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Chapter 174 - 174 174 The Extortion Texts Are Back Again
Chapter 174 - 174 174 The Extortion Texts Are Back Again
?Chapter 174: Chapter 174 The Extortion Texts Are Back Again Chapter 174: Chapter 174 The Extortion Texts Are Back Again Wen Nianyou disdainfully pushed away Lin Yueqin’s hand, “Get out! Who allowed you to touch me? Let me tell you, if you don’t deal with Lin Chuyi, don’t think about working as a servant in our house anymore, I’ll fire you!”
Lin Yueqin’s face stiffened, her chest heaving violently. Lady Wen had never mentioned firing her, yet her own daughter was threatening to fire her, which truly chilled her to the bone.
But after a moment, she suppressed her anger again, “How do you plan to deal with her? You surely can’t be thinking of killing her? If she dies, the police will definitely investigate thoroughly, and then her true identity won’t remain hidden.”
Wen Nianyou was extremely irritated, “I was just speaking hypothetically, of course she can’t die! How can you be so stupid!”
Apart from the fact that the police investigation into her cause of death could expose Ye Chuyi’s identity, what was more important was that she wanted to crush Ye Chuyi underfoot severely, to see Ye Chuyi living in agony was what she truly wanted.
“She must be living too comfortably now, being a secret lover for two men. It’s bad enough that she has money to spend, but she’s also become incredibly arrogant, no longer the pitiable figure that I used to manipulate when we were younger.”
Wen Nianyou’s teeth were nearly clenched to breaking, “Men are so unreliable. If Sheng Tingyuan and Cong Ningyuan can find Lin Chuyi to be their lover, they could also find someone else. They’re just after something new, and if anything fresher comes along, Lin Chuyi will definitely be discarded!”
Unable to help herself, Lin Yueqin asked, “What are you planning to do? You’re not considering becoming their lover, are you?”
Wen Nianyou rolled her eyes, “Do you think I’m an idiot? Why would I choose to be someone’s mistress when I could be the young Madam of the Qi Family? Do you think I’m like Lin Chuyi, that lowly thing? I’m the precious daughter of the Wen Family, how could I stoop so low?”
“Then who do you plan to have take that little beast’s spot as their lover?”
“I haven’t been idle lately, I’ve been busy finding people to dig up dirt on Sheng Tingyuan and Cong Ningyuan’s private lives. Cong Ningyuan is a workaholic, always in meetings or organizing various dinner parties to maintain relationships. I haven’t figured out his preferences in women just yet.”
Wen Nianyou actually wanted to conquer Cong Ningyuan the most, but unfortunately, Cong Ningyuan was too clean, with no scandals or bad habits, and he seemed to have little interest in women, focused solely on making his Jungle Pharmaceutical number one in the industry.
She had been digging in to Cong Ningyuan’s private life for a month now and hadn’t unearthed anything; she didn’t even understand how Ye Chuyi managed to win Cong Ningyuan over.
“However, it seems there’s a vulnerability with Sheng Tingyuan that I could exploit.”
Lin Yueqin quickly asked, “What vulnerability? Can I be of help? Or let Shi Youjin help, he was quite useful last time getting you that invitation.”
“Pfft, what help could you guys possibly offer me? Just don’t hold me back! There’s someone who can help me with this.”
Wen Nianyou said dismissively, standing up to leave.
Before she could leave, her phone buzzed. A message caught her eye: “The five million you paid is too late and doesn’t count. Give me another ten million as hush money, or I’ll spill your secret.”
Wen Nianyou’s pupils contracted sharply, she gripped her phone tightly, and abruptly looked outside.
Outside, the housemaid was collecting the dried sheets and covers, and the gardener was pruning the flowers. Everything seemed normal as if the person extorting her had no connection to the household.
But Wen Nianyou still found them all very suspicious.
After all, the only place she had spoken about her identity issue with Lin Yueqin was at home. She never mentioned it outside, so it was impossible for outsiders to know the secret, let alone extort her for it.
Seeing her halt in her steps and her complexion turn ugly, Lin Yueqin hurried forward, “What’s wrong?”
“The person who’s blackmailing me sent another message, now they want ten million,” Wen Nianyou disclosed.
“What?! But didn’t you already pay five million? Why do they still want more?”
“Hmph! It’s like a bottomless pit. This person has something on me and of course, they want to bleed me dry. They tasted sweet success with the five million!”
“What can be done about this? Do you have ten million?”
“I do, but I’m afraid if I give ten million now, they’ll later demand twenty or thirty million,” she mused.