The impactful words that had been spoken made Su Yan pause for a moment. She looked at Chu Tianye in surprise. For some reason, in this instant, her icy heart felt a trace of warmth.
Her eyes slightly reddened, and she instinctively lowered her head to hide her emotions.
Chu Tianye didn't notice Su Yan's expression. He was focused on Su Yan's mother.
He couldn't comprehend why a mother would physically harm her own child. In his family, he and Chu Yu would occasionally get a playful kick from their father, but even when they were mischievous, their parents never laid a finger on them or Chu Xiaomeng.
They were daughters, so how could their situations be so different?
Moreover, hadn't Su Yan done anything wrong? She just wanted to act...
Even though he had a strong love for money, mentioning it openly would probably invite ridicule. People had even joked to his face, calling him a reincarnated miser, and mocked his attachment to wealth...