Free Web NovelChapter 277: Chapter 277: Rudely Offended
"I can’t go on! I’m ending it all! Don’t any of you try to stop me!"
When Sophia Shaw rushed to the rooftop, she saw Chad Jennings perched on the railing in the whipping wind. One of his legs dangled over the edge as he screamed endlessly.
"My wife’s in trouble, my business is ruined, my stocks are wiped out! I can’t live like this! I really can’t go on!"
Chad Jennings wailed, tears and snot streaming down his face.
With one leg dangling nearly a hundred meters in the air, he swayed with every gust of wind, causing the surrounding onlookers to gasp and let out terrified shrieks.
The police hadn’t arrived yet. Only the hospital’s security guards and staff were there. Seeing Chad Jennings so agitated, their hearts were in their throats as they cautiously approached him, trying to talk him down.
"Sir, please calm down. Come down from there first."
"Don’t come any closer! I’ll jump if you do!"
Chad Jennings shifted his weight further over the edge, scaring the crowd into halting in their tracks.
The moment Sophia Shaw saw Chad Jennings, the knot in her chest instantly loosened, but her expression turned cold.
When she’d just heard that a relative was attempting suicide, she had thought it was someone from her uncle’s family.
’Chad Jennings? Just a piece of scum. What kind of relative is he?’
Chad Jennings had sharp eyes and spotted her immediately. He cried out, "Sophia! Dad can’t go on anymore! You just live a good life on your own!"
"You’re rich and capable now anyway, you don’t need a father like me. My death will solve everything!"
Seeing him looking at Sophia Shaw, the hospital director shouted, "Hurry up and talk your father down! He probably lost a fortune on the stock market. If he really jumps, it’ll be all over."
A security guard beside them added, "Yeah, playing the market is risky, but at this point, you have to talk him down. Help him out a little. At least don’t push him to his death."
The guard had just clearly heard Chad Jennings say that Sophia was rich and capable, and he suddenly felt less tense.
Chad Jennings shot her a hopeful glance before quickly turning his face away and starting to sob. "I can’t go on, I just can’t! Don’t say anything, just let me die, let me die."
He kept talking about dying, but he didn’t budge.
Even if Sophia had been naive, she could see it now. Chad Jennings was just trying to use this method to get money from her!
’But why should she give him any?’
’Back then, he and Yvonne Sherman had leeched off her mother to survive. She hadn’t even settled that score yet!’
"Miss Shaw, quickly!" the director urged. "No matter what grievances you have, save the man first and talk later."
To be driven to suicide, the losses must have been substantial.
But no matter how much he lost, a human life was always more important.
This was the director’s simple way of thinking.
Chad Jennings continued to sob. "My life is so bitter! I lost the house, the two hundred million security deposit is gone, and I owe the bank four hundred million."
"No money, no home... The old and young at home are about to starve to death."
"I’m useless! So useless!"
"Oh, the pity! They’ll be left as destitute old folks and orphans! I’m so unfilial! I’m so useless!"
"Oh, so there are elderly and children at home," the onlookers murmured. Hearing Chad Jennings say this, they couldn’t help but feel a surge of sympathy.
The older people in the crowd were especially prone to sympathy, and they began to discuss loudly:
"The children and the elderly can’t fend for themselves. You can’t just stand by and watch them starve."
"As long as there’s life, there’s hope. Young lady, hurry and get your father down from there."
"It wasn’t easy for your father to raise you. He may have made mistakes, but he’s still your dad."
They even started making decisions for Sophia Shaw. "Come on down! Your daughter has already agreed to help you! Don’t stay up there, it’s terrifying."
Chad Jennings gripped the railing with both hands and looked at Sophia Shaw.
He wanted her personal promise.
’Shameless people are always this shameless!’
Sophia Shaw clenched her fists, fighting the urge to march over and shove Chad Jennings off.
She took out her phone and dialed Joanna Sherman’s number.
Joanna Sherman didn’t answer.
With something as huge as Chad Jennings threatening to jump, there was no way she didn’t know.
’Clearly, this father-daughter duo was trying to blackmail her!’
More and more people started urging her. A few nosy old women even started pushing her toward Chad Jennings. "Hurry up! I’ve never seen someone so heartless! Your own father is about to jump, and you have the nerve to make a phone call!"
"Your dad already said you’re rich and capable. This shouldn’t be a problem for you. What’s the big deal with helping him out?"
"That’s your own father! Have you no conscience?!"
"..."
A bunch of old geezers, talking tough since it wasn’t their problem. They didn’t even realize they were being manipulated by Chad Jennings and just kept blaming Sophia Shaw.
Jacobs had originally come to pick up Sophia Shaw and take her to the base. When he ran up and saw this scene, he was so angry he could have exploded.
He couldn’t help but rush forward and shout, "If you don’t know anything, can you please shut up? Our President Shaw owes him nothing for raising her—she was raised by her uncle!"
"He never fulfilled his duties as a father to President Shaw, so why should she have to clean up his mess?"
"He has another daughter he raised himself, doted on from day one! He spent a fortune sending her to the best university, then paid a huge sum for her to study abroad for prestige. Why not call that daughter up here?" fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
"That daughter of his is also in this hospital. You want me to find out what floor she’s on?"
"Oh, so there’s another daughter," the old men and women said. Hearing what Jacobs said, they immediately changed their tune.
"Well, if that’s the daughter he raised and spent so much money on, he should be asking her for help."
"Why is she hiding if she’s right here in the hospital?"
"Quick, tell us what floor she’s on! We’ll go find her!"
"What kind of daughter is that? Her own father is being driven to suicide, and she won’t even come up to save him!"
When Chad Jennings heard this, he panicked.
’If they find Joanna Sherman, my whole plan today will be ruined!’
He hurriedly shouted, "That’s my older daughter! She’s been seriously heartbroken, and she’s having major trouble at work. She fainted yesterday and had to be brought to the hospital."
"If she finds out about this, she’ll be traumatized all over again! If she dies from the shock, who’s going to take responsibility?"
"Besides, she has no money right now. It’s useless to bring her up here."
"Sigh, just let me die. Death will solve everything."
When the old men and women heard Chad Jennings say this, their desire to find Joanna Sherman immediately vanished.
Like grass swaying in the wind, they turned back to Sophia Shaw. "I’m telling you, young lady, even if your dad didn’t raise you himself, you still grew up, didn’t you? And you’re capable and rich. Why be so petty about it?"
"We can understand why you feel it’s unfair, but what’s more important than a human life?"
"You’re so young, don’t be so narrow-minded. You need to look at the bigger picture!"
’Bigger picture, my ass!’
Jacobs was about to go crazy with anger.
’These people can’t even get their own family affairs straight, and they have the nerve to lecture others!’
"Why isn’t she doing anything yet!"
The old geezers were furious that Sophia Shaw still wasn’t listening to them.
"I see! She won’t give up until she’s faced with the grim reality!"
"Everyone, get your phones out and record! If she ignores her father, we’ll post this online and expose her! Let’s see if she still wants to show her face then!"
Although the old folks were up in years, they had learned to shoot short videos in recent years. Filled with a sense of righteous justice, they all started recording Sophia Shaw and Chad Jennings.
One old man even deliberately shoved his phone in Sophia Shaw’s face, his eyes wide and round, as if to say, ’I dare you!’
He didn’t seem to think he was being rude or offensive at all.
