Beating Up Su Mu

Su Mu had originally wanted to win Su Zhenxing's favor and secure support for his future fight over the Su family fortune.

Instead, he had now been directly stripped of his identity as a member of the Su Family by the dead Su Grandmother!

Although Su Mu felt that Su Chen was just putting on an act and playing tricks.

Seeing how obedient Dad Su Zhenxing was toward Su Grandmother, though, who knew whether Dad Su Zhenxing would be influenced by those words?!

So Su Mu was both resentful and deeply worried.

Fortunately, Su Zhenxing had not completely obeyed his dead mother's words.

Although Su Zhenxing was terrified as he looked at his dead mother, he did not truly believe that she would take him underground with her.

This was his own mother.

His mother was merely trying to scare him.

"Mom, you can't say that!"

"Mom, although Su Mu isn't related to me by blood, he's truly outstanding, and he's very filial to me!"

"Su Mu is my, Su Zhenxing's, son!"

Su Mu instantly relaxed. With tears in his eyes, he looked at Su Zhenxing and cried out.

"Dad, don't worry. I, Su Mu, am a member of the Su Family in life and a ghost of the Su Family in death."

"No matter what happens, I'll always be your son!"

Seeing Su Mu's devoted expression, Su Zhenxing felt immensely gratified.

"My son, Su Mu, you're right. You'll always be my, Su Zhenxing's, son!"

Well, aren't you two bound by an unbreakable father-son bond?!

Watching this touching scene of fatherly kindness and filial devotion between Su Zhenxing and Su Mu, Su Chen immediately raised his large hand again and heavily slapped Su Zhenxing on the head.

Su Zhenxing's head swayed left and right from the blow, ringing with a buzz.

Clutching his head, Su Zhenxing grimaced in pain and cried out.

"Mom, Mom, stop hitting me! If you keep hitting me, you'll really beat your son to death!"

"Good! It'd be best if I beat you to death! I'll teach you to treat family and outsiders the same!"

"I'm telling you, I only acknowledge Su Chen as my good grandson. I don't acknowledge any other bastard from who knows where."

"From now on, you'd better treat my good grandson Su Chen well."

"If you dare mistreat or beat and scold my good grandson Su Chen like before, I'll beat you to death, understand?!"

"I understand, I understand! Mom, whatever you say goes! Stop hitting me, stop!"

Su Zhenxing had originally wanted to complain to his mother about how Su Chen had turned out badly, pretending to be crazy and acting foolish all day to disgrace the Su Family. But under his mother's unreasonable barrage of punches, he could only endure the pain and agree with her.

Whatever he thought, he knew it himself. There was no need to say it aloud and get beaten by his mother for nothing.

Su Zhenxing had given in, but Liu Yanran was unwilling to accept it.

Liu Yanran had originally been so frightened by Su Chen that she huddled in a corner, not daring to move or make a sound. She had practically stopped breathing, terrified that her mother-in-law would notice her.

But later, she saw that her mother-in-law had merely beaten Su Zhenxing and Lily.

Liu Yanran then felt that this dead mother-in-law who had returned was not all that frightening after all!

Then, hearing her mother-in-law urge Su Zhenxing not to acknowledge her outstanding son Su Mu, Liu Yanran could no longer hold herself back, even though Su Zhenxing had not been entirely obedient.

"Mom." The single word made Liu Yanran tremble all over.

After all, calling out to the mother-in-law who had been dead for thirteen years while facing her own son was truly terrifying!

But once she got the first word out, the rest came easier.

"Mom, that isn't fair."

"Su Mu is so outstanding. He can bring honor to our Su Family. But Su Chen has never learned properly since childhood, and lately he's always been going crazy, making us lose face."

"If you ask me, Su Mu is the good child of our Su Family. Su Chen is the one who truly needs to be properly taught."

Su Chen paused as he grabbed Su Zhenxing by the hair, his fist stopping halfway through another heavy blow.

Then Su Chen released Su Zhenxing's hair.

With a leap.

Su Chen's face, its eyes showing only the whites, turned toward Liu Yanran.

Su Zhenxing bared his teeth in pain as he rubbed his head and face, feeling as though his mother had swollen them both from beating him.

Luckily, Liu Yanran had drawn his mother's fire away.

Otherwise, who knew how badly he would have been beaten!

Rubbing his head and face, Su Zhenxing hunched over and decided to make himself as inconspicuous as possible. He would not utter another word of nonsense.

After all, his mother had truly hit him!

She hadn't held back at all!

Seeing her mother-in-law suddenly leap before her, Liu Yanran was terrified by those eerie eyes that showed only the whites.

Liu Yanran regretted it. Why had she foolishly said those things and drawn her mother-in-law's attention toward herself?

Liu Yanran curled herself into a tight ball, wishing she could shrink into the wall and hide from her mother-in-law.

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

Su Chen had leaped in front of Liu Yanran and grabbed her neatly coiled, glossy black bun.

With Su Chen clutching her bun, Liu Yanran found herself directly facing her mother-in-law's terrifying white-filled eyes. Her blood turned cold throughout her body. Her mother-in-law's large hands were hard as iron, and Liu Yanran could not resist.

"Liu Yanran, don't tell me you thought I'd forgotten about you?!"

"You ruinous woman!"

"Back then, if you hadn't been so useless that you couldn't even keep watch over a child."

"How could my good grandson Su Chen have been abducted by human traffickers and suffered such hardship for so many years?"

"And after my good grandson finally returned to the Su Family, not only did you fail to properly atone and treat him well, you actually abused him. You made him live in a dark, damp little room, didn't provide him with clothes, and didn't give him money to spend."

At the mention of the dark, damp little room, Su Chen raised his hand and brought it down heavily on Liu Yanran's face.

When he mentioned not giving Su Chen clothes to wear, Su Chen again brought his hand down heavily on Liu Yanran's face.

Then, when he mentioned not giving Su Chen money to spend, Su Chen heavily slapped Liu Yanran's face once more.

In an instant, Liu Yanran's face swelled up, and blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.

"Tell me, why did you abuse my grandson Su Chen like this?!"

"Hm? Speak!"

"I'll beat you to death, you ruinous woman!"

Just then, Su Mu began performing again.

"Don't hit my mom! Don't hit my mom!"

"Hit me instead! If you want to hit someone, hit me!"

There was actually someone asking to be beaten?!

How could such a simple request possibly be denied?!

Su Chen released Liu Yanran, who looked at him gratefully, then immediately leaped in front of Su Mu. His eyes, filled entirely with whites, stared blankly at Su Mu.

Su Mu was terrified to death.

He had only said it casually!

When Su Chen had been beating Su Zhenxing earlier, he had said the same thing, yet Su Chen had not said he would hit him!

But when Su Chen was beating Liu Yanran, he had only said it once, so why had Su Chen leaped over to beat him?!

Su Mu could not help regretting why he had said that he would take a beating for Mom Liu Yanran.

Although Su Mu believed Su Chen was acting.

Seeing Su Chen's leaping figure, his stiff arms stretched forward, and his dull eyes filled entirely with whites.

Su Mu was still afraid, so frightened that his entire body went weak.

Facing Su Chen's large hand reaching for his collar, Su Mu felt that he could not muster even a shred of strength to resist.

"You bastard from who knows where, you want a beating? I'll grant your wish."

In his previous life, if not for Su Mu's Tea Art Language, the Su Family would not have looked down on Su Chen so much. If not for Su Mu's instigation, Su Qiqi would not have become Su Mu's pawn and framed Su Chen as a thief. If not for Su Mu spreading exaggerated stories, the rumor that Su Chen was a thief would not have spread everywhere.

It could be said that the reason Su Chen had died in despair under the label of thief in his previous life was entirely due to Su Mu's manipulation.

And Su Mu had done all this so that he could smoothly inherit the Su family fortune.

Later in his previous life, Su Mu had indeed successfully inherited the Su family fortune.

But in this life, Su Chen would not let Su Mu succeed.

Anyone who harmed him, Su Chen would repay tenfold, a hundredfold.

Today, he would collect a little interest first.

Su Chen grabbed Su Mu by the collar with one hand, raised his other hand high, and brought it down hard.

It landed on Su Mu's face.