Chapter 247: Pretending to Be Crazy and Selling Misery

Yu's mother was still desperately begging Li Zhaodi, as if she hadn't noticed at all the strange looks from the people around.

But Li Zhaodi saw through Yu's mother's pretense at a glance; she knew Yu's mother wanted to use this method to force her to compromise.

Li Zhaodi felt not the slightest fear of Yu's mother's threats; she didn't care about reputation at all. At this moment she felt greatly relieved, relieved that she had decided to break up and leave this wretched family.

"What are you doing here?" As the scene descended into chaos, Su Ruo's clear, cold voice rang out.

Upon seeing Su Ruo, the onlookers automatically made way.

Su Ruo walked over; Yu's mother was fixed by her icy gaze, involuntarily shivering. Even Yu's mother herself didn't understand why she was afraid of this young girl who looked not very old.

She felt as if Su Ruo exuded a terrifying deterrent power.

"Master," Li Zhaodi exclaimed, looking at Su Ruo, and her eyes instantly reddened. Though she felt fine inside, seeing Su Ruo made her inexplicably feel wronged.

Su Ruo smiled and said to her, "Don't worry, I've got everything."

Yu's mother then came to her senses, she pleaded with Su Ruo, "Are you Zhaodi's friend? You've come at just the right time—please help persuade her. You said she was about to marry Xiao Feng any day now; how could she just say they're breaking up and break up?"

When Su Ruo looked at Yu's mother, her gaze instantly turned cold: "I see you're not only lacking in brains, but also in hearing—you didn't hear what Zhaodi just called me?"

"You say Zhaodi is about to marry your son, yet you don't even know she has me as her master—don't you find that ridiculous?"

Upon hearing Su Ruo's words, the onlookers' faces flickered with doubt, after all, in the entire Clothing Factory, nobody was unaware of the relationship between Su Ruo and Li Zhaodi.

Nobody was unaware of how much Li Zhaodi respected Su Ruo; if what this old woman said were true, her son would already be at the stage of discussing marriage with Li Zhaodi, so how could she possibly not know Su Ruo?

Upon hearing Su Ruo's words, Yu's mother froze instantly. She had heard from her son before that Li Zhaodi had a master and a close friend, and the three of them had opened the Clothing Factory together, but back then she had never taken those details to heart.

She hadn't expected the other party to give her a runaround here; she hurriedly explained, "It's my old eyes that failed to recognize you, but our Xiao Fei often mentions you to me."

Last time, when you all ate together, I even specially had him buy Qifang Zhai's specialty pastry.

Our poor Xiao Fei's father died early; I alone have been both father and mother, raising them and their siblings.

If Xiao Fei has done anything wrong, please forgive us; as his mother, I apologize to you on his behalf here.

This Xiao Fei is an honest-hearted child who has suffered a lot since childhood; fortunately he met Zhaodi. I'm old and can't work anymore; now I have only one wish: to see Xiao Fei and Zhaodi get married, and then I'll be satisfied.

As she spoke, Yu's mother couldn't help but tear up; seeing this, the onlookers couldn't help but cast sympathetic glances her way.

In this era, if a family has no man and relies solely on a widow to raise several children, one can imagine how hard their life must be.

Su Ruo gave Yu's mother a cold stare, waiting until she had cried enough before saying, "Ma'am, you probably have it wrong! I've never had a meal with your son, and Zhaodi has never dated him. You're here looking for a daughter-in-law—you might have the wrong person!"

As soon as Su Ruo said that, everyone, including Yu's mother, was stunned.

Yu's elder sister angrily said, "You're talking nonsense; my brother is clearly dating Li Zhaodi, and Li Zhaodi even bought him clothes and a watch—it's not something you can just deny."

Su Ruo said without any expression, "You say Zhaodi is dating your brother—do you have any evidence?"

Yu's elder sister was instantly left speechless. She had heard from her brother that Li Zhaodi, fearing bad influence, had rarely interacted with him in the factory, and even when they did interact, it was always with others present, so hardly anyone in the factory knew they were dating.

Yu's elder sister had originally thought Li Zhaodi was being overly affected, even acting like some big shot, but now it seems the other party likely had planned this all along!

She immediately flared up in anger and shouted, "Fine, you Li Zhaodi—I've been wondering why you never let my brother make their relationship public; did you decide from the start to toy with his feelings?"

Before Yu's elder sister's words had even finished, Su Ruo waved her hand and two security guards immediately stepped in front of her.

Yu's elder sister was hot-tempered but had never seen such a scene; she immediately frightened and said, "What are you going to do?"

Su Ruo said in an icy tone, "Keep your mouth clean, or don't blame me for being rude."

A flicker of fear crossed Yu's elder sister's eyes, but she still put on a tough front and said, "I don't believe you'd dare to hit someone in broad daylight."

Su Ruo: "I won't hit you, but gathering a crowd to cause trouble, spreading rumors and slander openly—I can completely call the police and have you all locked up."

Upon hearing Su Ruo say she would call the police, Yu's elder sister immediately wilted. As the saying goes, civilians don't contend with officials; since Su Ruo and her associates could run such a large factory, there must be powerful backing behind them, and they certainly didn't want to be thrown in jail for no reason—who knows what they'd endure if they actually ended up there.

At the same time, Yu's second and third sisters also began to retreat. They had come today merely to cause a scene, hoping to pressure Li Zhaodi into compromise, but they hadn't expected Su Ruo to be so steadfast; for a moment they didn't know what to do.

Among them, only Yu's mother remained composed; she said, "Miss Su, I know you think our family is poor and therefore look down on us, but some things cannot be faked—false cannot become true. Whether Li Zhaodi is really dating my son, only she herself knows in her heart."

Su Ruo directly scoffed: "Ma'am, you don't need to try to morally blackmail me. Our Clothing Factory has helped so many poor girls each year and built how many Hope Elementary Schools—it's not something you can tarnish with just a few words."

I have never looked down on the poor; on the contrary, I greatly respect those who are hardworking, simple, and striving to improve—most of the workers in my factory are people like that.

What I look down on are those who don't seek improvement and only want to leech off others.