Chapter 709: A blatant threat

"Stran—strangers?"

Hu Xiang heard these three words, and a faint anger surfaced between his brows. He roared with dissatisfaction: "How can that be strangers? I am your father, your biological father! She is your sister, your biological sister!"

"What are you shouting about?" Brother Bo immediately retorted with dissatisfaction: "If you aren't strangers, what are you? Has Shen Li ever met you? She doesn't even know you exist! You suddenly popped up and want Shen Li to acknowledge you? Where in this world is there such a cheap deal?"

Sister Zhu Li also said: "If I'm not mistaken, Shen Li was abandoned by you back then, right? Since you chose not to want her back then, why come find her now? Want money?"

"We—we..." Hu Xiang was speechless for a moment, feeling a bit guilty.

Hu Yutong looked at Shen Li, acting as if she were being reasonable: "Shen Li, Mom and Dad were forced to do it back then. If it weren't for being truly desperate, who could bear to throw away their own child? I hope you can understand them."

"I understand."

Shen Li nodded lightly, her words surprising everyone.

Hu Xiang was immediately happy: "Shen Li is a good child. As long as you can understand us, it's fine. We really had no choice but to do that."

Shen Li looked at them with an indifferent expression, unmoved regardless of the other party's emotions: "The reasons I can think of are nothing more than having too many children to raise, or wanting to continue to have a boy, so I had to throw away a girl."

Pointing out the truth in one sentence, the father and daughter were at a loss for what to do for a moment.

But Shen Li added: "No matter the reason, I can actually understand it. At the same time, I believe you can also understand me."

"For twenty years, I never knew I was picked up after being abandoned by my biological parents. My mother, sister, and brother gave me a very complete and happy childhood. In my cognition, I only have and only acknowledge this family relationship. As for the two of you, there is no emotion between us. Even if we have a true blood relationship, it changes nothing for me."

"You gave me life, but you also truly abandoned me. Not hating you is already the greatest tolerance I have for you."

"As for the rest, I won't take anything from you, but at the same time, I can't give you anything either."

Listening to Shen Li's words, the expressions on their faces changed every second.

Finally, Hu Xiang understood. Shen Li didn't intend to acknowledge him as her father at all?

"How can you be like this? You won't even acknowledge your own biological father?" Hu Xiang stood up from the sofa with a "whoosh."

Shen Li raised her eyes and stared at him without fear: "Why can't I be like this? You could even throw away your own biological daughter, why can't I not acknowledge you?"

"You—you be careful, or I'll go expose you!" Hu Xiang was clearly anxious.

Shen Li was unmoved: "Go ahead. You'd better announce it to the world, say that the daughter you threw away won't acknowledge you. I want to see if there are more people who sympathize with you or support me!"

Seeing that her father was about to lose control, Hu Yutong quickly reached out and pulled him hard: "Dad, calm down. We aren't here to quarrel today!"

As a result, Shen Li didn't intend to give this so-called twin sister any good looks either.

The two were playing the good cop and bad cop, but wasn't what they were after the same thing?

"I know you aren't here to quarrel." Shen Li looked at Hu Yutong and pointed out directly: "You are here for money!"

"Shen Li, how could you think of us like that?" Hu Yutong pretended to be surprised to cover it up.

Shen Li sneered: "Don't dare to admit it? Don't say you came for some ridiculous family affection. You don't have that for me, and I have even less for you."

"There's no money either. I won't give you a single cent. Do whatever you want."

Hu Yutong was speechless, looking at her father. It seemed that neither of them had expected that Shen Li would have such a tough attitude toward them under her gentle appearance.

"Shen Li, Mom and Dad are old. They just saw you on TV and knew you were still alive, so they wanted to see you, that's all." Hu Yutong refused to give up and started acting out a tear-jerker.

"Knew I was still alive." Shen Li chewed on these words and couldn't help but smile and nod: "Knew I was still alive? So you also knew that if you threw me in a park in late autumn, I would likely freeze to death? Actually, you already assumed I was dead long ago, right?"

"As a result, I didn't die, so you thought about coming to see me?" Shen Li looked at Hu Xiang and asked softly: "Why do you want to see me? Want to know if I'm doing well?"

"Then I can tell you, I'm doing too well. For the first nineteen years, although our family conditions weren't particularly wealthy, we could eat and dress warmly. I have the best sister in the world who understands and supports me, the mother who loves me the most in the world, and the most sensible brother in the world."

"I grew up being loved, so I love them too. I'm now studying my favorite major and doing my favorite job. I get hundreds of dollars in pay for one play, and thousands in endorsement fees. Is that a lot? I give all the money I earn to them, because they are my family, the most important foundation for me growing up and becoming who I am now."

"And everything I have now has nothing to do with you!"

"I won't acknowledge any family relationship other than them, so don't waste your effort. This is what I have to say today, and this is my final stance."

After Shen Li finished speaking, she stood up and looked at Sister Zhu Li under the stunned expressions of the two: "Sister Zhu Li, I'll leave the follow-up of this matter to you. They can make trouble if they want, we don't need to interfere as long as it's within the scope of the law. But as long as they cross the legal boundary, the company doesn't need to have any concerns, please call the police directly."

"Good, I have it in mind." Sister Zhu Li understood immediately and nodded.

Shen Li seemed to be ignoring it, but that sentence "legal boundary" was very subtle. Where exactly was this boundary? Hu Xiang and Hu Yutong probably didn't know.

Brother Bo couldn't help but smile on the side.

"You still want to call the police to arrest us?" Hu Xiang looked at Shen Li in disbelief, his face flushed red with anger.

Shen Li reminded him expressionlessly: "As long as you abide by the law, you will be safe and sound."

"This is Longcheng, there are many rules. I'm reminding you to be careful, don't waste your effort."

Hu Xiang glared at his daughter, and Hu Yutong shook her head gently at her father.

Because just a moment ago, a powerful sense of oppression emerged from Shen Li. She was clearly threatening them just now.

It was a blatant threat! ===== CHAPTER 710 =====