Chapter 602 - You Really Are A Good Father (1/2)

The male prostitute incident this morning and Li Qianxue’s statement combined were two extremely scandalous matters.

Even if Su Peizhen was the illegitimate daughter of the Su family previously, at least on the surface, no one knew and would therefore at least give her some face.

Now, the most direct effect of this move was cutting off Su Peizhen’s escape route. Because there was no longer any polite pretense about Su Peizhen, no one in the entire Lin City would give Su Peizhen any face in the future.

If that was the case, even if she wanted to harm Su Qingsang, she wouldn’t have the ability to do so.

Su Qingsang could think of these things and understood what this punishment meant to Su Peizhen.

She didn’t speak, but her expression seemed to be somewhat conflicted.

“Please don’t tell me that you still sympathize with that woman.”

A woman like Su Peizhen wasn’t worth sympathizing with. Didn’t she make things difficult for Su Qingsang again and again in Rong City, not to mention this time?

If Su Qingsang was soft-hearted towards her, Huo Jinyao would probably be ruthless again.

“I’m not.” Su Qingsang wasn’t that saintly.

If Su Peizhen really had her way, she would be the one to lose her reputation.

“Then why don’t you seem to be happy?”

Su Qingsang shook her head. She didn’t sympathize with Su Peizhen. She only thought of Xiang Caiping.

What would happen if Xiang Caiping found out that Su Peizhen had fallen into such a predicament?

“Qingsang?”

“I just feel sorry for Auntie.” Su Qingsang had been with Xiang Caiping for a few months, so they had affection for each other. She didn’t believe that Huo Jinyao did not have any compassion for Xiang Caiping.

Huo Jinyao fell silent. From the beginning to the end, Xiang Caiping was innocent no matter what happened.

Moreover, Xiang Caiping was indeed a good person. She treated him and Su Qingsang well. At that time, she had treated them wholeheartedly.

“Don’t think about it. You didn’t want to do this either.”

“But I still feel sorry for her.”

Su Qingsang hugged Huo Jinyao’s waist and murmured softly, “I can’t help but feel sorry for her.” Her voice was close to murmuring, “I can’t help but think that if I insisted on not saying it out loud, if I pretended that nothing happened, if I continued to be a illegitimate daughter and lived with Auntie, would she be better off now?”

“Don’t you dare think that way. It’s not your fault.” Huo Jinyao hugged her waist tightly to give her strength and support.

“I know.” Su Qingsang understood that all this had nothing to do with her, but she said, “I can’t control myself. You didn’t see Auntie like that.”

Before she left Rong City for C City, she had gone to see Xiang Caiping. She didn’t look well.

“You didn’t see the difference between what she looked like in the few months she was with us, and what she looks like now, but if you did, you wouldn’t be able to bear it.”

Su Qingsang knew that Xiang Caiping’s loneliness had something to do with Su Peizhen.

But it was because she knew that she couldn’t bear it anymore. What Su Peizhen did was Su Peizhen’s business, but Xiang Caiping was the one who had to bear the consequences.

“If Auntie finds out, she will break down.”

She had gone to look at Xiang Caiping a few times. Even though she couldn’t treat her as her daughter like before, she was still very close to her.

Su Qingsang pressed her face against Huo Jinyao’s chest, as if it would make her feel more at ease.

“I don’t even dare to think about what will happen if Auntie finds out.”

“If you’re worried about her, just go back to Rong City and see her.”

“I was afraid that my mother would be unhappy.” She could sense that Li Qianxue didn’t like her being too close to Xiang Caiping.

“I don’t think so. You just have to keep it from Mom.”

Su Qingsang nodded. She looked up at Huo Jinyao and said, “Sometimes, I feel like I can’t handle anything well. I can’t seem to do anything right.”

It was natural to want to get close to Li Qianxue, but there was always a part of her that missed Xiang Caiping. She knew that this would make Li Qianxue unhappy, but she couldn’t care less.

“You’ve done well.” Huo Jinyao ruffled her hair and said softly, “Don’t think too much about it.”

Su Qingsang glanced at Huo Jinyao and said, “I don’t want to. But I must go back and see Auntie. With Su Peizhen like this now, she no longer has any future in Lin City, so she can only go back to Rong City. When the time comes –”

“You can tell Auntie what she did. I’m sure Auntie will understand.”

“Forget it. Let’s not talk about it.” Su Qingsang shook her head. She couldn’t bear to hear it. “Auntie might not be very old, but she’s not in good health. I won’t let her worry if I can help it. Let’s not talk about it.”

“It’s up to you.”

Huo Jinyao’s words made Su Qingsang give him a sidelong glance. She glared at him with a look of dissatisfaction. “You keep saying it’s up to me, but why don’t you give me an idea?”

“Honey, you’re wronging me. Don’t you know that I have no bottom line when it comes to you? Of course I’ll do whatever you say.”

Su Qingsang finally smiled. She punched Huo Jinyao in the chest.

“Let’s go. Grandpa and the others are still outside.”

“Okay.”

Huo Jinyao and Su Qingsang walked towards the living room outside. They didn’t notice that Li Qianxue was standing at the other end of the corridor, and her face was pale.

..

Su Peizhen was holed up in her apartment. She looked at the television screen in front of her.

Heh, not only was her news trending, it was even on television. She really didn’t know that she, Su Peizhen, was so famous.

There were many wine bottles on the coffee table in front of her. A third of them were already empty.

Su Peizhen poured herself a glass of wine. Before she could drink, the doorbell rang.

Su Peizhen didn’t want to open the door, but the doorbell kept ringing. Su Peizhen looked impatient, but she still stood up to open the door.

Surprisingly, the person outside the door was Su Chenghui.

Upon seeing that it was Su Chenghui, Su Peizhen smirked.

“What are you doing here? Are you here to watch me make a fool of myself?”

Su Chenghui thought of today’s news and couldn’t believe that the woman on the news was his daughter.

“Peizhen, aren’t you in Rong City? Why did you come back? Also, how did you become like this? You –”

“Mr. Su.” Su Peizhen interrupted him. “If I remember correctly, you had already broken off your relationship with me before. So, what identity are you using to lecture me now?”

“When did I say that I had broken off my relationship with you?”

“Did I remember wrongly?” Su Peizhen sneered. “Why do I remember that when I was in Rong City, you said that I had nothing to do with you?”

“Su Peizhen.” He didn’t say that. What he said was that Su Peizhen had nothing to do with the Li family.

“Alright. If you have any lecturing, just say it now.” Su Peizhen leaned against the door and had no intention of letting Su Chenghui in.

Su Chenghui looked at her face and was shocked by her indifferent attitude. “You, how did you become like this?”

Not only her attitude, but her face was also really unsightly. Her eyes were bloodshot and her face also had a despondent expression.

He also smelled the reek of alcohol on Su Peizhen.

“What did I become?” Su Qingsang sneered. “What? You came here today to avenge your precious daughter? Then come. I’m all ears. After you’re done, you can leave.”

“Avenge who?” Su Chenghui didn’t understand. “I’m talking about today’s news. How can you be so depraved?”

“Depraved?” Su Peizhen laughed. Her voice was very cold. “I’m depraved? Why don’t you ask your good son-in-law what he did?”

“What do you mean?”

“What do I mean?” The corner of Su Peizhen’s lips was full of mockery. “Do you think I’m that horny? Huh? So horny that I have to call a male prostitute for myself?”

Su Chenghui was silent. Of course, he didn’t want to believe that the daughter he had raised would do such a thing.

It was precisely because of this that Su Chenghui came to find her and wanted to ask her clearly.

“Your good son-in-law helped call the male prostitutes for me yesterday. I was knocked unconscious by someone, and he rubbed salt into the wound.”

Su Chenghui’s eyes widened. He didn’t believe Su Peizhen’s words. “Impossible.”

“Fine, if you say it’s impossible, then it’s impossible. Please, I have nothing to say to you.”

Su Chenghui stood still. His face was filled with grief at Su Peizhen’s current state.

“You, Peizhen. Tell me honestly, what did you do? If you didn’t do anything, why would Huo Jinyao target you?”

“Mr. Su, your question is so strange. What did I do? What can I do now? Don’t forget, Su Qingsang is now the wife of the president of the Tianyu Group. Huo Jinyao is the president of the Tianyu Group. What can I do? You should ask Huo Jinyao what he did. He just dealt with Huo Yifan a few days ago and kicked him out of the Huo family. Now it’s my turn.”

“Mr. Su, I also want to ask. Is it because I’m no longer the daughter of the Li family that I’m no longer even a person? I don’t even have the right to stand in the same city and breathe the same air as them?”

Su Chenghui didn’t understand, but he could guess that things weren’t that simple.

“Alright, I already know anyway. Whether it’s you or Li Qianxue, you both no longer treat me as your daughter. Since that’s the case, you don’t have to come here to express your hypocritical concern. I don’t need it.”

“Peizhen.” Su Chenghui had a stomach full of words, but he didn’t know what to say now.

His expression appeared a little conflicted. He felt more heartache than helplessness over Su Peizhen becoming like this.

“You can go abroad, whichever country you want to go to. I’ll help you complete all the procedures. You can leave here and live abroad. You can –”

“Mr. Su, you have nothing to do with me anymore. Since that’s the case, where I go and how I live has nothing to do with you. Now, please, you’re not welcome here.”

“Peizhen?” Su Chenghui really felt that it would be better to let Su Qingsang leave here and start over.

“Please –” Unfortunately, Su Peizhen didn’t want to give him such a chance. She slammed the door shut with a bang.

Su Chenghui looked at the tightly shut door for a long while, then raised his hand and put it down again. In the end, he left helplessly.

..

Su Qingsang and Huo Jinyao stayed in Lin City for another two days before returning to Rong City. Su Qingsang was fine. She had participated in the rescue, so the hospital gave her a break and she would be rewarded when she returned.

However, Huo Jinyao had been away for so many days, and his work had been delayed a lot. Although he had already handled a lot of work through emails and video conferences, there were still a lot of things that needed to be resolved when he went back.

Especially when he heard that Huo Yifan had gone to look for Huo Mingguang yesterday. After leaving Huo Mingguang’s office, Huo Yifan had actually returned to the Tianyu Group.