Chapter 343 The Nightmare Came True

"My dad?"

Su Laosan was momentarily stunned. He had deleted Su Youfu from his contacts long ago, but now that Su Youfu had suddenly reappeared, Su Laosan felt disgusted. "I don't want to. My dad doesn't care about me. I'm not close to him. I'm only close to you. Mom, please don't kick me out..."

Li Banxia glared at him, "You kissed me, and you're going to hurt me like this? It's good that he doesn't care about you, you can do whatever you want, let the room go make a scene at your dad's factory..."

Li's father, who was listening nearby, frowned and said something about Li Banxia.

"You want him to go find Su Youfu? With Su Youfu's spineless character, won't you be the ones who get dragged down in the end?"

After speaking to his daughter, he glanced coldly at his grandson, and Su Laosan didn't dare to breathe loudly.

Li's father asked him, "Do you really want to be with that girl?"

"Yes." Old Su nodded.

Mr. Li said, "You can abandon your mother?"

Su Laosan: "...I want them all."

Li's father spat at him, tapping his fingers on the dining table, as if he wanted to crack open his skull to see what was inside. "If you want everything, then everyone but yourself will be hurt. Su Laosan, don't you think your idea is selfish at all?"

Su Laosan was stunned for a moment, then opened his mouth as if to say something.

Before he could even speak, Li's father continued, "Because you want everything, Fang Erniu, once a naive and innocent girl, has forced herself to start scheming against her parents, brothers, sister-in-law, and nephews, saying cold and sarcastic things to her family. Do you think she feels good about that? She doesn't. She'll also feel pain because our family treats her well, while her family hurts us so much. She'll be afraid to face us, just like just now, she couldn't even sit down and eat with us. She feels guilty and remorseful, and these emotions will keep weighing on her, making it hard for her to breathe. Do you think she'll really be happy?"

"...Is she unhappy...?" Su Laosan murmured.

Mr. Li paused, then glared at him. "You can go ask her yourself! You only think about being with her, have you thought about your mother, your older brother and sister-in-law, your nephews and nieces, your uncle, your cousin? They are all suffering because of your willfulness. Do you know what your uncle and cousin will face if Fang Jianhua's words reach the ears of those who care? Their hard-earned future will be ruined by your willfulness. Your mother's health center will be treated as their property by the Fang family. They will cling to Fang Erniu, using her to get close to you, your mother, and all your relatives. Even if your mother and the others can find a way to prevent the Fang family from taking advantage of them, have you ever thought about how disgusting it is that this happens again and again? Is this all you want?!"

Su Laosan swallowed hard; he never imagined he would bring such great danger to his loved ones.

"Grandpa..."

Mr. Li said expressionlessly, "Third Brother Su, you're not a three-year-old anymore. Stop making assumptions, okay?"

Su Laosan was speechless for a moment.

Her eyes were somewhat blank, pained, and conflicted, but Li Banxia no longer wanted to look at them.

She waved her hand, "Let's go. Go back and think carefully about what I said to your grandfather, and give me an answer tomorrow."

Su Laosan walked away dejectedly. As he exited the restaurant, he didn't pay attention to his footing and tripped on the threshold. He stumbled and fell, and when he braced himself with his palm, he scraped the edge of a protruding brick, drawing a bloody gash.

He hissed in pain, and the shop's staff rushed over to help him up. "...Are you alright?"

Su Laosan waved his hand and left.

When Li's father saw Su Laosan's condition through the half-open door, he frowned.

"I heard from your uncle that Lao San's business is very big now? He's taken care of all the agricultural and mountain products from the surrounding villages?" Li Banxia asked.

Li Banxia nodded.

“He has a knack for business. The Su family doesn’t have that gene; he probably took after you, Dad.”

Upon hearing this, Mr. Li chuckled, but his smile froze before it could fully bloom. He sighed, "Right? When I was a teenager, I went with my grandfather to negotiate a business deal and helped him land a big order, worth at least this much..."

He reached out and flipped it over.

"Unfortunately, war broke out everywhere, and everything was burned down. My grandfather was gone, and my father took my older sister and me and fled everywhere. Along the way, he taught us everything he could. Later, my father also died. My older sister got married, but she died in childbirth along with her unborn child. When I rushed back, the bodies of the mother and child were already cold. It's pitiful that I saved so many people, but I couldn't save my own sister. After that, I wandered around alone, and then I met your mother..."

After a moment of reflection, Li's father turned to Li Banxia and asked, "Can the Xu family control the Fang family?"

Li Banxia hesitated for a moment before telling the truth: Xu Ying's father had a close friend who was the top official in the city.

"...It's definitely possible to control it, but..."

Mr. Li nodded and said, "As long as you can keep her in check, that's fine. The girl from the Xu family said she'd do me a favor and that I should go to her if I need anything. I'll call her and make an appointment later."

"Dad," Li Banxia called out nervously.

Mr. Li looked at her and smiled, "If this weren't a society governed by the rule of law, your father could have taken care of that person for you without anyone noticing."

Aunt Qiu nodded in agreement.

Li Banxia, ​​"..."

She was the one who was too soft-hearted.

She just wanted Fang Jianhua to spend the rest of his life in jail.

On the other side, Su Laosan stumbled and fell all the way back to the shop.

Several of his cousins ​​were eating around the small dining table when they saw him return, and they all glanced at Fang Erniu.

"Third brother, what's going on between you and Erniu...?"

"The other one came back with red eyes, and you look like you've lost your soul. What happened?"

Su Laosan followed their gaze and saw Fang Erniu with red eyes, feeling like she was dying of pain as she thought of what Li Banxia and Li's father had said.

They were doing so well before, they were even getting married, how did things turn into this irreconcilable conflict?

Fang Erniu vaguely heard someone call Su Laosan again, and when she looked up and saw Su Laosan, she was stunned.

Upon seeing his appearance, and realizing something, her expression immediately changed.

She opened her mouth and called out, "Third Brother Su."

Su Laosan agreed, walked over and squatted down beside her, held her hand, looked up at her, and felt that he could never get enough of looking at her.

"What's wrong? Tell me." Fang Erniu noticed his hesitation and stared at him as she asked.

Su Laosan lowered his eyes slightly and whispered, "Erniu, your eldest brother is protesting his innocence in prison. He says he was instigated and manipulated by our family. None of us are involved in politics, and we wanted to make him a puppet. He said he had no choice in the situation and he wanted to drag us down with him..."

Fang Erniu's face turned visibly as white as paper.

Her nightmare from that night came true.

She shook her head and said, "That's not how it is. It has nothing to do with them. I was the one who connected them. I wanted to help my older brother out. I wanted to have a better status to be worthy of him..."