" Wang Xiaozhuo!" Su Youyou said angrily, "I know what you're thinking. I can tell you clearly, it's impossible between us now, and it will never be possible!"
The surrounding crowd watched this scene with growing interest.
" Youyou, I really like you, please don't be so heartless!" Wang Xiaozhuo immediately became anxious upon hearing this.
"Don't call me that, get out!" Su Youyou's eyes showed a hint of disgust, and she was clearly getting impatient.
"Miss Su Youyou, is this how you treat our Wang Household who came to celebrate your grandfather's birthday?" Suddenly, a woman walked over from a distance. The woman was wearing a cheongsam, had a curvaceous figure, and her face bore a resemblance to Wang Xiaozhuo.
"Mother," Wang Xiaozhuo called out.
The woman nodded, but her gaze remained fixed on Su Youyou. "Miss Su, please apologize to my son, Xiao Zhuo. Otherwise, I'll have to go talk to Grandpa Su."
"Please, even after I clearly rejected your son, he still keeps bothering me—no, it's more like harassment. I'm already being lenient by not making him apologize; you still want me to apologize to him?" Su Youyou said coldly.
" Youyou, please give me a chance," Wang Xiaozhuo pleaded humbly.
"Shut up!" Su Youyou and the woman spoke at the same time, and Wang Xiaozhuo was so frightened that he dared not speak.
"What a sharp-tongued girl! I can't argue with you, so I'm going to find your grandfather!" The woman turned around and stormed into the house.
"Mother!" Wang Xiaozhuo glanced at Su Youyou, then chased after the woman.
"You won't get into trouble, will you?" Qin Zixuan asked, frowning.
"It's alright, this is the Su Household, not the Wang Household. Besides, my grandfather wouldn't side with outsiders." Su Youyou shook her head, then said, "Master and Mistress, let's go in too."
Su Chen and Qin Zixuan nodded and followed Su Youyou into the house.
"Did you guys hear that just now? Miss Su seemed to be calling those young people 'Master' and 'Master's Wife'?" someone asked, pausing for a moment.
"I heard that too. What's going on? Aren't they classmates and friends? How did they become master and apprentice? And those two are about the same age as Su Youyou, right? Why would Su Youyou become their apprentice?" someone else asked in confusion.
"That's interesting, let's go in and take a look." One by one, the crowd headed towards the inner room, eager to see what was going on.
"Grandpa Su, you have to give my mother and me an explanation!" A lot of people had gathered inside. As soon as Su Chen and his two companions entered, they heard the woman demanding an explanation from an old man.
The old man sat in a wheelchair, his face gaunt and almost devoid of flesh, with prominent veins. His overall energy and spirit were not particularly good, as if his days were numbered. This old man was Su Jing, the founder of the Su Group and Su Youyou's grandfather.
Su Jing apologized to the woman with a smile, then seemed to sense something and turned to look outside the door. When he saw Su Chen and Qin Zixuan, he was stunned and looked surprised.
"Grandpa, don't listen to her nonsense. It was clearly her son who kept harassing me. I got angry, so I said those hurtful things," Su Youyou said, looking aggrieved, as she approached Su Jing.
"My son has so many suitors, why would he need to harass you?" the woman said through gritted teeth.
"Hmph, I clearly rejected him, but he still keeps chasing after me. What is this if not harassment?" Su Youyou said coldly.
" Youyou, that's going too far. Wang Xiaozhuo only pursued you because he likes you, right? Why doesn't he pursue someone else? If you ask me, give Wang Xiaozhuo a chance. Then our Su Household and the Wang Household can become in-laws. Wouldn't that be great?" A middle-aged woman behind Su Jing said.
Su Youyou's face darkened as she looked at the middle-aged woman, "Second Aunt, this is none of your business, is it?"
The middle-aged woman whom Su Youyou called "Second Aunt" was Su Youyou's second uncle's wife, named Zhao Jing. She had always been at odds with Su Youyou's family, and her words this time were purely meant to annoy Su Youyou.
" Youyou, how can you talk to your second aunt like that? Your second aunt is only doing this for your own good," said Chen Su, Su Youyou's aunt's wife, who is also Su Youyou's uncle's wife.
"This is my business, it's none of her concern!" Su Youyou said, frowning.
"Heh, I never expected your second son's daughter to be so ill-mannered. All those years of schooling were a waste," the woman said sneer.
"I think you're the one with no manners!" Suddenly, a beautiful woman and a middle-aged man slowly walked in from outside the door.
"Father, Mother!" Su Youyou looked at the two of them, a smile finally appearing on her face.
The middle-aged man was named Su Yuan, and the beautiful woman Wu Ya; they were Su Youyou's father and mother.
Wu Ya gave the woman a cold look, then turned her gaze to Su Youyou's aunt and second aunt. "I know our family doesn't get along with your two families, but you don't have to gang up on an outsider to bully a child, do you?"
"Who bullied your child? We're just doing this for Youyou, okay?" Zhao Jing retorted.
"Heh, whether you bullied them or not, you know the truth yourselves," Wu Ya said coldly, then looked at Su Youyou and smiled slightly, " Youyou, don't be afraid, with your mother backing you up, you're not afraid of them!"
"Mmm!" Su Youyou hugged Wu Ya's arm, suddenly feeling more confident.
"Big brother, second brother, you should really keep a closer eye on your women," Su Yuan said at this moment.
"Well done, third brother, you've really made something of yourself? You don't even respect your second brother and me. Do you really think you're the head of the family?" Su Youyou's uncle, who is also Su Yuan's older brother, Su Yu, said.
"Heh, I think he really thinks he's the head of the family, talking to us like that." The middle-aged man next to Su Yu said. The middle-aged man's Su Hanlin, and he was the second son in the Su Household.
"Then let me ask you, have you ever respected us?" Su Yuan said coldly.
"Alright, have you all had enough? Have you forgotten what day it is today?" Su Yu and Su Hanlin wanted to say something more, but at this moment, Su Jing, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up, and seeing this, everyone had no choice but to shut up.
"Your name is Wang Xiaozhuo, right? My Youyou has already rejected your advances, so don't bother her anymore. Of course, she was wrong to insult you just now, and I'll have her apologize to you." Su Jing said, glancing at Su Youyou.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have scolded you just now." Although Su Youyou was unwilling, she finally obeyed and obediently apologized to Wang Xiaozhuo. She knew that she could ignore everyone else's words, but she could not ignore Su Jing's words.
Wang Xiaozhuo remained silent and did not speak.
The woman standing nearby also sighed.
"Alright, let's leave it at that," Su Jing said, then looked at Su Chen and Qin Zixuan, smiling as he asked, "May I ask who you two are?"