novelraw Chapter 24: She’s Not Yours to Judge
Chapter 24: She’s Not Yours to Judge
Half an hour later, in a café in the city center, Qian sat alone by the window, looking at the view outside.
Ni Jianren burst in with a nervous look on his face, glared at Qian, and charged over like a mad dog, seemingly ready to get physical, yet Qian remained calm.
It wasn’t until he got closer that she raised the photos in her hand. Ni Jianren saw the contents and his eyes widened.
If this thing gets out, both he and Li Zhen would be fired from their jobs.
"If you dare to lay a finger on me, I guarantee your photo will appear on the bulletin board at your workplace tomorrow, and I won’t hesitate to enlarge it."
"What do you want!" Ni Jianren roared.
Qian gestured at the seat, and Ni Jianren sat across from her, his hands slightly trembling. Only now did he realize that the woman he had always looked down upon now sat across from him, like an insurmountable mountain.
"To get the negatives back, I have two demands. First, annul the marriage contract, on the grounds that you have an infectious disease and don’t want to delay me," Qian said while stirring her drink with a straw.
Ni Jianren roared in anger.
"You’re the one with the infectious disease!"
Qian let out a "Oh," "Would you like me to tell my parents you’re gay?"
Ni Jianren could only sit back, gritting his teeth.
"Fine, I’ll tell your father in a bit, we’re not getting married."
This kind of woman, marrying her would be frightening. Annulment was fine; they hadn’t even had the formal ceremony yet, and the marriage promise was just verbal. Claiming to have an infectious disease was truly disgusting.
"Second demand, give me 50,000, exchange the money for the negatives."
"50,000?! Are you crazy!" Ni Jianren wanted to strangle this woman.
The current house prices in Q City are over 2000 per square meter, she’s asking for half a house!
"You can choose not to give it to me. You can maintain your rights through legal channels, report me, sue me, tell people I blackmailed you with photos, have me arrested! If you don’t care about your job or reputation, then do as you please!"
As Qian said these words, there was a deep sadness in her eyes that couldn’t be resolved.
How familiar these lines were. How did Ni Jianren call her back then?
He threatened her with this same tone, that if she didn’t pay the ransom, he would harm her daughter.
The tables have turned. Now she’s using almost the same method to get back at Ni Jianren. The anger and malice in his eyes were clearly reflected in hers.
"Chen Xiaoqian! Don’t go too far!" Ni Jianren remembered he had chosen someone who seemed honest, thinking she could be his scapegoat.
But when this woman became ruthless, her methods were too vicious!
"Am I going too far? Am I being excessive, or are you? If you didn’t provoke me, would I treat you this way?"
How shameless does a man have to be to marry a woman only to appease his family, even though he feels nothing for women?
Marriage is such an important matter for a woman. Even though she and Ni Jianren have never shared a bed, once the red marriage certificate turns into a green divorce certificate, she’s labeled as divorced.
At this time, society’s tolerance for divorced women was not strong. Everywhere she went, people would gossip, even if the divorce wasn’t her fault.
Ni Jianren now wished he could cut Qian into pieces, "I don’t have that much money."
"Your parents do. Aren’t you great at exploiting your parents? You had 50,000 for the bride price, but now no money for a ’heartfelt’ photo?"
"When do you want..." Ni Jianren asked through gritted teeth.
"Now, immediately."
"I need to go get it!"
"If you dare to do anything to me, the negatives will be released. Money for the negatives, understand?" Qian took a sip of tea and said calmly.
Ni Jianren seemed to mutter a curse, swearing as he left.
In fact, Ni Jianren had the money. His family gave him the marriage funds, but he was unwilling.
Being manipulated by a woman as a grown man, yet powerless to do anything, filled him with rage.
After leaving, Ni Jianren reluctantly called Li Zhen.
At that moment, Li Zhen was almost beaten to death by Yu Minglang.
"Cousin...you’ve been hitting me for half an hour, give it a rest..."
Damn it, if he didn’t know this cousin was not into women and had just returned from the military, Li Zhen would suspect Yu Minglang had something with that woman.
He’s hitting precisely in all the painful spots, clearly venting for that woman, and he might have to lie down for half a month. It hurts too much!
Hearing the phone ring, Yu Minglang walked over, checked the number on the phone.
Sweety...
Thinking of the "Zhou Zhirou" type that wanted to fraudulently marry him, Yu Minglang felt nauseous.
He pressed the speakerphone, and Ni Jianren’s tearful voice came through.
"Darling, that scapegoat, it’s gone too far~"
What happened to Qian? Yu Minglang became alert, and his voice raised slightly.
"What happened to her?"
Li Zhen was so scared, damn, looking at Yu Minglang speaking with his own voice, his back went cold!
Yu Minglang gave him a warning look, signaling him to shut up.
He had taken an elective course back then, about voice changing, and there wasn’t a second person who could master it like Yu Minglang.
"She’s using our photos to demand 50,000 yuan right now, what should we do, darling, if we don’t give it, she’ll release the photos!"
Yu Minglang frowned, this girl indeed deceived him.
She said once the engagement was annulled, she’d delete the photos, and now she’s even risking illegality?
"Darling, are you listening?"
"Transaction address," Yu Minglang asked.
After noting down the address, he hung up, and Li Zhen leaned in.
"Cousin, you saw it too, this woman is outrageous, quickly use your connections to get her arrested! This is extortion, this is blackmail, this is—ah!"
Before Li Zhen could finish speaking, he was punched again.
Yu Minglang withdrew his fist and said coldly, "In the future, don’t let me hear you say a single word against her. It’s not your place to talk about her."
"She’s a con artist—ah!" Li Zhen clutched the other side of his eye.
"Even if she did something wrong, it’s you bastards who forced her to!"
It was over, Yu Minglang was obsessed.
Yu Minglang walked out of the hotel, found his Jeep Cherokee, and headed straight to the location Ni Jianren mentioned.
Qian’s plan was actually perfect.
Once she got the money, she would immediately leave this place, take her admission letter straight to university, and then neither her despicable father nor these scumbags could find her. She would live the life she wanted, and she didn’t care about those scumbags at all.
But unexpectedly, her perfect plan went awry due to the involvement of a certain person.
When Qian saw Yu Minglang and Ni Jianren enter the café one after the other, it was like being doused in cold water.
What was Yu doing here?
Seeing him, Qian stood up, intending to leave, but it was too late!