Chapter 1172 - 1214: Trap

Chapter 1172: Chapter 1214: Trap

Ling Shenglan looked provocatively at Ling’s mother, her tone unwavering.

She had long known that Ling’s mother would definitely make a fuss about this hundred thousand yuan! When that huge sum had gone out before, her heart was already bleeding, and now being asked to give up the last hundred thousand, she surely felt even more heartbroken.

This hundred thousand yuan was like the last straw that broke the camel’s back! It was also the final fuse; as soon as it was lit, all the anger Ling’s mother had held in would instantly explode.

Because of their quarrel, the staff in the bank had long turned their attention to them!

Some even moved to the closest position just to hear their argument more clearly, sitting with their ears perked to eavesdrop.

Ling’s mother couldn’t be bothered to pay them any mind, nor did she care how many people were in the bank. She just pointed at Ling Shenglan’s nose and shouted at the top of her voice, "You... how can you say that? Why did I have so many children? Wasn’t it to bear a son for the Ling Family? With family planning so strict back then, I lived a life of hiding and dodging to bear that son for you. Was it easy for me? And now you say this about me?"

Ling Shenglan snorted coldly, disdainfully saying, "What’s the difference between sons and daughters? Aren’t they all people? Are daughters not people? In my mind, there has never been any talk of preferring sons over daughters! What’s wrong with having a son? What’s wrong with having a daughter? My parents did have my brother, but what happened to him? Ever since he married you, this woman, does he even see me, his only sister, anymore? All his attention is poured onto you as a wife! I gave birth to Yueyue, Yueyue is a daughter, but she’s promising and capable, no worse than a man! From the start, no one forced you to have a son; it was you who insisted on having a son. Now you talk about how much suffering you endured having a son. I’m telling you, all the suffering you went through was brought upon yourself, nothing to do with anyone else! Now you’ve had so many children and can’t afford to raise them, that’s also your own doing!"

"You...!" Ling’s mother never expected Ling Shenglan to say this about her!

Back in the day, she ate so much bitterness to give birth to a son for the Ling Family! She thought she had meritorious service in the Ling Household!

She didn’t expect her achievements to become self-inflicted in Ling Shenglan’s eyes, serving her right.

Ling’s mother’s chest heaved in and out with anger, and without much thought, in her fury, she directly said, "My own doing? Can I be blamed for that? Blame your brother for being useless, not able to support the whole family! Ultimately, it’s because the Ling Family is useless that you now blame it on me!"

Ling Shenglan refused to back down at all, ignoring the gazes from surrounding people, and retorted powerfully, "Whether my brother is useful or not, it’s the man you chose for yourself! If you’re capable, go choose a useful man! Whether a man succeeds often depends on what kind of wife he marries! If you were a virtuous spouse, allowing my brother to focus on earning money without worries, handling household affairs well, my brother definitely wouldn’t be like this now! In the end, failing to marry a good man is your own fault, failing to set your man on the right path!"

Anyhow, things had escalated to this point, and she didn’t care anymore about saving face!

Moreover, if this matter blew up, the ones who’d lose face would be them, not her! The only thing she wanted now was to get all the money for Yueyue, then take this disgraceful father to court and have them get the punishment they deserved.

"You...!" Ling’s mother was so angry she couldn’t speak! She truly didn’t expect Ling Shenglan to be so sharp-tongued.

Back when she first married into the Ling Family, Ling Shenglan never made a sound, never retorted, no matter what she said! She even thought she was dull-tongued! But to think that when it came to arguing, she was this formidable!

Clearly, it was her own brother who was incompetent, yet she blamed it on her, the sister-in-law, saying she didn’t educate her man well.

It truly infuriated her!

"Shenglan...!" Seeing Ling’s mother distressed beyond words, Ling’s father looked at Ling Shenglan with a pleading glance.

Ling’s mother grabbed Ling’s father in front of her, face flushed with anger, and furiously said, "You tell me, say if it’s me bringing this on myself! Say, is it because I’m incompetent, you can’t feed your wife and kids? You tell your sister, without me in this house, you’d probably have starved to death a long time ago! Say it, say it... tell your sister...!" By the end, Ling’s mother was practically screaming.

She was truly driven mad by Ling Shenglan’s words! She had never seen anyone who was even better at making absurd arguments than her.

Ling Shenglan persistently said, "Everyone likes money, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but you should earn it through your own labor, not in the way you do, scheming all sorts to target those close to you, to prey on family! The way you obtain money is fraudulent, and it’s against the law!"

"Shenglan... I..." Ling’s father tried to tell Ling Shenglan to say less, but just as the words reached his lips, Ling Shenglan impatiently interrupted, "I’m not discussing whether you bring this upon yourselves or your competencies. I just want to tell you, if you don’t return the hundred thousand yuan from selling Yueyue to me, we will see each other in court! Anyway, there’s not much time left before the trial, and as long as I don’t withdraw the case, prepare to be in court! The whole village knew about you selling Yueyue; any random person could testify. In this matter, without a doubt, you’re in the wrong, and I’ll win one hundred percent! Whether the judge orders you to return the money or you voluntarily return it is up to you! Anyway, the hundred thousand yuan will come back to me sooner or later!"

"Wife...!" Hearing Ling Shenglan’s words, Ling’s father was shocked and quickly looked at Ling’s mother.

Before Ling’s father could speak, Ling’s mother decisively refused, "No, no, not giving it. Even if we go to court, I won’t give it! If you have the skill, take my life, because even if I die, I’ll hold on to the money!"

Ling’s father pleaded bitterly, "Wife, we’ve spent over a million, why go to court over this hundred thousand? Return it to Shenglan! What’s not ours is not ours; there’s no use in keeping it forcibly! Wife...!"

"If I’d known it would be like this, I wouldn’t have given her the million just now! This was deliberate on her part, offering a spoonful of sugar first to make me give up the money, then immediately turning her face to make me give even more money! It was a trap, premeditated by her! If I take the money out again, I’d be a fool!" At this point, Ling’s mother truly regretted it deeply, even to the point of having a stomach ache.