Chapter 68: Song Qingwan, the Young Contestant

Song Qingwan’s voice was as cold and clear as ever, like a chilly spring.

The way she spoke was emotionless, as if she was merely stating an utterly ordinary fact.

She claimed to envy them, but the mockery and ridicule in her words were evident to all.

She was just short of openly calling her and Lu Tianhua freeloaders on the Lu Family, social degenerates!

Lu Tianhua’s face darkened.

Even the smile at the corners of Chen Susu’s mouth faded, her fingers tightly clenched out of sight, her face instantly turning cold.

Yet, due to the presence of the old man, she didn’t dare to erupt.

However, her eyes reddened instantly.

She was naturally somewhat fragile and pitiable, so when she suppressed her tears and stared at Song Qingwan, she looked even more so.

Chen Susu’s beautiful face was pale, and she trembled as she questioned:

"...Auntie, Tianhua and I have always believed we’ve never offended you. Why do you always target us?"

She took a deep breath, slightly calming her emotions, and coldly said:

"We respect you as an elder, which is why we’ve continuously tolerated and respected you. We won’t even mention your previous sarcasm, but what you’re doing now is too much!"

So what if Lu Tianhua doesn’t have official status?

He’s still part of the Lu Family, with Lu Family blood in his veins!

And Song Qingwan is just a wild child picked up from nowhere and doesn’t even count as part of the Lu Family, so how dare she act so arrogantly towards them!

In the past, Song Qingwan had always targeted and suppressed them.

Chen Susu had tolerated her for a long time!

"Too much? Really?"

Song Qingwan, having weathered countless storms, couldn’t possibly fear a small, fake damsel in distress like Chen Susu. She had long been displeased with this deceitful woman and, folding her arms, coldly chuckled:

"Am I not stating facts?"

What Lu Tianhua couldn’t tolerate most was being told he relied on the Lu Family.

As if he and Lu Junhan, riding on Song Qingwan’s coattails, were useless, for the sake of that pitiful scrap of self-respect, he blurted out in frustration, without thinking: "Of course not!"

"Oh?" Song Qingwan feigned being utterly surprised, as if shocked, "So, you’ve already found a job?"

"We..."

Before Chen Susu could finish, seeing Song Qingwan’s expression of surprise, Lu Tianhua inexplicably felt a surge of satisfaction and preemptively sneered:

"Of course, we’ve found jobs, and at a big company too! So we’re usually very busy! If it weren’t for Qiqi missing her Grandpa too much, we probably wouldn’t even have the time to come over!"

"I see, then it seems I was mistaken."

Song Qingwan pressed her red lips together, her face showing apology and regret.

Seeing her like this, Chen Susu and Lu Tianhua unexpectedly felt a sense of triumph!

As if seeing Song Qingwan being put in her place was like seeing Lu Junhan being put in his!

It was something unimaginable to have put these two in their place before!

And now, to have seemingly trampled them underfoot, that feeling was beyond satisfying!

Lu Tianhua smirked, lifted his chin with pride, and said:

"Auntie, you did get it wrong, but everyone makes mistakes sometimes, so we don’t blame you, we just hope that in the future..."

"Dad, did you hear that?" Song Qingwan ignored him completely, her gaze coolly looking over at the old man:

"They already have jobs, and at a big company too, they might even earn more in a month than you do in retirement, so I think there’s no need for you to send any more money to them, just stay home and enjoy fishing and leisure!"

Lu Tianhua and Chen Susu were caught off guard by how things unfolded, completely stunned.

"Oh, by the way, since it’s a big company, your monthly salary must be at least twenty to thirty thousand, right?"

Song Qingwan tilted her head, thought for a moment, then slowly smiled:

"For two people combined, a monthly salary of sixty thousand minus rent, utilities, and Qiqi’s tuition, giving Dad five thousand for living expenses every month shouldn’t be a problem, right?"