"Yan Yan..." Shen Ru called out blankly.

Jiang Yan ignored her and continued, "Now I'm telling you clearly, I have no obligation to help you. Since you think we were such good friends back in college, and that I'm not the same as before, then please don't contact me anymore, so you won't be disappointed again..."

"No, Yan Yan, let me explain. I didn't mean that. This money of yours... he..."

Shen Ru finally came to her senses and realized that Jiang Yan had been testing her and giving her opportunities, but she hadn't seized them.

Initially, she especially hoped that Jiang Yan would step forward and talk to the Chu family to resolve the issue from the outset.

When that didn't work, she settled for second best, hoping that Jiang Yan would give her the money, so that she wouldn't be left without a solution and unable to come up with that much money.

Seeing that Jiang Yan was still reluctant and only offered ten million, Shen Ru hoped to persuade her to put in more effort and get Jiang Yan to take out all thirty million.

She resorted to emotional manipulation, crying like this...

But the effect was the opposite.

Shen Ru then became completely incoherent.

"Yan Yan, don't be angry. I didn't know... No, I was wrong. I was just too anxious, so I..."

Jiang Yan didn't want to hear anything anymore.

She called out, "Old Bai, see the guest out!"

That guy called Lao Bai, I don't know where he usually stays, he's always available whenever I call.

He came straight over and said to Shen Ru without any politeness, "Please leave."

Shen Ru ignored him, her attention still focused on Jiang Yan.

What happened? What had she done? Ten million that she had gotten for nothing had just vanished? How could she accept this? How could she give up like this?

Can we seize the opportunities we missed before?

We have to catch them!

What else can she do?

"Yan Yan, you can't treat me like this. I was wrong just now. I shouldn't have asked you for more money. I was greedy. It's all my fault... Please forgive me one last time, Yan Yan. If I lose even your ten million, then I'm truly doomed..."

If it weren't for Lao Bai stopping her, Shen Ru would have pounced on Jiang Yan. Even so, she desperately wanted to hold onto Jiang Yan and listen to what she had to say.

However, Jiang Yan turned her back and only said lightly, "That's your dead end, what does it have to do with me?"

Shen Ru's eyes widened; she was utterly dumbfounded, standing frozen in place as if she had been completely exhausted.

A moment later, she lunged forward even more frantically.

"Yan Yan, you can't do this! How could you just stand by and watch me die? I'm your best friend! How could you treat me like this? Yan Yan! Yan Yan..."

Seeing that Jiang Yan remained unmoved and even started walking upstairs, as if she was no longer going to pay attention to her, Shen Ru became extremely anxious.

She raised her voice and started yelling, completely disregarding her image.

"Jiang Yan, you really can't do this! Don't forget, you're the one who started this whole thing! If you hadn't given me the address, I wouldn't have been able to explain myself, and all this would have happened! You bitch, first you seduced Qi Wei, then you brought up this Qin Yiheng fiancé, dragging me into this mess!"

Shen Ru cursed loudly, almost vomiting blood in her anxiety, but she could only watch Jiang Yan walk further and further away.

Her heart-wrenching voice echoed throughout the villa: "I'm like this now because of you! It's all because of you..."

Jiang Yan's expression was extremely impatient; all her previous mood had been completely worn away.

After Jiang Yan returned to her bedroom, Lao Bai also raised his voice.

"Get out of here right now, or I'll have to resort to violence!"

Shen Ru is like a firecracker now, ready to explode at any moment. Lao Bai's words completely enraged her.

"You're going to hit me again? Then hit me! Kill me, and I won't have to pay compensation or beg that bitch like that. You dare to lay a hand on me? You dare... Ah—"

"Smack—"

Although Lao Bai has now "retired from the business," he still has tremendous strength, and he slapped Shen Ru to the ground with one blow.

This actually calmed Shen Ru down.

"It seems you're not planning to leave, then don't blame me."

Old Bai immediately called his men over, who dragged Shen Ru out. How could a weak woman like her possibly be a match for so many tall, grown men? They dragged her out like a rag.

"Let me go, let me go..."

Shen Ru struggled to break free of her wrists and kick her legs, but was instead slammed around twice. The pain in her body left her with no strength left.

"Get as far away from me as possible!"

"Bang!"

With Lao Bai's voice, Shen Ru was thrown onto the road and fell to the ground, where the pain was doubled.

"Ahhh..."

Shen Ru no longer cared about looking good. The physical pain and the psychological pain were attacking her from both sides, almost trapping her here to death. She curled up like a shrimp.

Unfortunately, this is a villa area, so hardly anyone passes by and no one sees her like this.

Old Bai and the others had already turned around and gone back.

Shen Ru remained lying on the ground, unable to even cry.

"How about it?"

When she returned to the villa, Jiang Yan came downstairs again. She had cleaned up all the mess of crumpled paper that Shen Ru had cried out in the room.

"Huh? Why did you let your sister-in-law clean the room? Really..." A young man from Yinghao Pavilion, who was in charge of cleaning, scratched his head helplessly.

The atmosphere of daily life inside this villa couldn't possibly be fabricated; it's something they experience when they actually live here, which is why it's so believable.

Old Bai said, "When we came back, I kept feeling her glaring at us from behind, with murderous intent in her eyes."

Jiang Yan nodded; she had expected it.

When people are driven to the brink, they stop caring about anything else.

But what could she do? If she saved Shen Ru, Shen Ru would rely on her. If she didn't change her personality, she would cause trouble again in the future. It would be better to bring her to the lowest point and then slowly climb back up.

This is the principle that Qin Yiheng taught her, so Jiang Yan has now decided to do this.

"I'll be staying here for the next couple of days, so don't be shy, just do whatever you want," Jiang Yan instructed.

These people hadn't had much contact with the eldest sister-in-law. They had just been discussing that a woman chosen by Qin Yiheng must be someone extraordinary, so they felt a sense of respect for her for no reason.

She naturally remembered all her instructions.

Later that evening, Qin Yiheng returned and immediately said, "Chen Ru hasn't left yet; I saw her."