C2 Don't Come Back If You Get Lost

"Sis, what are you implying? We're only looking out for you. Do you really want your child to be born out of wedlock, just like you were?" Ye Qingyun said, sitting next to Zhu Meiqin.

"Born out of wedlock?" Ye Jianjia shot a frosty glance at Ye Qingyun. "My mother was married when she had me. In contrast, your mother was the other woman when you were born!"

Ye Qingyun's complexion turned a sickly shade of green. "Your mother was the mistress first!"

"My mother was unaware that Dad was already married. She only discovered he had a family after becoming pregnant. He conspired with his wife to seize my grandfather's estate, claiming their marriage was loveless. They pretended to divorce while continuing their affair, and that's how you, the illegitimate daughter, came into the world. It was their despicable actions that drove my mother to her grave!"

"Ye Jianjia!" Ye Chongyun's face darkened with shame as she dredged up the past, and he erupted in anger. "Have you no sense of respect? Your aunt and I have your best interests at heart. Don't accuse us unjustly!"

Ye Jianjia let out a scornful laugh, unwilling to keep up the charade any longer. "Is it not because my pregnancy threw a wrench in your plans? President Yang must be about fifty by now, right? You plotted to sell me off to some old man and still claim to be virtuous?"

"You..." Ye Chongyun was caught off guard by her knowledge of the scheme, momentarily at a loss for words.

Ye Qingyun chimed in, "President Yang is a wealthy man. Marrying him would make you a lady of high society. Mom and Dad are thinking of your future!"

"He's such a catch, then why don't you marry him?" retorted Ye Jianjia.

"You..." Ye Qingyun's face turned an even deeper shade of green. "If you refuse to marry, you can forget about receiving your mother's inheritance. Dad will certainly not sign off on it!"

Ye Jianjia couldn't help but laugh in frustration, turning to Ye Chongyun. "So that's your leverage? I have to marry President Yang according to your wishes before you'll sign the inheritance papers?"

Her mother, gravely ill and oblivious to Ye Chongyun and Zhu Meiqin's clandestine relationship, had created a safeguard concerning the inheritance to protect her daughter.

The condition for her to inherit the estate was that she had to be married, and she also needed the signature of her other guardian, her father Ye Chongyun. Only then could she successfully claim her inheritance.

"Exactly!" Ye Chongyun's face contorted with displeasure as he dropped all pretense and commanded, "You must abort this child and marry President Yang. Otherwise, you can forget about your mother's inheritance!"

Fifty million was no trifling sum.

Without the inheritance, Ye Jianjia would be left with nothing. Ye Chongyun was confident that this leverage would allow him to manipulate her.

Yet, Ye Jianjia responded without a moment's hesitation, "Then I simply won't take it! If I can't have it, I certainly won't be under your control!"

She pulled an item from her purse and flaunted it before them, "I'm about to go abroad for my studies. You've already promised President Yang a daughter in marriage... Well, let your most cherished daughter, Ye Qingyun, be the one to marry that fifty-year-old man. She deserves him!"

Enraged to the point of bulging veins, Ye Chongyun bellowed, "Get out! Just get out!"

Ye Jianjia discarded the knife and walked away with poise and grace.

Ye Chongyun continued to bellow, "Go on, and don't you dare come back! I'll be waiting to see how you starve to death overseas. And when that time comes, even if you come crawling back to me, I won't give you a dime!"

"Beg you? Maybe in another life!" retorted Ye Jianjia, without so much as a backward glance.

A month later, she left the country, pregnant with six little treasures.

She had no recollection of the man, only a blurred dream of their passionate encounter. But she was convinced that the man Ye Jianjia had chosen could never be a lowlife.

Someday, he would return to her and their children.

He most certainly would...