Chapter 9: The Father's Suspicion
This made Ava quite troubled. Did she really have to let Ryan come over and pretend to have a meal? Such a thing was not realistic to think about.
The news these days has been reporting that the eldest young master of the Ethan family has retired due to illness, and the second young master of the Ethan family has returned to the country to take over the Golden Group entirely and become the next successor.
At this time, he should be extremely busy every day, right? He took the time to save her yesterday, also entirely for the sake of his nephew Ben.
But Ava gritted her teeth and promised first, thinking in her heart that she would find an actor to play the part, "Okay, I'll bring him to meet you these days."
To avoid her parents' suspicion, Ava specifically found a friend who was not familiar to her parents, Liam from the school's drama club, who also had acting skills and could pretend to be wealthy.
"The school beauty asks for help, this favor must be done!" Liam happily agreed, and that afternoon he followed Ava to the Su's house, where her father prepared some dishes to entertain the guest.
"Uncle, really, there's no need to be polite. Ava is a close friend of mine, and this money is nothing. Friends should help each other out. Everyone has those unexpected urgent needs for money. In the future, I will also need Ava's help," Liam spoke very elegantly, and for a while, it made the father feel much more comfortable and less anxious.
"Eat, eat, don't be polite," the father warmly invited the other party, pouring wine for Liam and himself. The two were casually sipping their drinks. The father's face turned red as he drank more, and he began to ramble sentimentally, "It's Ava's fortune to have friends like you. I thank you on behalf of her mother as well. After all, three hundred thousand is not a small sum... Speaking of which, the check from Golden Group Bank is really impressive. It's the first time I've seen one with a gold edge..."
Liam, tipsy from the alcohol, mumbled indistinctly, "Golden Group Bank? Burp, what bank?"
Ava instantly became nervous, not expecting her father to focus on this aspect. She quickly nudged Liam, hoping he would stop talking.
She had only told Liam to pretend that he lent her some money, without mentioning anything else. Naturally, Liam had no idea what the father was talking about at the moment.
However, Liam, slightly drunk, completely ignored Ava's hint and continued to speak recklessly, "I don't trust those kinds. I usually only bank with the national banks."
Upon hearing this, the father became puzzled, and half of his drunkenness disappeared instantly. He had clearly seen that the account on the check Ava waved in the hospital was from Golden Group Bank.
Could it be that his daughter was deceiving him? The father quickly glanced at Ava, who was unnaturally lowering her head and pretending to eat.
The atmosphere became somewhat gloomy later on. After finally seeing Liam off, Ava wanted to make an excuse to return to school, but her father stopped her.
Ava knew it was not easy to hide it now; once her father became suspicious, he would definitely get to the bottom of it.
"Tell me, why did you lie to your parents, and who is that Liam?" The father spoke directly, "You must be hiding something from us."
"Ava, we absolutely cannot accept money that is not clean! You return it to them immediately."
Ava became anxious, "Dad, what nonsense are you talking about!"
Continuing this argument was pointless. Ava decided to take a leap and tell the truth without lying anymore. As a result, her father misunderstood again.
"Ryan? The son of the Ethan family on TV?"
Ava nodded, "Yes."
"Why would he lend you money for no reason?" This time, the father became angry. He knew the many temptations of today's society, especially at Ava's university, which, with its excellent reputation, had become the center of fame and fortune desires in London. Many rich second-generations had set their sights on the female students at the university, "Ava, you didn't...?"
Hearing this, Ava's eyes widened abruptly. She had already guessed where her father's thoughts were leading, but indeed, she couldn't explain why Ryan would lend her money for no reason. Could it be that he had too much money or was just kind-hearted?
"It's not that he just lent it to me, Dad, don't think too much."
"Did you write an IOU?"
Ava shook her head, her momentum suddenly weakened. Yes, when borrowing money from someone, not even an IOU was written. Was that reasonable? But Ryan didn't ask for it at the time and simply had his assistant give her the check, and she was busy going to the hospital to pay the fee, not thinking about it for a while.
Ava didn't expect her father to be so meticulous in his questioning.
Hearing this, her father's face became even uglier. His hand slammed heavily on the dining table, making an ear-piercing and abrupt noise, as if he had already made up his mind about something, "Ava, you know, I would rather sell the house than let you become that kind of person!"
"Dad, you really misunderstood..."
Before Ava could explain a few more words, her father's phone suddenly rang. It was a call from the hospital.
It turned out that her mother had fainted again, and the doctor recommended immediate surgery.
The father and Ava couldn't care about anything else and immediately rushed out. Ava asked her father to go to the hospital first, while she went straight to the bank, cashed the check immediately, and rushed to the hospital to pay the surgery fee.
Inside the hospital, even if the father couldn't accept the money, there was no way. He could only sigh repeatedly, hating his own incompetence.