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Chapter 161 Do you want bread or love?
An Ying was taken aback, wondering where the old man's words came from.
In the few seconds she hesitated, Grandpa Fu pushed open the study door and slowly walked back to his desk to sit down.
The old man picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and said, "Just before I went downstairs to the restaurant, Fu Chengli showed me a video. It was a video of a man identifying Lai Yuqiang as the one who betrayed the company and admitted to framing you."
An Ying's mind conjured up Su Jixun's face.
Fu Chengli also showed her that video.
He really did...
Old Master Fu's sharp eyes swept over them: "Judging from your expression, you're not surprised. Fu Chengli also showed it to you?"
An Ying nodded without much thought.
Grandpa Fu chuckled.
"It seems my eldest grandson doesn't consider you an outsider."
outsider?
To the Fu family, she was indeed an outsider.
He has no blood relation to anyone and is not close to his father, An Weiping.
An Ying hesitated for a moment, unsure how to respond to those words.
A vague unease crept into my heart; Grandpa's words were clearly loaded with hidden meaning.
Grandpa Fu put down his teacup and said calmly, "He has kept this video to himself. Neither I, this old man, nor his father, Fu Haidong, knew about it. Yet he is so honest with you."
Grandpa Fu gave An Ying a meaningful look.
"I've never seen my grandson so interested in any girl before."
An Ying's mind went blank for a moment.
She then realized that the old man had tricked her into revealing information.
Given Fu Chengli's personality, he would never show such crucial evidence videos to unrelated individuals.
Unless, she holds a special place in his heart.
Unless, of course, he trusts her implicitly.
Seeing the old man's wary look, An Ying felt a little flustered.
She instinctively denied it: "No, Grandpa, it's not what you think..."
Old Master Fu narrowed his long eyes slightly, staring thoughtfully at An Ying, looking her up and down.
At the birthday banquet, Fu Chengli actively promoted An Ying to make a name for herself, and then arranged for An Ying to join the Fu family.
Then, rumors circulated that he had a conflict with the young master Qin, who had returned from abroad, because of An Ying.
Grandpa Fu felt something was off, but he didn't pay much attention, thinking it was just young people playing around.
Only now has the old man come to his senses.
It's a shame that this old man keeps urging his eldest grandson to go on blind dates and get married, while he himself remains unmoved.
The old man was extremely worried.
His eldest grandson, Fu Chengli, is a handsome and talented man, and he even entrusted half of the family fortune to Fu Chengli to manage.
With such incredible qualities, any other man would be surrounded by beautiful women, with suitors lining up all the way to France.
But he never seemed interested in women.
It made the old man so worried that he almost considered finding him a psychologist.
Now it seems that it wasn't that we didn't have goals, but that our goals were hidden right beside us.
Although Grandpa Fu is old, he is not a rigid or pedantic person.
She has always fully respected her children's freedom to date.
Several years ago, Fu Haidong and Yin Mei divorced without hesitation, and Fu Haidong then married Gao Lu. At that time, gossip media outlets garnered a lot of traffic just by digging into this dramatic extramarital affair.
Back then, Fu Haidong and Yin Mei's divorce case caused quite a stir, but the old man didn't say a word. He just felt sorry that his eldest grandson was so young and couldn't see his mother.
Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. As long as Fu Chengli likes her, this old man is happy with any kind of girl, but...
Grandpa Fu glanced silently at a thick folder in the corner of the desk.
The locked folder contained An Ying's identity investigation.
After the birthday banquet, the old man instructed Butler Zhao to investigate the matter.
The investigation started in the north of the city and moved to the south. It traced the family background of An Weiping's ex-wife, Cao Ming, to the welfare home where Cao Ming had once volunteered.
Now things are finally looking promising.
It was pretty much exactly what the old man had guessed.
It doesn't matter which family's daughter it is, but it has to be that family.
No wonder Fu Haidong always scolded his son as a rebellious son.
That's so rebellious.
Completely out of line with common sense.
Grandpa Fu's scrutinizing gaze remained fixed on An Ying.
An Ying was all too familiar with that wary and defensive look in her eyes.
An Ying wanted to explain, to explain that her relationship with Fu Chengli was not like that, and to explain that she did not intentionally harbor vanity or plot anything.
She pursed her lips, unsure how to begin.
She found herself unable to explain exactly what kind of relationship they were in.
CEO and subordinates?
Which subordinate could stay overnight at the CEO's house multiple times, with the CEO taking care of them personally?
Upstairs and downstairs neighbors?
It's even harder to explain now.
An Ying couldn't afford such a luxury mansion. If word got out, people would misunderstand that she deliberately approached Fu Chengli to seduce him and climb the social ladder.
More than friends, but less than lovers?
Lovers......
A bittersweet feeling welled up in An Ying's heart.
She sat upright on the sofa, looking down at her trembling fingertips.
Would she dare to be Fu Chengli's lover?
Does she deserve to like him?
Because of her orphan status, even her father, An Weiping, looked down on her and treated her like a weed that he could do with as he pleased from childhood to adulthood, not to mention the arrogant and wealthy Fu family.
An Ying felt a sudden emptiness in her heart and had to confront the fear hidden deep within her.
She had already been dumped by Lu Qiyao once.
After being abandoned by Lu Qiyao last time, even her work has been severely hampered.
By then, she had fully realized that the love of the rich was nothing more than a decoration to add interest to their dull lives.
The only way out for women is to be independent.
Grandpa Fu glanced at An Ying, who remained silent.
“An Ying, you haven’t answered the two questions I asked you on the stairs earlier.”
An Ying came to her senses.
The old man asked two questions. One was about promoting her to a higher position to replace Lai Yuqiang, who had caused the trouble.
Another is her relationship with Fu Chengli.
An Ying clenched her fists, her heart sank, and her thoughts gradually became clearer.
It turned out to be the case.
It dawned on her.
Old Master Fu is indeed shrewd and calculating.
These are not two ordinary questions; they are clearly two choices given by Grandpa Fu.
You chose to stay at Fu's company, work, and build your career.
She still chose to date Fu Chengli.
Do you want bread or love?
An Ying lowered her eyes, pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Grandpa, although the truth of this leak has been investigated and clarified, I was implicated, which still had a negative impact on the company. I will work even harder and live up to this promotion opportunity. As for my cousin..."
An Ying paused for a moment, then said, "Don't worry, I won't have any inappropriate thoughts about him or cause any trouble for the Fu family."
Grandpa Fu looked somewhat surprised.
After the accident, I was still a little confused.
He wondered how he could have caused his grandson to break up with his girlfriend without any coercion or bribery.
Will he go crazy and come after this old man?
Outside the closed door of the study, Fu Chengli stood quietly at the doorway, his hands in his pockets.