Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 371: Su Family Bankruptcy (9)

Chapter 371: Chapter 371: Su Family Bankruptcy (9)

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Ou Chunhua laughed along with him, "My son is so outstanding, no girl is good enough for him. Your father and I can’t approve of anyone, so you will have to decide."

"You said that yourself, Mom." Ou Yanan caught her at her word.

"Yes, that’s what I said," Ou Chunhua sighed as if blaming him for his cunning, "but you can’t drag this out indefinitely. How about setting a deadline for your father and me?"

"Let’s consider it next year. I’m in my first year with the professor and I really don’t have time to be distracted."

Ou Chunhua gazed at him again, "Do you really plan to be a doctor?"

Ou Yanan seemed to find her question amusing, his smile mischievous, "I originally studied medicine, so what else would I do, Mom?"

Ou Chunhua felt a twinge of regret. It seemed, in hindsight, that she should not have indulged his whim to study medicine, as if it had something to do with his past.

Ou Yanan’s eyes swept over her face, faintly, then shifted away to the window outside.

The breakfast had arrived.

Ou Yanan picked out a fried shrimp, her favorite, and placed it in her bowl, while saying, "Mom’s getting older, and although you like eating these, it’s best to cut down on fried foods."

"Yes, yes, I know, Dr. Bigshot—" Ou Chunhua smiled as if basking in spring, feeling her son’s genuine concern at the moment.

Her phone suddenly rang from her pocket. Ou Chunhua looked down and saw a strange number, she was about to dismiss the call when something occurred to her, so she stood up and said, "I’m going to the restroom."

Ou Yanan kept his head down, nibbling on half a bun in his bowl, and vaguely responded with a grunt.

Ou Chunhua quickly left her seat.

She walked to a corner behind a screen in the teahouse, a spot good enough to protect her privacy, and took the call.

The voice on the other end was exactly the hunch that had flashed in her mind, only to hear the person sweetly calling her, "Auntie, hello, this is Su Yixia. My dad and aunt both have the stem Su, you remember, right?"

It was probably that Xiao Shuju had conveyed some hint to the other party based on her prompting. Ou Chunhua’s heart skipped a beat, thinking: Could it be that they’ve made a move?

"What is it?" Ou Chunhua asked, feigning calm.

"Auntie, although you have never met me, I heard you care a lot about me and support me. That’s what people have told me. So, if you really want to help me, shouldn’t you offer me some substantial support?"

Ou Chunhua sneered, this poor relative was indeed seeing an opportunity to ask for money.

"What? Isn’t your family pretty rich too? Don’t they even have enough to buy you decent clothes?"

"Auntie, you don’t know. The Xiao family has found a wealthy and influential partner for their grandson. Next to them, I have nothing. They don’t even consider me unless you officially back me up. But I suppose you wouldn’t want to show up. However, that’s okay. As long as you invest some money in my dad’s company—"

"Did your dad ask you to make this call?"

"No, my dad wouldn’t—"

At this moment, a tumult of noise came from the other end of the phone, and if Ou Chunhua listened closely, she could distinctly hear some people shouting: Pay the money you owe, or pay with your life! Come on, move everything out of this house!

If Ou Chunhua still gave money to the Su family after hearing those words, she would be a fool. She was just about to hurry and hang up.

Su Yixia suddenly said coldly from the other end, "Auntie, since you’ve heard everything, I might as well speak frankly. I need money right now, and so does our family. You must give me this money, otherwise, I’ll tell the police that you instructed me to try to kill Gu Nuan."

"You—" Ou Chunhua’s eyes widened, "I have no idea what you’re talking about, you’re talking nonsense!"

"Whether I’m talking nonsense or not, Mrs. Lin could testify for me. Anyway, what I heard from her is that you encouraged her, encouraged me, to harm Gu Nuan." Su Yixia smirked darkly, "Auntie, I didn’t expect you to be interested in my classmate as well. Do you hate her that much? More than I do, wanting her dead? Could there be some secret?"

Ou Chunhua quickly looked behind her, not seeing Ou Yanan. She felt slightly relieved and said, "I told you, I don’t understand a word of what you’re saying. Since you heard it from Mrs. Lin, you should ask her for the money!"

"Fine!" Su Yixia became fierce, "Let things break if they must! When the police question you, Auntie, you better not blame me."

Ou Chunhua sneered: Just a little girl, and she thinks she can scare me, Ou Chunhua?!

Bang.

Both sides hung up the phone simultaneously.

But looking back, Ou Chunhua felt something was off. What was going on with the Su family? Weren’t they doing fine all this while? She had heard nothing about her cousin’s family being in trouble these past few days.

The Su family had suddenly declared bankruptcy.

At three o’clock in the morning, a group of so-called creditors arrived at the Su family’s home. The Su couple couldn’t resist them at all.

Su Yixia and Su Yide seemed to have been startled from a nightmare.

After lingering in the Su home, these people simply refused to leave, demanding money or life, or else they’d take everything in the house. What shocked the siblings most was that their parents insisted they shouldn’t call the police.

The creditor shouted loudly: "Call the police? Go ahead! Even if we go to jail, it’s just for a few days, but your whole family will be locked up for a lifetime!"

"Dad—" Su Yide cried out, "What’s happening?"

The father’s face was ashen, he was practically out of breath. Su’s mother was beside him, continuously wiping her tears, as if all the tears of her life had come pouring out.

Su Yixia approached her father and whispered, "Dad, explain everything to me clearly, maybe I can figure out who’s targeting our Su family."