Chapter 172
Chapter 172
Su Manqing knew Yun Youyou was spouting nonsense, yet that overwhelming momentum still forced her backward.
After steadying herself, she finally stopped retreating.
“You’re nothing but a charity case living under someone else’s roof. What gives you the right to speak to me like that?”
Su Manqing pointed at Yun Youyou’s nose, her expression vicious.
“I’m Wang Yuanyou’s fiancee! Once I marry into this family, the first thing I’ll do is throw you out and make you pick garbage off the street!”
Crouching in the corner upstairs, Wang Yuanyou stared in openmouthed disbelief.
Under Old Man Wang’s delighted gaze, he frantically shook his head and denied any connection to Su Manqing.
“I never said I’d marry her. That’s entirely her own fantasy!”
Wang Yuanyou would have to be insane to marry Su Manqing.
They had only known each other for one day.
If she really married into the family, their home would never know peace again.
In the face of Su Manqing’s provocation, Yun Youyou looked at her with the disappointment one might show a disobedient son.
There was even a trace of fatherly affection in her eyes.
“How could you behave like this? I’ve tolerated you like a father. Can’t you show me the consideration a son owes his dad?”
Su Manqing: “???”
Wait. Who was whose son?
And who had made her the father?
Su Manqing had never imagined she would meet a woman this shameless. Her skin was practically thicker than a city wall.
She sneered. “All you can do is run your mouth.”
“No. I can also make monkeys dance.”
Su Manqing: “…”
Was this woman calling her a monkey?
Furious, she raised a hand to slap Yun Youyou across the face.
Yun Youyou reacted instantly and caught her by the wrist.
Their arms locked in midair.
“Don’t hit the face. A slap to this face costs two million!”
Yun Youyou was not even being subtle about the extortion.
Su Manqing pulled until her face turned red, but could not free her wrist.
“I have plenty of money!”
On second thought, two million really was a little steep. That much could buy several LV bags.
Firing her Mouth Cannon was much more economical.
So Su Manqing glared at Yun Youyou and quietly lowered her hand.
Disappointment crept into Yun Youyou’s eyes.
She had thought she could fleece this fat sheep. Who knew the sheep would regain its senses at the critical moment?
Yun Youyou released her with profound regret.
Su Manqing swept her gaze over Yun Youyou from head to toe.
“Poor people like you reek of cheapness. You aren’t even worthy of carrying my shoes.”
Yun Youyou’s delicate brows drew together, her lovely face turning exceptionally grave.
“What gives you the right to say that?”
The seriousness in Yun Youyou’s eyes made Su Manqing inexplicably nervous.
Still frowning, Yun Youyou continued, “What do you have to be proud of? All you have is a little money. But me? I’m so broke my pockets echo! We’re not even in the same league.”
Su Manqing: “…”
Why did she sound so proud of being poor?
They certainly were not in the same league, but no one should be this confident about poverty!
“You–”
Su Manqing still had anger bottled up inside and wanted to say more.
But one look at Yun Youyou, and the words died in her throat.
She had grown up undefeated in arguments with every sister in her family, yet Yun Youyou gave her the helpless feeling that they were speaking two entirely different languages.
Yun Youyou’s original strategy was to spout gibberish until Su Manqing lost her reason too, then crush her with superior experience.
This move was commonly known as: “I may look like a normal person, but deep down, I’m a complete dumbass~”
No one knew whether this move worked on other people, but against Su Manqing, it was devastatingly effective.
The moment Yun Youyou opened her mouth to speak again, Su Manqing whipped a thick stack of red banknotes from her purse and said with icy nobility, “Shut up.”
The way Yun Youyou looked at her changed instantly.
This was no vicious supporting character. This was the God of Wealth 2.0, fully upgraded!
Yun Youyou mimed zipping her mouth closed and cheerfully accepted the money.
Neither Wang Yuanyou nor the old man had expected the crisis to dissolve so easily.
By any measure, Yun Youyou had won a sweeping victory.
Only after the show ended did the crafty grandfather-grandson duo come down from the second floor.
Wang Yuanyou sat down and pretended he had heard nothing.
He might fool someone else, but he could not fool Yun Youyou’s discerning eyes.
Obviously, he had hidden in some corner to watch the drama.
Wang Yuanyou looked from Su Manqing to Yun Youyou, feigning confusion.
“So, how are you two getting along? Why aren’t you talking and getting to know each other?”
Yun Youyou had just accepted the other woman’s money, so her smile was as radiant as a flower.
“Miss Su and I hit it off immediately. We don’t need to speak because we’re connected heart to heart.”
Wang Yuanyou had only two words for that: Yeah, right.
Knowing Yun Youyou, she was not connected heart to heart with Su Manqing. She was connected heart to heart with cold, hard cash.
Su Manqing looked as if she had swallowed something foul.
She never wanted to see this shameless liar again.
Wang Yuanyou eagerly took the opening and slapped his thigh.
“It’s great that you two get along! I’ll bring Miss Su over more often, so you can chat to your hearts’ content.”
Su Manqing’s face turned green.
Before coming here, she had thought Wang Yuanyou was a decent blind-date prospect. He was reasonably handsome, his family was rich, and he looked easy enough to control.
Now she realized that this man could not read the room to save his life.
Su Manqing had never cared about sparing anyone’s feelings.
Once she lost interest, she stood up to leave.
“I’m going.”
With that, she grabbed her purse and strode quickly toward the door.
“Miss Su! Why are you leaving?”
At Wang Yuanyou’s call, Su Manqing walked even faster.
“Miss Su! Miss Su!”
Wang Yuanyou kept calling after her, but his butt never left the couch.
The old man gave him a sidelong look.
“Fake.”
Wang Yuanyou peeled a grape and popped it into his mouth. “Grandpa, how could you say that? I’m not fake. I’m merely a chameleon skilled at camouflage.”
The old man rolled his eyes. “A chameleon? Blech~”
“You give me the ick!”
The grape lodged in Wang Yuanyou’s throat.
“Cough! Cough!”
He pounded hard on his chest before finally recovering.
When had the kindly grandfather of his memories turned into an online menace?
“Grandpa, where are you learning all this stuff?”
They had not seen each other in only a few days, yet Grandpa already knew how to say someone gave him the ick. The old man had clearly been surfing every corner of the internet.
Old Man Wang believed he had blended seamlessly into the lives of young people.
He gave a soft snort. “I may be old, but my heart is young. I’m done talking to you. I’m going upstairs to play some video games.”
Wang Yuanyou watched his grandfather climb the stairs in a daze.
A few minutes later, a familiar announcer’s voice drifted through the crack beneath the second-floor door.
“Enemy troops will arrive on the battlefield in five seconds…”