Rebirth: The Ascent of a Socialite-Chapter 531 - 216: Missing (Part 3)
The newspapers were filled with successive reports about the Su Family, about the mine disaster, about being sued in court, about the mine shutting down and then resuming operations—all sorts of news.
From the newspaper, he knew that Chang Mei, who had always taken care of him, had been arrested, and now braving the storms facing the Su Family was his daughter, Su Ziceng, whom he had always considered the most useless.
Su Qingzhang always believed that his judgment of people was very good, that he just needed one look to see a person’s true nature, and he was rarely wrong; indeed, his judgment was very accurate.
In the Sixth District, he picked out his only partner, Chang Mei. When he saved Qiao Chu from the hoodlums, he knew she would be his companion for life. Likewise, when he met Ye Taina, a close friend of Qiao Chu deeply trapped in a troubled marriage, it was love at first sight.
Atop the "Golden Coast" building, the rooftop of the seventy-story building was perpetually battered by forceful winds of level four or five. The wind couldn’t sweep away the green construction safety nets enveloping the exterior, but it was enough to stir one’s soul.
Su Qingzhang had only misjudged three people in his life: one was Yan Wuxu, that daughter sleeping beside him. The next was Pello, the son of Ye Taina who came seeking revenge. The last, and the one he should have never misjudged, yet the one he most grievously did, was his daughter, Su Ziceng.
Su Qingzhang had no idea how Su Ziceng had faced those hideous officials, nor how she had reconciled with Chang Mei. He never even gave her a chance to tell her story before he kicked her out of the house.
She must hate and resent him now. He had always been cold to her since she was a child, but none of that mattered anymore. At least, Su Qingzhang believed he had arranged everything properly.
The bankruptcy of the Su Family actually pleased Su Qingzhang. Yan Wuxu should not dream of getting a penny from him anymore, nor should the Wen Family or Pello, who wanted to take over the Su Family and then mock him wildly—it was all impossible now. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
Those people should not even think of taking advantage of Su Qingzhang. This building, a concrete testimony to the Su Family’s painstaking efforts and toil, was not going to fall into the hands of the Wen Family. When he leaps from here, his blood will be the best gift for those people. This building, along with the Wen Family, will forever bear the imprint of Su Qingzhang, even if it is stamped with the price of death.
The wind, as if blowing from hell, made it difficult for anyone to stand on the platform; Su Qingzhang moved his wheelchair forward, the unfinished platform crudely fixed with a five-centimeter-high step.
The rubber marks on the surface of the wheelchair, after days of relentless travel, had been worn down, exposing a patchy white similar to the white in Su Qingzhang’s hair.
Su Qingzhang’s fingers, due to exertion, trembled constantly, and blue and red veins prominently emerged on the back of his hand.
He had the porter take him down to the base of the building, and after crossing the construction site, he continued the rest of the journey to the rooftop with his own hands pushing the wheelchair; it took some effort.
The spiraling wind added some resistance to his suicidal act. A few more centimeters, and Su Qingzhang would plunge down from this seventy-story building.
Su Qingzhang, on the unfinished building and nearing the end of his life, seemed to see his aging body falling through the air, like a goose that failed to survive the winter, its senseless feet like broken wings.
Half of the wheelchair’s wheels were already off the ground; Su Qingzhang mustered his last bit of strength, preparing to lunge forward.
His neck and wheelchair were jerked back forcefully onto the platform.
"You really are here," came a voice from behind, filled with endless mockery, causing Su Qingzhang to turn his head angrily.
"How did you get here?" The person who pulled Su Qingzhang back from the brink of death was none other than Pello.
"I waited for you in the library for most of the day, but you never showed up," Pello kept a firm hold on Su Qingzhang, who was inches away from jumping off the building.
"Stop with the pretense, I don’t need your rescue. The Su Family and... everything," Su Qingzhang tried to throw himself forward again. Anyone could stop him—anyone but Pello. It was Pello who arranged for his current plight, this demon, who even deceived Ziceng’s emotions.
"I’m not here to save you," Pello took a few steps back with the wheelchair and Su Qingzhang, moving back onto the platform. Pello’s hair was disheveled by the wind, carrying a bloodthirsty frenzy, "I’m here to see you off." (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
