Strawberry Pop Pop Pop - Chap 103

Chap 103
At noon, after his class, Su Li rushed to wait for Gu Nuan outside his classroom. Gu Nuan,
looking exhausted, walked out with heavy steps. He held his back and handed the car keys
to Su Li. “Can you drive back? My back hurts.”
“Sure! Your car is awesome!” Su Li couldn’t be happier. He took the car keys and put them
in his pocket, then helped Gu Nuan walk, saying, “Han Yang really doesn’t know how to
restrain himself.”
“…It’s my fault.”
“Really?”
Su Li humbly asked for advice, “Well, sometimes, I also want to be as active as you and Han
Yang, I don’t know what to do.”
Gu Nuan was surprised, “You’ve been staying at his place for so long, and you two
haven’t…”
He was cut off in mid-sentence as Su Li covered his mouth, and Gu Nuan made muffled
noises. When Su Li released his hand, Gu Nuan stepped back a few paces. “Is Liang Xie
incapable? I heard someone say that people who produce cotton candy pheromones are
emotionally cold…”
Gu Nuan specifically pulled out his phone to search.
“What nonsense are you saying?” Su Li snatched Gu Nuan’s phone and stuffed it into his
bag, urging, “Let’s go, let’s go. Liang Xie is waiting for me for lunch.”
Around 1pm, Su Li opened the apartment door, holding a cup of bubble tea, and entered
with a cheerful voice.
“Hey Liang Xie, I brought bubble tea back! It’s from that place you said was good, but there
was a long line, and by the time I got there, they had only one cup left.”
He lowered his head to change his shoes and muttered, “Whose high heels are these at the
door? Could it be Xu Lin again?”

But before Su Li could take off his sports shoes, he saw a well-groomed, elegant-looking
Alpha woman sitting upright on the sofa in the living room. She had a secretary-like figure
dressed in a black suit standing beside her.
Judging by her appearance, she looked to be in her thirties, but Su Li knew that wealthy
people tend to maintain their looks. For example, Gu Nuan’s father and dad both looked
much younger than their actual age.
Su Li scrutinized her carefully and saw that her face was remarkably similar to Liang Xie’s.
He then turned to look at Liang Xie, who had a somber expression, and guessed her
identity.
Without waiting for Liang Xie to speak, Su Li immediately stood up straight and greeted her
respectfully, “Hello, Madam. I’m Su Li, I’m… I’m Liang Xie’s friend.”
Liang Xie’s mother, Liang Fenying, didn’t respond at all and appeared to be unaffected by
Su Li’s presence.
Even her involuntary gestures were remarkably similar to Liang Xie’s.
Su Li swallowed hard and bit his lip in embarrassment.
It seemed that Liang Xie had suppressed his anger from earlier. He spoke in a calm tone,
“Su Li, you go upstairs first.”

Su Li wasn’t clueless and immediately understood Liang Fenying’s attitude towards him. He
nodded nervously and ran upstairs without even changing his shoes.
As he reached halfway up, Su Li became worried. He feared that the two downstairs would
argue because of him, so he sneaked back and crouched at a corner, unethically
eavesdropping and peeping, silently apologizing, “I’m sorry, Madam, and Liang Xie.”
In the living room, Liang Fenying held her tea and took a sip before saying, “Is this why
you’ve been back-talking and don’t want to return to the family?”
Liang Xie’s grip tightened on the wheelchair’s armrest, and his voice was deep. “It has
nothing to do with him. It’s my own decision.”
“Your own decision?” Liang Fenying couldn’t believe it.
She was straightforward and continued mercilessly, “At your age, it’s normal to have an
omega you like. When you refused to get engaged to Xu Lin back then, I thought your
standards were too high. Now it seems…” She delivered a sharp statement in a gentle tone,
“Your taste has dropped significantly.”
Liang Xie was extremely annoyed by Liang Fenying mentioning Su Li and sternly
interrupted her, saying, “Enough.”
It seemed like she was rarely interrupted by Liang Xie, and Liang Fenying’s body visibly
twitched for a moment.
Similarly, Su Li, hiding around the corner, felt his heart tighten.
Liang Fenying took a deep breath and set down her teacup, thinking that Liang Xie was
temporarily blinded by his emotions, saying, “If you were just a poor boy today, I might
believe that this omega genuinely loves you.”

Unfortunately, Liang Xie is ultimately a member of the Liang family. Liang Fenying had
been deceived by Liang Xie’s father in the past, so she didn’t believe in true love in front of
money.
She said to Liang Xie, “I’ve seen omegas who love money a lot. You have a disability, and
this omega stands by you. What’s his true intention? You should think about it carefully.”
She rarely adopted a motherly tone, instructing Liang Xie word by word.
But Liang Xie didn’t want to say more to her, “You don’t understand Su Li, there’s no need
to speak about him this way.”
“Understand him?”
Liang Fenying found it amusing and asked rhetorically.
The tea on the coffee table had gone cold.
She rubbed her temple and continued, “If I’m not mistaken, his sneakers cost more than
50,000 yuan a pair, right?”
Su Li, who was eavesdropping, immediately lowered his head to check his own shoes, and
his jaw nearly dropped. Liang Xie had lied to him that they were high-quality replicas,
costing only a few hundred yuan.
“I know his family background, he can’t afford such shoes. Did he pester you to buy them,
or do you want to claim that you ‘willingly’ bought them for him?” Liang Fenying continued,
“The backpack he’s carrying is the new spring model of the XX brand, priced at 71,000 yuan
each. Does he earn it working at a convenience store? Also, the coat he’s wearing today,
Isn’t it a custom-made outfit by your usual designer?”
“What’s the price, starting at 100,000?”
The eavesdropping Su Li panicked, covering his mouth in disbelief, thinking, “Help! I’ve
been swimming in the ocean of money without even realizing it!”
No wonder, not too long ago, Gu Nuan praised Liang Xie’s taste so highly. Su Li had
mistakenly believed that Gu Nuan was merely complimenting the styles and appearances of
these things.
Before Liang Xie could respond, Liang Fenying seized the opportunity to say, “Is this what
you meant when you said I don’t understand?”
“I haven’t spent a single cent of the Liang family on these things,” Liang Xie said stiffly.

Liang Fenying smiled, “But you were raised by me, and this is the ability I’ve given you.”
A single phrase seemed to sever all of Liang Xie’s restraint. In silence, he suddenly asked his
always career-focused mother, “Raised? Have you ever raised me? Have you ever spent a
day taking care of me, Ms. Liang?”
Liang Xie’s childhood memories were filled with instances where Liang Fenying was
engrossed in her work and her career. Neither of his parents had truly cared for him; they
were always preoccupied with their own affairs.
Although Liang Xie’s intelligence was remarkably similar to Liang Fenying’s, blood ties
were a formidable thing.
Yet Liang Fenying had never truly “raised” him.
The unfamiliar address “Ms. Liang” distanced Liang Fenying to an unfathomable extent.
“why did you call me…”
“There’s no need for us to continue this conversation!” Liang Xie interrupted her and made
up his mind, “I made myself clear earlier. I will move out of the apartment, and I won’t
touch a single cent of the Liang family’s money.”
Upon hearing this, Liang Fenying was evidently angry. She picked up her teacup, using her
silence to mask her momentary disappointment.
She said, “Indeed, there’s no need for further conversation. I only require you to apologize
to your grandfather, bow your head, and ask for his permission to return to the Liang…”
Before she could finish her sentence, Liang Xie interrupted her a second time.
After all these years, today was the only time Liang Xie had the courage to cut off Liang
Fenying, and he did it more than once.
He stared at her, his gaze no longer evasive, and said firmly, “No, I wasn’t wrong to
participate in the photography competition. I won’t apologize to him, and I won’t go see
him again. In the future, I won’t get involved with the Liang family either. So don’t come
looking for me anymore.”
He was severing ties with the Liang family.
In the next second, a hot cup of tea accidentally splashed onto Liang Xie’s face.
Su Li was shocked and rushed down from upstairs in a hurry.
Fortunately, the tea had already cooled down, so it didn’t harm Liang Xie. Su Li stood in
front of Liang Xie, watching his disheveled appearance, and suddenly couldn’t stop
trembling all over.
He could hardly believe what he was witnessing; it was a complete disaster.
Liang Fenying raised her eyes, and apart from disappointment and anger, there was hardly
anything else in her gaze.
“Thank goodness your cousin was so unreliable this time, that’s why your grandfather gave
you another chance after your previous rudeness. He’s waiting for you to bow down. This is
a rare opportunity! For your sake, I’ve struggled these past years, how many sacrifices have
I made for your future? You don’t cherish it at all and even want to sever ties with the Liang
family?”
Liang Fenying was infuriated, issuing her final ultimatum, “Believe me, your little friend’s
small company can easily disappear at my hands.”
“You can go check who our business partners are and decide if you want to make it
disappear,” Liang Xie had prepared for this moment. He firmly grasped Su Li’s trembling
wrist, his gaze resolute.
He issued a stern warning to Liang Fenying as well.
Mother and son were, in fact, quite similar, so much so that their thoughts were equally
meticulous.
“Chairman Liang is of old age and is bedridden. You and your sister are already fighting for
the family business. The Liang family is chaotic enough as it is. If you’re not afraid of more
trouble, you can go ahead and tamper with my company. However, someone who recently
cooperated with our company doesn’t seem so easy to mess with.”
This time, Liang Xie no longer referred to Chairman Liang as “grandfather.”
He was determined to leave this emotionally barren “home,” and Su Li gave him the
courage to do so.
Ever since his leg injury, Liang Xie hadn’t desired much. But Su Li’s presence opened a door
in his heart. In the past, he could let the Liang family engulf him, but now, he wouldn’t allow
this situation to happen to Su Li.