Chapter 56: She Could Pay Off the Money She Owed Sheng Yu

Before hanging up the phone, Sheng Yu brought the topic back, "You are not allowed to change hospital rooms."

Zhu Yuan held back a breath in her heart and said unbearably, "You are merely my creditor; you have no right to interfere with my choices."

The other end of the line went quiet.

"Zhu Yuan."

Sheng Yu's low, magnetic voice was tinged with a hint of coldness, "There is no second time for me; have you become addicted to calling me 'creditor'?"

That chill could be felt through the screen, across tens of thousands of kilometers.

Having seen his ruthlessness with her own eyes, Zhu Yuan knew she could not provoke him now.

"Fine, I won't say it, but you should also take a step back," Zhu Yuan's temper softened, and she said in a negotiating tone, "My grandfather said he isn't used to such a high-end room; I hope everything is based on his physical and mental comfort."

"Bargaining with me?" Sheng Yu flicked the ash off his cigarette.

Not a single phone call or greeting in twenty-four hours.

The moment she opened her mouth, she gave him grief.

She clearly knew what he liked to hear most, and those two words were easy enough to say.

Yet Zhu Yuan felt as if she had swallowed a thousand needles, and she spoke with difficulty: "Yu Ge, I don't want Grandfather to be unhappy."

A few seconds later.

The man said calmly, "As you wish."

The call ended, and Sheng Yu walked into the conference room, lifting his eyes to scan the opposing company's negotiating representatives.

The coldness and deterrent power revealed in the man's eyes made the opposing representatives' hearts tighten, a sense of fear as if they were about to be hunted.

Situ followed by Sheng Yu's side, looking at those people with pity in his eyes.

One could only say they didn't check the almanac before going out, choosing to provoke Young Master Yu when he was in a bad mood.

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After hanging up, Zhu Yuan leaned weakly against the wall; she didn't need to look in a mirror to know there was no color in her face.

She rubbed her face vigorously a few times, let out a long breath, and then opened the door to leave.

After packing her luggage and carrying two suitcases, a nurse helped her push her grandfather's wheelchair to a standard single-occupancy room.

After her grandfather fell asleep during his afternoon nap, Zhu Yuan quietly closed the door, went downstairs, and left the hospital. Wearing a baseball cap and a mask, she found a passerby in a blind spot of the street surveillance to borrow a phone to make a call, while actually secretly sending a text message to Zhu Chaoqin, revealing to him the news that Zhu An'an had been captured by Pei Ling.

After returning to the ward, Zhu Yuan waited until evening before receiving a call from Feng Mingyue.

On the phone, Feng Mingyue was sobbing uncontrollably: "Yuanyuan... you must save your sister..."

Zhu Yuan looked at her exceptionally calm self in the bathroom mirror, "What happened?"

Counting it up, it had been nearly 24 hours since Zhu An'an was taken.

Zhu Chaoqin and Feng Mingyue must have been worried sick.

Before Zhu Yuan even pushed open the ward door, she heard Feng Mingyue's crying.

She pushed the door open and walked in, seeing her biological parents in the room.

A Bodyguard stood by the hospital bed, and the police search had stopped because they already knew where Zhu An'an was.

"Yuanyuan!"

As soon as she saw Zhu Yuan, Feng Mingyue hurried over, grabbed her hand, and cried: "An'an has been taken by Second Master Pei!"

A look of astonishment appeared on Zhu Yuan's face, "What?"

She glanced at the person on the bed.

Zhu Chaoqin's eyes were bloodshot.

"We received a text message this afternoon saying that An'an was taken by Pei Ling."

They contacted the police immediately, but upon hearing that this matter involved the Pei Family, the police dared not investigate rashly, and they didn't even dare to track the number that sent the text.

He added: "We used many connections to ask someone at the Pei Family Bank, and Second Master Pei had someone pass on the word that An'an was indeed taken by him."

Zhu Yuan sneered inwardly, but asked with a puzzled expression on the surface: "Why did Pei Ling capture her?"

There was a clear unnaturalness on Feng Mingyue's face, and she didn't dare to look at Zhu Yuan at all.

"If you don't tell me, how can I help? Besides, I'm not close to Second Master Pei."

"An'an, she..." Zhu Chaoqin looked at Zhu Yuan, stammering, "Second Master Pei insists that it was An'an who spread the rumors, but I know An'an isn't that kind of person; there must be some misunderstanding. She is a good child, it's impossible for her to do..."

"What rumors?" Zhu Yuan interrupted his performance.

"It's just," Feng Mingyue found it hard to speak, hesitating for a long time before saying, "the rumors about you and Second Master Pei."

Zhu Yuan sneered, "So it was her doing."

"It couldn't be An'an!" Zhu Chaoqin's firm tone was like a sharp sword stabbing into Zhu Yuan's heart.

Even with the facts laid out before them, they could still defend Zhu An'an like this.

Yet, when it came to the groundless accusations against her, they were impatient to show anger and loathe her before things had even settled.

However, her purpose was not to experience their differential treatment.

She made an expression of being unable to help, "I can't help with this. Not to mention that I'm not close to Second Master Pei, why should I save Zhu An'an after she harmed me like this?"

"Because she is your sister."

"She doesn't even share blood with me, and even if she were my own sister, I wouldn't save her."

Zhu Chaoqin looked at her in disbelief, "How can you say such cold-blooded words?"

"If I am cold-blooded, then how did she treat me? If I hadn't tried my best to prove my innocence, I would be the woman scolded by the entire internet today for being unchaste and greedy for vanity. If I hadn't produced evidence in time last night, were you going to sever the father-daughter relationship with me?"

As her words fell, a momentary daze appeared on Zhu Chaoqin's face.

Zhu Yuan knew she had hit the mark.

"Look, you are just that double-standard."

She turned and grabbed the door handle.

Suddenly, she heard Feng Mingyue behind her pleading with a tearful voice, "Yuanyuan, Mom begs you, save An'an. Second Master is ruthless; if An'an is in his hands, she will lose her life. Second Master has sent word that as long as you go, he might let An'an go if he is in a good mood."

Zhu Yuan gripped the doorknob tightly and took a deep breath.

They were only focused on saving Zhu An'an, not even considering what she would face if she stepped into the Pei Family Bank.

When her peripheral vision swept toward the kneeling Feng Mingyue, she turned around, quickly grabbed her arm, and said with trembling fingertips, "What are you doing?"

Feng Mingyue's eyes were red from crying, "If you don't agree, Mom will kneel here and beg you."

"Do you want me to kneel down with you before you agree?"

On the hospital bed, Zhu Chaoqin threw off the quilt and prepared to get out of bed.

Zhu Yuan turned her head away with a cold face, her chest heaving violently; after a long while, she said, "I can save her, but I have one condition."

"Tell me, Mom will agree to anything you say." Feng Mingyue wept with joy.

"I want five hundred thousand."

"Fine." Zhu Chaoqin agreed immediately.

Right now, let alone five hundred thousand, they would pay five million or fifty million to save An'an.

Hearing them agree to give her five hundred thousand without a moment's hesitation, Zhu Yuan found it incredibly ironic.

Back then, five hundred thousand could have saved Grandfather's life, but no matter how she begged, they would not agree.

If it weren't for that, how would she have gone to borrow money, and how would she have become entangled with Sheng Yu?

And how would so many complications have arisen?

So, cause and effect really is a closed loop.

This five hundred thousand is exactly the amount Sheng Yu lent her.

Once she gets this money, she can pay off her debt and have no more connection to him.