Chapter 49 - 49 49 Heart-wrenching

49: Chapter 49: Heart-wrenching 49: Chapter 49: Heart-wrenching No one would have expected this well-to-do lady to suddenly lash out.

Thus, no one had time to stop her, and the nearby officers didn’t react in time either.

Zhu Xinyan had already pounced on Su Lu, fiercely scratching her face.

Su Lu managed to turn her head in time, but her cheek was still scratched by Zhu Xinyan’s well-maintained long fingernails, leaving several red marks.

“What are you doing!” The officer immediately reacted and hastily stopped her.

Zhu Xinyan’s eyes were red as she glared at Su Lu.

She was a mistress turned wife, with no real skills or family background, and had lived a wealthy wife’s life under Su Yukan’s patronage after getting married.

Her circle consisted of wealthy wives, even those like her, who had a dubious rise to wealth.

Therefore, although she had heard some not-so-good things about the Su Family in Feng City, because she couldn’t reach any higher social circles, the voices she heard were always limited.

In the circle of wealthy wives she could reach, since they too were from dubious origins, they probably wouldn’t find the Su Family’s dubious family values unacceptable.

Even though Zhu Xinyan had heard about the Su Family’s reputation, she didn’t take it too seriously, or rather, she deliberately ignored it.

But now, Su Lu had directly brought it up, using phrases like “selling for a good price” and “pimping”.

This was the same as when she and others had mocked Su Lu for marrying into the Gu Family, saying she had sold for a good price.

She found it unbearable.

Moreover, because of Su Lu, her precious daughter had been detained in such a place for a night!

Zhu Xinyan was simply furious.

The officer intervened, so she couldn’t continue to physically attack Su Lu.

So she started speaking recklessly instead.

Zhu Xinyan spitefully spat out, “Ptui!

You dare to compare yourself to my daughter?

What are you?

Just a picked-up bag of blood, we pitied you and raised you all this time, do you really think you’re something?”

Su Lu’s face turned somewhat pale.

Hearing her words, Su Yukan frowned and interjected, “Why say such things, stop it.”

But Zhu Xinyan, furious as she was, didn’t stop, “I will speak!”

She pointed at Su Lu, “A wild girl who grew up in the mud, marrying you off to the Gu family was a mercy!

Otherwise, do you think you’d be worth such a high price, match such a high social status?

If we hadn’t looked up to you, Old Su wouldn’t have even needed to break you up from your poor little boyfriend, you were meant to be with someone like that!”

“That’s exactly where you belong!

And you dare look down on Gu Xin?

He never looked up to you!

Since it’s over between you and Gu Xin, it’s good, we sold you once, we can sell you a second time!”

“You really think we’re out of bargaining chips?

Five years ago, we used that poor boyfriend of yours to make you comply, five years later, we can use other bargaining chips to make you obey, don’t forget, your cheap brother Su Yi, do you think we raised him for nothing?

If it wasn’t for your value, could he have had such a comfortable life?

Do you think our family runs a charity?!”

Despite having already experienced how malicious people can be, hearing Zhu Xinyan’s excruciating words, Su Lu still couldn’t help but feel a chill in her limbs.

She had always been clear about her identity and her circumstances from a young age, and had always reserved her feelings towards this family.

But it was different for Su Yi; he was young when he came to the Su Family, and he truly considered the Su Family his own home.

The officer was stunned by the side.

Mainly because Zhu Xinyan’s words were heavily loaded, it took a while for anyone to fully grasp and untangle them, which is why they hadn’t stopped Zhu Xinyan from speaking sooner.

Finally, the officer reacted, “Uh, we’ve said to keep it quiet!

Why are you getting louder?!”

Zhu Xinyan, still angry, while Su Yukan, perhaps because of Zhu Xinyan’s previous words, seemed a bit embarrassed, either from the disgrace of airing family dirty laundry, or from the shame of committing despicable acts.

The officer then asked Su Lu, “Uh, do you want to sign a settlement with the other party?”

This even felt absurd to say— who would sign a peace agreement with someone who had just insulted them like that?

Su Lu didn’t utter a word and turned to leave.

“Su Lu!” Su Yukan called out to her.

But Su Lu didn’t stop for a second, and without turning her head, she walked out.

The officer thought to himself, “That’s the normal reaction.

If she had actually signed the settlement, she would have been too easy a target.”

Su Lu hurried out, completely unaware of the tall figure standing at the corner of the wall.

Bo Jingshen stood there with his eyes red.

He had arrived just before Zhu Xinyan rushed up and got rough with Su Lu.

Considering Su Lu’s pride, he hadn’t planned on showing himself so suddenly, not knowing Zhu Xinyan would become violent.

He couldn’t help but want to rush out immediately.

Then, he heard everything Zhu Xinyan said afterward.

Too much content, too much information.

But he also realized too much.

Those heartbreaking keywords, no matter who heard them, the malicious intent was unmistakable.

Picking up the rescued blood bags, pitying you, the wild girl who grew up in the mud, selling you to the Gu Family was a favor to you, do you even deserve it?

No need to tear you apart from that poor boyfriend, if sold once, can be sold again.

If your poor boyfriend can force you to comply, other bargaining chips can make you obedient too.

These words, full of malice to anyone who heard them, were especially excruciating in Bo Jingshen’s ears.

Picking up the rescued blood bags…

Bo Jingshen clearly remembered Su Lu’s blood type, the rare “panda blood”.

When he first found out, he was quite surprised—it was extremely rare after all.

She had just smiled wryly and said that being too rare wasn’t exactly good.

At that time, Bo Jingshen thought that Su Lu meant it was dangerous because it was so rare, making any accident potentially more hazardous than for normal people.

But thinking about it now, perhaps what Su Lu had meant was entirely different.

Rescued blood bags?

Whose blood bags was she?

Bo Jingshen felt as if his bones were turning cold inch by inch.

Breaking her up from that poor boyfriend, using your poor boyfriend to make you comply…

Bo Jingshen’s eyes were as if stained with blood.

His steps were slightly unsteady as he slowly walked out.

He saw Su Lu standing at the storefront of a convenience store, holding an ice-cold bottle of water to her face, applying it to the red marks scraped by Zhu Xinyan’s long nails.

Bo Jingshen took a few deep breaths to calm down, walked up to her, and took the bottle of ice water from her hands to help her apply it to her face.

Su Lu was clearly distracted, so much so that she didn’t notice Bo Jingshen approaching until he took the ice water from her hands.

“You should have let me in.

If I had been there, at least no one would dare to hit you.”