The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 467 - 471 Apocalypse Reborn (8)

Chapter 467: Chapter 471 Apocalypse Reborn (8)

Su Fugui had an elder brother from several rooms away, who hadn’t been in contact publicly for many years, and the elders who knew of their relationship had mostly passed away.

No one knew that the Su Family had once produced such a promising figure, and no one would link the two together.

But Su Fugui knew that to grow the family business to its current size, his elder brother had quietly provided a lot of help.

Their convoluted relationship, once involving his brother’s sensitive position, could only remain in the shadows.

Su Fugui’s elder brother, Su Guosheng, was a child born to his father’s half-brother and a rural wife.

But after that uncle moved to the city, he married another woman and had children.

However, Su Fugui’s father secretly helped the rural family a lot.

In that era, one can only imagine the hardships of raising a child alone.

Su Fugui’s father’s half-brother never spoke about his life in the countryside, so not many people knew about Su Guosheng’s existence.

Su Guosheng had originally chosen to join the military because of the connections his father quietly made.

Now that Su Fugui’s father, the old man, had been dead for many years, the secret contact between Su Guosheng and Su Fugui had never been cut off.

Such a relationship, Su Fugui hadn’t even told his own beloved daughter.

Of course, the original owner wouldn’t have noticed, but if Su Li truly wanted to know, nothing could escape her eyes.

Su Li went directly to Su Fugui and suggested that she wanted to meet her never-before-seen uncle.

Su Fugui was so shocked that he couldn’t even hold onto his cigar, and it fell down.

With a dumbstruck expression, he stammered, "What, what?"

The surprise was only momentary, and hiding his emotions was a piece of cake for a seasoned fox of the business world.

He quickly regained his composure, guiltily hid the cigar behind him, and changed the subject, "Little Girl, how can you barge into my office all of a sudden?"

Su Li narrowed her eyes, smiling yet not smiling, "If I didn’t come by suddenly, how would I know that Daddy you were smoking behind my back?"

Su Fugui quickly threw the cigar in his palm into the trash like a frostbitten eggplant.

"No, I wasn’t smoking, just smelling it."

Su Li didn’t care for his little tricks, bringing the conversation back to the previous topic.

"Dad, it’s going to be Grandpa’s eightieth birthday soon, Uncle should be coming back too. Arrange a meeting between us; I have something very important to discuss with him."

Su Fugui: "What uncle do you have? Your Grandpa only had me."

"It indeed is a distant relation. He’s an uncle from your paternal line, who caused a lot of trouble in the family years ago and was driven away by me. We haven’t been in contact for many years."

"And you don’t like them either."

The uncle Su Fugui mentioned was in fact a younger half-brother of Su Guosheng.

Compared to Su Guosheng’s esteemed position, this uncle was known for being incompetent, indulgent, vain, and mean—a typical example.

After squandering a vast family fortune, he set his sights on the ever-flourishing Su Family. After being severely scolded by Su Fugui, he dared not make contact again.

At that time, Su Fugui, soft-hearted towards his only daughter, led them to believe he had a weak disposition indeed. They insinuated that Su Fugui’s line must not end with a female child, Su Li.

His family had many boys, and adopting one over wasn’t a big deal, preserving the bloodline left by the Su Family Ancestor.

The original owner had been fearful for a long time because of this worry.

Su Fugui: "Those people are not good to deal with, they are as greedy as locusts, once they cling on, you can’t shake them off."

Indeed, Su Fugui still treated Su Li as if she were a little girl to be coaxed.

Su Li: "Who told you that family is useless? Even if you invited them now, they wouldn’t dare come."

Su Fugui’s methods, if they were truly gentle, wouldn’t have resulted in years without a single piece of news about that family.

"I’m talking about your elder uncle, not your younger uncle."

"That’s the elder uncle you get along well with, the one now in the Capital City."

Su Li almost pointed out that person’s name directly, and Su Fugui knew very well that his daughter had thoroughly figured it out.

With a solemn expression, he closed the office door, pulled his daughter close, and asked seriously, "Besides you, who else knows about this?"

"Don’t worry, only I know."

Su Fugui sighed with relief, "Your elder uncle should not get overly involved with us."

Su Li, with a chuckle, patted Su Fugui’s tense shoulder and, leaning close to his ear, mysteriously whispered, "This time, let’s present a great achievement to your elder uncle."

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After leaving the office, Su Fugui still felt bewildered.

Businessmen always value rituals and often engage in superstitious feudal beliefs.

Constructing a building complex requires burning incense and praying, opening a shopping mall also involves having someone check the site and then arranging a feng shui formation...

Su Fugui also had this quirk as a businessman, but how much he truly believed it, that was hard to say.

Much of it was just for show.

He still adhered resolutely to materialism, but what his daughter had just told him had impacted his mind no less than a magnitude ten earthquake.

It completely shattered his decades of beliefs.

Su Fugui certainly didn’t think his daughter was delusional and talking nonsense.

Since Su Li said it, it must be true.

If it was indeed true, then...

Su Fugui’s mind buzzed with thoughts, whirling several times.

Disbelief, shock, excitement, fear...all these emotions lingered on his face for a while, and after he stepped completely out of the office, he regained his stern and ruthless Boss-like demeanor.

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Capital, a certain military district compound

"Commander, here is your letter."

Su Guosheng took the letter from the guard’s hand and casually placed it on the desk nearby.

It was the family letter delivered every three months through a secret channel.

As he had aged, he often found himself reminiscing about the past, especially recently, as he frequently saw in his dreams his younger uncle who had greatly helped him and his mother.

He felt increasingly close to and satisfied with that younger brother left by his uncle.

Fu Gui was a rare, understanding person; without needing much explanation, he knew to keep a distance.

With today’s advanced communication technology, they still resorted to traditional letter exchange, which was actually out of necessity.

His position appeared glamorous, but it was fraught with hidden dangers; a single misstep could lead to complete destruction.

Not letting others discover his connection with Fu Gui also benefitted the rest of the Su Family.

In case of any mishap, they would still have a way out.

Su Guosheng sighed with a hint of melancholy. The situation above was tumultuous and unstable, and he had a vague premonition that something not quite good was brewing.