Chapter 175: Severed Affection

In the evening, Li Qiuhua and Su Mo actually returned.

Su Jianguo, Su Yan, and Su Qiang were sitting at the dining table, chatting happily.

Seeing this joyful scene, the mother and daughter were nearly driven to vomiting blood by anger.

After such a massive incident, they had thought Su Jianguo would be unable to swallow a single bite of food, but the reality was nothing like what they had imagined.

Seeing the two of them return, Su Qiang immediately shouted happily.

"Mom, Big Sister, you're back! Big Sister is telling me a story."

This affectionate address made Su Mo wish she could kill Su Yan right then and there.

Li Qiuhua looked at Su Jianguo uneasily, a final shred of hope lingering in her heart; after all, they still had Su Qiang between them.

Su Jianguo was somewhat surprised by their return, and the smile on his face vanished without a trace.

He did not fly into a rage, nor did he directly drive them out.

The divorce was already a done deal, but they still had the right to come back for now.

Su Mo’s sharp gaze fell upon Su Yan. "What exactly did you do to Wang Shusheng? He’s in the hospital right now, and no one knows if he'll live or die!"

After Su Yan and Su Jianguo had left, Wang Shusheng had suddenly fainted. The mother and daughter had been terrified and immediately rushed him to the hospital.

However, to their surprise, after a series of examinations, they couldn't find the cause of his illness at all.

Su Mo was almost certain that Su Yan was behind it; after all, that was how one of her arms had gone missing.

Furthermore, Wang Shusheng's condition had not improved with time; instead, it was becoming increasingly severe.

Although she loathed this man, she was unwilling to see Wang Shusheng be killed silently by Su Yan.

After sharing her thoughts with Li Qiuhua, the mother and daughter had finally mustered the courage to return home.

Even if Su Jianguo would lash out, they had their reasons.

"What's wrong with Wang Shusheng? This morning he was still acting all ferocious, looking like he wanted to kill me," Su Yan retorted indifferently.

"Stop playing dumb! He fainted the moment you left him!" Su Mo raised her voice, shouting aggressively.

"What does his fainting have to do with me?" Su Yan laughed coldly.

"It was you..."

"Enough! Su Mo, do you have to be so unreasonable? What evidence do you have that Yanyan did it?" Su Jianguo barked, interrupting Su Mo's agitated words.

"It really was her, Dad..." Facing Su Jianguo, Su Mo instinctively felt a pang of guilt.

"Don't call me Dad. When you were hurting Yanyan, you had nothing to do with me anymore." Su Jianguo's expression was as dark as water; he showed no hesitation regarding this matter.

Su Mo hadn't expected him to be so heartless. She gritted her teeth and directed all her hostility toward Su Yan.

"Su Yan, if you don't speak up, we're going to call the police!"

She didn't believe this blind man could be so lawless as to treat human life like grass.

But to her surprise, instead of showing any fear, Su Yan actually let out a "pfft" of laughter.

"Fine, you'd better hurry. Once the police arrive, I can just as well tell them how I was almost killed this morning."

Su Mo froze instantly.

Not just her, even Li Qiuhua's expression changed.

They had never seen someone so brazen and shameless.

Wasn't she standing here perfectly fine right now? It was Wang Shusheng who was the one close to death.

"Why is everyone silent? Isn't your cousin a policeman? Go report it to him right now." Su Yan actually seemed somewhat impatient.

The faces of both mother and daughter turned black.

Su Yao was a member of the Su family after all; if they truly went to him to report it, he would certainly take sides.

By then, not only would Su Yan avoid being arrested, but she might even drag them down with her. Naturally, they didn't dare.

Now, other than swallowing their fury, they had no way out.

A trace of mockery appeared in Su Yan's eyes behind the black cloth.

"Since you've returned, let's discuss the divorce clearly." Su Jianguo looked at Li Qiuhua with a serious expression; at this moment, there was no more affection between them.

Two days later, Li Qiuhua and Su Jianguo completed the divorce proceedings.

The divorce process wasn't complicated, but the demands she made put Su Jianguo in a difficult position.

First, she must be the one to raise Su Qiang.

Second, Su Jianguo had to pay Su Qiang's child support in a single lump sum until he turned eighteen.

Naturally, this was a significant amount of money.

Li Qiuhua knew that Su Jianguo didn't have a penny left, and that he had even incurred many debts to pay for Su Mo's medical treatment, but she insisted on these two demands. If Su Jianguo couldn't meet them, they wouldn't divorce.

In the end, it was Su Yan who stepped forward and gave the money without a second thought.

Seeing Su Yan's decisive manner, Li Qiuhua immediately wondered if she had asked for too little.

"There's no issue with Su Qiang being with you, and we've paid the child support in full. If there comes a day when you no longer want to raise Qiangqiang, come find me. I will compensate you an extra two thousand yuan at that time."

When Su Yan said this, she sounded incredibly wealthy and powerful.

Both she and Su Jianguo originally intended to keep Su Qiang, but Su Qiang was still young; even if they went to court, it was unlikely they would win custody, so she simply chose a different method.

Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, the expression on Li Qiuhua's face changed immediately.

When she had asked for all the child support combined, she had only asked for a thousand yuan and felt it was an astronomical sum. She hadn't expected Su Yan to offer two thousand so easily.

"Of course, if you change your mind now, you can just give Qiangqiang to us directly, and I'll give you the money immediately." Su Yan looked at her with a half-smile.

Even if it wasn't now, this mother and daughter wouldn't be able to hold on for long.

Li Qiuhua finally managed to clear her head and said indignantly, "Do you think I'm selling my son? Qiangqiang is my heart and soul; I will never give him up."

As long as she held onto Su Qiang tightly, she didn't believe Su Jianguo would truly be so heartless.

Su Yan didn't argue. "Fine, then we'll wait and see."

Su Jianguo, who had been listening to their conversation from the side, said nothing from beginning to end.

The moment he held the divorce certificate in his hand, his heart was filled with complex emotions, unable to describe the feeling.

Soon, the news of their divorce spread throughout the entire compound.

Although people found it difficult to ask directly due to Su Jianguo's status, they still gossiped privately.

After all, before Su Yan's return, Su Jianguo and Li Qiuhua had been living quite well. For them to divorce only a few short months after Su Yan returned—if people said it had nothing to do with Su Yan, they certainly wouldn't believe it.

But regardless, this was merely Su Jianguo's family matter; outsiders could only sigh in sympathy and could not interfere.

In the following days, Su Yan thought that since Su Jianguo was divorced, he would surely be depressed for a while, and she even planned to spend more time at home accompanying the old man. However, to her surprise, Su Jianguo didn't seem to be affected much at all.

He was busy at the factory every day, and after returning home, he even took the initiative to wash his hands and cook soup.

It was also the first time Su Yan realized that her grandfather's cooking was actually quite excellent.

(End of Chapter)