Money Over Love
Copyright© 2026 by RomanticDoaist
Chapter 13: Scram!
SLAP!
Su Mengqing’s body trembled violently as she shakily lifted her hand. Then, she fiercely struck her own tear-streaked face.
“Is that enough? Are you satisfied now?” she sobbed, turning her head to scream hysterically.
“Not enough. Not even close.”
Lin Fan finally stopped tapping on his phone. The sight brought immense relief to Zhang Meili and the others, who had been watching, scared out of their wits. It was as if they had been granted a great pardon.
“Su Mengqing, drop the act like you’re the one who has been wronged to death!” Lin Fan looked up from his phone, his eyes bloodshot. “Compared to what your Su family did to my mother, you haven’t even started to pay the interest! What right do you have to feel wronged? You still have no idea how you even got to where you are today!”
“Fine, fine, fine ... You’ve won. You and your mother have won. I, Su Mengqing, am the despicable one! I’m the one with a cruel heart!”
SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!
Su Mengqing laughed with bitter resentment, tears streaming down her face as she raised her hand again, slapping her cheeks hard.
The crisp sound of each slap echoed relentlessly within the mourning hall, leaving Yuan Tao and the others, who had just arrived outside, completely dumbfounded.
What the hell is going on? Didn’t the investigation report say Lin Fan was a complete pushover in the Su family? He has his mother-in-law, brother-in-law, and wife all kneeling on the ground, weeping and begging for mercy. This isn’t a pushover; this is beyond arrogant and domineering!
“Lin Fan, Mengqing has apologized! What more do you want? Do you truly have no regard for our past?”
Just then, the kneeling Zhang Meili also burst into tears.
“Have you forgotten? When you and your mother first came to Haicheng, it was Mengqing’s grandfather who took pity on you, a widow and her orphan son, and helped you! He let you live in the Su family’s old house for free, giving you a place to shelter you from the wind and rain! Later, he even introduced the college-educated Mengqing to you, secretly setting you two up!” she wiped her tears, screaming at the top of her lungs. “You always say the Su family owes your mother, but what you and your mother owe the Su family is a debt you can never repay in a lifetime!”
“ ... Mr. Lin, saving a life is the priority,” Yuan Youwei said to Lin Fan in a low voice, her expression complex. “Just say the word, and I can decide the fate of the Su family for you.”
She wasn’t pleading out of sympathy for them. Rather, Mr. Yuan Sr. had already been brought to the door. They had delayed for too long, and she feared it was truly too late.
“ ... Fine. All of you, get out of here. And don’t bother me again.” Lin Fan exhaled a ragged breath, his jaw clenching repeatedly.
He truly wasn’t as heartless as the Su family. He couldn’t bring himself to be completely ruthless. Su Pharmaceutical was founded by Mr. Su Sr., the product of a lifetime of effort. To ask him to personally destroy the life’s work of that kind-hearted old man ... Lin Fan just couldn’t do it.
“Hmph, so you do have a conscience, remembering how well Mr. Su Sr. treated you and your mother!” Hearing this, Zhang Meili fiercely wiped her tears and shot to her feet. She stuck out a chubby hand, her old, sullen expression returning. “Give me the phone! I’m deleting everything you posted right now!”
“Lin Fan, if my grandfather saw how ungrateful you are, he’d slap you to death!” Su Gang shouted viciously, having let go of Yang Tingting.
The mother and son had regained their confidence, their voices growing louder. Even Su Mengqing stopped prostrating, gritting her teeth as she staggered to her feet. The three of them seemed to believe they could control Lin Fan again by exploiting his sense of guilt toward Mr. Su Sr.
“Are you insane?” A mocking smile curled Lin Fan’s lips, as if he were looking at idiots. “I am only letting your disruption of this mourning hall slide out of respect for Mr. Su Sr.”
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