"Marry Qingqing and take responsibility for her," Mrs. Su finally stated her real purpose.
Of course, she knew that the Gu family couldn't save Su Jianye.
She didn't even expect the Gu family to be able to keep Su Jianye's position as chairman.
Gu Luo'an wasn't Gu Huaizhi; he couldn't influence the internal decisions of the Su Corporation at all.
However, as long as Gu Luo'an married Su Yiqing, the Su family could rely on the Gu family.
Moreover, with Su Jianye's incident, it would be almost impossible for Su Yiqing to find a marriage alliance with a wealthy family in the future.
People in that circle were very realistic. Even if the Su family still had company shares that could generate dividends, the difference was significant once they lost real power.
Su Yiqing's pregnancy was an excellent opportunity to marry Gu Luo'an.
If they missed this chance, there wouldn't be another.
"Impossible!" Madam Gu refused without even thinking.
"You won't agree to this or that. I don't see any point in talking anymore. I'll just go directly to the media and expose everything!" Mrs. Su said. "I've heard that the Gu family's patriarch and matriarch place great importance on character."
"If they find out that Gu Luo'an got my daughter pregnant but refuses to take responsibility, I wonder what will happen?"
"Anyway, we have many options. We can go to the media, or go directly to the Gu family elders. You agree, right?" Mrs. Su said.
In the end, the Gu family had no choice but to succumb to Mrs. Su's threats and agreed to let Gu Luo'an marry Su Yiqing.
However, they also had a condition: they would wait until the pregnancy was further along to conduct a DNA test.
This was to confirm that Su Yiqing was indeed carrying Gu Luo'an's child.
Mrs. Su, still not completely at ease, specifically wrote an agreement, stating in black and white that as long as Su Yiqing's child was indeed Gu Luo'an's, they would immediately register their marriage.
Only then did she leave with Su Yiqing, feeling somewhat relieved.
Mrs. Su thought to herself that since the Su Corporation's board of directors was going to deduct the three million from the dividends anyway, she couldn't be bothered to contact Shen Chenggang anymore.
She absolutely refused to give in to Shen Chenggang.
So, she put this matter behind her.
As the directors had said, they took out three million and gave it to Shen Chenggang.
After receiving the money, Shen Chenggang started another live broadcast.
"Friends, I've received the money. But it wasn't the Su family who paid it back. It was several directors of the Su Corporation," Shen Chenggang said. "I don't know how they negotiated with the Su family, but I did receive the money."
"But this also shows that the Su family has no intention of admitting their mistake or paying the money. It's likely that the directors came forward to pay out of concern for the Su Corporation's interests."
[The Su family is really awful. They still wouldn't pay even after all this.]
"Anyway, I've got the money, and I can pay back my sister's friend," Shen Chenggang breathed a sigh of relief. "From now on, my family won't be in debt anymore."
"I'll continue delivering food and selling goods through live broadcasts. From now on, I'll be working towards improving our lives," Shen Chenggang said with a smile, full of hope for the future.
"My family has suffered a lifetime of hardship, my mother has suffered a lifetime, and now I want her to have a better life," Shen Chenggang said. "This time, my mother's illness was cured, but it damaged her health at its core, and she needs to take good care of herself. I'm afraid...she will live several decades less than she would have otherwise. So, I want her to rest as much as possible and get some good nourishment."
"When I have time, I'll take her on some trips," Shen Chenggang said. "This matter has come to an end. Thank you everyone, thank you for your support."
"This wouldn't have gone so smoothly without your support."
After that, Shen Chenggang's short videos, in addition to his food delivery content, showed him eating better than before.
But it was only better compared to his previous situation.
He could now go to a restaurant and have a hot bowl of soup noodles.
Sometimes, when he received orders to buy food from popular online restaurants, he would also film the process of queuing up and buy some for Shen Mianyin as well.
Although his meals weren't as meager as before, they were filled with more warmth and hope for the future.
His fan base didn't decrease at all, in fact, it grew.
The Shen family's life was back on track.
Shen Mianyin was relieved.
That day after work, she got into Gu Huaizhi's car.
Gu Huaizhi followed her back home.
He had just changed into his slippers when he turned around and saw Shen Mianyin still standing there, looking hesitant, as if she had something to say.
"What's wrong?" Gu Huaizhi asked, a little nervous seeing her like this. "Is there something you want to tell me?"
In that short time, Gu Huaizhi thought of many negative possibilities.
For example, that Shen Mianyin had decided to reject him after all and maintain a distance from him.
Shen Mianyin took a deep breath and called out, "Gu Huaizhi."
"Hmm?" Gu Huaizhi looked at Shen Mianyin nervously.
"Well..." Gu Huaizhi, rarely this nervous, also felt uneasy. "Whatever you're going to tell me, give me some mental preparation."
"Give me a hint first," Gu Huaizhi said. "Is it good news or bad news?"
Shen Mianyin's face flushed slightly. If she said it was good news, wouldn't that seem a little presumptuous?
"It's definitely not bad," Shen Mianyin said.
Gu Huaizhi breathed a slight sigh of relief, "As long as it's not bad news, go ahead and tell me."
Shen Mianyin, who had finally mustered her courage, suddenly felt a little deflated after being interrupted by Gu Huaizhi.
But Shen Mianyin felt that she would have to say it sooner or later.
She didn't want to keep dragging it out.
She bit her lip and plucked up her courage to say, "Gu Huaizhi, you said before... that you liked me."
Gu Huaizhi's heart suddenly began to beat faster.
"Mm," he said, too nervous to say anything else.
"Does that still count?" Shen Mianyin asked.
"Of course!" Gu Huaizhi said impatiently. "Of course it still counts."
He looked directly at Shen Mianyin, his gaze burning, "You..."
"I don't want to keep torturing myself anymore," Shen Mianyin said. "I know that I like you too."
"I clearly wanted to avoid it, but I couldn't," Shen Mianyin said softly. "So, I don't want to make things difficult for myself anymore."
She raised her head, which had been lowered the whole time, "So, I want to take another chance."
"I know... you're different."
Gu Huaizhi pulled Shen Mianyin into his arms and lowered his head to kiss her.
Shen Mianyin hadn't expected Gu Huaizhi to act so impulsively, giving her no time to prepare.
But after a few seconds, Shen Mianyin couldn't think about anything else and was completely immersed in Gu Huaizhi's kiss.
After a long while, Gu Huaizhi finally released her.
The lipstick on Shen Mianyin's lips had been completely kissed off, revealing her lips' natural soft color, and they were quite swollen.
"Gu Huaizhi..." Shen Mienyin said, "Didn't you say... that you weren't interested in women? How come you're so good at this?"
Gu Huaizhi: "..."
"Perhaps, it's just a natural instinct," Gu Huaizhi said in a hoarse voice.
"So, you won't go back on your word? You won't see me again tomorrow morning and say that you still can't be with me?" Gu Huaizhi asked in a low voice.
Shen Mienyin shook her head. "I'm not fickle. Since I've said it, it means I've thought about it for a long time."
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