Chapter 4: No more pretense, I want money and tickets!!!

Su Guohua was suddenly jolted.

yes.

When did it become the case that an outsider and an illegitimate daughter were in his family, plotting against Su Guohua's daughter?

The guilt towards his deceased wife and the sense of indebtedness towards his daughter overwhelmed him at that moment.

"Dad, I can go to Hainan Island."

Seeing that the time was right, Su Yue's voice was still weak and tearful, but what she said made everyone present hold their breath.

"But I can't just go empty-handed."

“I’ve lived a life of luxury since I was a child and have never experienced hardship. Hainan Island sounds like a poor and desolate place. If I had fallen ill there, I wouldn’t even have had the money to buy medicine. Wouldn’t that have been sending me to my death?”

"Dad, how can you be so heartless?"

Su Guohua felt a sharp pang in his heart and quickly waved his hand, saying, "Nonsense! How could Dad send you to your death!"

"Then give me the money."

Su Yue's tone was flat, yet it was as if a boulder had been thrown into a calm lake.

Five thousand yuan.

"What?!" Lin Xiuzhen was the first to scream, her voice so shrill it could pierce eardrums. "Su Yue, are you crazy! Why don't you just rob me! Five thousand yuan! Do you know how much that is?!"

That's five thousand yuan!

That's enough for an ordinary worker to work for over ten years without eating or drinking!

That little bitch is really asking for the moon!

Lin Wan'er's face turned red with anxiety, and she stamped her feet to chime in, "Sister, how can you ask Dad for money like this! The family is in a bad situation right now, you're going to empty the family's savings!"

Su Yue didn't even bother to glance at them, but just stared at Su Guohua with her wet eyes.

There was no greed in those eyes, only a sense of entitlement and a desolation of being abandoned by the whole world.

“Dad, the safe and map you just took were left to Mom by my maternal grandfather. You know better than I how much money and gold bars were in there.”

"I only need five thousand yuan, is that too much?"

"Isn't it a good deal to trade my mother's things for a stable life for the rest of my days?"

Her voice wasn't loud, but every word was piercing.

Su Guohua's forehead instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

He never expected that his daughter knew everything!

He had indeed just opened the safe, which contained gold bars and various banknotes worth far more than ten thousand gold coins! Five thousand dollars was not even a drop in the ocean compared to that safe.

But he couldn't say those words.

He looked at his daughter's pale face, thinking of her soon-to-be-departed Hainan Island, alone and helpless, while he himself possessed the enormous wealth left by her mother...

The guilt almost overwhelmed him.

"good!"

Su Guohua gritted his teeth, as if he had made a huge decision.

"Here you go! Five thousand yuan, I'll give it to you! All sorts of coupons, grain coupons, cloth coupons, industrial vouchers, and I'll also prepare five hundred jin of supplies for you! Pack your things, and leave the day after tomorrow!"

He just wants to get rid of this hot potato as soon as possible!

Once Su Yue leaves, the rest... will all be his.

"Guohua!" Lin Xiuzhen was so anxious she almost fainted.

Su Guohua gave him a cold look and said, "Shut up! You have no right to speak here!"

Lin Xiuzhen trembled at the fierce look in his eyes and fell silent instantly. She could only grit her teeth and glare venomously at Su Yue.

You little bitch, just you wait!

With the money deal settled, Lin Wan'er, who had been hiding in the back, suddenly lit up and jumped out impatiently.

"Sister, since you're going to Hainan Island, what about your job in the publicity department..." She rubbed her hands together, looking at Su Yue expectantly, her little scheme practically written all over her face, "Look, I'm graduating soon too, I can't just stay at home doing nothing, so why don't I..."

"Oh, work."

Su Yue responded slowly, a meaningful smile on her face.

You're dreaming.

Lin Wan'er's smile froze on her face.

Su Yue stretched out her other hand and waved it in front of Lin Wan'er, making a "one" gesture.

"You want my job? Sure."

"One thousand yuan."

"In addition, add another 100 jin of national grain coupons."

"Su Yue! You're extorting me!" Lin Xiuzhen couldn't hold back any longer, pointing her finger at Su Yue's nose and cursing, "Your sister is doing you a favor by asking you for a job! And you want money? Why don't you go bleed yourself!"

“That’s right, sister! We’re family, how can you be so petty!” Lin Wan’er’s eyes also reddened with grievance, as if she had been greatly insulted.

"A family?"

Su Yue laughed as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world. Her laughter was crisp, but it carried a chilling coldness.

"Talk to me about family? Lin Wan'er, do you even deserve that?"

She slowly sat up straight, her previous sickly appearance completely gone, replaced by a condescending scrutiny and a chilling sarcasm.

"My job is a permanent position, a secure job! I get a salary and subsidies every month, something many people would kill for! You just want it without even asking? How dare you?"

"Trying to get something for free? What a pipe dream!"

"You want to get something for nothing but money? There's no such thing as a free lunch! I think you're either desperate for money or desperate for a job!"

"Shameless!"

A string of vulgar and blunt words, like resounding slaps, struck Lin Wan'er's face hard, making her see stars and sway precariously.

“You…you…” She pointed at Su Yue, trembling with anger, unable to utter a single word.

"Su Yue! How dare you speak like that!" Su Guohua couldn't stand it anymore and scolded her with a stern face, "Wan'er is your sister! Xiuzhen has worked hard all these years, even if she hasn't made any great contributions. How can you talk about them like that! Have you lost your conscience?!"

"Dad, my conscience is perfectly clear. But you, don't let the lard cloud your judgment."

Su Yue coldly retorted, her gaze fixed on Lin Xiuzhen, whose face had turned pale.

"Hard work? What hard work has she done? Has she served me food and drink, or taken care of my daily needs? Over the years, she has eaten our Su family's food, used our Su family's products, and probably embezzled more than a thousand yuan from the accounts, right?"

"I took back something that was rightfully mine, so what?!"

"You're spouting nonsense!" Lin Xiuzhen was so angry that she trembled all over, and her hand pointing at Su Yue was shaking.

Su Yue was too lazy to waste any more words with her and directly threw out her last trump card.

"Dad, I won't say any more to you."

"Regarding the work, it's 1,000 yuan and 100 jin of grain coupons, not a penny less. If you don't want to, that's fine too."

“I will go and invite the seventh elder of the Su clan right now, so that he can judge this matter and settle this family dispute.”

"Let him see how you gang up on me, an orphan who has lost her mother!"

"And while we're at it, let Master Qi check the family accounts to see who has been embezzling and enriching themselves all these years!"

The moment the words "Seventh Master" were uttered, Su Guohua and Lin Xiuzhen's faces turned completely pale.

The seventh patriarch of the Su family was the most senior elder in the clan, the most rigid and stubborn, and the one who valued the hierarchy between legitimate and illegitimate children the most.

If he really found out about these sordid things in the family, where would Su Guohua, the head of the family, put his face?

Lin Xiuzhen was terrified; all the tricks she had played over the years couldn't withstand scrutiny!

"Alright!"

Su Yue looked at their varied expressions and sneered inwardly, but her face showed signs of fatigue.

She waved her hand, lay back down, pulled the blanket over herself, and gestured as if to see the guest off.

"I'm tired, I need to rest."

"You can leave now. Come back to me when you've thought it through."

"If either money or a job is missing, then my trip to Hainan Island is out of the question."

After saying that, she closed her eyes, not even bothering to look at them again.

Su Guohua, Lin Xiuzhen, and Lin Wan'er stood there, their faces alternating between pale and flushed, unsure whether to stay or leave. In the end, they could only grit their teeth and retreat angrily.

The door slammed shut.

Whether they agreed or not, she didn't care at all.

Because from beginning to end, Su Yue never intended to transfer the job to her.

However, she guessed they would definitely agree.

Sure enough, half an hour later, there was a knock on the door—