Su Ye kept her head down, knowing she was in the wrong, and could only stand there quietly as he scolded her.
At first, Su Jiuguo was scolding with a lot of energy.
After all, his daughter hadn't stood here this obediently to let him yell at her in a long time.
But as he kept scolding and saw his daughter looking so wilted and pitiful,
the words stuck in his throat and just wouldn't come out.
She was his own flesh and blood, when she was stubborn he just couldn't stand it, but now that she wasn't, he actually felt a bit sorry for her.
He shifted his gaze, put his hands on his hips, stuck out his neck and changed the topic, his temper cooling down a bit.
"Well, yes, spending one hundred thousand taels to buy a male prostitute is definitely a bit much.
But our family can afford it."
After saying that, Su Jiuguo glanced at his daughter, then clenched his fist and coughed lightly,
"If you like him that much, buy him then. I'm not that unreasonable."
Su Ye was stunned for a moment.
That's it?
One hundred thousand taels, and it was over after just three sentences??
She immediately lifted her head and looked at Su Jiuguo,
"You're not mad anymore?"
Su Jiuguo paced back and forth for a few steps, wanting to say something, but then saw his girl looking so timid and careful at him.
In the end, he could only stiffly mutter
"Remember this for next time, our family doesn't have that much money for you to squander."
After he finished, he added,
"How much do you still need?"
Su Ye was stunned again,
"I'm still short three thousand taels."
Su Jiuguo snorted, then rummaged noisily through his Spatial Bag and pulled out a bunch of keys.
Bowing his head, he sifted through them, and singled out a rusty one.
He held out the key to Su Ye,
"This is your mother's dowry, plus the betrothal gift when I married her."
As he said this, Su Jiuguo's eyes inexplicably reddened for a moment.
Then, a little impatient, he shoved the key into Su Ye's arms.
"So your mother won't scold me later for not loving you enough."
Su Ye clutched the rusty key and looked at her short, chubby old man.
Her heart squeezed tight.
After a long time, she slowly said,
"I'll work hard so you can live a bit longer."
As soon as she said this, Su Jiuguo jumped up.
"Just let me worry less! I'll live longer that way!"
After yelling, Su Jiuguo was out of breath, wiped the sweat from his brow.
Then he said,
"So, this person you spent one hundred thousand taels on—can I see him? Just how stunning is he, that you'd sell out our whole family for him!"
Su Ye, who had been moved a moment ago, froze instantly.
She switched her gaze elsewhere,
"Dad, I'm busy here."
Su Jiuguo, who'd seen plenty of storms in life, immediately caught the guilty look in Su Ye's eyes and squinted.
At once, he grabbed her arm and widened his eyes,
"You got scammed?? You handed over one hundred thousand taels and didn't even get a person? Didn't even get a bargain??"
Su Ye tried to salvage,
"Dad, I am your daughter—those buying a male prostitute to seek pleasure kind of things, I actually find them very distasteful."
Su Jiuguo's expression turned subtle, glanced sideways at her,
"Oh, really? So all those 'sources of evil' in the backyard—did they all force their way in, then?"
Su Ye stayed silent.
She slowly reached out, soothing his temper again, and spoke up once more,
"I'm very innocent with them, just bringing them home to admire for a couple of days. In two days I'll send them back."