NOVGO.NET Chapter 3116: They Would All Come Swarming In
Chapter 3116: They Would All Come Swarming In
The three members of the Xu family—Father Xu, his new wife, and their son—were taken to the police station to give statements, since they had been reported to the authorities.
Mother Xu went along too. Before leaving, she told Ning Shu, “Be good and stay home.”
As soon as the group left, Ning Shu began searching for rental listings online. She couldn’t stay here anymore.
Today it was the father’s side of the family. Tomorrow, it would be the mother’s. Her uncles from her grandmother’s side would probably show up next, asking for money.
All these years, Mother Xu had been the one raising the entrustor on her own. Not one of them had lifted a finger to help. Now that they had a little money, though, they would all come swarming in.
It was time to move somewhere quieter.
By the time Mother Xu returned from the police station, Ning Shu had already packed everything up. She turned to Mother Xu and said, “I’ve found a place. Let’s go take a look.”
Mother Xu took a deep breath. She was just about to speak when Ning Shu cut her off. “Don’t think you can make trouble go away by giving a little money.
“If you give it once, there will be a second time. Today they’re borrowing a little because of this or that, and tomorrow there’ll be another excuse.
“Mom, they won’t die without that money. But if you lose it, you really might. Keep it for your surgery,” Ning Shu said while looking at her mother.Once a leech had smelled blood, it would only suck harder.
Mother Xu pressed her lips together and nodded. “I’ll listen to you.”
Ning Shu picked up two bags, locked the door behind them, and left.
She arrived at the real estate agency, and the agent took her to the apartment she had previously marked as her first choice.
The place wasn’t very big, but it got good light. She signed the lease and moved in right away.
To Ning Shu, the most important thing now was her mother’s illness.
Whenever she had free time, she would give her mother massages and acupuncture treatments.
Her condition was serious. Medication didn’t work and only placed more strain on her kidneys.
Ning Shu could only try to ease the symptoms through massage and acupuncture. Sometimes, she even used bloodletting treatments.
But all of this was just supportive care—measures to keep her mother’s condition from getting worse. She would still require a kidney transplant.
Ning Shu discussed it with her mother. “I won’t be able to go to college.”
Her younger sister, Xu Chen, had never gone to school. She died before she was even a year old.
So Ning Shu didn’t even have a student record anymore.
But Mother Xu took it in stride. “Then you don’t. It doesn’t matter. As long as you stay safe, there’ll always be a way forward.”
Ning Shu pressed her lips together. She had to figure out some way to make a living.
After all, to successfully rise above your circumstances, you had to first change the difficult reality you were stuck in. A successful life—well, that word ‘success’ could mean a lot of things.
Finding work could wait. She’d make a life plan once the situation with the Gong family was sorted out.
Lately, Gong Rong had barely appeared on-screen. He wasn’t giving interviews anymore either.
Ning Shu had no idea how Gong Rong was doing these days. Based on her own estimation, Gong Rong’s body shouldn’t be able to hold out much longer.
But there hadn’t been a single piece of news.
Gong Fu had vanished too.
Did that mean Gong Fu was fine? Or had something happened to her as well, but it was being covered up?
Ning Shu didn’t think Gong Fu could survive. The power of the fiery yang energy would destroy her internal organs, slowly burning them from the inside out.
Her days were numbered.
Every day, Ning Shu kept an eye on the financial news channel, and whenever she had time, she browsed the internet for updates on SR Conglomerate.
Gong Rong had used money to buy so many lives—but whether he could buy his own sister’s life, remained to be seen.