"Keeping me on the side?"
Su Qiao's face was expressionless, her gaze cold and clear. "Do I look poor to you?"
"As I recall, my parents left me quite a few assets."
A mocking smile curled at the corners of her lips.
"Given my looks and the assets I inherited, I'm not unworthy of being kept as someone's plaything."
"If Madam Qin has that kind of hobby, you could always try it yourself. After all, your family home went bankrupt long ago, and you still owe quite a lot of debt."
"Unlike me. Even if my parents are gone, they still left me enough assets to squander for the rest of my life."
As if I wanted her son.
And she actually dared to make me a concubine. Did she think her son was some emperor?
Three Palaces and Six Courtyards, too. Wasn't she afraid of laughing her front teeth out?
Host, remember your persona! 444's head hurt terribly.
"What's there to be afraid of? He's the one who wants to keep me here, not the other way around. I'm not the one begging to stay in the Qin family."
"It's Qin Scum who wants the Su Corporation Shares in my hands and wants me to be a shield for that pair of adulterous dogs. Do I still have to endure it like some aggrieved little wife?"
In any case, she had no intention of putting up with it.
...Oh. 444 actually thought she made a lot of sense.
"You... you...?" Madam Qin pointed at her, so furious she could barely breathe.
Qin Yu quickly caught hold of her and looked at Su Qiao, his gaze sharp and scrutinizing. "Qiaoqiao, what are you talking about?"
Su Qiao wasn't afraid in the slightest. She arched a brow. "What? Did I say something wrong?"
"Am I not beautiful enough? Are my assets not substantial enough?"
"Or are you saying that, with my qualifications, I won't be able to find a man who likes me and is outstanding?"
"Don't make me laugh. With the qualifications of my avatar, if word got out, the men seeking my hand would probably line up all the way around the capital."
"Hmph. I'm not the Original Avatar. I wouldn't stoop to wanting a man as weak as him."
In her eyes, Qin Yu was hypocritical and vicious, without even a shred of martial prowess. He was nothing more than useless trash.
And trash belonged in the garbage can.
He hadn't expected her to say that. A flicker of anger crossed Qin Yu's eyes, and his brows furrowed tightly.
But he soon thought of something and concealed the anger and impatience in his eyes.
He hurriedly seized her hand and crouched beside the bed, his face full of genuine feeling.
"Qiaoqiao, don't say things just to spite me, okay? We'll be together forever."
"I told you long ago. You're the only one who can be my wife. No one else will do."
As he spoke, he turned and looked solemnly at his mother.
"Mom, stop saying things that upset Qiaoqiao. She just suffered a car accident and was injured. She's already feeling awful, and you're still saying things like this. Aren't you deliberately making things harder for her?"
Looking at the hand tightly clasping hers,
Su Qiao felt a wave of nausea.
She had let her guard down for a moment and gotten something filthy on her again.
How disgusting.
If this had happened before, she would have slapped him away long ago.
She had better get rid of these pieces of trash quickly. They were an eyesore.
Mother Qin was furious. She had been kindly discussing things with them, yet somehow she had ended up being the one at fault.
And that slut Su Qiao kept talking back to her.
The anger in her heart boiled over, and she shouted,
"If I don't say anything, if I don't say anything, our Qin family will become the laughingstock of all B City!"
The wedding was almost here. How could she not be anxious?
She had never thought highly of Su Qiao to begin with, and she hadn't expected Su Qiao to turn herself into this wretched state at such a critical moment.
What else could she be but a jinx?
The people in the hospital room didn't know that, at some point, the door that hadn't been fully closed had been pushed open a crack.
A tall, upright figure stood there, his gloomy gaze fixed on the hands clasped together inside.
He looked as though he wished he could bore a hole through them.
"Boss..."
Lin Shen came running over, drenched in sweat, only to see his own CEO standing outside Su Qiao's hospital room.
The expression on his face was frighteningly grim, and a cold, vicious aura surrounded his entire body.
Lin Shen had just started to call out to him again when Qin Mohan kicked the door open and strode inside.
His icy gaze swept over Mother Qin and Qin Yu.
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