Chapter 188: Money Makes the Devil Grind the Mill

The battle ended with overwhelming force.

In less than five minutes, over a dozen men were all sprawled on the ground, wailing like ghosts and howling like wolves. Among them, the scarred man was the most severely injured.

Ma Chulong picked up the blades they had dropped on the ground and pressed one directly against the scarred man's face.

"Who sent you? If you don't speak, I'll give you another scar!"

The scarred man trembled in fear. Without even waiting for a second threat, he stammered out a name.

"Wang Shusheng. He's the one who sent us to deal with Su Yan."

"Wang Shusheng?"

Ma Chulong and Ma Chulan both looked toward Su Yan at the same time.

Su Yan had already anticipated this. "Su Mo's father."

A flash of realization passed through the eyes of the siblings.

"You can get lost now." Ma Chulong tossed the blade aside with disdain.

The scarred man scrambled up from the ground shakily, leading his men in a pathetic retreat.

"A bunch of useless decorative pillows," Ma Chulong cursed.

Ma Chulan gave a thumbs-up in praise. "Brother, you're so amazing!"

Ma Chulong affectionately rubbed her head, then looked at Su Yan.

"What do you plan to do next?"

Su Yan remained silent for a few seconds. "The people have been released, so what else can be done? Let's go home."

Ma Chulong and Ma Chulan were both stunned.

Was this still the Su Yan they knew?

To have someone bullying her right to her doorstep and still be able to endure it?

"Are you serious?"

"Mm. It's getting late, I'm going home. Thanks for today." After saying this, Su Yan walked away.

"Brother, don't you think Su Yan seems exceptionally tolerant toward Su Mo?" Ma Chulan asked, watching Su Yan's departing figure.

Ma Chulong frowned. Although he couldn't figure out what Su Yan was thinking either, he felt that it shouldn't be like this.

***

When Su Mo returned home, Su Qiang was crying and making a scene.

They had moved out for quite some time now; not to mention Su Qiang hadn't adapted, even she hadn't.

Although they had obtained a thousand yuan from Su Jianguo, it wasn't nearly enough to set up a household. Out of desperation, Li Qiuhua had actually brought her and her brother to live in Wang Shusheng's house.

At the beginning, Wang Shusheng's life or death was unknown in the hospital, but he had suddenly recovered half a month ago.

Now, she and that gambler had become a family in every sense of the word.

If it weren't for that gambling addict's solemn vow that he would definitely teach Su Yan a lesson, she wouldn't want to see him for even a single day!

Li Qiuhua had finally managed to coax Su Qiang into stopping his crying, only to suddenly let out a scream herself.

Su Mo was extremely impatient. "What is it now?"

"Money, my money is gone!" Li Qiuhua clutched a handkerchief, looking as if the sky had fallen.

Su Mo asked, "Did you put it somewhere else?"

"No, I was afraid something would happen, so I always kept it hidden under my pillow."

This was the entire living expense for the three of them.

Su Mo's expression darkened, and she quickly thought of a possibility.

"Wang Shusheng took it. I warned you long ago to keep the money safe."

At this moment, she felt teeth-gritting hatred toward both Li Qiuhua and Wang Shusheng.

Her mother was incompetent, and that man was a bastard!

Li Qiuhua slumped to the ground, wailing loudly.

At that moment, the long-neglected courtyard gate creaked open. Wang Shusheng walked in humming a little tune, carrying two pounds of pig's head meat in his hand.

Hearing the sound, Li Qiuhua rushed out like a madwoman and grabbed him by the collar.

"Wang Shusheng, where is my money? Where did you put my money?"

Wang Shusheng was startled by her, and after reacting, he pushed her away directly.

"What do you mean 'your money' and 'my money'? That's *our* money. I took the money, but I went to handle a major matter!"

Instead of showing any guilt or unease, he was instead gloating.

Hearing his admission, Li Qiuhua repeatedly pounded his chest, wishing he would just die.

Standing at the doorway, Su Mo watched this scene with extreme indifference.

"Enough, stop making a fuss. Today is that blind girl's death day!" Wang Shusheng shouted out in pain.

This shout finally succeeded in stopping the frenzied Li Qiuhua, and even Su Mo walked out quickly.

"What did you do?"

Wang Shusheng patted his clothes, which had been wrinkled by Li Qiuhua's grabbing. "Money makes the world go round. I took the money to find Brother Fei. Brother Fei is a famous boss; he kills without blinking an eye. He's leading people to corner that blind girl right now. By tomorrow, you'll hear the news of her sudden death."

Hearing his words, a distorted light rose in Su Mo's eyes. "Are you telling the truth?"

"Of course. After the little blind girl is dealt with, we'll go handle Su Jianguo!" Wang Shusheng said venomously.

Li Qiuhua was terrified. "Are you crazy? If you get caught killing someone, you'll pay with your life!"

Wang Shusheng laughed "hehe." "Brother Fei has his ways; we won't be investigated. Otherwise, why would we need so much money? Daughter, tell me, was this money well spent?"

Su Mo was like a demon as she uttered two words: "Worth it."

Looking at the father and daughter, Li Qiuhua felt nothing but absolute horror.

For dinner, both Wang Shusheng and Su Mo were extremely excited.

Li Qiuhua, however, couldn't even swallow a single bite of food, repeatedly hesitating to speak. But on second thought, even if she said something now, it would already be too late.

If Su Yan really died, she actually felt a tiny bit of happiness.

After tending to the drunken Wang Shusheng and seeing him to sleep, Li Qiuhua prepared to wash up and go to bed. As she stepped out of the room, she saw a shivering Su Qiang.

Tears were still hanging from the corners of Su Qiang's eyes. "Mom, are you really going to kill Big Sister?"

Although he was only five years old, Wang Shusheng hadn't avoided him at all when saying these things; he understood what "killing" meant.

Li Qiuhua panicked when faced with her son's questioning, and what she feared even more now was that that bastard Wang Shusheng would transfer his hatred onto Su Qiang.

After all, Su Qiang was Su Jianguo's only son.

"Qiangqiang heard wrong. Big Sister is doing just fine."

"You're lying, you're all bad people! I want to go find Daddy, I want to find Big Sister!" Su Qiang was both startled and terrified, filled with fear even toward his mother, Li Qiuhua.

Li Qiuhua hurriedly pulled Su Qiang into her arms and frantically covered his mouth, fearing his cries would wake Wang Shusheng.

Wang Shusheng did not wake up, but Su Mo did come out.

She was shrouded in an eerie aura as she walked straight up to the mother and son.

"Mo Mo, what do you want to do? Qiangqiang is your biological brother..." Li Qiuhua's voice even began to tremble.

Su Mo let out a cold laugh. "Then you better teach him well, so he understands who his real family is. If he's always siding with outsiders like this, I don't mind not having this brother."

Li Qiuhua's mind went numb. Looking at Su Mo, her eyes felt incredibly strange; for the first time, she was this afraid of her own daughter.

In the middle of the night, Wang Shusheng's snoring was thunderous, yet Li Qiuhua tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

"Kill her!"

In his sleep, Wang Shusheng shouted triumphantly, a sinister grin appearing on his face.

Li Qiuhua felt a sense of suffocation. Just as she was about to push him to wake him up, she saw through the moonlight that Wang Shusheng's expression had changed...