When Su Wanxing returned, the whole family was waiting with cold faces.
Su Yaozu, unable to hold back, exploded first: “Su Wanxing! Where did you hide the betrothal gifts?”
Su Wanxing sneered. Of course, these people had their eyes on the gifts—fortunately, she had already stored them in her space.
“Why do you care? Lu Chenyuan gave them to me; I’ll put them wherever I like.”
“You caused my sister to be humiliated like this! Shouldn’t you at least offer the gifts and beg for her forgiveness?”
Su Yaozu grabbed Su Wanxing’s clothes, pretending to strike her.
Su Wanxing pressed a pressure point on his waist. Su Yaozu cried out in pain, fell to the ground convulsing, foaming at the mouth.
“Yaozu! Yaozu!”
“Su Wanxing, what did you do to my son!”
Zhou Meijuan was terrified but dared not touch him, crouching helplessly.
Su Wanxing said leisurely: “I’ve been interested in medicine lately, just flipped through a couple of books, and practiced on him.”
“You—how dare you experiment on Yaozu with some random book knowledge! Fix him immediately!” Zhou Meijuan screamed in anger.
Su Wanxing clasped her hands: “Oh, you scared me—I forgot.”
“You…” Zhou Meijuan wanted to kill her!
But in the end, she could only cry and look to Su Hongyi.
Su Hongyi softened his tone: “Wanxing, Yaozu is still your younger brother. He’s inexperienced—see it for my sake, don’t let him suffer, okay?”
Su Wanxing feigned concern: “But I’m afraid he’ll hit me next.”
“He won’t, won’t, Dad guarantees, he dares not! Quickly save your brother, okay?”
Su Hongyi looked anxious.
Seeing Su Yaozu struggling, Su Wanxing figured that with his condition, he’d soon faint, so she released the pressure point.
Su Yaozu recovered, furious and wanting to strangle Su Wanxing, but the memory of his earlier convulsions made him cautious.
Still, he couldn’t swallow his anger and, relying on his parents’ authority, grabbed for the gifts: “This matter involves you! If not for you, my sister would have married Lu Chenyuan! For that reason alone, the betrothal gifts must compensate her!”
Su Wanxing glanced at the indifferent Su Hongyi, feeling a chill.
Perhaps her father was truly blind.
She sneered: “These are military gifts. If you dare take them, you’re sabotaging a military marriage! What, do you want to go to jail?”
Su Yaozu and the others were speechless but unwilling to concede.
Finally, Su Xueqing, relying on her pitiful act, shook Su Hongyi’s arm: “Dad, say something…”
Su Hongyi, conflicted, said: “Qingqing is already pitiful enough. Why don’t you just give her some?”
It was always like this—when Su Xueqing acted cute, Su Hongyi sided with her, and Su Wanxing became the ungrateful outsider.
But this time, she would not yield.
“Dad, you know I’m getting married. So how much dowry do you plan to give me?”
“What! You want dowry too!”
Zhou Meijuan blurted in panic.
After today’s fiasco, she had no intention of giving Su Wanxing a single cent, and now she even dared to ask for a dowry!
Su Wanxing looked over: “You don’t want to give? Dad, later if this gets around, people will criticize you, say you treated your biological daughter unfairly!”
Su Hongyi cared about reputation, especially for business. If word got out, it could affect the textile factory’s dealings.
Moreover, Su Wanxing was his own daughter—morally and logically, he had to provide.
“Fine, since you’re going with the army soon and can’t take much, I’ll give you 800 yuan plus two new quilts.”
“Eight hundred?”
Su Wanxing scoffed.
He really was a generous father…
Normally, dowries are just household items—one hundred yuan would already be generous.
But her Su family was a textile giant in Shanghai!
With an annual income of over a hundred thousand, and a factory inherited from her great-grandfather for nearly a century, only 800 yuan?
The Su family donated thousands annually to charity!
Did they really think she was some unwanted street child?
Su Wanxing held out her hand: “Dad, I’m not asking for much else. I remember when Mom passed away, she left me 100,000 yuan as dowry. Give me that money.”
“One hundred thousand!”
Su Yaozu jumped up first: “Su Wanxing! You’re robbing! That’s my money!”
Su Wanxing sneered: “What’s yours? That’s Su family’s money!”
Su Yaozu shouted: “Su family’s money is mine!”
“Su Yaozu, your father’s still alive! Su family doesn’t belong to you yet.”
Su Wanxing deliberately glanced at Su Hongyi.
He almost choked in anger.
Su Yaozu’s ambition was too obvious. Although he would inherit one day, as Su Wanxing said, Su Hongyi was still alive! He couldn’t wait?
Zhou Meijuan held back Su Yaozu, shaking her head. Only then did he realize his haste and shut up.
Zhou Meijuan grumbled: “There isn’t that much money at home. The factory equipment needs updates, workers’ wages, business dealings—they all cost money.”
Su Hongyi nodded: “Yes, Wanxing, you were young back then, you must have remembered wrong.”
Su Wanxing shook her head: “I was young, yes, but not foolish. Mom said this money was for me, untouchable. Did you spend it all?”
She deliberately glared at Zhou Meijuan and the others: “If you don’t give it, fine—but then the Su family can forget their ‘capitalist’ reputation.”
“Anyway, I’ll be a military wife, nothing here will affect me.”
Su Hongyi trembled slightly, exchanging a nervous glance with Zhou Meijuan.
Lu Chenyuan had protected them, but that was only temporary. If another fiasco happened, the Su family could be ruined!
One hundred thousand yuan to secure the Su family’s safety—worth it!
Zhou Meijuan gritted her teeth: “Fine… 100,000, but with so much money, it’ll take…”
“Give it to me now.”
Su Wanxing was done with pleasantries: “Before anyone changes their mind… Su family’s reputation…”
Little brat!
Zhou Meijuan inwardly cursed Su Wanxing a hundred times, but outwardly had to smile: “Yes, Wanxing, you’re right. I’ll get it now.”
Soon, Zhou Meijuan handed over a bankbook with 100,000 yuan.
Su Wanxing took it, reluctant to let go.
She tugged hard: “Also, give me 300 jin each of ration tickets, meat tickets, cloth tickets, and industrial coupons.”
“Su Wanxing, will you ever stop!”
Zhou Meijuan couldn’t hold it in!
She had already given 100,000, and Su Wanxing still demanded so many coupons.
Su Wanxing said leisurely: “I’m going to the northwest—conditions will be harsh. We’ll need these essentials.”
“If I live poorly and return in anger, Lu Chenyuan will be upset. If he’s upset, the Su family’s ‘capitalist’ reputation…”
Su Hongyi closed his eyes and waved, signaling agreement.
Zhou Meijuan turned to fetch the coupons.
“Here! Get lost!”
Su Wanxing took them and went upstairs in high spirits.
“Su Wanxing… little brat… just you wait!”
Zhou Meijuan could no longer contain her anger.
She grabbed a teacup and smashed it on the ground!
We’ll see about this!