Chapter 24: Sugar Daddy
Translator: Vicky_ Editor: Vicky_
After finishing breakfast, Su Yicheng drove to Anren directly back to the Gu family’s residence, and the two of them went up together. Gu’s father, Gu Hengwen, was the one who opened the door. When he saw that the two of them had come back together, he grinned from ear to ear and hurriedly ushered them in. Lin Xiaofen was busy preparing breakfast. She had made porridge and steamed buns. When she saw that they had returned, she poked her head out of the kitchen and told them to wait for a while. The buns were still a few minutes away from being ready.
Anran said that she had already eaten at Su Yicheng’s place and told her mother to stop fretting. Then, she headed toward her own room and prepared to leave right after she changed her clothes. She expected to have a meeting this morning, and she was also anxious to find out the reason behind the incident at the construction site yesterday.
When Anran came out again, she saw Su Yicheng and her parents sitting at the table, chatting away amicably as they drank the porridge and bit into the buns. When Su Yicheng saw her come out, he smiled at her and said, “Anran, come and eat some. The buns that your mother made are much more delicious than the ones bought from the store”
“Yes, Anran, come and eat together with us,” Lin Xiaofen also said.
Anran looked at the time, then shook her head and said, “No, you guys eat. I will be heading to the company.” Then, she grabbed her bag from the sofa and started to head out the door.
Seeing this, Su Yicheng also put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hands and smiled as he stood up, saying to the parents of the Gu family, “Then, I’ll send Anran to the company first. How about if Mother kept the buns for me so I could come over and eat them tonight?”
Lin Xiaofen was overjoyed upon hearing this and said happily, “If Yicheng likes it, I can make it for you every day.” She was really satisfied with her son-in-law. He was good to Anran and knew what to say to make people happy. He was certainly a pleaser.
The old Gu couple watched them leave and enter the elevator before finally closing the door.
Lin Xiaofen looked at her husband and said, “I am really satisfied with this Su Yicheng.”
Gu Hengwen held his wife’s shoulders as they walked back in. He didn’t speak, but from the smile on his face, it was apparent that he agreed with his wife.
Sitting in the car, Anran took a thorough look at the car this time. She wasn’t looking for anything in particular. Anran stared straight at the car logo on the steering wheel and was a little dumbfounded. It was not her first time inside this car, but it was the first time she had the chance to get a thorough look at it. She didn’t know that many car brands besides the very well-known brands, such as BMW, Mercedes, and Audi, in addition to Porsche and Bentley. Yet she still couldn’t believe that she was actually sitting in a Porsche!
Su Yicheng turned to look at her and saw her staring at the steering wheel with amazement, so he asked with bewilderment, “What’s wrong?”
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“Lin Li was right,” Anran muttered.
Su Yicheng smiled and asked, “What did she say?” After hearing her bring this name up all the time, he began to feel curious about what type of person this was.
“She said that I have found myself a sugar daddy,” Anran confessed and thought to herself that Lin Li had really hit a bullseye in this regard.
Su Yicheng couldn’t help but burst out laughing and said, “You mean my car?”
Anran looked at him without replying and continued asking, “Why did you agree to marry me?” With his qualifications, as long as his heart desired, he probably could have any woman and as many women as he wanted! Yet he agreed to marry a plain Jane that didn’t have much to bring to the table. And now that she thought about it, it felt a little too good to be true.
“Why did you decide to marry me?” Su Yicheng asked, instead of replying.
Anran pondered over it and stared at him for a long time, then finally said, “We’re suitable for each other.” At first, she had only thought that he had fit all her criteria for a good husband. She had never thought that she could have misjudged him by this much.
“Same for me, as well.” Su Yicheng chuckled, turned the steering wheel, and parked the car in front of Anran’s company.
Still in the car, Anran shot him a final look before she finally thanked him and got out of the car.
Su Yicheng originally had intended to get out of the car as well, but the cell phone in his pocket started to ring at this time. The call was from Secretary Zheng, and Su Yicheng surmised that he had just returned from City S and had something work-related to report to him.
Anran got out of the car and looked at Su Yicheng, who was still in the car. She nodded, then turned around and headed toward the office building.
She stood in front of the elevator with a briefcase in her hands as she waited for the elevator and contemplated the “same for me, as well” comment he had made to her before getting out of the car.
“Hey, Anran.”
The sensation of someone tapping on her shoulders snapped her back to reality, and she discovered that her colleague, Xiao Xiao, had snuck up on her without her noticing.
“What were you thinking about, so absorbed that you took so long to respond?” Xiao Xiao asked, and as she spoke, she stretched out her hands to twirl her wavy hair with her fingers. Although she was two years younger than her, somehow she appeared even more feminine than her.
“Nothing.” Anran smiled and shook her head. Even though Xiao Xiao was younger than her, nonetheless Xiao Xiao came to the company around the same time she did. Not only was she not an architecture major, but she also hadn’t even graduated from college when she came. She started out doing odd errands and worked her way up, step by step, to her position as a designer in the present. She put in far more effort than others had. At least, according to Anran, besides the director, she was always the last one to leave the office.
Xiao Xiao turned her head and looked outside. She saw the Porsche doing a graceful U-turn before speeding away. Turning around, she winked at Anran teasingly and asked, “A big boss just sent you over here?”
Anran froze and then realized that she was talking about Su Yicheng. She must have seen her getting out of Su Yicheng’s car. She blushed and turned her head away, then said in denial, “What utter nonsense!”
“Ding!”
The elevator arrived at this time, and the two went in along with the crowd. Since it was the time the majority of the employees arrived to check in for work, the elevator was crowded with people.
Xiao Xiao obstinately refused to give up, and she whispered into Anran’s ears, “Well, where did you meet him? What company is he from”
“It’s not what you think.” Anran glared at her furiously. Regarding her marriage, she thought that it was a private matter between two people. Her relatives and friends were the only people that needed to know, and she didn’t plan to get a wedding. Since that pretty much cut out any romantic aspect to it, she didn’t want it to be publicized.
Xiao Xiao was a little dissatisfied that she didn’t coax any gossip out of her and turned around with disinterest. She pursed her lips with displeasure and complained, “Why are you so uptight? Are you afraid that I’ll compete with you for him or something!”
Anran didn’t comment any further and quietly waited for the elevator to arrive.
After entering the office along with Xiao Xiao, Anran clearly felt that there was a weird vibe, and only after asking the student at the front desk did she find out that the family of the deceased, who had been smashed to death in the accident yesterday, came to the company. Several burly and muscular men were waiting in the conference room, and they demanded that the company address the accident.
Anran’s heart sank, and, carrying her bag, she headed inside the office. The moment she stepped foot inside, a man rushed out of the meeting room and pointed at her while shouting, “It was her! This woman. The foreman said that she was the designer of that building, and the accident occurred because the building she designed was not up to standards.” He lunged toward Anran as he said this. Then, after hearing the commotion, the two other burly men in the conference room also made a beeline toward her in rage. Her male colleagues at the scene noticed the severe situation and rushed over to stop them.
“Brothers, let us all calm down and take it easy. We don’t know whose fault it is at this stage, and it isn’t necessarily because there was a problem with the designer’s designs,” a male colleague explained to them.
“Not her?! Even if it isn’t her fault, it is still your company’s fault. Now our brother is dead, and there are elders and children in the family, so no matter what, today you guys must give us a statement!” one of the burly men declared fiercely.