Flash Marriage: The Billionaire Addicted to Her-Chapter 531

The chaotic argument finally quieted down.

Jiang Bo knew very well that if he laid a hand on Tang Xi now, he would pay a steep legal price.

No matter if he had a justifiable reason today, once he acted, he would...

He had previously been jailed for domestic violence for several months and had only recently been released.

What life was like in there... Jiang Bo never wanted to experience it again for the rest of his life.

He sat across from Tang Xi, disheveled and shaking with anger. "I don’t care! You must compensate me for the years of my youth I’ve wasted on you."

"You’re asking me for compensation for your youth?" Tang Xi sneered.

Although the matter of the child was still unclear to her, she definitely wouldn’t believe the DNA test results Jiang Bo had brought. She would have a test done herself to determine the real situation.

Jiang Bo’s eyes were bloodshot. "Shouldn’t I seek compensation from you?"

"Should I?" Tang Xi retorted. "Jiang Bo, I’ve kept all the evidence of the suffering I endured during the years I spent with you."

"..."

"You want to ruin me? Rest assured, you and your mother will go to hell together!"

Seek compensation from her? She didn’t even have to think to know that the little money they’d received from the divorce had likely been gambled away by his mother. As for this paternity test, Tang Xi now suspected his mother had deliberately contrived it to blackmail her.

"You woman..." Jiang Bo gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with hatred.

Tang Xi cut him off. "The paternity test—that was your mother’s idea, wasn’t it?"

At her words, Jiang Bo’s breathing grew heavy.

Looking at Tang Xi, a flicker of guilt crossed his eyes.

Seeing Jiang Bo’s reaction, Tang Xi knew her guess was correct; it was that old woman again.

After becoming a mother, Tang Xi had once believed that no woman in the world could fail to love her own child. However, Jiang Bo’s mother had shown her that such unscrupulous mothers, who only recognized money, truly existed.

"Hah. Whatever the truth is, I’ll find out. But let me remind you, don’t even think about getting a single penny from me."

As far as she was concerned, whether the child was Jiang Bo’s or not, it had nothing to do with him. His family hoping to use the child as an excuse to extort her through various means? Even more impossible. Thanks to the lessons learned from the losses she’d suffered with Jiang Bo, Tang Xi had already paved her way abroad. If he thought her reputation could still be used to threaten her now, it only proved he’d remained stagnant while she had moved far, far ahead.

Jiang Bo stared. "..."

Hearing this, his breathing grew heavier again.

"You... I don’t believe you don’t care at all! I’m telling you, if the child isn’t mine, you must compensate me!"

"Dream on!"

Tang Xi’s attitude was firm as she stood up, unwilling to waste any more words on Jiang Bo.

Having dealt with this pair for years, Tang Xi knew all too well that one must never show weakness to this mother and son.

Once she showed weakness, she would be irretrievably torn apart by them, with nothing left.

Tang Xi walked away without another word.

Jiang Bo remained seated in the armchair, momentarily forgetting to react.

Clearly, he hadn’t expected Tang Xi to react this way, to be so resolute.

BUZZ. BUZZ. His phone vibrated.

Jiang Bo snapped back to reality and numbly answered, "Hello."

"Did you get the money?" came the voice of Jiang Bo’s mother, Zhao Li, from the other end.

Before Jiang Bo had gone to see Tang Xi, he and his mother had already discussed how much compensation they should demand for such a significant matter.

Moreover, during their planning, they had assumed that Tang Xi, faced with such a situation, would be willing to pay any price.

After all, she was a public figure; once such a scandal was exposed, her career would be utterly finished.

However, Jiang Bo now replied, "No!"

His tone was clearly dejected.

Zhao Li, on the other end of the line, was clearly stunned by his response. Her voice then rose sharply, "What did you say?"

She felt she must have misheard. How could Tang Xi refuse to pay over such a critical issue?

Jiang Bo closed his eyes. "You heard right. I didn’t get any money from her!"

"Why not?" Zhao Li cried, panicked.

Listening to her urgent tone, overwhelming pressure washed over Jiang Bo.

He was furious, and at the same time, utterly humiliated! Furious that the child Tang Xi had borne wasn’t his. Humiliated that he’d stooped to extorting money from a woman... After his divorce from Tang Xi, he still retained some small shred of conscience.

"Are you going to talk?" Zhao Li pressed when he remained silent, her anxiety mounting.

Jiang Bo finally said, "Her attitude was very firm. She said she couldn’t care less about her reputation and that you can do whatever you want."

"What? That’s impossible!" Zhao Li shrieked.

How could this be? Without her reputation, she’d have no way to make a living. Zhao Li refused to believe Tang Xi genuinely didn’t care.

"Was it you? You didn’t actually go to her, did you? Are you still hung up on her, that bitch—"

"Enough!"

Jiang Bo couldn’t bear it any longer and slammed the phone down.

His world fell silent. After the rage subsided, a crushing wave of despair washed over him. In that moment, he felt utterly helpless, utterly powerless. When he was with Tang Xi, they had been so happy together. Why had everything changed? He took a deep breath, hating Tang Xi, hating his own incompetence.