Pampered By All In Different Planes

Chapter 120: Chapter 120: After Raising a Child and Becoming Rich in That Era, the Delicate Beauty Was Spoiled 40 Times

The old lady, seeing Su Zhiruan join in to listen to the gossip, set down her basket and spoke even more eagerly.

“You have no idea, at that moment, there was a piercing scream from the lame man’s home, and then Su Caixia came out naked, disheveled, with bruises all over her body, the scene!” The old lady took some sunflower seeds out of her pocket and started cracking them open, her expression full of scandal, and while talking, she also exclaimed, “We thought she had an affair with Li Jian, but, to our surprise, it was a student who had gotten involved with the lame man.”

“What about Li Jian?” Li Meihua had always held a grudge against Li Jian, who had abandoned her daughter for Su Caixia, and now that Su Caixia was in trouble, she wondered what he was planning to do.

The old lady spat disdainfully, “Li Jian, I think he’s just a good-for-nothing! He’s long gone.”

“Su Caixia was running around like a madwoman, and then she even said…” The old lady paused here and glanced at Su Zhiruan, “she even claimed it was Ruanruan’s doing and insisted on calling the police; later, when the police investigated, the widow suddenly said not to investigate anymore.”

“What for, I wonder?” Li Meihua and the old lady were curious at the same time.

A few days passed.

Su Zhiruan learned the entire story from another girl in the village.

Su Caixia ran out of the lame man’s house, insisting on calling the police, blaming everything on Su Zhiruan. When the widow heard this, she couldn’t bear it and spent a large sum of money seeking a resolution, wanting to get Su Zhiruan into prison.

The lame man came knocking on their door, claiming that Su Caixia was now his woman and was carrying his child, and he wanted to take her away.

The widow made a huge fuss, and the scumbag ex-husband tried to intervene and ended up taking a fall, ruining his decent looks. The old lady had been counting on Su Caixia’s marriage to bring in a nice bride price and live comfortably, but now she kept quiet with the turn of events.

The widow, heartbroken for her daughter, almost bankrupted herself seeking an outcome, and the police conducted a thorough investigation.

In the end, not only was Su Zhiruan not involved in the slightest, but it was also revealed that Su Caixia had staged the whole thing herself. The man stalking her at midnight said he had been dispatched by Su Caixia and even produced a letter written by Su Caixia herself, along with money, and confessed everything.

When the widow found out all of this was due to Su Caixia’s own doing, she was so furious she turned white overnight.

It turned out that Su Caixia had indeed gotten pregnant that night with the lame man, and despite all her schemes, she couldn’t abort the child.

But the old lady couldn’t take it anymore. She had come to the widow’s house expecting to enjoy life, but instead ended up discovering that Su Caixia had brought all this upon herself by getting into the lame man’s bed. She couldn’t stay seated and began berating the widow and Su Caixia. When she heard that the lame man could provide a bride price, the old lady was the first to drive Su Caixia out of the house.

The widow spent all her late husband’s pension, lost her financial support, aged rapidly, and Su Lao Er, Su Zhiruan’s father, was no longer as caring towards her. Since Su Caixia wasn’t his daughter and he was the type to only care for himself, it wasn’t long before the widow and Su Lao Er began to drift apart, eventually leading to an ugly breakup.

Su Caixia secretly approached Li Jian, then beseechingly pleaded with him, crying, “Didn’t you want to marry me before? Why did you run away? Marry me, and I’ll be good to you from now on. You abandoned Su Zhiruan because you loved me, didn’t you? What now? In the future, I and the child will take good care of you!”

“Dream on, it’s someone else’s bastard in your belly; I don’t want it,” Li Jian was done pretending now, his face full of disgust. Thinking of the beautiful and intelligent Su Zhiruan and then looking at the current Su Caixia, who only brought harm with her schemes, he contemptuously said, “Was it your family tradition to snatch other men’s women? If it weren’t for you, I’d be with Su Zhiruan right now. She’s like a cloud in the sky; what are you? I remember you once accused her of being impure, being a ‘damaged shoe’, but now it seems you are the one!”

Su Caixia collapsed to the ground, her face dead with despair and hopelessness.

“Oh right, don’t think you destroyed all the evidence back then. When you cheated on your college entrance exams to achieve your goal, if you bother me again, I’ll expose all the evidence of you cheating during your exams. Weigh your options,” Li Jian said with a sneer, as he gave Su Caixia a kick, “Su Zhiruan was the city’s top scholar, what are you? She’s beautiful, can do business, now she’s wealthy and capable, and she’s going to be studying at Jinghua University in the future. As for you? Nothing but a scheming woman!”

As he spoke these words, Su Caixia’s eyes flashed with murderous intent, and she subconsciously wanted to silence him.

Aside from Li Jian knowing about her cheating on the college entrance exam, she believed she had covered her tracks perfectly, having prepared cheat sheets in advance and bribed the proctor.

After seeing Su Zhiruan fill in Jinghua University on her college application, Su Caixia thought of this dark tactic to secure her own admission into Jinghua University.

But as they say, “Man proposes, God disposes,” and Li Jian found out nonetheless.

Su Caixia was taken back by the cripple and locked to the bed, not allowed to get down.

The old crone accepted the cripple’s betrothal gifts, deciding to smooth things over.

By the time Su Zhiruan found out, things had already returned to the way they should be. The man who was following her was caught. Su Caixia had whatever plans against her, but now she had walked this path herself. The widow’s wealth was gone, she had no capital to flaunt anymore, fighting daily with the old crone who refused to leave. The old crone would often curse and hit the widow, saying if it weren’t for her, maybe she would be enjoying the good life with Su Zhiruan’s family now. The widow was furious but had no response.

As for Su’s second son, finding the widow to be aging and penniless, he went out and found a wealthy woman. He originally thought he could live the good life, but he was discovered by the wealthy woman’s husband and received a severe beating.

This family never recovered from their slump thereafter.

Su Zhiruan had some evidence of Su Caixia’s cheating, which she had obtained with some effort and money. She submitted it all to the Municipal Education Bureau. After review, all the proctors who assisted Su Caixia in cheating were dismissed and investigated. Su Caixia was banned from taking exams for life and her college entrance exam results were invalidated. This meant that everything she had desired was destroyed by her own actions.

Li Jian knew Su Caixia cheated and was complicit in it. Failing to report it, a mark was left on his record, and it became impossible for him to go far in life; he was destined to remain mediocre.

Su’s second son passed through the town and saw Li Meihua growing more charming by the day. He wanted to rekindle their old relationship, after all, Zhiruan and Zhishu were his children.

But before he could speak, he saw the man behind Li Meihua, tying her apron for her, taller and more stable than he was.

Instantly, Su’s second son’s mind was filled with regret.

If only he hadn’t cheated…perhaps he would have been the one living the good life now.

Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in this world.

*

Soon, in August, Su Zhiruan’s college admission notice arrived.

When the postman rode down on his bike, excitedly handing Su Zhiruan her admission notice, neighbors from near and far came to see the precious document.

This was it! The admission notice from Jinghua University!

Li Meihua’s smile stretched from ear to ear.