Ruan Zhengde never expected that Ruan Chen would actually dare to make a move!
His right little finger was twisted and deformed, hanging pitifully from his palm. In that instant, the pain was so intense that he couldn't even scream, and his mind went blank.
Ruan Chen's voice chased after her like a vengeful ghost, asking for the third time, "Was it you?"
Ruan Zhengde knew he couldn't admit it—who knew if Ruan Chen had a recording device on him? If he admitted it, it would be like handing Ruan Chen a handle to use against him!
He seized the opportunity and, thinking he had caught Ruan Chen off guard, kicked him hard!
But Ruan Chen is no longer the frail girl he once kicked away and nearly lost her life.
She easily dodged it, and with seven-tenths of her strength, she struck Ruan Zhengde's ankle with the iron rod.
The man lost his balance and fell to the ground in a sorry state, landing right in front of Ruan Chen.
Now, true fear was revealed in his eyes, and he finally took the seemingly unintentional threat from Ruan Chen to heart—she really had the ability to kill him, and... she really did have the intention to kill!
He propped himself up on his elbows and backed away. Ruan Chen slowly tapped the ground with a stick, looking down to admire his disheveled appearance.
This man always takes things away from others as if it's his right—he took everything from Cong Rao, he took away thirteen years of Ruan Chen's life, and he still wants to continue to control Ruan Chen's fate. When he discovers that the daughter he once abandoned has escaped his control, he wants to take away the person closest to her, to make her fearful and submissive!
"Chairman Ruan, don't you want to talk about it yet?"
Ruan Zhengde dodged backward step by step, looking at the iron rod in fear. His right hand was in so much pain that he had lost all feeling, which instead stimulated his body to secrete more adrenaline, making him dodge even faster.
He couldn't tell which way was in the smoke, but he knew his palm was pressed against a smooth, cold surface—not the feel of a tile.
The surrounding smoke vanished, and the dazzling, warm sunlight shone on Nguyen Chinh Duc.
But his heart also turned ice-cold in that instant.
This is the glass terrace at the end of the corridor on the 29th floor!
He looked down and saw the bloody marks his palm had left on the glass. Below him, the bustling traffic, like ants, was the vast sea of people he loved to look down upon.
This glass terrace was specially installed at his request after he took office. At a height of nearly 100 meters, he felt a sense of exhilaration, like a god standing high above the clouds.
Ruan Chen closed and locked the terrace door behind him, then stood in a safe position and struck the glass tabletop with the iron rod.
“That’s wonderful,” Ruan Chen said softly. “Chairman Ruan, I really like the ending you’ve arranged for yourself.”
The girl's voice was gentle and clear, like the shattered ice on a river in winter colliding with each other—crisp, cool, and pleasant to hear. "Fire alarm! Everyone left, but you missed the escape time. In the panic, you accidentally injured your hand and ran towards the light at the end of the corridor. In the end, you shattered the glass floor of the terrace that you once loved most and fell from the height of the light."
She sighed softly, closed her eyes slightly, and savored the story as if admiring a masterpiece. "I like the sense of destiny in this story, the way it abruptly ends at its grandest moment. To be honest, I also hope that my life can have such a magnificent ending."
Ruan Zhengde looked at her in horror.
She really is like a madwoman!
When she said these words, her demeanor was nothing like that of a girl under sixteen. The weariness and satisfaction that she inadvertently revealed in the ending tone made it seem as if another soul that had experienced many vicissitudes lived in her body.
Even Ruan Chen was unaware of how manic she was at that moment.
"I can't wait any longer." Her ecstatic smile vanished abruptly, and she raised the stick high, slamming it hard against the glass floor!
Ruan Zhengde instinctively stretched out his leg to block!
He let out a scream, but thankfully he actually managed to block it.
Ruan Chen found it amusing, picked up the stick, changed the position, and smashed it down again!
Despite the excruciating pain, Ruan Zhengde had no choice but to use his body to block the attack once more!
Does it hurt?
Ruan Zhengde nodded hurriedly, looking at Ruan Chen pleadingly.
Ruan Chen looked down at him, "My mother went through far more pain than you are now. In the years after you took everything from her, for about six or seven years, she was in ecstasy bars, places where, as long as you pay enough, you can go as far as you want. Many times she came back with half her body covered in injuries."
“She was in so much pain that she couldn’t sleep. The next night, she still had to drag herself to school. She wanted to save money to support me through school, but it was ridiculous. In the end, I still couldn’t go to school because I didn’t have a household registration.”
"Because when she gave birth, you didn't take her to the hospital at all, but to a shady clinic. When she was pregnant for ten months, when she risked her life to give birth to me in that shady clinic, all you wanted was to clear yourself of any involvement with us... You didn't care that you ruined her, and you would completely ruin me too! Did you even hope that she and her unborn child would die on the delivery table, so you could get rid of this trouble completely?"
When Ruan Chen said these words, her heart ached as if it were being stabbed, but she didn't cry. Instead, she wore a cold and murderous smile.
Ruan Zhengde understood; Ruan Chen intended to torture him to death!
From the very beginning, when she returned to the Ruan family, all she wanted was destruction and revenge!
“Ruan Chen, it’s my fault, but I still brought you back, didn’t I?” The man curled up at Ruan Chen’s feet like a worm, his face covered in snot and tears. “You want the Ruan Group, don’t you? I can give it to you! Let me in, and I’ll sign a share transfer agreement with you right now! All my assets can be yours immediately!”
All he wants now is to survive.
He looked down at the scene below the glass terrace and experienced what it meant to be afraid of heights for the first time.
He hoped someone could see him, but he knew very well that it was too high up here.
Ruan Chen just smiled contemptuously and casually smashed the side of the terrace with a stick.
With a crisp crackling sound, Ruan Zhengde clearly felt the terrace shake!
He let out a heart-wrenching scream and reached out to grab Ruan Chen's trouser leg.
Ruan Chen coldly took two steps back and gently tapped the delicate white earphone beside his ear. "Have the crowd on the south side of the building disperse. There's construction debris about to fall—it's an illegal building belonging to the Ruan Group. Spread out."
Dragging a leg that was unclear whether it was broken or not, Ruan Zhengde pleaded with Ruan Chen, "I know I'm not worthy to be your father. If you let me go today, I'll give you anything you want! I swear to God!"
Ruan Chen remained unmoved, lazily raising the stick and smashing it to the other side again!
The terrace began to tilt, and Ruan Zhengde couldn't hold onto anything on the smooth glass surface!
The phone rang at that moment.
It was Fu Jianzhi's voice on the other end of the phone, "Sister, Grandpa's awake! Oh, and Dad wants to say a few words to you."
Fu Lin's voice came through, "Ruan Chen, I know I have no right to interfere in your affairs, but he can't die yet—and you can't bear the burden of patricide."
"This burden is too heavy for you to bear."
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