Chapter 697: 0687 When did it ever make sense?
Wen Peipei understood the meaning behind Qin Feng’s words, and because of this, her face became even more embarrassed.
“Since ancient times, a man’s betrothal gifts have always been received by the elders of the bride’s family on her behalf. Where is there such a thing as private betrothal gifts? You’ve even forgotten the old ancestral rules. You are simply… simply unreasonable!”
“Pfft… Rules? Reason? Oh my gosh, it’s killing me. This is the first time I have heard someone trying to reason with us!”
Mo Shangjie leaned on Qin Feng, laughing so hard that he bent forward and backward.
Qin Feng glanced at the person who couldn’t stop laughing and turned his head to face Wen Peipei.
“Old Lady Su wants to talk about rules? Reason? Sure, please go and discuss them with our Boss.”
Having said that, Qin Feng sneered again, “But then again…”
“When has our boss ever talked about reason?!” Mo Shangjie chimed in.
Qin Feng: “Reason is defined by our Boss!”
Mo Shangjie: “Our boss hasn’t cared about reason from a young age!”
The next second, the two men said in unison:
“So, Old Lady Su, are you sure you still want to discuss reason?”
Their back-and-forth left Wen Peipei trembling with anger.
Su Ran just stood there, smiling faintly.
But to see these two so in sync, they could go on stage to perform a comedic duo!
During their conversation, all the baskets in the yard had been carried away.
Wen Peipei’s face grew increasingly ugly as she glared at Su Ran, a surge of anger rising in her chest.
“You’ve staged this whole scene today just to slap me in the face, haven’t you? You want me to beg you? You want me to regret how I treated you? Let me tell you, Su Ran, that’s impossible! I will never regret it! The only thing I regret in my life is having driven you out of the Su Family. I should not have driven you out. Right when you were born, I should have just directly…”
Su Zhongyuan suddenly shouted angrily, interrupting Wen Peipei’s hysterical, almost insane tirade.
Wen Peipei looked at Su Zhongyuan, completely irrational.
“At this time, you’re still taking that scourge’s side? Do you, like her, want to see me regret? Do you think everything I’ve done is wrong? Su Zhongyuan, don’t be deluded! If it weren’t for your sentimental transfer of 25% of Enrich’s shares to her, would Enrich fall into her hands? If it weren’t for her repeatedly forcing and framing Xinyan, would the Su Family have ended up ?”
As she spoke, she turned her fierce gaze back to Su Ran.
“Don’t waste your effort, no matter what you do for the Su Family, or how much you contribute, in my heart, you will never compare to even a finger of Xinyan!”
Su Ran stood in the yard, tall and slender, yet radiating a strong presence, her noble and cold demeanor causing everyone to feel a twinge of tension.
She stared at Wen Peipei for a while before saying coldly:
“It’s good that you remember what I’ve done for the Su Family, so you won’t accuse me of being ungrateful when I come to collect the debts from you!!”
Wen Peipei was startled by the imposing aura emanating from Su Ran, feeling a chill in her heart.
“You won’t be smug for long, Su Ran. You can’t always be proud of yourself. What if you are exceptionally capable? What if you have fame? One day, you will lose everything! Including them and your fiance. You will be abandoned and have your reputation ruined! You know why? Because you don’t have the fate for it! You don’t have the fate!”
Su Zhongyuan roared again, his eyes bloodshot, veins on his forehead bulging, and his entire being was furiously inconsolable!
“What? Am I wrong? She was never meant to have that fate! She should not have been born into this world! If anyone is to blame, it’s her shameless mother, who was wrong to give birth to her…”
“I told you to shut up!”
With a low growl from Su Zhongyuan, a slap landed on Wen Peipei’s face.
The vast Su Family Villa fell into a deathlike silence!
“Should not exist in this world?”
How deep must the hatred be, to utter such a curse-like phrase?
All these years, for the sake of Su Xinyan, the Su Family has made Su Ran suffer so much.
The great Su Family couldn’t tolerate a young girl, even going so far as to drive her out of the family home five years ago.
Leaving her to fend for herself, all alone!
How could anyone not feel chilled to the bone when treated this way by their own blood relatives?
Everyone looked at the tall and slender figure in the courtyard and suddenly felt a twinge of heartache.
How strong must one’s psyche be to have made it this far?
Wen Peipei covered her face, looking at Su Zhongyuan in disbelief.
“You hit me? You actually struck me for that blight?”
Su Zhongyuan stood straight, his hands on his cane, and he shut his eyes tightly, his face wearing a deep look of helplessness.
He finally began to speak, his voice filled with weariness.
“For all these years, I have tolerated you, thinking that you might have a sudden realization and reform yourself! But now I see I was wrong, it was my mistake! You still can’t distinguish right from wrong, refusing to repent, even escalating your misdeeds time after time…”
Wen Peipei’s body went limp, her steps faltered, and she stared at Su Zhongyuan in horror, just as he slowly opened his eyes.
His old, tired eyes were filled with ice-cold disdain.
“Get out! All of you, get out of the Su Family!”
Wen Peipei’s eyes widened, her astonishment deepening.
She stared blankly at Su Zhongyuan, and after a long while, she scoffed cynically.
“Su Zhongyuan, you’ve given all your property to that scourge, leaving yourself with nothing. Kicking me out of the Su Family, do you want to starve to death?”
“Even if I starve, it’s none of your business!” he gasped for air, and within the quiet courtyard, his heavy breathing was distinctly audible.
“Mom, please say less, don’t get Dad angry at this moment!”
Su Hongde was nearly splitting with a headache; although his mother had always been the dominant force in the home, in reality, it was his father who made the decisions.
They had quarreled throughout their lives but never as severely as today.
“I am making him angry? Who is getting angry at whom? Didn’t you hear him say he wants to drive me out of the Su Family? I really want to see how he, penniless, can drive me out!”
With that, her angry gaze once again landed on Su Ran, her eyes nearly bursting with fury.
“Are you satisfied now? Are you satisfied with tearing our family apart?”
With one sentence, she completely excluded Su Ran!
“Su Ran, how did I never notice before how venomous your heart is? Is it just because I drove you out of the house, you conspired with this old bastard to take revenge on me? Look at you, how capable you are, now at my age, to be driven out of the house, havoc wreaker, you should never have been born.”
“Hey, Old Lady Su, is your vile nature impossible to change? Daring to curse my sister-in-law, can’t you blame your own repulsiveness for being detested and abandoned? How dare you splash dirt on my sister-in-law’s reputation, playing the elder card, huh?”
Mo Shangjie was filled with rage, not just because of the consequences they would face when the eldest found out.
This old hag was truly detestable!
To curse his sister-in-law time and time again!