Free Web NovelChapter 1236: Chapter 1225: No Longer Living in Humiliation
Lu Mei Juan looked blankly at the scene before her, why was the situation developing differently from what she imagined?
Why weren’t these people criticizing Ye Qiu? Was it just because of the few words her daughter said on the phone? But no matter what was said, she was Ye Qiu’s foster mother. The nurturing grace is greater than heaven, which is indisputable. So why was everyone looking at her with disdainful eyes?
Even if she had been unreasonable and beaten Ye Qiu, so what? Ye Qiu still had to be filial to her, even Ye Qiu herself said she wouldn’t cancel the adoption. What were these people gossiping about?
Having never been criticized like this before, Lu Mei Juan’s face turned bright red. She glared angrily at Ye Qiu, just about to start yelling when Professor An spoke up.
"Ma’am, your behavior has already caused trouble for the security at our school. Please leave immediately, or I’ll have to call security over."
She shamelessly said, "I’m looking for my daughter, what business is it of yours? Aren’t you the professor who wants my daughter to follow you in research? Let me tell you, I won’t let my daughter continue studying research with you. Once she graduates, she should go out and work early. What future can she have following you?"
Her words had completely stunned the students watching.
No future following Professor An? Do you know how many people dream of such a position? She was actually stopping her foster daughter from pursuing it and insisting she go earn money directly?
Indeed, she was an uncaring foster mother with no feelings for her foster daughter at all, not caring even a bit about Ye Qiu’s future!
That kind of woman was hardly worth Ye Qiu’s defense earlier; they believed she should’ve severed ties sooner, or she’d eventually be dragged down to ruin.
First, she created a big scene, fabricating lies that Ye Qiu didn’t care for her sick foster father, then teamed up with a girl holding old grudges against Ye Qiu to ruin her, and now shamelessly telling Professor An Ye Qiu won’t do the work. Isn’t she trying to ruin Ye Qiu?
Nurturing grace? This was outright hostility!
Professor An’s gaze was also very cold; he finally understood why Ye Qiu had subtly hinted at possibly doing something extreme—it was because of this. With foster parents like these, it was remarkable she persevered.
"Ye Qiu’s foster mother, allow me to inform you, Ye Qiu is an adult. Don’t say that as foster parents you didn’t play a positive role in her growth, but even if you really nurtured her until adulthood, you can’t arbitrarily make decisions for her now. Unless Ye Qiu personally tells me she doesn’t want to participate in my project anymore, I will not expel her."
Lu Mei Juan sneered at Professor An and instructed Ye Qiu, "Then hurry up and tell your professor you don’t want to do that ghost research. Come back with me. Your aunt found you a job that includes meals and lodging, and pays five thousand a month! It wasn’t easy pulling connections for this, don’t waste your aunt’s kindness."
Ye Qiu with a hurt expression diplomatically declined, "Mom, I enjoy my current major, and I love this research. I promise I won’t neglect you in retirement, please support me!"
"No way, do you know how good this job is? It took connections and money to find it, come back with me," Lu Mei Juan insisted forcefully. freёwebnoѵel.com
Ye Qiu shook her head, "Sorry mom, but if the job is this good, why not let sister take it? She’s finishing up her third year soon and could start an internship right away."
"No way." Lu Mei Juan decisively refused, "Your sister is still studying, how could she go to a place like that?"
"What kind of place? Sister can’t go, but I can?" Ye Qiu questioned.
Lu Mei Juan hesitated, "In any case, your sister hasn’t graduated yet, so she can’t go."
"Then what about cousin-in-law? Hasn’t aunt always complained about cousin-in-law’s low wage as a warehouse clerk? Why not give this opportunity to cousin-in-law!"
"Your cousin-in-law is already married to your cousin. How could she go to such a place? What if she cheats on your cousin?" Lu Mei Juan reflexively retorted.
Ye Qiu’s face turned ashen once again, and she seemed to endure as she said, "Then what kind of place is it, where sister can’t go, cousin-in-law can’t go, but I can? Because any harm to me doesn’t matter?"
The classmates also sensed something was wrong, initially thinking five thousand including meals and lodging, though not as good as Ye Qiu’s major, should be a stable job since it involved money and connections. But in the end, it turned out to be like this.
Afraid cousin-in-law will cheat on cousin, it obviously wasn’t a reputable place. Besides, given how poorly the foster mother treated Ye Qiu before, how could she possibly find a good job for Ye Qiu? They had been too naive!
What they witnessed today indeed shattered their worldview but was also a lesson learned. In the future, no matter how bizarre things seemed, they wouldn’t rashly speak or act without evidence. Who knew what the truth was?
Seeing she couldn’t hide it, Lu Mei Juan brazenly said, "I’m doing this for you, understand? Where can you find a five thousand a month, including meals and lodging job? You’d save at least five thousand a month, and you’re so pretty, you could get more than a basic salary. Work hard for two years and you could buy a house."
"Buy a house? You mean for sister, right? You want me to sell myself to buy sister a house?" Ye Qiu said heartbreakingly and sarcastically. "Aren’t you afraid of what others might say about me?"
"Say what? Money is power; who looks down on people with money? You’re prettier and smarter than your sister. What’s wrong with buying your sister a house? You’re the older sister, you should think more about your sister. Did you forget how much your sister loved you when she was little?"
Maybe Ye Qiu was too weak and compliant before, which fostered in Lu Mei Juan a belief that even such shameless words were justified. The surrounding students were dumbfounded. What kind of theory was this?
Forcing a distinguished university graduate foster daughter to sell herself to buy a house for her biological daughter? And claim the sister loved Ye Qiu? They weren’t deaf during that call just now; was that love?
If you consider that love, should we show the same kind of love for you?
A mischievous male student immediately shouted, "Auntie, I like you, give me some money to spend."
The people nearby chimed in, "Auntie, I like you too, I won’t need much, just one thousand is enough."
"I like you too, only need five hundred."
"Count me in, just two hundred!"
"Haha..."
A crowd surrounded her, jeering, "Such a big face."
"Ye Qiu encountered foster parents like these, really unfortunate beyond words for generations."
"Truly redefining the bottom line of shamelessness."
Professor An watched this scene and nodded subtly. Although somewhat crude and against college conduct, in any case, after today, rumors about Ye Qiu might clear up a bit.
But he was still a bit worried. The students witnessed it themselves today, so believing Ye Qiu was easy, but what about the future? If ever posted online, would the keyboard warriors let Ye Qiu off easily? And those unscrupulous media, they don’t care who’s the victim, as long as they can stir things up to gain traffic.
