Chapter 572 It's Too Late

Su Hongmei opened her eyes when she heard the noise and saw Su Youfu tear her admission ticket in half.

What are you doing!

Su Hongmei yelled and jumped out of bed to grab the exam admission ticket.

Su Youfu scoffed, folded the exam admission ticket in half again and tore it several times until it was shredded, then threw the shreds back at her face, spitting, "Why don't you take a piss and look in the mirror? You think you're qualified to take the college entrance exam?! Do you really think just anyone can become a college student..."

His feet weren't idle either; he was stomping hard on the things that had been poured out of Su Hongmei's bag.

The admission ticket was torn up, the pencil was broken, the black pen tip was scratched so badly that it couldn't write, and the eraser, ruler, compass and other items next to it were completely destroyed.

"Su Youfu!"

Su Hongmei was going crazy; her voice was so shrill it was almost splitting her legs.

She pounced on Su Youfu and pushed him to the ground, then knelt down to pick up his exam admission ticket and put it back together.

Su Youfu spat on the shattered exam admission ticket, saying maliciously, "I tore up your admission ticket, let's see how you take the exam?! A little girl like you thinks she can be better than me? Better my ass! You should be earning money for me to spend... You think you can climb over me? No way!"

"ah!"

Su Hongmei screamed angrily and lunged at Su Youfu, hitting him repeatedly, "Why did you tear up my exam admission ticket? Why won't you let me take the college entrance exam!"

“My mom always says that girls should study more, and my teacher also says that only by getting into university can you have the capital to choose how to live your life. My family earns money to support my studies, so why can’t I go to university!”

"Why can't I be better than you! You piece of trash, you scum, you ruined half of my mother's life, and now you want to ruin mine! I'm going to take the exam! I'm going to take the exam! I'm going to be better than you!"

Su Youfu couldn't dodge in time and was grabbed by the hair by Su Hongmei, receiving several slaps and kicks. He cried out in pain, and his curses became increasingly vulgar.

“…Su Hongmei, your mother doesn’t want you anymore. If I hadn’t taken you in, you wouldn’t even have a place to live! How dare you treat me like this? You’re just as worthless as your mother, a worthless piece of trash. Your mother called you an animal, and she wasn’t wrong about it. You heartless beast, what a load of crap you got on the exam…”

Grandma Su was woken up by the noise. She rubbed her eyes and went to the main room. When she saw the father and daughter, she was stunned.

Su Hongmei clenched her fists, staring at Su Youfu with eyes full of hatred.

Hearing the noise, he turned around and glanced at Old Lady Su. The look in his eyes terrified Old Lady Su. She opened her mouth but didn't dare to say a word. She then turned around and went back to her room.

"Mother!"

Su Youfu stared in disbelief at his mother, who seemed indifferent to his life or death. He called out twice, trying to win back her love, but all she said was, "I'm asleep."

Su Youfu said, "...Mom, why are you afraid of her? She's just a girl! Help me stop her from taking the college entrance exam. Let her earn money for us for two years, then we'll ask for a dowry and marry her off... Ah!"

Su Hongmei gritted her teeth as she heard his plan.

"Su Youfu, I'm your biological son, have you lost your conscience?"

She knew Su Youfu didn't care about her as his daughter, but she was his own flesh and blood. What did he treat her as? A free nanny? A tool for making money? Didn't he have a heart?

Su Hongmei felt a sudden dizziness as she thought of the nanny and tools.

She remembered Li Banxia looking at her with disappointment and questioning her, "...I cherish you all like precious jewels, and what do you take me for? A nanny who serves you for free, a tool for you to spend money on? Don't I have a heart? My child treats me like this, don't I feel heartache?"

Su Hongmei choked up, then slowly exhaled with a trembling breath.

The next second, she raised her leg and stomped heavily on Su Youfu's good leg. Su Youfu's pupils contracted suddenly in pain, and he was about to scream when Su Hongmei covered his mouth.

Her eyes flashed fiercely at him. "This is the price you pay for tearing up my exam admission ticket! You still want to have a son with He Tao? I'll make you have one..."

She stepped on Su Youfu's crotch.

Just as Su Youfu was about to cry out, she grabbed the sheet from the bed, pressed him to the ground, and tightly gagged him, preventing him from making a sound!

He was sweating profusely from the pain, staring at her in fear and dread.

Looking into his eyes, he saw her face, distorted and twisted by hatred, reflected in them!

It's unclear how much time passed, but Su Youfu's clothes were soaked with sweat, his face was deathly pale, and he could no longer make a sound before Su Hongmei finally let go.

Su Youfu lay on the ground like a dead fish, barely alive.

Ignoring him, Su Hongmei began kneeling on the ground, picking up the exam admission tickets piece by piece. She wiped the saliva-stained pieces of paper clean with a bed sheet and carefully put them back in the bag until she had picked up all the pieces.

Then, she pulled over a long bench, took out the money she had hidden on the roof beam, put it in the pocket of her clothes, picked up two clean, unpatched pieces of clothing, put them in her worn-out handbag, and stepped out.

It was already daylight.

Su Hongmei walked out of the family quarters and saw that the newsstand by the roadside was open. After thinking for a moment, she decided to go over and call her homeroom teacher and English teacher who had been helping her all along.

She wanted to tell them that Su Youfu had torn up her exam admission ticket, and she could no longer take the college entrance examination.

The phone rang for a long time but no one answered.

Su Hongmei put down the phone dejectedly, looked up at the sky, and said, "It's too early. The teachers haven't gone to school yet. I... I'll call them when I get to the store."

The first bus arrived as the sun rose.

Su Hongmei took a car to the shop.

Her colleagues on the early shift were incredibly surprised to see her. "Su Hongmei, aren't you taking the college entrance exam today? What are you doing at the store?"

"Yes, how did we get here?"

Several colleagues gathered around, asking what was going on.

Su Hongmei's eyes reddened as she clutched her bag strap. "My dad wouldn't let me take the exam, so he tore up my admission ticket..."

"What!"

"Is your dad crazy? You've always been in the top three in your studies, a sure-fire college student!"

"Yeah yeah!"

"Can't I take the exam without an admission ticket?"

Su Hongmei shook her head, feeling sad and desperate. "No, we might not be able to get into the exam hall and take the exam."

The colleagues were at a loss for what to do.

When Sister Li heard about Su Hongmei's situation, she felt sorry for her and told Su Hongmei to contact her teacher to see if there was any other way. The tearing of the admission ticket was an accident, and they couldn't just watch a prospective college student be unable to take the exam.

"Go quickly!" Sister Li patted Su Hongmei.

With tears in her eyes, Su Hongmei thanked him and dialed her homeroom teacher's number. The teacher was anxious because he couldn't find her and was planning to take a taxi to her home. When he heard her call, he practically ran to answer the phone.

"Su Hongmei, what's wrong with you? There's still an hour before the exam, where are you? Didn't I tell you to come to school an hour and a half early?"

Su Hongmei told the homeroom teacher that Su Youfu had torn up her exam admission ticket. The teacher was immediately alarmed. "Torn it? The exam is coming up soon! Replacing it takes time, there's no time..."

He paused, as if thinking of something.