Rebirth: The Ascent of a Socialite-Chapter 534 - 217: The Taste of Falling from a Height (Third Watch)
"I have this obligation," Su Ziceng was also reluctant to let go of the Wine Shop. That wine store was the first territory she had established by herself, which could be regarded as her first achievement after her rebirth. Now, however, she had to sell it off.
"This obligation is not as easy to bear as you think. Pello can place people in the Su Mansion, but you can’t. You should know, once you take Su Qingzhang back, it means you’ll have to deal with a series of troublesome bankruptcy issues." Sister Mu, who was older than Su Ziceng, could see more clearly the warmth and coldness of human relationships.
The bankruptcy of the Su Family was just the beginning. Once Su Ziceng announced her relationship with Su Qingzhang externally, the ensuing salaries and debt repayments seemed like a bottomless pit. All the arrangements that Su Qingzhang had previously made would be wasted.
"Isn’t he just trying to completely crush us, father and daughter?" Su Ziceng wasn’t scared by Sister Mu’s words. After hearing a series of affairs from Chang Chi, how could she sit idly by, guarding the jewelry arranged by Su Qingzhang like a turtle shrinking into its shell, unresponsive? She knew Pello’s revenge was like venomous snakes and fierce beasts. She didn’t know how Pello would treat Su Qingzhang, whether it was daily insults or wanton mockery, she didn’t want to spend her life thinking about these things.
"You can take it slowly," Sister Mu tried to calm Su Ziceng down. These past few days, newspapers and news reports have been broadcasting about Pello and the Wen Family taking over the "Golden Coast" and continuing to build the tallest building in Mo City. These overwhelming news made Su Ziceng’s already shaky heart even more fragile.
"Sister Mu, I am not you," Su Ziceng’s voice grew weaker. "I have no unique skills, nor exceptional talent. I can only depend on everything I have to protect my family. Over the years, I’ve done nothing but squandered the affection others had for me." Even Chang Mei had done so much for the Su Family, but she, during the Su Family’s most critical moment, carrying a bunch of jewelry and finances, stayed out of involvement – she couldn’t bear it; those years were like numerous termites, gnawing at her nerves.
"Come with me," Sister Mu stood up and pulled her out of "Admiration," called a cab, and drove all the way to the mountain.
The taxi stopped at the foot of a mountain in Mo City. Unlike other mountains, this tallest mountain in Mo City had no name, but it was this nameless mountain that had the highest altitude in Mo City.
Sister Mu gave up the well-maintained Mountain Ring Road, accompanying Su Ziceng to walk up from the foot of the mountain. Although it was a smooth concrete road, it was still very strenuous for one-legged Sister Mu to walk. Several times Su Ziceng wanted to stop the vehicles on the roadside to let Sister Mu ride, but she stopped her.
The two women continued walking up the mountain road. Under the sunshine, the tall mountain cast their shadows as tiny as dust.
The spiraling mountain road made Su Ziceng feel like she was lunging into a vortex. Afterwards, she had another feeling; she and Wen Mai Xue had thrown themselves into Pello’s arms, Wen Mai Xue ended up draped in wedding dress while she was covered with wounds. She should have realized it earlier but refused to extricate herself.
She thought she had stopped all the vortexes but didn’t realize she had been caught in the biggest vortex of love.
Thinking of all this, Su Ziceng and Sister Mu helped each other forward. The height of the mountain gradually diminished as they relentlessly moved forward.
Su Ziceng didn’t know why Sister Mu wanted to bring her to climb the mountain. The sound of the artificial leg hitting the concrete rang in her ears, listening to a resolution.
Sweat washed away her despair, first from her forehead, then her eyes, then her nose, then her arms, waist, and finally her feet. The sun had already set, but Su Ziceng and Sister Mu’s bodies seemed as if they had draped the sunlight again, the sunlight transforming into moonlight, reviving them.
The hidden warmth overflowed from their skin, making Su Ziceng feel alive again.
Only at 8 o’clock in the evening, famished, did the two reach the mountain top. The air between the mountains was cold yet fresh.
The brilliant sunlight had vanished, and the forest in the mountains exuded countless moist vapors, the smell of earth heavy and solid.
"Ziceng," Sister Mu’s hands and feet were trembling. She hadn’t walked like this for a long time, and the area where the artificial leg was tied had blistered, likely to burst when they went downhill later.
"Sister Mu, you are truly mad," Su Ziceng looked at Sister Mu and burst into laughter, laughing heartily.
"I accompanied you up the mountain, not for you to mock me," Sister Mu glared at Su Ziceng, shifted her position, and pointed towards the side of the mountain where Mo City was located. From high up on the mountain looking down, Mo City was as glamorous as any prosperous city in Z Country, the lights dim and distant, "Look over there, look carefully."
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