Chapter 509 - 408: Reaping What You Sow

Chapter 509: Chapter 408: Reaping What You Sow

"That sounds fair and reasonable, doesn’t it? You have no idea how much your report has impacted my business!"

Yang Yixue thought she had Jiang Liu right where she wanted him.

That being the case, she had to seize this opportunity to extort as much as she could from him.

Of course, she had also considered getting back together with Jiang Liu.

After all, Jiang Liu was making good money now; he was rich and influential.

He was a veritable cash cow!

But deep down, she knew the truth.

Jiang Liu’s current wife was younger, more educated, and had a gentler personality. On top of that, her looks and figure completely blew Yang Yixue out of the water.

These were all facts. Even if Yang Yixue didn’t want to admit it, she had already accepted it in her heart.

She knew Jiang Liu would never leave Jun Qingmeng to get back together with her.

So, she didn’t even bring it up. Instead, she decided to take this opportunity to fleece Jiang Liu for all he was worth.

Jiang Liu casually read the message and scoffed. "How about I slap you to knock some sense into you?"

Yang Yixue was furious. "Jiang Liu!! How dare you talk to me like that?!"

"What did I do to provoke you? For you to talk to me like that... Is there something wrong with your head? I was doing just fine, so why did you report me for no reason? Did I do something to you?"

"We argued when we were married, but isn’t that normal? Wasn’t I good to you? Didn’t I cater to your needs in bed?"

Jiang Liu nearly spat out the steamed bun he was eating.

’Good grief.’

’This woman will say anything. Good thing Jun Qingmeng isn’t here.’

’Otherwise, she definitely wouldn’t be sleeping with him tonight.’

Jiang Liu thought to himself that he was right. ’Getting involved with this woman is just asking for trouble.’

But he didn’t regret it.

Jiang Liu replied, "You say you didn’t do anything to me? Then what was your mother doing loitering outside my shop with an iron rod in the middle of the night? What was she gesturing at my glass windows for?"

"You and your mom were planning to smash up my shop. You think I was wrong to report you?"

Yang Yixue was stunned.

Jiang Liu actually knew about it.

The smugness she had felt just moments ago was instantly replaced by panic.

If he put it like that, then she was the one in the wrong.

In fact, it was perfectly legal and reasonable for Jiang Liu to report her. Her mother wanting to smash up his shop in the middle of the night, however, was not.

That was against the law.

Li Xiaoyan hadn’t just loitered; she had gestured with the rod, wanting to strike several times but lacking the courage.

However, there was no way Yang Yixue was going to give up that easily!

Jiang Liu was her only hope now.

Business at the shop was already slow. On top of that, word of the report had already spread through her customer chat groups, with plenty of embellishments.

Even if she made the required changes and reopened, business would take a serious hit.

And that wasn’t even counting the possibility that the regulatory bureau would post video from her shop online as a cautionary tale.

The more Yang Yixue thought about it, the worse her mood became.

’It’s all Jiang Liu’s fault! I wouldn’t be in this mess if it weren’t for him!’

While waiting for his reply, Yang Yixue did some quick calculations.

If she couldn’t get through this crisis, she would face unbearable consequences.

Her house was mortgaged, and so was her beauty salon.

A mountain of interest was piling up behind her.

If she couldn’t make enough money, the banks and loan agencies would foreclose on her shop and her house.

She would have to liquidate her failed shop’s assets to pay off her debts.

In the end, not only would she be unable to pay everything back,

but she would also have to return to her village, saddled with debt, and go back to living in that dilapidated, moldy old house like some country bumpkin.

Yang Yixue would rather die than accept these potential consequences!

Yang Yixue replied:

"Jiang Liu, believe me. I knew about it, but when my mom said she was going to smash your shop, I warned her. I didn’t expect her to go anyway. It really is my mom’s fault. How about this? I’ll make her apologize to you. Will that work?"

"You can do whatever you want to her!"

"Jiang Liu, my shop is in a really bad spot right now. If I’m forced to make these changes, it’ll be very hard for me to stay open. Can you please help me?"

"No matter what, I gave you a daughter. We were together for so many years, and I never cheated. Didn’t I give you my entire youth?"

"You’re so powerful now, unbelievably so. All you have to do is say the word, lift a finger, and this whole problem of mine will be solved. Please? I, Yang Yixue, have never spoken like this in my entire life. For the sake of our past marriage, for the sake of the youth I gave you, just help me this one time, okay?"

Gritting her teeth, Yang Yixue forced herself to flatter Jiang Liu.

She was truly out of options. She had already begged everyone she could. If there had been any other way, she would never have bowed her head to Jiang Liu.

She had always been so proud in front of Jiang Liu.

Now, she was being forced to bow her head and grovel.

Yang Yixue was confident that Jiang Liu would cave.

She had already satisfied his vanity, hadn’t she?

Jiang Liu read the message.

He chuckled coldly.

Her pathetic act didn’t soften his heart in the slightest.

He knew exactly what kind of person this woman was.

Jiang Liu replied, "I’m afraid you’ve forgotten how you used to hurt Tongtong. You have the nerve to call yourself her mother? When you were calling her a jinx, a good-for-nothing, and a stupid brat, did you remember you were her mother then?"

"Do you know that whenever I mention your name in front of Tongtong now, she gets nervous and scared? Do you know that you are her biggest nightmare?"

"You’re just reaping what you sowed!"

Jiang Liu remembered it clearly.

When his daughter was three, Yang Yixue had thrown her, naked, into the living room at night.

It was winter, and there was no heating in the living room.

The child was so cold she was wailing uncontrollably.

Jiang Liu had been working overtime that night. When he got back, Tongtong was so cold her face had turned blue. She was hugging a pillow, shivering violently.

The poor little thing had cried until she had no tears left.

Even now, he could still remember his daughter waking up safely in his arms, only to hear he had to go to work and start crying, begging him not to leave.

Her eyes were filled with despair and fear.

Jiang Liu’s heart had shattered.

He had slapped Yang Yixue over it at the time.

The two had a huge fight.

And Yang Yixue still acted as if she were completely in the right, saying things like:

"Kids are tough. A little cold will make them stronger later. If she can’t even handle a little cold, she must be weak. Better she just die early than be a burden in this house."

In the end, Jiang Liu slapped her a few more times.

Only then did the woman huffily relent, insisting on living separately from Jiang Liu for a month.

She eventually came back, probably because of her... physical needs.

In any case, Jiang Liu would never forgive Yang Yixue.

Forget the countless other things she’d done to anger him; he would never forgive her for even one instance of deliberate cruelty toward Tongtong!

When Yang Yixue saw Jiang Liu’s reply, the color gradually drained from her face.

Just from reading his message, she could guess how much fury he held for her.

CLACK.

Her phone fell to the floor.

Yang Yixue panicked and quickly picked it up.

A deafening roar of anxiety and fear filled her mind.

Yang Yixue quickly replied:

"Jiang Liu, how about this? You just have to help me smooth this over, and I’ll move my shop. I promise I’ll move it far, far away from yours, okay? From now on, we stay out of each other’s way. How about it?"

She desperately wanted to plead, but her pride wouldn’t allow it.

She already felt deeply humiliated just by saying that much.

This was the biggest concession she could make!

She had no choice.

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