The president must have his reasons for doing this, so it would be inappropriate for me to speculate about his intentions.
Su Jingsheng did not know what he said afterward, nor did she remember how she returned to the Su Family. The car traveled smoothly the entire way, while anger surged repeatedly in her chest.
The Huarui company had already shown mercy by not pursuing her plagiarism. If they truly pursued the matter, she feared that even she would not escape unscathed.
She thought about it the entire way before parking the car.
The Su residence.
“Smack!”
The moment she stepped through the Su Family's door, a dark object flew straight at her. Fortunately, Su Jingsheng dodged in time and avoided being hit.
Her gaze fell to the ground beside her feet. The unfolded newspaper page was precisely the entertainment headline about su corporation plagiarism.
“Su Corporation implied that Huarui had plagiarized the ideas for its new product, yet appears to have been slapped in the face on the spot by evidence provided by the other party? In this plagiarism scandal, who is truly the victim?!”
Seeing this news headline, Su Jingsheng could already guess what everyone would be discussing over tea tomorrow.
“You useless thing! What happened to the matter I told you to handle? Look at what you’ve done!”
Su Dahai spat furiously as he rose from the sofa. He casually grabbed the teapot beside him and raised his other arm, looking as though he might slap Su Jingsheng at any moment.
He looked as though he hated her for failing to live up to his expectations.
Su Jingsheng gave a cold, indifferent smile and unconsciously took a step back, putting some distance between herself and her father.
“I would also like to ask you, father, what happened with the proposal plagiarizing Huarui?”
Her voice was cold and clear, each word pronounced distinctly, instantly fueling Su Dahai’s anger even further.
The teapot he had been about to put down was thrown out on the spot, nearly striking the corner of Su Jingsheng’s forehead.
“You—you shameless little beast! Could it be that I told the people below to plagiarize Huarui and then slander them?! If I had known, I should have strangled you before you were born.”
Seeing Su Jingsheng retreat one step and barely dodge the teapot, Su Dahai became even more furious, his lips trembling slightly.
Su Jingsheng’s expression grew even colder.
If that teapot had struck her face just now, the damage would likely have been far worse than mere disfigurement.
She clenched her teeth hard.
“Yes, you should have strangled me. You shouldn’t have let me watch the company become a laughingstock!”
The Su Corporation was an empire built through the painstaking efforts of her mother and maternal grandfather. Unfortunately, before they could enjoy its success, her mother had died of illness.
Thinking of this, Su Jingsheng looked down on Su Dahai’s shameless behavior even more from the bottom of her heart.
“I went to the Tianfeng Consortium today to ask about it. The evidence they provided clearly shows that it was Su Corporation that plagiarized Huarui’s idea!”
“It’s already been published in the entertainment section. Dad, you know perfectly well who plagiarized whom.”
Her voice was cold. After she finished speaking, she indeed saw Su Dahai shift his gaze away in panic.
“What plagiarism? I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
The moment she saw Su Dahai’s expression, Su Jingsheng understood everything.
Su Yuning had been standing nearby watching the spectacle from the beginning. Now, she hurriedly stepped in with a remark.
“Older sister, how can you always side with outsiders? Look at how angry you’ve made dad. Hurry up and apologize to him!”
Such hypocritical consolation happened to be exactly to Su Dahai’s liking.
Su Yuning’s voice was sticky and coquettish, like over-chewed gum, making Su Jingsheng feel a headache coming on despite herself.
“Dad, if Huarui truly pursues the matter of the company plagiarizing its idea, do you think things will remain as they are now, with the stock price falling by merely five points?”
The moment Su Jingsheng finished speaking, Su Yuning’s expression changed, and panic was written all over her face.
“Older sister, you can’t put it that way. You’re also a daughter of the Su Family. Whose side are you really on now?”
She appeared to be reminding Su Jingsheng, but in reality, she had thrown a torch directly onto the flames in Su Dahai’s heart.
Su Dahai could no longer restrain himself. He raised his hand and swung it toward Su Jingsheng’s face.
He suddenly felt that Yu Ning was right.
Regardless of who was right or wrong, Su Jingsheng was always unable to distinguish the importance of things as clearly as Yu Ning.
After all these years, Su Jingsheng was still always siding with outsiders!
Thinking of this, Su Dahai used every ounce of strength he had. The slap was about to land on Su Jingsheng’s face.
She instinctively turned her head slightly. The force of his palm was fierce; although it did not strike her face, it still mercilessly grazed the girl’s fair neck.
Su Jingsheng froze, and her face went pale.
She instinctively took two steps back.
Her neck burned with pain.
She could not help frowning.
“I was merely discussing the matter as it stands.”
After speaking, she could not help looking up into her father’s eyes.
Her heart was ice-cold.
“A wrong is a wrong. Refusing to admit it will not benefit the company’s development.”
The Su Corporation’s development had been declining in recent years, and Su Dahai’s actions would undoubtedly push the Su Corporation into the abyss!
Thinking that all of this had been her mother’s life’s work, the anger in Su Jingsheng’s heart burned even more fiercely.
Hearing her say this, Su Dahai widened his eyes, and the veins on his forehead bulged uncontrollably.
“Unfilial daughter, do you know what you’re saying?!”
She had grown accustomed to siding with outsiders, and now she even dared to climb onto his head and throw her weight around.
Someone as domineering as Su Dahai could never tolerate it.
“Older sister, don’t forget that what you did before was enough to bring shame upon the Su Family.”
“And now you still won’t stop talking. Are you trying to make dad ill from anger?”
Seeing Su Dahai this furious, Su Yuning still thought it was not enough. She curled her lips and fanned the flames from the side.
Upon hearing this, Su Dahai’s anger, which had not yet subsided, flared up again. “Get out! Get out right now! Get out of this house!”
Su Jingsheng suddenly stopped, her eyes shimmering with tears. “I never wanted to stay in this family.”
“Shameless thing!”
Su Dahai’s anger had not yet faded. He roared furiously at Su Jingsheng’s back.
“From now on, I will never set foot in this house again.”
She walked out without looking back, her back perfectly straight.
After getting into the car, Su Jingsheng left the Su Family directly.
Ever since her mother’s death, Su Dahai had never treated her as family. She had endured enough anger and humiliation in this home!
The late-autumn night was bitterly cold, filled with the chill of the approaching winter. Even inside the car, she could not help shivering.
She had left in such a hurry that she had even forgotten to bring her identity card. That meant she could only go to the apartment in the suburbs.
…
The apartment in the suburbs had been left to her by her mother while she was still alive. Her mother had probably known what Su Dahai was like and had made preparations well in advance.
Su Jingsheng had not returned for a long time, so the door was covered with advertisements and property-management notices of various sizes.
Taking out her key, she opened the door without paying much attention, her expression showing a trace of fatigue.
Tomorrow, she would have to consider how to handle this matter. She could not let the Su Corporation remain a laughingstock forever.