Ruan Chen heard about what happened in Country F. Ruan Yunhan put on airs as the eldest daughter of the Ruan family. With Su Jin's backing, she slapped each of the people sent by the Ruan family to pick her up, and then sent them to the police station.
After all, she was the eldest daughter of the Ruan family. Although these people had been ordered by Ruan Zhengde to bring her back to China, how could they dare to lay a hand on Ruan Yunhan?
Besides, there was Su Jin behind her, who had a gun license from Country F. His hand was on his lower back, and his eyes were full of impatience, as if he thought, "Why not just kill them all?"
It was only then that Ruan Zhengde remembered the tactic of playing the family card and brought out Yu Wanqing, who had long been abandoned.
"You can't even get your own daughter back, what can I do?" Ruan Chen shrugged and finished her milk in one gulp. "I can't help you."
"Ruan Chen!" Yu Wanqing grabbed her wrist, her unkempt nails digging deep into Ruan Chen's fair skin as she pleaded, "Please help me! Auntie really doesn't want to go back to that kind of place!! You have no idea what kind of life I'm living in prison every day!"
She cried as she pulled up her sleeve to show Ruan Chen the new and old scars on her once flawless skin.
Only now did Ruan Chen have the mood to examine Yu Wanqing. She still remembered the first time she met Yu Wanqing. This woman had a noble and elegant temperament. She sat there like a beautiful lamp, and her every move was like a swan spreading its wings.
He truly deserves his reputation as a well-known artist and connoisseur in Europe.
Although Ruan Chen was beautiful at the time, she was still quite young and, coupled with long-term malnutrition, she was very thin.
Now the two seem to be reversed; Yu Wanqing is pale and thin, and even her hair is sparse, indicating that she is really not doing well.
However, considering Yu Wanqing's personality, it's likely that she brought this upon herself. She probably became arrogant and disrespectful in prison, which led to her being ostracized and even beaten.
"Sorry, I don't care and I don't want to see it." Ruan Chen smiled politely and kindly reminded him, "It's no use crying to me, you have to go cry to your man."
Seeing that Ruan Chen's heart was as hard as stone, Yu Wanqing knew that playing the victim wouldn't work, so she changed her tactics.
"Chenchen, didn't you hate your sister the most? Do you remember how she targeted you before? She hit you on the first day she came home, right?" Yu Wanqing's dry lips moved rapidly as she leaned towards Ruan Chen.
"Chenchen, remember she tried to have you killed? And what about Tao Ran? She wanted you in jail!" Yu Wanqing seemed completely unconcerned that the person in question was her daughter, whom she had cherished and protected for over a decade. "How can you bear to watch her live a carefree life with her lover in France? She must return to fulfill her marriage vows! It's her birth duty!"
Yu Wanqing became increasingly angry as she spoke, "I went through so much to give birth to her and raise her. I even went to jail for her sake, but what did she do? She only cared about having fun with other men outside, without ever thinking about the suffering I was going through!"
Ruan Chen reached down and pressed down, indicating that she should wait a moment before speaking. She got up to fetch a plate of delicate pastries and returned before saying, "Auntie, please continue."
She absolutely loves watching dogs fight.
Yu Wanqing looked longingly at the plate of pastries Ruan Chen had brought over, swallowed hard, and continued, "You were there when she said those things—she said she would find a way to save me, but now that the Ruan family is in danger and needs her, as their daughter, to make even the smallest contribution, she refuses to do it and just stays far away! How much money has the Ruan family spent raising her over the years? How can it all go to waste!"
"I just don't understand," Yu Wanqing couldn't help but reach out and grab a pastry. Seeing that Ruan Chen didn't move, she wolfed it down and continued to complain, "It's just getting married, right? The family Zhengde found for her is a bit old, but older people are more caring. Besides, the Song family has a lot of resources. Would they mistreat her? Isn't it better than marrying this random guy?"
It was only at this moment that Ruan Chen realized that Ruan Zhengde actually did not want to give up the Song family as a marriage partner.
Does Yan Qian's affair with the Nan family have absolutely no impact on him? How come he still has the mind to scheme about these things at a time like this?
Ruan Chen smiled gently, beckoned the waiter to bring Yu Wanqing another cup of black tea, and ordered a pastry tart. "Auntie, did you see Ruan Qin this time? Also, I heard that Chairman Ruan has climbed up the social ladder by marrying a big shot at the research institute. How can he still be interested in the Song family's little bit of money? Isn't that vulgar?"
Yu Wanqing was still angry, but when Ruan Chen asked her, she blurted out everything that was on her mind.
At home, Ruan Zhengde refused to listen to her and only threatened her that if Ruan Yunhan did not come back, she would have to go back to jail.
“Ruan Qin has his own things to do. He is quite filial and knows to write to me regularly. I don’t know what he’s been busy with lately, so I don’t want to bother him.”
Ruan Chen thought to himself, it seems that Yu Wanqing is also unaware of the Crescent Bay incident, and his plan to find a breakthrough through Yu Wanqing has failed.
Does this mean I have to wait until I officially enter university two years later to have the opportunity to learn about these things?
Yu Wanqing had filled her stomach to about five or six tenths full, and regained her composure. She picked up a knife and fork to cut the small cake and ate it while saying disdainfully, "What kind of high-ranking member of the research institute? Just a few charlatans with some mental abilities. They initially wanted to frame the Nan family, but they didn't have enough manpower, so I don't know how they got in touch with your father."
"The Nan family already knows, but they haven't held your father accountable—your father said he handled things cleanly. If you ask me, don't mess with those things if you don't have the power. The Ruan family are just businessmen; they should just do business honestly."
“The Song family is no small family. The first wife of the Song family died early, leaving behind two sons. If Yunhan marries into the family, her reputation may be a little bad, and her life may be a little unhappy. But as long as she outlives the old man of the Song family, won’t the Song family’s property all be hers? She’ll also get two sons for free.”
"If you ask me, she's just ungrateful."
Ruan Chen wore a mask-like smile as she listened attentively, occasionally glancing at her phone on her lap to confirm that it was still recording.
Yu Wanqing finally finished talking and ate most of the food, and the topic returned to the beginning.
"Ruan Chen, I beg you, please find a way to bring Yunhan back. Once things are settled, I will never forget your help today!"
Looking at her scheming face, Ruan Chen suppressed her disgust and said, "Even if she comes back, can you force her to get married?"
Yu Wanqing scoffed, "These are minor matters. Once the deed is done, with some publicity and a press conference, even if she doesn't marry into the Song family, what respectable person in the family will be left?"
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