NOVEL NEXT Chapter 27: Leaving the Su Family Without Looking Back
Chapter 27: Leaving the Su Family Without Looking Back
“Su Yuanshan, watch your mouth. The hands of working people are countless times cleaner than yours as a businessman. You have no right to insult him.”
Hearing Su Mu’s harsh words, Father Su flew into a rage and immediately grabbed the teacup beside him, hurling it violently.
Su Mu didn’t dodge, instead precisely catching the porcelain teacup with his hand, his fingers gripping the rim tightly.
The delicate teacup shattered under the external pressure.
The fragments flowed across Su Mu’s palm, falling to the ground and colliding with the marble tiles, making a crisp sound like percussion instruments.
A flash of astonishment crossed Father Su’s eyes – when had this child become so full of spirit and aggression?
Was it Su Ning’s arrival that had completely triggered him, causing such a dramatic change?
This personality change made him seem like a completely different person from a week ago.
But when Su Ning first came to the Su family, Su Mu hadn’t been so resistant. He had just seemed a bit more hurt and wronged than usual.
However, strangely enough, since waking up in the hospital that time, Su Mu seemed to have instantly experienced life’s ups and downs, displaying an agitation that came from seeing through everything and fully expressing the discontent and anger in his heart.
He could even clearly sense the hatred Su Mu held for him, for Yun Yanrou, and for Su Ning, and this hatred seemed to be deliberately suppressed.
Father Su naturally wouldn’t think of something as absurd as reincarnation.
He could only attribute Su Mu’s complete transformation to being unable to accept the sudden dramatic changes after the identity switch.
“I’m not discussing this with you today. Just give me the envelope in your hand.”
Father Su’s main purpose here was to get this item; as for Su Mu’s talk about leaving the Su family to seek out his birth father, Father Su didn’t believe it.
He just thought Su Mu was speaking out of anger, or perhaps deliberately using such words to attract his attention – just a child’s way of seeking attention.
“Give it to you?”
Su Mu’s gaze was mocking and sneering. “On what grounds?”
“Su Mu, are you going to argue with every single thing I say now?”
“Su Yuanshan, your words are ridiculous. What right do you have to demand my belongings? Because of your thick face?”
Su Mu’s eyes flashed with sharp light as he directly exposed Father Su’s hypocrisy, pressing forward step by step. “Or are you planning to seize my things, perhaps to turn what’s mine into someone else’s?”
Then, Su Mu’s eyes curved with a hint of crimson, like a hunter toying with prey, enjoying the changing expressions on Father Su’s face.
From bewilderment to disbelief, to panic, finally uttering, “You! You knew all along?”
No wonder, no wonder he was acting so unusually today.
Father Su didn’t bother asking how he knew, only assuming that he must have overheard his conversations with Mother Su.
He attributed Su Mu’s recent dramatic personality change to hearing about this matter, concluding that this was why he harbored resentment towards all of them and was acting so rebellious.
He had rationalized it all in his mind.
Su Mu waved the still-warm letter in his hand, “I’ll be keeping this. Now that I know about everything, whether you interfered or not, I will definitely protect my rights. I advise you not to have any designs on my things.”
With that, Su Mu went upstairs, ignoring Father Su’s sour face, leaving him to glare viciously at his retreating back.
Father Su slammed his hand on the table in anger, ‘Not only disobedient, but even daring to threaten him.’
He had considered having someone secretly destroy Su Mu’s invitation letter or steal it.
But Su Mu’s final words about pursuing his legal rights made it clear that no matter what he did, Su Mu would take action, so there was no point in trying anything.
After all, if Su Mu made this matter public, it would be more harmful than beneficial to the Su family.
He could only temporarily abandon this idea.
But this meant that Su Ning’s choice of major had become another headache.
That night, before bed, Father Su discussed this with Mother Su. Mother Su remembered what Su Ning had told her that day and mentioned something about acting.
But after one glare from Father Su, she fell silent. He spent a sleepless night worrying, but nothing could have prepared him for what happened the next day.
He trembled as he clutched a note listing various expenses – left by Su Mu, ending with the words: “I will repay every cent of these expenses to the Su family. From now on, Su Ning and I will return to our original lives. – Su Mu”
After reading it, Father Su crumpled the paper and threw it forcefully away, clearly furious.
“Fine, Su Mu, fine. Since this is how you want it, don’t blame me for being heartless.”
Father Su immediately ordered Su Mu’s cards to be canceled. As for Su Mu’s promise to repay the money, he dismissed it as nonsense. Without the Su family’s support, where would he get the money?
Mother Su, who had also read the contents, worried about another matter, “What about the Chu family? For the arranged marriage, should we send Ning instead?”
Su Ning, who had just come downstairs, paused upon hearing these words.
“Don’t worry about the marriage arrangement. I met with the Chu family patriarch the day before yesterday. He indicated that whether Su Mu marries Chu Hanting or not, the Chu family will still provide the hundred million to the Su family.”
Mother Su patted her chest in relief, “That’s good then.”
Hearing this, Su Ning continued walking downstairs, remembering the man she had seen at the Su house that day – tall and imposing, looking rather intimidating. According to rumors, he had a gloomy personality. If she had to marry such a man, she would surely only end up being bullied after marriage.
Let Su Mu have that fortune.
She would marry into a prestigious family in the capital and inherit the Su family fortune.
Meanwhile, Su Mu wasn’t worried at all about his frozen bank cards.
Since his return through rebirth, he had been prepared to make a clean break from the Su family, so he hadn’t used any of the cards they gave him, relying instead on money he had earned from his previous part-time jobs.
Now Su Mu was squeezed into a subway car, wearing simple sweats, having left all the expensive shirts and such behind at the Su house.
His suitcase was mostly empty, containing only basic necessities and a few changes of clothes.
Su Mu’s confidence in leaving came from having his household registration book in his possession, meaning he could change his registration after reconnecting with his birth father.
He couldn’t help but feel fortunate that the Su family hadn’t given him spending money before, forcing him to use his household registration to earn money and handle his own affairs. The Su family had let him manage his own matters, so they had given him control of his household registration book early on.
They probably never imagined the absurd situation of switched young masters would occur later.
Taking the subway to the outskirts of the capital, Su Mu opened the notes on his phone, where he had written down his birth father’s address that he had remembered after his rebirth.