Chapter 796 No repayment, no reconciliation
Five million?
Did she spend that much money?
Wen Qingyi couldn't accept such a cruel reality: "Ah Lian, since you've already decided to let me come back to your side, then you shouldn't make me pay back this five million, right? You're making me pay back this five million, have you even considered my feelings? Where am I supposed to get so much money to pay you back?"
Although she is the eldest daughter of the Wen family, her parents have long been disappointed in her. Even if the family is rich, given her current situation, how could they possibly be willing to take out five million to help her?
If they had been willing to help her, they would have taken her home when Gong Lian broke off her engagement, and she wouldn't have ended up homeless.
"That's why I said, from today onwards, you are one of the maids in our Gong family, and you will use your salary to pay off the debt." Gong Lian said calmly, "Your room is here, and you will work in shifts 24 hours a day. The butler will discuss the specifics with you."
This room is so small that it can only fit a bed and a tiny wardrobe. It can't even fit a clothes rack in her usual room, so how could it fit anything else?
Looking at the small room, Wen Qingyi's eyes immediately reddened, and her voice sounded extremely aggrieved: "Gong Lian, did you bring me back just to make me your maid? Didn't you promise me that you would forgive me? And you already agreed to let me come back to your side, so why do you want me to do all this?"
She had never done any of these kinds of work in her life. She had always been pampered and spoiled. Even though her family didn't care about her much, they never mistreated her materially.
But ever since she broke up with Gong Lian, her parents have stopped caring about her.
If even Gong Lian treats her like this now, she really has nowhere to turn.
"Because I just paid back the 5.31 million you owed Young Master Xu!" Gong Lian's feelings for her were gone, and he began to settle accounts with her: "5.31 million, if I didn't get back together with you, this money obviously wouldn't be an expense. You made me lose so much money, shouldn't you pay me back first before you can talk to me about getting back together?"
“If you don’t pay this money back, there’s no way we can get back together. Think it over carefully.”
He spoke with clarity and rationality, without a trace of threat, as if stating something insignificant, devoid of any emotion. In the cold, late autumn, with its falling leaves, he appeared even more callous and ruthless.
Wen Qingyi felt a chill she had never felt before: "You want me to pay you back first before I can be with you?"
"Yes." Gong Lian admitted without hesitation: "No repayment, no reconciliation."
After all, the person he truly loves now is Sang Ruo, and he is happy to spend money on Sang Ruo, but he has no reason to spend money on Wen Qingyi anymore.
If he continued to spend money on Wen Qingyi, he would feel that it was a betrayal of Sang Ruo.
A man's love lies where his money is.
He was the same.
Upon hearing this, Wen Qingyi couldn't help but sneer, "If you really love me, would you need me to repay this five million? Gong Lian, tell me honestly, do you truly want to get back together with me?"
Why did she feel that his gaze towards her was filled with endless indifference and coldness? Gone was the intense affection of the past?
There isn't even a sliver of love left.
"Of course I mean it. What, you don't believe me?" Gong Lian said, his words contradicting his true feelings, without even blinking, still nonchalant. "If I didn't want to get back together with you, why would I bother bringing you back? What are you doubting?"
Sang Ruo asked him to get back together with Wen Qingyi, and he was sure he could do it.
However, they can never go back to the way things were before. The passion and deep affection they once shared have vanished completely with the passage of time.
There's no going back.
Wen Qingyi stared at him with a complex expression: "Since you want to get back together with me, why are you still arguing with me about this five million? You used to make movies for me, promote me as the leading lady, and even start a company for me. You've made more than five million from me!"
And now, for this five million, they actually want her to stay at the Gong family villa as his maid? How is she supposed to survive in the Gong family after this? What will the servants at the Gong family villa think of her?
How is this any different from directly humiliating her?
"Why do you only mention what you've given, and not how much money I've spent on you?" Gong Lian was now settling accounts with her, not mentioning any feelings at all: "Besides, you used to be my fiancée. Even if there was anything between us before, it's all in the past now that the engagement is over."
To put it simply, things that have happened in the past should not be brought up again.
The present is the present, and the past is the past; they cannot be confused.
But Wen Qingyi didn't think so, firmly believing that she shouldn't have to pay back the five million: "But now you're asking me to pay back five million? Where am I supposed to get the money? And even if I were really willing to work as a maid here, how long would it take me to pay back the five million?"
"The maids here earn 50,000 a month, paid on the 15th of each month. It's not a lot, but it's definitely not a small amount either," Gong Lian said calmly. "You only need to work as a maid for 100 days to pay it off. Isn't that enough to take care of you?"
He considered that working as a maid for 100 days was already a great care for her.
If he were truly that heartless, he would have directly demanded the five million from her and wouldn't have allowed her to work there at all!
One hundred days?
Wen Qingyi frowned and refused curtly: "You want me to work for so long? Is this what you call taking care of me?! Gong Lian, are you taking care of me or deliberately torturing me? Why are you making me do the work of a maid? Isn't this a humiliation for me?!"
Think about it, she's the eldest daughter of the Wen family, when has she ever done such servant work?
Isn't this an insult to her?
“If you consider this humiliating, then I can send you to a business club to solicit clients. You can earn anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 a night there!” A strange smile suddenly appeared on Gong Lian’s face as he scrutinized her repeatedly. “I just don’t know, Miss Wen, are you willing to go?”
He also owns a business club, and he still has the connections he made from his previous business dealings. If she really wants to go, he can take her there.
Are they going to a business club to pick up guests?
What's the difference between that and directly selling one's body?
Wen Qingyi resolutely refused: "No! I don't want to! I don't want to go there to solicit customers! I don't want to accompany those old men with their fierce faces! I don't want to..."
Fear spread across her eyes, she shook her head repeatedly, and her entire being was filled with rejection.
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