Money Over Love
Copyright© 2026 by RomanticDoaist
Chapter 24: Become a street rat everyone shouts at
At this moment, in a private hospital room, Su Mengqing, who had been so furious she coughed up blood and fainted, slowly opened her eyes.
“Mengqing!”
“Director Su, you’re finally awake! You scared us to death!” Zhang Meili and Yang Tingting, who were at her bedside, cried out in joyous relief.
“The post ... That’s right! The post Lin Fan made on the National Medicine Forum! Hurry, find a way to delete it!” A flicker of confusion crossed Su Mengqing’s brow before her expression hardened. She remembered everything Lin Fan had done at the wake last night.
“Don’t worry, Mengqing.” Zhang Meili took her hand with a smile and cast an approving glance at Yang Tingting. “Tingting already contacted the forum administrators. She spent a little money and got it handled.”
“You’re too kind, Mrs. Zhang,” Yang Tingting said, her face glowing with pride. “It’s my job to help ease Director Su’s burdens. It was the least I could do.”
She then added, “Director Su, we also got the formula. We don’t have to worry about Lin Fan threatening us anymore!”
“Yes ... we finally got it...” A bitter taste filled Su Mengqing’s mouth.
They had indeed successfully retrieved the formula during last night’s commotion. But in the process, she had allowed that dog Lin Fan to leak the Injury Ointment Prescription!
Fortunately, it was late at night, so the leak probably didn’t spread too far. As long as we’re willing to spend the money, we can slowly bring the situation under control!
Su Mengqing let out a quiet sigh of relief, her heart finally feeling a little lighter.
Just then, Yang Tingting spoke up hesitantly, “Director Su, Mrs. Zhang ... there’s something I’m not sure I should tell you.”
“Spit it out!” Su Mengqing took a deep breath, steeling herself for more bad news. “I’m Su Mengqing. What is there that I can’t handle?”
Zhang Meili also turned to glare at Yang Tingting.
“ ... This morning, Haicheng’s number one powerhouse, the Yuan family, put out a notice in the headlines. They’re holding a funeral for someone,” Yang Tingting said, watching their reactions cautiously.
“What? Could it be Mr. Yuan Sr.? He hasn’t been seen in public for half a year,” Su Mengqing said, her pupils contracting.
Even Zhang Meili’s jaw dropped in shock.
Yuan Tianguang was the Chairman of the Haicheng Chamber of Commerce and one of the founders of the medical procurement conference. If he were to suddenly pass away, it could greatly affect the scheduled start of the conference!
“No, no, no, not Mr. Yuan Sr. It’s ... Lin Fan’s mother, Lin Suxin!” Yang Tingting said nervously, her voice dropping. “I don’t know why the Yuan family would hold a funeral for an outsider, but the memorial portrait in the news was definitely Lin Suxin. There’s no mistake!”
BOOM.
At that revelation, Zhang Meili’s face changed. Su Mengqing’s body trembled as she violently gripped the bedsheets.
So it’s true. My worst suspicion has become a reality. Those two women at the wake last night were from the Yuan family! And they must be from the direct family line. Otherwise, they would never have had the authority to convince the Yuan family to hold a funeral for Lin Fan’s mother!
“Hmph! That dog must have stepped in shit to get this lucky, managing to latch onto such powerful backers!” Zhang Meili cursed, fuming.
“I doubt Lin Fan will actually become part of the Yuan family,” Yang Tingting said indignantly. “Perhaps Lin Suxin did them a great favor once, maybe she saved one of their own?”
“Heh, I really underestimated Lin Fan. What skill, what methods!” Su Mengqing laughed, a vein throbbing on her pale neck. She felt just as bitter.
She had initially thought that after Lin Fan packed his bags and left, he would end up miserable. Then, he would have to bow to reality, crying and begging for her to take him back! But now it seemed that not only was the dog not down on his luck, he had soared to the heavens in a single step!
Thinking back to everything she had said when Lin Fan left the Su family, her breathing grew heavy, and her face burned with humiliation.
Seeing Su Mengqing’s intense anger, Zhang Meili and Yang Tingting exchanged a look. “Mengqing, don’t waste your anger on trash like him,” Zhang Meili began, her tone dismissive. “He’s just a good-for-nothing freeloader who has always relied on women.
“He used to rely on his mother, Lin Suxin, to survive, looking like some half-dead ghost. Then he had to rely on you!