Chapter 306 - Severed Ties (1)
Chapter 306: Severed Ties (1)
Su Ruixin drew herself closer to Joy with a smile. She said gently, “Joy, you’re right. He’s a bad guy. But, those who are related to the bad guys are not always bad guys. You’re his son, are you also a bad guy?”
Joy was stunned. He hurriedly said, “I’m not a bad guy.”
“Exactly. Even though I’m the bad guy’s mother, I am not a bad guy.”
As Su Ruixin said this, she could not help but make quips to herself. How could her son be so useless?! He still had not regained his wife after such a long time. As a result, his grandson had to call her by her surname. It sounded like she was a stranger to him. Even so, she could not object to this, how painful was that?!
Joy was only four years old. He certainly was no match to an adult. In just a moment, he was convinced by Su Ruixin. He stupidly thought what his grandma said made some sense. So, he nodded dumbly.
When Su Ruixin saw Joy nod his head, she worked harder by continuing, “Since I’m not a bad guy, you shouldn’t have transferred your hatred of the bad guy to me. It’s unfair to me. If you hate me, I’ll be very sad.”
While Su Ruixin said this, she once again brought out her great acting skill. She used the same trick. She put on a sad face and became engrossed in her acting.
Looking at Su Ruixin’s pitiful face that was about to cry, Joy panicked. He hurriedly said, “I don’t hate you, Grandma Su. Don’t cry, Grandma Su.”
The moment Su Ruixin heard his words, she immediately held back her crocodile tears. She still maintained the same pitiful look, and asked for comfort, “Is it true?”
“It’s true! It’s true!”
“In the future, if you see that bad guy bullying your mother, you come over and tell me, I will help you to teach the bad guy a lesson.”
“Really? That’s cool!” When Joy heard her words, his large eyes sparkled.
“Of course! He is my son. It’s the parents’ rightful duty to educate their children.” Joy was looking at Su Ruixin with admiration, the moment Su Ruixin saw this, she immediately gave in to him, and totally forgot her actual purpose of coming over and forming a close bond with her grandson.
‘What?! How could I switch sides at the last minute! How about my good-for-nothing son? Who is going to care about him?! Why do I still need a son when I already have a grandson?!’
Joy nodded his head as if he understood her words. He whispered to her, “I am a good boy and I know things, Mother wouldn’t punish me.”
“Yes, yes, yes. You’re right. You’re a good boy. How could your mother be willing to reprimand you? Instead, the bad guys deserve to be taught a lesson.”
Duan Yarong fell speechless. She quietly stood at the side, looking at the child and the adult each talking bad about their father and son. She sincerely felt sorry for Mu Tingfeng.
Regardless, the relationship between the two with a generational gap improved rapidly as they discussed the same topic.
By the time Mu Tingfeng sensed something was not right, it was already… too late. At that time, Su Ruixin was already spellbound by Joy and sided with Zhao Youlin with no qualms at all.
Of course, all this would happen next.
Under the deliberate exaggeration of entertainment magazines, the incident of Li Hongyu being arrested topped the charts for many days. It remained at the top of the list.
Mu Tingfeng had instructed the publishers that they could only target Li Hongyu and Zhao Youxi instead of the entire Zhao family.
However, once the gossips were leaked out, they spread like a wildfire. Moreover, Li Hongyu and Zhao Youxi were the second madam of the Zhao family and second young lady of the Zhao family respectively. The incident was more or less related to Zhao Youlin. Even if the mass media did not relate the topic to the Zhao family on purpose, the others would inevitably relate the incident to the Zhao family.
To everyone’s surprise, regardless of how sensational the news was in Shalnork, the Zhao family never made any public announcement regarding the incident.
Zhao Shunrong, Zhao Youlin, and even the former master of the Zhao family turned a blind eye toward the incident.
The people who had reported the news in the organizations were highly experienced. Given Li Hongyu and her daughter’s status in the family, coupled with the fact that the Zhao family did not act on it, they immediately understood how the Zhao family had viewed the incident.
Therefore, the publishers did not have the slightest bit of hesitation in them and grew increasingly outrageous in reporting the incident.
While the gossips were rampant and appeared with various versions, Zhao Youlin and the rest were indifferent toward the incident. Instead, a certain one who could no longer hold back himself was the first one to speak up.
When it came to the third day after Li Hongyu was arrested, Zhao Shuncheng, the man whom she had attached to for more than a decade, and even conceived his children to tie him, the same man whom she had thought would not leave her alone to fend for herself, finally, this man refused to be let alone and stood up. He made an outrageous statement in front of the reporters.
In his statements, he shamelessly stated that while Li Hongyu was married into the Zhao family, they had not had any official ceremony. Besides, Zhao Youxi was not stated in the Zhao family’s genealogy. In other words, the two were not recognized by the Zhao family.
What the two had done were at their own costs, and had nothing to do with him at all.
In fact, when he discovered their deeds, he was very shocked, and he felt heartache. He said he had been deeply disappointed after all that he had done for them over the years. He had even been deceived and kept in the dark for so long. He shuddered at their misdeeds.
Right after the statements were made, the onlookers who wanted chaos went into an instant uproar. One had to say, Zhao Shuncheng had truly given his all when he decided to act so shamelessly.
Over the years, or rather when Zhao Youlin’s mother was still alive, Zhao Shuncheng always paired up with Li Hongyu whenever they went. His action had implied to the public that Li Hongyu was his wife.
Now, he took back his words and even revealed various so-called evidence to prove himself. Only then did the public realize that when Li Hongyu was married into the Zhao family, she had not had any official ceremony with Zhao Shuncheng, be it having a marriage certificate nor a wedding.
On one hand, it was because Li Hongyu’s status was truly disgraceful. However, the major reason was because Zhao Shuncheng had never treated Li Hongyu as an equal with himself from the bottom of his heart.
To Zhao Shuncheng, Li Hongyu was only one of the many women he had an affair with over the years. The only thing she was better than other women was that she was very good at winning Zhao Shuncheng’s heart, and also had given birth to two children.
Therefore, he rewarded her with all that she had deserved, he rewarded her for all the values she had brought out of herself.
However, once the day came when the woman caused him troubles more than her own values, Zhao Shuncheng would kick her out of his life without hesitation.
The pitiful Li Hongyu had never earned an official status even after staying by Zhao Shuncheng’s side for a very long time. She had even ended up a worthless, abandoned woman.