My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS

"Who is Tong Zizhu?" Su Zimai asked suspiciously, "Grandpa, why did you react so strongly? Is she your... little, little lover?"

"Xiaomai, don't say such nonsense, or Grandpa will spank you," Gu Qiye said in response, but his gossipy interest burned intensely, and he tilted his head curiously, watching Su Wei's profile.

Su Wei lowered his head in silence, his expression somewhat heavy, not immediately responding to their questions.

The group in the yard fell into silence, with only the sound of rushing water from the wooden horse fountain.

Ke Qirui bit her pipe, looking surprised. She hadn't expected her casual mention of that name to cause such a stir among them; perhaps this was fate.

Su Wei pondered for quite a while before finally breaking the silence.

"Tong Zizhu..." he mused, "That child is now joining the White Crow Travel Brigade?"

Mentioning "Xia Pingzhou," Su Wei could pretend to be unaware - in truth, he had long since heard about Xia Pingzhou from Ke Qirui.

So, Su Wei knew in his heart that this future star he once had high hopes for was now lurking within the White Crow Travel Brigade.

Upon first hearing the news, Su Wei had cursed the young man before Ke Qirui, calling him a fool for doing such a reckless thing.

But despite saying so, Su Wei inwardly agreed with Xia Pingzhou's actions; avenging one's family is a justified deed, though somewhat reckless in approach, but not enough to make him dislike it; he even admired it.

So, approximately a month and a half ago, as Xia Pingzhou joined the White Crow Travel Brigade, Su Wei used his presidential authority to delete all records of Xia Pingzhou within the association, even crossing boundaries to erase his residential records - usually outside the association's jurisdiction.

Because of Su Wei's series of support, Xia Pingzhou didn't immediately expose his identity after joining the White Crow Travel Brigade.

Only now, Su Wei no longer had the time to care for Xia Pingzhou's fate.

Firstly, upon being pursued by Rainbow Wings, he had already resigned from his position as president of the Exorcist Association. Secondly, his son-in-law and grandson were about to confront those vicious robbers in a few days; how could he have spare time to worry about a stranger's life?

However, at the mention of "Tong Zizhu," Su Wei couldn't sit still, his heart subtly shaken.

Why? Tong Zizhu was the child Su Ying entrusted to him back then... Thinking of this, Su Wei couldn't help but take a deep breath, lowering his head.

"President, do you know her?" Ke Qirui put the pipe back into her coat pocket, asking curiously.

"Yes, Tong Zizhu is a stray child adopted by Su Ying. Didn't Zhuo'an mention it to you?" Su Wei said softly, "Su Ying entrusted her to me, but later this child ran away from home, it's been years now... I didn't expect she'd join that group of robbers."

"Huh..."

Su Zimai froze, then widened her eyes in shock, murmuring, "How come our loving family keeps adding members?"

She pointed at Su Wei with one hand, "First a grandpa." Then pointed at Ke Qirui, "Then an aunt." Finally, unsure where to point, "Then a... mom's adopted daughter, so is she my sister?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qiye couldn't help but be stunned, then shook his head, laughing softly, wondering if the relationships in this family could get any more complicated.

For some reason, he suddenly felt that if he could bring You Ruirui home, it might be a good thing.

After all, this Icelandic girl had hyperthymesia, and once she heard something, she could remember all the relationships clearly, and she should get along well with Su Zimai.

Thinking of this, Gu Qiye suddenly fell silent, pondering that maybe love for a person means always imagining how she would interact with one's closest family members.

Su Zimai considered for a moment, sighing, "Within a month, our family has directly added three members; it's quite lively."

"It's two people," Ke Qirui suddenly said.

"Both came," Su Zimai placed one hand on her hip, turning her head to look at her, saying irritably, "Captain, are you teasing me for not knowing elementary school math? Even if math is my worst subject, I can count one, two, three."

"Gu Wenyu died, offsetting one. So, you have only gained two people."

Ke Qirui took up the pipe again, speaking carelessly.

Su Zimai fell silent, and Gu Qiye remained silent as well; their faces simultaneously darkened, beads of black sweat appearing as if about to squeeze out black water.

"Ah..." Ke Qirui was stunned, her expression slightly stiff, looking up with an embarrassed smile, "Sorry, I was thinking about something else and misspoke."

Su Zimai and Gu Qiye couldn't be bothered to argue with her; they knew this woman was somewhat mindless, usually carefree, not intentionally trying to anger them.

Su Zimai thought for a moment: "So... is Tong Zizhu my sister or my younger sister?" She paused, "If she's my sister, how come I didn't know mom secretly adopted such a child?"

Su Wei adjusted his glasses and explained: "Xiaozhu is older than you and Qiye. Su Ying adopted her before Qiye was born, so Xiaozhu is indeed your older sister."