You Choose an Adopted Son, I Choose Madness - Chapter 78:

Chapter 78: Run! There’s a Monster!

Su Zhenxing frowned at the scene before him.

What was wrong with Su Chen? How could he trip while walking? And he almost fell onto his aunt?

Fortunately, he only pressed his hand against her face. If he had actually fallen onto her completely… that would have been hard to explain.

A nephew knocking his aunt to the ground? That would be a disaster.

Even so, Su Zhenxing believed that Su Chen should apologize to his aunt.

He cleared his throat, about to order Su Chen to apologize, when he suddenly heard Su Chen speak.

“Aunt, I’m really sorry!”

“Your words just now were so profound that they shook my very soul. They shocked me so much that I lost my balance.”

“I accidentally touched your face in the process.”

“Aunt, are you okay? As an elder, you wouldn’t blame me for this, right?”

Su Zhenxing was surprised.

Su Chen was being polite today?

But Su Lili and Su Mu saw everything clearly.

Su Chen’s hand had moved straight toward their aunt’s face, completely covering it and pressing her head to the side.

Even though his hand was no longer on her face, both Su Lili and Su Mu noticed something important—

Their aunt was shaking with rage, her face darkening with fury.

They couldn’t help but feel secretly delighted.

Aunt wasn’t someone with a good temper.

She was definitely going to start scolding Su Chen.

After all the frustration they had endured because of Su Chen recently, Aunt would surely teach him a lesson!

Su Lili and Su Mu stared at their aunt and Su Chen with shining eyes, not even daring to blink, afraid of missing the moment when their aunt exploded in anger at Su Chen.

And they weren’t wrong.

At that moment, Gong Zixun’s fury was burning hot.

She had heard Su Chen’s apology, of course.

But instead of calming her down, his words only made her angrier.

According to Su Chen, her face getting smacked was her fault?!

Her eyes burned with rage as she turned to face Su Chen and started shouting.

“Su Chen, you useless brat!”

“You—”

Before she could finish her sentence, she was shocked to see Su Chen’s face suddenly filled with fear. His eyes widened in horror, as if he had seen something terrifying.

In the next instant, he jumped back.

At the same time, he shouted, “Monster!”

“There’s a monster!”

Gong Zixun was even more furious.

She had barely started scolding him, and now he was calling her a monster?!

As expected of an orphan—no manners at all!

She raised a finger, about to continue yelling at him, but then she noticed something strange.

Su Lili and Su Mu, who had been sitting beside her just moments ago, had suddenly stood up, their expressions panicked, as they rushed in the same direction as Su Chen.

Gong Zixun frowned, looking at them in confusion.

What were these two up to?

Were they planning to help her teach Su Chen a lesson?

She was about to feel relieved—only to be disappointed.

Su Lili and Su Mu weren’t running to beat up Su Chen.

They were running even farther away than he was.

Su Zhenxing, who had been focused on making Su Chen apologize, was now completely confused as he watched all three children jump away in terror.

What was going on with them?

Then, he noticed something strange—

The three children’s gazes, filled with fear, suspicion, and disbelief, were all fixed on Gong Zixun.

What was happening?!

Su Zhenxing followed their gaze and looked at Gong Zixun.

The next second, his eyes widened in shock.

He jumped to his feet and quickly backed away, rushing to stand with the children.

Seeing even Su Zhenxing flee, Gong Zixun was utterly baffled.

She no longer cared about scolding Su Chen.

Instead, she realized that the entire Su family seemed to be avoiding her.

Even Su Lili and Su Mu, who had been so affectionate with her moments ago, now looked disgusted and frightened.

She didn’t know why, but she was furious.

She had come here to help fix Liu Yanran and Su Zhenxing’s marriage.

But now, the entire Su family was treating her like some kind of virus, staying as far away from her as possible.

Where was their respect?!

Where were their manners?!

Gong Zixun felt wronged and furious.

No one had ever treated her like this before. Her eyes welled up with tears of frustration.

She couldn’t take this humiliation any longer.

If Su Chen was the only one treating her this way, she could still scold him alone.

But now, the entire Su family was acting this way.

That meant they all deserved to be scolded!

She glared at the group standing far away—Su Zhenxing, Su Chen, Su Lili, and Su Mu—and began shouting at them in fury.

“Have you all lost your conscience?!”

“I came here for the sake of your family’s harmony!”

“Look at yourselves! What kind of attitude is this?!”

“Do you even know gratitude?!”

“Do you even understand kindness?!”

Su Chen didn’t say anything. He simply continued watching in silence, enjoying the show.

Su Lili and Su Mu felt a little guilty and didn’t dare to speak.

Only Su Zhenxing, looking both helpless and confused, finally spoke while staring at Gong Zixun’s nose.

“Aunt, please don’t be angry with us.”

“It’s just that… your appearance right now is a little…”

Gong Zixun panicked.

She had always cared about her beauty more than anything else.

Every year, she spent an enormous amount of money and endured great pain to maintain her looks.

And now, Su Zhenxing dared to question her appearance?!

“What about my appearance?!”

“I have always been beautiful!”

“Are you jealous?! Or envious?!”

Su Zhenxing sighed helplessly.

He knew how much his aunt cared about her looks, which was why he had tried to be tactful.

But clearly, she wasn’t understanding him.

He had no choice but to be more direct.

“Aunt, we mean… your nose. Your nose…”

As he spoke, he raised a hand to his own nose and tilted it to one side, demonstrating what he meant.

Gong Zixun had been feeling something odd about her nose.

But she hadn’t thought much of it.

Ever since she got her “wealth-bringing” nose surgery, she had often felt her nose was a bit strange.

But now, hearing Su Zhenxing’s words and seeing the disgusted looks on everyone’s faces, she suddenly remembered Su Chen’s hand pressing against her face earlier.

…

Gong Zixun’s expression changed drastically.

Her hands trembled as she hurriedly took out a small mirror from her purse and nervously brought it to her face.

Then, she saw it.

Her eyes were still beautiful.

Her eyebrows were still perfectly shaped.

Her lips were still plump and rosy.

Her face was still fair and smooth.

Only her nose…

It was crooked.

Her once perfectly straight nose, which should have been in the center of her face, was now leaning to the left. The tip was almost touching her cheek.

So strange!

So horrifying!

Her trembling hands could no longer hold onto the mirror.

She covered her face and let out a piercing scream.