Chapter 575: Chapter 180: I’m Richer Than You
Yang Jiaming’s face turned dark.
Of course not.
The family of the boy who framed Lu Sisi has some background, but how much could it be?
A boy attending a second-tier university, even if his family has a bit of background, how influential could they be? If his family was really so powerful that they could do anything, would he be attending such a mediocre school?
He simply didn’t want to get involved!
With years of habitual thinking, the moment he learned of the situation, he immediately labeled it: this was yet another disaster and trouble brought by Lu Sisi’s peculiar Life Chart!
So, his instinct was to let things be and stay as far away as possible.
But, while he didn’t want to handle the situation, he still cared about his face!
Being publicly humiliated and accused of not caring for his own daughter—his pride couldn’t bear it.
"You!" Yang Jiaming angrily pointed at Chen Yan: "Who do you think you are to come to my house at night and accuse me? I only let you in because I thought you were Sisi’s friend! Now get out! Get out of my house! How I act as a father, how our family disciplines our daughter, is none of your business!"
As he spoke, he pointed towards the door and shouted, "Out!"
Chen Yan nodded but took Lu Sisi’s hand and stood up: "Alright, then we’ll just leave."
"Who allowed you to take my daughter away!" Yang Jiaming was so angry his face nearly turned crimson: "I’m telling you to get out alone!"
Chen Yan looked at Lu Sisi, who took a deep breath and completely ignored her father Yang Jiaming. She only looked at Chen Yan and whispered, "I’ll go with you."
Chen Yan smiled and nodded: "Okay."
After he finished, he looked at Yang Jiaming: "Mr. Yang, you heard very clearly, Lu Sisi said she’s willing to go with me."
"What she says doesn’t count!" Yang Jiaming said angrily: "She’s my daughter, I..."
"She’s eighteen, legally an adult. She has the right to decide her own matters," Chen Yan said blandly: "I don’t know what the laws of Port City say, maybe Mr. Yang, being a Port City native, isn’t clear on the laws of the Dragon Country Mainland."
"Still, it’s not your place to come into my home and comment!!" Yang Jiaming roared angrily.
"Dad, I want to go with him." Lu Sisi finally spoke up.
She stepped forward and stood in front of Chen Yan, facing her father directly: "Anyway, you don’t love me, mom doesn’t love me, nobody in this family loves me, no one cares about me. You’re angry now, not because you love me as your daughter, but because your pride can’t take it."
Yang Jiaming chuckled in his rage: "So what? You plan to run away in the middle of the night with some random guy who showed up out of nowhere? Run away from home? Who is he? Where’d this street rat come from?
We’ve raised you for eighteen years, provided for you, paid for your education..."
"Uh... ahem!" Chen Yan suddenly interrupted Yang Jiaming, his eyes meeting the father’s anger, and suddenly he realized: "I’m sorry to interrupt, Mr. Yang. I think you might have misunderstood me."
"Misunderstood you? Coming to my house in the middle of the night to lure away my daughter, this Little Huang Mao?"
"Little Huang Mao? Mr. Yang, you’ve dealt with a fair share, it seems. But perhaps you’ve mistaken me for some street rat."
Chen Yan shook his head smiling, he thought for a moment and continued: "Around University City’s XX Street, from number XX to number XX... Hmm, roughly these addresses, I can’t even remember all the extra house numbers myself, but with Mr. Yang’s wealth and connections, finding out who owns the properties on that street shouldn’t be hard."
Yang Jiaming was taken aback: "What do you mean?"
Chen Yan smiled, his expression seemingly somewhat shy, but his words were sharp.
"It means... I’m way, way, way, way, way richer than you..."
Yang Jiaming was stunned, looking incredulously at Chen Yan, then at Lu Sisi.
Lu Sisi’s eyes were calm and indifferent.
Yang Jiaming: "I..."
Chen Yan’s tone remained gentle: "Mr. Yang, if you’re determined to stop us now, there’s actually nothing you can do... As I take Lu Sisi, an eighteen-year-old adult with me, even if she’s your daughter, there’s no way to stop it.
Oh, and yes, you could call the police, but when they arrive, they’ll have to act according to the law, most they’ll do is mediate, try to treat it as a family dispute; they won’t forcibly act against me.
Besides, at that time, who do you think will look more embarrassed?"
Yang Jiaming’s expression turned marvelous.
Chen Yan sighed, and his tone became very earnest: "Mr. Yang, the reason I’m so accommodating right now is solely because you are, after all, Lu Sisi’s biological father. Please believe me, if this was in another setting, with a different identity, I wouldn’t be so easygoing."
Chen Yan could tell, Yang Jiaming was already a bit intimidated.
"Let’s go." Chen Yan said quietly to Lu Sisi.
Lu Sisi responded with a "hmm," glanced once at Yang Jiaming.
Yang Jiaming, perhaps grasping at a last vestige of his pride, bellowed, restraining himself: "If you leave, don’t ever come back to this home again!"
Hearing this, Lu Sisi’s body trembled.
She suddenly let go of Chen Yan’s hand, turned to face her father.
"Dad."
Lu Sisi’s body trembled slightly: "Without asking me, you arranged for me to suspend my studies, bought a spot at some unknown college abroad, trying to send me away—you did all this without ever intending for me to return, right."
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A few minutes later, Chen Yan, with his arm around Lu Sisi’s shoulders, led the girl out of the elevator on the first floor.
Lu Sisi was all alone, with only a backpack, and didn’t bring a single piece of clothing.