When he looked up at Su Qingjiao again, he saw her shaking her head, her face pale: "Dad, this money can't be touched. It's what I'm going to return to my classmate."
When classmates were mentioned, Su's father recalled that someone had told him yesterday that his daughter spent 300,000 yuan to treat her classmates to a meal.
Three hundred thousand!
His father doesn't need that much money in a year.
Su's father zipped up the zipper, his eyes hardening, and angrily punched and kicked Su Qingjiao until his palms ached before he stopped.
"Clap clap clap—"
"You worthless thing, I raised you all these years, and this is how you treat me? If I hadn't come to Luzhou, I wouldn't know how carefree you and your mother are living here!"
"You just give me a pittance every month and you still dare to lie to me?!"
"I'm telling you two, send the money home on time next month, or I'll be living in Luzhou and keeping an eye on you! Bah, you two money-losing brats!"
After receiving the money, Su's father kicked Su Qingjiao again, then put on sunglasses and left humming a tune.
It felt as if all the bones in her body had been shattered. The pain made Su Qingjiao break out in a cold sweat. She had been holding back her tears while she was being beaten.
At this moment, having her 300,000 yuan stolen, Su Qingjiao broke down in despair and cried uncontrollably.
Why is she in such a miserable state?
Why does she have such a family?
Why does she have such a heartless father!
She really hated it; why didn't Su's father die?
Su Qingjiao sobbed softly, not daring to cry out loud. She cried until she had no tears left, then staggered to her feet, straightened her clothes, and walked towards the school.
Su Qingjiao entered the classroom before class started. When everyone in the classroom saw Su Qingjiao, who had disappeared for several days, they all stared wide-eyed. After realizing what had happened, they were both surprised and delighted.
They rushed to Su Qingjiao and questioned her about Sunday's events.
Su Qingjiao had already prepared an excuse. Faced with her classmate's questioning, she calmly replied, "I'm sorry, I was in a car accident that day, and the driver quickly took me to a private hospital."
"I didn't get back from the hospital until yesterday."
Everyone noticed that Su Qingjiao had lost a lot of weight in just a few days, and there were even bruises and scars on her face, which were deliberately covered up with concealer, making it impossible to tell whether she had been beaten or bumped.
As a result, most of the students believed Su Qingjiao's story once again.
Before Su Qingjiao could even catch her breath, a classmate said with a forced smile, "Miss Su, we couldn't reach you by phone after you left last time, and we couldn't find you anywhere. We couldn't pay that much money, so we're all stuck in the restaurant."
“After you left that day, we were so embarrassed that we could only cry and beg our parents to come and pay for us.”
“We can’t afford the Black Pearl Restaurant. If you hadn’t boasted that you would treat us to the whole meal, we wouldn’t have had to spend several months’ worth of living expenses on one meal.”
"Look, you're so rich, one of your bags costs more than two or three hundred thousand. See if you can pay me back for the meal."
"My parents have been calling me every day for the past few days, asking when I'm going to get the money back!"
Seeing that someone had spoken up, the others followed suit, trying to gain money from Su Qingjiao by playing the victim.
Su Qingjiao's expression changed slightly, her face turning ashen with embarrassment. She wanted to give it too, but all the money had been snatched away by her heartless father!
What can she do now?
She could only find another excuse to postpone it.
Su Qingjiao suddenly turned pale, clutched her chest, and said weakly, "I won't shortchange you on your money."
“I just came out of the hospital yesterday. The doctor told me to breathe more fresh air. With you all crowding around here, I feel a tightness in my chest and can’t breathe properly.”
Su Qingjiao's sycophant got angry when he heard this and quickly chased away the other people who were surrounding them.
Some followers even spoke up for her: "Miss Su is a rich and beautiful woman. How could she possibly shortchange you on a few thousand yuan for a meal? You're so ignorant."
"Scatter quickly! Didn't you hear Miss Su say she can't breathe?"
Although the students were sent back to their seats, most of them did not come from wealthy families, let alone families that could afford to spend thousands of dollars on a single meal.
Seeing that Su Qingjiao had been missing for several days, she made excuses to refuse to pay him as soon as she reappeared!
Many of the female classmates felt there was something very wrong with it.
Some students were too embarrassed to ask again and returned to their seats, thinking they would ask Su Qingjiao again when she recovered.
However, a few others stood a meter away from Su Qingjiao, their expressions shifting between anger and sneer, "You guys were all so eager to fawn over Miss Su, but when you couldn't get through to her on the phone that day, you all forgot what you were saying about her behind her back, didn't you?"
"Stop pretending you don't care about money. Have you forgotten how you cried and begged your parents for money at the restaurant?"
“Miss Su, we are indeed not worldly, and our family is not as well-off as yours. A meal costing nearly seven thousand yuan is almost my parents’ monthly salary.”
"For you, it's nothing, not even a drop in the ocean, but for us, it's a lot of money."
"Look at you, a beautiful, rich, and successful woman, when are you going to give me the money?"
Why are these people speaking so rudely after only a few days apart?
What do they mean?
Do you think she can't afford to pay?
Su Qingjiao's face suddenly turned cold, and she retorted in a harsh tone, "Do you think I would shortchange you? If you don't trust me, why did you go that day?"
"It's just a mere seven thousand yuan, isn't it?"
"I'm not in a good mood right now. Let's talk about this when I'm in a better mood."
The boy's face turned pale, but he was helpless against Su Qingjiao.
After all, he only went along because he wanted to get a bargain, and he ate the food himself. If he hadn't gone, he wouldn't be shamelessly asking Su Qingjiao for money now.
He looked around at his classmates and thought, "With so many people here, Su Qingjiao should give me the money in a few days, right?"
So the boy lowered his head and returned to his seat, no longer being aggressive.
Su Qingjiao breathed a sigh of relief, just as the bell rang.
Su Qingjiao thought to herself, the ringtone came just in time.
But before she could be happy for long, she heard rumors circulating in her class.
Some people began to doubt whether her identity was genuine.
She even cited her experience of buying a car two years ago as an example.
They didn't dare to question her directly, so they secretly went to ask her best friend Hao Min: "Hao Min, you and Su Qingjiao are best friends, you're inseparable at school."
"You're the only one in our school who was lucky enough to be invited to Su Qingjiao's villa."
"How big is her villa? How many servants does she have?"
"Now many classmates suspect that Su Qingjiao's villa is rented, and the same goes for the car she bought last time. If she is really a rich and beautiful woman, how come she can't even come up with tens of millions?"
Hao Min lowered her head to hide the fleeting sarcasm in her eyes; these idiots had finally realized something was wrong.
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