My Wife Became a Top Star After I Came Back from Quick Transmigration - Chapter 99

Still, no one in the building, let alone Qin Ke, moved. Su Yong was known to be violent and cruel, and screams of “Help!” often came from his apartment. Everyone was so used to it that if it was Su Yong screaming for help, they would even open a bottle of champagne to celebrate.

By the time Qin Ke reacted, Su Yong was already sitting across from him, battered and bruised, but no longer mentioning the police. He just sat there, glaring stubbornly, refusing to agree or disagree. Lin Mo’s fingers tapped rhythmically on the table. Su Yong nearly caved several times, but he had seen Su Qixi’s current appearance. She was stunning, just like her promiscuous mother. Marrying her off would fetch a huge dowry.

Lin Mo winked at Qin Ke, then lit a cigarette and stood up. “You think about it. I’ll be on the balcony. I’ll need an answer in ten minutes.”

Once Lin Mo left, Qin Ke knew it was his turn. He placed the money box on the table and looked at Su Yong. “Are you an idiot?”

Su Yong frowned. “What?”

Qin Ke sighed. “What if her household registration is separate? She’s still your daughter, isn’t she?”

Su Yong paused, realizing that Qin Ke had a point.

Qin Ke continued, “Let’s take it one step further. If you don’t let her move her registration out, do you think she can’t do anything? Nowadays, you can do almost anything with just an ID card.”

Su Yong had been cooped up in the city for a long time, but he had spent all his time gambling and had no idea how much society had changed. Hearing this, he was completely shocked. Do you not need a household registration booklet for things anymore?

“Tell me, why are you so stubbornly holding onto the household registration?” Qin Ke asked.

Su Yong gritted his teeth. “She wants to separate that brat’s household registration. That obviously means it’s very important. How can I let her have her way? Besides, she’s almost at the age for marriage. If I let her go, won’t I lose out on everything?”

Qin Ke’s eyes widened in disbelief. “Old man, what are you thinking? Who gives a dowry based on a household registration booklet? Don’t they just give the money directly to the parents?”

Su Yong stopped short. “…That’s right, they do.”

Qin Ke patted Su Yong on the shoulder, making him wince in pain. Qin Ke grinned. “Let me break down the situation for you.”

“First, you mentioned the dowry. In the best-case scenario, the dowry is given directly to the parents anyway, so it has nothing to do with the household registration. If you can find a rich man for your daughter, you can just collect the dowry, right?”

“In a middle-of-the-road scenario, there are plenty of people who don’t give a dowry these days. What if they have a simple marriage? No dowry either way.”

Su Yong frowned, thinking it over. Qin Ke pressed on. “In the worst-case scenario, even if there is a dowry, what if your daughter doesn’t give it to you? Do you think having the household registration will force her to? If she doesn’t want to give it to you, she won’t, even if the registration isn’t moved.”

Su Yong glanced at Qin Ke, finding some truth in his words. But he quickly came to a different conclusion. “No, the household registration will have to be separated eventually. Since she wants to separate it so badly, she should give me money, right? Otherwise, I’ll never let her.”

“Aha!” Qin Ke exclaimed. “So, in the end, it’s not about the dowry, is it? It’s about money to move the registration!” Qin Ke patted the money box on the table. “Exactly 50,000 yuan.”

Su Yong’s eyes lit up, but then he thought about how beautiful Su Qixi had become. 50,000 was too little.

Qin Ke sneered. “You’ve probably forgotten that the demon Lin Mo is still with your daughter. Getting 50,000 from Lin Mo is like getting money from the hands of Death herself. It’s better than getting nothing, right?”

Su Yong frowned, still not thinking clearly. Qin Ke continued. “You should also know that Lin Mo is having a momentary lapse in judgment. She thinks it’ll be a hassle to move your daughter’s household registration to the college dorms, so she’s giving you 50,000. Once she realizes that she can directly apply to move it to the school’s collective registration after college, this 50,000 will be gone. Hehe…”

Su Yong was stunned. “She can move it directly to the college?”

Qin Ke scoffed. “Of course. Haven’t you heard?”

Su Yong thought hard. He seemed to have heard something about children moving their household registration to their college city, but was it really that easy?

“Have you made up your mind?” Lin Mo’s voice, like something out of a horror movie, made Su Yong shiver and his mind go blank. The amount of information Qin Ke had given him was overwhelming. He hadn’t even processed the last point before a new one was thrown at him. And now, Lin Mo was telling him she was giving him money for no reason. Su Yong was a jumbled mess. He saw Qin Ke winking at him. “Hurry up! Do you really think you can survive being beaten by her more? She’ll come back to beat you during summer and winter breaks, or if she’s frustrated about a test, or if she has a fight with a classmate. If your daughter ever makes her unhappy, she’ll get on a plane and fly back to beat you. Is a life like that even fit for a human being, 365 days a year?”

Su Yong was mentally shattered by the future Qin Ke had painted for him. Is that a life for a person?!!?

Su Yong didn’t know that Lin Mo was leaving. Under this barrage of information and physical intimidation, he finally started to think seriously. Putting his feud with Lin Mo aside, his heart had long since been separated from Su Qixi. In this day and age, especially in a big city, selling Su Qixi for money was a fantasy. It was a crime! In a society with such high-speed information networks, if Su Qixi made a single phone call, he could end up in prison. Therefore, the old way of him collecting a dowry and having a man take Su Qixi away was no longer possible. Not to mention, who could even take Su Qixi away from Lin Mo? If anyone had that ability, why would he have been beaten for three years?

Hiss. Su Yong took a breath, easing the pain in the corner of his mouth. He continued to think. The dowry route wasn’t viable. He couldn’t sell her. All he could do was hold onto the household registration and make her miserable. But if she was miserable, he would be the one getting beaten and feeling the pain! He was losing either way! Su Yong suddenly realized that no matter how he calculated it, he was definitely losing. Why had he ever thought that not moving her household registration was a win for him?

Taking a step back, holding onto the household registration would indeed make them both miserable. If Lin Mo was miserable, wouldn’t that mean he’d… Hiss… This time, the sound of his sharp intake of breath was out of sheer terror. He was frightened by his own analysis. It was too terrifying.

Finally, what if you really only needed an ID card to move a household registration in the future? He could only hold onto this booklet for a few years at most, which was useless. In the end, he would have gotten nothing, having raised her for a decade for free. And if he went back to ask Lin Mo for money then? That would be a guaranteed beating.

He was better off taking the 50,000 while Lin Mo was having her “momentary lapse in judgment.” I’m a genius! Su Yong somehow managed to convince himself and agreed.

That same day, he met Teacher Hao Tianhua, and they went to complete the household registration transfer. As society advanced, many documents that were once required were no longer needed. Only after going to transfer the registration did Su Yong realize how much society had changed. This made him even more glad that he had at least earned the 50,000.

With everything settled, Lin Mo told Qin Ke on the way back, “You take the teacher home. I’ll take Su Yong to the bank to transfer the money.”

Su Yong was taken aback. “You’ll take me? You can just give me the 50,000.”

Qin Ke glanced at Su Yong, nodded, and left with Teacher Hao Tianhua.

Su Yong muttered, “…Don’t leave, brother!”

Lin Mo asked coldly, “Do you still want the money?”

Su Yong said, “…Are you sure you’re taking me to the bank to transfer the money?”

Lin Mo smirked. “Of course. But before we transfer it, you need to sign a document.”

Su Yong sighed. “…Damn it, she’s asking for a freebie.”

Qin Ke chuckled. “Su Yong’s crestfallen expression… It was something else.” He shook his head and continued. “I don’t know where she went after she took Su Yong to the bank, but when she came back, she gave me this severance agreement and that USB drive, along with a receipt for the 50,000 yuan transfer. The severance agreement was written by Su Yong himself, stating that he sold his daughter for 50,000 yuan. The recording of Su Yong’s conversation with Lin Mo also clearly states that he would sell his daughter for 50,000.”

Su Qixi was completely stunned. She had never known any of this. At that time, she was in her small rental apartment, feeling melancholic, drinking an entire box of wine and getting completely drunk for the first time. But Lin Mo was working tirelessly, running around to pave the way and remove every possible obstacle for her.

Qin Ke said, “Although I told her the severance agreement had no legal effect, she just told me to hold onto it. She said it might be useful one day, and it would be convenient to have it ready. Who would have thought it would actually be used? Hahahaha.”

…My God, she thought of everything!

She even guessed what kind of person Su Yong was. This severance agreement really has no legal force. But in the court of public opinion, it’s critically important.

Lin Mo even transferred the 50,000 from the bank, printed the transfer record, and mailed it to Xiong Jingjing. When that severance agreement, the recording, and the bank transfer record were presented, I was truly sickened by Su Yong.

As previously mentioned, in any era, filial piety is a great burden. A parent can accuse their child of being unfilial with just a few words and completely destroy their career. This situation persisted until modern times. However, if a child wanted to accuse their parent of being abusive, it wouldn’t work without absolute, solid evidence. Fortunately, in modern society, with the new generation becoming the mainstream, there is greater empathy for children who have suffered. Providing enough evidence, especially a severance agreement where a father personally sells his daughter, can give you the upper hand in a public opinion battle.

The minimum legal support a child must provide is not the main issue; it’s the unseverable bond of family that is the final straw that breaks the camel’s back. In the key evidence sent anonymously to Xiong Jingjing, there was the severance agreement written by Su Yong and a recording of him admitting to selling Su Qixi. With this crucial evidence, Xiong Jingjing then used neighbors’ testimony to show the public how tragic Su Qixi’s childhood was. This move completely crushed the opposing company’s and Su Yong’s plans in their infancy and allowed Su Qixi’s comeback.

Winning that public opinion war was not easy. Without this severance agreement, releasing the neighbors’ testimonies would have been a waste. It could have even been turned against them if the neighbors were bribed by the opposing company, which could have been used to brand Su Qixi as unfilial. But, after Su Yong personally admitted to selling Su Qixi, the public and netizens changed their tune to support her. Other interview videos released afterward only made fans angrier. Su Yong became a villain everyone wanted to beat, and Su Qixi, with this final piece of evidence, gained a wave of new sympathy fans, elevating her status.

As they reminisced, Xiong Jingjing and Yi Mei’er, who were also watching the live stream, had complex expressions on their faces. The public opinion battle back then was outwardly about Su Yong, but it was really a game between two companies. The three years Su Qixi spent away from Su Yong indeed brought him some trouble, which also left the opposing company with a lot of evidence. Their team was very capable and had seized control of public opinion from the start. Su Yong was a man who only cared about money, so he said whatever they told him to. The public could never see the full truth; they could only see what the winner wanted them to see.

Although Yi Mei’er was well-connected in the entertainment industry, these types of public opinion battles were her weakness. Xiong Jingjing and the company worked hard, but they couldn’t salvage much of Su Qixi’s reputation. Su Qixi had said that Su Yong was abusive, but she couldn’t provide any evidence. The one or two records she did have were twisted by her opponents to seem like a rebellious child acting out after a light spanking from her father. At that time, Xiong Jingjing was at a loss. She had interviews with the neighbors, but she knew the police records could be twisted. Releasing the interviews at that point would have been a waste, so she held back. They needed a breakthrough, a powerful one.

Under the lure of a huge reward, there are always brave souls. At that time, Xiong Jingjing and Yi Mei’er both thought their money was the reason they got the evidence. The person who sent it remained anonymous out of fear of retaliation from the opposing company, and they didn’t think much more of it. After all, the evidence was so complete. It had the severance agreement with Su Yong’s signature, a recording of him selling Su Qixi, and the bank statement showing the transfer of money. It even had a signed affidavit from Su Yong, leaving him with no room to fight back. At that time, Xiong Jingjing knew Su Yong had truly sold Su Qixi, but she didn’t know it was to Lin Mo. She had only thought that Su Yong had sold her to some man, but because Su Qixi had become famous so quickly, the man probably knew he couldn’t take her away and had just accepted his bad luck. After all, he had only spent 50,000, a price that was just enough to be a loss if he didn’t pursue it, but not enough to go to great lengths. This time, he likely saw that someone was paying for this kind of information, so he packaged it up and sold it to recoup some of his losses.

This was the key to their first battle. A father selling his daughter was one of the most detested acts. With this premise, any evidence released afterward would be subconsciously believed by the public. Then, Qin Ke, posing as a classmate, called the company to remind Xiong Jingjing that after Su Qixi was taken in, Lin Mo had sued Su Yong. So there were case files, a restraining order, and even records and expenses from the time Su Qixi was hospitalized for her injuries. With this, Su Yong was completely shamed and became a villain everyone hated. And Su Qixi, with this final piece of evidence, gained a wave of sympathy fans and reached a new level of fame.

As they recalled these events, Xiong Jingjing and Yi Mei’er had complex expressions on their faces.

Meanwhile, Su Qixi had a smile on her face, but she lowered her eyes and asked, “So, during the Su Yong incident, the person who provided the evidence and recordings was you? And Lin Mo collected all of this for me, little by little?”

Qin Ke said, “Yes! I never thought it would actually be used. Lin Mo said not to reveal it unless it was absolutely necessary. Su Yong was cyberbullying you, so it was definitely necessary, right!”

Wuwuwu, seriously, this is too emotional.

After this live stream today, I’ve completely fallen for the Qilin couple.

If this isn’t love, then I’ll never believe in love again.

How difficult must it have been for Lin Mo to leave back then?

Su Qixi had no more tears to shed, but only she knew the bitterness in her heart. “What else did she do?” Su Qixi asked softly, as if she were afraid of disturbing the things in the box.

Now she knew. She knew Lin Mo was forced to leave, and she knew her reluctance and anxiety. She also knew that Lin Mo’s pain was a raging ocean that she had to suppress and meticulously arrange everything, little by little. She had put Su Qixi at the very core of her heart, so her pain was no less than that of the person she left behind.

Qin Ke said, “The rest is what you probably already guessed. She paid your tuition for four years. But she didn’t want you to know, so she found your school’s principal and asked her to pay your tuition as a sponsor.”

Qin Ke shook his head helplessly. “She’s a very smart person. Sponsoring your tuition would have been enough. But she was also afraid you would go hungry, so she insisted that the principal also sponsor your living expenses. Sigh…” He sighed, propping his chin with one hand. “After watching the first episode of Home Inn, I finally realized you weren’t that stupid. You guessed it, didn’t you? But you stubbornly refused to use it. All that effort she went to, even getting money from her dad, was wasted.”

Su Qixi let out a small laugh, but the laughter soon turned to tears. Had she hurt Lin Mo that night? It was probably better to say that she had been hurting her since she came back and showed up in front of her. Su Qixi, how could you be so cruel?

Huh? There’s a hidden detail like that?

I need to go watch the first episode again.

I think I know which scene it is.

Wow, sister, please share! I’m a bit slow and didn’t see which scene it was.

It was the night before the show started, when they were having dinner and chatting. Su Su’s face was already off. They met in the back garden. The production team didn’t release the sound, probably wanting us to see a romantic scene of the two of them at night. But their faces were both sour; they must have had a fight.

And now with what CEO Qin is saying, it must have been about the sponsor.

Wuwuwu, looking at Su Su’s expression, she must be regretting it so much. She probably regrets not giving Piggy Mo a hug at that moment!

Wuwuwu, my heart aches for Piggy Mo! She did so much, but when she came back, she couldn’t say any of this.

Why couldn’t she say anything? The evidence was with CEO Qin, wasn’t it? Why didn’t she show it to Su Su?

Qin Ke explained. “Lin Mo said she couldn’t show you any of this until she was sure you still loved her. Afterward, she said it wasn’t necessary to show you. She couldn’t show you before because she was afraid it would put pressure on you, like she was holding it over your head. She couldn’t show you afterward because she was afraid it would put pressure on you and make you feel indebted to her. I only thought to show you now because the recent public opinion has been so bad. I figured now was the best time.”

With that, Qin Ke gave a bright smile.

Su Qixi’s tears turned to a wet smile, streaming down her cheeks and landing on the severance agreement in her hand, slowly spreading out. She nodded. “Yes, the best time.”

Wuwuwu, I’m crying my eyes out. Lin Mo really loves her so much!

As a solo fan, I’m now okay with entrusting Su Su to her.

Whatever she did afterward, in this moment, she was truly exhausted for Su Su.

The couple fandom has gone crazy! The old fans who were dormant have come back to life, and so many new ones have joined.

Who wouldn’t fall for a love story like this?!

Seriously, if someone did this for me, I’d cook for them for the rest of my life.

Su Qixi took a deep breath and said, “Then do you know where she is? I want to see her.”

Qin Ke paused and said, “Huh? Aren’t you going to ask anymore? I’m not finished yet!”

Su Qixi was stunned. “…There’s more?” My life was so smooth after that!