Chapter 314: Completely Tearing Off the Mask

"Ring-ring—"

Zhu Yiwen called again.

He was not a person who would pester others endlessly, but the reason he harassed Shi Youxuan so frequently was that his company had truly reached a moment of life and death.

Shi Youxuan was his only straw to clutch at now, and he had to hold on tight.

She did not want to answer, but upon further thought, she decided it would be better to make a clean break of it.

So, she lightly flicked her fingertip and pressed the answer button: "Hello!"

"Hello, Xuanxuan, don't hang up, listen to me first." Zhu Yiwen's voice held undisguised anxiety: "I know I have done things to wrong you, but Xiaozhu is fine, isn't she? I was deceived by villains at the time, but the amount I used was very, very small. As long as we stop the medication, there won't be any problems..."

"Think about how I have treated you and your daughter over these past few years? Xiaozhu has enjoyed the highest standard of living since she was born. Even though she isn't my biological daughter and doesn't share my surname, I have treated her better than my own. My own children are kept outside..."

Zhu Yiwen played the emotional card, starting from when Shi Youxuan was at her wit's end to when she later became the Lady Zhu that countless women looked up to.

From how Shi Ran should have been a pitiful child raised by a single mother, to being raised like a princess, and the happy childhood she had was also something he had provided...

Zhu Yiwen kept talking, and Shi Youxuan listened quietly.

But no matter what Zhu Yiwen said, it could not stir any ripples in her heart.

She already knew what Zhu Yiwen's true purpose was, so saying these things now seemed ridiculous and could not possibly resonate with her.

But she did not interrupt him, letting him perform to his heart's content.

By the time Zhu Yiwen finished, he was almost moved to tears, and he had nearly moved himself.

But at this moment, he finally realized that Shi Youxuan had not given any response at all.

"Xuanxuan, Furen, are you listening?"

"Mm, I'm listening." Shi Youxuan's tone was very calm.

Zhu Yiwen felt uncertain and asked: "What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking about how stupid I was in the past, to have not seen through your hypocritical mask as a villain for five whole years." Shi Youxuan mocked.

His tone immediately turned cold: "Shi Youxuan, what do you mean by that? A person should know to drink from the source of the water they draw from. I don't expect you to repay my kindness, but you shouldn't team up with others to deal with me."

"Don't think I don't know about that business between you and Sheng Hanyu. He's already moved into your house now, hasn't he?"

"Yes, what can you do about it?"

Shi Youxuan did not even bother to explain to him.

She did not want to say too much to him either, just wanting to make a clean break quickly: "Zhu Yiwen, you can give up on the idea of making me go back. I will not be threatened by you."

"Don't think you're so great just because you have the marriage certificate in your hands. I have already restored my nationality. The identity card used to marry you in L Country is invalid, so the certificate is naturally invalid as well."

The only thing Zhu Yiwen could use to threaten Shi Youxuan was gone. He was very unwilling and wanted to make one last effort: "Shi Youxuan, have you thought it through? Giving up your marriage to me is equivalent to giving up everything you have in L Country."

During the five years Shi Youxuan spent in L Country, all the money she earned was deposited into the bank using her L Country identity card. If she did not want that identity, it meant all that money would belong to Zhu Yiwen.

In fact, this was the main reason Shi Youxuan answered his call.

She said: "I thought it through a long time ago. I don't want anything in L Country. Just as you said, you haven't treated us mother and daughter poorly these past few years, so consider that as payment, and I'll give it all to you."

Zhu Yiwen was so angry he almost smashed his Study.

She was quite generous; yes, Shi Youxuan had always been generous, a point he knew.

Otherwise, he would have already embezzled that money, but it just wasn't enough!

"And you don't want the Diamond Mine either? The name on the Diamond Mine has already been changed to Shi Ran. If Shi Ran grows up and finds out you made the decision for her to give up such a large fortune, she will hate you." Zhu Yiwen made a final, dying struggle.

"Heh..."

Shi Youxuan chuckled mockingly: "Do you think everyone is like you? Treating money as the entirety of life. I know what my daughter is like; she won't covet things that don't belong to her. You should save your Diamond Mine for your two biological sons."

"But you had better not educate them yourself, lest they grow up to be as cold-blooded as you, seeing nothing but money in their eyes. Take care of yourself; let us never see each other again in this lifetime."

After saying this, Shi Youxuan hung up and decisively blocked Zhu Yiwen!

Everything that needed to be said had been said. Originally, the two of them were in a cooperative relationship, and now that cooperation was over.

"Bang!"

"Clatter—"

Zhu Yiwen swept everything on the desk onto the floor, glaring with bloodshot eyes, and cursed: "Bastard, bastard woman, there isn't a single good thing among women!"

"Shi Youxuan, we will definitely meet again. You don't want to help me and instead want to be a boost for Sheng Hanyu? Dream on! If you cannot be used by me, I would rather destroy you than let my opponent have you!"

"Ding-dong—"

"Ding-dong, ding-dong—"

"Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong—"

The doorbell rang urgently and incessantly.

"Who is it?" Shi Youxuan frowned as she went to see who it was.

"Hello, Ms. Shi, I'm from property management. Your downstairs neighbor reported that your water pipes are leaking, so we've come to check for you."

Shi Youxuan looked out through the peephole. Two men were standing outside, and the clothes they were wearing were indeed those of property management.

So she opened the door...

"Bang!"

The door had only opened a crack when it was forcefully shoved open by the men outside, and two more men also wearing property management uniforms lunged out from the side of the wall.

The moment they rushed inside, Shi Youxuan knew it was bad—she had been tricked.

"Who are you..."

Before she could finish her sentence, the back of Shi Youxuan's neck was struck heavily, and she fainted.

Shi Ran was also carried out from the room. The little girl was just about to scream when the back of her neck was also struck. The mother and daughter were both knocked unconscious, and the men made a victory gesture.

The men took off their property management uniforms, revealing the casual clothes underneath. One person carried the child, and another carried Shi Youxuan on his back into the elevator.

The remaining two looked left and right, and seeing that no one had noticed, they hurried inside.

"Ding—"

The elevator reached the first floor.

Jian Yixin did not leave.

She paced around the edge of the lobby, thinking of a solution, hesitating over whether she should go back up and keep knocking on the door.

She had asked the property management; the staff member on duty in the lobby said that the mother and daughter had returned and were right at home.

Although she had not had much contact with Shi Youxuan, she had chatted about Shi Youxuan with Shi Yucheng quite a lot.

Jian Yixin knew something of her personality, and she reckoned that even if she shoved the note into the door crack, Shi Youxuan might not necessarily read it.

Of course, even if she did read it, she might not necessarily believe it, but if she didn't even take a look, then the misunderstanding would be absolutely set in stone!

Her own sin would be great.

For so many years, she had lived in guilt and self-reproach; she didn't even want to think about the past, let alone repeat the same mistakes.

But she was also afraid that if she went up, Shi Youxuan still wouldn't open the door for her, and it would be bad if she then took her anger out on Sheng Hanyu, so she was caught in a dilemma; just as she was hesitating, the elevator opened, and two men walked out from inside.

She turned to face the wall and continued to ponder.

She heard the property management lady ask, "Hey, isn't this Ms. Shi? What's the matter?"

One of the men said, "She drank too much, and since the child is still asleep, she insisted on returning to her maiden home; there's nothing we can do."

That's not right.

Jian Yixin suddenly turned her head and happened to lock eyes with the property management staff; both of them realized at the same time that something was wrong.

The property management staff stood up and shouted, "Stop! Who exactly are you? If you don't tell the truth, I'm calling the police!"