Chapter 1026: Chapter 1031: Straightforward and Outspoken
After Aunt Hua and the group of men in black left, Lin Feng finally had the chance to speak properly with Su Zi and Ning Aoxue.
"Alright, you two need to be honest with me now. What on earth has been happening lately? Why are you acting so strange... like you’re afraid of me?" Lin Feng closed the somewhat dilapidated door of the booth, his face stern as he looked at Su Zi and Ning Aoxue.
Su Zi hadn’t said a word, constantly not answering his calls recently, and even ended up canceling her number, which was very annoying. Even more outrageous was Ning Aoxue; she clearly knew a lot but deliberately hid it.
The two girls saw Lin Feng suddenly turn cold and froze in place for a long time. After exchanging a glance, they looked at Lin Feng with some shame.
"Lin Feng, listen to my explanation..." Su Zi opened her mouth softly, "I didn’t intend to distance myself from you. It was my family who forced me to do so..."
"I have nothing to say..." Ning Aoxue simply said, without any intention of explaining further. She believed that once Su Zi explained, Lin Feng would understand her actions.
Lin Feng sat on the sofa with a stern face, silent, waiting for Su Zi’s explanation.
Su Zi also knew that Lin Feng must have been very frustrated lately, and she felt somewhat guilty, carrying a cup of tea as she timidly walked up to him.
"Lin Feng, please have some tea first... I’ll explain slowly..."
Su Zi’s voice was very gentle, and at this moment, when she spoke in a low voice, she resembled a very noble princess, with a soft and adorable voice. Compared to her previously outgoing personality, it seemed like she was a completely different person...
However, Lin Feng felt that this Su Zi was a bit unfamiliar...
"I’m not thirsty, just leave it there!" Lin Feng said coldly, staring at Su Zi’s unchanged face.
"Oh, are you hungry then? Please have some food first?" Su Zi pointed to the untouched meal on the side, speaking softly, "These dishes were just served ten minutes ago, and no one has touched them... They’re all foods you like..."
Lin Feng glanced at the dishes on the table, indeed they were all his favorite meat dishes, but he was in no mood to eat...
"You better just get to the point..." Lin Feng looked at Su Zi’s somewhat evasive eyes and gently said, "Rest assured, as long as you tell the truth, I won’t blame you..."
Su Zi hesitated for a moment, then spoke with some embarrassment, "Lin Feng, you know... my identity is somewhat special..."
Lin Feng nodded and said, "I know, you are Su Zhenxian’s daughter..."
Su Zhenxian, almost everyone in China knows of him, the second-in-command of China, holding the national economy in his hands. To many, these three words are as heavy as a mountain, often not even dared to be mentioned, yet Lin Feng casually said it, as if mentioning any common names, seemingly indifferent to who Su Zhenxian was...
Upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, both Ning Aoxue and Su Zi were quite shocked by his nonchalant attitude...
How could Lin Feng be so calm?! Even Ning Aoxue, who knew Lin Feng’s father’s identity, felt Lin Feng was being overly arrogant, considering Chancellor Su was the second in command in China. Lin Zhonghua was just a commander in a military district with over thirty or forty officers of the same rank across the country, not to mention even higher up...
Speaking of it, Lin Zhonghua was among the top fifty figures in China’s military, so why did Lin Feng not take Su Zhenxian seriously at all?
"Lin Feng, you’re being so rude..." Ning Aoxue couldn’t help but speak up. She knew Su Zi didn’t mind this, but she still felt the need to remind Lin Feng to watch his words.
"Don’t look at me like that..." Lin Feng glanced at Ning Aoxue and Su Zi in surprise, shook his head with a bitter smile, "I absolutely meant no disrespect to Chancellor Su. I just blurted it out... yeah, that’s it..."
Hearing Lin Feng explain like this, Su Zi couldn’t help but laugh lightly. However, it was good; at least Lin Feng knew about her background, which made the subsequent events less complicated to explain.
"Here’s the situation... My dad got sick a while ago. It was very severe insomnia..." Su Zi began to speak candidly about the events after she returned to Beijing from Jiangzhou. "I was notified to come back from Jiangzhou, and at that time, my father looked well, and I thought he was fine. But later, my dad’s condition became increasingly severe. He is almost always in a state of mental excitement, and even after taking sleeping pills, he only sleeps for a few tens of minutes and is getting thinner..."
"Insomnia?" Lin Feng was puzzled. How could ordinary insomnia stump the imperial doctors around Chancellor Su?
"Yes, it is indeed a strange illness..." Su Zi, knowing that Lin Feng was somewhat like a doctor, explained in detail, "Neither traditional Chinese medicine consultations nor Western diagnostic equipment can determine the cause of my father’s illness. They are speculating whether it might be a hereditary disease, but neither my grandfather nor great-grandfather had such issues..."
"Was it sudden, or has it always been there?" Lin Feng frowned and asked out of curiosity. He vaguely remembered that the ancient medical texts mentioned a kind of harmful acupuncture technique that could put someone into a state of mental excitement, preventing them from sleeping. Could it really be that coincidental...
"It suddenly occurred within these two months, and it’s getting worse..." Su Zi nervously looked at Lin Feng and asked, "Does it matter?"
Chancellor Su is nearly sixty, and the sudden onset should not be a hereditary disease... Lin Feng shook his head without saying anything, internally denying the doctor’s speculation suggested by Su Zi.
"Although this illness currently does not seem to greatly affect my father’s health, he must ensure enough rest and avoid strenuous work to be okay..." Su Zi said with a bitter smile. As the chancellor of China, handling national affairs, her father absolutely couldn’t afford to be idle. If he really became idle, it would mean he’s retiring... Although Su Zhenxian was unwilling, facing such a physical condition, he had no choice but to prepare for retirement.
However, chancellors in China generally serve two consecutive terms, and it is rare for someone to retire early due to health reasons. This situation embarrassed Su Zhenxian, and he was even more worried that the plans he had set up for the expansion and growth of the Su Family were not yet complete. If his health couldn’t support his retirement, his descendants might suffer backlash from political opponents in the future!
The saying goes, triumph together, fall together; Su Zhenxian, as the Su Family’s public figure, couldn’t afford to fall. If he really had to fall, he had to find a suitable shelter for the Su Family as soon as possible...
The Wang Family was the big tree Su Zhenxian sought!
And Su Zi was the most crucial pawn Su Zhenxian intended to use to establish ties with the Wang Family...
After Su Zi discreetly explained the situation, Lin Feng understood the entire course of events.
"What’s the name of the person from the Wang Family?" Lin Feng asked Su Zi calmly.
"His name is Wang Jiasheng..." Su Zi replied nervously, not daring to meet Lin Feng’s eyes.
