Chapter 98: Old Master Su Fell to His Knees

In an instant, Old Master Su’s eyes bulged wide open.

He had never dreamed that Ye Tianlin would boldly demand, right to his face, that he kneel.

He had assumed that Su Weimin and Gao Yulan would step in and try to ease the tension after hearing such a demand. Who would have expected the couple to immediately voice their approval?

“Old Master, there’s no need to keep up the act. It’s really quite pointless,” Su Weimin said with a shrug.

“Exactly. Could you really kneel or not? If you actually do it, we’ll absolutely believe you,” Gao Yulan nodded repeatedly.

Seeing this display, Old Master Su was nearly driven mad.

If this had been before, he would have already launched into a furious tirade, cursing them until they were utterly humiliated.

But the situation was no longer the same. Forget cursing people; even the simplest words now had to be weighed carefully.

Just as Old Master Su hesitated, Ye Tianlin, as if driving the nail in even deeper, said again, “See? I told you I was right. This is nothing but an attempt to fool people. Otherwise, he would have knelt already.”

“At the very least, I’m still an elder. Can’t you show me a little face, or let me prove myself some other way?” Old Master Su was so tormented that he was almost in tears.

Ye Tianlin shook his head. “No. It has to be done this way. The more extreme it is, the more it proves your sincerity. Otherwise, who knows whether you’re real or fake? Haven’t the Su family’s misdeeds been bad enough all this time?”

“This time, I support Ye Tianlin, even if I know something like this is impossible,” Su Weimin said firmly.

“I support my good son-in-law too. Old Master, if you can’t keep up the act, then you might as well leave now and spare us the discomfort,” Gao Yulan said.

Old Master Su’s face turned deathly pale. Cornered and utterly helpless, finally unable to endure the pressure or the fear gnawing at him, he gritted his teeth and dropped to his knees on the floor.

With a muffled thud, Su Weimin and Gao Yulan drew a sharp breath at once, both of them standing frozen on the spot.

Old Master Su made a decisive show of it, squeezing out two tears and saying in a convincing tone, “I’ve knelt before you. Are you satisfied now?”

“I was in the wrong as an elder before. I was too harsh on you, so harsh that even I can hardly forgive myself. Kneeling before you is enough to prove my sincerity!”

“No matter what, I hope you can return to the Su family. Better yet, move back into the Su family villa right away and celebrate my eightieth birthday with me. A family should be lively and happy together!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Weimin was the first to react. Unable to withstand such a grand kneeling gesture, he hurried forward to help him up, exclaiming anxiously, “We were only speaking casually. How could you really kneel? Oh heavens, you nearly scared me to death.”

“Dad, you’re far too trusting. Don’t forget how much suffering our family has endured all these years. It was all caused by the Su family!” Ye Tianlin reached out and stopped him, deliberately preventing Old Master Su from getting up.

“Exactly, exactly. I remember that Su Zhengjun once knelt before us too. Wasn’t that also just an act? What wouldn’t they do to torment us?” Gao Yulan supported him without hesitation.

Su Weimin hesitated for a few seconds, then let go, saying in a strange tone, “Old Master, don’t blame me. You really are far too difficult to believe.”

“I’ve already knelt down myself, and you still don’t believe me? What exactly do I have to do before you’ll be satisfied?” Old Master Su burst into tears then and there. He cried so miserably that his voice echoed through the hospital room.

“What is this?” Su Ruolan woke at the sound, blinking groggily. When she saw Old Master Su kneeling on the floor, she froze in bed, her mind going completely blank.

Seeing this, Gao Yulan quickly explained everything.

After learning why Old Master Su had come, Su Ruolan instantly understood. Her thoughts were completely the same as Ye Tianlin’s: Old Madam Su must have taken revenge on him and given him a severe dressing-down. Only after learning the truth did he come rushing over here on purpose.

Whether or not the Su family truly admitted fault was beside the point. One thing was certain: the Su family, now and in the future, would never stop scheming to reap benefits and take advantage wherever they could.

Old Master Su’s urgent desire to reconcile was nothing more than a wish to follow in their wake and ride the rising tide to wealth and power.

In the end, it all came down to advantage, and to Ye Tianlin’s identity.

Without those things, the Su family would surely reveal an entirely different face.

So Su Ruolan cut straight to the point. “If you’re here to admit fault, then why is only one person inside? What about Uncle and his son? And where is Su Yixue? Where are they?”

Old Master Su wore a bitter expression and pointed toward the corridor outside the room. “They’re all outside. They were just too embarrassed, so they asked me to come in first.”

Ye Tianlin’s lips curved with deeper meaning. “Isn’t Su Yixue’s future husband the famous young master of the Ye family? Then I’d like to see for myself whether this noble young lady will come in here and apologize.”

“Yes, yes, let Su Yixue come in and apologize. Out of the whole Su family, she’s the one I dislike the most,” Su Weimin said, nodding furiously.

“With Su Yixue’s personality, I doubt she could possibly do it. After all, from childhood to now, she’s been the one most aggressive toward Ruolan, and she never stops bragging about marrying into a wealthy family. Asking her to apologize to Ruolan would be harder than killing her,” Gao Yulan said with a snort.

Leaning against the headboard, Su Ruolan exchanged a look with Ye Tianlin. Her heart could not help but surge with excitement. This was a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

So Su Ruolan deliberately shook her head and said, “Yes, after all, she’s the future wife of the Ye family’s young master. How could someone as ordinary as me possibly make her apologize?”

Old Master Su’s heart hammered wildly. He suddenly raised his voice and shouted toward the corridor outside the room, “Su Yixue, why aren’t you getting in here this instant?!”