest grandson could charm.
She really only cared about Su Ziyu giving her a great-grandchild soon!
"Where do you live?"
Su Ziyu walked out of the lobby. "I'll give you a ride."
Yang Xiao was currently staying in the best room at Victoria.
Mo Hongti treated her like an empress, serving her diligently, and she increasingly enjoyed staying in Qingyun.
But she definitely couldn't tell Su Ziyu that she was staying at Victoria.
She casually mentioned a residential area very close to Victoria.
"What a coincidence, I'm going that way."
Su Ziyu said, "Let's go, Director Yang, I'll give you a ride."
Yang Xiao was curious. "It's already dark, what are you going there for?"
Su Ziyu casually replied, "To Qingyun Hotel, to meet someone."
Yang Xiao asked, "You're going alone?"
"Mm, to meet a woman."
Su Ziyu said casually again, opening the car door.
There was a traffic jam.
At the intersection ahead, a daredevil old man tried to stage a fake accident, but it turned out to be real, and he was run over by a guy who had just gotten his license, right across his neck.
It was said that the old man's dying expression was very terrifying.
With such an incident, a traffic jam was inevitable.
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
Just as Su Ziyu was anxious about why the traffic hadn't cleared yet, her phone rang.
It was a local landline.
"Su Ziyu, why haven't you arrived yet?"
Du Junlin, calling Su Ziyu from the hotel's landline, asked coldly, "Aren't you scared?"
"Du Junlin, what is there for me to be afraid of you?"
Su Ziyu replied slowly, "Don't forget, I am Li Qianfan's legal wife. You, Du Junlin, are just an intruder trying to break up our marriage. To put it bluntly, you're a mistress. Do you understand?"
Yang Xiao, sitting in the passenger seat and feeling bored, immediately perked up her ears.
Du Junlin, after being reprimanded by Su Ziyu, didn't get angry.
She just said, "You not only lack self-awareness, but you also have a mouth that courts disaster. Tell me, what time will you arrive?"
"There's a traffic jam here, so I don't know exactly when I'll get there."
Before ending the call, Su Ziyu said, "If you can wait, wait. If not, we can reschedule. If we reschedule, it will still be room 1202 at Qingyun Hotel next time."
After hanging up the phone, she smiled apologetically at Yang Xiao.
Yang Xiao didn't ask much, just said, "It doesn't look like this traffic jam will clear anytime soon. I'll walk there. It's not far from where I'm staying anyway."
"Okay. Director Yang, please be safe on your way."
Su Ziyu also knew that it wasn't far from the residential area, so she naturally wouldn't let Yang Xiao wait with her in the traffic jam.
At 8:55 PM.
The door to room 1202 at Qingyun Hotel was knocked.
Du Junlin, who was standing by the window with her hands behind her back, thought Su Ziyu had finally arrived and said without turning around, "Come in, the door isn't locked."
With a creak, the door opened.
The moment the door was pushed open—
Du Junlin felt every nerve and muscle in her body tense up abruptly!
Her heart pounded without warning!
This was her instinctive reaction to being locked onto by a pair of eyes filled with chilling killing intent.
"The person who came is definitely not Su Ziyu!"
Du Junlin abruptly turned around and looked.
Inside the room.
Was Du Junlin, dressed in white as pure as snow.
At the doorway.
Was Yang Xiao, in a plain white robe!
Upon seeing that it was Yang Xiao, the color drained from Du Junlin's face instantly.
But the moment she turned around, the chilling killing intent in Yang Xiao's eyes quickly dissipated.
Only the familiar kindness remained.
"Yang, Grandmother."
Du Junlin's lips curved, and she hurriedly lowered her head.
In a flash, Du Junlin had already judged which of Yang Xiao's two drastically different gazes – the one when she saw her back and the one when she saw her face – was real and which was false.
In this world.
Apart from Mo Xie Zhengdong and Zhuang Chun, no one else dared to continue looking at Yang Xiao after she had intended to kill them.
Drip.
When a drop of cold sweat fell from Du Junlin's chin onto the floor, she slowly raised her head.
And looked towards the doorway.
At the doorway—
There was no trace of Yang Xiao anymore!
If the door wasn't still open, Du Junlin would have thought she was hallucinating.
Yang Xiao had been there.
She left without saying a word.
She didn't need to say anything; Du Junlin knew what she wanted to say!
"If you dare to hurt Su Ziyu, I'll make you regret being born into this world."
This was the message Yang Xiao had come to convey to Du Junlin.
"I am your eldest grandson's wife! Why are you treating me like this for Su Ziyu?"
Du Junlin closed her eyes and roared in her heart, "Didn't I pay enough for breaking my leg back then, and for Shen Yun's pathetic love for him, by stabbing him that time!?"
Faint, hurried footsteps could be heard in the hallway outside.
Su Ziyu had finally arrived.
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