Zhao's father winced in pain, eager to leave.
He had money, but no life to spend it.
Seeing the situation turn sour, Zhao's mother immediately tried to shut down the livestream.
Su Yang quickly snatched it away and handed it to his subordinate to continue filming.
At this moment, the viewers in the Douyu livestream room also reacted.
[Damn, these two are faking illness to scam Young Master Su for money? And they want over ten million?]
[So, their couple was deliberately playing the victim to gain sympathy and demand money from Young Master Su before?]
[Disgraceful! Demanding over ten million at the drop of a hat, do they think Young Master Su's money grows on trees?]
[Good thing Young Master Su is smart, otherwise he would have wasted his money.]
Zhao's mother's persona of playing the victim collapsed, so she stopped pretending.
"Su Yang, I'll give you two choices!"
"Oh? I'm all ears!"
Zhao's mother held up a finger. "First, you either stay out of my daughter Zhao Xiaolu's business.
Second, you pay for her. We raised her and sent her to school all these years, it must be several million, right?"
Su Yang nodded. "I'll give you two choices too!"
"What?"
The Zhao couple looked dumbfounded.
"First, you pay the fee for the acupuncture I just performed. It's not much, just over ten million. Second, you never bother Zhao Xiaolu again."
Zhao's mother was anxious. After all this back and forth, she hadn't gotten a single cent.
How could she be willing?
"My husband isn't sick, why should I pay you?"
Su Yang stepped forward, looming over them.
"I don't care if you're sick or not. I charge a fee for my services. It's not just you; Director Zhou is the same!"
Hearing Zhou Budao's name again, the Zhao couple faltered.
However, they didn't want to leave empty-handed. Their daughter was now a hot commodity.
Zhao's mother's eyes lit up. "Deputy Director, let's be fair. It wasn't easy for us to raise our daughter. You're marrying her, shouldn't you show some consideration?"
Su Yang stroked his chin. He wasn't stingy.
If he could spend a little money to help Zhao Xiaolu out of her predicament, he would be happy to do so.
"Alright, name your price!"
The Zhao couple rejoiced and held up their fingers. "Six million! A flat six million, and we'll never bother her again!"
The Zhao couple thought that after getting the money, they would still have five million left after paying off their debts.
They would split it equally, two and a half million each, enough for a comfortable retirement.
Su Yang nodded. "Okay, six million it is!"
At this moment, viewers in the Douyu livestream room flooded the chat with messages.
[No, Young Master Su, don't be a sucker! Six million isn't easy to earn...]
[The person upstairs, stop worrying about things that don't concern you. For Young Master Su, six million is just a drop in the bucket!]
[If I were Young Master Su, I would pay six million too. That beauty Xiaolu is so wonderful, I'd stay up for ten days and ten nights with her.]
[Beauty Xiaolu is indeed worth it. By Young Master Su's standards, she's at least a D5. Women of this caliber are rare, and she's all-natural.]
Zhao Xiaolu herself pursed her red lips and reached out to stop Su Yang from signing the check.
The Zhao couple panicked. "Zhao Xiaolu, what do you mean?"
"Mom, Dad, I didn't expect you to be like this."
Zhao Xiaolu's face was filled with pain. "From the day I was born, one of you was always out having affairs and bringing all sorts of women home.
The other was always playing mahjong, living and eating at the mahjong parlor, and coming home to ask Grandpa for money when you ran out."
Zhao Xiaolu grew more and more heartbroken. "Grandpa not only raised me, but he also built a house and sent me to college. You never even came back to see him before he passed away.
May I ask, do you really consider me your daughter? And you talk about child support, on what grounds?"
The Zhao couple was speechless, not knowing how to retort.
Everyone at the Security Bureau was stunned, and what surprised them even more was yet to come.
Zhao Xiaolu gritted her teeth. "I acknowledged you as my parents, and you took my salary every month on the 15th for the past three years. But you have no bottom line!"
"As parents, how can you be like this?"
The people at the Security Bureau couldn't stand it anymore. If it weren't for their positions, they would have kicked them out.
Su Yang was also stunned. No wonder Zhao Xiaolu's house was old and unfurnished.
It turned out her grandfather had built it when he was alive.
On the other hand, this couple had contributed nothing to the family and instead demanded their daughter's salary.
It was simply too much!
Zhao Xiaolu touched her face and knelt on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.
It was as if she was unleashing twenty-plus years of pain, crying with deep sorrow and helplessness.
"Xiaolu..."
Her colleagues wanted to go up and comfort her, but Su Yang stopped them with a look.
"Let her cry, cry to her heart's content. Maybe she'll feel better."
"Yes, Director!"
The viewers in the Douyu livestream room furiously typed on their keyboards.
[Damn it! What kind of garbage parents are these? Do they treat their daughter like an ATM?]
[Exactly! They gave birth but didn't raise her, one gambled and the other whored. Young Master Su should have them locked up for a few years!]
[I'm very curious how beauty Xiaolu managed to get through it. Unloved by her parents and with no grandfather, it must have been so hard.]
[The person upstairs, didn't you hear clearly? Her parents took her monthly salary, how could it not be hard?]
[I just asked my cousin's cousin, who is beauty Xiaolu's colleague. He said beauty Xiaolu used to eat steamed buns and drink plain water, telling everyone she was dieting, but in reality, she had no money.]
[I heard it too. Beauty Xiaolu used to ride her bike to wait for the bus to work. Her home is about forty kilometers from the Security Bureau. Sigh, what a strong girl!]
[Young Master Su, you must take good care of her, or we can all chip in. In any case, beauty Xiaolu shouldn't suffer anymore.]
...
After crying for a few minutes, Zhao Xiaolu's eyes were red.
She took out a bank card and handed it to her parents. "This is fifty thousand yuan that Sister Man Ge gave me to buy clothes. Take it. This is truly the last time I can help you."
The Zhao couple showed a hint of guilt on their faces, but they still took the bank card and left in a hurry.
The people at the Security Bureau were unhappy. "Xiaolu, you're too foolish, why are you still helping them?"
"Yeah, look, your pants are all washed white, and you're still reluctant to buy new ones. How about I buy you a few outfits?"
Su Yang waved his hand. "All of you, go back to work. Don't worry about Xiaolu's matters!"
With that, he took Zhao Xiaolu's hand.
"I'll take you to pick out clothes. We can buy from several stores. Be good to yourself from now on, understand?"
Zhao Xiaolu bit her red lips and nodded. "Thank you, Director!"
"Let's go, we'll go now!"
Douyu livestream room countdown.
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[Thank you, Young Master Su, you're the best!]
Songhai.
Pedestrian street.
A Lamborghini Concepts stopped, drawing countless passersby to a halt.
A group of men and women took out their phones to take pictures. This was a luxury car worth hundreds of millions.
Su Yang got out of the car, preparing to take Zhao Xiaolu shopping.
Just then, his phone rang. It was Lu Qi calling.
"Xiaolu, go in and try on some clothes first. I'll take this call and be right there."
"Okay."