Chen Jingyan shrugged indifferently and pressed the play button.

The first thing that happened was the panting and moaning of a man and woman entangled together. When Granny Ding heard that the sound was coming from Ding Guixiang, her ears exploded.

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"Quick, turn it off!" she shouted, waving her hands wildly.

Shen Jingyan pressed the pause button and looked at Granny Ding with a smile: "Can we go inside and talk now?"

Granny Ding gave in almost immediately, and although she was reluctant, she let the two of them into the house.

Shen Jingyan was too lazy to be polite with Granny Ding. He put the tape recorder on the kang (a heated brick bed) and pressed play again.

The tape recorder clearly recorded the sounds of a man and woman having sex, and their subsequent conversations became irrefutable evidence that Ding Guixiang had interfered in someone else's marriage and was a mistress.

Even if Granny Ding was shameless, she couldn't save face after hearing her daughter's disgraceful voice.

Her face turned pale and then bluish, and she was drenched in cold sweat in the face of the undeniable facts.

Shen Jingyan took out the cassette tape and said bluntly, "Cash on delivery."

Granny Ding wasn't stupid; she naturally knew what kind of money Shen Jingyan was referring to.

She acted like a victim, shouting indignantly, "This is a threat! How can you threaten an old woman like me! I'm calling the police!"

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However, her words lacked confidence, and she showed none of the energy and spirit she displayed yesterday when she caused a scene at the Women's Federation.

“Okay, then you go to the police station, and we’ll go to the inspection team. Let’s split up and not bother each other.”

Shen Jingyan picked up the tape recorder and was about to leave.

Upon hearing the words "inspection team," Granny Ding became even more sensitive.

These days, everyone is very strict about lifestyle. The evidence is irrefutable. If it were presented to the inspection team, Ding Guixiang's life would be over.

Granny Ding was hoping that Ding Guixiang could find a rich man so she could take care of herself in her old age.

Knowing that Shen Jingyan was not someone to be trifled with, she turned to Shen Yulan, looking at her with teary eyes, and pretended to hold her hand affectionately.

“Yulan, you’re still a daughter-in-law of the Ding family. You’re young and so beautiful. You can easily find another good family. If you take the money, what will happen to Mom? What will happen to your sister? We won’t be able to live. How can you be so heartless…”

If it were in the past, Shen Yulan would have softened her heart long ago.

But when she thought of the insults that Granny Ding and Ding Guixiang had hurled at her, and how the mother and daughter had tormented her in various ways when Ding Jianjun wasn't home, she couldn't feel any sympathy for this old woman who was good at acting.

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She coldly dodged Granny Ding's hand, not letting her touch her.

Shen Jingyan sneered, "Now that you need someone's help, you stop cursing them as a jinx, a curse star, or a little whore?"

Shen Yulan spoke her first words since entering the room.

"I just want what's rightfully mine back."

Granny Ding understood that no matter how much she threw a tantrum, cried, or threatened to hang herself, it wouldn't work.

Unless she's willing to sacrifice her daughter's reputation for money, forcing her to stand on the denunciation stage and be cursed behind her back for the rest of her life.

"Have you thought it through?" Shen Jingyan asked calmly.

Granny Ding: "..."

When Shen Yulan walked out of the house with that thick stack of banknotes, the sunlight outside was dazzling.

It warmed her heart and made it bright and cheerful.

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When they reached the courtyard gate, Granny Ding chased after them, saying pitifully:

"Yulan, you've called me 'Mom' for a year. I've treated you like my own daughter. At least leave me some money for my funeral..."

A few tears squeezed out of her vicious and mean face, making her look rather pitiful.

Shen Yulan's mind began to waver, and she moved her hand holding the money, but Shen Jingyan stopped her.

Granny Ding stared longingly at the stack of banknotes, as if they were her most precious possession.

Shen Jingyan took out a few small bills from his pocket.

"We can't afford to pay for your coffin, nor should we. Consider this money as buying you a coffin lid!"

Granny Ding quickly reached out to take it, but Shen Jingyan deliberately tossed the money into the air, took Shen Yulan's arm, and strode away gracefully.

Granny Ding was left bent over, struggling to pick up the loose change from the ground.

After searching for a while, I counted the money and found only fifteen yuan!

...

"How was it, sis? Did you get over that?"

On the bus back to the forest farm, Chen Jingyan asked cheerfully.

Shen Yulan finally showed a long-lost smile.

She held Shen Jingyan's hand tightly and said sincerely, "Jingya, if it weren't for you pushing me forward step by step, I really wouldn't have had the courage to face all of this."

She smiled calmly and said, "Big sister, now that you have money, you should live with more dignity. There's no need to suffer for anyone!"

Shen Yulan nodded as if she had made up her mind: "Yes, I won't be as honest and easy to bully as before."

Shen Jingyan added with concern, "Big sister, with such a large sum of money coming back to the village, there will definitely be people eyeing it. You must keep the money firmly in your hands. No matter who it is or what their excuse is, you must not give them any money, especially not your aunt and Shen Yuqin!"

Shen Yulan clutched the package containing the money tightly: "I know."

When the bus arrived in town, Shen Jingyan immediately smelled the aroma of meat pies as soon as she got off the bus.

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