Chapter 1052: Substitute

Yin Tao gripped her phone even tighter.

Somehow, she wanted to maintain some dignity in front of Yaen Chi, but a chill ran through her body, making even her lip-biting tremble.

Turning her back, she softly asked, “Dad, is our family going bankrupt?”

“Why ask!

It’s all your fault!

I can’t even recover our assets now.

The money’s gone, and we’re in debt.

You troublemaker, are you going to ruin your brother’s inheritance?”

Yin Tao’s face turned pale, and her breathing was uneven, nearly suffocating.

It’s all blame!

She never had a share in the family business.

From childhood to adulthood, her pocket money never matched a fraction of her brother’s.

While he enjoyed a life of luxury, she had to work early, constantly being warned to find someone to marry soon, preferably bringing some money back to the family, without sharing the inheritance.

She was aware of the family’s preference for boys, so at the age of ten, she secretly obtained some medicine and put it in her brother’s drink, causing him lifelong infertility.

Yin Tao never felt guilty, only a sense of satisfaction from revenge.

Initially, she thought connecting with Yaen Chi would allow her to marry into a wealthy family.

But who knew Yaen Chi only had a reputation; in private, he never even touched her.

Now, marrying him was hopeless, but she would never let her family use her as a springboard for cozying up to Yaen Chi!

With this in mind, she hung up the phone and, holding her breath, walked up to Yaen Chi and suddenly knelt down.

“Oh.”

Yaen Chi glanced at her, squinting, “What’s this?”

“I…

I was wrong, I can go and apologize to Miss Ye, but could you not take back the gift you gave me?

I…

I’ve been abandoned by my family, they don’t like me, please, I’m begging you, show mercy and let me off, I’ll leave Rongcheng City and never come back here again, I’m begging you…”

Yaen Chi raised an eyebrow in surprise.

Actually, he wasn’t really surprised.

No matter how well Yin Tao disguised herself, he could still see through some of her nature; it was just a woman making some fuss.

But when she messed with Ye Wanting, she truly crossed his line.

Yin Tao didn’t hear him speak, her heart was pounding, she quickly said, “Or, or let Miss Ye hit me to vent her anger, okay?”

Yaen Chi furrowed his brows.

Suddenly, he felt weary.

Why was he troubling a woman here, making such a fuss over something that could be resolved with a few words?

“Enough, I never planned to take back the gift I gave you, but the family assets, I want them; as for Wanting—”

Yaen Chi took a harsh drag on his cigarette, “Go find her and apologize.

If she refuses to see you, then just scram far away.”

“Okay, I agree!

I’ll, I’ll go find her right now.”

“Go tomorrow!”

Yin Tao got up, barely standing, when Yaen Chi called her back.

She felt a sharp pain in her heart.

Even though she loved money so much, she increasingly realized that this man had no affection for her, and that still hurt.

Afterwards, Yaen Chi had nothing more to say to her.

Yin Tao didn’t know what possessed her and insisted on asking, “Is it because I resemble her that you were with me in the first place?”

Yaen Chi had already reached the elevator.

He turned slightly, his chiseled jawline reflected in the elevator door.

He removed the cigarette from his lips and said plainly, “If you know it already, why ask and humiliate yourself?”

“…”

Yin Tao bit her lip hard, burning with jealousy deep inside, yet no tears came.