After Being Betrayed I Married the Glamorous CEO-Chapter 94, I Won’t Be Manipulated by You Anymore!
"Do you have no conscience at all?" Su Ke demanded, his face pale with righteous indignation. He was the very picture of a man heartbroken.
However, Su Xiyang remained calm from start to finish, her expression one of utter indifference. In the past, she would have grown extremely nervous at even a slight change in Su Ke’s expression, let alone a grand speech like this. She had changed. This granddaughter, whom he had once manipulated at will, was completely different now.
"Have you finished your act?" was Su Xiyang’s only reply.
Su Ke was at a loss for how to respond.
Just then, Su Ziye’s mother, Chen Wen, could no longer hold back. After all, her own daughter’s future and personal freedom were on the line; it was a serious matter that did not allow her to remain silent. If this incident really led to Su Ziye spending a decade or so in prison, Chen Wen doubted her pampered daughter would lose her mind. For a wealthy young woman used to a life of freedom, adorned with gold and silver, and getting whatever she wanted, to be suddenly confined to a tiny room just a few square meters in size—such a downfall was unbearable.
"Su Xiyang, I command you as an elder to withdraw the case immediately," Chen Wen said, her voice strained as if each word took all her strength.
"Otherwise, you will definitely regret it!
"You must understand that I, Chen Wen, and the Chen Family I belong to were once one of the most prestigious households. Don’t force me to use my family’s power to fight you to the bitter end!
"If you had any sense, you would know what choice to make!"
Su Xiyang sneered. "Your daughter is so lawless, yet your first instinct isn’t to apologize and defuse the situation, but to pressure me, the victim... Heh, if only you had said sorry on your daughter’s behalf..."
"Sorry? In my entire life, I, Chen Wen, have never apologized to anyone!" Chen Wen blurted out disdainfully.
She embodied an arrogance etched into her very bones, her open contempt for others even more profound than Su Ke’s. Truly, they were cut from the same cloth.
Su Xiyang knew Chen Wen would respond this way; she was quite familiar with this elder’s character. Over the years, because the Old Master favored Su Ziye, Chen Wen’s status as the mother had risen accordingly. She naturally enjoyed the associated glory and often ganged up with Su Ziye to verbally attack Su Xiyang.
She had had enough. More than enough!
"Since you’re so tough, then be tough to the end. Don’t come looking to me for anything," Su Xiyang said. "You’ve always looked down on me, right? In that case, why bother talking to me so much? Don’t you think it lowers your noble status, Miss Chen?"
She found Chen Wen even more repulsive than Su Ke.
Chen Wen was at a loss for words. Seeing Su Xiyang’s indifferent demeanor, it felt as if this young troublemaker had slapped her squarely in the face.
"So you mean to say you’re going head-to-head with the Chen Family to the bitter end? Have you thought this through?" Chen Wen deliberately intensified her tone, intending to intimidate Su Xiyang.
Shen Fanyun was amused. "Is the Chen Family really that formidable?" he asked, without a trace of mockery. He was genuinely curious about what made the Chen Family so powerful as to give Chen Wen such confidence.
Unexpectedly, the scene descended into a bizarrely awkward silence. Shen Fanyun gathered that the so-called Chen Family was nothing more than a paper tiger, perhaps even less influential than the current Su Ke. "I see," he murmured.
Having been silent for a long time, Su Ke had no choice but to play his trump card. "Xi Yan, if you continue to be so obstinate, then... the Su Family can only draw a clear line with you and cut all ties. From now on, don’t even think about stepping through the Su Family’s doorway!"
Su Ke planned to use the threat of banishment as leverage to force Su Xiyang to change her mind.
However, Su Xiyang simply responded with a flat, "Okay."
Su Ke was baffled. "What did you say?" he asked, unable to immediately process her response.
In fact, after Shen Fanyun’s reassurance, she had already thought things through. When facing such unreasonable elders, indecisiveness would only lead to more trouble. For her, drawing a clear boundary was definitely more of a benefit than a loss.
What family affection? What ties? To use Shen Fanyun’s words, did this bunch of old beasts even have an ounce of genuine affection for her in their eyes?
"Su Xiyang, are you trying to anger me to death?" Su Ke’s blood boiled. This time it wasn’t an act; he was genuinely choked with rage.
Su Xiyang said, "I know you’ve always preferred Ziye."
"And in your eyes, Ziye is your true granddaughter, isn’t she? As for me? Heh, what’s the difference between me and something you picked up off the street?
"Growing up, did you ever give me a single smile? You were never satisfied with anything I did, always finding fault and saying this was wrong, that was wrong..."
Su Ke retorted, a hint of self-righteousness in his voice, "I was spurring you on! Motivating you! Helping you keep your arrogance and impatience in check!"
Su Xiyang laughed as if she had just heard the world’s biggest joke. She stared at him mockingly. "You know perfectly well in your own heart whether you were ’motivating’ me or not."
Su Ke was speechless. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
Su Xiyang glanced back at the company where she had spent so many years. "Don’t worry. I’ll leave with nothing. I won’t take any part of the company with me."
This statement caught Su Ke completely off guard. He had brought the company’s property deeds today, intending to play this trump card and deliver a thunderous blow should Su Xiyang hesitate.
Unexpectedly, Su Xiyang was giving it all up voluntarily.
Does this mean she plans to leave the company and sever all ties with the Su Family for good? In other words, my trump card is completely useless? Then... what about Su Ziye? Will she rot in prison? When she gets out in ten years, won’t she be completely ruined?!
"President, you..."
"Don’t be rash! The company is your life’s work; you built it with your own hands! How can you just give it up?"
Hearing Su Xiyang’s decision, a group of employees couldn’t bear to watch.
"I hope you won’t be hasty!" Su Ke took a deep breath, realizing the situation had spiraled beyond his control. If Su Xiyang truly walked away from everything, Su Ziye would be lost for good.
"I don’t want to talk anymore. Take me out for coffee?" Su Xiyang turned to Shen Fanyun.
Shen Fanyun nodded. "Sure."
"Okay, let’s go now." Su Xiyang shrugged. Since she wasn’t keeping the company anyway, these reporters, along with Su Ke and Chen Wen, could stay wherever they pleased. She had no time to waste on these irritating people.
"You’re not leaving without my permission!" Chen Wen’s eyes blazed with fury. She had to make Su Xiyang agree to drop the charges today, or Su Ziye would be ruined.
Exasperated, Su Xiyang slapped Chen Wen across the face. "Try and stop me again."
"Who the hell do you think you are? Saying I can’t leave without your permission?"
Chen Wen was stunned into silence.
