Money Over Love
Copyright© 2026 by RomanticDoaist
Chapter 2: If we’re going to break up, let’s break up!
Lin Fan sat vigil in the crematorium all night. It wasn’t until after daybreak that the staff came over to urge him repeatedly. Only then did he reluctantly watch as his mother’s body was pushed into the cremation furnace.
Carrying the heavy urn, he returned to the Su family villa in the city’s east. He packed his belongings and placed the keys on the living room coffee table. Looking around the familiar surroundings, Lin Fan felt a bitter taste in his mouth.
This departure, he feared, would be forever. He didn’t regret it, nor did he feel the slightest bit of sentimentality.
“Lin Fan? Where the hell were you last night? You actually dared to stay out all night!”
The living room door was pushed open, and a group of four people walked in.
His gaze fell on a face of cold, stunning beauty, and Lin Fan couldn’t help but feel a twitch at the corner of his eye. She had a slender waist, shapely hips, and skin as white as snow. A sleeveless black pencil dress accentuated her elegant, fiery curves. Her long, perfectly shaped pale legs, clad in crystal high-heeled sandals, made her seem even taller and more graceful.
She was Su Mengqing, the beautiful CEO of Su Pharmaceutical and the famous, up-and-coming pharmaceutical queen of Haicheng.
Last night, at a birthday party for Young Master Chen’s beloved dog, Su Mengqing had stolen the spotlight. To celebrate their plan’s anticipated success, the family of three, along with her secretary Yang Tingting, had all gone out for a grand meal. They now returned, full and content, their faces brimming with joyful smiles.
“What are you doing? How could you bring something like that back here?”
When they saw Lin Fan silently pick up the urn from the table, the joyful expressions on all four faces stiffened and turned ugly.
His brother-in-law, Su Gang, spat out the toothpick he was chewing on and pointed at Lin Fan, bellowing, “Lin Fan, you’re getting bolder by the minute! If you keep this up, believe me, I’ll have Mengqing divorce you right now!”
His mother-in-law, Zhang Meili, her plump face sinking, shot him a familiar, threatening glare.
“Fine by me. I couldn’t ask for anything more,” Lin Fan said with an indifferent smile.
What ... what’s going on?
Zhang Meili and Su Gang exchanged a dumbfounded glance.
Based on past experience, shouldn’t Lin Fan be apologizing profusely, groveling until we’re satisfied? How has he become a completely different person after just one night?
“Lin Fan, that’s your mother’s ashes, isn’t it?” Su Mengqing’s elegant brows knitted together, a flash of displeasure in her beautiful eyes. “How can you bring them into the house? Aren’t you worried about the bad luck? Get them out of here, apologize to me, and I’ll pretend this never happened.”
“ ... Bad luck?” Lin Fan laughed again.
This villa, and even the entirety of Su Pharmaceutical, was earned for you by my mother. And now, you’re complaining that she’s bad luck right in front of her?
“Su Gang,” Lin Fan’s gaze turned colder by the second. “Do you remember four years ago when you were being hounded for gambling debts and nearly lost your life? It was my mother who pawned our ancestral treasured ring to help you pay them off!”
He turned his head to look at the somewhat shocked Zhang Meili. “And you, do you remember how you knelt before my mother, begging her for money?”
The living room fell silent, then exploded into chaos.
“Lin Fan, that’s all water under the bridge! What’s the point of bringing it up now?” Su Gang’s face flushed as he shouted, “Your mother did that willingly! I didn’t force her!”
“Exactly!” Zhang Meili’s plump face twisted in rage. “And hasn’t our family compensated you? We’ve supported you for four years for free. Isn’t that enough?”
Ever since the Su family had risen to prominence, she had considered kneeling to Lin Fan’s mother the greatest humiliation of her life. For Lin Fan to bring it up again was like a vicious slap across her face.
“Lin Fan, you should learn to be grateful,” Yang Tingting chimed in, scowling. “Director Su has already been more than benevolent by not looking down on you!”
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