Can We Say No to Divorce?-Chapter 576 - 349: Challenge

Chapter 576: Chapter 349: Challenge
"Great!" Ji Su gazed at him, "There’s no need for you to take action right now. Let’s cut the cake together at this moment and enjoy the birthday happiness!"
The moon, the sea, the beach, candles, cake, and a pair of figures sitting next to the candles.
With a small piece of cake in hand, Ji Su tasted the sweetness in her mouth, extraordinarily sweet. She made a wish, hoping for her daughter to grow up healthy and happy, and she too must strive and work hard to manage her own life.
After He Chenxiang took Ji Su back, she decided to move back to her own place tomorrow. She had already prepared Gu Yaowan for this mentally and believed her daughter would understand her.
The lights were on in the living room, and as soon as Ji Su entered, she felt something was amiss!
She saw the towering figure of Gu Yucheng sitting on the sofa smoking, and an elderly woman kneeling in the hall—that figure was once so familiar!
Tonight, her mother Zhang Yulian called her, and she was so angry that she didn’t pick up. If it weren’t for Zhang Yulian harming Yang Junyi’s mother, Tian Xin and Yang Junyi wouldn’t have split up, and Ji Su was still angry about that.
But she couldn’t imagine that today, on her birthday, even if her mother had made countless mistakes, she was still the mother who gave birth to her, how could Zhang Yulian be kneeling in front of Gu Yucheng?
Ji Su knew something must be wrong, and she wanted to ignore it, lifting her foot to head upstairs.
"Susu, you’re back!" Zhang Yulian had lost terribly in cards, owing millions to others. She called Ji Su because today was Ji Su’s birthday, thinking that Ji Su would definitely help her. But with Ji Su having turned her phone off, she had no choice but to call Gu Yucheng.
Those people were willing to let Zhang Yulian go temporarily to find the money.
Zhang Yulian secretly followed Gu Yucheng back to the Gu family villa, but no matter how she begged Gu Yucheng, he was indifferent.
So, when Ji Su came back, this was the scene she witnessed.
"Susu, today is your birthday. Although it’s already past midnight, mom still wants to say happy birthday!" Zhang Yulian immediately played the card of family affection, determined to move Ji Su with mother-daughter ties, "The day mom gave birth to you was really hard. The doctor said it was very difficult. Back then, medical skills weren’t as advanced as they are now, giving birth was like taking a mom for a spin at death’s door..."
Ji Su closed her eyes; after all, she was weak. She couldn’t just look the other way. She stopped in her tracks and then turned to look at her mother, who seemed to have aged a bit after not seeing her for several months. Her eyes were teary, and even if Ji Su understood that those were crocodile tears, what could she do about it?
She stepped forward and helped Zhang Yulian up, "What happened?"
Zhang Yulian immediately said: "Those people cheated, they tricked me into raising the stakes, so they swindled my money. I couldn’t get the money, and they threatened to chop off my fingers, to dismember me..."
"You’re still gambling?" Ji Su didn’t let Zhang Yulian touch her, saying in disgust, "For gambling, do you know how many people you’ve hurt? Why don’t you change?"
"I will change from now on!" Zhang Yulian immediately said, "Susu, save me this time, will you? Mom promises you, I won’t gamble anymore..."
"But I’ve been hearing these words since I was little!" Ji Su said sadly, "Which time have you ever followed through?"
"I’ll definitely do it this time!" Zhang Yulian picked up the fruit knife from the table and stabbed towards her own finger. Blood immediately dripped from the fingertip, "Susu, if I gamble again, I’ll chop off my own fingers..."
Ji Su snatched the knife from her hand, "How much money do you owe?"
"Eight..." Zhang Yulian said without confidence and gestured the number eight with her fingers.
Ji Su frowned: "Eighty thousand?" She figured it definitely wasn’t just eighty hundred yuan.
Zhang Yulian shook her head.
Ji Su’s heart sank: "Eight hundred thousand?"
Her salary would hardly cover eighty thousand yuan, let alone eight hundred thousand!
Zhang Yulian still shook her head.
Ji Su took a step back, feeling utterly defeated: "Eight million?"
"Yes!" Zhang Yulian nodded her head.
Ji Su looked at Zhang Yulian in near horror. Such a huge sum of money, she could never repay it in her lifetime!
She looked at her mother in disbelief. Zhang Yulian had gambled away her humanity. Did Zhang Yulian even know what she was doing?
Zhang Yulian hurriedly approached Ji Su: "Susu, Yucheng is really wealthy, please beg him, okay? If you ask him, he will definitely give it. He’s now the real Crown Prince of Gu Group. He controls hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars, a mere eight million yuan is nothing but a drop in the bucket for him..."