The sound of the cup smashing against the door and then shattering on the floor startled Yin Fang, who was standing outside. Fearing that Wei Jin might do something drastic inside, she knocked even more fiercely.
"Jin'er, your father and I truly had no choice. If we had any other way, your mother wouldn't bear to sacrifice you."
"Stop pretending. If you didn't want to sacrifice me, you wouldn't have tricked me into coming back and then drugged my drink. Is this what parents do?"
For all these years, she hadn't even dated a boyfriend, all to entrust her life to Xin Ran. From the day she met him, she had fallen for him.
But now, she had lost her purity. How could she be with Xin Ran in the future?
"Jin'er, hurry and open the door. Mom is really worried about you."
No matter how much Yin Fang called from outside, Wei Jin inside remained silent.
At this moment, Wei Anguo, disturbed by the commotion from the study next door, came over to ask Yin Fang.
"What's wrong?"
Yin Fang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, tears streaming down her face.
"It's all your fault. If you hadn't come up with that terrible idea, would Jin'er be this heartbroken? You know her temper... This is pushing her to her death!"
"Stop crying. Let the servants get the spare key and open the door."
Hearing Wei Anguo's words, Yin Fang finally remembered the spare key and quickly instructed a servant.
"Quick, get me the spare key for this room."
When the servant brought the spare key, Yin Fang took it with trembling hands, opened the door, and called out anxiously.
"Jin'er..."
Wei Jin was standing on a chair, seemingly about to climb onto the windowsill. Yin Fang was startled and rushed to pull her down.
Wei Anguo was also shocked by Wei Jin's actions. He quickly went to close the window and then turned to look at her sternly, raising his hand to slap her.
"Are you crazy?"
"Lao Wei, why are you hitting her!"
Seeing Wei Jin being hit, Yin Fang quickly stepped forward to protect her, her heart breaking.
Wei Anguo's cheeks trembled with anger. He pointed at Wei Jin and scolded her.
"If I don't slap some sense into you today, who knows what foolish thing you'll do next. Over such a small matter, you want to die. I, Wei Anguo, don't have a daughter like you!"
Wei Jin's temper flared up. In her memory, Wei Anguo had always doted on her and never hit her. Now, he had laid hands on her.
Holding her stinging cheek, she roared at Wei Anguo with a flushed face.
"Then consider me dead as your daughter! Anyway, I think Wei Yumeng is more suitable to be your daughter!"
Wei Anguo raised his hand again, his face ashen.
"Today, I will beat you, you ungrateful wretch, to death!"
Yin Fang rushed forward and hugged Wei Anguo's waist, desperately blocking him.
"Lao Wei, if you beat her to death, I don't want to live either. She is our daughter! Besides, we truly wronged her."
Wei Anguo didn't want this either, but if he didn't do this, the company would collapse without Gao Dazhuang injecting new funds.
Just then, Wei Anguo's phone rang. He saw it was Gao Dazhuang calling and quickly gestured for Yin Fang and the others to be quiet.
He composed himself and said with a smile.
"President Gao."
"President Wei, the money has been transferred to your company's account."
"Thank you so much for your assistance, President Gao."
Gao Dazhuang sighed, "President Wei, don't thank me too quickly. I was also forced by Young Master Zhan. I had no choice."
Wei Anguo's expression at that moment could only be described as having eaten something foul.
His face twitched twice. He tried to smile but couldn't.
"Wh-what does this mean, President Gao? What does Zhan Mohan have to do with this?"
"You don't know yet? He's the one who told me to inject funds into your company, but the condition is that Wei Jin must be exchanged. And he insisted that I sleep with Wei Jin. Otherwise, my company will go bankrupt. President Wei, I'm telling you this because Wei Jin is quite pleasing to me. Please don't let this get out."
"Wh-what did you say?" Wei Anguo almost lost his footing. If Yin Fang hadn't quickly stepped forward to support him, he might have fallen.
Gao Dazhuang sighed regretfully, "President Wei, don't blame me. Last time, you didn't make it clear that Wei Yumeng was Madam Zhan, which almost got me into trouble. If I don't agree to Young Master Zhan's terms, I'll go bankrupt. Isn't this situation good? Your company can get this money to alleviate its immediate problems, and I won't go bankrupt."
Wei Anguo didn't know what to say. He suddenly felt like a fool, completely toyed with by a young man like Zhan Mohan.
He was even profusely grateful to Gao Dazhuang, only to realize in the end that he had been used.
He didn't know how the call ended. Yin Fang saw that he was absent-minded, his eyes vacant, and his emotions were unstable.
She tugged at Wei Anguo, "Lao Wei, what's wrong?"
Although Wei Jin had been throwing a tantrum, she saw Wei Anguo's unusual expression and became worried.
"Dad, what's wrong?"
Wei Anguo's hand trembled as he grasped Wei Jin's. Tears seemed to glisten in his cloudy eyes.
"I... we were tricked by Zhan Mohan."
He recounted the entire affair to Wei Jin and Yin Fang. The two of them were almost driven to despair.
Yin Fang even sat on the bed, repeatedly slapping her thigh.
"This damn Zhan Mohan, why is he so despicable? Where did we offend him?"
Wei Anguo gave a bitter smile, "How did we not offend him? Last time, you schemed against Yumeng. Even if he didn't like her, the Zhan family values face so much. If such an ugly affair were to spread, their Zhan family's reputation would be affected."
Even if not for Wei Yumeng, Zhan Mohan had to consider the Zhan family.
But Wei Jin didn't listen to any of this. She only knew that her predicament was all because of Wei Yumeng. If not for her, Zhan Mohan wouldn't have targeted the Wei family, and she wouldn't have been implicated.
The instigator of all this was Wei Yumeng.
She clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging into her palms, yet she felt no pain.
She vowed that she would make Wei Yumeng pay a terrible price.
Meanwhile, Wei Yumeng sneezed inexplicably. She rubbed her nose. Could someone be speaking ill of her?
Except for that one night, Zhan Mohan didn't restrict her freedom again. Instead, he allowed her to return to the company.
Due to the previous incident, she had taken several days off and couldn't continue to be absent.
Actually, Wei Yumeng was willing to go to the company. At least she wouldn't have to stay in the oppressive Zhan family all day.
She could also think of other ways to try and rescue Xin Ran.
The next day, as soon as she arrived at the company entrance, she saw a red banner hung there with large characters.
Wei Yumeng's private life is promiscuous, having affairs with strangers before marriage, and has had an abortion.
Her eyes widened in disbelief. Who hung this? Who put this up?
Her colleagues nearby pointed and whispered about her.
"I didn't expect her to look so obedient, but her private life is such a mess."
"Yeah, I said she looked so pale before. Turns out she had an abortion. She probably doesn't even know whose child it was."
"A woman like her will continue to find men. The single male colleagues in the company should be careful."
Those harsh words shot towards her like countless daggers, each word and sentence piercing her heart, causing her pain that made it difficult to breathe.
Who put these things up?
Suddenly, she heard applause from behind her.
"Do you like the gift I prepared for you?"