The Billionaire's Hidden Affection-Chapter 434 - 431: Beat Some More, Thousands of Yuan 13_1
It was at that moment that her aunt and a middle-aged man walked in. Her aunt snorted coldly without saying a word. The middle-aged man stepped forward and presented her with a lawyer’s letter. He was rather polite and said, "Miss Yan, I assume? I am Lawyer Wang, representing my clients, Aunt Huang and Yang Wei, in claiming damages from you. Please take a look at these terms. If you have no objections, we could first discuss a private settlement..."
Medical bills, compensation for emotional distress, fright, and missed meals... All sorts of staggering expenses were listed.
"Before that, Miss Yan, you will have to pay an upfront medical expense of 50,000. This must be credited today. Otherwise, the hospital will stop administering medication from tomorrow, and my clients will suffer even greater harm. If you fail to pay on time, we will be left with no choice but to press charges for intentional harm..."
Xu Xiaoya was shocked and immediately responded, "I’ll pay. I’ll pay right away."
Her aunt snorted and left arrogantly with the lawyer.
Xu Xiaoya had already rushed off to the hospital to handle the payments. Yan Xixi was left alone in the office. She didn’t feel like doing anything. She simply locked the door, lay down on the sofa, and was as still as death.
Life is like fate. When you are disliked by your loved one, you’re always abandoned by your friends.
Looking around, she truly had no one to depend on.
Huang Xiaojue had left her. Wan Donglin had gone to Ruo City. Even that uncouth stranger she knew online hadn’t contacted her for a long time.
His last message, sent a week ago, read: "I’m getting married! I’ve been so happy these past few days because my girlfriend, who I’d been separated from for three years, agreed to come back and marry me. The factory she worked at in East City closed down due to the financial crisis. Congratulate me, everyone!"
After that, there was no further word from him.
Suddenly, unable to hold back, she sent a voice message, her words barely audible through her sobs, "They hit me... They hit me... I don’t know what to do..."
There was no reply. She received no further word by the end of the workday.
That night, both women suffered from insomnia. They curled up on the sofa, neither wanting to lie in bed.
Xu Xiaoya looked distressed. "Xixi, what can we do if things keep going like this? Are we really going to be endlessly blackmailed by Huang Xiaojue’s relatives? What the hell is all this?"
She hugged her knees tightly, her face remarkably pale. Even a con artist, when faced with such shamelessness, would be caught off guard.
What was more ridiculous was that this woman was a close relative of the man she had once loved most—almost her mother-in-law. Besides one’s own family, who else could hurt you so unscrupulously?
"They’re not only demanding reimbursement for medical expenses but also compensation for other losses! Clearly, they see we have no connections, no influence. Oh, if only we had a lot of relatives living nearby. Unfortunately, my hometown is far away. Sigh, never mind, I can’t count on my relatives and friends there anyway. If they knew I was in trouble, they’d probably be the first to kick me while I’m down..."
Yan Xixi thought, I don’t even have any relatives who *could* kick me when I’m down.
"Sigh, we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. Let’s talk about it tomorrow. Xixi, go get some rest. We need to keep our spirits up for tomorrow."
Xu Xiaoya handed her a cup of warm milk. She drank it in one gulp and fell asleep. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
「At that moment」
Wan Donglin had just emerged from a conference room. It was a very important secret meeting held on a small island in the ocean. Almost all the attendees were influential figures capable of determining the year’s economic trends, including financial titans from Peace Street.
