Chapter 137: Give Me Five Million

"I'm sorry, Ms. Yu." The lawyer fled as if escaping for his life.

Ji Yanxi remained seated, a look of profound disgust in his eyes as he stared at Yu Qingqing.

He must have had eight lifetimes of bad luck to have married such a disgraceful woman!

Fortunately, it was all coming to an end.

Overwhelmed with frustration, Yu Qingqing swept the items off the table, sending them crashing to the floor in a flurry of noise. She pointed at Ji Yanxi and unleashed a tirade of curses to vent her emotions.

"Ji Yanxi, you bastard! How dare you plot against me? You've been scheming against me ever since the day I married you!"

On the verge of a breakdown, Yu Qingqing wondered what she should do. If she couldn't get money from Ji Yanxi, she was finished!

With that thought, Yu Qingqing swayed unsteadily and lunged at Ji Yanxi the next second.

"Yanxi, I was wrong. I know I was wrong. Please don't leave me, okay? I won't dare do it again, never again..."

Ji Yanxi raised his foot and kicked her heavily in the shoulder. "Don't say that. How could you be wrong? The one who did wrong is me. I'm the one who cheated, I'm the one requesting a clean break, and I'm the one who failed you..."

He played the reverse psychology card.

Yu Qingqing shook her head, tears streaming down her face. "Yanxi, please don't be like this. It's my fault, I was the one who was wrong..."

"Yu Qingqing, stop playing the victim in front of me. You only have two choices now: either sign the papers obediently and you can still walk away with ten thousand yuan."

"Or, I'll file for divorce through the court, and you won't even get that ten thousand."

Hearing this, Ji Yanxi's lawyer handed over a clean copy of the agreement.

Ji Yanxi took it, pulled open the collar of Yu Qingqing's shirt, stuffed the agreement inside, and patted her cheek. "Think it over carefully."

With that, he stepped over her with obvious disgust and left.

He hadn't had a drink in days and was craving alcohol intensely, but remembering Ye Yaoyao's strict instructions, he certainly didn't dare touch a drop.

After all, this concerned the future lineage of the family!

Usually, when the craving became unbearable, Ji Yanxi would settle for just smelling the scent of alcohol at home, but today he decided to go to a bar to inhale it straight from the source.

Spotting Ji Yanxi, a group of his buddies couldn't resist teasing him.

"Well, well, if it isn't our young master Ji! I heard you've turned over a new leaf. What brings you here today?"

A newcomer to their circle walked up and handed Ji Yanxi a glass. "Come on, have a drink!"

Ji Yanxi pushed it away. "I'm not drinking, I'll just watch you guys."

"Watch us drink? You might as well just FaceTime us from home then! Hahahaha..."

Laughter erupted around him, but Ji Yanxi didn't care; just inhaling the aroma felt wonderful enough.

At that moment, Shen Yan arrived, taking a seat beside him with a chilling aura. Ji Yanxi's body stiffened.

Ever since the incident at the hotel last time, Brother Yan's gaze toward him had been somewhat strange.

"Are you sure you can drink?" Shen Yan asked coldly.

Ji Yanxi obediently shook his head. "No."

"Then why are you here?"

"I just came to smell the scent..."

"Get lost back home," Shen Yan said coldly.

Ji Yanxi: ?

The others: ?

What was going on?

Did Brother Yan know something insider?

"I'll just sit here for a while, I don't want to go back yet..." Ji Yanxi tried to negotiate.

Staying home alone was just too boring.

"Don't make me repeat myself a third time," Shen Yan cut him off.

"Fine, I'm leaving right now." Ji Yanxi rubbed his nose and had no choice but to stand up.

Yu Corporation's stock prices were fluctuating wildly due to Yu Qingqing's actions.

Realizing she could get nothing out of Ji Yanxi, Yu Qingqing pinned her hopes back on the Yu family, yet she wasn't even allowed through the front gates.

"Dad, let me in! Let me in! No matter what, I am a daughter of the Yu family, and your blood flows through my veins!"

Yu Qingqing battered the heavy gates, making a huge commotion. She knew Yu Boyao cared deeply about his reputation; if she made enough of a scene, he would naturally be forced to open the doors.

Sure enough, after she threw a tantrum for a while, the butler opened the gate and led her straight to the study.

Upon seeing Yu Boyao, Yu Qingqing collapsed to her knees without a word and began kowtowing frantically, her forehead striking the floor with loud thuds.

"Dad, it was just your daughter being ignorant and fighting against the family before. Now I know I was wrong. Just for the sake of the blood we share, please forgive me..."

With that, she slammed her forehead hard against the ground once more.

Hearing this, Yu Boyao let out a contemptuous laugh. "You don't know you were wrong. You've simply come back because you have nowhere else to turn..."

Yu Boyao saw right through her motives. "Previously, relying on the Ji family as your backing, you launched attacks against the Yu family and your sister without holding back at all."

"Now that you've messed things up beyond repair, you suddenly remember my blood is in your veins? What were you doing before?"

Yu Qingqing didn't dare lift her head. She bit her lip in humiliation, unable to utter a word.

Had she not failed to extract any money from Ji Yanxi, she would never have returned!

"Leave. The Yu family does not have a daughter like you," Yu Boyao issued a dismissal.

"Dad, I won't leave, please don't chase me away..." Yu Qingqing shook her head repeatedly.

"Dad? Yu Qingqing, I am unworthy of being your father. Have you forgotten? We severed ties long ago," Yu Boyao said in a deep voice.

Yu Qingqing's current predicament was entirely brought upon herself.

Previously, she had been a low-profile eldest miss in the Yu family, but at the very least, she never lacked for food or clothing. Yet she insisted on making trouble and letting her greed take over.

She wanted to fight for everything, and in the end, she ended up with nothing.

"Dad, I was wrong, I truly know I was wrong..."

Yu Qingqing crawled to Yu Boyao's feet, pressing her forehead against his shoes.

"I said, get out."

Yu Boyao pulled his foot back. "The moment you moved against the Yu family, you should have understood that you are no longer worthy of being a daughter of this household."

Wanqing had suffered a great deal because of all this.

After entering the Yu Corporation, she worked tirelessly every single day, all to lead the company to greater heights.

She had pulled several all-nighters just to secure the project for Branch Y, and during that period of following up on the project, she had lost a noticeable amount of weight.

Yu Boyao had witnessed all of this with his own eyes.

One daughter genuinely cared for the family's well-being while the other constantly stirred up trouble by any means possible; naturally, he would never let Yu Wanqing's heart turn cold.

"Dad, I..." Yu Qingqing tried to plead further, but Yu Boyao turned his head away, refusing to look at her any longer.

Realizing Yu Boyao's unwavering attitude, Yu Qingqing felt as though she were plunging into an icy abyss.

It was gone.

She had lost everything.

Why?

The Ji family didn't want her, and now the Yu family didn't want her either.

Was she really that utterly worthless?

"Why? Why are you all treating me like this?"

Yu Qingqing muttered to herself, "We are both daughters, why are you so good to Yu Wanqing? Just because we didn't have the same mother?"

"Is that my fault? What did I do wrong? I didn't choose this, why should I be the one to bear the consequences?"

Hearing Yu Qingqing ask such questions, Yu Boyao knew she was beyond saving.

Life is a series of interconnected choices, and Yu Boyao had given Yu Qingqing many opportunities to choose; it was she who had chosen wrongly every time.

One wrong step led to every subsequent step being wrong.

"You want me to leave? Fine. Give me five million."

Yu Qingqing stood up. "Give me five million, and I will vanish from your sight forever."