Chapter 13: No Connection to the Su Family

Why? She actually asked why?

Did the reason really need to be spoken aloud?

Jiang Hao sneered coldly in his heart, his gaze toward Su Qingli, collapsed on the floor, as icy as frost.

This woman was his wife, yet to curry favor with the Bai family, she had conspired with her mother, Zhang Liping, and the surgeon Wang Jun'an to seize his kidney, even plotting his death!

Now, she dared to feign ignorance before him!

"Ask yourself, Su Qingli! I, Jiang Hao, have never wronged you, but what about you? Just to please the Bai family, you did such a thing. What am I to you? Since you despise me so much, why did you agree to marry me in the first place, making me your Su family's live-in son-in-law? Was it just to see me humiliated?"

Jiang Hao's words were like a blade, stabbing mercilessly into Su Qingli's heart.

Tears welled in Su Qingli's eyes as she shook her head repeatedly.

She wanted to explain to Jiang Hao, but the words would not come.

It was her mother, Zhang Liping, who had conspired with Wang Jun'an to seize Jiang Hao's kidney; she herself knew nothing in advance. But would Jiang Hao believe her now if she said such a thing?

Moreover, it would mean exposing Zhang Liping, revealing her disgraceful deeds to the world.

No matter what, Zhang Liping was her mother. Su Qingli simply could not betray her in front of so many people, exposing what she had done.

"Nothing to say, is that it? Ha, I once thought you were different from the rest of the Su family, but now I see you're all cut from the same cloth!"

With that, Jiang Hao withdrew his gaze from Su Qingli and looked at the other guests in the banquet hall.

The members of the Su family were now staring at Jiang Hao with rage, barely able to contain themselves.

Especially Su Tianming, and especially the old matriarch.

They could never have imagined, not even in their wildest dreams, that Jiang Hao would have the audacity to cause trouble at such an important birthday celebration!

Was he insane?

"Jiang Hao, have you lost your mind? Do you believe I won't have Qingli divorce you, kick you out of our Su family?" Su Tianming jabbed his finger at Jiang Hao's nose, spitting with fury.

The old matriarch trembled with rage, her face pale.

She cursed through gritted teeth, "You dog! Ungrateful wretch! Our Su family took care of you for years, and this is how you repay us? If I'd known you were such a beast, I never would have agreed to let Qingli marry you!"

The other members of the Su family joined in, loudly berating and cursing Jiang Hao.

But Jiang Hao remained unmoved, his face breaking into a radiant smile.

He had long since lost all hope in the Su family.

After what had happened, he no longer felt any affection for Su Qingli.

Since that was so, there was no reason to stay!

"Go ahead! Kick me, Jiang Hao, out of your Su family! Do you think I still want to cling to your Su family?"

Jiang Hao laughed aloud and turned toward the door.

"Stop right there, you beast!"

The old matriarch stood up from her place, stamping her foot and shouting.

But Jiang Hao's steps did not falter. Without hesitation, he strode toward the outside.

"You dog, didn't you hear my grandmother?"

Su Tianming rolled up his sleeves and rushed after him, grabbing Jiang Hao's shoulder and swinging a fist at his face.

He put all his strength into that punch.

If it landed, it would surely leave any ordinary man bruised and bloody.

But was Jiang Hao ordinary now?

Having inherited the medical legacy of the Flame Emperor, Jiang Hao's physical abilities were now unmatched by any common person.

He spun around like lightning, instantly breaking free from Su Tianming's grasp, and with a single finger, tapped Su Tianming's shoulder at the Jianyu point.

That seemingly light touch instantly made Su Tianming's entire right arm go numb and weak, hanging limply at his side.

The Jianyu point is a crucial acupoint in the shoulder, vital to the arm's function. With his medical inheritance, Jiang Hao knew the body's acupoints intimately, so he could strike it precisely, rendering Su Tianming's arm temporarily powerless.

Then Jiang Hao kicked Su Tianming in the abdomen, sending him flying two meters across the floor, landing with a thud.

The hall fell into dead silence.

Jiang Hao's movements had been swift, decisive, and smooth—without a hint of hesitation.

Everyone in the hall was stunned by him.

They stared in disbelief at Jiang Hao, unable to comprehend how a useless parasite—always looked down upon in the Su family, never daring to resist—could suddenly become so formidable.

Was this man still the same Jiang Hao, the live-in son-in-law of the past?

Jiang Hao surveyed the room coldly, letting his gaze sweep over everyone present. Whoever met his eyes immediately lowered their head, unable to hold his gaze.

Su Tianming, lying on the floor, momentarily unable to get up, was both shocked and furious—and deeply afraid.

He had fought countless times growing up and never lost, even trained in the gym and learned fighting techniques. When it came to fists, he feared no one.

But now, with just a single encounter, Jiang Hao had defeated him—so easily, and so humiliatingly!

What was going on?

What had happened to Jiang Hao, to make him so strong all of a sudden?

"You... you dare to hit me..."

Su Tianming clutched his aching right arm and shouted at Jiang Hao.

His usual roar would have been imposing, but now it was nothing but impotent rage.

"I did hit you. What are you going to do about it?"

Jiang Hao sneered, then looked at everyone else in the room and said, "Let me tell you: from this day forward, I, Jiang Hao, have nothing whatsoever to do with any of you Su family members!"

With that, Jiang Hao did not linger, striding out of the banquet hall and leaving the ancestral home of the Su family.

Outside, sunlight poured down from the heavens, bathing Jiang Hao, filling him with comfort; but when he recalled the shocked and panicked expressions of the Su family just now, he felt even more elated.

Vengeance repaid, grievances settled—such is the life a man should live!

Back in the banquet hall, Jiang Hao had been gone several minutes, but no one spoke.

The atmosphere was stifling, the silence absolute.

After a long while, Su Qingli finally got up from the floor, rubbed her reddened eyes, and sighed helplessly.

Suddenly, a woman rushed in, beaming with laughter. "Mother, congratulations on your seventieth birthday! Liping is here to celebrate!"

This woman was Zhang Liping.

She had taken a taxi to the banquet, so she arrived only now.

Seeing Zhang Liping, Su Qingli's heart grew even more bitter.

She sighed, utterly helpless, and said, "Mother, you're late. Jiang Hao has already left..."