Grandma Shi likes to watch TV series.
Especially the melodramatic soap operas airing at 8 PM.
Shi Nian doesn't like watching it.
But in order to keep Grandma Shi company, she would watch it with her.
There's often a plot like this in melodramatic TV dramas.
A rich young man falls in love with a poor girl.
However, the rich boy's mother found the poor girl and threw her a check: "How much do you want to leave my son? You fill it in yourself!"
When Shi Nian sees such plots, she always finds them absurd and nonsensical.
So she never expected that such a thing would happen to her.
However, unlike in the TV series, she is not Zhan Xiuchen's mother.
He was Zhan Xiuchen's father.
That man exuded authority at first glance.
He came here again, and this time it was during Zhan Xiuchen's absence.
When Zhan Leiting looked at Shi Nian, his eyes were filled with arrogance and disdain.
He never imagined that one day he would have a conversation with a woman from a slum.
This added a touch of complexity to Zhan Leiting's arrogance and disdain.
If it weren't for that unfilial son, Zhan Xiuchen!
Why would he need to do that?
"How much money are you willing to leave Xiu Chen?" Zhan Leiting asked directly.
Without any preamble, Zhan Leiting went straight to the point, seemingly unwilling to waste a single word with Shi Nian.
His arrogant confidence is enough to explain his mindset at this moment!
Women like Shi Nian from the slums.
Money can solve this problem.
Shi Nian: "......."
She paused, wondering if she had misheard.
"What money?" Shi Nian asked instinctively.
"I said, how much money do you want to leave my son!" Zhan Leiting's brows furrowed with impatience. "You can name your price!"
He already knew what Zhan Xiuchen's intentions were in marrying this woman from the slums.
He absolutely had to extinguish Zhan Xiuchen's absurd idea.
The first thing to do is to get this woman away from Zhan Xiuchen.
Shi Nian heard it clearly now.
After a moment of silence, Shi Nian asked, "How much do you think your son is worth?"
Zhan Leiting's contempt deepened: "Ten million. I'll give you the check right away. Take the check and leave Country A. Never come back!"
Ten million!
For a woman from a poor neighborhood, that's an astronomical price!
That's enough for her to go abroad and live a life of luxury without worrying about food or clothing!
Shi Nian scoffed and said, "So you think your son is only worth ten million?"
Zhan Leiting was taken aback.
He then looked at Shi Nian seriously for a moment, and asked, "How much more do you want?"
"Priceless," Shi Nian said. "Your son is priceless in my heart, so how much do you think I should give him?"
The contempt in Zhan Leiting's eyes turned into surging anger.
What does this woman from the slums mean?
How much money does she actually want?
Zhan Leiting then realized that the woman in front of him was far more ambitious than he had imagined.
How could someone be so greedy!
Zhan Leiting had no patience.
Since this woman won't listen to reason, she'll have to suffer the consequences!
Then it's his fault for being impolite!
Zhan Leiting said, "Your name is Shi Nian, right? You're such a young girl, you think too highly of yourself! What do you think my son married you for? To him, you're nothing more than a tool to be used!"
“You are ambitious, but my son is even more ambitious! So you want more money! But he wants more power! You are nothing more than a political stepping stone for him!”
"And there are many such stepping stones. He wants to marry you not because he has feelings for you, but because you are the luckiest person he has chosen to be his stepping stone!"
"But this stepping stone can be you, Shi Nian! Or it can be any woman!"
At this point, Zhan Leiting said sarcastically, "So you don't actually think it's your charm that captivated Zhan Xiuchen! That's why you dare to ask for such an exorbitant price in front of me! You're just delusional!"
"Let me tell you, the money I'm giving you now is your last chance to maximize your value! Don't be ungrateful! In the end, you'll have nothing!"
Zhan Leiting's voice was heavy because it masked some other sounds.
For example, the sound of footsteps.
Zhan Xiuchen walked in while Zhan Leiting was speaking.
When Zhan Leiting arrived at Baiyu Palace, the palace servants immediately notified Zhan Xiuchen by phone.
Zhan Xiuchen rushed back immediately.
As luck would have it, they overheard Zhan Leiting saying these words.
This made Zhan Xiuchen's heart sink!
Although Shi Nian knew that he had ulterior motives for marrying her.
But this was just Shi Nian's guess.
Although I asked him directly, his answers were always very cryptic.
But now, Zhan Leiting has said it so bluntly.
There was absolutely no attempt to conceal anything!
So straightforward!
Zhan Xiu's heart clenched.
Shi Nianhui won't be able to accept this!
He was about to speak when Shi Nian's voice rang out first: "Thank you for your words, because they make me feel more secure about my relationship with your son."
Zhan Leiting: "!!!"
He looked incredulous: "What did you say?!"
Shi Nian said calmly, “It’s absurd and unrealistic for a rich young master to fall in love with a poor woman. It only happens in TV dramas and novels. That’s why I was worried about your son wanting to be with me. I thought our abnormal relationship would break down sooner or later. But now you’ve given me confidence.”
"Because he wants to use me, that's where my value lies. And what is there to fear if someone has value? I am valuable to Zhan Xiuchen, so how could I end up with nothing?"
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