Su Yan’s words shattered all of Li Qiuhua’s calculations in an instant.
"You can't go!"
Before her brain could even react, she had already shouted out in a panic.
Once he went to the savings bank to ask, the fact that she hadn't saved a single cent over all these years would be completely exposed.
Su Jianguo looked at her flustered appearance and naturally understood what was going on; his entire person was shrouded in shadow.
"Are you still not going to tell the truth?"
Li Qiuhua felt like she was suffocating. "I... I..."
"Fine, I'm going to the savings bank right now!" Su Jianguo lost his patience, turned around, and started to walk away.
"Jianguo, don't go..." Li Qiuhua cried bitterly, grabbing his arm. "The money in the bankbook... I spent it."
At this point, she had no other way out.
Su Jianguo seemed to have already guessed it; his sharp gaze landed on her face.
"Where did you spend it?"
Li Qiuhua had experienced this terrifying tone once before.
It was a few months ago, when he was preparing to go pick up Su Yan, and she had been forced to tell him that she hadn't sent any living expenses to Su Yan all these years.
That time, Su Jianguo had used that same tone to talk to her about divorce.
Li Qiuhua was truly terrified. She fell to her knees in front of Su Jianguo, clutching his legs tightly with both hands.
"Jianguo, it’s all my fault... It was my younger brother. He lost money gambling, and those creditors were going to chop off his hand... I couldn't just stand by and watch him die! Wuwuwu, Jianguo, please forgive me this one time?"
Su Jianguo was well aware of the situation with her maiden family, but she had used the same excuse just a few months ago, swearing on her life that she would never have anything to do with them again.
"So you gave him all the money in the house?"
"I couldn't just watch him die..." Li Qiuhua sobbed heart-wrenchingly. "I swear, this is really the last time... For the sake of Momo and Qiangqiang, please forgive me this once, don't divorce me..."
Su Jianguo felt a splitting headache. Thinking of Su Mo, who was lying in a hospital bed having just lost an arm, and the young Su Qiang, he could only suppress all his anger.
"I won't divorce you."
Li Qiuhua looked up at him with teary eyes, feeling a sense of relief in her heart.
As long as they didn't divorce, she didn't care about anything else.
"But since you gave all the family's money to that animal, you can find a way to pay for Momo's medical expenses yourself!"
Su Jianguo threw out those heartless words, kicked her away, and walked straight out.
Li Qiuhua collapsed on the floor, looking at his departing figure in disbelief, screaming heart-wrenchingly.
"Jianguo, you can't do this! Momo is your daughter! Are you going to watch her die? Jianguo!"
No matter how she cried and shouted, Su Jianguo did not look back.
Su Yan let out a soft "Heh," and prepared to return to her own room.
"Su Yan! You stop right there! Are you satisfied now?"
Li Qiuhua stumbled to her feet, her entire expression twisted.
It was all because of this damn girl. If it weren't for her stirring things up, how could it have turned out like this?!
Su Yan treated her like air and kept walking.
Li Qiuhua had completely lost her sanity and took two large steps to block her path.
"You are a jinx! I knew it, I knew you were a jinx! Why didn't you stay in Daliushu Village? Why didn't you die of illness a dozen years ago?"
Driven by anger, she spewed the most vicious words.
Su Yan laughed instead of getting angry. "You say I'm a jinx, but isn't all of this a consequence of your own actions? Did I spend the money in this house? I advise you to save your energy and think about where you can get the money for Su Mo's medical expenses."
Li Qiuhua’s heart trembled. Aside from the people in this compound, she didn't even have a close friend; she had already borrowed from everyone she could.
Su Yan watched the shifting expressions on her face and slowed her speech, reminding her word by word: "Without money, Su Mo will die. It will be you who killed her."
This sentence was like a thunderclap, shattering Li Qiuhua to pieces.
To kill someone and then attack their heart.
It couldn't be more effective than this.
Her face turned deathly pale, and in a state of collapse, she lashed out at Su Yan.
But before she could even touch the hem of Su Yan's clothes, she was blocked by the stick in Su Yan's hand.
With just that one strike, Li Qiuhua felt a bone-chilling pain.
All her ferocity was instantly replaced by fear.
The arm that had been struck immediately turned black and blue.
A look of disbelief fell upon the demon-subduing staff in Su Yan's hand.
Before this, she hadn't even paid any attention to this ugly thing.
"What did you do to me?"
This pain was completely different from a normal collision; her entire arm felt both painful and numb, as if countless ants were burrowing into her flesh.
"Don't worry, it won't require an amputation like Su Mo's," Su Yan said, being very earnest and truthful.
Li Qiuhua almost ground her teeth to dust, but she didn't dare to lash out at her again. She could only watch helplessly as Su Yan walked toward the west room at a leisurely pace.
At this moment, Su Yan's soft voice sounded again: "Li Qiuhua, don't provoke me. Otherwise, there won't be a place for you and your daughter in this house."
Li Qiuhua gasped, cold sweat sliding down her forehead.
She didn't know why, but deep in her heart, she felt an immense fear because of Su Yan's words.
There was even a voice echoing in her mind: Su Yan is telling the truth!
"My Lady, that mother and daughter are truly detestable. My Lady, are you just going to let them off so easily?" The Ghost Shadow couldn't bear to watch anymore.
Furthermore, this didn't fit his master's personality at all.
"What else? Li Qiuhua is, after all, my father's wife. It would be easy to get rid of her, but my father has lived with her for so many years; he still has some feelings for her, and I cannot disregard that."
Su Yan untied the black cloth from her face, her emotions very calm, completely unaffected by Li Qiuhua.
"My Lady is being considerate of family ties."
"After all, my father is the only person I have a blood relation to, and besides, my father has been quite good to me."
Su Yan was that kind of person; if someone treated her with three parts kindness, she would return three parts.
But if they treated her with three parts malice, she would naturally return it tenfold, a hundredfold.
"My Lady, do you really believe what that woman said just now?"
The Ghost Shadow felt that whatever he could think of, Su Yan would definitely have discovered as well, and with even greater keenness.
Su Yan smiled, her curved eyebrows looking exceptionally beautiful.
"How could there be such a coincidence? You follow her. See where she actually hid my father's money."
"Yes, My Lady."
The Ghost Shadow retreated.
Su Yan carelessly tidied up the gifts she had bought for Grandma Li and her teacher.
Li Qiuhua and Su Mo.
This mother and daughter really could not continue to stay by her father's side. Besides, Su Qiang was still so young; if he continued to live under the influence of a woman like Li Qiuhua, he wouldn't turn out any better when he grew up.
It seems it's time to think about how to deal with this mother and daughter.
(End of chapter)