Zhou Lifang was so angry that she was shaking all over. "Well, now you even dare to talk back to your mother. I must teach you a lesson today!"
She stood up and was about to slap Su Man, but Su Man was quick to grab her arm and said coldly, "You want to hit me? If you don't want a penny from me in this life, then go ahead and hit me."
After saying that, she shook off Zhou Lifang's hand.
Zhou Lifang was unsure of Su Man's intentions, so when she brought up the matter of money, she took the opportunity to say, "In that case, you must give me the 50,000 yuan for this month's living expenses, plus the 100,000 yuan your brother spent on wine yesterday, a total of 150,000 yuan. This is what you must give me today. As for the 500,000 yuan your brother invested, you must hand it over to me this week."
Su Man was amused. "You're really asking for too much. Do you think I'm a bank? I can just give you hundreds of thousands of dollars just by saying so?"
"You don't ask Junjie for money when you don't have it. He's still short of hundreds of thousands of dollars for his great cause. Let me tell you, if you don't take care of your brother now, let alone him becoming rich in the future, he won't even remember who you are!"
"Oh, then you'd better not let him remember me."
Su Man didn't give Zhou Lifang a chance to speak and said directly, "You are my mother, so it is only right that I provide you with living expenses and support in your old age. How about this, I will give you 2,000 yuan every month from now on. My father died early, so it is enough for you to buy groceries and cook by yourself. As for Xiangyang, although he is my younger brother, he is already an adult. Even his parents don't have to support his life at his age. What's more, I am just his sister and have no obligation to pay for his extravagant lifestyle."
"What the hell, two thousand? You're giving it to a beggar!"
Ever since Xiang Man married into the Chen family, Zhou Lifang has been accustomed to a comfortable life. She can't bear to go back to living a miserable life now.
She pointed at Su Man's nose and scolded, "Xiangyang is your own brother, how can you say you don't care about him! Isn't it the responsibility of a sister to take care of her brother?"
"Take care of him? From childhood to adulthood, Xiangyang eats meat at every meal while I eat vegetables. Every morning, there's an egg at the bottom of your and Xiangyang's porridge bowls, but I don't. Xiangyang has new clothes to wear, but I can only wear his leftovers, and people laugh at me for being a tomboy. Every holiday, Xiangyang can go out and play games with his classmates, or go hiking with them, while I have to do odd jobs, hand out flyers, to supplement the family income. Since I went to college, not only have I not spent a penny from our family, but I've also used all my scholarship money to buy Xiangyang new clothes and a new phone. Tell me, how else do you want me to take care of him? Am I supposed to take care of him for the rest of his life?"
Su Man spoke out all the depression and injustice that Xiang Man had buried in her heart in one breath.
However, Zhou Lifang did not reflect on herself, but instead blamed Su Man, "You are so good, I raised you up in vain. I should have sold you to the countryside and let you live a hard life there. I'll see if you still complain."
Seeing Zhou Lifang was so stubborn, Su Man stopped talking and stood up, saying, "Since that's the case, I have nothing more to say to you. Tell Xiang Yang that from today on, I won't pay for him anymore. Tell him to fend for himself."
Seeing that Su Man was determined not to care about them, Zhou Lifang sat down on the ground and cried loudly, "Oh God, please open your eyes. Look at this ruthless person who doesn't even care about his own mother. What's the point of me living? I might as well die."
As she said that, she picked up the fruit knife on the table and tried to cut her wrists.
Tang Yiyi, who had been watching the show, hurried to pull her, "Auntie, please don't be upset. Miss Xiang will not ignore you. Hurry up and get up."
Seeing that she couldn't pull it up, she looked at Su Man and said very saintly, "Miss Xiang, Auntie is your biological mother. She gave birth to you. How could you treat her like this?"
Su Man glanced at her and said, "In that case, you will pay the money."
Tang Yiyi subconsciously refused, "I'm not her daughter, what does it have to do with me?"
Su Man raised the corner of her lips, "Yeah, whether I give it to you or not, what does it have to do with you?"
Tang Yiyi was choked so much that she stepped aside in silence.
At this point, Zhou Lifang went into a tantrum, desperate to kill herself. She pointed a fruit knife at her wrist and said, "If you don't pay me today, I'm going to die right here. I want everyone to know that you forced your own mother to death!"
Su Man tutted her tongue twice, "Since you have made your decision, I won't interfere."
She said to the hourly worker who was peeking from behind the corner, "Auntie, please get me the first aid kit. If my mother cuts her wrists and regrets it, bandage them for her. But if she insists on dying, don't mess around. After all, she's an old lady, and we have to obey her wishes."
The hourly worker suppressed a laugh and said, "Yes, Miss Xiang."
The first aid kit was placed on the table, and the hourly worker professionally arranged the gauze, bandages, scissors, and gentian violet neatly.
Under everyone's expectant gaze, Zhou Lifang felt that the fruit knife in her hand weighed a thousand pounds, and she couldn't throw it or cut it.
Facing Su Man's playful eyes, Zhou Lifang felt like a monkey in a circus.
She threw the fruit knife to the ground, climbed up from the ground with the help of the coffee table, and said sternly before leaving, "You wait!"
After saying that, she walked away dejectedly.
Su Man sneered and turned her gaze to Tang Yiyi, who had been fanning the flames. "Why? A little disappointed?"
Tang Yiyi looked embarrassed, "Miss Xiang, what are you talking about? I don't understand."
Su Man raised an eyebrow. "It doesn't matter if you don't understand. The baby will be waking up soon. Let's go back."
"Okay." Tang Yiyi forced a smile.
Su Man took a few steps and suddenly turned her head, "Don't forget to wear a mask."
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