Chapter 1171 - 1213: Money from Selling a Daughter

Chapter 1171: Chapter 1213: Money from Selling a Daughter

Upon hearing this, Ling’s father smiled and asked, "So I just need to transfer you the total amount written here, right?"

Ling Shenglan nodded, "Yes! There’s a bank right downstairs from the hotel, just transfer the money directly to my card. With Huo Junmo’s extra million, there won’t be any problem!"

"...!" Upon hearing about Huo Junmo’s million, Ling’s father and Ling’s mother both had a change in their expressions, with a trace of reluctance and heartache flashing in their eyes. However, Ling’s father quickly composed himself, while Ling’s mother’s face turned completely dark.

Noticing their expressions, Ling Shenglan raised an eyebrow and asked, "What’s the matter? You can’t do it? Didn’t you agree to this before? Or are you having second thoughts? Planning to back out?"

Ling’s father gently tugged on Ling’s mother’s clothes and quickly denied, "No, no, we had agreed on this before, how could we back out!"

Ling Shenglan nodded in satisfaction, "That’s good! Then let’s go downstairs! After transferring the money to my card, we’ll sit down and have some tea together. In the evening, I’ll treat you to a meal, marking the first time us siblings reconcile. My treat!"

"Alright, let’s go! Let’s head downstairs!" Ling’s father responded with a smile, then forcefully pulled the unwilling Ling’s mother off the sofa, following Ling Shenglan out of the room, downstairs, and into a bank next to the hotel to process the transfer.

During the entire transfer process, Ling’s mother’s body and hands were trembling! Standing in front of the counter, she kept her hands in her pockets, refusing to take them out.

Seeing that Ling’s mother was reluctant to take out her bank card, Ling’s father, despite also being reluctant, urged her, "Hurry up! There are many people in line behind us! They’re starting to press us!"

Ling’s mother gave Ling’s father a resentful look, tightly holding the bank card, and slowly took it out from her pocket.

Seeing her persistent reluctance, Ling’s father simply snatched the card from her hand and handed it over to the bank staff at the counter.

Ling’s mother stood by the side, watching helplessly as over a million dollars were transferred from her card to Ling Shenglan’s card.

When the transfer was successful, Ling Shenglan glanced at the SMS notification on her phone indicating the success, a faint smile curved at the corners of her mouth, but the smile in her eyes slowly faded, replaced by a hint of coldness.

Knowing the transfer was complete, Ling’s mother’s eyes turned red, tears welling up but almost spilling over.

Ling’s father, holding the card that now felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, tried to maintain a smile and asked, "Shenglan, you’ve got your money, is everything okay now? You don’t hold a grudge against me anymore, right?"

Ling Shenglan looked at Ling’s father and said seriously, "Brother, it seems there’s still ten thousand missing!"

Ling’s father was stunned and confused, "What ten thousand? Didn’t we verify the amount earlier? It’s correct!"

"You forgot, when Yueyue was eighteen, you made her marry a lame man from the same village, didn’t you? Didn’t the lame man’s family give you a ten thousand dollar dowry? In the end, Yueyue paid it back with her work days and nights! So this money belongs to Yueyue, not to you. You should return it to Yueyue!" Ling Shenglan blinked and looked at Ling’s father, deliberately feigning innocence.

She brought this up only after ensuring the previous transfer was successful, just in case.

Frankly speaking, it was hard enough getting them to agree to return the money, that if they decided to recant over this ten thousand, turning hostile, she’d have to negotiate for who knows how long, and when she’d actually receive it was uncertain.

So she collected all the larger amounts first, then addressed this ten thousand issue with them.

If they gave it, they’d give it; even if they didn’t, she wouldn’t care that much. After all, compared to such a large sum, ten thousand was small.

She’d get the big money first, then slowly request the small amount! She absolutely wouldn’t let them take any advantage.

Seeing that Ling Shenglan was intending to take away the last ten thousand dollars, Ling’s mother finally couldn’t bear it anymore and shouted, "Ling Shenglan, don’t push it too far!"

Ling Shenglan raised her eyebrows, smirking sarcastically, "Too far? Sis-in-law, didn’t you say it wrong? This should be my line to you, shouldn’t it? Back then, Yueyue was only eighteen, yet you married her off to a lame man for a mere ten thousand dollars? Who’s really bullying who? You were only her aunt, didn’t give birth to her, didn’t raise her, by what right did you sell her to someone else? When you did this, weren’t you bullying her as just a child of eighteen?"

"Shenglan, this... this... how did you know... know about this...?" Ling’s father wanted to ask how Ling Shenglan found out about this, but when the words reached his lips, he couldn’t utter them.

Ling Shenglan sneered: "The truth comes to light sooner or later. Since you dared to act, why fear others finding out!"

"We... we...!" Ling Shenglan exposing the long-hidden secret left Ling’s father feeling extremely embarrassed.

Over the past twenty-one years, he had indeed done too many things that wronged his own sister! At times, he felt he couldn’t even face her.

Ling Shenglan, shifting away from her previous polite and gentle demeanor, now coldly stated, "There’s no need for explanations. I clearly understand what you were thinking when you did it back then! You thought I had abandoned Yueyue, that I had completely deserted her, which gave you the audacity to do such unscrupulous things! But did you ever consider that Yueyue was only eighteen back then! Even younger than our younger sister by a few months! If I were to sell our younger sister for ten thousand now, how would you feel? From beginning to end, all you thought about was money, never regarding Yueyue as a person! Since this ten thousand is Yueyue’s redemption money, as her uncle and aunt, you have no right to keep it! Return the money to me! Give it back, and we can still be siblings!"

On hearing Ling Shenglan’s words, Ling’s mother didn’t hesitate, grabbing the card in Ling’s father’s hand, putting it in her pocket, firmly declaring, "No, no, we won’t give it! This ten thousand is our last bit of money, it’s for our younger sister’s college tuition, we’ll never give it! We’ve already returned so much money to you, why can’t you let go of these ten thousand? How can you be so heartless, so merciless! Your daughter is in college, marrying into the rich, but you won’t leave anything for my daughter’s education, to help her succeed! Aren’t you also selfish?"

Ling Shenglan chuckled coldly, retaliating without mercy, "I’m selfish? You don’t have money to send your daughter to college because of your incompetence, but you have no right to use money from selling my daughter to pay for your daughter’s education! Knowing you’re incapable of supporting that many children, why did you have so many in the first place? Who do you have to blame?"