The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits-Chapter 126 - 130: The Creature Known as Phoenix Man (Part 12)

Chapter 126: Chapter 130: The Creature Known as Phoenix Man (Part 12)

Su Qing followed the people from the Zheng Family back to the small two-bedroom apartment they rented. Now that she was pregnant, living here became far too difficult for her.

But Zheng Zhanpeng was out of options. Relying on his monthly salary, without the extra support from Su Qing, he was now barely scraping by, to the extent that his previous confidence had vanished without a trace.

Before, his colleagues at the company had joked that he was like a rich kid out to experience life. But these days, Zheng Zhanpeng avoided his coworkers every day, dreading they might ask about his situation.

Absent the gloss of money, Zheng Zhanpeng felt like a mouse reverted to its true form, which made him even more anxious than Su Qing.

Su Qing saw her husband’s anxiety and remembered it well, thinking he was worried about her.

So, in secret, Su Qing made a phone call to her father, Jiang Tao.

Since they had reconnected, the sporadic sums of money she had transferred to her father amounted to over a million. The records of these transactions were still on her phone.

Roughly calculating, Su Qing herself was astonished at the total—it was that much.

Bolstered by the tally, she thought that surely he wouldn’t refuse her when she asked next.

She had no experience asking for money, even from her own father, who had benefited from her generosity. She felt ashamed and embarrassed, her cheeks flushing with discomfort as she mustered her courage to speak as soon as the call connected.

Unexpectedly, her father on the other end of the line refused without a moment’s hesitation.

"Daddy, I only need a hundred thousand yuan. With that, Zhanpeng and I could have a simple wedding," she said.

She remembered just a short while ago, she had sent her father a hundred thousand yuan.

Before calling, she had contacted her brother, Jiang Jun, and subtly inquired. Recently, he wasn’t attending any tutoring classes, so the money should still be untouched.

"Dad, I’m just temporarily borrowing it for an emergency. I’ll pay you back afterward," she pleaded.

When there was a prolonged silence on the other end of the line, Su Qing steeled herself and blurted out, "Just lend it to me first, and later I’ll transfer two hundred thousand to you."

Jiang Tao hesitated. He knew about the falling out between his daughter and her mother; not only was her credit card confiscated, but her car was taken back, and her network of relationships was shut off as well.

Now Su Qing’s pockets were even emptier than his own; otherwise, she wouldn’t be asking him for money.

If he lent out the money, getting it back would be a dicey proposition.

Still wavering, Jiang Tao intended to refuse, but Su Qing quickly interjected before he could speak, "Can I write you an IOU?"

Of course not...

Just as Jiang Tao was about to refuse, Xu Baifeng urgently nudged his elbow and silently mouthed to him, signaling him to agree quickly.

"Fine then, but you alone don’t count. You have to write it with Zhanpeng," Jiang Tao thought he was making a shrewd requirement.

After hanging up, Jiang Tao turned curiously to Xu Baifeng and asked, "Why did you make me agree? If they can’t pay it back, won’t that money be lost?"

Jiang Tao knew all too well how stingy his wife was—she only had a rule for taking things in, never for giving out.

This was an extraordinary event. Could it be that her iron heart was finally softening, taking pity on her own daughter?

But that was just wishful thinking; Jiang Tao knew that a tender heart would never be found in Xu Baifeng.

It was precisely because he knew his wife too well that he was extremely curious and astonished by her unreasonable behavior.

Seeing Jiang Tao waiting for an explanation, Xu Baifeng patted him on the head, "Are you dumb? Su Qing is that woman’s daughter. What is the one thing the Su Family doesn’t lack?"

"Money... You must be getting old and senile, your reaction time is slow."

Having his intelligence questioned, Jiang Tao was quite indignant.

"Su Qing’s mom doesn’t care about her anymore and wants to pinch some money from my foolish daughter like before, but I’m afraid that’s not going to work." Jiang Tao said with a face full of heartache, the thought of those hundred thousand yuan made his heart clench.

He shouldn’t have listened to his wife just now and wondered if it was too late to have second thoughts.

Xu Baifeng: "I call you dumb and you really are. I’m a mother too. If our Xiao Jun made a mistake, could you really bear not to take care of him?"

"Of course not."

"Well, that settles it. You know after Su Li divorced you, she never remarried or had other children. She only has Su Qing as a daughter, can she truly harden her heart and ignore her?"

Xu Baifeng looked confident, " Maybe she just wants to let her taste a bit of hardship, and even if Su Li agrees, would that stingy old man from the Su Family?"

Jiang Tao also came to his senses, having seen for himself how Su Fugui, that stingy old geezer, doted on his granddaughter, how could he say ignore her and just do it?

"Now you’re helping your daughter in her time of need, she will remember your kindness in the future... after all, our Xiao Jun’s future depends on his wealthy sister..."

Xu Baifeng cunningly calculated and patted her husband again, "Don’t be foolish enough to offend the God of Wealth."

With his wife’s analysis, Jiang Tao also felt it made sense. Those humiliating few years of marriage had given him a certain understanding of Su Li.

She was indeed cold-hearted, but when it came to family, she was unusually soft-hearted, not to mention her own daughter, the flesh of her flesh.

If it hadn’t been for his negligence, committing a fundamental mistake, and the influence of that stubborn old Su Fugui, he wouldn’t have been forced into divorce.

After Su Qing hung up the phone, she also felt very dejected, realizing that when times are tough, it’s clear to see one’s true heart, and it was indeed true.

She had treated her father and his family with all her heart, only to find that when she herself was in need, even her biological father was unreliable.

However, her thoughts and anger faded away like melting snow on a sunny day after seeing the transfer notification and the warm, affectionate text message she received a short while later.

It turned out her Daddy hadn’t ignored her, he still loved her very much.

Su Qing’s mood immediately brightened.

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Su Li’s spirits were also lifted after leaving the private hospital.

After a series of examinations, her body was even healthier than girls in their twenties.

This time she donated several large pieces of equipment to the hospital, with only one request; she demanded the best quality.

Flipping through the Su Family genealogy, starting from the Ming and Qing Dynasty, the Su genes had been excellent, with most descendants being very accomplished. The original body was also a strong woman, but Su Qing...

She really didn’t want to say more, just looking at her current actions, it was bringing down the overall class of the Su Family.

Thinking it over, Su Li could only come to the conclusion that it definitely was the poor genes of her former husband.

This time, she absolutely couldn’t make that mistake again.