The Outcast Heiress’s Secret Identities
Chapter 537 - Chapter 537 0527 Unfair

Chapter 537: 0527 Unfair Chapter 537: 0527 Unfair Watching the gazes of those present converging on herself, Su Ran sat there with an air of serene composure.

She slightly raised an eyebrow, a trace of an enigmatic smile playing at the corners of her mouth. Was there something here that involved her?

Yet, to the others, her demeanor inexplicably sent a chill through their hearts.

Tan Lirong had initially thought she would be waiting for Su Zhongyuan’s response, but was caught off guard when Su Ran was suddenly brought up, leaving her at a loss for words.

She opened her mouth, and it took a long time before she could stammer out a few words.

“Still… no arrangements…”

Su Zhongyuan’s sharp eyes fell on Tan Lirong as if trying to see right through her.

“No arrangements? I’ve said before that I wanted to prepare a dowry for Xiao Ran just like Xinyan’s, and now you’re telling me there are no arrangements?”

Su Zhongyuan’s brow furrowed tighter, and he placed the glass water cup heavily on the coffee table with a “smack.”

It shattered!

“What? Are you treating my words as if they were nothing but wind past your ears?”

Tan Lirong was so frightened that her whole body shuddered, her shoulders tensing up as her insides seemed to curl up with her.

No one dared to speak; that furious and authoritative voice was still echoing in the quiet living room.

The sharp and piercing gaze on her, Tan Lirong, feeling helpless, could only cast a plea for help towards Wen Peipei.

This matter had been discussed with Wen Peipei before, and she had given her consent.

Wen Peipei glanced at her, and seeing Su Zhongyuan’s angry face, her tone softened slightly.

“Today we are discussing Xinyan’s wedding. Why bring up things that don’t exist? If you really want to discuss them, let’s talk about it when the day comes. Right now, let’s focus on Xinyan…”

“Shut your mouth, I didn’t ask you!”

Su Zhongyuan cut off Wen Peipei’s words, his stern voice causing her expression to darken instantly.

Tan Lirong rarely saw Su Zhongyuan give Wen Peipei so little face, she looked up and saw Su Zhongyuan staring at her with a gloomy expression.

She quickly lowered her head again, swallowing hard.

“Tell me, what have you prepared for Xiao Ran?”

“In other words, what is left in the Su Family that can be prepared for Xiao Ran?”

After a long while, Tan Lirong finally spoke slowly:

“Dad… Xiao Ran is not even getting married yet, so I…”

Su Zhongyuan snorted coldly, looking at her with anger.

“Is it that you haven’t made arrangements, or that there’s nothing left to arrange? The Su Family has been emptied for your daughter, what else can be arranged?”

Tan Lirong’s face suddenly turned pale and frantic.

“Dad, I haven’t… All these are just superficial things, they’re not worth much.”

Su Zhongyuan looked at Tan Lirong as if it were laughable, watching her display an insatiable greed.

“Superficial things? Worthless? What more do you want to give her? The entire Su Family for you and your daughter?”

According to the Gu Family’s betrothal gifts, Su Xinyan’s dowry was already quite generous!

Moreover, it would be unseemly for the Su Family to hoard the dowry of a daughter who has married out. All the items sent over by the Gu Family belonged entirely to Su Xinyan.

And now, on top of everything else, Tan Lirong has added so much more–doesn’t that basically mean she’s trying to empty out the entire Su family?

Tan Lirong widened her eyes and shook her head vigorously, “Dad, that’s not what I mean…”

“If that’s the case, then give everything you’ve arranged to Xiao Ran.”

Su Zhongyuan interrupted her directly, his words striking like a bolt of lightning.

Tan Lirong’s vision spun in dizziness, “No, Dad, that’s not fair to us!”

“Not fair? Weren’t you the one who said it wasn’t valuable?”

Tan Lirong bit her lip, her gaze evasive, “I…”

Su Zhongyuan glared straight at her, his aged face flushing red with anger.

“Hmph, to your own daughter you’re indeed generous to a fault, eager to strip the Su family bare. Is this how you treat Xiao Ran? I’m not dead yet, and here you are, showing your insatiable greed and your mean, bitter faces! Given your many years of presenting yourself as a decent step-mother, I haven’t made things difficult for you. But, if you wish to pretend, then put on a complete act and tuck away your fox tail!”

Shameless people will never acknowledge their own lack of shame!

Facing such accusations from Su Zhongyuan, Tan Lirong felt aggrieved, but also indignant.

“Dad, Xinyan is not only my daughter but also Hongde’s. She belongs to the Su family. Is it too much to ask for her to claim what is rightfully hers? I understand the difficulties of being a step-mother, but ever since I came into this family, when has Xiao Ran ever shown me kindness? When has it not been me trying to warm up to her cold shoulder?

Xinyan is her biological sister after all, yet she has bullied her time and again. Aside from bearing it silently, have I ever complained? Su Ran is your granddaughter, isn’t our Xinyan just the same? You can’t be so biased.

All these years, I’ve raised Xinyan on my own, enduring whispers and shouldering the name of a mistress. I’ve brought up a daughter for the Su family, and with Xinyan’s help, we’ve won the powerful backing of the Gu family. We’ve had our share of both toil and hardship; after all, what does this small matter count for?”

Indeed, a shameless person just becomes more brazen!

Su Zhongyuan was furious, never before having seen someone so utterly shameless.

From the side, Su Xinyan covertly observed the various expressions of the people present, and as she saw Su Ran sitting there, calm and collected, she couldn’t help biting her teeth in hatred.

Her facial expressions, in keeping with Tan Lirong’s remarks, showed the image of someone who had been abandoned and deeply wronged.

“Ha–” Su Ran couldn’t help but laugh aloud at the pretentious act of the mother and daughter.

Everyone turned to look at her. She leaned back casually on the couch, supporting her forehead with one hand, and slowly lifted her gaze, her eyes glistening with the light as it poured in.

With every blink, her eyes shimmered, and her disheveled demeanor suddenly transformed, harboring a startling layer of frost in their depths.

Her cool voice pierced through the dust under the incandescent light and heavily reached everyone’s ears.

“Since when has a shameless mistress become someone of high moral standing?”

Tan Lirong’s face changed colors unnaturally, and the confidence she had built up collapsed entirely due to Su Ran’s statement.

Wen Peipei looked at Su Ran, and the more she looked, the deeper her frown became.

Ignoring them, Su Ran scoffed at Tan Lirong.

“The person who let you raise his daughter all these years is over there; don’t go looking to grandpa to take responsibility.”

Su Ran’s gaze then fell on Su Hongde’s face, utterly disregarding his sullen and ugly expression, and she spoke again:

“Well aware that someone else had a family and children, yet shamelessly latching on, destroying another family, not only do you lack the heart of guilt and self-blame, but you also play the victim here as a mistress? You willingly became the other woman, you actively seduced and enticed, and even Su Xinyan was a child you decided to have on your own–of course, that might also involve President Su’s willing complicity and facilitation.”

“If you have the audacity to be a mistress, don’t fantasize about casting yourself as a victim. Every hardship you’ve endured, you thoroughly deserve. And now, here you are unabashedly seeking praise for it? Has the Tan household no shame left?”