Looking at Yu Wanqing's expression, Ruan Chen pondered whether he should extract the surveillance footage from the coffee shop, refine the details of Yu Wanqing's face, and then show it to Ruan Yunhan.
Ruan Yunhan's expression will be even more interesting then.
“Auntie, you said it yourself. If Yunhan comes back, you have to give me a share of the profits,” Ruan Chen said directly to avoid arousing Yu Wanqing’s suspicion. “Six million, one price. You pay three million first, and give me another three million after Ruan Yunhan’s flight lands.”
She didn't care about the amount of money, but if she didn't set some conditions, Yu Wanqing would probably start to doubt why Ruan Chen was so easy to talk to.
Seeing Ruan Chen's confident tone, Yu Wanqing hesitated.
Six million was an astronomical figure for her at the moment, but Ruan Chen's tone was so firm, as if she really could bring Ruan Yunhan back.
But when Yu Wanqing thought about the harsh prison life, she couldn't help but shiver, and her legs, which were used to operate the sewing machine, began to ache slightly.
Ruan Chen picked up a napkin and wiped the crumbs from the corner of her mouth. "Auntie, take your time thinking about it. Once you've decided, transfer the money to this card."
She left a string of numbers on a napkin, pushed it in front of Yu Wanqing, and got up as if to leave.
The moment Ruan Chen stood up, Yu Wanqing made up her mind.
"Chenchen!"
"Auntie, please tell me."
Yu Wanqing considered the matter carefully. "Chenchen, three million is not a small amount. You can't prove anything with just words... How about this, tell Auntie your plan and let Auntie see if it's feasible."
Ruan Chen crossed her arms and sneered, "Do you think I'm a sucker? I told you, and you turned around and dumped me. Where am I supposed to cry?"
Yu Wanqing became anxious and stammered. She really couldn't come up with the money right away, but Ruan Zhengde was urging her so urgently that she didn't want to wait even a day longer.
"How about this," Ruan Chen said, seeing that Yu Wanqing was really at a loss, and offered a way out. "Give me Ruan Yunhan's contact information, and I'll call her now. Listen to her call, and if you're satisfied, give me the money."
Yu Wanqing's eyes immediately lit up, and she handed over the phone with both hands, her hands trembling slightly with excitement. "Okay, okay, Auntie will listen right here. If Yunhan is willing to agree, Auntie will raise the money for you right away!"
Ruan Chen took the phone, gave Yu Wanqing a cold look, and warned, "Let me make this clear first: if I don't see the money by tomorrow, I will immediately contact Yu Wanqing again and tell her never to come back!"
Yu Wanqing had no idea how to get the three million, but she nodded anyway.
Ruan Chen's expression softened slightly. She sat back down and dialed Ruan Yunhan's contact information—this was the same number she had given to Ruan Zhengde.
The call connected, and Ruan Yunhan's agitated voice came through, "Mom, I've already told you I can't go back to being manipulated by Dad! He wants me to marry a dead old man who's about her age, to be a stepmother to two men who're about my age? Is he crazy?"
Although Ruan Chen already knew about the Song family's situation, she almost burst out laughing when Ruan Yunhan said it so bluntly.
“I told you I would take care of you in your old age, I won’t abandon you. Give me some more time, okay, Mom? Now that Dad got you out of prison, he certainly won’t send you back easily, so don’t worry.”
Ruan Chen tilted her head to hide the smile on her lips, then her tone turned serious, with the usual coldness she showed when speaking to Ruan Yunhan, "Ruan Yunhan, it's me."
There was a two-second silence on Ruan Yunhan's end, then her tone sharpened, "What did you do to my mother? Ruan Chen, we can settle our own grudges between ourselves. What kind of skill is it to take it out on my mother?!"
"Oh, so it's a mother and daughter arguing," Ruan Chen said with a tone of amusement. "No wonder Yu Wanqing wasn't watching where she was going today. She's such a big girl, yet she just walked straight into someone's car."
It took Ruan Yunhan a moment to understand Ruan Chen's meaning. "What? How is my mother now?"
"I don't know, they're in the emergency room. I couldn't see him. When I got there, he had already been taken away by the hospital," Ruan Chen clicked her tongue. "I really don't want to get involved in your mess, but you know your dad, he doesn't even come to pay the hospital fees. Your mom is pretty shameless too, she actually took my phone number."
Ignoring Ruan Chen's disrespectful remarks towards Yu Wanqing, Ruan Yunhan asked anxiously, "How is my mother now?"
Yu Wanqing listened from the side, her eyes filled with the excitement of having her daughter under her thumb.
Ruan Chen's move seems to have been very successful.
In fact, she and Ruan Zhengde had also thought of faking illness, but they quickly rejected the idea—Ruan Yunhan wasn't stupid.
But if Ruan Chen had said these words, Ruan Yunhan would hardly have doubted them. She never imagined that her mother would be so humble as to beg Ruan Chen in order to trick her into going back to get married.
"I told her I didn't know, that she was being resuscitated, but I reckon it's not a big deal. She even remembered to ask the hospital to contact me, so what serious problem could there be?"
Yu Wanqing hurriedly winked at Ruan Chen, wishing Ruan Chen would tell her daughter that she had failed to be saved and that the funeral would be held the next day, so that Ruan Yun could come back quickly.
Then Ruan Yunhan said a few more words, but Ruan Chen didn't answer. Instead, she covered the microphone and said after a moment, "I didn't hear what you just said. The doctor told us to have a close relative sign the consent form for the surgery. If it's inconvenient for you to come back, let your mother sign it herself when she wakes up."
"When will she wake up? It's unclear. There's a blood clot in her brain that's pressing on her nerves. She's in a deep coma right now, and we'll have to wait for the blood clot to be absorbed on its own."
Ruan Chen's story was presented in a very serious manner.
Ruan Yunhan thought for a moment, then asked, "Which hospital is my mother in now?"
“The city hospital,” Ruan Chen said, his story becoming more and more convincing. “What’s your mother’s ID number? I’ll register her patient information card.”
Ruan Yunhan recited a string of numbers, and then said to Ruan Chen, "You know where I am now. I'm arranging to go back to China, but I won't be able to arrive until tomorrow night. In the meantime... I appreciate you taking good care of my mother."
Ruan Chen gave a noncommittal "hmm" and hung up.
She handed the phone back to Yu Wanqing. "The matter is settled. It's a total of six million. I need to see the first payment before noon tomorrow, otherwise... even if she comes back, I can stop her at the airport!"
Yu Wanqing readily agreed, but in her heart she was thinking that as long as Ruan Yunhan boarded the plane tonight, no one would be able to contact her. Once the plane landed tomorrow, she and Zhengde would arrange for someone to send her to the Song family. At that time, there would be no need to care about Ruan Chen.
Ruan Chen got up and left, while Yu Wanqing was still reluctant to part with the remaining snacks, desperately stuffing them into her stomach.
Ruan Chen went outside, found a number on her phone, and sent the recording from the coffee shop earlier without saying anything.
A moment later, the number replied, "Understood. I'll take care of Yunhan, don't worry."
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