Shen Qingyao called the landline of the Li family's old house and it took several tries before she got through.

Zhou Caiying was playing mahjong, and some irritable sounds came through the electric current.

"Who are you? You keep calling me. Aren't you annoying?"

Shen Qingyao frowned when she heard this, but she remained polite and said in a sweet voice, "You are Li Susu's mother, right? I have something to ask you——"

"I've cut off all ties with that damn girl! Don't bother me with her nonsense in the future!"

Before Shen Qingyao could speak again, the call was rudely hung up.

The busy tone echoed in the silent room.

Half an hour later, she dialed the number again without giving up. This time the call was picked up quickly and a casual male voice came from it.

"Hello? Who is this?"

Shen Qingyao immediately softened her tone and deliberately lowered her voice: "Mr. Li, I want to talk to you about your sister. Can you please hold on and hang up?"

Her voice was choked just right, and the ending syllable trembled slightly.

The crisp sound of a lighter came from the other end of the phone, and Li Ruilin seemed to be interested: "Oh? My good sister, what trouble has she made again?"

Shen Qingyao took a deep breath, tears streaming down her face as she spoke each word.

"She stole my husband and is now pregnant with his child!" Her voice suddenly rose. "Your sister insisted on giving birth to the child..."

After a brief silence, Li Ruilin chuckled: "So, beautiful, what do you want me to do?"

"Just get her to abort the baby. It'll benefit everyone," Shen Qingyao said. "After that, I'll give you two million."

There was a moment of silence on the other side, and then Li Ruilin's lazy voice came: "Pay a deposit of 500,000 first."

"Okay, send me your bank card number." Shen Qingyao agreed readily.

When Li Ruilin saw the text message notification that the transfer was successful, he was overjoyed.

She thought the woman was a scammer, but she didn't expect that she actually transferred the money to her.

-

In the evening, Li Susu and Tang Yixin chatted about writing. Just as she returned to her room to start writing, her cell phone rang.

The caller ID of Li Ruilin made her eyebrows jump slightly.

Thinking it might be about grandma, she picked up the phone without much hesitation.

A familiar, careless voice came along with the current.

"Sister, what is the busy man doing now?"

"You're looking for me suddenly. Is there something wrong?" She turned off the automatic save of the document and leaned back against the cushion at the head of the bed.

There was a noisy sound of voices and cars coming from the other end of the phone, which didn't sound like it was happening indoors.

"I've been lying around at home until my bones are weak. It's not good to keep relying on my savings."

Li Ruilin's tone was deliberately softened with a hint of flattery. "Boss Bo has a wide network of contacts. Can you help me find a job? As long as it's not a delivery job, I'm happy to serve tea and water!"

Li Susu clenched her phone tightly.

"You can submit your resume for basic positions on your own, and you have no experience in technical jobs, so why go through so much trouble?"

"This is what grandma wants!" Li Ruilin suddenly raised his voice. "If you keep trying to hold back, I'll call the old lady right now and have her tell you in person!"

Li Susu was somewhat helpless. "Don't disturb grandma first. Let me ask."

Without waiting for the other party to speak again, he hung up the phone in a hurry.

The next afternoon, Li Ruilin called again.

"Sister, I'm dragging three big suitcases and can't even get on the bus. Can you find someone to pick me up?"

Li Susu glanced at the time - Bo Junyi was in a meeting at the company.

She didn't want him to know that Li Ruilin had come to Jiangcheng.

Originally, she didn't want to care about him, but she was worried that her grandmother would be sad, so after thinking about it, she went upstairs to find Tang Yixin.

First bring the person over and find him a hotel to stay in, then consider finding him a job.

The black car drove smoothly on the suburban road.

The two chatted casually as the sign of the long-distance bus station got closer and closer.

At this moment, a black van suddenly rushed out from the intersection ahead, and its bright headlights suddenly dilated like the pupils of a wild beast.

In order to protect Li Susu, Tang Yixin suddenly turned the steering wheel to the right. Amid the harsh sound of brakes, there was a loud sound of metal collision.

A dazzling white light exploded in front of Li Susu's eyes.

When she came to her senses, Tang Yixin had already fainted, with blood dripping from her forehead.

"Xinxin!"

She cried and reached for her phone to call emergency services.

At this moment, the passenger door was suddenly pulled open, and a towel with a pungent smell was fiercely covered over the mouth and nose...

When she woke up, the smell of disinfectant stung her nose, and Li Susu opened her eyes with trembling eyelashes.

The pale chandelier above her head cast a double image on her retina, and she thought she was still in the nightmare of the car accident.

Until he caught a glimpse of the familiar face beside the bed, the blood instantly drained from his face.

"Susu, are you awake?" Shen Qingyao put down the thermos cup, her voice so sweet that it was sickening.

Li Susu suddenly propped herself up, and the sharp pain in her lower back made her vision go black.

"Where's Xinxin? Where is she?"

The IV tube swayed with his trembling arm, and the monitor beeped rapidly.

"She's awake now, she only has minor injuries."

Shen Qingyao tapped her phone and the screen lit up.

In the video, Tang Yixin was tied up with her hands behind her back on a bed covered with rose petals, and the gauze on her forehead was oozing with blood.

"Let her go!" Li Susu struggled to get out of bed, but the bodyguard held her shoulders.

The metal bed rails hurt her knees, and she suddenly grabbed Shen Qingyao's wrist. "I beg you, come to me for everything!"

Shen Qingyao slowly pulled out her phone and picked up the document on the bedside table: "Sign this, and I guarantee she will be unharmed."

When the words "Consent Form for Artificial Abortion" caught her eyes, Li Susu felt as if an ice pick was stabbed into her heart.

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