Chapter 402: Neutering

Su Yi widened their eyes, "But it looks so old and dirty, and one piece even has a hole!"

"That's because I've been wearing it for a year, and it's stained with plant sap that won't wash off! The one with the hole is a fashionable item Mom bought for me, and you have it too!"

Their family's clothes are changed each season. Worn-out clothes are directly donated to children in the mountains.

Su Xi spent this year with Mom, bringing a bodyguard to survey and invest in picturesque places; food and drink were well provided by locals, safety was assured by the bodyguard, but because transportation was underdeveloped, they couldn't buy clothes they liked.

When walking daily on dirt roads it's fine, at most getting dusty. But if walking in the forest, clothes getting plant sap on them is a minor issue; having them torn is the real problem, so one must be constantly careful to avoid scratches.

Su Xi sat down and played the video from the camera for Su Yi.

After watching it together with Su Xi, Su Yi solemnly said to Su Xi, "Brother, I will definitely work hard in the future and live in a bustling city!"

Su Yi thinks the scenery over there is beautiful, but life there is too hard! The infrastructure is truly a world apart from here!

Su Xi: "Is that a good thing?" Su Xi went downstairs, saw Zheng Dongqing lounging on the sofa, and asked with a puzzled look, "Mom, what's wrong?"

Zheng Dongqing, seeing Su Xi, stayed motionless on the sofa and whined, "Wuwu, Mingyue left me to go play!"

She had been away so long and returned, but Xu Mingyue had gone abroad! Yang Zhichun strode in, "Sit properly, like this!"

Zheng Dongqing immediately straightened up, sat obediently, hands resting on her lap, blinking almond eyes, looking innocently at Yang Zhichun.

Yang Zhichun sat beside Zheng Dongqing, while Su Zhengda went over, lifted Su Xi, and chatted softly with him.

"You want to look for her, let's go out together. There are many wealthy ladies in the circle, why don't you make more friends?"

Putting other things aside, the Su Family's status is not low now. When Zheng Dongqing goes out, most of the time she is being fawned over.

Zheng Dongqing shook her head vigorously, "Mom, I'm foolish; what if people scheme against me, what should I do?"

Zheng Dongqing often goes to Xu Mingyue's office building to eat, drink, and have fun. She is generous, and whenever she goes to public areas, she brings various expensive, tasty foods.

People who eat what she gives are also very friendly to her. Usually when they gossip, they include her. Though she doesn't hear the specific details, she knows the general news.

Things are a bit chaotic outside now. Here the officials aren't daring to act, but in places without official protection, some dare to use anesthetic "drugs" to harm people, making them unable to leave. She heard from someone who had gone to a reform institute for educational propaganda that the people inside are truly worse off than death! "They even laugh at me behind my back!"

Zheng Dongqing harbors resentment toward that bastard Su Zeyan!

He looks too much like Su Xi and Su Yi!

For a period Zheng Dongqing often took Su Xi and Su Yi outside to play. People in the circle kept speculating about the relationship between the two, and they are still guessing, while Su Zeyan outright called Su Zhengda "Dad" in public, and Yang Zhichun "Mom".

Thus, the most awkward person became her!

She has no memory of Su Zeyan at all!

Since he appeared, there are no more suitors for her, but a whole bunch who want to marry Su Zeyan!

Consequently, Zheng Dongqing suddenly has many "rival lovers". The wealthy ladies who were originally just flattering or friendly toward her now include some who, to marry their age‑appropriate daughters to Su Zeyan, secretly scheme against her and Su Xi.

If not for this, Zheng Dongqing wouldn't have agreed to let Su Xi go elsewhere for a survey, which ended up lasting a year. Her son is happy out there, and no matter how hard it gets, she wants to be with him.

As for Su Yi, with Xu Jia, Xu Mingyue, and Ji Tianlin present, he can't be at a loss! "You guys really have a karmic debt!"

Su Zeyan told Yang Zhichun privately that he must have been given some special drug by Zheng Dongping, which causes hallucinations at times, so he couldn't distinguish between the two.

Su Zeyan was also schemed against in a mall; he unintentionally smelled a familiar scent, called the police, had it analyzed, and then figured it out.

Yang Zhichun relayed this information back, but she doesn't know whether it can harm Zheng Dongping, such as increasing a sentence.

She doesn't like her son, being deeply hurt by his rebellion, but in Su Xi's earlier memories Su Zeyan should have died at Zheng Dongping's hands. If she could conveniently take revenge on Zheng Dongping, she wouldn't mind doing it.

Zheng Dongqing's eyes were watery, "I suspect I owed him in a past life!"

Waking from the memory of escaping the Mu family's house, she had a miscarriage in the hospital and was then notified that she had given birth to two sons. Zheng Dongqing's first half of life really wasn't good.

She thought her luck had turned, meeting a wonderful mother‑in‑law and in‑laws, able to live the kind of life the older son stars in on TV—the kind where a rich lady hires ten or eight male models for a good life—but when Su Zeyan showed up, she went from being the object of everyone's adoration to being Su Zeyan's unwanted abandoned wife! She really feels so wronged!

Zheng Dongqing felt aggrieved, and Yang Zhichun embraced her, comforting her.

With this comfort, Zheng Dongqing couldn't hold back her sarcasm and blurted it all out.

"Mom, if anyone says bad things about Xiao Xi and Xiao Yi in front of you and Dad, you must never believe them; they are good kids."

Yang Zhichun patted Zheng Dongqing's hand, "I have a solution, but it may inconvenience you and the two children."

"I won't remarry!"

Zheng Dongqing also knows this method, "Mom, I really can't accept marriage, I'm scared!"

She can endure being the object of others' adulation, being made difficult like a prank, but having to live with a man as a couple makes her tremble all over! If it weren't for her genuinely good relationship with Xu Mingyue, she would also empathize with Xu Mingyue and Xu Jia, and she wants to advise Xu Mingyue to separate from Ji Tianlin.

Su Xi also stared intently at this side.

"It's not marriage; he keeps coming over and often peeks at Xiao Xi and Xiao Yi. I agree that he can openly see them, have a few meals each month at the seaside villa, but he must not get close to you."

If he oversteps, you can return here; he can't get in, or let Xiao Xi take you abroad.

The condition is that he gets neutered and publicly makes a will, leaving his property only to Xiao Xi and Xiao Yi.

The Su Clan's and Su Zeyan's enterprises are growing larger, and more people are watching them. While oil and salt don't flow in here, Su Zeyan's side has become sizzlingly prosperous.

"His enterprises are getting bigger, and more unscrupulous people appear. For money, others will do anything."

Yang Zhichun at this moment really wants to drag the unlucky son over and beat him. When he has nothing to do, he causes trouble for her! "Mom, isn't this really a slow‑boiling‑frog tactic to make the two of us remarry?"

"Your brain works well on this, you thought of everything I didn't, but why are you clueless about business?"

Yang Zhichun gave Zheng Dongqing an enterprise, but she's incompetent; she falls asleep while looking at the documents. On the first day she came back clutching the papers, crying and complaining about how hard it was, leaving Yang Zhichun both amused and exasperated.

Zheng Dongqing leaned on Yang Zhichun's shoulder, cooing, "Mom~"

"I know you don't want to, but in the circle, there aren't few cases where an entire family dies and the posthumous child inherits the estate."

Su Xi's expression was complicated, and Su Zhengda, who was with him, had a bad feeling. In the future, no one will do anything for the Su Clan's enterprises, right?

Su Xi recalled the hardships of those years; if his younger brother hadn't desperately protected him and their grandmother, their whole family would have perished, and the property would have fallen into Zheng Dongping's and Mu Jiguang's hands.

Thinking of this, Su Xi gave Su Yi, who was descending the stairs with a pair of ripped pants going "da da", a gentle smile.

Su Yi was a bit surprised, quickly put on a silly grin, and ran over hopping, "Brother! This is my one, right?"

"Hmm, Xiao Yi, be good, practice martial arts well, and protect yourself in the future!" Su Yi was puzzled why brother suddenly talked about training in martial arts, but he is a good child who listens to his brother, "Hmm hmm!"

Zheng Dongqing thought for a while, looking at the family eating together, "Okay, Mom, you remember you promised me not to force me to remarry him."

"Hmm, I also hope he shows up in front of me less; everything he does makes me want to hit him!"

"What a pair of enemies!" Su Zhengda added, "It's really a fight; if he's not clear-headed, you warn him, and if he dares to act, let your mother beat him!"

"Okay, thanks, Dad!"

The family happily finished dinner; Zheng Dongqing and Su Xi and Su Yi went to play, while Su Zhengda and Yang Zhichun went into the study.

Su Zhengda voiced his speculation, and Yang Zhichun leaned back in the chair, "Can't blame little Su Xi for hating him so much."

Because Su Zeyan was almost exterminated by someone, how could he not be resentful? Su Zeyan is probably dead; he died, yet he has burdened the whole family!

"Tomorrow I'll attend the bidding conference; the sooner we act, the better."

"Hmm!"

Su Zhengda was also exhausted in body and mind. If the whole family died leaving only little Su Xi, how sad would he be! A little madness would be normal.

Bidding Conference

Su Zeyan, as always, stepped forward to greet Yang Zhichun.

"Mom, good morning!"

"What sins I suffered in my past life, to meet a son like you in this one."

"???"

Su Zeyan looked utterly bewildered.

"Mom, what did I do wrong again?"

Su Zeyan kept recalling; he hadn't done any wrong lately—every day he either worked or slept, even the company's model worker couldn't match him. He only came because he heard his mother was coming to this bidding conference.

"I really want to beat you to death; last time you drove your wife to death, this time you drove the whole family to death!"

Su Zeyan felt more wronged than Dou E, "Mom, I really didn't do anything!"

He realized his fault, seriously investigated many matters, examined them from various angles, and understood how one-sided and ignorant he had been back then, purely relying on his status for his current life.

These years he truly reflected, began caring for his parents and two sons, and genuinely didn't know what he had done wrong lately; his mother—this is a punishment to his heart!

"Mom, is someone slandering me? Don't believe it! I can explain!"

"Alright, follow me."

Su Zeyan followed Yang Zhichun out, observed by schemers, who kept their calculations in mind.

After hearing Yang Zhichun, Su Zeyan hurriedly declared, "Mom, I really don't want to marry anyone else, nor do I have thoughts of having more children!"

It's a melodramatic story: he liked Zheng Dongping back then because of Zheng Dongqing!

Zheng Dongping snatched something from Zheng Dongqing, and Su Zeyan misidentified the person.

In recent years, Zheng Dongping had provoked him to clash with Yang Zhichun and her group, but he had no intention to harm anyone.

He was simply resentful of Yang Zhichun and Su Zhengda's neglect of him back then.

He agreed to the conditions Yang Zhichun mentioned.

"Mom, are you serious? Really let me go into the seaside villa to accompany you?"

Su Zeyan, back then, watched Ji Tianlin rise to prominence and felt envious. He went over with a gift to seek experience, but the guy told him to get lost, which made him furious.

"Hmm!"

"Mom, next time I do something wrong you can say it directly; when I make a mistake, I definitely won't realize I'm wrong."

Yang Zhichun's hand itched again to hit Su Zeyan. How old is he, not even knowing his own mistakes!

Having not been beaten for years, Su Zeyan shivered all over and obediently fell silent.

Yang Zhichun directly took Su Zeyan to the hospital for surgery. After the operation, a bodyguard carried Su Zeyan to the seaside villa.

Yang Zhichun specially took Su Zeyan to the best public hospital; the Doctor's medical ethics passed, but his tongue did not.

The schemers soon learned that Yang Zhichun took Su Zeyan for a vasectomy; Su Zeyan volunteered throughout and was even happy.

The schemers were somewhat worried, but still didn't want to give up. Such a huge inheritance, if they could get it, could directly change their class!

If Su Zeyan fell for their family's daughter and went abroad, perhaps he could still have children! The schemers' plot halted abruptly the next day, because Su Zeyan held a press conference announcing his company would partner with Yang Zhichun's and Su Zhengda's companies, merging into the Su Clan.

He also publicly made a will, stating his estate would be jointly inherited by Su Xi and Su Yi; if the two met an accident, the assets would be controlled by Xu Mingyue and Xu Jia.

The name Xu Mingyue rang like thunder; it is said she will soon be promoted to the top leader of Shencheng. Her parents held high positions before retirement, with extensive connections; her brother is the province's power broker; her nephews have achieved great successes across the country, rising rapidly.

For such a person, they simply lack the power to bring her down.

There are still many wealthy people; no need to waste a blossoming daughter on a now-worthless Su Zeyan.

The schemers who plotted the Su Family's downfall gave up that thought, but more people now wanted to profit from Su Zeyan, the Su Family's playboy.

But Su Zeyan always carries a marriage certificate wherever he goes; when the opposite sex approaches, he says, "Please state whether you're here for business or something else important. I am already married; if you engage in behavior beyond normal male-female boundaries, I will consider it harassment and report you to the police!"

Su Zeyan's behavior is bizarre, but he no longer runs the company and fears nothing in offending people.

When Zheng Dongqing, now a darling of the high-society ladies' circle, heard this, she pretended to be shy outwardly, but inside was confused and a bit angry! How could Su Zeyan have a marriage certificate? Or is it theirs together?

How does she not know about this?

Zheng Dongqing didn't stay long at the gathering; she stormed back to the seaside villa, demanding an explanation from Su Zeyan! (Supplement to previous updates~)

ps: I searched for female and male sterilization; both are reversible, but male is relatively easier, and men can leave an hour after the procedure, while women endure more pain and are prone to other illnesses; interested readers can look it up.