Chapter 532 You're hopeless

"Yes, give us back the benefits."

“I’ve written it all down. I paid a total of 162.53 yuan for you. Please pay me back…”

“I went to the barbershop with you four times, which cost a total of twenty yuan.”

“My…sixty.”

"……thirty."

A group of people surrounded Su Xiaosi, one after another, calculating the debts he needed to pay.

Su Xiaosi was furious, angry, and embarrassed. "You want money, huh? My eldest brother is a graduate student under Professor Song Weizhen, my sister-in-law is a graduate student under Vice Minister Li of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, my third brother owns dozens of chain grocery stores, and my mother runs a health center. Do you think I would need your little bit of money?!"

The group looked at each other in bewilderment.

This... certainly doesn't seem like someone who's short of money.

But it's also true that he accepted bribes from them.

They can't just lose money for nothing, can they?

Nobody's money comes from thin air.

"Get out of the way! I need to find my older brother and get to the bottom of what happened. My dorm is right here, I'm not going to run away. What are you afraid of? Are you afraid I can't give you any benefits? Aren't you afraid that Director Song will make an exception and admit me to the program, and you'll regret it?"

The students in Su Xiaosi's dormitory exchanged glances and began to speak up for Su Xiaosi.

"Su Yushun is right. Don't you even know what kind of family he is? Why would he need to swindle you out of your pittance? Get out of the way, don't delay him from going to find Brother Su!"

The crowd was intimidated and dared not escalate the situation, each wanting to leave themselves some room to maneuver.

Su Xiaosi managed to squeeze out of the dormitory and headed straight for Song Weizhen's office, only to find that the office had been taken over. When she asked Song Weizhen, he told her, "Professor Song moved his things out before the new year. His last student has already gone to the Finance Department for an internship. He doesn't plan to recruit any more graduate students, so he returned the office to the school. He only comes here occasionally to teach a few classes. He's practically semi-retired."

Su Xiaosi was struck dumb, almost losing her footing.

It's actually true.

He asked again in a panic, "Then do you know how to contact them..."

Before he could finish speaking, he realized how stupid he had been to ask for Su Guotai's contact information.

The man smiled and said, "I'm just a counselor and don't have Professor Song's contact information. You can keep an eye on the school newspaper stand. If Professor Song is going to teach in Xiaoshan, he will post the news on the newspaper stand a week in advance."

Su Xiaosi gave a few perfunctory replies and left the office.

Since Song Weizhen doesn't come to school, and Wang Jun and others were assigned jobs a year earlier, the only job he can get now is Su Guotai.

Damn it, he went to the Finance Department for an internship without saying a word.

He couldn't find anyone on campus, he couldn't get into the Finance Bureau, and he didn't want to go back to his dormitory and face those people.

After much deliberation, Su Xiaosi gritted her teeth and went to Su Laosan's grocery store. She asked the store's employees to contact Su Laosan and say, "I am his fourth brother. Tell him to come see me right away. I have something important to discuss with him."

One employee muttered, "Isn't the boss supposed to only have three brothers? How come a girl keeps popping up and a brother keeps appearing?"

Su Xiaosi glared at the man.

"Just call them when I tell you to. Why are you being so nosy?"

The employee rolled his eyes and called the head office.

When Su Laosan heard that it was Su Xiaosi looking for him, he pursed his lips, gave the other party an address, and told Su Xiaosi to go to another store to find him.

Su Xiaosi took a taxi and ran over, only to find out that Su Laosan had just left. He angrily chased after him.

"Su Fengtiao, are you having fun playing me?"

Su Laosan crossed his arms and sneered, "I'm very busy, I don't have time to play tricks on you, so spit it out."

Su Xiaosi gritted her teeth.

"...I want to see my elder brother. Please let him come back."

Upon hearing that he was looking for his older brother, Su Laosan's eyes lit up, and he immediately guessed what he was up to. He glanced at him and said, "Oh dear, you're asking for favors now? Didn't you say you were the smartest person in the family? Didn't you mock your older brother for only getting into a university that nobody wanted because you were at the bottom of the class? Didn't you say the whole family would depend on you in the future? Why are you asking your older brother now? Figure it out yourself..."

His words and expression were absolutely infuriating.

Su Xiaosi almost lost her smile.

He clenched his fist, suppressing his anger, and coaxed Su Laosan, saying, "Third Brother, you know that the Finance Department is in charge of taxes, right? You have to pay taxes when you open a shop and sell things. If you help me now and say a few good words for me to my brother, when I get into the Finance Department, I can help you pay less tax or no tax at all, saving you a lot of money every year. How about it?"

How about it?

A chill ran down Su Laosan's spine. He spat at him, "Su Xiaosi, you haven't even gone in yet and your heart is already black. You're finished, you're beyond saving, you..."

Su Xiaosi is teaching him how to evade taxes! That brat is trying to get him killed!

It's right that your older brother didn't help him!

If Su Xiaosi were to be sent to the Finance Department, it would be a small matter if he made a mistake, but it would implicate his entire family.

Thinking of his adorable nephew and niece, as well as his second brother and sister-in-law's unborn child, Su Laosan felt the hairs on his body stand on end in fright at Su Xiaosi.

"...Go away, go away! I won't help you see your older brother, and I certainly won't speak up for you in front of him!"

"Third Brother, please help me. Didn't you open the shop to make money?"

Su Xiaosi even tried to bribe Su Laosan with money, saying, "I'll help you make money. As long as I can get in, in the future..."

"The future my ass!"

Su Laosan couldn't help but burst into a tirade, "If you really go to jail, how much tax revenue will the country lose? Do you even know what kind of person you are? You're a parasite on the country! Get out of here right now, I don't have a brother as greedy as you..."

"You think you're so superior because you're so high and mighty!"

Su Xiaosi had been suppressing his anger and forcing a smile, but Su Laosan's insults broke him down completely. His rage erupted as he glared at Su Laosan, "Su Guotai promised to put in a good word for me with Song Weizhen so I could also apply for his graduate program, but... a bunch of people have been treating me like a fool for years! Song Weizhen hasn't been recruiting students for years, and this year he even announced publicly that he won't be recruiting any more students..."

"Don't try to glorify yourself!"

Su Laosan sneered, "Some big shot is targeting you? Su Xiaosi, who do you think you are? I'm not going to waste my breath on you. Get out of here and don't interfere with my business..."

Su Xiaosi clenched her fists, the anger in her eyes almost tangible.

"Why are you bullying me like this? Fortune changes every thirty years, don't underestimate a young man's potential!"

Su Laosan, "..."

"Are you leaving or not? If you're not, I'll have people throw rotten vegetable leaves at him. Xiao Zhou, Xiao You, bring that basket over here. Yes, it's all broken vegetable leaves. Throw them at him..."

"I'm leaving! You'll regret it!"

Su Xiaosi was so angry that her mouth twisted into a crook. She clenched her fists, glared fiercely at Su Laosan, and then huffed and puffed as she walked away.

Leaving the grocery store, he felt increasingly resentful. Seeing the bus to the health center, he decided to go to the health center to find Li Banxia and ask her why they had treated him this way!