Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 424: What the Hell? Ran into Her Just Like That?!
If they had delayed it any longer, until tomorrow, they would have witnessed these leaders making house visits. In that case, they wouldn’t have dared to raise such matters and would have taken a different approach to being neighbors with this family. A family so capable and well-connected—just a little bit of what they have could sustain them for a lifetime.
But no matter how much they regretted it, Su Yijia and Qin Kaize had no idea and didn’t care to know. Once the door was closed, Su Yijia furrowed her brows and looked at Qin Kaize uncertainly.
"Is that it? We’re done?" she asked.
"Yes, but we’ll have to wait a few days for the rest. It won’t be like what you’ve seen before—no grand award ceremonies or press conferences. China still has many enemies watching, so the more important something is, the more low-key it has to be," Qin Kaize said, smiling as he patted Su Yijia’s head.
But after saying this and seeing the sparkle in her dark eyes, he added with a smile, "Besides, now that we have backing, it’s practically impossible for the Mu and Wang families to mess with us."
The Mu family is currently held up only by Jiajia’s father; the rest are unimpressive. Calling them mediocre would be generous. As for the Wang family, they’re even worse, only managing to stay afloat by relying on tangled marriage connections. If it came to a head, neither family would have a good outcome. After all, what happened twenty years ago would be enough to force Mu Xiaowei out of his current position. On top of that, Qin Kaize now had enough information about the Mu and Wang families’ activities.
"So we can face them head-on now?" Su Yijia’s eyes lit up.
She was only one step away from discovering why her original father abandoned her mother. Once she completed this task, she would have fulfilled all the missions from the system, and the book’s plot would come to a close. From then on, aside from the Spirit Spring Space and the lottery system, everything else in her life would be in her hands.
"Give it another month," Qin Kaize said, gently placing his large hand on Su Yijia’s belly. "The first three months are risky, right? Let’s wait until the third month before we start investigating. That’ll give us three months to bring down both families. After that, we can focus on having the baby in peace."
Su Yijia thought for a moment and nodded, "You’re right. We should also take this month to find a way to borrow a lab and submit the research results. That would solidify our standing."
Although the information they submitted earlier was crucial, it was credited to Kaize’s uncle for obtaining it from overseas. At most, they’d be regarded as highly important patriots. But nothing compares to inventing something themselves—it would be far more valuable.
"Okay, once we sort out the enrollment issues this week, I’ll apply for the lab and materials," Qin Kaize replied. The major breakthrough may take three years, but smaller innovations wouldn’t.
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The next day, Qin Kaize and Su Yijia didn’t rush to report to school. They leisurely had breakfast and rested before heading out around 10 a.m., after receiving a bicycle. Their enrollment period lasted from today until the day after tomorrow. The day after that would be the official entrance ceremony, where all students were required to attend.
They first dropped Su Yijia off at Qing University. Although the National College Entrance Examination had just been reinstated, the University of Workers, Peasants, and Soldiers had been using this campus. Therefore, senior students were on hand to help with orientation.
After completing registration and receiving her dorm key, Su Yijia suddenly felt a prickling sensation, as if someone was watching her. She quickly turned around and spotted a woman staring at her with eyes full of hatred. The woman appeared to be in her thirties and was well-maintained. Although it was only early spring, she was already wearing a fashionable wool coat and small leather shoes. However, when the woman noticed that Su Yijia was looking at her, she jumped, hastily diverting her gaze.
Her exaggerated reaction puzzled the young man standing next to her.
"Mom, what’s wrong?" he asked.
"Nothing, just saw a bee," the woman replied with a forced smile.
Her son didn’t think much of it and accepted her explanation without question. "Let’s go. I’ve finished registering and need to head to the dorm." He shook the dorm key in his hand.
The woman called for a nearby auntie to help carry the luggage as they left.
Watching their retreating figures, Su Yijia crossed her arms, deep in thought.
"Jiajia, what’s wrong?" Qin Kaize asked as he pushed the bicycle over, noticing the cold and sharp look that had replaced the soft smile on his wife’s face. He frowned. He had only been gone for two minutes—who had upset her?
"I saw Wang Fengsong. She recognized me too," Su Yijia replied.
She and her mother looked so much alike that anyone who had ever seen a picture of them could easily tell. Even after twenty years, Wang Fengsong could recognize her from a distance with just one glance. This only confirmed how unforgettable the event must have been for her—she must have done something back then.
"Why would she be at Qing University?" Qin Kaize asked in surprise.
"You didn’t know?" Su Yijia was equally shocked. Wasn’t he always having people investigate the Mu and Wang families? How could they have missed something this important?
Qin Kaize rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "Since we’ve been far away, any suspicious activity is usually investigated by the people here, and they consolidate the findings before reporting to me. But we were stationed in the northwest recently, and the people from Jingdu City couldn’t get in touch with me. I’ll look into it when we get back."
"I just saw a young man next to her who called her ‘mom.’ But from what I could see, he didn’t look much like Mu Yanming. His hair was long, down to his earlobes, and he wore large, thick-framed glasses. His profile was covered in acne scars," Su Yijia described, her frown deepening with every word.
Qin Kaize had shown her photos of everyone in the Mu and Wang families. In the pictures, Mu Yanming wasn’t nearsighted, kept his hair neat and short, and definitely didn’t have acne scars.
"Mu Yanming couldn’t get into Qing University," Qin Kaize stated confidently. "He’s not exactly a lost cause, but Wang Fengsong spoiled him so much that he has no sense of reality. He didn’t even want to attend the University of Workers, Peasants, and Soldiers—he just wants to get a job in some department and climb the ranks as fast as possible. His academic performance? Let’s just say he was consistently at the bottom of his class, even in middle school."
"Then could it be Wang Fengsong’s illegitimate son? I mean, her husband’s barely ever home, so it wouldn’t be surprising if she secretly had another child," Su Yijia immediately jumped to a dramatic conclusion.
But Qin Kaize shook his head. "If it were something that significant, my contacts would’ve uncovered it already. She’s careful, and there’s no way she’d bring an illegitimate child to Qing University’s registration in broad daylight. Plus, over the past twenty years, she’s never been away from the family compound for more than two days, so it’s highly unlikely she had time to have another child."
