Chapter 284
Jiang Guoli glared at him in frustration but didn’t dare say more. He lowered his head and turned back to the room. When he reemerged, he held a bundle of money wrapped in newspaper. He had obviously counted it inside, and he handed it directly to Jiang Yexun.
Without questioning the amount, Jiang Yexun reached out to take it. However, Jiang Guoli couldn’t bear to let go and clutched one corner tightly.
“Yexun, are you really so heartless that you must take the money? The treatment costs for Mancang are already insufficient. Taking the money means you’re determined to let him become a fool. In the future, won’t he just be a burden to your mother if he lives with me?” Jiang Guoli’s words were half moral blackmail, half threat.
He didn’t consider that Guo Hongxiang might actually dare to divorce him. Because of this, he felt free to act recklessly, believing that no matter how badly he offended his son, his youngest would still have to take care of him in old age.
But Jiang Yexun, who didn’t care about his own father, certainly didn’t care about the rest of the Jiang Family.
“If he becomes a fool, it’s your fault. My mother won’t help you take care of that fool,” Jiang Yexun said, forcefully yanking the money out of his hand.
He opened the bundle and counted the money, his brow furrowing deeply.
“Eighty-five?”
“Your bike wasn’t new, and I needed to sell it quickly, so I couldn’t get a good price,” Jiang Guoli explained reluctantly.
Jiang Yexun didn’t listen to his excuses. He simply held out his hand.
“I bought the bike for a hundred and twenty-eight. Industrial coupons are at least thirty-one each now, so you owe me seventy-three.”
“You… Have you fallen into a money pit? You refuse to help your nephew and now want to take another seventy-three from the little medical money we have? With a heart this cruel, who can rely on you in the future?” Jiang Guoli cursed angrily.
Su Xiaoxiao found his words suspiciously manipulative but dismissed the thought, thinking it unlikely for an old man from the village to be so devious. However, she immediately noticed Jiang Guoli’s pointed look at her.
Sure enough, he was trying to poison her mind against Yexun.
Su Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but twitch her lips. But her relationship with Jiang Yexun wasn’t so easily shaken. Jiang Yexun, fearing she might misunderstand, immediately looked over anxiously.
Su Xiaoxiao gave him a sweet smile, “Yexun, don’t worry. I trust you’re not that kind of person.”
Jiang Guoli was so angry that his mouth twitched. How could she be so stupid? Could she believe a man’s sweet words?
He instinctively glanced at Su Hongchen and found that Su Hongchen showed no suspicion either. Were the Su family members all idiots, or had his youngest son somehow bewitched them?
Jiang Guoli speculated incredulously. He had no idea that his son, who wouldn’t even give his family an extra egg, had spent thousands without batting an eye in Dai City.
Su Hongchen didn’t think Yexun had bewitched his sister; rather, he thought it was his sister who had bewitched Yexun.
“Stop with the nonsense and give the money back,” Jiang Yexun demanded, glaring at Jiang Guoli.
By now, Jiang Yexun didn’t consider Jiang Guoli his father at all. A father who constantly caused trouble wasn’t worth keeping.
“I only sold it for eighty-five,” Jiang Guoli said stubbornly.
He had three hundred yuan and knew his eldest son had at least two hundred. They could scrape together the money for Mancang’s treatment. But if he gave Yexun the seventy-three yuan, his beloved grandson would have no hope left.
“Money or jail, your choice,” Jiang Yexun continued to pressure him.
With no other options, Jiang Guoli turned to Su Xiaoxiao, “You don’t really need the money…”