Chapter 601: Chapter 601

"Chen Suyi, little girl, gossiping isn't very nice, is it?"

Xu Hao pushed open the door and said with a light smile.

It was indeed Chen Suyi lying on the bed; hearing Xu Hao's voice, she was suddenly frightened and immediately flipped over, trying to hide further inside. Yet, she forgot about the wound on her buttock and let out a terribly pitiful scream, "Ah! It hurts so much!"

Xu Hao said with a face devoid of expression, "I told you to stay put, but you just had to be restless. Now look what happened. One slap from me, and I guarantee you won't be able to get out of bed for three days or walk for a week."

Chen Suyi wrapped her body tightly with the quilt, seemingly feeling it still wasn't safe, and then shielded her buttock with a pillow before feeling somewhat secure. She turned her head to Xu Hao and said, "Hmph! If you hit me again, I'll tell Grandpa to fire you! I won't even leave home anymore!"

"Fire me? I somehow feel that if you told your grandpa, he would say I did a good job instead," Xu Hao slowly walked towards her, uttering each word deliberately.

Chen Suyi suddenly froze, her grip on the pillow loosening. After thinking it over carefully, she realized Xu Hao made a lot of sense!

If Grandpa really knew Xu Hao hit her, perhaps he would indeed side with Xu Hao?

She felt disheartened all at once. She certainly couldn't count on her dad, who treated Xu Hao like his own son, even more warmly than he treated his own daughter, Chen Suyi.

But now, even her typically doting grandpa wasn't on her side, which somewhat hurt Chen Suyi's feelings, making her less nimble with the pillow.

Anna, seeing Xu Hao looking like he might continue to beat Chen Suyi, quickly got up, spread her arms in front of Xu Hao, and pleaded for Chen Suyi, "Brother, look at how miserable Sister Suyi is already, please spare her this time."

However, Ruyue remained motionless. After glancing at Xu Hao, she closed her eyes and continued her cultivation, seemingly having seen through everything long ago.

Xu Hao laughed and said, "Why are you so nervous? Look at Ruyue, not anxious at all. I'm not going to eat her, is there a need to be so tense?"

"But... but she's already in such a terrible state, just now I checked, and her buttock is swollen from your spanking..." ThegenuinearticleresidesonM|V|L&EMPYR.

Anna hadn't finished speaking when Chen Suyi quickly covered her mouth, saying with mixed laughter and tears, "Why do you blabber everything, girl! If you saw it, just keep it to yourself, why tell him?"

Struggling to remove Chen Suyi's hand, Anna said, puzzled, "But brother isn't an outsider, is there anything we can't tell him?"

Chen Suyi responded exasperatedly, "To you he's not an outsider, yes, he can even hold you in his arms at night and also hug Xue Jiao, Ruyan, and Xiao Yao, but not me, because he and I are just friends, understand?"

"Oh... Then you guys could develop a closer relationship, right?" Anna said earnestly, eyes wide open. "I understand why you must make Brother angry on purpose—it's because he hasn't been paying attention to you recently, making you feel he's neglecting you, so you provoke him to get his attention, right?"

Chen Suyi was stunned. What kind of strong logic did this girl have?

How did she come up with such a bizarre conclusion?

Was she doing this because she was fed up and bored?

Chen Suyi, infuriated, reached out again to cover Anna's mouth, saying, "Little girl, if you keep talking nonsense, I might just tear your mouth apart!"

"Alright, alright, stop making a fuss."

Xu Hao stepped forward, pulled the two apart, then spoke seriously, "Let's focus on what's important. Tomorrow, the film and television base that Li Chenggong and I established will officially have its ribbon-cutting. Suyi, come back with me, make an appearance, sing a song, and boost the popularity."

Chen Suyi pouted and said, "I knew it wouldn't be anything good, but I have a concert tonight, I can't just cancel, can I?"

Xu Hao glared at her and said, "Still thinking about the concert? I'll ask you, why did you come to Fusang Country to hold a concert?"

Chen Suyi looked at Xu Hao incredulously, "I hold at least one concert in Fusang Country, Island Country, and other countries every year to increase my popularity there."

"So, you left Jing'an City on your own and then came to Fusang Country?" Xu Hao said, slightly angered.

Seeing Xu Hao seemed genuinely angry, Chen Suyi immediately retreated a bit, once again clutching the pillow to her chest, and said softly, "I know I was wrong, why keep scolding me?"

"Know you were wrong?!" Xu Hao frowned sternly, staring her down, causing her demeanor to shrink more and more, her body slowly moving back, until she had nowhere to go, leaning directly against the wall.

Xu Hao glared at her once more, then turned to Ruyue and asked, "Are you from Xuanmen? Did Elder Chen bring you from Xuanmen to protect Suyi?"