"Do you think I would still believe a word you say! You brought this upon yourself, and you deserve everything that's happening to you! Who asked you to lie to us and secretly keep in touch with your dad behind our backs? If you had told me about your difficulties earlier, my eldest brother and I might have helped you solve the problem with your dad long ago. You're just reaping what you sowed!" Jiang Zhao scolded harshly. "I will never save you, and don't even think about calling my brother to save you either. Back then, my brother let Xiao Li cure your poison instead of curing his own, and now he's in the hospital writhing in agony."
"From now on, whether you live or die is entirely up to your own fate!"
With that said, Jiang Zhao ruthlessly hung up the phone.
He could never forget what this adopted sister had done to him in secret when he was lying in a coma—a retribution he suffered after tampering with his biological sister's brakes just to vent anger on this adopted sister's behalf.
Not taking Jiang Yonghe's life with his own hands was already Jiang Zhao's greatest mercy!
Qin Yulian gripped her chopsticks tightly and cursed, "Zhao'er, was that a call from that little bastard Jiang Yonghe?"
She already knew the answer without Jiang Zhao having to reply.
Qin Yulian slammed her bowl and chopsticks down indignantly and gritted her teeth. "How does that little bastard still have the nerve to call you! If it weren't for her, how could our family have ended up in such a miserable state!"
It was bad enough that their family had been kicked out of the Jiang family, but the old master was so cruel that he didn't even give them a single house. Now, they could only rely on their private savings to get by.
The more she thought about it, the angrier Qin Yulian became. "Indeed, blood is thicker than water. No matter how well we treated this little bastard, she ended up being an ungrateful wretch!"
Beneath her intense anger lay deep regret. She clutched her chest. "If only I had realized this earlier and treated my own biological daughter better from the start, we wouldn't be in this situation now."
Saying this, she looked up at her son Jiang Zhao and reminded him, "Zhao'er, I know that you and your eldest brother used to dote on that little bastard Jiang Yonghe and couldn't bear to see her suffer the slightest grievance. But now, she is the sinner who ruined us. No matter how much she cries and pleads, you must not soften your heart and care about her anymore. I will also remind your brother when I go to the hospital later!"
Jiang Zhao's tone was incredibly firm. "Of course I won't care about that vicious woman Jiang Yonghe anymore! Right now, I only care about my biological sister, Xiao Li."
Speaking of this, he remembered something. "My sister's birthday is coming up soon, right?"
Qin Yulian was taken aback for a moment, then nodded. "Yes, November 2nd is your sister's birthday."
She understood what her son Jiang Zhao meant. "We've never celebrated your sister's birthday with her. This time, we must give her a huge surprise! Touched by our gesture, your sister might just forgive us on the spot!"
That was exactly what Jiang Zhao was thinking.
His sister Jiang Youli's birthday banquet would be the perfect opportunity for their family to reconcile!
Thinking of this, Jiang Zhao checked the balance in his WeChat wallet.
This was the money he had earned in the two years since his debut. After deducting his daily expenses and the gifts he previously bought for Jiang Yonghe, he only had a little over three million left.
Since Jiang Yonghe used to be chauffeured around by the butler and didn't have her own car, Jiang Zhao had originally planned to use this hard-earned money to buy her a car for her birthday.
Thinking about it now, that money was almost wasted!
Jiang Zhao pondered how to use this money so that his sister Jiang Youli would be thrilled to receive his gift on her birthday, thereby further easing their sibling relationship.
...
In a dilapidated old rental apartment.
"Damn it, you little bitch! Open the door! Who told you to lock the bathroom door! What are you doing in there! Open the door!"
Someone was frantically pounding on the bathroom door from the outside, and the lock was teetering, ready to fall apart at any second.
Covered in bruises, Jiang Yonghe hid in the bathroom. After Jiang Zhao hung up on her, she fearfully and frantically continued to scroll through the contacts on her phone.
There was definitely no hope left with the Jiang family. She now had to find those men who used to like her to save her!
Otherwise, she really would be beaten to death by her beast of a father!
"Young Master Liu, it's me..."
"Oh, Jiang Yonghe. I know it's you. You're already a rat crossing the street in the capital circle. Why are you calling me?"
"Young Master Liu, didn't you like me before? Could you..."
Before she could say the words "save me," the other party cut her off. "Stop right there. You said it yourself, that was before. Back then, you were beautiful and the number one talented lady in the capital circle. If I married you, my parents would be satisfied. But now, you're just a fake, and you've been kicked out of the Jiang family. I heard you were even disfigured by your adoptive father. How could I possibly still like you?"
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Jiang Yonghe was almost in despair.
With trembling fingers, she scrolled down her contact list again and dialed the number of another wealthy young heir who had once expressed admiration for her.
However, the other party directly rejected her call.
"Bang!" The middle-aged man outside the door was no longer pounding on it; he had switched to kicking it.
"Ah..." Jiang Yonghe was so startled that she almost dropped her phone.
What should she do? What should she do?
She absolutely could not be ruined here!
Suddenly, she saw that a message had popped up in the Capital Circle Winds and Clouds group chat.
Jiang Yonghe tapped into it and scrolled to the previous unread messages.
Skimming through the lines rapidly, she caught up on the group's recent chatter and learned that Jiang Youli had recently made a bet with someone in the group named Ignorant Young Master.
It seemed that this Ignorant Young Master was at odds with Jiang Youli!
Seizing this last opportunity, she quickly sent a friend request to Ignorant Young Master, writing in the application note: I am Jiang Yonghe, save me. I am at Room XX, Building XX, XX Old Residential Area. I can help you deal with Jiang Youli!!!
"Crack."
Just as the friend request was sent, the bathroom door was kicked to pieces, and the door panel crashed down directly onto Jiang Yonghe's head.
Seeing this, Jiang Yonghe hastily raised her hands, crouched down, and protected her head.
"Damn it! What were you doing hiding in the bathroom!" Chen Haode walked in, kicked the door panel aside, and roughly pulled the crouching Jiang Yonghe to her feet.
Jiang Yonghe cried and shook her head. "I didn't do anything. It's just that I'm really not used to leaving the door open when I use the bathroom..."
"I don't believe you. I'm your father. Having known you for so long, don't I know what kind of person you are? You're full of schemes; otherwise, you wouldn't have had me hire people to assault that wretched girl from the Jiang family!" Chen Haode cursed as he dragged Jiang Yonghe out of the bathroom, then forcefully shoved her onto the old wooden sofa.
"Ah..." Jiang Yonghe's body slammed against the hard wooden sofa, making her feel as if her entire frame was about to fall apart.
Looking at Jiang Yonghe with her disheveled clothes, Chen Haode's gaze suddenly became murky.
He approached the sofa, leaned over her, and pinned Jiang Yonghe's arms down with both hands.
Meeting Chen Haode's greedy and murky stare, Jiang Yonghe panicked. "Chen Haode, you bastard, what are you trying to do!"
She struggled desperately, but her injuries left her with no room to fight back at all.
Chen Haode's gaze grew increasingly lecherous. "Your mother got locked up because of you, and I haven't touched a woman in over a month. Since a little bitch like you has been kicked out of the Jiang family and won't be able to give me another dime, you can just serve me with your body instead."
Jiang Yonghe was struck with terror. "Chen Haode, I am your biological daughter!"
