During the past few days of staying at the Ye family’s home, Ye Zhen gained a thorough understanding of the Ye family’s assets.

  No wonder they had to sell off their daughter. They only had a magnificent outer layer, the inside had been hollowed out. Without the Lu family’s support, they wouldn’t be able to last much longer.

  There were at least several hundred people employed by the Ye family’s company, but Father Ye had difficulty even gathering up five million yuan.

  Ye Zhen had left the Lu family too suddenly. She had only brought a few expensive pieces of jewelry with her. She needed the five million yuan from Father Ye. She didn’t want to have to live with great difficulty while abroad.

  At the dining table, Father Ye was trying to renegotiate with her again.

  “Zhenzhen ah, dad’s company is going through some difficulties lately. How about we do this? Dad will send you abroad first, then send you money each money. You won’t have to worry about money.”


  Ye Zhen didn’t want a monthly allowance that would put her under Father Ye’s control. If she couldn’t have total freedom, then there was no point in going abroad.

  Not having much of an appetite, she poked the rice in her bowl without much interest. “Dad, do you not even have five million yuan? When older sister graduated college, you bought her a sports car that was over five million yuan. If you really have no money, sell off older sister’s car. Anyways, older sister won’t drive that car again.”


  Before Father Ye could respond, Mother Ye immediately showed her displeasure. “No, you can’t do that. That’s Qingqing’s car. Even if you’re going to sell it, you need to get her approval first.”


  Mother Ye didn’t want to give her younger daughter the five million yuan. When she had initially agreed to it, it was just to stabilize Ye Zhen. In her opinion, it was laughably outrageous that Ye Zhen would ask five million yuan from her father.

  “Zhenzhen, mom doesn’t want to reproach you. But, why do you need five million yuan just for going abroad?”


  Was she burning a bridge with them?

  Ye Zhen scoffed, “Mom, what you’re saying isn’t right. It’s not fair of you to favor one child and discriminate against the other. If I hadn’t taken older sister’s place and married into the Lu family, the Ye family would already be bankrupt by now. Now, I’m just asking for five million yuan, and you’re making numerous excuses. If I had known this was going to happen, I wouldn’t have so easily agreed to switch places with older sister. I had millions of yuan in jewelry back at the Lu family’s villa!”


  Hearing Ye Zhen saying these words, Mother Ye was tempted, “Million of yuan…… in jewelry?”


  “Even though the Lu family doesn’t like me, they have to maintain outward appearances and couldn’t be too harsh to me. If they didn’t give me any decent jewelry to wear, it would be a disgrace to the Lu family.”


  Mother Ye meaningfully looked at Father Ye. Father Ye immediately understood. Smiling, he added a piece of braised pork to Ye Zhen’s bowl. “That’s just the way that your mom speaks. Don’t take her words seriously. Don’t worry, dad will definitely get the five million yuan for you.”


  Father Ye didn’t have the five million yuan to give her, but she had pointed out a path for him.

  As for how Father Ye would get the money, this wasn’t something she needed to be concerned about.

  However, looking at the braised pork in her bowl, she suddenly felt nauseous. The sound of uncontrollable heaving came up from her stomach to her throat.

  Ye Zhen covered her mouth and turned around. There was the sound of painful dry retching.

  Father Ye and Mother Ye looked at each other in dismay. Before Father Ye was able to react, Mother Ye, who had experienced pregnancy before, incredulously looked at Ye Zhen. “You’re not pregnant, right?!”


  Ye Zhen instinctively looked at her flat belly. Her mind was flooded with the memory of those numerous embarrassing to mention dreams. The tips of her ears immediately reddened.

  “You’re really pregnant?” Father Ye misunderstood Ye Zhen’s silence.

  Ye Zhen returned to her senses and said, “What on earth are you thinking? How can I be pregnant?”


  “But just now……”


  “I caught a cold in the past few days, so I’m not feeling well. That’s all.” The more that Ye Zhen thought about it, the more ridiculous she found her idea. She was still a virgin. How could she be pregnant?

  “When I married into the Lu family, Lu Beichuan was still in a coma. How could it be possible for me to shows signs of pregnancy a few days after he woke up?”