“Oh child, get up quickly,”
Old Master Luo immediately urged Su Jiaojiao to rise, “Whatever help you need from Grandpa Luo, just say it. How could I not help you? Why kneel? But child, what do you need me to do?”
Su Jiaojiao stood up, wiping her tears with her hand, her eyes red. She said,
“Grandpa Luo, after hearing what I have to say, please don’t get agitated or angry. Stay calm.”
Old Master Luo furrowed his brows and asked, “Jiaojiao, what do you want to say?”
Su Jiaojiao replied, “Shen Qingyu is Shen Jianguo’s biological daughter.”
“What?” Old Master Luo was shocked, then furious, “That scoundrel Shen Jianguo.”
“Grandpa Luo, don’t be angry, don’t be angry.” Su Jiaojiao immediately patted Old Master Luo’s back, “Anger harms the body. If anything happens to you because of this… I would feel guilty for the rest of my life.”
Old Master Luo, having experienced many storms in life, quickly calmed down and said,
“That Shen Jianguo has hidden this well. Back then, your grandfather carefully selected Shen Jianguo from among the company employees. Who would have thought your grandfather still misjudged him? He picked a scoundrel who had a daughter older than you. Child, how did you find out?”
Su Jiaojiao couldn’t tell him that Shen Qingyu had revealed it to her before her rebirth.
She said, “I overheard Shen Jianguo and Liu Dongmei talking the night before last. Not only did Shen Jianguo cheat on my mother with Liu Dongmei during their marriage, but he also secretly transferred part of the Su Family’s assets while my mother was critically ill. What’s more…”
At this point, Su Jiaojiao couldn’t hold back her grief and began to cry.
Old Master Luo grew anxious, “Jiaojiao, what more?”
Su Jiaojiao looked up, her face covered in tears, her eyes filled with anger and resentment, and said,
“They said that when my mother was critically ill in the hospital and could have been saved, Shen Jianguo used his status as her spouse to give up on resuscitation.
Shen Jianguo even brought Liu Dongmei and Shen Qingyu to my mother’s bedside. Liu Dongmei pulled out my mother’s oxygen tube, and my mother… she was killed by them like this. Wuwu… Grandpa Luo, I hate them so much, I despise them.”
“Beasts, beasts…” Old Master Luo exclaimed angrily after hearing this, “That ungrateful Shen Jianguo, I’ll go get a gun and shoot them right now.”
With that, he rushed out to confront Shen Jianguo.
“Grandpa Luo, Grandpa Luo, don’t be impulsive,” Su Jiaojiao pulled Old Master Luo, “Grandpa Luo, I’m angrier and hate them more than you do, but letting them die directly would be letting them off too easily.”
Old Master Luo calmed down and said, “Alright, Jiaojiao, what do you want to do?”
At this point, Old Master Luo thought of something, “Jiaojiao, since you know the truth and hate them, why did you agree to hand over what your mother left you to Shen Jianguo?”
Su Jiaojiao explained, “Before overhearing Shen Jianguo and Liu Dongmei’s conversation, I had been very naive and simple-minded for the past ten years.
All along, I thought Shen Jianguo and Liu Dongmei genuinely cared for me. As a stepmother, Liu Dongmei, aside from not giving me much pocket money, never shortchanged me in terms of food, clothing, or daily necessities.
Even when conflicts arose between her biological daughter and me, she always took my side and taught her daughter to treat me well.”
I always thought I had encountered the best stepmother in the world.
But just two days ago, upon overhearing their conversation, I discovered that my biological mother had arranged everything for me before her passing. All my daily expenses—food, clothing, and miscellaneous costs—were covered by my own living subsidies. Even their various expenditures were funded using my money. Yet, I had been kept completely in the dark all along.
Moreover, my mother had secured an annual 5% dividend from the Textile Factory, which was deposited in Longguo Bank.
Their kindness toward me was merely a ploy to deceive my sincerity and gain my trust. On my eighteenth birthday, during my coming-of-age ceremony, they intended to make me sign a power of attorney.
Once they had swindled everything I possessed—the Su Family’s house, the Su Family’s antiques and paintings, and the money stored in the bank—they planned to sell me off to the countryside. With some excuse, the three of them could then live a life of luxury and comfort.
“Scoundrels! Beasts!” Old Master Luo exclaimed with heartfelt anguish. “That beast Shen Jianguo—even if he disliked Xue’s daughter, how could he treat his own flesh and blood like this? Child, when you learned this truth, how much pain you must have endured. You’ve truly suffered.”
Yes, in her previous life, when she uncovered this truth, she had wished she could slice them into a thousand pieces.
She had been brutally beaten by security guards for a month, stubbornly guarding the Shen family villa, just waiting for a chance to take them all down with her.
But at that time, compared to the Shen family, she was like an egg striking a rock—utterly powerless against them.
However, that month wasn’t entirely without gains. Shen Qingyu would often flaunt her superiority in front of her, revealing some hidden secrets.
Su Jiaojiao said, “Grandpa Luo, originally, I planned to exploit Shen Qingyu’s insecure and quick-tempered nature to coax her into revealing the truth about Shen Jianguo’s biological daughter. That way, I could expose them and ruin Shen Jianguo and Liu Dongmei. But several times, I was interrupted and prevented from doing so.
Therefore, before openly breaking with Shen Jianguo, I had to sign this power of attorney first to keep him placated. But I want to take severe revenge on Shen Jianguo and Liu Dongmei. I’m begging for your help, Grandpa Luo. In Hu City, I don’t know who else to turn to.”
“Jiaojiao, tell Grandpa Luo, what do you plan to do?” Old Master Luo asked with a serious expression.
Su Jiaojiao replied, “I will sign that asset power of attorney, but please inform the bank, Grandpa Luo, that for three days after I sign it, Shen Jianguo will be unable to access the money in the bank.”
“Hmm?” Old Master Luo looked at Su Jiaojiao, puzzled.
“I overheard Shen Jianguo and Liu Dongmei talking. After they obtain my power of attorney, they plan to go to the bank to withdraw the money and then seek out someone called Master Zhou to arrange their escape to Hong Kong City.
Shen Jianguo and Liu Dongmei intend to take Shen Qingyu, along with all the Su Family’s assets, and flee to Hong Kong City.
They will sell the Su Family residence. As for the antiques and paintings preserved by the Su Family, they will take what they can carry and sell the rest for cash. Then, they will withdraw the money from the bank and take it all with them.
The three of them plan to live a good life in Hong Kong City.
As for me, behind my back, Shen Jianguo and Liu Dongmei signed me up for a Youth Going to the Countryside Quota. In reality, they intend to sell me off to a remote mountain village.”
“What? They sent you to the countryside only to sell you off to some remote mountain village?” Old Master Luo exclaimed furiously. “How dare they? Those two beasts. No, Jiao girl, I’ll have someone remove your name from the rural assignment list right now.”