Chapter 002, Proposing Exorbitant Terms

In this world, there is nothing more heartbreaking than being schemed against by one's own parents!

Weilan's hope completely died, and she looked at her father, "Dad, I never expected that you would be part of those scheming against me!"

Shen Tianming did not look at his daughter, "Weilan, consider it a debt that Dad owes you, I will make it up to you for your sacrifice in the future!"

"I don't want any compensation, I refuse! Count me out!" Weilan turned and went upstairs, unable to face her parents who had never been fair to her.

At that moment, her heart was utterly broken.

Back in her room, Weilan quickly gathered the few little belongings she had, shouldered her bag, and took her suitcase downstairs.

She wanted to leave this place, the Shen Family, that suffocated her!

"Where are you going?" Shen Tianming's brow furrowed in displeasure.

"Leaving this place!" Weilan said, head down as she walked out.

Shen Tianming grabbed the strap of her bag with one hand, and with a "whoosh," the bag fell, scattering the contents on the floor.

Weilan paused, her gaze fixed on her scant belongings now strewn across the floor, and stopped for a moment, eyes brimming with a numb bitterness.

Her father's voice rose again, "Weilan, Dad knows you're very hurt inside. It's true that we've wronged you today, but you have no choice now!"

Weilan ignored her father, crouched down, and began picking up her things from the floor—those were gifts from her foster parents and brother, inexpensive but priceless in sentiment.

"Weilan, if you refuse to marry, Big Brother Qiao will continue to be imprisoned! I can promise you that if you marry, Dad will pull some strings, and Big Brother Qiao will soon be released with a reduced sentence!"

Weilan's eyes tightened. The Qiao Family was where she had lived for fifteen years and had provided her with memories warm beyond measure.

Using Big Brother Qiao's situation as a threat, her parents really had found her weak spot!

Indeed, it was very effective.

She took a deep breath!

They schemed against her—did they really think she was so easy to bully?

The marriage certificate was issued; she could not change the fact that she had been tricked into marriage, so if that was the case, she would also fight back once and let everyone know that she was not so weak and vulnerable.

Having made up her mind, Weilan put away the sorrow from her face, her expression turned indifferent, and she said to her father, "Fine, your threat works, but if you want me to marry the spirit tablet of Lu Hechen, I have my conditions!"

"What conditions? Just say it," Shen Tianming, unaware of Weilan's thoughts, instantly smiled, thinking the matter was settled.

"I want all of Lu Hechen's shares from before he died. It is rumored outside that Lu Hechen's shares in the Lu Family were thirty-five percent of Lu-Shi!

Shen Tianming was startled. "That's an astronomical price!"

Weilan chuckled lightly, her eyes filled with sarcasm, "Dad, my youth is priceless. Thirty-five percent for me is still cheap!"

"That's a fortune worth hundreds of billions!" Shen Tianming exclaimed.

"Oh?" Weilan raised her eyebrows slightly and chuckled, "Dad, I'm not discussing, I also want twenty-five percent of the Shen Family's shares! My youth in exchange for your future glory and wealth, it's worth it for you!"

"No way. You're asking for the moon!" Mrs. Shen immediately shrieked!

Weilan did not insist, "If you're not willing, forget it! Tomorrow at noon, I'll hold a press conference and ask how I got married without being present at the civil affairs bureau to press my fingerprints and sign, and where is my groom?"

After she finished speaking, she pulled her suitcase and walked out!

As of today, she had understood that in the Shen Family, there was no kinship left for her!

They schemed against her, but she was not going to endure it meekly and submissively.

Weilan shouldered her bag and carried her suitcase, not forgetting to pick up the marriage certificate—that was evidence!

She wasn't stupid!

She had to take it with her!

Moving straight out, her father Shen Tianming called out from behind, "Fine, I, on behalf of the Lu Family, agree to your conditions!"