When evening came, Su Ruiyi proactively invited Xu Shuming to dine, even allowing the woman who was about to marry him to join them.
Su Ruiyi waited in the restaurant for a while before Mimi, arm in arm with Xu Shuming, walked in sweetly.
Xu Shuming: "What do you want to eat? My treat."
Mimi: "Okay, I've been shopping all day and I'm so hungry."
Su Ruiyi: "I'll have the tomahawk steak, medium-rare."
Mimi: "Medium-rare? Isn't that not good? The doctor said I can't eat anything undercooked."
Su Ruiyi: "This isn't for you. I remember when I was little, my dear father used to bring me to this Western restaurant, and he'd always order the tomahawk steak. Right, Dad?"
Xu Shuming: "Yes, yes, yes. Mimi, choose something else."
Mimi: "Then how about king crab?"
Just as Xu Shuming was about to agree, Su Ruiyi interjected.
Su Ruiyi: "You won't eat a medium-rare steak, but you want king crab? I recall pregnant women aren't supposed to eat crab."
Mimi: "You!"
Xu Shuming: "Choose something else, again. Choose something else."
After finally ordering, Su Ruiyi struck up a conversation with Mimi.
Su Ruiyi: "You went shopping today too?"
Mimi: "Yes, I bought so many things."
Su Ruiyi: "What did you buy?"
Mimi: "High heels, a little evening dress, cosmetics, and bags..."
As she spoke, Mimi affectionately pulled Xu Shuming's arm.
Mimi: "I saw a pair of really beautiful high heels today, but they were sold out..."
Xu Shuming: "Then let's go to other shops."
Mimi: "Buy them for me..."
Xu Shuming: "Alright, alright."
Su Ruiyi: "Pregnant women should wear flats. If you twist your ankle, it's the Su family's bloodline that will be harmed."
Mimi shot Su Ruiyi a glare.
Xu Shuming: "Yiyi is right. You're in a special period now. After you give birth, you can wear whatever you want, as much as you want."
Mimi: "Got it!"
Mimi pouted, clearly unhappy. 138 Reading Network.
Su Ruiyi retrieved a beautiful gift box from under her chair and handed it to Xu Shuming.
Xu Shuming: "A gift for Dad?"
Su Ruiyi: "Not for you. It's for your child."
Mimi snatched it and quickly praised Su Ruiyi's excellent taste.
And why wouldn't it be excellent?
These baby items bought from luxury stores were collaborations, ridiculously expensive, designed to trick the rich into spending money.
Su Ruiyi: "Although I don't like you, and I don't want my father to find a stepmother so quickly..."
"But since you're carrying my father's child, and I don't want our siblings to be known for being at odds in the future, causing shame to our Su family ancestors during inheritance disputes."
Su Ruiyi: "Also, since you're pregnant, act like a mother-to-be."
Xu Shuming: "Yes, yes, yes. Yiyi is right. You are indeed too unstable."
Xu Shuming: "By the way, Yiyi, Dad has something to tell you."
Su Ruiyi: "Go ahead, I'm in a good mood today."
Xu Shuming: "Mr. Emmanuel has expressed his desire to marry you. I think you should reconsider."
Su Ruiyi: "Okay."
Before Xu Shuming could say what he had planned, it felt like his efforts were in vain. He never expected Su Ruiyi to agree so completely.
Xu Shuming: "Didn't you disagree? Why did you change your mind so quickly?"
Su Ruiyi: "My mother is dead, and you found a stepmother for me. I don't want to face a stepmother and a half-brother every day. I want to get married and leave the Su family as soon as possible, is that not allowed?"
Xu Shuming: "My good daughter, Dad promises you, as long as the group's subsidiary is successfully listed, and I succeed, we won't need Emmanuel's financing anymore!"
"Then my daughter can divorce him whenever she wants!"
Su Ruiyi abruptly downed her red wine. If she didn't get drunk or lose consciousness, she truly regretted her agreement.
Su Ruiyi: "I want you to remember forever that you owe our Su family!"
After saying that, Su Ruiyi slammed the table and stood up. She glared angrily at Xu Shuming, then at Mimi, and strode out of the Western restaurant.
From that day on, this Western restaurant held no more beautiful memories, as the scene that had just unfolded had overshadowed all her happy childhood recollections...