Watching Tan Shuya, who was almost on the verge of madness, Jiang Yingjie already vaguely sensed that something was wrong. He tried to make his tone more gentle and said, "Shuya, don’t let your jealousy not only swallow up yourself."

Tan Shuya said nothing, her face contorted with a somewhat fierce expression.

Jiang Yingjie walked right up to Tan Shuya’s side and continued, "Shuya, don’t forget, even if you can’t marry Lu Jingchen, you still have your father, you still have the Tan Family. Your family’s bank will be yours in the future. If you do this, not only will Lu Jingchen not marry you, but if people find out you did this, your future will be ruined. Everything you’re doing now is illegal, and Xu Qian’s brother is not likely to let you off easily..."

"There’s no retreat for me anymore." Without waiting for Jiang Yingjie to finish, Tan Shuya interrupted him and said directly, "This matter has no retreat for me."

Jiang Yingjie frowned but spoke, "Do you want the Tan Family to be buried along with you?"

Upon hearing this, Tan Shuya finally looked up at Jiang Yingjie, her gaze indifferent, but her voice firm, "That’s exactly what I’m thinking."

"Shuya, why?" Jiang Yingjie asked, puzzled.

"Do you think the Tan Family is still mine?" Tan Shuya’s face showed a mocking expression, and she continued, "Do you think my father has always pinned all his hopes on me and will pass the bank to me in the future?"

As she spoke, her sarcastic smile deepened, and she continued, "I used to think that way too, but not only was everyone wrong, even I was wrong. My father had given up on me long ago. The reason he treats me so well is because he thinks he could use me for an arranged marriage and bring greater benefits to the bank."

Jiang Yingjie’s brow furrowed, his face showed confusion. Looking at Tan Shuya, he felt a sudden ache in his heart and said, "Shuya, did you misunderstand something?"

"Misunderstand? I too hope I’m mistaken." Tan Shuya murmured, "My father has long had a son with another woman outside. Actually, I’ve known for a long time that he cheated behind my mom’s back. That son is only three years younger than me. If I hadn’t gone to the study to find him for something and overheard him telling his lawyer that all his shares would go to that little bastard, perhaps I would have continued pretending not to know. But he doesn’t give me anything; he gives everything to that little bastard..."

Jiang Yingjie was startled by Tan Shuya’s words.

These were things he didn’t know.

Tan Shuya didn’t care about Jiang Yingjie’s reaction and continued, "So everything I do, there’s no retreat anymore. If I succeed, I can marry Lu Jingchen and reclaim everything that should have been mine. If I fail... death is a small price, but it’s not bad if I can also bring down the Tan Family; at least I won’t go to hell alone..."

Jiang Yingjie didn’t know what to say anymore, because he knew that Tan Shuya was already obsessed, with cliffs on both sides leaving her no room to retreat; she had no choice left.

...

After the effects of the sedatives wore off, Song Qiao only felt her body recovering quite a bit, without the previous feeling of helplessness.

On the other hand, Xu Qian looked rather pale, with a few sickly looks. Her head wound, due to lack of timely treatment when the car accident occurred, suffered a heavy blow, so it wasn’t lightly injured and now seemed to be getting infected, appearing rather shocking.

Song Qiao sat beside Xu Qian directly, her face full of concern, and said, "Mom, how are you? Are you uncomfortable anywhere?"

Looking at Xu Qian’s forehead wound, she felt deeply distressed and just wanted to rush Xu Qian to the hospital for treatment, but she was also very aware of their situation now.

An City had already started to enter autumn. The weather was gradually cooling, and Xu Qian had gone out yesterday afternoon under a hot and sunny sky, but perhaps it was colder here, she had already started to catch a cold. If her forehead wound wasn’t treated soon, it might lead to fever.

Her spirits weren’t very good, but upon hearing Song Qiao’s words, she turned to look at her and forced a smile, saying, "I’m okay, don’t worry too much about me..."

"Mom, hang on." Song Qiao’s eyes reddened, and without much thought, she walked directly to the door, knocking forcefully and calling out, "Is there anyone? Is anyone outside?"

Soon, the sound of a key turning in the lock came, indicating someone was opening the door, and that person was probably guarding outside.

Song Qiao stepped back to let them open the door.

The door was opened, and Song Qiao immediately saw two men at the door with guns at their waists, looking rather vicious, immediately realizing that people had been watching her and Xu Qian.

The man looked at Song Qiao, his face full of coldness, and spoke unpleasantly, "Why are you shouting?"

Song Qiao pressed her lips and said, "My mother-in-law’s head is injured; can you give me some medicine? I want to treat her wound... If it’s not treated soon, it’ll get infected."

The man replied irritably, "You can’t protect yourselves right now, why worry?"

After saying this, his companion stepped forward, whispering to him, "The boss said that old woman has an unusual identity, can’t let her have an accident; we’ll still release her later, let’s give them some medicine..."

Upon hearing this, the man’s brow furrowed, his gaze falling on Xu Qian, half-conscious and weak, then said to Song Qiao, "Wait."

With that, he went out, closing the door behind him.

Song Qiao had heard what that man said about releasing Xu Qian later, which inwardly relieved her greatly.

If Xu Qian could leave safely, that would be good... as long as Xu Qian is safe, that’s all that matters; she was worried that something might happen to Xu Qian because of her.

Otherwise, if something happens to Xu Qian, not only would she not be able to explain to Lu Jingchen, but she would also be blaming herself for a lifetime.

Although she didn’t know if she could survive, at least she knew Xu Qian would soon be alright.