Fire, Let's Say Goodbye for Now

In an instant, Su Zhenxing could no longer bring himself to voice his praise. Instead, his eyes took on a meaningful look.

Yeah, why should he praise Su Mu?!

Su Chen did not even have a decent bedroom!

He had even slept in that shabby, tiny, damp room for two years!

Su Mu had given his study to Su Chen as a bedroom. Was Su Mu really that wronged?

Outside the room, Su Mu froze when he heard Su Chen's words, then grew somewhat flustered.

What was going on today?!

Before, whenever he spoke like this and showed how wronged he was, Su Chen would always remain silent.

Then the whole family would praise him, while Su Chen would be scolded by everyone.

Why was Su Chen no longer keeping quiet today? Why was he talking back instead?!

When Su Qiqi saw Su Mu being rebuked by Su Chen, she hurriedly stepped in to scold Su Chen on Su Mu's behalf.

"Su Chen, you really don't know how to be grateful!"

"Su Mu kindly gave up his own study for you to use as a bedroom. It would be one thing if you weren't grateful, but how could you mock Su Mu instead?!"

"Su Chen, you really don't know what's good for you!"

Su Mu stopped Su Qiqi from the side and said pitifully.

"Second Sister, stop."

"I willingly gave my study to Brother as a bedroom so he could sleep well."

"I don't need Brother to thank me!"

Su Chen fell silent.

Su Qiqi grew smug at once.

That was more like it!

It took her stepping in!

Su Mu also sighed in relief.

It seemed Su Chen was still the same silent Su Chen as before!

That put Su Mu at ease.

Then, in the next moment—

Su Zhenxing, Liu Yanran, and Su Lili, who were still inside the room, saw—

Su Chen was no longer using the flame from a Rose Branches to scorch the green spots on the wall.

Instead, Su Chen picked up the roughly ten remaining Rose Branches and lightly laid them over the fire.

The flames suddenly raced up the Rose Branches.

A mass of white smoke—far more than before—billowed out wildly and rose into the air.

At the same time, Su Chen said helplessly.

"Looks like I still have to live in this room!"

"Then I need to roast it properly!"

Su Zhenxing and the other two scrambled out of the room, afraid that if they were even a moment slower, the writhing white smoke would drift into their mouths and noses.

Once outside, Su Zhenxing watched the white smoke chase after them and spill out, drifting everywhere. He shot Su Qiqi and Su Mu a vicious glare.

It was all because of these two fools, insisting on picking a fight with Su Chen?!

And now they had provoked Su Chen into making even more smoke.

Su Zhenxing covered his mouth and coughed several times before starting to berate Su Qiqi.

"What gratitude?!"

"Su Qiqi, do you even know what you're saying?"

"What you eat and where you live are all mine! Whoever I want to live wherever can live there!"

"Who does Su Chen need to thank?! I haven't even asked him to thank me, yet you're demanding that he thank someone else?!"

"Shut up, Su Qiqi!"

Then Su Zhenxing frowned and looked at Su Mu.

"Su Mu, are you really that wronged by giving up your study for Su Chen to use as a bedroom?"

Su Mu hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands.

"No, no, Dad. I'm not wronged at all."

Su Zhenxing frowned at Su Mu again, no longer bothering with the petty thoughts of the two of them.

Instead, Su Zhenxing instructed Tao Ma to clear out Su Mu's study on the third floor that evening and turn it into Su Chen's bedroom.

Tao Ma, who had been watching the spectacle in a daze, finally came back to her senses when she heard Su Zhenxing's order.

Tao Ma hurriedly agreed, then rushed off to clear Young Master Mu's belongings from his study on the third floor and move Young Master Chen's things in.

As Tao Ma worked, she could not help marveling inwardly.

Young Master Chen had suffered plenty at the hands of Second Sister and Young Master Mu before.

Why was it that today, after Young Master Chen acted like a lunatic by setting fires and making smoke, Mr. Su had ended up giving Young Master Mu's study to Young Master Chen as a bedroom?!

It seemed she could not treat Young Master Chen the way she had before.

The Su Family was about to change!

After personally watching Tao Ma go prepare Su Chen's bedroom, Su Zhenxing took a deep breath and shouted at Su Chen inside the room.

"Su Chen, look, your bedroom problem has been solved."

"You'll soon have a spacious, clean, bright bedroom to live in."

"Can you put out this fire now?!"

Su Chen looked at Su Zhenxing, then at the fire at his feet, and sighed.

"Fine, then."

"Though I could have solved the dampness problem in this room myself."

"But since you've gone to the trouble of solving it for me."

"I can only accept your kindness."

"I'll listen to you and live on the third floor!"

Su Zhenxing's eyelids twitched furiously.

Why had he never realized before that Su Chen was so damn irritating when he spoke?!

Still, at least the smoke filling the entire house could finally be dealt with, and he would not have to keep coughing from choking on it.

Liu Yanran and Su Lili felt their teeth ache when they heard Su Chen's words.

Meanwhile, Su Qiqi and Su Mu glared at Su Chen with faces full of resentment.

Su Chen stood up and looked sorrowfully at the fire.

"Fire, fire, you've really worked hard."

"I have a new bedroom now."

"I don't need you for the time being."

"Let's say goodbye for now!"

As he spoke, Su Chen took out a cup of water and poured it over the fire, extinguishing it.

Su Zhenxing did not care what nonsense Su Chen was spouting. Seeing that Su Chen had put out the fire, he finally let out a breath of relief.

The fire was finally out!

Why was Su Chen so hard to deal with today?!

He kept doing strange, nonsensical things.

Su Zhenxing gave Su Chen a look that was hard to describe.

But Su Zhenxing did not scold Su Chen further, afraid that Su Chen would light another fire at the slightest disagreement. He did not have time to keep wasting it on Su Chen.

"Alright, alright. If there's nothing else, go back and sleep!"

"Su Chen, once Tao Ma finishes preparing your bedroom, you should get some sleep too!"

There was one thing Su Zhenxing did not say—that once Su Chen was asleep, he would not be able to make any more trouble.

But to avoid driving Su Chen mad again, Su Zhenxing kept it to himself.

Tao Ma worked quickly. About half an hour later, Su Chen moved into his new bedroom on the third floor.

The entire bedroom was around thirty square meters, spacious enough that even with a desk, a sofa, and a bed inside, it did not feel crowded at all.

By comparison, Su Chen had pitifully few belongings.

A quilt, a mattress, books, and Su Chen's clothes—all of them school uniforms.

For the moment, Su Chen was fairly satisfied with the room. He had done two major things today and was exhausted, so he fell asleep the instant his head touched the bed.

When Su Chen woke up the next day and went to change clothes, he picked up his clothes, looked them over, and frowned in dissatisfaction.

They had been washed until they were faded white, and even the hems of his pants had come undone.

Su Chen felt that he should buy himself a few more outfits.

Then Su Chen felt around in his pockets and grew embarrassed.

He had no money.

Su Chen remembered.

In his previous life, after returning to the Su Family, he had not received any spending money.

Liu Yanran had said that the Su Family took care of his food, clothing, housing, and transportation, and since he had no social needs, there was no reason to give him spending money.

But Su Chen remembered that Su Lili and Su Qiqi both had jobs, yet they still received one hundred thousand yuan in spending money every month. Su Mu received less, but still got fifty thousand yuan a month.

Fine, if they would not give him spending money, then they would not.

Su Chen decided to earn some money himself.

Was earning money really that hard?!

Even collecting trash could make money!