Mr. Bo, Madam Is Pregnant!
Chapter 244: Sell

Chapter 244: Chapter 244: Sell

Although Su Lu had considered this possibility, he was still somewhat surprised when he actually heard Su Zhe say it.

It was as if, no matter what, it was still hard to imagine that this difficult person, who for so many years had been as fierce as a flood and wild beast, had actually... become paralyzed?

Unable to move?

Su Lu found it quite unbelievable, "He’s paralyzed? Can’t move?"

She even asked for confirmation, and Su Zhe nodded, "It’s said to be so, and the situation might be even more serious, otherwise, they wouldn’t have asked us to come back. Of course, it might also be an exaggeration."

Whether it’s exaggerated or not, we’ll know when we see it.

When Su Yi, now known as Zhao Tong, learned about it, he didn’t have much of a reaction.

Su Lu had thought his reaction would be stronger, considering he was once too outwardly supportive, having been the closest to Su Yukan?

"I know I was being foolish before, right? It’s been years, and you’re still bringing this up?" Zhao Tong frowned at Su Lu.

He only dared to frown at Su Lu; looking at Su Zhe that way was absolutely out of the question.

"Even if decades pass, I will still bring this up. You were foolish, any objections to me saying that?" Su Zhe raised his eyebrows and asked.

Zhao Tong waved his hand, "None, absolutely none. I dare not object. I was foolish, completely, one hundred percent blind."

Su Lu couldn’t help but chuckle, seeing that Zhao Tong wasn’t as timid in front of Su Zhe as he used to be. Now, he was a bit slick with his words, probably knowing that Su Zhe, despite not favoring him, still regarded him as a younger brother after all. A few reproaches were not a big deal.

Zhao Tong brought the conversation back, "But what reaction could I have? His paralysis wasn’t my doing."

"Don’t you remember his kindness in raising you?" Su Zhe teased him, raising the pitch of his voice slightly at the end, carrying a bit of banter.

Zhao Tong scoffed, "Ha. I’ve long since stopped owing him anything. He extorted a huge sum from my parents, so if we’re talking about raising me, my parents have already paid it back."

Neither Su Lu nor Su Zhe had ever heard about this.

So they looked at each other, reading mutual perplexity in the other’s eyes.

Su Zhe frowned and asked, "What’s going on?"

Su Lu said, "You never mentioned this."

"My dad didn’t want you to worry, so he didn’t let me tell you," Zhao Tong explained. "Aunt knew, and she told me not to tell big brother, mainly to spare him the discomfort of knowing what Su Yukan had become."

He and Su Lu had officially separated from the Su family, and he had even changed his name. But the big brother still had Su Yukan’s blood coursing through his veins, and knowing what Su Yukan had done would have troubled him, both outwardly and inwardly.

Su Zhe was taken aback, "What exactly happened?"

Zhao Tong then disclosed, "Actually, Su Yukan contacted me after that."

"When?" Su Zhe asked.

"It was after Su Lu and I moved to Beijing, and my parents acknowledged me."

That was also a few years ago.

Zhao Tong continued, "At that time, Su Yukan called me. Honestly, it was the first time I heard him speak to me so gently, both polite and kind, truly benevolent."

Zhao Tong let out a cold laugh with a hint of self-ridicule, "Come to think of it, it was the first time I heard Su Yukan speak to me so gently after all these years. At that moment, I was dumbstruck, considering that I still remembered the gratitude I owed him for his upbringing."

But Zhao Tong had never dreamed that Su Yukan was flattering him at the time, hoping Zhao Tong would keep in touch with the Su Family in the future.

In his speech, the gist was about reminding Zhao Tong of their bond, asking how it would have been feasible for him to reunite so effortlessly with his biological parents, even managing to have his household registration transferred back without Su Yukan being accommodating?

He also advised him not to waste having such affluent and generous parents, to scrape together whatever he could...

Zhao Tong felt as if he had plunged into an ice cave at the time.

At this moment, Su Zhe also felt as though he had fallen into an ice cave, "Are you saying..." Su Zhe was momentarily lost for words, as if someone had choked him, speaking with difficulty, "...are you saying he asked your parents for money?"

Zhao Tong nodded, "Exploiting gratitude for personal gain..." Zhao Tong gave a bitter smile, "Although I don’t care now, at that time, it still hurt because it essentially felt like... he was selling me to my parents. I only found out later that he had asked my parents for a lot of money."

He revealed a figure.

Even Su Lu could not help but gasp – it was indeed a huge amount.

Although her uncle’s business was large, with chains of restaurants and hotels even abroad, coming up with so much money at once was a test of his liquid asset reserves.

Su Zhe gripped his fists tightly, his knuckles turning white.

Su Lu touched Zhao Tong, signaling him to stop talking.

Zhao Tong saw his older brother’s expression and shrugged his shoulders, "That’s why auntie told me not to tell you, because she was worried it would upset you."

It would definitely be upsetting, how humiliating.

Su Zhe took a deep breath.

At that moment, Su Lu and he had an epiphany about why Zhao Tong was so willing to change his name back then.

In fact, Su Zhe initially thought that Su Lu might change her name more readily, while Zhao Tong might be more hesitant.

Because Su Lu truly had a rough time in the Su family and had no reason to keep Su Yukan’s surname. But Su Yi’s life in the Su family was relatively better, and he had no complaints against Su Yukan.

However, unexpectedly, it was Su Lu who opted not to change her surname, finding it too troublesome.

Whereas Su Yi was swift and decisive about changing his name without any discomfort, let alone reluctance.

At that time, Su Zhe merely thought this fellow was heartless.

Looking back now, he understood.

Because he knew back then what had happened, that Su Yukan had essentially sold him in a sense, extorting a sum from his parents.

And his parents did not hesitate at all.

Which was more important... did more thinking even matter? He wasn’t foolish.

At this moment, Su Zhe indeed felt humiliated, he said to Zhao Tong, "If you don’t want to make this trip, then don’t." Su Zhe inhaled deeply, "Su Lu, you don’t go either, I’ll go back myself."

Su Lu thought for a moment, shaking her head, "I’d better accompany you back, just like my mom said, let’s treat it as taking Xiao Le on a summer trip."

Zhao Tong shrugged, "I have no objections, I’m not too busy, and I would like to take Xiao Le for a summer trip as well." He looked at Su Zhe, "Brother, I didn’t bring this up to burden you emotionally; it’s just that several years have passed, it’s all in the past, and there’s nothing that cannot be discussed."