Today was the deadline for Ye Zhenting to repay his loan.

  With a knife on his neck, Ye Zhenting was in a desperate situation. He didn’t dare to delay. He fooled the loan sharks to go to Ye Zhen’s company with him. He didn’t go into the office and waited in the underground parking lot instead.

  No amount of additional courage would let Ye Zhenting dare to go look for Ye Zhen in her office. He knew very well that if he dared to go to her office to look for her, with Ye Zhen’s character, she would have security guards drag him out. She wouldn’t give him the slightest bit of face.

  Losing face was inconsequential, but he would be in grave danger if his lie to the loan sharks was exposed.

  He had hemmed and hawed and covered up the real reason by saying Ye Zhen asked him to wait in the parking lot for her. The loan sharks were patient. They waited with Ye Zhenting all the way until late at night. It was only then that they saw Ye Zhen walking out of the elevator unhurriedly. She had been working overtime today.

  Ye Zhenting got into Ye Zhen’s car while the loan sharks waited outside. They didn’t know what those two said inside the car. Ye Zhenting told them to follow Ye Zhen’s car, and the group muddle-headed followed Ye Zhen’s car out of the parking lot.

  After getting the call from his boss, the loan shark realized that Ye Zhenting, that old weasel, had used them to kidnap Ye Zhen!

  The man had been severely scolded by his boss, and he hadn’t dared to respond during the call. After promising that Ye Zhen wouldn’t come to the slightest harm, he ended the call.

  He looked at Ye Zhenting in a far less friendly look. He had thought his daughter was willingly giving him money. He hadn’t expected that Ye Zhenting was using them to coerce her.

  It was one thing if he used coercion. As loan sharks, they used shady methods to urge people to repay their debts. As long as they could get the money, they could easily agree to do anything.

  However, how could he have foreseen that Mrs. Lu was someone that they shouldn’t touch?

  Not only that, they had to ensure that no harm came to her. Otherwise, they were doomed.

  Ye Zhenting was still totally unaware. After pouring Ye Zhen a cup of coffee, he tried to persuade her in a quiet voice. He tried to touch her heart with fatherly love.

  “Zhenzhen, Dad knows that he ignored you since childhood, but that’s because Dad didn’t have any other options. Think about it. If Dad wasn’t working hard to earn money when you were a child, would you be able to grow up without worries?”


  Ye Zhen had the freedom to move around and say whatever she wanted, but it couldn’t be ignored that this was still fundamentally a kidnapping. She listened to Ye Zhenting talking and didn’t say a word.

  “I know that you’re harboring a grudge. You think we’re unfair. That’s true! It’s true that your mom is biased towards Ye Qing, but think about it carefully, are all those years of love and cherishment from us fake? The same blood flows in me and you. We raised you for over 20 years. How can the parent-child relationship that’s based on the affection and kindness we gave to you for so long be so easily broken? Right?”


  Ye Zhen lightly looked up from the coffee and coldly looked at Ye Zhenting. There wasn’t much emotion on her face. Her pitch-black eyes were cold and imposing. There wasn’t the slightest trace of a smile on her face.

  Under this extremely cold gaze, Ye Zhenting felt uncomfortable and shivered. He thought that perhaps it was due to the temperature or maybe it was because his clothes were thick enough.

  “Zhenzhen, do you remember when you got sick when you were 10 years old? You called Dad. That night, Dad drove for five hours to get home. Dad drove you to the hospital. Dad put down his work and stayed by your side for a whole day without sleeping. Although Dad was busy with work, Dad always put down his work and immediately returned to your side to take care of you when something came up. You’re Dad’s daughter. When your mom was pregnant with you, Dad was looking forward to your birth all the time. We share the same blood. How can you be so heartless to Dad?”


  Ye Zhenting talked in that lowered voice until he was hoarse, but Ye Zhen wasn’t moved at all.