"From now on, the Bai family's standing within the Su family will depend on this little burden. I hope he won't disappoint me."
"Don't make it so obvious." The Su family elders were somewhat displeased by their daughter's gloating. "No matter what, the Bai family did your brother a favor. If they hadn't put up the money to help your brother start his business back then, he couldn't have built such a large fortune. And there's Xiao Zhuo. By the agreement, he was originally supposed to take the Bai surname. If Yueyin hadn't insisted that he be surnamed Su, where would our Su family have gotten such a precious grandson?"
It was precisely because of those two matters that the Su family had always felt indebted, and had to yield to the Bai family in everything they did.
The two families were also business partners. Over the years, whenever disputes and friction arose in their collaborations, the Su family had no choice but to swallow their anger and take a step back. They were afraid outsiders would say the Su family repaid kindness with ingratitude, afraid people would say Su Shiyuan had become successful and then refused to acknowledge his in-laws.
But doing business was not charity. Business was business—how could they hand all the good projects over to others every time? The Bai family had quite the thick skin. Whenever Su Shiyuan secured a good project, the Bais were nowhere to be found during the preliminary work. Yet when it was almost time to reap the rewards, they would shamelessly beg to cooperate. Even if the Su family said nothing aloud, resentment was inevitable after so long.
"I didn't say anything." Su Shiyan blew lightly at the tea foam, unconcerned. "The Bai family did my brother a favor, and