Chapter 124: It’s Su An who’s behind all this!

Chapter 124: It's Su An who's behind all this!

"Wait, wait."

Zhao Daxing stopped Zhao Xiaoyu, who was about to step forward.

The more he listened, the more something seemed off.

What was this about him threatening the Su family with the educational opportunity? What was this about the bride price being returned after just a brief exchange?

It seemed like both families were talking about completely different things, not even on the same page!

Zhao Xiaoyu, seeing Zhao Daxing holding her back, glared at Ji Qingqing and said, "Daxing, they've already harmed you this much, why are you still being polite to them?"

"They really have some nerve! How dare they come to our home to make a scene!"

Su Jianjun also sensed something was wrong and quickly pulled Ji Qingqing, who was about to step forward, saying, "You better calm down."

Hearing Su Jianjun's voice rise several notches, Ji Qingqing immediately felt intimidated.

After holding back both Ji Qingqing and Zhao Xiaoyu, Su Jianjun and Zhao Daxing looked at each other, then spoke in unison.

Su Jianjun: "What do you mean by my family leeching off yours?"

Zhao Daxing: "What do you mean by me ruining Su Jiao's future and threatening you?"

Zhao Daxing: "You go first."

Su Jianjun held up the receipt in his hand, showing it to Zhao Daxing, "Didn't you send Su An to our house to demand the return of the bride price? Using Su Jiao's educational opportunity to threaten us."

Zhao Daxing was completely baffled, "What educational opportunity? What return of bride price? There's no such thing. Who signed this? I never signed anything like this."

Su Jianjun and Ji Qingqing exchanged grave looks, "Su An signed it. She even helped you take six hundred bucks from our house."

Zhao Daxing was disgusted, "You've been scammed! There's no such thing!"

"Then the complaint to the education bureau, that wasn't you either?"

"And last time, when you came to our house to cause trouble?"

Zhao Daxing, hearing Su Jianjun's questions, turned to look at Xiao Jiliang. He hadn't been directly involved, so he wasn't entirely sure.

Zhao Xiaoyu stepped forward, "I know about this."

"Last time, it was because Su An stole my mother's savings book and cleaned out all the Zhao family's savings—over two thousand yuan! She said you taught her to do it, that you always told her that her parents' family was her real home, that a woman is an outsider in her husband's family and must rely on her parents' family for support. She took all the money from my mother's savings book and said she spent it all on her younger brother at home!"

"Later, to make sure we weren't wronging you, we even went to your cannery to ask around! Everyone said your little kid was always spending big money everywhere. That much money—it was our entire Zhao family's fortune! We couldn't just let it go. Of course, we had to come to your house to get it back. I'm telling you, you can't teach your daughter like this. What kind of marriage is this? It's more like starting a feud!"

Su Jianjun and his wife were so angry they were beside themselves, "What nonsense is this? This is completely unrelated!"

Realizing that Su An was causing all this trouble, Su Jianjun didn't hold anything back and quickly explained to Zhao Daxing and the others about how his younger son had got into trouble with Su Bai from the second branch, stealing money to spend recklessly.

"My son did spend a lot of money back then, but it was all from our own family's money. We never touched a single cent of your money. We were all deceived by Su An!!!"

Ji Qingqing added with fury, "She came home and said you already knew we had given Su Jiao her educational opportunity, which is why you were willing to offer so much in bride price to marry her. The idea was to use this as leverage to threaten us into returning the gifts after the marriage! Otherwise, you'd find all sorts of excuses to cause trouble at our house, accusing us of not raising her properly, accusing her of hitting people, accusing her of stealing money..."

Zhao Daxing's chest heaved violently, "Accuse my foot, it's all true, all true!!!"

"She set up a huge trap, dug a big hole, and was just waiting for all of us to jump in!"

Ji Qingqing, thinking of Su Jiao's scratched face, glared at Xiao Jiliang with anger, "Because of this misunderstanding, you scratched my Jiao Jiao's face!!"

Xiao Jiliang, looking at Ji Qingqing's red eyes, explained guiltily, "I was driven to the edge by her. You don't know what she did to me. She said you all were the most important people to her, so I acted so harshly."

Seeing Ji Qingqing turn to look at her, Zhao Xiaoyu quickly explained, "She, she said that little child was the lifeblood of her family, so I... I..."

"Hey, stop glaring at me. In the end, wasn't it my husband and I who suffered the most?" Thinking of this, Zhao Xiaoyu was even more furious.

Su Jianjun, looking at the IOU in his hand, understood everything. No wonder Su An, that ungrateful wretch, signed someone else's name on the IOU!

"We've all been deceived by her!!"

Ji Qingqing gritted her teeth, "She, she dared to deceive us, took our money, and even dared to report us. This is revenge, she's taking revenge on us!"

"She's been harboring resentment all along, using her marriage to move her household registration out, both siblings escaped our grasp, and then she sowed discord, making our two families fight! How cruel! How could there be such a person in this world?"

As she spoke, Ji Qingqing looked up at Zhao Daxing and the others, "Where is she? I really want to ask her, after all these years, did our family starve or freeze her, that she'd harm us like this?"

Zhao Daxing, with a complicated expression, took out a cigarette. Su An was truly toxic, beyond reach. He thought she only hated the Zhao family, but she didn't even spare her own family. This was simply perverse.

"We don't know where she is. If you find her, tell her to come back and get a divorce. I can't live with her anymore, or... don't you have another daughter? Take Su An back..."

Before Zhao Daxing could finish, Ji Qingqing started cursing, "Zhao Daxing, what are you thinking? Do you think this is the Middle Ages, where you can just swap brides? How can you say such a thing!"

Zhao Daxing sighed, "You asked me why I became like this? Let me tell you, during the time Su An was married into our family, my ancestors below wore themselves out trying to keep me, the only descendant, otherwise I would have been gone long ago."

"She's now got nothing to lose. Our family can't take any more trouble. Even if I'm unlucky, you should take her back quickly. To be honest, since I brought her back, she's either been in the hospital or recovering at home. I haven't touched her. Take her back, marry her off to someone else, and you can get another dowry!"

"As for your other daughter, we are reasonable people. I gave you such a heavy dowry, and you sent me a madwoman. I return her untouched, even if it goes to court, I am in the right."

"Your other daughter, you said she was studying before, but now she's been sent back, and her face is injured. Do you still expect her to make something of herself?"

"I don't want to make this mess any uglier. Either return my money, or give me Su Jiao. Of course, the job offer I promised before still stands!"