Chapter 46 Pay up and buy it.

No one answered her. Su Xin seemed oblivious to the tense atmosphere. She stood up, holding her belly, and smiled at Su Ruan with a showy expression.

"Sister, I am indeed pregnant with Brother Siyan's child. I know you still love Brother Siyan, but after all, you were the one who wronged him first by sleeping with another man."

Now that you're tainted and unworthy of Brother Siyan, please be magnanimous and cooperate in announcing the annulment in front of the media, so that I can marry Brother Siyan.

Su Ruan stood there, looking her younger sister up and down, both stupid and arrogant, feeling quite puzzled.

Logically speaking, how could someone who was abducted at a young age and suffered so much hardship be so naive and easily deceived?

On the contrary, her younger sister seemed more like a pampered princess, naive and clueless about the ways of the world.

Su Ruan could understand why she liked Jiang Siyan and wanted to marry him when he was at the height of his fame.

But let's not even talk about whether Jiang Siyan is crippled or not. The Jiang family has gone bankrupt, and Jiang Siyan is in a wheelchair with a broken leg. We don't know if he will recover in the future.

Why is Su Xin still so devoted to him?

Su Ruan couldn't understand it. The only explanation was that Jiang Siyan had deceived Su Xin, promising her a very bright future.

That future is even more prestigious than her current life as the eldest daughter of the Su family.

The two of them were already at odds. She couldn't care less whether Su Xin was deceived or willing to endure hardship; what she cared more about was Su Maoshi and Wen Ru's thoughts.

"Mom and Dad, what do you mean by calling me back?"

Wen Ru sat up straight, her face showing no sign of dejection. "Since you've already chosen to be with this pretty boy, then your engagement with the Jiang family is off. Let your sister marry into the family instead, and everyone will be happy."

Su Ruan then looked at Su Maoshi, whose face was dark and seemed somewhat unwilling, but he still nodded.

This means that the relationship between Su Xin and Jiang Siyan has been acknowledged.

"Mom and Dad, are you out of your minds? I understand that you want to push me into a fire pit because I am your adopted daughter."

"But Su Xin is your own daughter! You knew Jiang Siyan was unreliable, so why did you agree to their marriage? Don't you suspect the motives of the Jiang family?"

Upon hearing this, Su Maoshi hesitated. Jiang's father slammed his hand on the coffee table in front of him, stood up abruptly, and began to curse at Su Ruan.

"Who do you think you are? You're just a substitute kept by the Su family. What right do you have to interfere in the affairs of our Jiang family?"

Jiang's mother was also somewhat on guard, staring at Su Ruan with vicious eyes, "You brat, what are you saying without any evidence? Haven't you heard that even a starved camel is bigger than a horse?"

Our Jiang family went bankrupt in China, but we still have a lot of assets abroad. If it weren't for Su Xin's unwavering devotion to our Si Yan and her tireless service to him all this time...

"You think I'd even look at her? If the Jiang family wanted a marriage alliance, we could marry even the Song family's daughter. It's only because Si Yan is grateful to Su Xin that she's thinking of giving her to your Su family. Don't be ungrateful!"

"Hmph, if your Su family doesn't agree, then abort the child, and from now on we'll have nothing to do with each other." Jiang's father made the final decision with a livid face.

"No—" Su Xin screamed, startling everyone present. "Brother Siyan, I love you, I truly love you, please don't abandon me."

Su Xin gripped Jiang Siyan's arm tightly, tears streaming down her face, her body trembling slightly as she looked up at him pleadingly.

She is no longer the innocent girl she once was, who followed Jiang Siyan abroad with a heart full of passion.

The next day, she was kidnapped and raped by a group of thugs as soon as she went out. Those bastards even took videos and photos.

When the police finally found her, she had been tortured beyond recognition. Fortunately, Si Yan's brother disregarded past grievances and used his influence and connections to suppress the matter.

He gently comforted her, saying he didn't care that she had lost her innocence and that he would treat her even better in the future.

She dared not gamble. If she abandoned Jiang Siyan and returned to China, choosing instead to marry into another prominent family, all her experiences would be like bombs that could explode at any moment.

When this finally comes to light, which wealthy young master in Beijing's elite circles would want such a worthless piece of trash?

She can only be bound to Jiang Siyan. Once Jiang Siyan recovers and integrates the overseas assets to start over, she will be the same glamorous eldest daughter of the Su family as before.

Su Maoshi and Wen Ru looked rather uncomfortable. Seeing their own daughter so humbly groveling at a man's feet, they couldn't bear it.

But what can they do?

Reporters from tabloids outside somehow got wind of the situation and surrounded their house.

If they don't agree to the marriage, the Jiang family will probably expose Su Xin's premarital pregnancy immediately, and then the Su family will truly be utterly disgraced.

How will they ever be able to get along in high society again?

Su Maoshi was shaken by the thought of the cooperation he had just discussed with Jiang's father in the study, as well as the part of his strength that Jiang had demonstrated.

"The engagement is settled. Su Ruan, you're just a child and don't understand anything, so don't meddle in the affairs of adults."

"In a little while, you'll cooperate with us to go out and tell the reporters that you broke your engagement with the Jiang family, and our Su family had no choice but to let your sister marry in your place."

"Why should I?" Su Ruan questioned.

She couldn't understand why even her usually shrewd father would be so confused this time.

"I do not agree to the marriage between the Su family and the Jiang family. I will find out what the Jiang family's true intentions are." Su Ruan turned to leave.

"How dare you! You unfilial daughter, you ingrate! What right do you have to disagree? Since you are not our biological daughter, what right do you have to occupy shares in our Su family?"

"I won't stop you from leaving, but if you hand over your shares today, I'll immediately tell the reporters that I'm severing our adoption relationship with you, and whether you live or die will have nothing to do with the Su family." Wen Ru stood up and glared angrily at Su Ruan.

Su Ruan turned around in astonishment and instantly understood from Wen Ru's expression that her and Su Maoshi's excuse for asking her to come back today and announcing the cancellation of the engagement was just that—an excuse.

Their real goal was to get the 20% equity that her grandfather had given her.

"Heh!" Su Ruan sneered, her body swaying slightly.

She had known for a long time that her parents had no feelings for her, but when things really came to this point, she would still be hurt again.

Looking back on how I was just now, desperately trying to salvage my family relationship and meticulously planning for them, I realize how utterly ridiculous I was.

"Want to buy back the shares? Sure, bring the money to buy them."

Su Ruan's voice was icy as she straightened her back and strode out under the astonished gazes of the crowd.

Since that's the case, let's cut ties completely.

From now on, the Su family's affairs will have nothing to do with her anymore, and she doesn't need to work hard to plan for them, only to end up pleasing neither side.