Chapter 572 Xu Meimei's Threat

"I don't know her!" Qiao Ying shoved Xu Meimei away, afraid that her classmates would recognize her, and quickly tried to distance herself from the situation.

But Xu Meimei clung to her relentlessly, as if she had lost her mind. "Your dad took all my money, and now I can't contact him. You're his daughter, you must know where he is! Tell me!"

The classmate next to me had a look of schadenfreude on his face.

Even if Qiao Ying says she doesn't know Xu Meimei, anyone can guess the relationship between Xu Meimei and Qiao Ying's father from Xu Meimei's words.

Unexpectedly, the rumors circulating at school turned out to be true: Qiao Ying's father had an affair.

Judging from Xu Meimei's words, it seems that Qiao Ying's father deceived Xu Meimei and is now playing hide-and-seek.

Qiao Ying could clearly sense that because of Xu Meimei's appearance, everyone's gaze towards her was different.

She desperately wanted to leave, but Xu Meimei refused to let go. Qiao Ying gritted her teeth and simply grabbed Xu Meimei, taking her to a secluded spot.

“My dad lied to you! We don’t even know where he is now, so you deserve it. I’m warning you, don’t ever show your face in front of us again!”

Xu Meimei stared, mouth agape, completely frozen. "What did you say?"

“I told you he cheated you! He tricked you out of your money to invest in a project, but the project failed, and he didn’t make a single penny. Do you understand?”

Xu Meimei stared at Qiao Ying in astonishment.

How is that possible?

She muttered to herself, "This can't be, how could it be... He wouldn't lie to me!"

"What do you mean by 'you reap what you sow'? He doesn't even care about his own family anymore. Do you really think he loves you? Stop dreaming. I've told you everything I need to say. This is my last warning to you. I don't care how much money my dad cheated you out of; it has nothing to do with us! Go find whoever cheated you!"

After Qiao Ying finished speaking, she turned to leave, but Xu Meimei stopped her again, "Then tell me where he is, I want to go find him and ask him!"

Qiao Ying was completely fed up.

Why is this woman so difficult to deal with?

She was just lying to Xu Meimei. She hadn't been back for several days since what happened last time, so how would she know where Qiao Hong was?

The other classmates were still waiting for Qiao Ying, and Qiao Ying didn't have the patience to continue arguing with Xu Meimei.

"I told you I don't know!" She shoved Xu Meimei away, and Xu Meimei, in her high heels, fell down, spilling everything out of her bag, including her phone, which landed on the ground.

Qiao Ying left without looking back.

Xu Meimei collapsed to the ground, utterly devastated and filled with despair.

She finally realized that she had been deceived by Qiao Hong, but it was too late. Everything she had had been taken away by Qiao Hong.

What should she do? How should she live her life from now on?

Less than half an hour after Qiao Ying and Xu Meimei parted ways, Cao Yun suddenly called her.

On the phone, Cao Yun was sobbing and rambling on, and Qiao Ying couldn't quite understand what she was saying, but she just kept telling her to come back quickly.

Qiao Ying didn't want to go back. She now loathed that family, especially Qiao Hong, even though he was her biological father. Qiao Ying still hated him intensely.

His mistakes have turned her life into a mess, and the place she once called home is now the place she most wants to escape from.

But Cao Yun kept calling her, and Qiao Ying couldn't take it anymore, so she had to go back home.

When Qiao Ying returned home and entered the living room, it was in complete chaos. Vases were smashed on the floor, and even pots and pans from the kitchen were thrown out. Cao Yun sat on the sofa, disheveled and with tears streaming down her face.

"What happened?" Qiao Ying stepped on the broken pieces on the ground and walked up to Cao Yun.

Cao Yun's emotions, which had just calmed down, surged again. She cried and said to Qiao Ying, "Your father is going to celebrate Grandpa's 70th birthday. I told him not to go, but he insisted that he couldn't, and then we started arguing. He even hit me. Yingying, I can't live like this for another day. Our family is in such a state, and he still wants to put on a brave face. He doesn't care about the shame, but I do!"

"What did you say? My dad went back to his hometown?"

“He did such a thing and he acts like nothing happened. Tell me, what sins have I committed? I raised you and your brother for him, and worked hard to take care of this family. In the end, I still have to be tormented by him like this. Why should he act like nothing happened and I have to bear all the burdens?”

Qiao Ying felt terrible listening to her sobbing.

Regardless, the biggest victim in this incident is Cao Yun.

Even when Qiao Hong betrayed her, she never thought of abandoning him and Qiao Xi. She devoted her youth and the rest of her life to Qiao Hong, but Qiao Hong broke her heart.

Qiao Ying had been spoiled and willful since childhood, but at this moment, she understood Cao Yun. She even dared not think that if she were Cao Yun, she could still try to maintain this broken family like Cao Yun did.

She looked at everything in the living room; it was all Qiao Hong's doing. He had destroyed everything with his own hands.

Qiao Ying clenched her fists tightly.

Cao Yun is right. Qiao Hong caused all of this, so why should he feel at ease doing other things while making others suffer all of this?

From beginning to end, it was Qiao Hong who was constantly hurting others, then begging for forgiveness, and then hurting others again.

Qiao Ying was unwilling to accept it.

Even though Qiao Hong is her biological father.

At this moment, Qiao Hong was no different from a wicked person in Qiao Ying's eyes.

Cao Yun's phone rang; it was an unknown number.

However, Cao Yun was so heartbroken that she didn't want to answer the phone. The phone rang several times, so Qiao Ying finally picked it up.

"Hello?"

The person making the call was Xu Meimei. She recognized Qiao Ying's voice and was surprised that Qiao Ying answered the phone instead of Cao Yun.

Qiao Ying didn't hear the voice on the other end and asked impatiently, "Who are you?"

Xu Meimei let out a breath and calmed down. Anyway, she just wanted money, so it didn't matter whether it was from Cao Yun or Qiao Ying.

"It's me."

This time, it was Qiao Ying's turn to be stunned, but in just half a second, she recognized Xu Meimei's voice.

She gritted her teeth and said, "You actually dare to make a phone call?"

“Why wouldn’t I dare?” Xu Meimei said confidently. “I’m calling to tell you something. I have a lot of photos and even videos of me and your father on my phone. You either tell me where your father is or transfer me a million yuan. Otherwise, I will post all these photos online.”

Xu Meimei continued, "Furthermore, I will also have someone write an article saying that your father betrayed the family first, that he took advantage of me when I was drunk to trick me into bed, and that he threatened to kill me if I called the police."