In their eyes, she was a woman with no integrity who would sleep with any man for the sake of her career.
So being involved in a scandal with her was very bad, and reputation is of the utmost importance to politicians.
"I call you Bai Xue, and you call me Gongze Yu. That's appropriate." Gongze Yu insisted.
"Unfortunately, I don't think it's suitable. Sorry, Mayor Gong, I have something to attend to." Bai Xue turned and left, not giving him a chance to say anything else.
The eagerness in his eyes only made her more determined to keep her distance from Mayor Gong!
Gongze Yu did not call out to her, but just watched her retreat.
"Xue, do you not remember me at all?" His low murmur was tinged with bitterness and disappointment.
She was more beautiful and confident than when she was a child. He had recognized her instantly in the crowd, but she had not recognized him. He touched his face - had he changed that much?
Bai Xue waited until the end of the banquet, but there was no sign of Su Yan, and he didn't answer his phone.
"Let me take you home." Gongze Yu offered, as he hadn't left yet.
"No need, my driver is waiting outside." Bai Xue had already notified Xu Qiming to come and pick her up after failing to find Su Yan.
"Then I'll leave first." Gongze Yu didn't insist.
But he didn't actually leave until he saw that someone had indeed come to pick Bai Xue up.
Not long after they left, Su Yan returned in his flashy car. When the lobby manager told him that Bai Xue had already left, he was a bit annoyed and sped off like a rocket.
The news that Su Yan had attended the banquet with Bai Xue spread the following day.
Everyone knew that Su Yan had returned to the Su family.
The fact that Bai Xue still needed him, and that the Su family had him represent them at the banquet, proved that Su Yan was still the heir to the Su family!
Naturally, this news also reached Meng Shaomei's ears. She was thrilled - her prediction was correct! As long as Su Yan was separated from Rourou and returned home, he would remain the Su family's heir! Cheng Tianhao could shove off!
"Now that Su Yan has joined Bai Xue's camp, what are you so happy about?" Bai Shengqi was annoyed.
Bai Xue was hard enough to deal with by herself. Now, with Su Yan added to the mix, he saw no hope for advancing his cause!
"Rourou really can't take any hardship! Now she's made a fool of herself!"
He couldn't help but blame Bai Wanrou for letting such a catch slip away.
"What do you know!" Meng Shaomei scolded.
"I don't know, you do! If you're so clever, let's continue living like this for the rest of our lives!"
Meng Shaomei wanted to say something, but she swallowed her words. Bai Shengqi was a loose cannon—he was better off not knowing her plans.
In the evening, Bai Wanrou called.
"Mom, what's the situation now?" She was worried about Su Yan.
"Su Yan has already gone back. I believe that soon, he will return to Su's."
"That's great!" Bai Wanrou was overjoyed. "So mom, when do you think I should go back?"
She wanted to return as soon as she left.
"Wait until Su Yan gets full control of Su's."
"When will that be?" Bai Wanrou was getting impatient.
"It'll take at least three or four years." Elder Su was still so healthy, he wouldn't give up power anytime soon.
"Oh my god!" Bai Wanrou exclaimed, that was such a long time!
"Mom, three or four years! In three or four years, will Yan still remember who I am?"
Time changes, people change, who could guarantee that Su Yan would still love her after three or four years?
That was too long!
"Don't worry, he will definitely remember you!" Meng Shaomei guaranteed.
"Mom, how can you be so sure?"
"Of course, it's because I have confidence!" She had a plan that would ensure Su Yan would never forget Rourou. By the time he was in power and Rourou returned, he would still belong to Rourou!