Chapter 512 - Settlement of Old Scores (2)
Chapter 512: Settlement of Old Scores (2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The moment Zhao Shuncheng learned about this, his first reaction was him finding it hard to believe. He could not believe that Zhao Youlin had successfully ridden on the Mu family’s coattails once again. Besides, it looked like it was not a one-sided love from Zhao Youlin this time!
Later, his second reaction was that he had finally found a way to get money!
At that time when Zhao Youlin was married to Mu Tingfeng, even though Mu Tingfeng disliked her, he had at least paid some respect to her. Therefore, the Mu family had contributed considerable engagement gifts to the Zhao family.
The engagement gifts naturally fell into Zhao Shuncheng’s hand.
Now, Zhao Youlin and the eldest young master of the Mu family had fallen in love with each other willingly. As such, the engagement gifts would definitely increase compared to last time.
Zhao Shuncheng was delighted the moment he thought of this. Since then, he began to set his targets on the engagement gifts.
However, it was clear that Zhao Shuncheng had forgotten the time when Zhao Youlin was married to Mu Tingfeng, he still had not been driven out of the Zhao family, and his relationship with the former master was not as estranged and poor as it was now. At that time, the former master was the one who had paid for Zhao Youlin’s engagement gifts while Zhao Shunrong was the one who had accepted the bridegroom’s engagement gifts without paying for anything.
However, lately, things have changed. Zhao Shuncheng was only Zhao Youlin’s nominal uncle. The engagement gifts would no longer fall into his hand. In terms of his relationship with the former master, the former master tended to ignore him as if he had disowned Zhao Shuncheng. As such, it was clear that he would not be helping Zhao Shuncheng to come up with Zhao Youlin’s engagement gifts this time.
Therefore, when Zhao Youlin dwelled on the issue concerning engagement gifts, Zhao Shuncheng found himself in an awkward position.
“So how? Uncle, are you able to come up with the engagement gifts for me?” Seeing that Zhao Shuncheng did not respond to her after some time, Zhao Youlin reminded him impatiently.
“I…” Zhao Shuncheng felt like he had been defeated. “What happens if I can’t come up with so much money…”
“Oh, if you can’t come up with the money, I’m afraid I can’t help you with the favor which you have mentioned earlier either.” Zhao Youlin spread her hands helplessly and looked remorseful.
“No, no, no…” Right after Zhao Shuncheng heard her words, he quickly shook his head. The next moment, he leaned closer to Zhao Youlin in an embarrassed and flattering manner and said in a low voice, “Youlin, Shunrong and Yarong are still working inside the company while I’ve already left Zhao Enterprise. I don’t really have much money left from my shares. How about you ask them to help you out with the engagement gifts this time? After all, they have been your parents for a year. In the future, I could guarantee you that I’ll never turn you down should you need help from me. How does this sound?”
Even though Zhao Shuncheng had spoken in a low volume, the rest on the spot were not deaf. The office was spacious and all of them were standing close with one another. How could they not possibly hear Zhao Shuncheng’s words?
Again, the atmosphere inside the office turned strange. Zhao Youlin turned her head around and looked at Zhao Shuncheng. She looked at him profoundly as if he was making himself the greatest fool on Earth.
“Uncle, first of all, I hope you know your position well. I have not acknowledged you as my father even now. You are only my uncle so don’t keep telling me that you’re my father because I find this extremely annoying.” Zhao Youlin smirked at him. For a moment, Zhao Shuncheng’s expression turned stiff. The next moment, his expression turned dark and he was about to explode. Just then, Zhao Youlin added, “Secondly, what is marriage to you? How can you negotiate the price? Uncle, what exactly are you treating me as? Who do you think you are now?”
Zhao Shuncheng’s expression changed again. He opened his mouth and was about to defend himself. However, Zhao Youlin interrupted him once again. “If only you stop making a fuss and causing me trouble, I wouldn’t be so calculative with you on the account that you have at least fed me over the past ten years. However, since you have failed to appreciate my kindness and intend to be so calculative with me, well, let’s just settle the old scores today to save us from the hassle in the future.”
“Settle the scores? What scores do we have among us?” Upon hearing Zhao Youlin’s words, Zhao Shuncheng felt a bad sensation sprouting in his heart. His expression turned grave, and he reflexively wanted to take a few steps back.
Zhao Youlin did not intend to let him get away. The moment Zhao Shuncheng took a step back, she took one step forward, pushing him hard.
“Don’t remember any old scores between us, huh? Hah! Uncle, you truly have a short-term memory!” Zhao Youlin snickered teasingly before she said in a low voice, “Let’s not talk about the rest first. We’ll focus on the events that happened five years ago. If I remember correctly, at that time when I was married to Mu Tingfeng, the Mu family had given a considerable amount of engagement gifts to you, right? Back then, you did not fork out any money for my engagement gifts yet you received the expensive engagement gifts for free. I suppose those amounts are sufficient to make up for all the expenses that you have fed me over the years, right? And I haven’t mentioned my mother’s old scores!”
Zhao Shuncheng felt something was not right the moment Zhao Youlin brought up the past about her wedding with Mu Tingfeng back then. Later, when Zhao Youlin mentioned her mother, he had his eyes flying wide open and looked panicked. “Your mother?! Your mother has already passed away. What old scores are you talking about?”
“Oh, nothing much to talk about, huh?” Zhao Youlin snickered before she enunciated each and every word at Zhao Shuncheng, “Uncle, don’t go thinking that I don’t remember things even though they have long passed. At that time when my mother suddenly passed away due to sickness, even though it happened all of a sudden, she had given me quite a considerable amount of inheritance, right? However, the inheritance hasn’t fallen into my hands even today. Uncle, tell me, where have they all gone?”
Right after Zhao Youlin spoke, not only Zhao Shuncheng, but Duan Yarong and the rest of her group also felt their expressions changing.
Duan Yarong was the first who could not hold herself back. She dashed over to Zhao Youlin’s side and raised her voice as she asked, “Youlin, what do you mean? Your late mother left an inheritance for you before she died? Where are they now? Why hasn’t the inheritance fallen into your hands yet?”
The reason Duan Yarong was so agitated was not because she coveted Zhao Youlin’s late mother’s inheritance. In fact, with her current status, she could have anything she desired. Therefore, there was no need for her to grab something from a younger generation, much less the inheritance belonged to her beloved, precious daughter.
The reason she had lost her composure was because at that time when Zhao Youlin was married to Mu Tingfeng, Zhao Shuncheng had cried and complained to the former master about Zhao Youlin’s engagement gifts issue. He told the former master that Zhao Youlin’s mother had died young and he did not have much left apart from the five percent shares that he owned. Besides, he still had to raise three children. Therefore, he could not fork out the money even if he wanted to.
The former master had found him very annoying. Therefore, the former master decided to pay for Zhao Youlin’s engagement gifts out of his own pocket and treated it as a gift for his granddaughter on behalf of the childless Zhao Shunrong.
However, now that Zhao Youlin told them that her mother had actually left a hefty inheritance for her before she passed away.
When Zhao Youlin’s mother died, Zhao Youlin was only five years old. There was no reason why Zhao Shuncheng had no idea about this.. The only explanation was that… Zhao Shuncheng had pocketed the inheritance for himself!