Seeing that he seemed about to get angry, I quickly reassured him: "But your taste isn't that bad. This is just wishful thinking on the part of some people."

Su Shenglin's expression softened a bit, and a smile even appeared on his lips.

Li Qinglan was furious: "Jiang Wan, don't go too far! Who are you calling inferior!"

Originally, I had planned to thoroughly humiliate Li Qinglan since Su Shenglin hadn't come, as a way to get justice for the grievances I'd suffered these past few days.

But now that Su Shenglin has appeared, I don't want to make a big fuss and cause him trouble, so I'll try to keep the peace: "Mrs. Gu, instead of wasting your time on me, you should talk to your lawyer about how to get a suspended sentence for your precious daughter."

Seeing my expression, Li Yunwei knew I wanted to leave, so she pushed the wheelchair again.

But Su Shenglin took a few long strides and was beside me in a few steps. "I'll push her."

Li Yun smiled and quickly stepped aside.

Su Shenglin pushed me, and the Gu family relatives no longer dared to be presumptuous, and they all consciously moved aside.

But Li Qinglan did not give up.

After all, it was her own daughter who was going to jail, so as a mother, she was most worried and anxious.

"Jiang Wan... Jiang Wan, don't go—"

Li Qinglan caught up with me, grabbed the armrest of my wheelchair, her face completely changed from its previous arrogance, and she pleaded tearfully, "I apologize to you on behalf of Tiantian, is that alright? The lawyer said that only if you agree to an out-of-court settlement will the court be lenient. She has already paid the price, do you really want her to go to jail...?"

Looking at Li Qinglan's drastically changed attitude, I recalled the experience when Gu Yanqing fell ill last time.

That time she called me, she was very humble and said all sorts of nice things, asking me to go to the hospital to donate blood for Gu Yanqing.

After I rejected her, she immediately revealed her true colors, launching into a tirade of extremely vicious insults.

At this moment, I looked at her, stared at her quietly for a while, and smiled slightly. "Why should I agree? Your entire Gu family conspired to deceive me like a fool. When you wanted to use me, you said all sorts of nice things, but if I refused, you cursed me. Don't you owe me enough? You still want to morally blackmail me."

After I finished speaking, Su Shenglin pushed the wheelchair forward.

"Jiang Wan—this time is different. We truly realize our mistakes. Tian Tian was confused for a moment. She's sorry to you, Yan Qing is sorry to you, and the entire Gu family is sorry to you... Please, please have mercy. Tian Tian can't go to jail. How could she endure that kind of suffering? It would kill her—"

Li Qinglan rushed up and blocked my wheelchair, then knelt down with a thud.

My heart skipped a beat, and my brow furrowed.

Li Yunwei and Xiao Yingtao were also startled, their eyes widening in surprise.

The Gu family's relatives, standing a few steps away, all exclaimed "Oh dear!", their expressions a mixture of schadenfreude and pity, it was hard to tell.

"Jiang Wan, I'm kneeling down before you, begging you to spare my daughter..." Li Qinglan was heartbroken and actually abandoned the dignity of a wealthy family's matriarch, kneeling down in public to beg me.

I still remember during the first hearing of my divorce case with Gu Yanqing, she knelt down before her own son, begging him to divorce me so that I could let Gu Yutian go.

Now, he's kneeling down to me again for the same reason.

From a mother's perspective, her love for her daughter is great, selfless, and touching.

From my perspective, her great, selfless, and touching love does me no good at all; on the contrary, it requires me to sacrifice my interests.

"Madam Gu, you—"

I had barely opened my mouth, before I could finish speaking, when a furious roar suddenly came from the side: "Mom! Get up! Who told you to kneel down for her!"

Then Gu Yanqing abandoned his wheelchair and strode forward.

Perhaps he was too anxious, or perhaps he was too exhausted, before he could reach Li Qinglan's side, his legs gave way, his thin and tall body lost its balance, and he staggered and fell down.

"My son..." Li Qinglan was terrified. Her body reacted instinctively to protect her son, but it was too late. She couldn't protect him.

The mother and child fell down together.

I was on the edge of my seat watching that scene, but secretly I felt it was a good thing he fell.

Now, all of this can be considered deserved.

If Gu Yanqing hadn't acted recklessly, we would be married by now. Perhaps I would never have realized my mistake and would have continued to foolishly contribute to him and the Gu family.

If he unfortunately falls ill again someday in the future, I will still foolishly donate blood for him, cook medicinal meals for him, and stay by his bedside day and night.

Before Gu Yanqing could even get up, he grabbed Li Qinglan and roared angrily, "Get up! Who told you to kneel before her! Aren't you ashamed? Get up!"

But Li Qinglan wouldn't listen.

She wailed and cried, sobbing uncontrollably, completely losing the image and demeanor of a matriarch of a wealthy family.

"I won't get up. I'll atone for your and Tian Tian's sins. As long as she can forgive Tian Tian, ​​I'll kneel for as long as I want."

Li Qinglan resisted her son's pulling, then turned back to me and continued to plead, "Jiang Wan, are you satisfied now? My Gu family has wronged you, I apologize to you on their behalf, you win, are you satisfied now!"

I watched expressionlessly, my heart as cold as ice.

I couldn't feel any sincerity in her way of apologizing.

Instead, it pushed me even further into the fire.

If someone who didn't know the situation saw this, they would think I was bullying a poor, lonely elder and forcing him to kneel down and apologize to me in public.

I looked at Gu Yanqing and said indifferently, "We have no grudges against each other, and you don't need to kneel down to me. It is the law that should punish your sister, not me."

As soon as I finished speaking, I raised my hand, and Su Shenglin immediately pushed me around them.

Li Qinglan tried to catch up, but Gu Yanqing held her firmly in place.

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