Chapter 515 - Hoist By His Own Petard (1)
Chapter 515: Hoist By His Own Petard (1)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Based on Zhao Youlin’s understanding of Zhao Shuncheng and his family, most of the inheritance left by the predecessor’s mother to her had probably been spent away by Zhao Shuncheng. That’s why she had played along just now and tried to test him.
It turned out that the truth was just as she expected. She only briefly brought it up, and Zhao Shuncheng just admitted it without her asking him directly.
This inheritance might be a windfall in the eyes of others, but for the current Zhao Youlin, it was nothing.
If Zhao Shuncheng hadn’t come to her today and asked for things that he wasn’t entitled to, Zhao Youlin would not even bother to ask him for those things.
That’s why people said that life was just so full of drama. A certain someone would not have gotten himself in trouble had he not asked for it, yet some people just liked to look for trouble.
When Zhao Shuncheng heard Zhao Youlin asking him to go and ask the things he had given out back and return them to her again, his expression quickly became interesting.
After secretly taking several deep breaths, he managed to suppress the rage he felt. He forced a smile and said, “Youlin, it is true that I made a mistake on this. But I really didn’t know that these things were left for you by your mother. The jewelry was left behind by that bitch Li Hongyu. I saw that they were just sitting there taking up spaces, that’s why I took it out and gave it away. If I had known that these were your mother’s belongings, I would not have given them away.”
After Zhao Shuncheng said that, Zhao Youlin could not help but sneer again. This man really never forgot to shirk his responsibility.
He knew it clearly that the predecessor’s mother and Li Hongyu were already dead, so he had no pressure pinning all the blame on them and disassociating himself from it. He was so thick-skinned!
Duan Yarong and the others naturally did not believe his explanation as well. Instead of softening up, their glare toward him only became even more loathsome.
Zhao Youlin had her hands crossed and looked at Zhao Shuncheng with a faint smile on her face. She said, “Oh, I see. In that case, Li Hongyu was the one who took it upon herself to pocket my mother’s belongings. And we all wronged you, is that what you are saying, Uncle Shuncheng?”
Zhao Shuncheng only thought that Zhao Youlin had believed him, so he kept nodding and agreeing with her.
Zhao Youlin snorted. The corners of her lips were tinged with a cynical sneer. “Even if you weren’t the one who pocketed my mother’s belongings, my mother and you were still husband and wife who had lived together for several years. You couldn’t even remember the several special jewels that belonged to her? Looks like you two weren’t close at all.”
The smile on Zhao Shuncheng’s face stiffened instantly. His lips twitched and he was ready to defend himself again.
However, Zhao Youlin had lost the patience to listen to his excuses. “Forget it. My mother has died for more than a decade, so there is no point in pursuing this matter now. The only thing that I care about now is when are you going to return those things my mother left for me back then to me, Uncle Shuncheng?”
Zhao Shuncheng was stunned. Zhao Youlin might be smiling now, but in his eyes, she was like a glamorous but poisonous beauty snake that would lunge at him and bite his throat at any time and kill him with its venomous fangs.
“About that…” Zhao Shuncheng’s forehead broke out in cold sweat.
“Yes?” Zhao Youlin let out a soft whisper, and Zhao Shuncheng clearly felt the gazes of the others in the office becoming a little more hostile toward him.
Zhao Shuncheng swallowed his saliva hard and he could not figure out the situation. He was here to ask Zhao Youlin for money, how did the tables turn and Zhao Youlin had become the one who was asking him for stuff?
His hands that were hanging at his side subconsciously clenched tightly. Zhao Shuncheng mumbled in a bitter manner, “No.”
“What?”
Zhao Shuncheng’s voice was too small. Everyone else in the room did not hear him clearly. So they asked again.
Zhao Shuncheng had veins bulging on the back of his hands. In a manner that he had nothing left to lose, he bellowed, “I can’t give you those things.”
“Why?” Upon hearing that, the first person to jump out was not Zhao Youlin, but Duan Yarong.
Duan Yarong’s face was a little gloomy. Her gaze toward Zhao Shuncheng was more infuriating than ever. “Those things belonged to Su Xin. Now that Su Xin is gone. Those things should be handed over to Youlin. Youlin was not grown up before, there was nothing wrong with you taking care of them for her temporarily, but Youlin has grown up now. Those things should naturally be taken out and returned to Youlin.”
Upon hearing Duan Yarong’s condemnation against him, Zhao Shuncheng’s expression was dark. He was quiet for quite a long time before he uttered in anger, “After Su Xin married into Zhao family, she had become one of our family. The things she brought in naturally became mine too. Youlin has been adopted by Shunrong and you. She is your daughter now. These things naturally cannot be given to Youlin anymore.”
Everyone present was stunned by Zhao Shuncheng’s shameless remarks. Zhao Youlin even laughed out coldly and retorted with an expression full of mockery, “And now you know that I am their daughter? Weren’t you enjoying addressing yourself my dad just a moment ago? You claimed that you wanted me back as your daughter and you would make it up to me. And you are changing your mind already so soon?”
Zhao Shuncheng’s expression turned more and more ugly because of Zhao Youlin’s sarcasm, but this time he did not defend himself.
No matter what Zhao Youlin and others say, he was too prideful to ask Sun Qian for those gold and silver jewelry given to her back, as that would make him feel that he had lost his dignity as a man if he did that.
And of course, the most important reason was out of those things that were left by Zhao Youlin’s mother to her, other than a few pieces of beautiful jewelry that were kept until now because Li Hongyu had kept them to herself back then, the rest of the jewelry and money had been spent by him. There was no way he could get all those things back to Zhao Youlin.
“You…” When Duan Yarong saw Zhao Shuncheng being like that, she became angrier and angrier. She was about to argue with him when Zhao Youlin stopped her first.
Zhao Youlin took in Zhao Shuncheng’s every reaction. When she saw him acting like that, she felt vague speculation taking form inside her mind. “Actually, it’s not that you don’t want to hand over the stuff, the truth is there isn’t much left to hand over.”
Zhao Shuncheng, who was stung by Zhao Youlin’s words, raised his head and shot a furious glare at Zhao Youlin, only to notice that Zhao Youlin had taken a few steps closer to him without him knowing it. She even gave him a smile when she saw his glare, which made him shiver.
Before he could think deeper into it, Zhao Youlin had come close to his side and said once more, “The reason why you came to me in such a hurry this time is because you have lost your regular income after leaving Zhao Enterprise. And supporting your mistress is a big expense too. Before you know it, your income is not enough to cover the expenses. You have run out of money now, haven’t you?”
“You…” Zhao Shuncheng widened his eyes.. A few traces of embarrassment and shame of having his pretense torn off by others instantly emerged on his face.