CHAPTER 280: CHAPTER 280: FALSE MONEY, REAL CONTRACT 2_1

Liu Daqing mentally calculated the time. Wan Donglin had been pretending to be sick for quite a while. As such, her son’s cancellation of the engagement to Zhou Ting really couldn’t be blamed on Zhou Ting. Could it be that her son had found a new love, hidden away somewhere?

But if it was another new love, why did he kidnap Yan Xixi?

She was curious. "If that’s the case, why did he bring you here? And why didn’t he even go home for Chinese New Year?"

Yan Xixi’s head dropped lower and lower.

Liu Daqing stared intently at her, suddenly finding it hard to breathe. Yan Xixi’s eyes were red-rimmed, tears welling on her eyelashes but not falling, as if she was using all her strength to keep from crying aloud. Even as a woman herself, witnessing such heart-rending despair filled Liu Daqing with an indescribable sense of sorrow.

"Miss Yan..."

Yan Xixi slowly raised her head, but her eyelids remained lowered, and her voice was faint and broken. "To help me return to school, he donated tens of millions to the school... I can’t pay back this money..."

"Why do you have to pay it back?"

"Mr. Wan... he said... he..."

When a man is chasing a beautiful woman, he naturally expects to pay a price to win her favor at first: buying luxury goods, sending gifts, giving checks. She, however, chose something even more expensive: returning to school. For this, he donated tens of millions in the name of charity, allowing her to successfully receive a diploma.

But the novelty wore off quickly. His fickle nature led him to promptly kick her out of the house. However, upon second thought, something didn’t sit right with him: why should this woman get to squander so much of his money? Shouldn’t it be a clean break? Wasn’t she going to marry another man? Why should she benefit at his expense? Fine then, if you’re getting married, you can pay back everything you owe me.

Every Chinese person knows the story of Lu Tiexie. Lu Tiexie was drinking in a tavern when he heard Jin Cuilian and her father crying. He inquired and learned that when Jin Cuilian first arrived, she had caught the eye of the butcher Zheng Tu. Zheng Tu, captivated by her youth and beauty, promised to buy her as his concubine for 3,000 guan. After the deed of sale was signed, Zheng Tu claimed he didn’t have that much money and wanted to pay in installments, deferring the actual payment. Before any money changed hands, Jin Cuilian was dragged off by the butcher, who then slept with her. After a few months, when he grew tired of her, Zheng Tu and his overbearing wife joined forces to drive Jin Cuilian out.

Being driven out wasn’t the worst of it; the crux was that Zheng Tu then relentlessly pursued Jin Cuilian and her father for the 3,000 guan. Jin Cuilian and her father held what amounted to an IOU, yet they were now forced to sing in the streets to repay this supposed high-interest loan. In other words, Jin Cuilian had been exploited for several months. On top of that, she and her father were now being hounded to pay money to the butcher. This was what was known as the ’nominal sum for a binding deed’ scam.

When Lu Tiexie heard this, he flew into a rage. To think a mere butcher would dare to be so outrageously deceitful! Of course, as everyone knows, the outcome was that Lu Tiexie killed the butcher with three punches.

At this moment, Liu Daqing felt exactly as Lu Tiexie must have.

She could hardly believe it: is her son really this kind of person?

Does he want the money he spent back? Is he planning to sleep with her for two years for free?

Utter scum! He is an absolute, unadulterated scoundrel.

While Liu Daqing was reeling with these doubts, Yan Xixi, evidently deciding to get it all out, said, "Mr. Wan never loved me. I was just something he bought. In his eyes, I was nothing... Otherwise, he wouldn’t have treated me that way after finding out I was pregnant..."

Liu Daqing was shocked. Pregnant?

This is simply a bombshell.

"When did you get pregnant?"