Before he died, my grandfather forced me to marry the richest man in the capital.

Around noon, Su Xue came downstairs in her loose pajamas, rubbing her eyes. When she saw her best friend downstairs, she thought she was seeing things.

She sped downstairs much faster, skipping and hopping to her best friend's side. "When did you get here? Why didn't you wake me up?"

When Su's mother went to the kitchen to instruct the children on their meals, Tang Junyao had already heard from Xiaocaozi about the general events of Su's mother beating Su Xue that morning. Although Xiaocaozi's description was not very easy to understand, Tang Junyao still comprehended it.

He then said with a smile, "I'm afraid your golden core will be damaged."

Su Xue could easily tell from her best friend's teasing, "You're just gloating over my misfortune. I'm lucky to have escaped this ordeal. I was running myself to death this morning, it was like a marathon."

Tang Junyao smiled with a look of schadenfreude, but also with a hint of envy.

After having dinner at the Su family's house, I took Xiaoyouzi home early. Perhaps because I had a high fever last night, I was a little tired after taking care of Xiaoyouzi all day.

It was already past 7 o'clock when I got back to Yixinyuan. After giving my son a bath and putting him to sleep, and finishing all the usual things to do in the evening, it was almost 8 o'clock. Time flew by.

After watching Xiaoyouzi sleeping for a while, a hint of happiness appeared on her face. If Ji Hancheng changed his mind and wanted to fight her for their son, she would fight him to the bitter end.

The phone rang at an inopportune moment. When she saw the caller ID, her happiness vanished instantly. It was Tang Xin calling. She turned it off, not thinking that he could have anything good to ask her for, so she simply ignored him. But the phone kept ringing relentlessly.

She put on her coat in a bad mood, gently pushed open the balcony door, then closed it again, and swiped the screen to answer the phone. "What's up?" she asked, not bothering to address him by name, not even bothering to call him Tang Xin.

Tang Xin was furious, his voice high, "Why didn't you say hello when you came back?" This made Tang Junyao feel that she needed his permission to come back.

She scoffed, "Mr. Tang, it's been two years, and you still haven't cured your brain. How big is your face? When I get back, I'll tell you, is it any of your business? If you want to support the king, go to the zoo and fight with the tiger."

There's really no way to talk to this kind of person. At this moment, she regretted not just blocking him. There's nothing to talk about anyway, what a waste of electricity.

Tang Xin's tone softened a bit. He didn't grumble because of his daughter's tone and got straight to the point, "Transfer 500 million to me."

Upon hearing this, Tang Junyao laughed outrageously, her voice quite loud. She really wanted to perform brain surgery on him. "Mr. Tang, are you sure you haven't dialed the wrong number? I am Tang Junyao, not your Tang Junting. Why don't you go find your own biological daughter, but instead come looking for me, an abandoned daughter?"

Tang Xin had only heard about it a few days ago from someone else. They said that Tang Junyao had returned and was staying at Yixinyuan. He knew how expensive the houses in Yixinyuan were. He figured that this rebellious girl had made a fortune. He had been losing a lot of money lately due to bad luck, so he planned to ask her for some money. For her, 500 million yuan should be a small amount to afford such an expensive house.

The company has now been taken over by a mysterious person, and he only has 10% of the shares. If he can't get the money to pay off his gambling debts, he's afraid he'll lose even that 10%, and then he'll be finished.

Upon hearing that she didn't want to give it, Tang Xin raised his voice even higher, completely losing his previous gentleness, "Tang Junyao, you'd better give me the money. I know you have a daughter and a son. If you don't want anything to happen to them, you'd better think about it..."

The child is her bottom line. Tang Xin can threaten her, but he can't use the child as a bargaining chip. That will only anger her, let alone get her to give him money.

She wouldn't show the slightest fear in front of Tang Xin. "Then let's see who dies first, you or me. I bet you'll die before me, because you're asking for it."

Before Tang Xin could even speak, she had already hung up the phone. She was a little annoyed, but it would be a lie to say she wasn't worried. After all, Tang Xin was the kind of person who could do anything. Just in case, she sent a message to Su Xue: "Xiao Xue recently told Auntie not to take Xiao Cao Mei out. Tang Xin asked me for money, but I didn't agree. I'm afraid he'll lose his temper and use the child against me."

Upon receiving the message, Su Xue was furious and replied instantly, "Is he crazy? He wouldn't even spare the child, and he's asking you how much money you want."

Tang Junyao: "500 million, I guess they found out where I live and thought I bought the house."

Su Xue: "Don't give it to him. He's a bottomless pit. Once he does it once, he'll do it countless times. I'll tell my mom to be careful, Yueyue. Don't worry."

Tang Junyao: "Okay, I'm sorry to have dragged you into this again."

Su Xue sent an angry emoji and added, "Can't we just have a pleasant chat? Are you trying to drown our friendship?"

Tang Junyao replied with a surrender emoji and then sent an "I was wrong" emoji before Su Xue let her go.

As she turned to go back to her room, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure on the balcony of the next building. He was wearing dark blue pajamas and leaning against the balcony railing, smoking. The thin mist blurred his features, but the balcony light was on, forcing her to admit that it was Ji Hancheng.

How come she didn't know this person was living next door? No wonder she'd run into him several times in the neighborhood, and today he was even playing with Xiaoyouzi.

Ji Hancheng stayed on the balcony all night, so he saw everything she did. His eyes turned cold, but when they met, he nodded slightly, maintaining his usual aloofness, as if Tang Junyao was overthinking things.

Tang Junyao didn't know what this person meant, but given the Ji family's wealth, it wasn't surprising that they owned houses in every neighborhood, and it was understandable. She didn't nod to him and directly pushed open the balcony door to enter the room.

Watching her departing figure, her gentle expression instantly darkened. She went into her room, took out another cigarette, put it in her mouth, unlocked her phone, and called Xu Mingkai. "Check Tang Xin's recent whereabouts."

Upon receiving the order, Xu Mingkai on the other end of the phone immediately replied, "Okay, Young Master Ji, I've recently heard that Tang Xin has developed a gambling addiction. I'll look into the details."

"Um."

The next morning, the property management staff rushed to Tang Junyao's door.

Aunt Zhang opened the door. "Who are you looking for?"

The property management staff seemed a bit anxious. "Is Ms. Tang here? We urgently need to speak with her."

"Wait a minute, I'll go call her." Just as she was about to knock, the door to the master bedroom opened. "Is Auntie looking for me?"

Aunt Zhang nodded

When the property management staff saw Tang Junyao come out, they hurriedly said, "Ms. Tang, you should go down and check right away. There's a man claiming to be your father causing a scene at the gate for an hour, insisting that you owe him money. This is a high-end community; everyone living here is..."

Tang Junyao understood what the property management meant. This community had a very good reputation, whether it was management, security, or service. Otherwise, her brother wouldn't have helped her buy a house here. "Okay, I'll go over now."

Upon hearing that it was Tang Xin, Aunt Zhang tensed up and grabbed Tang Junyao, who was about to leave, saying with concern, "Miss, if you call Baihu, I'm afraid..."

She turned around and patted Aunt Zhang's hand to comfort her, "It's okay, he can't do anything to me, and he can't take advantage of me. Even if I had money, I wouldn't give it to him."

Donating to charity would be better than giving it to Tang Xin.

Seeing that Aunt Zhang was still worried, she said, "It's really nothing. There's still the White Tiger here; he can't hurt me."

Aunt Zhang's tense expression remained unchanged. She had worked in the mansion her whole life and knew all too well what Tang Xin had done. How could she not worry? He had no bottom line! This was no father; he was an enemy. If it weren't for the old man protecting her, where would the young lady be today?

What a tragedy! How could such a kind person like Miss have such a father?