Chapter 446: 0444 Do as you please   Chapter 446: 0444 Do as you please                                   Tan Lirong came to Wen Peipei’s side, her expression anxiety-ridden as sheforted her.


    Wen Peipei smoothed out the rage in her chest, staring at Su Zhongyuan with neither servility nor arrogance.


    “What do you mean by that?”


    Su Zhongyuan huffed coldly and stood up, leaning on his cane.


    “I have no objections to Xinyan’s marriage to Gu Heng, but the things promised to Xinyan must be prepared likewise for Xiao Ran when she gets married. As for the Su Family…”


    He paused briefly, “Do as you please.” Dropping those four words, he turned and went upstairs!


    After all, Xiao Ran didn’t care!


    Besides, it was still uncertain whose hands the Su Family would end up in.


    Wen Peipei bit her teeth in frustration, speaking to Su Zhongyuan’s receding figure:


    “You’re not going to discuss Xinyan’s marriage with us?”


    Su Zhongyuan didn’t pause or respond, unhesitatingly ascending the stairs.


    Tan Lirong’s gaze lifted to Su Xinyan; the mother and daughter shared a look.


    The atmosphere in the living room was somewhat somber when, coincidentally, Su Xinyan’s phone rang, briefly easing the tension.


    She took out her phone–it was a call from Meng Weiwei.


    “Xinyan, weren’t you going to participate in the designpetition? How did you get into a conflict with Su Ran again?”


    Su Xinyan frowned, “What’s going on?”


    Meng Weiwei sighed softly, “You’d better go online and see for yourself…”


    After hanging up the phone, Su Xinyan immediately opened Weibo.


    The hottest news on the trending search was about today’s designpetition.


    But with Fu Consortium’s intervention, the first, second, third, and fourth spots on Weibo’s trending searches were all taken by spections about the rtionship between Su Ran and Fu Consortium.


    This was an explosive piece of news!


    Both Su Ran’s and Qianran International’s official Weibo ounts were directly besieged!


    Scrolling through Weibo, the wholework was abuzz with this news.


    However, taking the fifth spot on the trending list were the videos and pictures of them at the entrance.


    There was a video of Gu Heng giving her a gift to congratte her, and videos of various people queuing up to give Su Ran flowers.


    And, of course, there was the conspicuous congrattory message on the Fu Corporation Building.


    Ever since before thepetition started, Su Ran and Su Xinyan had been subject to variousparisons, and now, there were naturally plenty ofmentsparing them.


    [I used to be quite envious of Su Xinyan, but nowpared to Su Ran, she’s not even worth mentioning.]


    [You haven’t seen Su Xinyan putting on airs in front of Su Ran; thinking about it now makes me want to cover my face.]


    [Everything has to bepared, ending in a bitterly disastrous defeat.]


    Su Xinyan frowned, continuously scrolling through thements below the post. What did this have to do with her? Were these people stuffed to the brim with food?


    [It’s a good thing President Gu didn’t propose in public today, or it would have been mortifying.]


    [She was already an awkward presence today, okay? I heard that even without one of the judges scoring, Su Ran still far surpassed her and won first ce. Has Su Xinyan really participated in internationalpetitions? Maybe her identity as ‘heart’ is fake?]


    [I just happened to be at the scene,e on! Let me show you, what is the epitome of awkwardness.]


    In thements, aizen posted the segment of Hu Jialiang critiquing Su Xinyan’s design, and the part where he pointed at her and angrily reprimanded her.


    Thus, Su Xinyan saw her screen fill with–


    [Don’t overestimate yourself; do you have the ability to take first ce?]


    Su Xinyan’s face twisted ferociously, herplexion instantly drained of all color.


    She clenched her phone tightly, her knuckles turning white.


    Shecked ability?


    Who had it, then?


    That bitch Su Ran?


    The whole person was trembling with anger, and all the pent-up fury of the day finally broke free.


    “Ahh–”


    She screamed and violently threw her phone to the ground.


    Everyone was instantly stunned, looking at her incredulously.


    “Xinyan, what’s wrong with you?”


    Gu Heng frowned, asking in a deep voice.


    Su Xinyan lifted her head to look at him, tears instantly sliding down her cheeks.


    Gu Heng was taken aback for a moment before bing immediately tense.


    “What’s wrong?”


    Su Xinyan’s tears flowed even more fiercely as she flung herself into Gu Heng’s arms.


    “Brother Heng… they… they’re too much!”


    Gu Heng quickly embraced her tightly, asking gently.


    “What happened?”


    Su Xinyan was crying a river, making Gu Heng’s heart ache for her.


    “Aren’t they supposed to be on my side? Why would they say such things about me… I…”


    Gu Heng’s eyes darkened as he took out his phone to check online, his expressionplex.


    “They’re justizens who don’t know the truth. You shouldn’t take their words to heart…”


    Su Xinyan leaned in Gu Heng’s embrace, her eyes showing a malevolence that had reached its peak.


    “Brother Heng, it’s my sister, it must be her… She must want to use this chance to suppress me…”


    Upon hearing this,


    Gu Heng paused for a moment, then tiredly pinched the bridge of his nose.


    Xiao Ran, she…


    Just how far does she n to push Xinyan before she’ll let up!


    As soon as Wen Peipei heard Su Ran’s name, she couldn’t control the rage in her chest.


    “What has that scourge done now?”


    Tan Lirong had also seen the news online, her face grave, she handed her phone to Wen Peipei.


    “Mom, look at this…”


    As Wen Peipei scrolled through the onlinements, she too became infuriated.


    “What a curse!”


    The group had been joyously discussing Gu Heng and Su Xinyan’s wedding arrangements, but this incident hadpletely soured their mood.


    –


    tinum Lanting.


    The car slowly came to a stop, Fu Qiyuan and Su Ran got out and walked into the vi.


    Fu Qiyuan took the bag from her hand and kissed her weary brow.


    “I had Aunt Sun prepare a bath for you. Go upstairs and soak to ease the fatigue first.”


    Su Ran nodded, “Okay, call me when dinner is ready.”


    “Alright, go ahead!”


    Su Ran turned and went upstairs while Fu Qiyuan headed to the kitchen.


    On the second floor.


    In their room, Su Ran walked to the bathroom, took off her shoes at the entrance, and entered barefoot.


    She stripped off her clothes,pletely immersing herself in the hot water, washing away the exhaustion of the day.


    The warm water enveloped her entire body, and her blood gradually warmed in that moment.


    She sighed softly, leaning back against the edge of the bathtub, and gently closed her eyes.


    In the kitchen.


    Aunt Sun was shocked to see Fu Qiyuan walk in, her eyes widening.


    “Young Master.”


    Fu Qiyuan nodded and rolled up his sleeves.


    “You all can step out, leave this to me.”


    Aunt Sun’s face showed panic, “Young Master, we can take care of cooking. How can we let you do it?”


    Fu Qiyuan frowned slightly, “It’s okay.”


    Themanding tone caused everyone to shudder, the house staff exchanged looks, unsure of what to do, looking at Aunt Sun.


    After Aunt Sun’s initial shock, a quick realization crossed her face, and she disyed a faint smile.


    “Alright then, please be careful, Young Master.”


    Fu Qiyuan busied himself alone in the kitchen.


    About an hourter, the meal was ready, but Su Ran had note downstairs yet.


    He was about to go upstairs to call her, when his phone in the living room suddenly rang.