Chapter 36

"Father, is this money for treating my sister?" An Xin hoped her father would speak up to help her. Although he always listened to her stepmother, she believed that since the money was for saving her sister, her father would help her.

It turned out that this man was An Xin's father, An Tian, and the woman was her stepmother, Xie Chunxiang.

"An Tian, you useless man, help me take the money." Seeing An Xin firmly protecting the money, Xie Chunxiang, unable to snatch it, asked An Tian for help.

"Xiao Xin, just give the money to your stepmother." An Tian looked at An Xin with guilt, but his words chilled her to the bone.

"Father, this money is for treating my sister. How can you say that?" An Xin thought she had heard wrong. She knew An Tian was always afraid of Xie Chunxiang and followed her orders, but she never expected that at this moment, An Tian would still side with Xie Chunxiang.

"You damn girl, your sister is a money pit and can't be saved. Taking the money to treat her is a waste. Quickly give the money to me." Xie Chunxiang said viciously.

Under Xie Chunxiang's urging, An Tian actually helped her try to take the money from his daughter.

An Xin did not say anything more, only firmly protecting the money, her eyes filled with despair as she looked at An Tian. She never thought her father would do this.

With An Tian's help, Xie Chunxiang, still unable to snatch the money, decided to take action. She raised her hand and slapped An Xin hard.

But before Xie Chunxiang's hand could land, it was firmly caught. Fortunately, Su Zhe appeared in time and grabbed Xie Chunxiang's hand, saving An Xin from injury.

Su Zhe shook off Xie Chunxiang's hand. His sudden appearance also startled Xie Chunxiang and An Tian, who involuntarily let go of An Xin and took a step back.

"Who are you to meddle? This is our family matter. Move aside, or don't blame me for being rude." Calming down, Xie Chunxiang, seeing that Su Zhe was tall but thin, and her husband An Tian was strong, felt confident and started to rant.

Su Zhe protected An Xin behind him. Seeing Xie Chunxiang reach out to grab An Xin again, he could no longer hold back and slapped her.

Xie Chunxiang's face, covered in cheap makeup, immediately swelled, showing that Su Zhe's slap was quite forceful.

For a moment, Xie Chunxiang was stunned. When she came to, she felt intense pain and started crying and cursing, "This damn bastard hit me. You bastard, An Tian, you useless man, your wife is being hit, and you're just standing there."

Su Zhe hated it when people insulted his family. Xie Chunxiang, not knowing when to stop, received another hard slap.

At this moment, An Tian's fist also came at Su Zhe. Because Su Zhe was not prepared and An Xin was behind him, he could not dodge and had to take the hit. An Tian, who made a living by physical labor, was quite strong. Even with Su Zhe's current physique, he could not help but grunt, clearly feeling the impact of the punch.

Then Su Zhe punched An Tian in the stomach, and An Tian was immediately knocked to the ground, lying there for a long time, unable to get up. With Su Zhe's current strength, even without using his full power, it was not something an ordinary person could easily endure.

After knocking An Tian to the ground, Su Zhe looked at Xie Chunxiang with cold eyes.

Seeing Su Zhe's gaze, Xie Chunxiang, with both cheeks swollen, screamed and ran away in panic, not even caring about her husband, and fled in a hurry.

An Tian, regaining his composure, stood up but did not dare to look at Su Zhe and followed Xie Chunxiang in her flight.

"An Xin, are you okay?" Su Zhe turned and asked.

"Why are you here? How did you end up here?" An Xin stared at Su Zhe, dazed.

"I was just passing by with Baby and saw someone bullying you, so I came out. Baby, isn't that right..." Su Zhe did not know how to explain. As he spoke, An Xin suddenly hugged him and started crying.

An Xin cried uncontrollably on his shoulder, as if trying to release all her recent grievances. Su Zhe did not know how to comfort her, so he just stood there, letting her cry.

"Su Zhe, thank you." After a long time, An Xin stopped, dried her tears, and said earnestly.

"There's no need to thank me. Isn't it the duty of an excellent boss to help employees with their troubles?" Su Zhe said nonchalantly.

"Thank you anyway." An Xin said again. In her most helpless moment, Su Zhe appeared and saved her. Perhaps to Su Zhe, this was a trivial matter, but it was something she would remember for a lifetime.

"Let's go. Don't say thank you anymore. Take me to see your sister. Maybe I can help her."

An Xin nodded and took Su Zhe and Baby to the People's Hospital by car, where her sister was hospitalized.

Su Zhe also learned why An Xin always looked so tired. The reason was that she went to take care of her sister every night. She would only go to Su Zhe's house after dawn and would also visit her sister at noon every day.

When her sister was born, their mother died in an accident. At first, it was not a big issue because they still had their father, An Tian, who treated them well. Although they were poor, they were happy. However, everything changed when An Tian married Xie Chunxiang five years ago.

Xie Chunxiang was cruel and often beat them, constantly scolding and hitting them. An Tian, by nature, was weak and obedient to his much younger wife. He did not dare to speak up even when Xie Chunxiang mercilessly abused them.

Moreover, Xie Chunxiang called them money pits and forbade them from going to school, not allowing An Tian to give them money for education. From then on, An Xin started working part-time to support herself and her sister. Xie Chunxiang never worked and liked to gamble, often losing all the money An Tian had earned through hard work.

When she had no money, Xie Chunxiang would make An Tian take An Xin's and her sister's tuition fees to gamble. Unable to resist An Tian's pleading, An Xin always gave her hard-earned tuition fees. She had to work even harder to earn the money again. Fortunately, both sisters were excellent students and received scholarships every semester, which allowed them to continue their education.

Two months ago, An Xin's sister suddenly fell ill and was hospitalized. She was diagnosed with acute leukemia, a result that almost made An Xin faint. Her mother had died from the same disease.

So An Xin took a leave of absence to work and earn money for her sister's treatment. However, she never expected that Xie Chunxiang would be so ruthless and try to take her sister's life-saving money, and that their own father would help Xie Chunxiang without caring about his own daughters' lives.