The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits-Chapter 220 - 224 Angel in the Mortal World (14)

The overwhelming desire to go and save Ye Qiu that had consumed An Yingming’s thoughts was now completely forgotten.

Only when one is warm and fed do thoughts of lust arise; it’s with material foundation that one pursues the romantic and the frivolous.

An Yingming knew very well that only with the An Group’s existence was he the enviable and respected Young Master An, greeted reverently by others as Young Master An.

Only then could he indulge without restraint in a life unattainable by others.

With material wealth, one can establish the heights of spiritual enjoyment.

If his family’s company encountered problems, let alone saving Ye Qiu, he would likely be unable to take care of himself.

A forced smile on his face, An Yingming pushed his father slightly, "Dad, that’s not a funny joke."

An Pei shattered An Yingming’s illusions with a cold response, "I’m not joking with you."

"You’ve been working in the company for so long, haven’t you noticed the internal problems?"

It was only now that An Pei realized his son, whom he had always taken pride in, might not be as outstanding as he thought.

An Yingming stuttered, "Noticed, noticed what?"

Hiding the disappointment in his eyes, An Pei asked, "Why do you think I had your mother rush you to marry Su Li?"

"There have been issues inside the company for a long time, barely maintaining it as is."

"If the current project with the Su Family goes smoothly, the company might come back from the dead, but now it’s impossible."

"Seeing the attitude of that old fox from the Su Family today, his daughter probably hates you to the bone."

"I really thought you were faithful, but..." An Pei scoffed with a few cold laughs, his tone becoming harsher, "You can play outside, but you have to settle things inside properly. Because of a woman outside, creating an embarrassing scene doesn’t make you a playboy, it makes you stupid."

An Yingming, directly ridiculed by his own father, jumped up and hit his head on the car roof, crying out in pain.

He, like an offended cat, with a face full of humiliation and discontent, protested, "Dad, I don’t... I don’t have any women outside..."

Under An Pei’s inscrutable gaze, An Yingming bounced a few times but still lost the battle.

That piercing gaze seemed to see right through to the deepest part of his heart.

He couldn’t deny that he did harbor fanciful thoughts about Ye Qiu.

An Pei: "Now that the old man from the Su Family won’t let you see his daughter, you must find an opportunity, by whatever means, to soften Su Li’s heart."

"Otherwise..."

An Pei pointed out the car window to a street vendor, smiling coldly, "Otherwise, you definitely wouldn’t want to experience the hardship of living like these lower-tier people, struggling for a living outside."

Following An Pei’s gesture, An Yingming looked over as well.

There were vendors pushing carts selling snacks, people in bulky mascot costumes awkwardly dancing while handing out flyers, and vendors peddling many balloons.

Each of them wore the biggest smiles as they eked out a living, but their eyes revealed numbness and exhaustion from the burdens of life.

Even if the An Family fell, a camel, even when starved, is still bigger than a horse, and An Yingming wouldn’t necessarily end up in the same plight as them, but the end result was similar.

Maybe just slightly better than them.

The mere thought of lowering his proud head to many for the sake of living made An Yingming shudder in fear.

Without needing An Pei to say more, he had already made up his mind to win back Su Li.

Su Li had gone out, and without notifying the Su Family’s parents, returned quietly with her simple luggage.

She didn’t go home immediately after leaving the airport, instead, she had the taxi take her to another address.

No one knew that in a research base far from the city in a desolate area, Su Li had made a hefty investment.

Even the Su Family’s parents were unaware.

Within just a few hours of Su Li’s arrival in this body, she had figured out that this was an institution affiliated with the state but independent, conducting very interesting projects.

Su Li had invested all the money that the original owner had saved from childhood into this institute.

She even took advantage of various pretexts, including the name of the wedding, to scrape together money from An Yingming and the An Group, as well as wheedling and acting foolish, with her parents’ contributions, and threw it all into the institute.

The funds gathered in such a piecemeal way amounted to a considerable sum.

After Ye Qiu was taken away, he was transferred to this research institute after rotating through a special institution.

The head of this research institute was a particularly characteristic scholar.

Su Li had invested so much money, only to exchange for a single opportunity to visit.

But once was enough.

Several miles away from the research institute, Su Li had the taxi stop.

"Miss, it’s so desolate here, no shops in sight, no village behind, let me take you back," the taxi driver said, somewhat frightened. If not for Su Li’s shiny appearance with her oversized sunglasses, the watch on her wrist studded with a diamond so small yet so expensive he couldn’t afford it even if he sold himself, he wouldn’t dare stop; afraid it was a setup, the next second he might be dragged out of the car and robbed or killed.

Su Li: "It’s fine, just stop here. My friend is coming to pick me up, and we agreed to go camping in the area."

The driver peered at Su Li in the backseat through the rearview mirror with suspicion.

What kind of hobby was this, wearing a catwalk-worthy outfit to go camping?

Didn’t understand, didn’t understand...

"Well, I’ll just leave my phone number with you in case your friend doesn’t show up, and I’ll come back and get you," the taxi driver offered kindly. But he was also influenced by Su Li’s extra generosity that prompted this offer.

Driving this strange passenger once earned him the equivalent of several days’ income.

Su Li dragged her small suitcase out of the car, checked her phone, and found no signal.

Thankfully, it wasn’t long before a beat-up minivan wobbled into view.

A middle-aged man in a lab coat poked his head out from the driver’s compartment and called out to Su Li, "Are you Miss Su?"

"I am."

"Then hurry up and get in." The middle-aged man didn’t seem too fond of Su Li, and she quickly scoured her memory, sure that she did not recognize this person before.

"You, a spoiled girl, couldn’t just enjoy shopping and getting your nails and hair done? Instead, you had to come to a place like this... making my boss send me to pick you up."

"Delaying my research, wasting my time, ruining my life."

"Abhorrent, contemptible..."

As soon as the middle-aged greasy uncle started driving, his mouth didn’t stop moving, continuously muttering complaints.