Chapter 248: If I Can't Have It, I'll Destroy It

The surrounding workers, upon hearing Su Ruo's words, were all moved; they knew what Su Ruo said was true.

Since the Xia Hua Clothing Factory was established, it has helped many daughters from poor families find work.

Yu Mother's face instantly turned ugly; she didn't expect Su Ruo to be so difficult, not only not responding to her words but also snidely scolding her.

Yu Mother still wanted to say something, but Su Ruo didn't give her a chance to speak: "Let's not even talk about Zhao Di not dating your son; even if they were dating, isn't it normal to break up if they feel unsuitable?"

What are you doing, showing up at my door to force the palace?! I've never heard of the reasoning that once you're dating, you must get married.

The crowd suddenly realized: they originally felt pity for Yu Mother, so they sympathized with her, but they didn't expect that Yu Mother's whole family coming to cause a scene would have such a huge impact on a girl's reputation.

If it were someone thin-skinned, they probably wouldn't be able to lift their head for the rest of their life.

So, at this moment, the crowd's gaze toward Yu Mother and her group inevitably carried a few more scorn, especially families with daughters, who sneered at such behavior.

Someone who couldn't stand it immediately said: "I say, madam, you're wrong about this. First, not mentioning whether the dating is true or false, the breaking up and getting back together in dating is naturally normal; you yourself have a daughter, how can you ruin someone else's reputation like that?"

Others also said: "You say your family's conditions are poor, your son is just a truck driver; with such conditions, claiming that our Manager Li took a liking to your son—I just can't believe it!"

As soon as those words were spoken, the surrounding people's suspicions of Yu Mother deepened further; after all, hearing this, nothing seemed reliable.

At this moment, Yu Mother was simply unable to defend herself; in her heart, her family and her son were naturally the best, a match for Li Zhaodi more than sufficient, but others obviously didn't see it that way, and she couldn't produce evidence to prove it.

Seeing everyone chime in one after another, the situation was developing toward an uncontrollable direction.

Yu Pengfei in the crowd finally couldn't hold back any longer and stepped forward, saying to his mother: "Mom, let's go back first!"

Actually, Yu Pengfei had been there for a while; although he didn't like his mother and sister's behavior, he didn't stop them, because he hoped to win back Li Zhaodi.

Upon seeing Yu Pengfei, Yu Mother immediately grabbed his hand and said: "Son, they say Li Zhaodi never dated you; quickly explain to everyone."

Yu Pengfei now dared not lift his head; facing the crowd's gaze, he could only whisper: "Mom, let's go back first; I'll explain to you when we get home."

Yu Mother, however, directly shoved him away: "Useless thing, what's there to explain? I and your sister are almost being bullied to death—don't you see?"

After saying that, Yu Mother, uncaring of her image, sat on the ground and began to cry.

Seeing this, Yu Pengfei panicked at once; he looked pleadingly at Li Zhaodi, hoping she would speak up to help him explain, so as to calm his mother's anger.

Li Zhaodi found Yu Pengfei especially laughable; his mother had come to her door to ruin her reputation, yet Yu Pengfei still wanted her to speak up and explain things to them.

Seeing Li Zhaodi's cold gaze, Yu Pengfei's heart jolted; but on one side was his birth mother who had painstakingly raised him, and on the other was the girl he liked—he simply didn't know how to choose.

Finally, Yu Pengfei gritted his teeth and made a decision: "Li Zhaodi, even if you want to break up with me, why be so heartless? My mother is old; do you really have to humiliate her like this?"

Li Zhaodi almost laughed from anger; his family used such vicious tactics to try to force her to compromise, yet Yu Pengfei turned around and accused her of humiliating his mother—what could be more ridiculous than that?

At this moment, Li Zhaodi's heart finally died completely; she felt immensely fortunate about her decision, because the people before her simply didn't deserve her efforts.

When she opened her eyes again, Li Zhaodi had become once more the decisive, strong woman who kills and decides in the marketplace.

She curled her lips with a cold smile, speaking without a trace of emotion: "Hey comrade, are you blind? It's clearly your mother and her gang deliberately causing a scene at the door to smear my name; you ignore your mother, yet you claim I'm humiliating her—truly, like mother, like son."

"Besides, I don't know you; please don't call my name, because I find you disgusting."

Yu Pengfei knew that his feelings for Li Zhaodi were completely severed at this moment.

He involuntarily began to panic, wondering if he was wrong; he truly liked Li Zhaodi, but between his mother and Li Zhaodi, he still chose his mother, because in Yu Pengfei's heart, his mother raising him was not easy, so he couldn't let his mother suffer injustice, even if this matter was his mother's fault.

As for Li Zhaodi, he could make it up to her later, but it was obvious that Li Zhaodi had not given him that chance.

Yu Mother hadn't expected Li Zhaodi to be so ruthless, truly showing no sentiment; she immediately cursed: "You shameless little tramp, you failed to seduce my son, yet now you actually want to just toss our whole family aside like that—I tell you it's absolutely impossible."

Yu Pengfei hurriedly urged: "Mom, don't be like that; let's go home first!"

But Yu Mother slapped him hard across the face: "Useless thing, you can't even handle a woman, making me lose face together with you."

Yu Mother had long yearned for those good days; seeing them about to arrive, yet they vanished just like that—how could she resign herself to it?

At this moment, in Yu Mother's heart, there was only one thought: if her family couldn't marry Li Zhaodi, then they would destroy her; even if she had to spare no expense, she would utterly ruin Li Zhaodi's reputation, making it impossible for her to marry in this lifetime, and she would absolutely not let Li Zhaodi have an easy life.

Yu Pengfei had never seen his mother like this before; he was instantly stunned.

Li Zhaodi watched all this and suddenly felt it was boring; she used to envy the Yu family's life, thinking that although they were poor, at least they loved each other and had familial warmth.

But now it seems they are no different from her own parents; it's just that Yu Mother is better at pretending.

Yu Mother still wanted to cause a ruckus, using extremely vicious words to insult and humiliate Li Zhaodi, but Li Zhaodi didn't even glance at her again, turned and walked into the factory area—talking to such people was simply wasting her time.

Yu Mother still wanted to move forward, but two security guards blocked her path, leaving her unable to move at all.

This farce finally ended completely with the arrival of the police, but it was clear that as Yu Mother left, she was still unwilling, and she had not given up on causing trouble for Li Zhaodi.