Rebirth: The Ascent of a Socialite-Chapter 537 - 218: A Father and Daughter’s Promise (3)
"Shut up," Su Ziceng angrily glared at Yan Wuxu, "it’s not your turn to speak here."
"You..." Yan Wuxu had never seen such a fierce Su Ziceng and was pushed back several steps by her aggressiveness.
"You can go," Su Qingzhang’s wheelchair moved back a few steps, "what I can give you, that’s all I can give." His voice was no longer stern, yes, that’s all he could offer. His daughter, whom he never raised, all he could do was secure her a stable future.
"Dad, you still don’t understand me even now. The reality that I am your daughter cannot be changed just by one of your announcements." For the first time, Su Qingzhang realized, within Su Ziceng’s personality, there was a stubbornness not weaker than his own, or perhaps that stubbornness should be more accurately described as resilience.
"You..." Su Qingzhang looked into Su Ziceng’s eyes, he saw a pair of eyes brighter than the dawn and he couldn’t help but ask: "What are you planning to do?"
"Dad," Su Ziceng lowered her head, lifted his hand, kissed it, and said: "What defines a merchant? A merchant is someone who creates something out of nothing, starts from scratch. What I’m going to do now and in the future, is the path you’ve walked before. Only by doing this can I be worthy of being your daughter. Please believe in me and choose not to give up on me again. For the past couple of decades, it was you who took care of me, now let me take care of you, okay?"
Su Qingzhang felt a warmth on his hand, penetrating his skin, reaching into his heart.
As pretty as a picture, Yan Wuxu disdainfully thought to himself on the side, even if Su Ziceng wanted to take Su Qingzhang away, it would still have to be approved by Pello.
"Miss Su seems to want to take my guest away here, but it seems she still needs my permission," Pello said, after watching the father-daughter embrace, without a hint of sympathy.
"You have no right to imprison my father’s personal freedom," Su Ziceng confronted Pello with defiance.
"It’s true I don’t have that right, however, you might ask your father if he wants to go with you?" Pello stepped closer to Su Ziceng, staring steadily at her.
Su Qingzhang did not say a word, but his retreating wheelchair already represented his answer. He couldn’t and shouldn’t leave with Su Ziceng. When he decided to let the Su Family go bankrupt so resolutely and drove Su Ziceng out of the house, he had made all his preparations. He could not, because of a few words from Su Ziceng, change his mind now; he couldn’t burden her.
While Pello imprisoned him, he also built a protective wall around him. Those creditors couldn’t find him and couldn’t cause trouble recklessly. But if he listened to Su Ziceng and left this protective wall, Su Ziceng would undoubtedly become the target of everyone’s criticism.
"I know I can’t persuade you now, but I hope during this time, you will not... try to harm yourself again." Su Ziceng stood up, her knees bearing red marks from kneeling. She had understood Su Qingzhang’s intentions. Merely words couldn’t sway Su Qingzhang’s heart.
"I’ll temporarily leave Dad to you, but I’ll come back. Yan Wuxu, you promise me one thing, take good care of him." Su Ziceng faced Yan Wuxu directly. Once close friends, they had diverged at their respective crossroads in life, and now they were reunited here.
"Okay," Yan Wuxu dared not look at Su Ziceng again. The current Su Ziceng, although no longer carrying the halo of Miss Su from the Su Family, was even more intimidating than before. Su Ziceng seemed to have changed, although Yan Wuxu didn’t know what exactly had changed inside her.
"Yan Wuxu, I trust you one more time," after saying this, Su Ziceng glanced another look at Su Qingzhang, walked past Pello, past the butler, past the servants who were listening outside, and exited the Su Family abode with dignity and calm.
Su Ziceng did not know, at this moment, even someone calm like Wen Maixue couldn’t have appeared as composed as she did.
Of course, Su Ziceng is after all Su Ziceng, she might never become like Wen Maixue in her lifetime, at least someone as clever as Wen Maixue would never make the decisions that Su Ziceng was about to make.
When the Su Family went bankrupt, more than two decades later, some people in Mo City would still, after a hearty meal, pick their teeth and talk about the downfall of Mo City’s leading financial dynasty back then.
Then, inevitably, some would reluctantly continue to talk about the infamous daughter of the Su Family, Su Ziceng, and her shocking, convention-defying actions that amazed not only Mo City but even the central government of the country.
Su Ziceng was a nouveau riche, and despite years of refinement at Kelly Women’s College, she remained a nouveau riche. Nouveau riches, often, do not care about money, so what she was going to do next was... repay the money.(To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
