How ridiculous! Ye Zongzhi has become a prisoner, and now he suddenly remembers that he is her father. Where was he before?
Ye Lingyu's tone was flat, without a trace of emotion: "Now you know you're my father? When Ye Lingxi pushed me into the river, why didn't you remember you were my father?"
"When my mother told you to take good care of me, why didn't you remember that you're my father?"
"When you and Ye Lingxi sent people to kill me, why didn't you remember that you are my father?"
"Heh, Ye Zongzhi, you're truly laughable~"
"Now you are a prisoner, and I am a guest in court. Now you remember you are my father."
"Ye Zongzhi, are you worthy?"
Although Ye Lingyu was telling the truth, how could Ye Zongzhi possibly think he had done something wrong?
Shamelessly trying to justify himself on the ground, he said, "You wicked child, I was only doing it for your own good!"
Ye Lingyu looked at him as if he were something dirty: "If you really care about me, return everything my mother left me, remove my mother from your Ye family genealogy, and let me move my mother's grave from the Ye family ancestral graveyard."
"After you've done all this, if you still want what's best for me, then go ahead and die."
Enraged, Ye Zongzhi slammed his fist on the ground and roared, "You're dreaming! You wretched child, don't even think about it! Asu is mine, and even if she dies, she'll still be a ghost of the Ye family!"
"If you didn't look like Asu, do you think you would still be alive today?"
"You still want what Asu left behind, and you're even digging up Asu's grave? You really are Asu's beloved daughter!"
Ye Lingyu turned away from him and said, "Ye Zongzhi, what right do you think you have to negotiate with me now?"
"Do you think I'm just bored, coming here in this sweltering heat to chat with you? You're not worth my time."
"I'm telling you now, the Ye family is on the verge of collapse. Remember to open your eyes and see when the time comes."
"Take a good look at how your proud Ye family collapsed overnight."
"Oh, right, and my dear sister, didn't you love her and that lowly concubine in the manor the most? I'll do something good and send your family to reunite in the underworld."
When Ye Zongzhi heard that the Ye family was about to fall, he didn't believe it. Even though he had already become a prisoner, he was still arrogant.
"You wicked child, do you think you and a mere villager can destroy the Ye family's many years of business? Don't try to scare me. The Ye family has been rooted in Yuanning County for over a hundred years. How could a mere villager destroy it so easily?"
"If Asu knew how you treated her own father, do you think she would regret giving birth to you!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Lingyu turned around, glancing contemptuously at the person lying on the ground. She said disdainfully, "You call Ayan a country bumpkin, but what are you? Without my mother's dowry and without Uncle Mu's initial management, you would just be a small merchant, and even your shop is rented."
"What you said before was right. My mother loved me very much when she was alive. If she knew in the afterlife that her precious daughter was assassinated by her husband time and time again, do you think she would divorce you?"
Ye Zongzhi was already somewhat exasperated: "Don't talk nonsense. When did I ever want to harm you? I'm your own father. You're my and Asu's child. I love you so much, how could I let someone kill you?"
Ye Lingyu smiled self-deprecatingly: "The relationship between us has long been severed. I believe that even if Mother were alive, she would not choose you over me."
"Ye Zongzhi, from this day forward, I have no further connection with the Ye family."
After saying that, Ye Lingyu took out the letter severing ties with Ye Zongzhi, and Cheng Qingyan had someone hold Ye Zongzhi down and pressed his handprint on it.
The date written on the letter severing ties was the date when Ye Zongzhi led his men to cause trouble for Cheng Qingyan and her group, not today.
Long before, when Ye Lingyu told Ye Zongzhi that she would sever ties with him, she had already given up on him.
After pressing their fingerprints, they must be taken to the county government office for official stamping. Only then, from an official standpoint, is the kinship ties truly severed. Otherwise, verbal agreements are meaningless, and who knows what kind of trouble they might cause in the future.
Forced to press his handprint, Ye Zongzhi struggled to crawl to Ye Lingyu's side.
He wanted to reach out and grab Ye Lingyu. He was very unwilling. Everything had happened too fast. It felt like he had fallen directly from the clouds to hell.
Cheng Qingyan pulled Ye Lingyu behind him and stood in front of her. Ye Zongzhi's hands, which were crawling forward, were stepped on by Cheng Qingyan, causing Ye Zongzhi to let out a wail.
He's not your father-in-law anymore, so who's going to spoil you? Although he didn't spoil you before either.
Having spent enough time in prison and said everything he wanted to say, Cheng Qingyan didn't forget to give Ye Zongzhi another blow before leaving.
She bent down slightly, her voice not loud, but every word was like a sharp knife, piercing Ye Zongzhi's heart.
"Former father-in-law, my wife says your entire Ye family is doomed soon, and she's telling the truth, not just boasting!"
"You've only just been arrested, and the Ye family's shops have been running into trouble one after another. It was my wife and I who teamed up with your nemesis and our good friends to bring down the Ye family!"
"The Luo family, the ones who specialize in the silk business, you know them, right? Your Ye family's silk shops are all now under the Luo family name."
"Also, isn't your Ye family's winery something you're so proud of? Soon it will belong to the Cheng family, the Cheng of Cheng Qingyan~"
Ye Zongzhi was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood, which was not red.
His hand trembled as he pointed at Cheng Qingyan: "You're just a country bumpkin, how dare you!"
Cheng Qingyan looked at him with a grin, as if to say, "Hey, you're supposed to be a respectable person in Yuanning County, how come you can't even beat a lowly villager like me?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, you really are useless~"
It was all for naught. He'd hired assassins countless times, but none of them had killed Cheng Qingyan. Now he was half-crippled. Because of this country bumpkin, he'd unknowingly expended so much effort on her, only to end up not even touching the hem of her clothes.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He couldn't catch his breath and actually fainted from anger.
Seeing that Ye Zongzhi had fainted, Cheng Qingyan suddenly felt a little guilty. It was too dangerous; she had almost angered him to death. If she had really angered him to death now, what would happen to her wife? How could she openly and honestly move her mother's grave in front of Ye Zongzhi?
How could they possibly let Ye Zongzhi and Ye Lingxi witness the Ye family's downfall, how could they possibly crush their last hope? After all, they hadn't even met Chen Yuanze yet!
They still have illusions about Chen Yuanze; they haven't given up hope yet.
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