NOVEL NEXT Chapter 39
Chapter 39: Su Mu Is Not a Member of the Su Family:
Su Zhenxing, who had been sitting on the floor in fear after being terrified by his mother’s presence, was immediately shocked when he heard what she just said.
What?!
Su Lili had seen Su Chen being taken away but didn’t call for help?!
How was that possible?!
Su Chen was Su Lili’s biological younger brother!
How could Su Lili treat her own brother like that?!
Impossible! Impossible!
Even though his rational mind told him it couldn’t be true, Su Zhenxing couldn’t stop himself from looking at Su Lili’s expression to confirm whether his suspicions were correct.
Su Zhenxing didn’t want to believe that the daughter he had always been so proud of could be so cruel.
But the moment he saw Su Lili’s face, he was disappointed.
By now, Su Lili’s face was swollen from Su Chen’s slaps, and the corners of her mouth were bleeding. But even that couldn’t hide the deep guilt and fear in her expression.
Su Lili was completely powerless as Su Chen held her tightly. She stared in terror at Su Chen’s white, pupil-less eyes, unable to summon the strength to resist.
No—she wasn’t trying to escape from Su Chen.
She was trying to escape from their grandmother!
“You beast! I’ll beat you to death, you wretched thing!”
“You heartless brat! You stood by and watched your own brother get taken by traffickers and didn’t even try to stop them?!”
“You’re an animal! You deserve to be beaten! I should just kill you!”
Su Chen’s hand was raised high and then came crashing down.
“Slap! Slap! Slap!”
The heavy slaps landed on Su Lili’s already swollen face.
She trembled, curling up and sobbing.
“Grandma, I didn’t do it on purpose! I really didn’t do it on purpose!”
“Grandma, I was still young back then! I didn’t even understand what was happening!”
“Grandma, please let me go! Spare me!”
“Grandma, Su Chen is already safe and back home. Please, for his sake, let me go!”
“Rubbish! You were ten years old back then! How could you not understand?!”
“You’re not an idiot!”
“Su Lili, do you still think you can fool me?!”
“You were jealous! You knew I favored your younger brother more than you, so you deliberately let those traffickers take him!”
As she spoke, Su Chen raised his hand again and viciously slapped Su Lili’s face once more.
By now, Su Lili’s face was swollen like a steamed bun.
But she still didn’t dare to resist.
“And another thing, Su Lili! My good grandson returned safely only because he was blessed with great fortune! What does that have to do with you?!”
“You still have the audacity to ask me to spare you for my grandson’s sake?!”
“You deserve to be beaten! Beaten!”
Su Chen’s white, pupil-less eyes widened, and his hand struck Su Lili’s face again.
Although Su Zhenxing was deeply disappointed in Su Lili for allowing the traffickers to take Su Chen, she was already battered beyond recognition.
If this continued, Su Lili might actually be beaten to death.
Su Zhenxing looked at Su Chen’s eerie, pupil-less eyes and couldn’t help but shiver in fear again.
But he couldn’t just let Su Lili be beaten to death by his mother.
Summoning his courage, he spoke up, pleading with his mother.
“Mother…”
His voice was stiff and unnatural at first.
After all, he was calling his own son, Su Chen, “Mother.”
But after the first time, he forced himself to go along with it.
“Mother, look, Su Lili is about to die from your beating.”
“Yes, she did something wrong, but she was still very young at the time.”
“Mother, Su Lili is still your biological granddaughter. For my sake, please spare her life!”
“For your sake?!”
Su Chen’s eerie, white eyes turned toward Su Zhenxing and locked onto his gaze.
In an instant, Su Zhenxing shuddered in fear.
Su Chen finally released Su Lili.
After all, if he continued, she really would die.
Then, Su Chen stretched out both hands and leaped toward Su Zhenxing, grabbing his hair.
“And you’re no better!”
“You actually have the nerve to call me Mother?!”
“You knew how much I adored and missed my good grandson, Su Chen!”
“But what did you do?!”
“My grandson, after all his suffering, was finally blessed enough to return home!”
“And instead of treating him well, you looked down on him! You mistreated him! You even dared to beat and scold my grandson!”
“And you dare call me Mother?!”
“If it weren’t for your incompetence, how could my grandson have been kidnapped by traffickers?!”
“The person you should despise the most is yourself!”
“The person you should mistreat the most is yourself!”
“You should be the one slapping yourself!”
“You useless fool!”
After saying that, Su Chen ruthlessly slapped Su Zhenxing several times.
When his mother was still alive, Su Zhenxing never dared to disobey her.
After all, she never hesitated to discipline him with real beatings.
And now, faced with his mother, who had supposedly returned from the underworld to settle accounts, he didn’t even dare to think of resisting.
He let himself go limp, allowing his mother to grab his hair and slap him repeatedly.
Meanwhile, Su Mu saw an opportunity to gain favor with his father.
His father was being beaten, and neither his mother nor his sister dared to speak. If he was the only one to step up, wouldn’t his father value him even more?
“Grandma, please don’t hit Dad anymore!”
“Grandma, let go of Dad!”
“Grandma, if you want to hit someone, hit me instead!”
“A son should bear his father’s burdens! Grandma, punish me instead of Dad!”
Hearing this, Su Zhenxing was deeply moved.
Even though Su Mu wasn’t his biological son, he had raised him, and that bond meant more than blood.
Look at Su Mu—
Even though he was terrified, he still stood up for his father.
Even though he was scared to death, he was willing to take the punishment in his father’s place!
Su Zhenxing was overwhelmed with emotion, his eyes brimming with tears.
But before he could fully immerse himself in his feelings, he heard his mother’s cold voice.
“Don’t call me Grandma!”
“I am not your grandmother!”
“I don’t know which family you belong to, but you are definitely not a member of the Su family!”
“Don’t call me Grandma!”
“And you, Da Xingzi!”
“You idiot who can’t even tell who your real family is! Don’t you know who your real child is?!”
With that, Su Chen’s hand struck Su Zhenxing’s face again.
“You blind fool! You can’t even recognize your own bloodline!”
“If you ever dare to mistreat, scold, or oppress my good grandson, Su Chen, I will come back and beat you to death again!”
“If necessary, I’ll just take you with me!”
“That way, I won’t have to worry about you acting so foolishly anymore!”
Su Mu, who had just been basking in the joy of moving his father to tears, suddenly froze.
His expression darkened with anger one moment and turned pale with fear the next, constantly shifting between fury and terror.