The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits

Xi Muqian's car was stopped unexpectedly at the foot of the mountain.

"Mr. Xi, do you need us..." The security personnel at the checkpoint immediately surrounded them.

Xi Muqian waved his hand with a gentle smile, "No need, this is an acquaintance of mine."

As the car window rolled down, Chen Jin's face appeared outside, and Su Li was quite surprised.

But apart from that emotion, there was nothing else.

After a casual glance, she turned her head and started fiddling with her nails, treating the person in front of her as if he were a stranger.

Xi Muqian, looking satisfied with Su Li's attitude at the moment, smiled at Chen Jin, "Long time no see, old classmate..."

Chen Jin did not respond to Xi Muqian's words; his gaze was fixed on Su Li.

He didn't miss a single change in her facial expression.

The nervousness, unease, guilt, and vulnerability he had imagined, none of those were visible on Su Li's face.

Seeing this, Xi Muqian's smile slowly faded, and he leaned forward, pressing his body against the car window to block Su Li from view.

He didn't like Chen Jin's gaze...

With his view obstructed, Chen Jin's gaze then shifted to Xi Muqian's face.

"Why are you two together?" Chen Jin's tone had a frigid edge.

Xi Muqian's attractive eyes couldn't help but lift as he countered, "Why not?"

"A friend's wife should not be coveted..."

Xi Muqian laughed out loud, "You already have a new love, what face do you have to say that?"

"Do you still remember what I told you before I went abroad?"

A feeling of indescribable awkwardness rose from Chen Jin as he turned his head, trying to see Su Li.

Su Li happened to look up, and their eyes met directly; her eyes were devoid of anything, not even a hint of subtle fluctuation.

It was only now that Chen Jin finally realized that Su Li had truly changed, had truly become indifferent toward him...

But he couldn't accept it, after more than twenty years of feelings...

He still loved her.

Watching the car slowly drive away, a storm brewed in Chen Jin's eyes.

"Dad, I've found Su Li, she's currently in Shanghai..."

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"So you're just taking her now? It's so late, why not just stay here for the night? Yaya is getting sleepy."

Su Li looked speechlessly at Xi Muqian's mother, with her blatant lies...

And seeing Yaya playing excitedly next to Mr. Xi, she didn't know what to say.

Both of Xi Muqian's parents had the appearance of scholars, even carrying a bit of the aloofness of intellectuals, not seeming very approachable.

But now, the two old folks, whose ages together summed up to over a hundred years, were innocently and expectantly blinking their eyes, looking at Su Li with stars in their eyes.

Xi Muqian internally praised his parents, who were divine at assisting, and timidly said, "These two are really..."

"Isn't it because you never get married? Your dad and I are over sixty now... Everyone else has sweet little girls to hold, but not us. Are you fair to us?"

Mrs. Xi clutched her chest and aimed the barrage at her unfortunate son, then happily grabbed Su Li's hand, laughing like the Big Bad Wolf. "Xiao Li, Yaya really gets along well with us. How about letting her stay here to keep us company for a few days?"

"Yaya, would you like to stay here with grandma and grandpa for a few days and let grandpa take you fishing and eat..."

"I'd love to... Mom, you go ahead with your work, and come pick me up after you're done."

Su Li was speechless, the ungrateful little...

After Xi Muqian had escorted Su Li away, Mr. Xi pushed his glasses up and inquired curiously to his wife, "Is this the girl because of whom our stubborn son has refused to marry?"

"Exactly, his room is filled with photos of this girl, all taken secretly..."

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The next day, Su Li hadn't completely woken up yet, but the noisy knocking and banging at the door kept her from sleeping.

"Su Li, open the door for me."

With increasingly loud roars, the banging on the door grew louder and louder.

Su Li pulled the door open abruptly. At the doorway, Mr. Su was still in the act of knocking on the door frame, while Mrs. Su, looking travel-weary, stood silently at once side, holding Doudou's hand.

Doudou, still bleary-eyed with messy hair and haphazardly worn clothes, seemed as if he had been dug out of bed before he could wake up.

Clearly, these three had taken the earliest bus from Su City to Shanghai before dawn.

Su Li stepped around the blocking Mr. Su, scooped up Doudou into her arms, and softly asked, "Doudou, do you want to sleep a bit more..."

Doudou sleepily nodded and collapsed into Su Li's embrace, falling back asleep.

Su Li placed the child on her bedroom bed and gently closed the door, then she cooled her expression and walked back out.

She crossed her arms and asked faintly, "What brings you here?"

Always held back by his wife at his side, who had been soothingly advising him, Mr. Su had restrained his anger until Su Li's words set him off.

Unexpectedly, he raised his hand toward Su Li's face.

How could Su Li let him actually hit her? She quickly took a step back, causing Mr. Su to miss.

"You dare avoid?" Mr. Su glared with eyes as big as bells, his hands trembling, his face a portrait of grief and anger.

"Did Chen Jin send you to make a scene?"

"I really had no idea he could be so utterly despicable."

It was obvious; having met Chen Jin last night and today, her parents, who didn't even have her contact number, managed to find her precisely and even brought her brother, clearly intending to use her family to coerce her.

Such tactics being used repeatedly, doesn't he know it's just annoying?

"Yes, your son-in-law said he saw you here in Shanghai and was worried for us..." Mrs. Su, with a distressed face, added with a hint of accusation, "And... your son-in-law mentioned he saw you being very intimate with a man..."

Before Mrs. Su could finish, Mr. Su started to curse, "Shameless, you've completely disgraced me."

Last night's call from Chen Jin, half mocking, half questioning, made his face burn, and he hadn't slept all night.

"What son-in-law... I have already divorced Chen Jin, and we no longer have any ties. Even if you recognize this son-in-law, I don't."

Su Li's cold attitude deeply hurt the Su Family's parents.

"I just don't understand, I am clearly your daughter, why do you always push and torment me for outsiders, continuing to forgive and be indulgent towards someone who has hurt your daughter."

"Why is your compassion, your kindness always directed towards outsiders, while begrudging even a little bit to your own daughter?"

Su Li's voice, full of emotional and accusatory questions, broadcast all the incomprehensions she had been harboring deep inside her heart.