Ch. 171..180
Chapter 171: Exposed in Public Huagong Hotel.
The engagement banquet of the Qi Wen families was held on the third floor.
The resplendently decorated banquet hall was filled with swathes of pink roses, brimming with sweetness and romance.
The master of ceremonies recounted the couple’s love story from the stage with a deeply emotive touch, while Wen Nianyou clasped Qi Yunfan’s hand tightly, gazing at him with tender eyes.
Today, she wore a Valentino haute couture gown worth millions and was adorned with a full set of luxurious jewelry. On the table beside her sat an even more expensive and rare set of diamond jewelry, along with ten million in cash piled high.noveldrama
All of this was given to her by Qi Yunfan.
Wen Nianyou, looking at the envious faces in the audience, felt her vanity immensely satisfied.
Who could marry as well as she had?
She had snatched Ye Chuyi’s parents away from her, stolen her identity as the young miss, and taken the man Ye Chuyi had set her sights on, living the life she most desired.
And Ye Chuyi could only serve as a man’s mistress, doomed to a life hidden from the light.
From now on, the entire wealth of the Wen Family and the Qi Family would be hers. She looked at Qi Yunfan with even more ardent eyes.
Qi Yunfan, too, gazed back at her with deep affection.
As the pair exchanged sweet glances, the doors of the banquet hall suddenly burst open, and two uniformed police officers walked in.
The guests looked on in surprise at the officers, unclear about whom they had come to arrest.
The police officer’s voice boomed, piercing the entire hall, “Who here is Qi Yunfan?”
All guests present turned in unison to look at Qi Yunfan on the stage.
Qi Yunfan’s face changed slightly, but he still smiled and said, “I am. May I ask who you are?”
The officer showed his badge to him, then said, “Qi Yunfan, you are suspected of intentionally damaging someone else’s house, causing them significant financial losses. Please come with us!”
After speaking, he pulled out a pair of handcuffs and ‘click’—handcuffed Qi Yunfan.
The guests immediately began whispering amongst themselves, “No way, even Qi Yunfan is in trouble? I thought only his dad was going to jail!”
“His dad’s already out. I heard to get him out, they bled a lot of money. Their whole fortune went into it.”
“What’s going to happen to Qi Yunfan this time? Do they still have money to bail him out?”
“Didn’t he marry a rich and beautiful girl? I heard his fiancée’s family is very wealthy, owning an entire building at Golden Sand Beach for her dowry! Lady Qi was so proud, saying they had secured a lucrative marriage.”
“Golden Sand Beach? An entire building? That guy is really lucky, his fiancée is a bona fide rich young lady!”
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Listening to the comments below, Qi Yunfan stared at the handcuffs on his wrist, his face almost bulging to the color of liver: “When did I damage someone else’s house? By ruining my reputation this way, I can sue you!”
Qi Linjiang came over, “Officer comrade, is there some mistake? My son has always been law-abiding. You accuse him of damaging someone else’s house—do you have evidence?”
Hen Peizhu’s face looked extremely unpleasant, “Are you doing this on purpose? Everyone knows today is the joyous day of my son’s engagement, yet you handcuff him! I demand you immediately apologize to my son and our entire family! You’ve got the wrong man!”
Lady Wen and Wen Xingye also approached, with Wen Xingye frowning, “What exactly is going on? There are so many people watching; you need to give us a reasonable explanation, no matter what.”
The police, surrounded by the two families, grew colder in tone, “We originally wanted to save you some face, but since you insist on us speaking publicly, then don’t regret it.”
“Qi Yunfan took it upon himself to hire a construction crew to extensively remodel the entire building at number six Golden Sand Beach. By occupying the building for an extended period, he prevented the true owner of Golden Sand Beach number six from accessing it, substantially affecting their company’s launch and business operations. Qi Yunfan is responsible for all the financial losses incurred by the owner due to this.”
Qi Yunfan’s face darkened as though a storm was about to break, “Golden Sand Beach number six is my fiancée’s private property, not anyone else’s! She temporarily let me use the building. I renovated it in preparation to open a hospital!”
Chapter 172: Turns out She’s a Fake Rich Beauty Hen Peizhu was even more furious, “This is your reason for arresting my son? We pay so much in taxes every year just to feed the likes of you? Arresting people without even understanding the basic facts, I will definitely file a complaint against you! You’ll lose your jobs immediately!”
Qi Linjiang hadn’t expected that it would be for such a trivial matter that his son was being arrested, “Number six at Golden Sand Beach was part of my daughter-in-law’s dowry! It’s perfectly normal for my son to renovate it!”
The police officer took out a document from the briefcase, “Who owns a building is not determined by who yells the loudest!”noveldrama
“On the twentieth of November last year, the ownership of number six at Golden Sand Beach changed. The sellers were Wen Xingye and Ye Jinyu, a married couple, and the buyer was Ruyi Medical Limited Company, with the transaction price being 370 million yuan.”
“This is the transaction record we obtained from the city real estate transaction center. There has only been this one transaction; the building has not had a second one. The current owner is Ruyi Medical.”
Qi Yunfan’s face turned white, and he turned to his fiancée, “Youyou, what’s going on? Didn’t you say that number six at Golden Sand Beach was yours?”
Wen Nianyou hadn’t expected that this matter would be exposed at the engagement party! Why couldn’t it have waited until after the event?!
The happiness she felt just moments ago was now replaced by a panic and embarrassment.
However, having lied countless times since childhood, she was experienced in having her lies exposed.
She looked confused and her voice was filled with grievance, “I don’t know either, Brother Yunfan. Number six at Golden Sand Beach really is ours!”
She turned to Wen Xingye and Lady Wen, tears falling, “Dad, Mom, have you sold number six at Golden Sand Beach? Why has nobody ever told me? Wasn’t this supposed to be my dowry?”
Wen Xingye felt awkward, having just supported Qi Yunfan in questioning the police, only to find his family the target of accusations a moment later, making his previous questioning look pretty foolish.
He looked displeased at Lady Wen, “Number six at Golden Sand Beach was sold, and you didn’t tell Youyou? How did such a misunderstanding happen?”
However, Lady Wen was looking towards her daughter, her expression stunned, “Youyou, didn’t I tell you that the building was already sold? How come you…”
“When did you ever say that?”
Wen Nianyou interrupted her, crying out in heartbroken sobs, “You’ve always said that the building was my dowry. Why would you do this to me? How could you sell my building without my consent?”
“Youyou, about this matter…”
“I don’t want to hear anything now, just stop talking!”
Wen Nianyou covered her face, crying pitifully and ran out of the banquet hall.
The atmosphere instantly fell into a strange and awkward situation.
The guests exchanged glances, “After all that commotion, it turns out the police didn’t get the wrong person. Qi Yunfan really did renovate someone else’s building. The one who bought the Wen Family’s building is really unlucky!”
“Qi Yunfan’s fiancée turned out to be a fake rich and pretty girl. Number six at Golden Sand Beach isn’t theirs at all, and she still pretends otherwise.”
“It’s not necessarily fake. Didn’t you hear what the police said? That building sold for 370 million yuan—The Wen Family is still wealthy!”
“Yeah right, the Wen Family is out of money now. You don’t know yet, do you? Wen Xingye has lost several billion in his business, and nearly all of the family’s property has been sold off. A friend of mine in real estate told me about it.”
The murmurs grew louder; more and more people came to watch the drama unfold. Everyone else from the hotel had gathered to see the excitement, witnessing that the engagement party could no longer proceed.
The faces of the Qi Family members couldn’t be described merely as unsightly—they were looking at Wen Xingye and Lady Wen as if they were going to devour them.
Wen Xingye was full of embarrassment, his mouth opened as if he wanted to say something, yet nothing came out.
Lady Wen had guilt written on her face. She softly apologized to the Qi Family, who did not respond to her at all.
The scene was as awkward as it was humiliating.
The police, however, didn’t care about any of this and resolutely took Qi Yunfan away.
Chapter 173: Defense Broken Jungle Pharmaceutical.
Ye Chuyi was busy when her phone rang.
She picked it up and saw it was Wen Nianyou calling.
She sneered mockingly, it seemed her “happiness” had not lasted long.
She answered the call.
Wen Nianyou’s voice came through, frantic and furious, “Lin Chuyi! How dare you ruin my engagement party, you’ll pay for this with your life!”
“Wen Nianyou, we’re not children anymore. Why are you still playing with curses? If curses worked, your life would’ve been a mess long ago. Oh, how is it, is it a mess now?”
Enraged, Wen Nianyou shrieked, “It was you who sabotaged me! I’ll kill you, kill you!”
Ye Chuyi’s ears hurt from the noise, and she couldn’t help but hold the phone a little farther from her ear, “I’ve started recording, Miss Wen. Would you like to add anything else?”
Wen Nianyou’s screaming came to an abrupt halt.
After a long while, she spoke again, “Lin Chuyi, was it you who reported to the police? Are you jealous that I’m marrying Brother Yunfan, so you wanted to destroy me?”noveldrama
“Report what? Wen Nianyou, be clearer. I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”
“Stop playing innocent there! You knew very well that Golden Sand Beach No. 6 was no longer in our possession. You took advantage of my engagement today to report Brother Yunfan to the police! You ruined him, and you ruined me!”
“I indeed knew Golden Sand Beach No. 6 was not yours, and didn’t you know it too? However, I didn’t report Qi Yunfan to the police. He only has himself to blame for walking into trouble.”
Ye Chuyi spoke coldly, “The one who harms others and herself is you, Wen Nianyou. How is it related to me? Did I fool Qi Yunfan into thinking that building was yours? Wasn’t it you who lied to him?”
“Nonsense! I knew nothing about it, that building was part of my dowry. I had no idea it had been sold!”
“I warned you in person. Claiming you didn’t know now, doesn’t it seem a bit too fake?”
“Who knows whether what you say is true or false? You, the daughter of a servant, your words hold no credibility, you have too much dirty history!”
Ye Chuyi was so amused she began to laugh, “You have the nerve to talk about dirty history? Should I list all the vile things you’ve done over the years? The car accident case, you blamed it on me, and you’ve been at large ever since. Don’t you know how dark your actions have been?”
“The car accident case had nothing to do with me, don’t throw your filth on me! I have Brother Yunfan to testify for me. I didn’t go out at all that night, I was with him the whole time!”
Wen Nianyou’s voice couldn’t help but turn sharp again, “You just wait, if you make my life miserable, I won’t let you off easily either! I always pitied you before and never picked on you, but I won’t be soft-hearted anymore!”
“You’re quite funny, Wen Nianyou. When have you ever made my life easy? Haven’t you noticed something? You sound quite like Lin Yueqin. No wonder she raised you; you’re exactly like her in temperament. To the unknowing, they might think you were her own daughter!”
“What nonsense are you talking about? I’m nothing like Lin Yueqin. She’s just a servant. What do you mean by saying I’m like her? Stop disgusting me!”
Having said that, Wen Nianyou hung up the phone with a “snap.”
Seething with anger, she screamed nonstop, smashing the water glasses and vases in the living room, “Why does everyone bully me? Why! I hate all of you!”
Only after she had finished venting did Lin Yueqin dare to speak up, “My lady, calm down, who has bullied you? You can just bully them back, but don’t harm your own health over this!”
Wen Nianyou glared at her hatefully, “It’s all Lin Chuyi’s fault, all because of Lin Chuyi. She ruined my engagement party! Why didn’t you control her properly? Why do you keep allowing her to ruin my plans time after time! Go and kill her for me, do it now!”
Lin Yueqin quickly covered her mouth, “What nonsense are you spouting!”
Then she scolded Tian Ma, who was cleaning up the broken glass, “What are you doing dawdling around for? Hurry up and get out!”
Tian Ma meekly responded yes and retreated outside.
Chapter 174 The Extortion Texts Are Back Again Wen Nianyou disdainfully pushed away Lin Yueqin’s hand, “Get out! Who allowed you to touch me? Let me tell you, if you don’t deal with Lin Chuyi, don’t think about working as a servant in our house anymore, I’ll fire you!”
Lin Yueqin’s face stiffened, her chest heaving violently. Lady Wen had never mentioned firing her, yet her own daughter was threatening to fire her, which truly chilled her to the bone.
But after a moment, she suppressed her anger again, “How do you plan to deal with her? You surely can’t be thinking of killing her? If she dies, the police will definitely investigate thoroughly, and then her true identity won’t remain hidden.”
Wen Nianyou was extremely irritated, “I was just speaking hypothetically, of course she can’t die! How can you be so stupid!”
Apart from the fact that the police investigation into her cause of death could expose Ye Chuyi’s identity, what was more important was that she wanted to crush Ye Chuyi underfoot severely, to see Ye Chuyi living in agony was what she truly wanted.
“She must be living too comfortably now, being a secret lover for two men. It’s bad enough that she has money to spend, but she’s also become incredibly arrogant, no longer the pitiable figure that I used to manipulate when we were younger.”
Wen Nianyou’s teeth were nearly clenched to breaking, “Men are so unreliable. If Sheng Tingyuan and Cong Ningyuan can find Lin Chuyi to be their lover, they could also find someone else. They’re just after something new, and if anything fresher comes along, Lin Chuyi will definitely be discarded!”
Unable to help herself, Lin Yueqin asked, “What are you planning to do? You’re not considering becoming their lover, are you?”noveldrama
Wen Nianyou rolled her eyes, “Do you think I’m an idiot? Why would I choose to be someone’s mistress when I could be the young Madam of the Qi Family? Do you think I’m like Lin Chuyi, that lowly thing? I’m the precious daughter of the Wen Family, how could I stoop so low?”
“Then who do you plan to have take that little beast’s spot as their lover?”
“I haven’t been idle lately, I’ve been busy finding people to dig up dirt on Sheng Tingyuan and Cong Ningyuan’s private lives. Cong Ningyuan is a workaholic, always in meetings or organizing various dinner parties to maintain relationships. I haven’t figured out his preferences in women just yet.”
Wen Nianyou actually wanted to conquer Cong Ningyuan the most, but unfortunately, Cong Ningyuan was too clean, with no scandals or bad habits, and he seemed to have little interest in women, focused solely on making his Jungle Pharmaceutical number one in the industry.
She had been digging in to Cong Ningyuan’s private life for a month now and hadn’t unearthed anything; she didn’t even understand how Ye Chuyi managed to win Cong Ningyuan over.
“However, it seems there’s a vulnerability with Sheng Tingyuan that I could exploit.”
Lin Yueqin quickly asked, “What vulnerability? Can I be of help? Or let Shi Youjin help, he was quite useful last time getting you that invitation.”
“Pfft, what help could you guys possibly offer me? Just don’t hold me back! There’s someone who can help me with this.”
Wen Nianyou said dismissively, standing up to leave.
Before she could leave, her phone buzzed. A message caught her eye: “The five million you paid is too late and doesn’t count. Give me another ten million as hush money, or I’ll spill your secret.”
Wen Nianyou’s pupils contracted sharply, she gripped her phone tightly, and abruptly looked outside.
Outside, the housemaid was collecting the dried sheets and covers, and the gardener was pruning the flowers. Everything seemed normal as if the person extorting her had no connection to the household.
But Wen Nianyou still found them all very suspicious.
After all, the only place she had spoken about her identity issue with Lin Yueqin was at home. She never mentioned it outside, so it was impossible for outsiders to know the secret, let alone extort her for it.
Seeing her halt in her steps and her complexion turn ugly, Lin Yueqin hurried forward, “What’s wrong?”
“The person who’s blackmailing me sent another message, now they want ten million,” Wen Nianyou disclosed.
“What?! But didn’t you already pay five million? Why do they still want more?”
“Hmph! It’s like a bottomless pit. This person has something on me and of course, they want to bleed me dry. They tasted sweet success with the five million!”
“What can be done about this? Do you have ten million?”
“I do, but I’m afraid if I give ten million now, they’ll later demand twenty or thirty million,” she mused.
Chapter 175 Pretending to be His White Moonlight Wen Nianyou turned her head to look at her, “You tell Shi Youjin to thoroughly investigate all the domestic workers both past and present, to see if there’s anyone suspicious. I suspect that the person who knows our secret is among the household staff.”
“Okay, don’t worry, he will definitely get this done for you.”
“I’m stepping out for a bit. Keep a close eye on Mother Tian and the temps at home. Also, I think my parents will be back soon, remember to speak well of me in front of them. Just say I had no idea that Number 6 at Golden Sand Beach was sold. If they ask, just do as before, push everything on Lin Chuyi. Find an excuse to let her take the blame.”
“Mhm, I know.”
Reassured, Wen Nianyou got into her sports car and drove off.
She went to a pharmacy on the street corner; the shop was empty except for the owner dozing off behind the counter.
Wen Nianyou knocked on the counter, “Meng Li, wake up, your chance to strike it rich has come.”
Meng Li’s eyes snapped open, “Youyou? What kind of opportunity to get rich?”
“I need you to seduce someone.”
“This… Youyou, isn’t this inappropriate? I’m very honest and decent, how could I seduce someone!”
Wen Nianyou snorted coldly, “The man who is now keeping Lin Chuyi has enabled her to wear the same Chanel as me while you’re still dressed in such lowly street stall clothes. Don’t you think that’s incredibly unfair?”
“What? Chuyi is being kept by someone? But she’s always so proud, how could she…”
“Pride is just a facade. She’s green with envy of my life as a lady and has shamelessly seduced men to climb upwards. Unlike you, she has a clear goal. She’s bent on being among the wealthy, and now she’s halfway there.”
Jealousy glinted in Meng Li’s eyes, and her words were tinged with bitterness, “Heh, she’s got a pretty face, and she’s always had many suitors, but still, she seemed to fancy none. I used to think she was pure as snow, but it turns out those male classmates just weren’t rich enough!”
“The man who is keeping Lin Chuyi, you’ve met him before. He’s the heir to Shengshi Group, handsome and wealthy beyond measure. If you can replace Lin Chuyi, you will be the one to enjoy the fortune.”
Meng Li subconsciously touched her face, “This… Can I really do it?”
She had a scar on her face, not very prominent, but it was something she was very self-conscious about. Whenever people looked at her face, she always felt they were staring at her scar.
Of course, Wen Nianyou knew what she was worried about. With a sneer tinged with sarcasm, she said, “You should count yourself lucky. I have had someone look into it, and the heir of Shengshi Group has been looking for a girl. This girl seems to come from humble beginnings, hasn’t read much, and she might very well have a scar on her face.”
“Sheng Tingyuan has been searching for this girl for many years. It is said that she is his ‘white moonlight’, his first love. What you have to do is impersonate this ‘white moonlight’.”
“How about it, a lucrative deal, right? Having you seduce Sheng Tingyuan is hardly a step down for you, right? Even considering Sheng Tingyuan’s physique and looks, you’d be making a profit!”
“Once you are on Sheng Tingyuan’s good side, you won’t have to run this barely breaking-even pharmacy anymore.”
Meng Li’s heart was already beating with unrestrained excitement.
If she really shared so many similarities with Sheng Tingyuan’s lost ‘white moonlight’, even if she couldn’t perfectly impersonate her, she could use her resemblance to gain a bit of Sheng Tingyuan’s pity.noveldrama
Spoils from such wealthy families could last her a lifetime, even with just a small portion.
Just like with Wen Nianyou, Qi Yunfan wasn’t from the topmost tier of wealthy families, yet he showered her with jewelry worth millions at a time.
Meng Li had always dreamed of entering the world of the wealthy, but unfortunately, her background was too poor. Even by following Wen Nianyou like a dog, she never managed to connect with anyone from that social circle.
Now, she finally had her chance!
Her eyes shimmered with greed, “Youyou, rest assured, I will definitely oust Lin Chuyi, ensure she can never be Sheng Tingyuan’s lover again!”
She was well aware of how much Wen Nianyou detested Lin Chuyi, and she felt the same. The two of them always agreed on this front, and it was by belittling Lin Chuyi that she was accepted into Wen Nianyou’s fold.
Chapter 176: Deliberately Prodding Her Sorest Spot In the evening, Qi Yunfan walked out of the police station with a dark expression on his face.
Hen Peizhu hurried forward, “My son, are you alright?”
Qi Yunfan’s hoarse voice, filled with immense fury, asked, “Where’s Wen Nianyou? Where is she? We’re going to be killed by this shameless woman!”
Hen Peizhu was also infuriated, “Who knows where she’s run off to, the moment trouble arises, she disappears without a trace. Knowing full well that the police would take you away, she didn’t care about you. This kind of woman, you better stay away from her in the future!”
Qi Yunfan looked at her, “Wasn’t it you who insisted that I date her to begin with? You said her family background was so good, her upbringing so fine. Look at it now, what’s the use? The woman you chose for me isn’t even as good as the one I had my eye on, at least Chuyi wasn’t this manipulative, she wouldn’t put me in such a deadly pit!”
“You’re blaming me? Isn’t it because your own willpower is weak, always looking for the next best thing, dating Lin Chuyi on the one hand, while still entangled with Wen Nianyou on the other?”
“Enough, enough, I won’t talk about this with you anymore. I’m going to find Wen Nianyou, and no matter what, I’ll make her pay for this settlement and our losses!”
After saying this, Qi Yunfan drove away.
But when he searched all the usual places, Wen Nianyou was nowhere to be found.
Finally, he found Wen Nianyou in a bar.
On a day when such a big incident had occurred, causing him to be taken away by the police in front of everyone, losing all his dignity, she was sitting there carefree with her friends, drinking and playing finger-guessing games as if nothing had happened!
Qi Yunfan’s anger shot through the roof, and he could tolerate it no longer. He stepped forward, grabbed Wen Nianyou by her clothes, lifted her up, and then harshly slapped her across the face.
The crisp sound of the slap could be clearly heard over the music of the bar, showing how hard he had hit her.
Wen Nianyou was dazed by the slap, her ear ringing, her cheek burning with pain, and a taste of iron flooding her mouth instantaneously.
The people around all looked over at her with gazes of sympathy or mockery, causing her immense shame and utter humiliation.
She had been coddled and treasured by Lady Wen ever since she was young, always forgiven for the gravest mistakes, when had she ever been slapped?
Before she could even respond, Qi Yunfan grabbed her clothes with one hand, her hair with the other, and viciously dragged her out of the bar.
Wen Nianyou screamed, “Qi Yunfan, you dare to hit me? What gives you the right to hit me? Let go!”
Far from letting go, Qi Yunfan pulled her hair with even more force, “So what if I hit you? Do you realize how badly you’ve ruined me? Do you know how much I have to pay others this time? Fifty million! A whole fifty million!”
“What does that have to do with me? I’m a victim too! I had no idea my dowry had already been sold, do you think I feel good about it?”
“Stop with the pretense, you were laughing happier than anyone while you were drinking just now, not showing a bit of discomfort! At the engagement party, I was taken away by the police and you didn’t even ask, I must have been blind to want to marry you! Even marrying the daughter of a servant like Lin Chuyi would be better than a lying princess like you!”
Unable to suppress his boiling rage any longer, Qi Yunfan exclaimed, “You disgust me! Things were fine between me and Chuyi, but you had to seduce me causing me and Chuyi to break up! I regret it now, you’re nothing compared to her, you’re not even worth one of her hairs!”noveldrama
The person who was once his closest lover, now they were at each other’s throats, he was, with the deepest understanding of her, deliberately targeting her greatest pain.
In an instant, Wen Nianyou’s face turned as pale as paper; being compared to Lin Chuyi was her greatest taboo.
She spoke, trembling incredulously, “It was clearly you who pursued me, and now you’re saying I seduced you? Qi Yunfan, have you no shame? No matter how much you like Lin Chuyi, she utterly disdains you! Haven’t you had enough of being her lapdog for three years!”
“Of course, I haven’t had enough. So what if she disdains me? I’d rather be Chuyi’s lapdog than be with you! Because you are nothing but a complete and utter fraud!”
Chapter 177 Wen Nianyou Completely Exposed Qi Yunfan cursed loudly, “Wen Nianyou, you’re such a hypocrite. You don’t have the slightest bit of a rich girl’s demeanor; I’m starting to doubt whether you’re even the Wen Family’s daughter. Your behavior is just like that of the bottom-dwellers, the trash! You’re full of inferior genes!”
He had struck another raw nerve in Wen Nianyou, and this one was even more lethal than the last! This was truly her Achilles’ heel!
Her heart skipped a beat violently, her back slick with cold sweat, and her rationality mostly returned; she couldn’t even get angry about being scolded for inferior genes.
No, she absolutely couldn’t let Qi Yunfan doubt her identity, or she would be finished!
Wen Nianyou started crying while covering her face, “Brother Yunfan, how could you say that about me? Is this what I am in your heart? I truly didn’t know that the building at Golden Sand Beach number six had already been sold, or why would I offer it to you? I wanted to help you open the new hospital as quickly as possible; I was trying to help you wholeheartedly, and this is what I get in return, your scorn?”
Qi Yunfan was stunned by her shamelessness: “If I hadn’t found out a little something this time, I could have been completely fooled by your convincing act!”
“How can you be so shameful? Before, Chuyi told us both to our faces that your family had already sold Golden Sand Beach number six, and you refused to admit it! Even a servant’s daughter like her knew about it, I don’t believe you, the young lady, didn’t know!”
“Moreover, you clearly called the person in charge at Ruyi Medical, wanting to rent Golden Sand Beach number six. But after they quoted a high price, you just gave up!”
“You knew everything, and you made a fool out of me in public and caused our family to incur huge losses. Yet you still have the audacity to attempt to engage with me and marry into the Qi Family. Do you think you are worthy?”
Wen Nianyou had not expected that he’d even found out about the call she had made to Ruyi Medical. Startled, she quickly deflected: “Brother Yunfan, you misunderstand, I never made that call! It was Chuyi, she must have pretended to be me! I didn’t know anything, Brother Yunfan!”
“At this point, you still want to pin it on Chuyi, you are simply despicable, lying without even blinking an eye!”
Qi Yunfan said coldly, “The Ruyi Medical staff let me listen to a recording of your call! Do you think I can’t tell the difference between your voice and Chuyi’s?”
“What? There’s a recording?!”
“Now that you know there’s a recording, you’re not pretending anymore?”
Qi Yunfan looked at her disingenuously, wishing he could slap her again, “You even forged the property certificate for Golden Sand Beach number six, leading me around by the nose! Do you know what crime forging property certificates is?”
“You’d better frankly fill this hole, or else I’ll send you to prison!”
“By the way, speaking of prison, it reminds me of something else. You once came to me for a testimony, about a late-night car accident. You must remember that, right?”
Wen Nianyou’s complexion changed, “Brother Yunfan, why bring that up? That has nothing to do with me; the car accident was caused by Chuyi.”
Qi Yunfan looked at her sarcastically, “We were indeed together that evening, but for some reason, I slept especially deeply that night. I had no idea if you were by my side or somewhere else at that late hour.”
“Tell me, if I now go to the police and say that you weren’t with me that night, what would the consequences be for you? A murderer?”
Wen Nianyou’s face drained of color.
She looked at Qi Yunfan in panic and fear, desperately begging, “Brother Yunfan, I know I was wrong, it was all my fault, I shouldn’t have lied to you, but I just wanted to help you so much, I like you so much, that’s why I did such a foolish thing. Please, forgive me this time, I promise I won’t ever lie to you again.”
Qi Yunfan snorted coldly, “If you want my forgiveness, then you’ll have to pay the fifty million in compensation to Ruyi Medical yourself.”
“Fifty million?”
Wen Nianyou hurriedly shook her head, “No, I don’t have that much money! Brother Yunfan, how about I help with ten million? I really don’t have any more than that.”noveldrama
“You’re the heiress of the Wen Family, every car you drive costs millions. You say you don’t have fifty million, who would believe you? Besides, didn’t your family make three hundred and seventy million from the sale of Golden Sand Beach number six? Your family is loaded!”
Qi Yunfan gripped her wrist tightly and squeezed hard, “Fifty million, not a penny less! Do you hear me clearly?”
Wen Nianyou felt like her wrist was going to be crushed by his grip, and she started crying from the pain, “Brother Yunfan, let go! I really don’t have any money!”
“The trouble was caused by you, so you must patch up this hole, or else, I’ll report you to the police and you can wait for your jail time!”
Having said that, Qi Yunfan finally released his hand and walked away.
Wen Nianyou collapsed to the ground, her face turned pale as she looked at her wrist, now too painful to utter a word.
Chapter 178: I’m Afraid I’ll Be Struck by Lightning for Helping You A few days later, at the outpatient clinic.
Ye Chuyi was sitting in for consultations today, and there were many patients registered under her name. She was so busy all morning that she didn’t even have time to take a sip of water.
At noon, she finally finished with her consultations and picked up her water bottle, drinking as she walked toward the elevator.
As the elevator doors opened, just as she was about to step in, someone clutching their chest burst out, bumping into her and making her stagger, spilling most of the water from her cup.
The person started cursing, “Are you blind? Didn’t you see I’m a patient? Bumping into a patient like that, you despicable thing! You—”
Before she could finish, enduring severe pain, she looked up only to realize it was Ye Chuyi.
Seeing the white coat with Dome Hospital’s insignia on Ye Chuyi, she paused.
Ye Chuyi glanced at her, “Mrs. Qi seems to be quite ill, blatantly blaming me even though you were the one who bumped into me, you’re the real piece of work here.”
The person was indeed Qi Yunfan’s mother, Hen Peizhu.
Ye Chuyi had not expected that she would come to Dome Hospital for medical treatment.
While they were talking, Qi Yunfan hurried over, “Mom, all the doctors’ appointments are booked today, why don’t we try another hospital?”
After saying this, seeing that Hen Peizhu didn’t respond, just staring fixedly at the doctor in front of her, he couldn’t help but turn to look at that doctor.
He too was stunned, “Chuyi, what are you doing here, and what’s with these clothes?”
She was dressed in a white coat, the kind only doctors at Dome Hospital wore, and he hadn’t recognized her for a moment.
Ye Chuyi ignored him, continued to drink the rest of her water, then calmly walked into the elevator.
Qi Yunfan grabbed her white coat, “Chuyi, are you actually a doctor at Dome?”
Ye Chuyi pulled her coat out of his hand, “I am, got a problem with that?”
“But weren’t you studying nursing? How come you’re working as a doctor at an elite private hospital like Dome?”
“When did I ever say I was studying nursing?”
Qi Yunfan was stumped and thought hard; she really had never mentioned what her major was. It was Wen Nianyou who told him that Ye Chuyi was studying nursing and that in the future, she’d end up like her mother, specifically serving others.
He looked incredulously at Ye Chuyi, “So, you’re not studying nursing? Don’t tell me, you’re a med student?”
“My education is none of your business.”
“Let’s forget what you studied. The fact that you’re a doctor at Dome is good enough. My mom is suffering from severe chest pain, but there are no appointments available today. Help me find a doctor to see her now, out of turn.”
“Why should I help you?”
“You—”
Qi Yunfan choked for a moment, then shamelessly pleaded, “After all, we had a thing in the past, and my mom was pretty nice to you then. How can you just stand by and not help?”
“Nice to me? Give me an example of how she was nice to me.”
“She…”
Qi Yunfan’s mind went blank; he couldn’t think of any example where his mother was nice to Ye Chuyi. Realizing he couldn’t appeal to gratitude, he resorted to moral blackmail, “Doctors are supposed to have compassion. As a doctor, it’s your duty to help patients. My mom is seriously ill and in danger; you can’t just coldly watch and do nothing, right? Even if it was a stranger asking for your help, you should oblige, let alone me and my mom?”
Ye Chuyi glanced at Hen Peizhu, who was pale and shivering, and suddenly laughed, “If it were a stranger, I indeed would help, but you, if I were to help you, I’d probably get struck by lightning. Your mother knows full well if she was ever kind to me, and she probably is too ashamed to ask for my help. What face do you have to ask on her behalf?”
“Chuyi, how can you be so ruthless? Don’t you have any old feelings left?”noveldrama
“There were no old feelings to begin with, Young Master Qi, you’re being quite ridiculous. Didn’t you get engaged to Wen Nianyou? And now you’re talking to me about old feelings?”
Hen Peizhu grabbed Qi Yunfan’s arm, “Son, don’t bother with her anymore, she’s utterly heartless. Consider all the nice things we ever did for her as if we had fed them to a dog! Let’s go to a different hospital; I refuse to be treated at a hospital that dares to employ the daughter of a murderer!”
However, Qi Yunfan hesitated, “Mom, we went to other hospitals yesterday, and they couldn’t find anything wrong. You’re in so much pain, switching hospitals now might be too late. Besides, Dome is the best hospital; let’s stay here for treatment, I’ll go to the emergency department and ask around.”
Ye Chuyi hadn’t paid any attention to their mother-son conversation and had already entered the elevator with her water bottle.
Hen Peizhu watched the elevator doors close slowly, her eyes full of resentment, “She actually became a doctor; back when she worked at our hospital, she wanted to be a doctor and sit in for consultations, and I never agreed! I can’t believe Dome actually hired her as a doctor. Dome is nothing special after all. No need to inquire at the emergency department, I refuse to be treated here!”
Chapter 179: This secret is related to Sheng Tingyuan At dusk, when Ye Chuyi was leaving work, she was stopped by Qi Yunfan at the entrance of the outpatient building.noveldrama
His face was ashen, his eyes bloodshot, devoid of the usual ease and leisure, “Chuyi, do you know Doctor Anxin?”
Ye Chuyi stood on the steps, looking down at him, “I do.”
Qi Yunfan’s eyes sparked with a hint of hope, “Please help me, save my mom. She has a tumor in her lungs, and the doctors at Central Hospital said they need to remove half of her lung to proceed.”
“But, if they cut out half of her lung, how can she live a normal life afterward? Isn’t this tantamount to taking my mother’s life?”
“I heard that Dome Hospital’s Doctor Anxin can remove just the tumor without harming the lungs, but scheduling an appointment and surgery takes a long time, and my mom can’t wait that long. Help me get in touch with Doctor Anxin, ask her to perform the surgery on my mom as soon as possible.”
Ye Chuyi looked at him with a cold expression, “Qi Yunfan, ask yourself with your conscience, do you deserve my help? Don’t you know well how you treated me?”
“I know, it’s all my fault, I let you down, I shouldn’t have dated you and at the same time been seeing Wen Nianyou. I realize my mistake now. Chuyi, Wen Nianyou doesn’t hold a candle to you, she is nothing but a thorough liar!”
Qi Yunfan’s face was full of annoyance and regret, “She deceived me first by claiming to know Doctor Anxin and that she had a life-saving favor from the doctor, saying she could get Doctor Anxin to consult at Qi Hospital, leading to a huge blow to our hospital’s reputation and directly causing our bankruptcy!”
“Then, she tricked me by saying Golden Sand Beach No. 6 was part of her dowry, but that building had long been sold by her family. Now, because of her, I’m faced with compensating the real owner fifty million!”
“You warned me about all these things, but I didn’t believe you. It was my own stupidity. If I had trusted you, I wouldn’t be suffering like this now.”
The sky had already darkened, and the hospital lights came on, shining on Ye Chuyi’s face.
She showed no expression, felt no stir of emotion, and no amount of regret from Qi Yunfan could evoke the slightest sympathy from her.
Looking at her cold and indifferent appearance, Qi Yunfan truly regretted his actions, realizing only now how much better Ye Chuyi was than Wen Nianyou in every aspect but her background.
He didn’t even know how much Wen Nianyou had lied to him, not realizing that Ye Chuyi wasn’t a nursing student at all; she was a medical student.
And since she had managed to get a position as a doctor at Dome Hospital, her professional abilities must be exceptional, for Dome is notoriously difficult to enter, and hospitals vied for doctors leaving Dome.
If he had known this, he would never have broken up with Ye Chuyi.
“Chuyi, I’ve done a lot of things wrong in the past, I don’t dare ask for your forgiveness, but please, just help me this once, can you?”
“I won’t help you, find someone else.”
“I can exchange another secret with you! This secret is very valuable to you!”
Ye Chuyi scoffed, “Secrets again? What’s with everyone lately, one after another, wanting to exchange secrets with me. The last one who wanted to exchange secrets took advantage of me but didn’t tell me the secret, and you’re even less trustworthy.”
Qi Yunfan was taken aback, “Who else wants to tell you a secret?”
“Who it is doesn’t concern you, and I have no interest in your so-called secret. Just leave.”
“Chuyi, my secret is about Sheng Tingyuan, you don’t want to hear it either?”
“No, I don’t.”
Ye Chuyi remained unmoved, her refusals crisp and decisive.
It had been some time since she last saw Sheng Tingyuan, and she truly had no interest in his secrets.
But the more she said she didn’t want to hear it, the more Qi Yunfan insisted on telling her, “I’m not like that person who lied about having a secret, I can tell you the secret first!”
“Sheng Tingyuan was just toying with you, he will abandon you soon, as he has a new target now. His new target, you know her too, it’s your former good friend, Meng Li!”
Chapter 180: Holding Her Hand Meng Li?
Ye Chuyi revealed a playful smile. Now, this was fresh news. How had Meng Li managed to connect with Sheng Tingyuan?
Qi Yunfan continued, “I heard from Wen Nianyou that Sheng Tingyuan seems to have a first love, his ‘bright moonlight’, whom he’s been looking for many years, but he never found her. Meng Li fits the description of this girl quite well. There’s a very good chance that Meng Li is his long-lost first love, his ‘bright moonlight’!”
“Meng Li has already caught Sheng Tingyuan’s attention. Next, she’ll replace you and become Sheng Tingyuan’s lover, and even more, it’s very likely that Sheng Tingyuan will divorce the Ye Family’s daughter for her!”
Ye Chuyi was slightly stunned. Was the world really so small? Was Meng Li Sheng Tingyuan’s first love?
But she had never heard Meng Li mention knowing someone like Sheng Tingyuan.
Before finishing high school, she and Meng Li were inseparable and shared everything. Their real falling out occurred after the college entrance exams—Meng Li had tampered with her exam choices.
It was only then that Ye Chuyi realized Meng Li had been playing both sides, acting like her best friend while betraying her to curry favor with Wen Nianyou, all for the sake of ten yuan each time.
Past painful memories flashed through her mind, yet they did not change Ye Chuyi’s decision—even with Qi Yunfan revealing so-called secrets, she had no intention of helping him.
Moreover, she felt Qi Yunfan’s words were not completely trustworthy.noveldrama
At least, it was impossible that Sheng Tingyuan would divorce her unless he learned her identity was fake. Otherwise, as he had said, as long as the Sheng Ye families weren’t bankrupt, she and Sheng Tingyuan would always be bound together.
“Qi Yunfan, Central Hospital is also a renowned tertiary hospital in the city, the doctors are experienced and highly skilled. If they say they need to remove half a lung, then half needs to be removed. Seeking Doctor Anxin won’t make a difference; she’s not a miracle-worker and can’t save your mother’s lung.”
Having said that, Ye Chuyi walked past him and left.
In the afternoon, Tang Jin gave her a call, asking her to come home for dinner.
Ye Chuyi guessed that she must have sensed the lack of progress in her relationship with Sheng Tingyuan, which had even deteriorated, so she was becoming anxious.
She drove to the villa where Tang Jin lived.
Tang Jin’s health had improved day by day after the surgery. Knowing that Ye Chuyi was coming, she had even waited at the gate to greet her personally.
Seeing her waiting by the door, Ye Chuyi quickly parked the car and walked slowly inside with Tang Jin, while the family driver drove the car in.
Tang Jin had not expected Ye Chuyi to drive such an old, inexpensive car. Clutching Ye Chuyi’s hand, she scolded her son, “Tingyuan really is stubborn. He only knows to be busy with the company’s affairs lately, neglecting both home and wife, not even thinking of buying you a new car.”
Ye Chiyi chuckled lightly, “Mom, I can buy a new car myself, but I actually like driving this kind of car. It’s low profile and doesn’t attract anyone’s attention.”
Tang Jin knew that with the Ye Family’s power, buying any car was as easy as buying groceries, but she still hoped Ye Chuyi would drive a car that was more comfortable and had higher safety features. This second-hand Volkswagen’s exterior even had cracks, which didn’t inspire a sense of safety.
She noted Ye Chuyi’s preferences in her heart and walked with her in the small garden, “Tingyuan is still in a meeting at the company, let’s wait for him. If you’re hungry, go ahead and have some snacks to tide you over.”
Ye Chuyi shook her head, “I’m not hungry, no need to tide over.”
She had an easier day at the clinic since she didn’t perform any surgeries, so she wasn’t very hungry.
After three rounds of strolling and chatting about household matters with Tang Jin, they finally waited until Sheng Tingyuan came back.
He got out of the car and walked towards them.
Tang Jin complained to him, “You still remember how to come back? Since you took over the company, having a meal with you has become harder than scaling the heavens.”
Sheng Tingyuan’s expression was indifferent, “Work has been busy. Didn’t I inform you already?”
“No matter how busy you are, you have to come home for dinner, and you must make time for your wife. You can’t just leave her on her own!”
Saying so, Tang Jin took Sheng Tingyuan’s hand and placed Ye Chuyi’s hand in his palm.
Ye Chuyi subconsciously wanted to withdraw her hand, but Sheng Tingyuan was quicker, taking her hand firmly in his grasp.