Mrs. Su was sitting on the sofa beside the bed, wiping her tears. Seeing Gu Luoan, she rushed over and pulled him in, "Luoan, please persuade Qingqing. This silly child, why would she do something so foolish?"
"Qingqing," Gu Luoan called out, "Why did you do something so stupid?"
"Wuwuwu, Brother Luoan..." Su Yiqing threw herself into Gu Luoan's arms when she saw him, "Sister Shen... why did Sister Shen do this..."
"Now everyone knows that I'm not well, they won't treat me like a normal person anymore," Su Yiqing said, sobbing. "Since my illness is incurable and I'm going to die anyway, I might as well die a quick death now."
"I've already suffered so much," Su Yiqing said, crying. "I don't want to be gossiped about anymore. Before I came back, I suffered a lot with Sister Shen's biological parents. I finally came back to be with my parents, and then I encountered something like this again. Why… why is it always me who gets hurt…"
Gu Luoan’s brow was furrowed as he said, “It’s alright, I’m about to find a kidney source for you. When that happens, you’ll be able to live a normal life, and no one will ever point fingers at you again.”
Mrs. Su cried beside them, wiping her tears. “What right does Shen Mianyin have to do this! If she’s angry, she can take it out on me, but why does she have to bully Qingqing!”
“It’s clear that she took Qingqing’s place, and not only does she not feel any remorse, but she also targets Qingqing at every turn,” Mrs. Su said, sobbing. “I know, she’s angry that your uncle and I almost ruined her business.”
“But if she’s angry, she should take it out on us. Qingqing has done nothing to wrong her. Why does she treat Qingqing like this?”
Gu Luoan let out a breath and said in a deep voice, “This matter is indeed something that Shen Mianyin handled very poorly. Auntie, I apologize to you on her behalf.”
Mrs. Su was stunned for a moment, feeling that something was wrong. She immediately said, “If she did something wrong, why should you apologize for her? You two have nothing to do with each other.”
Gu Luoan, however, said, "She is my fiancée. Since she has made a mistake, I have a responsibility to speak up for her."
Su Yiqing's hand, which was gripping Gu Luoan's clothes, stiffened. She lifted her head stiffly from his embrace, her lips still trembling, "Brother Luoan, can't you let go of Sister Shen?"
"Luoan, didn't Shen Mianyin say many times that she had already..." Mrs. Su dared not continue when she saw Gu Luoan's cold face.
"She said so, but I didn't agree," Gu Luoan said in a deep voice.
Mrs. Su looked at Su Yiqing. Didn't she say that she had already slept with Gu Luoan?
Why was Gu Luoan acting like this?
Su Yiqing tightly clutched Gu Luoan's clothes, her head lowered, her face pale, and she didn't say a word.
"Qingqing, very soon, you'll be healthy again. Don't do anything foolish," Gu Luoan comforted her. "Besides, everyone will only feel sorry for you, they won't point fingers at you."
"Really?" Su Yiqing looked at Gu Luoan with watery eyes.
"Really, believe me," Gu Luoan said.
"That's great, Brother Luoan, I believe you." Su Yiqing hugged Gu Luoan, "Thank you."
***
Although Su Yiqing was not in good health, she told her parents that she didn't want to stay idle at home all the time, as it made her seem useless.
After discussing it, Su's parents also thought that if they were going to form an alliance with the Gu family, it wouldn't look good if Su Yiqing couldn't do anything.
So they arranged a leisurely position for Su Yiqing in the company, allowing her to have a job but without overworking herself.
Su Yiqing had her own office, and when she didn't have anything to do, she would go online, take pictures, and post them online, pretending to be a strong businesswoman.
Su Yiqing was editing a video to post when she suddenly received a call.
It was another unfamiliar number.
Su Yiqing pursed her lips and impatiently answered, wondering which advertising company it was.
"Hello?" Su Yiqing said impatiently.
"Pay back the money!" the other party said gruffly.
"Pay back what money?" Su Yiqing thought it was a scam call.
Just as she was about to hang up, the other party said gruffly, "Your medical expenses, the high-interest loan your brother borrowed from us, are you going to admit it?"
"I heard you're a young miss now," the other party said. "Hurry up and pay back the money!"
Su Yiqing was startled.
Given her poor health and her foster parents' financial situation, they couldn't afford her medical expenses.
In the end, they spent all their savings and it still wasn't enough.
Desperately, her brother had to borrow money from loan sharks.
Unfortunately, with her foster parents' financial situation, there was no way they could repay it.
Later, her illness, of course, didn't improve, but she was taken back to the Su family.
As for the debt her foster parents owed, Su Yiqing had long forgotten about it and didn't care about her foster parents' well-being.
Now, with this one phone call, it finally brought everything back to her.
So much time had passed, how could she possibly bring this up with Su’s parents?
Wouldn’t that make her seem heartless?
Therefore, Su Yiqing rolled her eyes a few times and said, “You also know that my surname is now Su, and I have no connection with the Shen family. What’s the use of you coming to me about the money the Shen family owes!”
“Su Yiqing!” Unexpectedly, Shen Chenggang was right next to the person on the other end of the line.
The other person even turned on the speakerphone so that Shen Chenggang could hear Su Yiqing’s words clearly.
“The high-interest loans were all borrowed to pay for your medical treatment!” Shen Chenggang said, both angry and pained, his voice hoarse from shouting. “How can you be so heartless!”
“We’re happy for you that you’re going home and that your illness is being treated. But you can’t just ignore the money the family owes!” Shen Chenggang’s urgent voice was tinged with sobs. “You can’t be so heartless! The money the family owes is all because of your illness! If it weren’t for you, the family wouldn’t be in this situation!”
"So what? Isn't it all because you switched the babies?" Su Yiqing didn't care. "If you hadn't switched the babies, Shen Mianyin would have been healthy and you wouldn't have had to spend money on her medical treatment."
"Do you think we wanted to switch the babies?" Shen Chenggang's eyes turned red with anger. "As you said, if we hadn't switched the babies, we wouldn't have to spend this money. Su Yiqing, you're so heartless! Mom and Dad loved you from the bottom of their hearts, and they were still good to you even though they knew you weren't their biological child. For your illness, we spent all our savings! Dad worked himself to death! Mom is sick now and doesn't even have money for medical treatment!"
If Shen Mianyin were there, she would definitely be shocked.
Hadn't Su Yiqing said before that Shen's parents were dead?
"Now that you're the Su family's young lady, why can't you return the money! It was originally money spent on you!"
"You're bringing this up with me now? I haven't even said anything about how you stole my life!" Su Yiqing also became agitated. "Consider this money what you owe me! I haven't even sought compensation from you, yet you still want to put the debt on my shoulders? No way!"
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