Chapter 421: Hoarding Thousands upon Thousands for Natural Disasters, Raising a Child, I Let It Go 9
Su Mingzhu looked at the young man who appeared, recognizing him instantly from just a profile view.
As Su Mingzhu called out his name, both Wen Qingyu and Su Zhiruan turned to look, and Su Zhiruan, noticing Su Mingzhu's obvious agitation in the video, could tell from her expression that she knew who Wen Qingyu was.
"You know me?" Wen Qingyu felt no fondness for Su Mingzhu, especially after what he had seen on the surveillance footage just moments ago. Her scheming nature was clear to him, so he frowned and suddenly became uneasy.
The version of himself that hadn't lost his memory probably didn't know this Su Mingzhu...
The young man stole a glance at Su Zhiruan, noting that she looked as composed as ever.
"You, how can you be with Su Zhiruan! Did she do something to you?!" Su Mingzhu could no longer maintain her innocent facade, staring intently at the screen, at the young man standing beside Su Zhiruan.
Su Zhiruan raised an eyebrow, waiting for what was to come.
Being a child of a different plane, his social status wasn't supposed to be low, but since he had amnesia, and the original character was a hardworking laborer, the two together hadn't figured out the reason for their association.
"Su Zhiruan, you just wait, you're finished. How dare you abduct someone from the Wen Family, I'm calling the police right now!" Su Mingzhu's tone was threatening.
Su Zhiruan met her gaze with an expressionless face, "Me being with him is none of your business. Do you know him?"
Su Zhiruan stated this with certainty. If Wen Qingyu had appeared by Su Mingzhu's side in the original storyline, she had no reason not to know him, considering that in the story, Su Mingzhu had always been smitten with the young master of the Gu Family, constantly trying to get close to him.
"I! I––Su Zhiruan, stop pretending! Who in the nation doesn't know Wen Qingyu? What are you playing at now?!" Su Mingzhu took a deep breath, her eyes turning red, as if she were about to cry any second.
"Enough!" Su Mingzhu's father interrupted impatiently, "Are these matters more important than our lives? It's just a celebrity, why are you crying!"
He scolded Su Mingzhu in a low voice, then snatched the phone and glared venomously at Su Zhiruan, "I don't care what you do; we raised you, so we are your benefactors. You figure out how to send food here or come pick us up, or else, when the snow stops, watch how I won't kill you!"
Su Yaozu glanced at Su Mingzhu. If this had been the usual, he might have still respected this sister, but having seen her losing composure over a celebrity, he had begun to scorn her as well, "Dad's right; whether you're dating an older man or not doesn't matter to us, but surely you can't just watch us starve to death, right? I want to eat what you were eating just now! Double! Figure out a way to bring it here, and also buy me twenty-four packs of beer!"
"Big talk," Su Zhiruan sighed faintly.
Just when Su Mingzhu's father and Su Yaozu thought she had relented, they saw Su Zhiruan lift her head again, smiling at them, "There's a saying that goes, 'Dead men tell no tales.' Why don't you guess how long the four of you can survive without food or clean water?"
Through the video, Su Zhiruan watched as the faces of the Su Family darkened, their once assured and triumphant demeanor had shifted to one of anger and malice.
"Su Zhiruan, you wretched girl!!" Su Mingzhu's mother, who had been silent until now, couldn't hold back any longer. Her position in the family was the lowest, having always received the least amount of food. If it came down to it, she would certainly be sacrificed, which spurred her rage as she cursed the relaxed Su Zhiruan with a string of insults, "Having you and raising you to this age was like feeding a white-eyed wolf! Even raising a dog would've been better than having you! You cursed harlot! If I had known, I would've left you in a pit toilet!"
Unperturbed, Su Zhiruan returned to the couch with her phone and lay down carelessly, her tone lazy and casual, "Keep cursing. When the time comes that you don't have the strength or the food, it's definitely not me who will be starving to death."
"Su Zhiruan!! You're committing a crime!" At this point, Su Mingzhu couldn't care less about Wen Qingyu; she had received very little food, and if Su Zhiruan chose not to help, she would indeed starve to death.
With this thought, Su Mingzhu's mind filled with dread.
"Then why don't you tell me, what crime have I committed?" Su Zhiruan chuckled coldly, sitting cross-legged and casually taking a drink from a bottle she pulled from a drawer under the coffee table, "There's a heavy snowstorm outside, the snow is thicker than walls. I'm just a weak woman, how could I possibly take care of you?"
She then smiled again, although the smile didn't reach her eyes, "If we're talking about crimes, forcing a minor to drop out of school to work and support the family without paying a dime, by taking a look at the juvenile protection law, all of you could be looking at a real iron rice bowl. Happy now?"