Shen Yaoyao looked incredulously, "Jing Shu, what are you saying?"
Fu Jing Shu said slowly, "Return the betrothal gifts, ten million, not a single cent less. You and I broke off our engagement long ago. From this day forward, we go our separate ways, man marries woman, woman marries man."
At the time of their engagement, he had given ten million as betrothal gifts, which made the entire Shen family overjoyed.
Shen Yaoyao bit her lip, her voice hoarse, "Jing Shu, you're being too heartless."
She was panicking. That ten million was originally given to her father, and she hadn't seen it yet. She didn't know if the ten million was still there or if her father had already spent it.
If she were to ask for it, she knew without a doubt that her father would not give it to her.
She would have to raise it herself.
But that was ten million, where would she get so much money? The previous thirty million had already emptied all her savings.
"Jing Shu, give me another chance, I promise, this time I definitely won't disappoint you!"
She had no choice but to lower her pride and beg.
Fu Jing Shu was unmoved, "Either pay the money, or we'll see each other in court."
Shen Yaoyao fell into despair for a moment, but Shen Qing Qing, standing beside her, gloated, "No money? Does your sister need to lend it to you?"
"I don't need it!"
Shen Yaoyao roared. She would rather die than take money from Shen Qing Qing and grovel before her!
Shen Qing Qing exclaimed, then clapped for her, "Spirited! So, where do you plan to raise ten million?"
At this point, Shen Yaoyao was in a dilemma, yet she didn't blame Fu Jing Shu. She only blamed the little bastard in his arms and this gloating, detestable woman standing before her!
Her mind clouded with rage, she lunged at Shen Qing Qing!
"I'll fight you to the death!"
Alas, she couldn't even touch a hair on Shen Qing Qing's head. Shen Qing Qing easily dodged her. Just as she was about to make another move, she heard that voice, so captivating yet so cold.
Fu Jing Shu said coldly, "Do you want to spend some time at the police station again?"
Shen Yaoyao froze. She looked at Fu Jing Shu, unable to comprehend how he could be so heartless as to threaten her with this matter.
"Are you protecting her this much?"
When Fu Jing Shu looked at her, it was no different than looking at a pebble on the roadside. "Get out."
Shen Yaoyao dared not oppose him, so she could only glare at Shen Yaoyao. Before he could get angry, she quickly left the Fu residence. Upon returning home and seeing her mother, her grievances finally erupted.
"Mom, why is Fu Jing Shu so heartless to me?"
Chen Xiang had a headache. She didn't know what to say. Her daughter's capabilities were lacking, and Fu Jing Shu was not an ordinary man to deal with.
Seeing her daughter cry so miserably, she felt pained.
"Stop crying. We'll find a way. If such a man isn't moved, it's one thing. Once moved, it's for a lifetime. This is a good thing."
Shen Yaoyao sobbed uncontrollably, tears and snot everywhere, "What good thing? I've been by his side for so many years, and I finally became his fiancée, only to be kicked out by him. Now he wants me to return ten million in betrothal gifts. He truly shows no past affection for me!"
Especially with Shen Qing Qing present, she was so ashamed and mortified that she wished she could burrow into a hole right then and there.
Why did she have to be seen at her most pathetic moment!
Chen Xiang was shocked, "Ten million?"
Shen Yaoyao's makeup was smudged, but she didn't care, "Yes, he said he gave the betrothal gifts, and from now on, we're strangers. If I don't pay, he won't be polite."
Chen Xiang's heart ached a little. She took a deep breath, "I asked you to observe his situation, but you were kicked out and brought back a debt of ten million?!"
"I didn't want to either."
Shen Yaoyao cried even harder.
Chen Xiang looked at her, her words all about Fu Jing Shu, and not worried about the ten million at all. She was furious, "You're still thinking about men! Now hurry and think about where we can raise thirty million!"
Shen Yaoyao sniffled, "I don't know. I have no money left."
Chen Xiang closed her eyes, trying her best to calm her emotions. Then she heard her useless daughter say something else that almost made her die of anger.
"Mom, don't you have money? Don't you have jewelry?"
Chen Xiang was too angry to speak. After a long silence, she slowly said, "I'll go find Young Master Ye and have him pay this sum for you. But Yaoyao, you might have to pay something in return."
Shen Yaoyao was filled with disgust, "I understand. If he can pay this money..."
It was just sleeping with him. After the first time, the second wouldn't be any different.
Chen Xiang looked at her with a complex expression. She didn't tell her foolish daughter that this time, it wouldn't be as simple as just sleeping with him. That Young Master Ye was also a businessman.
Businessmen were the best at calculating profit and never suffered losses.
Shen Yaoyao waited for news at home, but she never expected that what she would receive was not another sacrifice, but an engagement to Young Master Ye.
"He wants to get engaged to me? Why? He's so ugly, I don't want to!"
Chen Xiang advised, "He said that as long as you agree to the engagement, he'll give you ten million as betrothal gifts."
Shen Yaoyao shook her head violently, "I don't want it, I don't want it! No matter what you say, I won't agree. Mom, he's ugly and fat, he's not worthy of me at all!"
"Then who do you think is worthy of you? Fu Jing Shu?"
"Of course!"
Chen Xiang suddenly raised her voice, "But he doesn't want you!"
This sentence struck Shen Yaoyao like a thunderclap, instantly chilling her to the bone, "Mom..."
Chen Xiang closed her eyes. When she opened them again, only calmness remained on her face, "If you don't get engaged, we can't come up with ten million, and Fu Jing Shu will definitely send you to the police station. If you refuse Young Master Ye, he won't bother with you anymore."
"But if you agree, Young Master Ye can help you solve all your troubles, and we can temporarily appease Fu Jing Shu. If you want to be with Fu Jing Shu, it's not impossible. We can find a way later."
"The premise is, if you still have a future."
She laid out the pros and cons one by one.
Shen Yaoyao wasn't ignorant, she just couldn't accept getting engaged to the ugly and fat Young Master Ye for the moment.
But now, she had no other choice.
"I'll agree."
Young Master Ye was getting engaged.
This news quickly spread throughout high society. Many people received invitations.
Fu Jing Shu certainly did. On the day of the engagement banquet, he attended with Shen Qing Qing. She wore a purple dress, like a mysterious, sexy goddess.
A handsome man and a beautiful woman naturally attracted everyone's attention. The two even outshone the protagonists of the day. Young Master Ye, with his plump face and large ears, was naturally no match for Fu Jing Shu.
As for Shen Yaoyao...
The crowd felt a little sorry for her. She had initially looked ethereal in her white dress, but now seeing Shen Qing Qing as a richly adorned, opulent flower.
This fairy who had fallen to the mortal realm was suddenly not enough.
What's more, beside the fairy stood a heavyweight of two hundred jin.