My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 1497 - 603: Severed Kindness and Broken Ties—Couldn’t Stop Her from Leaving

His girlfriend sat silently beside him, but from her expression, a hint of suppressed excitement could be seen.

Perhaps she hadn’t expected that casually dating a poor boyfriend who washed cars would lead to meeting such an impressive ’sister.’

Five hundred thousand could be income that might take an ordinary person ten, even twenty years to earn.

Yet, for her boyfriend’s sister, it was an amount she could easily come up with. She worked as a nurse in a clinic, earning only five to six thousand a month. Today, she witnessed the wealth of a celebrity.

"You won’t accept a five hundred thousand dowry?"

Su Qianqian looked at her uncle instead of Su Jun.

"Absolutely not. If you still have a conscience, if you still value sentiment and family ties, then proceed according to the conditions proposed by my mom and me. A dowry of fifty million, not a penny less. In the future, any money you earn, half should go to your family. As long as you agree, you’ll remain my sister, and your family will always stand up for you in any matter."

Su Jun, despite his young age, articulated these matters with remarkable fluency.

He played the emotion card and the family card without reserve.

"Uncle, Auntie, is this your stance as well?"

Su Qianqian once again inquired of the two elders.

"Yes! We all listen to our son." said the aunt, who, despite looking like a rural old woman, had such insatiable greed?

What would you do with so much money?

Already nearing sixty, you couldn’t possibly spend fifty million.

"Alright, since that’s all your stance, I’ll announce mine. I’m deeply grateful to you, Uncle and Auntie, for taking me in and raising me when I lost my parents at a young age. From the day you took me in, I remember Auntie handing me a bamboo basket almost as tall as my shoulders. I wasn’t allowed to eat unless I filled it with pigweed."

"I was inexperienced with tasks like those, and I accidentally cut my hand, blood streaming down, the pain was immense, but the fear was even worse. That day I only managed to gather half a basket of pigweed, and carrying it felt as heavy as a mountain, while my wounded hand continued to bleed. I was hungry, in pain, and terrified. At that time, I particularly yearned for a shred of affection. Because the basket was too heavy, and my hand was injured, the way home was not only far but full of many paths and slopes. I fell twice, losing quite a bit of the pigweed."

"It was almost dark, and I’d heard my father say there were wolves and wild boars roaming at night, creatures that could eat people. So I dared not stop to pick it up slowly. When I got home, Auntie’s face turned stern and scary upon seeing I only brought back a small half-basket, scolding me for being useless. I told Auntie that my hand was accidentally cut, and that the basket and weeds were too heavy, making it hard to carry, causing me to fall and injure myself further with scraped knees and arms."

"Upon hearing this, Auntie showed no concern, merely saying I was spoiled and useless. That night I wasn’t given any food, left both hungry and tired, and in pain. From that moment, I understood that living in someone else’s home was different from living in my parents’ home. Uncle and Auntie were also different from Mom and Dad. Afraid of being kicked out by you, I began to desperately work hard, doing my utmost to win your favor."

As Su Qianqian recounted these childhood events, Zhou Can who sat beside her couldn’t help but clench his fists.

His girlfriend had suffered so much as a child.

This aunt was truly heartless.

"But no matter how hard I tried, any good food would be secretly given to Su Jun. When there was chicken or meat, if I so much as reached for it with chopsticks, Aunt would glare at me, saying girls shouldn’t eat meat, but more vegetables. For snacks, only Su Jun got to eat them; I never had any. Once, when an apple disappeared from the altar, Aunt blamed me, saying I stole it, and no amount of explanation or tears from me worked. I actually saw Su Jun hiding behind the haystack eating the apple."

"When I was admitted to the best high school in the county, you said educating girls was useless. I never used a single penny from you for tuition. When it came to university, that was entirely self-funded too. I even gave you over twenty thousand. A few years ago, when I got sick, had an accident during a performance, at my life’s darkest moment, I wanted to borrow a little money from you. In the end, you didn’t lend a single penny. I actually overheard Su Jun and Auntie discussing not to bother with me, even calling me a jinx. Afterwards, when I called back, no one picked up."

"Each of these memories is engraved in my heart, unforgettable. You always claim to have nurtured me, but that word ’nurtured’ I believe should be put in quotes. I was ready to get married, thinking of not dwelling on past matters, at least providing you elders with some security in old age. To be honest, upon returning, all that’s left is heartbreak and disappointment."

"When my family’s old house was demolished, did you ever ask me? Seizing my family’s lot, did you ever ask me? When I returned to propose, apart from asking about dowry, did you even care how I’ve been these years? Did you care if I recovered from my illness?"

Su Qianqian’s face was now streaming with tears.

Zhou Can, lacking tissues, could only use his sleeve to wipe her tears.

"Since from the very beginning, you never treated me as family, then stop speaking of family ties. We... aren’t even worthy of being called relatives. At the beginning, adopting me was just to have me work for you, Auntie once said secretly to Uncle at night that raising me to adulthood could earn a large dowry, and take over all my family’s property. The state’s provision for me as a minor, distributed monthly, was fully taken by you, yet never mentioned it to me. It was only when I was processing some business that I found out."