Upon seeing Zhou Yi sitting on the living room sofa, Su's mother cried out and ran to Zhou Yi, sobbing, "Young Master Zhou, you must avenge my daughter!"
"My daughter has been kidnapped for several days and has suffered so much. Those damned thugs even threatened Jiaojiao, saying they wouldn't let her call the police, and said things like..."
"Look at her, Jiaojiao has lost so much weight, it's heartbreaking."
Su Qingjiao also came over with tears in her eyes, and asked heartbrokenly, "Zhou Yi, don't you care about me anymore? We ate together at the Black Pearl Restaurant that day."
"I've been kidnapped, why won't you come to rescue me?"
“During the days I was kidnapped, I waited for you to rescue me day and night. I even tried to call you for help, but you didn’t listen and hung up on me.”
Are you really that heartless?
"Even a stranger on the street wouldn't stand idly by for me! How can you be so cold-hearted about our three or four years of relationship!"
Zhou Yi remained unmoved as the two women complained in unison.
He even looked at Su Qingjiao with a half-smile!
This blatant probing gaze humiliated Su Qingjiao greatly, as if something had happened to her!
Zhou Yi said with a mocking smile, "What kind of relationship do we have? Why should I care whether you live or die?"
"Besides, why did those people kidnap you instead of someone else? Why don't you reflect on your own actions?"
"Besides, you're back safe and sound, aren't you? You didn't lose anything, so don't look at me like that. You've been staying out all night for so many days, I find you disgusting!"
Looking at Su Qingjiao's swollen and red face and her bruised and purple neck, Zhou Yi continued to stab her in the back: "Next time you come to see me, remember to cover up the marks on your body first."
"The heir to the prestigious Zhou Group doesn't pick up junk!"
With each word Zhou Yi spoke, Su Qingjiao's face paled a little more.
Hearing Zhou Yi call her trash and say he thought she was dirty, Su Qingjiao felt her legs go weak and she almost fell over.
With lightning speed, Su's mother caught Su Qingjiao and secretly pinched her arm hard to bring her back to reality.
Su's mother pinched her with all her might, causing Su Qingjiao's tears to stream down her face.
She cried out in anguish, sobbing as she demanded, "Zhou Yi, you have no heart! I've suffered so much these past few days, hoping you would comfort me, but what you think of me, what you think of me..."
"Although I, Su Qingjiao, am poor, I have integrity. I will never sell my pure and holy body for the sake of saving my life!"
“I’m not like you. You were born surrounded by money, able to do whatever you want, toying with the feelings of us poor people from a high and mighty position, taking things away whenever you want.”
"Actually, you're the poorest one! Without money, Zhou Yi, you're nothing!"
Su's mother's pupils widened, unable to believe that her daughter would say such a thing.
She wanted to go up and shut Su Qingjiao up, but it was too late.
Su's mother had only one thought: It's over, it's over!
Su Qingjiao regretted her words as soon as they left her mouth, worried that Zhou Yi would be furious.
But when she saw Zhou Yi's calm expression, Su Qingjiao breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that her words had made Zhou Yi start to reflect, and she became even more arrogant and domineering in suppressing Zhou Yi.
"I am poor, but I am happy. I have two hands that I can work hard for myself, firm ideals, and a pure soul."
"Unlike you, living a life of extravagance and debauchery without any dreams, your life was planned out from birth."
"Zhou Yi, sometimes I really feel sorry for you—"
Zhou Yi suddenly raised his hand slightly.
To Su Qingjiao's astonishment, she saw Zhou Yi's lips curl slightly, revealing a half-smile, and he even clapped his hands perfunctorily, as if to exaggerate how right she had just said.
He sneered, "Well said, right! Su Qingjiao, I tainted you with money before, I didn't know you had such lofty ideals."
"Now I realize that what you want is to work hard with your own two hands. To you, giving you money is an insult."
"very good!"
"Butler Cao, sell all the luxury items she secretly moved to the basement, as well as the things in the maid's room! Have someone come and buy back all items worth more than one hundred yuan!"
"All the money from selling these things will go towards paying off the debt. Didn't she refuse to spend the Zhou family's money?"
"Don't worry, Su Qingjiao, I'll grant your wish! I'll make you pay it all back, and I'll put the rest on your tab so you won't get tainted by the stench of money, and so you won't have to cheat yourself into breaking locks and selling bags for cash."
Su's mother looked as if the sky had fallen.
Su Qingjiao looked shocked and terrified, her lips trembling slightly. She opened her mouth, wanting to explain.
That's not what she meant at all!
She just pitied Zhou Yi for being so greedy!
Why did Zhou Yi accept her luxury goods? Why is he making her pay back the money?! Why?! Why?! These were all gifts from Zhou Yi!
Zhou Yi snapped his fingers, and the servants who had been loafing around in the living room listening to gossip immediately understood and rushed towards the maid's room and the basement.
Su Qingjiao's face turned pale. If it weren't for those luxury goods, how could she maintain her public image?
How can she still pretend to be a rich and beautiful girl at school!
No! Don't!
Su Qingjiao tried to stop him, but Zhou Yi's next words were like plunging her into hell.
"And this dress you're wearing was made by hand, stitch by stitch, at an expensive price."
"Tsk tsk, this is so insulting to you! How could someone as pure and innocent as you, with such integrity, wear such expensive clothes? Men, strip them off!"
After saying that, Zhou Yi got up, turned around, and went upstairs.
Upon receiving the order, the servants immediately went up and began to strip Su Qingjiao of her clothes.
Su Qingjiao clung tightly to her clothes, refusing to let them touch them. Her mother gasped and quickly rushed over to protect her daughter's expensive clothes.
"These are all luxury items. Can you afford to pay for them if you tear them?"
Su's mother angrily rebuked them, trying to dissuade them with the exorbitant price.
The servants, who had already received Zhou Yi's orders, were naturally unafraid. With a tug-of-war between them and the mother and daughter, the handmade clothes tore in two with a ripping sound.
Seeing her clothes torn in two, Su Qingjiao broke down in tears.
I felt even more wronged and devastated than when I was tormented in the old town.
At that time, she was convinced that Zhou Yi would come to save her.
At this moment, Zhou Yi ordered the servants to tear off her clothes, leaving her naked in front of them and trampling on her dignity.
She hated Zhou Yi's heartlessness.
Zhou Yi was already seated in his study, but he could still hear Su's mother's hysterical shouts and beatings outside, along with Su Qingjiao's broken cries: "Ahhh, no! Waaaaah..."
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