The shadows of the trees swayed in the deep night, a cold wind blew in gusts, and flashes of lightning streaked across the sky from time to time, as if a storm was about to break out at any moment.
Song Ning's face was illuminated by a sudden, startling flash of lightning, leaving it half-lit and half-shadowed.
After a long silence, she finally spoke: "The past is the past, and it wasn't my wish back then. Now that I'm ill, what more do you want?"
This answer is tantamount to admitting what happened more than 20 years ago.
Xu Qingran was shocked and her breathing became rapid. She couldn't believe it. So Song Qingyou wasn't Luo Yuan's child. Her father was someone else, and that person was actually the father of the exquisitely dressed, beautiful, and noble girl in front of her.
In other words...
Song Qingyou and she are the real sisters.
No wonder she refused to admit that she was her sister; it turns out she already had a sister.
Xu Qingran felt bitter; she realized she had always been an outsider.
She suddenly felt exhausted. Normally, she would be sleeping in her dormitory at school at this time, but now, she has been on leave for two weeks. How did she end up like this?
Xu Qingran couldn't help but feel resentful towards Song Ning. If Song Ning hadn't done so many absurd things back then, she wouldn't have suffered along with her.
But no matter how much resentment she harbored, she couldn't bring herself to voice it when facing Song Ning.
"I don't want anything," Tang Hanyan said lightly.
Xu Qingran had just breathed a sigh of relief when she heard her speak again.
"I've already filmed the scene of Xu Qingran kneeling down and begging for mercy. What do you think would happen if this were posted on the Tsinghua and Peking University campus networks?"
Tang Hanyan's words shocked Xu Qingran, who immediately panicked: "You... what did you say?"
Tang Hanyan patiently repeated, "I said I plan to post the video of you kneeling and begging for mercy on your school's website, and ruin your reputation."
Xu Qingran suddenly staggered, her body trembling as she asked, "Why are you doing this to me? Why! I haven't offended you. All I've ever wanted is to settle down in this city. What's wrong with wanting a better life?! Why do you all have to drive me to this dead end!"
She broke down and shouted, "If you want to find someone, go find my mother! Why are you looking for me? I didn't know anything about what happened back then. Why should I pay the price for what I did? Why should I do this?!"
Song Ning froze, probably never expecting her beloved daughter, whom she had doted on since childhood, to say such a thing. Her heart turned cold, and she spat out a mouthful of blood, shouting sharply, "Xu Qingran!"
Xu Qingran seemed to realize what she had said and subconsciously wanted to apologize to Song Ning: "I'm sorry, Mom, I didn't mean to say that. I just felt it was too unfair to me. I was... I was forced to do it!"
Tang Qingran had no time or mood to waste words with these two people. She had been arrogant since childhood. In Linzhou, anyone who offended Tang Hanyan was guaranteed not to see the sun rise again.
She pounded on the table, effectively sealing their fate: "Listen to me, I'm not like my sister. She might have shown you some leniency, but I won't. I'm narrow-minded and vindictive. You've bullied my sister and ruined her like this, so I definitely won't let you get away with it. So, save your breath and stop begging for mercy."
Tang Hanyan even smiled as she said these words, looking very happy, as if she were chatting with someone: "Here is a share transfer agreement, transferring all the shares you inherited from the old man to your daughter Song Qingyou. Come on, sign it here first."
The housekeeper immediately handed over a document and took out a pen: "Ms. Meng, please sign this."
Tang Hanyan had investigated and found that Song Qingyou had already helped Song Ning cancel her household registration, so she could only use the surname Meng from now on. However, Song Ning was a cunning woman, so it would be safer to sign an agreement to prevent future troubles.
With trembling hands, Song Ning opened the documents. They not only stipulated the transfer of shares, but also a document that forbade her from ever appearing in the capital as Song Ning again.
How could she possibly sign such a contract!
She threw the document on the ground, the mud and water staining the white paper and making the words illegible.
Tang Hanyan's expression immediately turned cold: "You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences?"
She gave the butler a wink, and the butler waved his hand behind him. Several bodyguards who were hiding in the shadows immediately stepped forward and subdued Song Ning and Xu Qingran, who was trying to struggle.
The butler handed over another document, and the bodyguard forced Song Ning to sign her name on the paper.
Song Ning, disregarding her own exhausted state, cried out, "This is coercion! It's not legally valid! Tang Hanyan! Tell them to let me go!"
Tang Hanyan put the document away with satisfaction and said calmly, "Once you sign it, it will naturally take effect."
Xu Qingran was too tired. She didn't want anything anymore. She just wanted to pay off all her debts at once, then leave and never come back here again.
Perhaps at the end of despair lies unexpected calmness. She slowly spoke, "I can take my mother with me, and we promise we'll never appear in Beijing again. But I have one condition: you delete that video, and then..."
Tang Hanyan became somewhat interested: "And then?"
Xu Qingran gritted her teeth and continued, "Then give us another five million!"
"Qingran!" Song Ning shouted with all her might.
"Pfft." Tang Hanyan was amused.
Xu Qingran asked awkwardly, "What are you laughing at?"
Tang Hanyan said, "I laugh at how naive you are, Xu Qingran. Do you even have the right to negotiate with me?"
Xu Qingran froze.
Tang Hanyan said, "My sister gave you two paths. Now, choose one."
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