At this moment, Tianyi also arrived at the banquet hall. Seeing Lan Yu and Susu run out one after the other, he stopped Susu and asked, "What are you two running for? Is there a problem inside?"
"Don't stop me, I'm going to see Lan Yu off. Go ask your good brother yourself." Susu sidestepped him and continued to chase Lan Yu.
Tianyi found it strange. If Lan Yu was running off in a huff, An Jing should be the one chasing her, so why was Susu chasing her instead?
He walked towards An Jing and asked, "What's going on? Did you and Lan Yu quarrel?"
"No, she's not feeling well and wants to go back to rest." An Jing walked away to another side of the banquet hall without waiting for Tianyi to ask further questions.
Tianyi thought to himself that they must have argued, and he wondered if Susu could help them reconcile.
Susu had been chasing Lan Yu, but Lan Yu was running too fast. If she kept chasing, she wouldn't be able to keep up and had to shout, "Lan Yu, don't run anymore! An Jing isn't chasing you. Even if you want to go back, you should at least let me arrange a car and driver to take you!"
Hearing Susu's voice from behind, especially Susu's words that An Jing wasn't chasing her, made Lan Yu stop in her tracks, feeling even more distressed.
It seemed that by dissuading An Jing from escalating the situation with Xie Qining, she had completely angered An Jing.
Susu looked at Lan Yu, who had stopped moving, and finally caught up with her, panting heavily and unable to speak.
Lan Yu, holding back tears, said, "Susu, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were chasing me."
Susu finally regained her normal breathing and pulled her aside, asking, "What exactly is wrong with you? Why didn't you let us call the police? And make that arrogant Mrs. Xie behave herself."
"I, I..." Lan Yu hesitated to speak.
Susu quickly asked, "Is it true what Mrs. Xie said about you having an affair during your marriage?"
Lan Yu shook her head and said, "I didn't. I really didn't! I don't know how such a thing could have happened?"
"What happened to you in the Xie family before? Were you forced into something?" Susu asked anxiously.
Her hesitant, piecemeal way of speaking was driving her crazy.
Lan Yu looked around and said, "Can we talk in the car?"
Susu remembered that she needed to arrange a car to take her back, so it would be better to use the car she drove there and take her back personally.
She nodded and led Lan Yu to the car that had been driven out from Shu Group. The driver from the group was resting in the car.
She knocked on the car window, and the driver immediately opened the door and asked, "Miss, where do you want to go? I'll drive you there."
"No need. You go to the hotel at the amusement park for the reception. I'm driving a friend myself, and I'll join you at the reception later."
The driver hesitated and took out the key, asking, "Miss, you really don't want me to drive? But..."
"No buts." Susu took the key from him and said, "I can drive, and my skills aren't bad. Just go and have fun with peace of mind."
The driver nodded, got out of the car, and said, "Thank you, Miss." Then he walked briskly towards the hotel at the amusement park, not expecting to have the chance to attend a high-society event.
Susu let Lan Yu get into the car first before getting into the driver's seat and closing the door.
"Now that it's just the two of us in this car, no one will hear what you say."
Lan Yu fastened her seatbelt in the passenger seat, lowered her head, and still couldn't bring herself to speak.
Seeing her like this, Susu guessed it was something very bad and didn't press further. She said, "If you don't want to say it, that's fine. It's okay, I'll take you back first. But remember, no matter what happens, don't keep it bottled up. You should communicate frankly with An Jing to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings..."
"But I can't tell An Jing about this. If the Xie family makes a fuss about it, I'm afraid it will only implicate An Jing." Lan Yu hadn't expected the Xie family to hold onto this matter. Hadn't they destroyed the video and photos from that time?
"If you don't tell us what happened, we can't help you. Whether it implicates An Jing is another matter."
Lan Yu felt conflicted and hesitant. She looked at Susu and said, "If I tell you, can you not tell An Jing first? Let me think it through and tell him myself."
"Okay, I promise you, maybe I can help you brainstorm some ideas."
Lan Yu hummed and finally revealed the matter that made her feel extremely ashamed.
"In the second year of my marriage to Xie Qining, I was very depressed because I couldn't integrate into the Xie family. My best friend said she wanted to travel to Osaka and invited me along. I also wanted to get out and clear my head, so I told Xie Qining about it. Unexpectedly, he agreed without a second word..."
After hearing her recount the travel experience, Susu felt there were too many suspicious details.
It turned out that Lan Yu and her best friend had gone to Osaka for a trip, arranged by her best friend, who had signed them up for a tour group.
For the first few days, they followed the tour group, and there was a handsome local male tour guide leading them. They had a pretty good time.
One evening, the male tour guide took the entire group for a meal. Everyone ate and drank together. She and her best friend each had a can of beer. Given her tolerance, she shouldn't have gotten drunk, but after returning to her room, she felt dizzy and fell asleep.
The next morning, she woke up to find the male tour guide lying beside her. They were both naked.
She had no memory of what happened after she fell asleep. At that moment, her best friend happened to walk into her room and screamed loudly upon seeing the scene.
Hotel staff and the floor manager heard the commotion and rushed in. Many people saw her in a state of undress, and some even took photos and videos with their phones.
At that moment, she wished she could disappear into a hole, but she quickly calmed down and said she wanted to report the male tour guide to the police.
However, the male tour guide seemed even more wronged, claiming she had paid him money to spend the night with her, and that it was consensual.
In her extremely embarrassing situation, Lan Yu argued with him. In the end, the hotel staff called the local police.
The male tour guide produced a stack of Japanese yen, which was exactly the amount missing from her wallet. She couldn't explain the specific circumstances of the previous night.
Her best friend had also drunk too much the night before and claimed she had gone back to her own room and fallen asleep, knowing nothing about what happened to Lan Yu.
The local police classified the incident as Lan Yu hiring the tour guide to spend the night with her after getting drunk. In the following days in Osaka, she was on the verge of a breakdown.
She and her best friend no longer followed the tour group but stayed in the hotel, not wanting to go anywhere. She had no idea how to face Xie Qining upon their return.
Later, it was her best friend who suggested that she shouldn't tell Xie Qining about it, just pretend that nothing had happened, and return as if she had a wonderful trip.
She couldn't think of any other solution, so she followed her best friend's advice and pretended to have had a great time when she returned to the Xie family.
She had originally thought the matter was over, but she couldn't help but feel guilty towards Xie Qining.