Rebirth: The Ascent of a Socialite-Chapter 526 - 215: Su Qingzhang’s Madness
Today, I was shocked and almost tricked into signing a contract, I’m feeling so unsettled that I came to check for any updates and saw Polemo’s reward. Saying I’m not excited would be a lie.
Thank you, I’ll add two more updates today, the second and third updates will be at 2 PM and 8 PM. The story will end next month, I truly thank those girls who have followed it all along.
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When Yang Wuxu received the news, he rushed to the Su Family home like a madman. Su Qingzhang, that old bastard, actually dared to announce the bankruptcy of the Su Family. After Su Ziceng was kicked out of the house, not only did Su Qingzhang fail to go back to the Su Family to manage the aftermath, but he also seemed to have lost his ambition overnight, leaving all matters of the Su Family in the hands of Yang Wuxu.
He allowed her to sign on his behalf, allowed her to call a board meeting, and to sell his shares to the Wen family. He just lay in his bedroom every day, swallowing some pills with water at the advice of the servants. He looked much worse than he did in the hospital, and the previously sharp look in his eyes had completely dissipated.
Once a dominant figure in Mo City, Su Qingzhang, in his middle age, had become destitute, even more miserable than when he lived in the Sixth District all those years ago.
By his side, there was not a single family member or child. Of his two daughters, one was expelled by him from the home, and the other had severed ties with him.
"This is karma," Su Qingzhang muttered to himself as he left the Su Family home alone while the servants were panicking from the news of bankruptcy.
It was all karma, karma for abandoning Ye Taina, for betraying his childhood sweetheart Chang Mei, and instead marrying Qiao Chu. Even when he was with Qiao Chu, he already had Chang Chi with Chang Mei.
To get closer to the wealthy girl Qiao Chu, he discussed with the understanding Chang Mei and, putting aside emotional troubles for the time being, married Qiao Chu.
How ridiculous, truly ridiculous. Su Qingzhang thought back to the day when the butler pushed him into the visiting room to see Chang Mei. The woman he thought had been pining for him for decades refused even to glance at him.
"I’ve given you and the Su Family the first half of my life, now for the remainder of it, I just hope to be alone and at peace in jail," Chang Mei said softly while dressed in prison garb.
The jail was the only place that could calm her mind, the only place where she could silently cherish her memories of Qiao Chu.
"Xiao Mei," Su Qingzhang said excitedly, trying to stand up. Everything he had was leaving him. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
"Qing Chang, do you know who I hate the most in this world?" Chang Mei finally looked at Su Qingzhang, looking at the man who had aged and could no longer stand.
"All this time, I thought the person I hated most was Ye Taina, until I saw the son of Ye Taina. I realized I don’t hate her. The one I hate most is you. If not for you, Xiao Chu and I could have lived in the Su Family home peacefully for a lifetime. I wouldn’t even mind treating Ziceng like my own daughter. It was you, your infidelity killed Xiao Chu; if not for you, I wouldn’t have told her about Ye Taina, leading to the huge argument we had, and she wouldn’t have... accidentally fallen." Chang Mei’s eyes reddened again, but no tears fell.
"Xiao Chu’s hemorrhage was because of...?" Su Qingzhang felt as if he’d been struck in the chest with a blunt object, an unbearable pain.
"Did you really think Ziceng was a cursed child, responsible for her parents’ misfortunes? You are the culprit," Chang Mei’s voice, like a sharp sword, kept piercing Su Qingzhang’s heart in countless dark nights, until his entire heart was mangled and bloody.
Turns out, everything was because of him. Pello was Ye Taina’s son, Ye Taina’s son; he came for revenge, to retaliate against the man who had caused his mother’s death years ago.
"I was foolishly delusional to think of entrusting Ziceng to him; it’s all ruined now. Ziceng, the Su Family, the Su home." Su Qingzhang roared in his heart, but sorrow had numbed his expression; at the moment, he was nothing more than a decrepit old man, supported into a taxi by a kindhearted driver.
After rushing back to the Su Family, Yang Wuxu charged into Su Qingzhang’s room like a rabid dog but caught nothing.
"Su Qingzhang, you old bastard," Yang Wuxu vented her frustration by smashing things around in the room.
The bankruptcy of the Su Family meant the end of everything: her shares, her lavish clothes and food, and all her jewelry and gems.
At the Eve Hotel, the commotion that Su Ziceng had previously caused was just settling down when Wen Mai Xue, her face flushed with anger, looked at the document in her hands.
