She took out a tiny hidden camera hanging on her chest and fiddled with it for a moment. Immediately, all the audio they had just recorded played back out loud.
This time, even Old Madam Lin’s face turned pale.
“Xia Sisi, what are you trying to do?! You secretly recorded us?!”
Lin Xinran instantly rushed forward to snatch it.
But Xia Sisi kicked her directly in the leg, sending her sprawling face-first onto the floor.
“With that little body of yours, stop showing off in front of me. Go stand quietly to the side.”
Lin Xinran glared at Xia Sisi viciously, gritting her teeth tightly.
Xia Sisi couldn’t be bothered with her and instead looked at Old Madam Lin.
“I want the trust fund shares my parents left for me! I want to cancel the engagement! I want absolutely nothing more to do with Lin Yi—that despicable cheating bastard!”
“Otherwise, the thing in my hand can completely ruin the reputation of your Lin family.”
Old Madam Lin had only been one part of Xia Sisi’s plan.
First courtesy, then force—that was Xia Sisi’s method.
“You still want the trust fund shares?! You… those belong to our Lin family!”
Lin Yi suddenly shouted. Forgetting the humiliating situation he was in, he lunged forward, trying to snatch the camera from Xia Sisi’s hands.
But Xia Sisi’s recent training hadn’t been for nothing. Against a weak pretty boy like Lin Yi, she had no trouble at all.
She sidestepped and kicked him straight in the knee, instantly forcing him into a kneeling position in front of Old Madam Lin.
The only problem was that Lin Yi still wasn’t wearing anything, so the sight of him kneeling completely naked in front of both Old Madam Lin and Lin Xinran was honestly hilarious.
Lin Xinran screamed and covered her face as she ran out.
Xia Sisi rolled her eyes.
So inexperienced. After the apocalypse, there would be countless people without enough clothes to wear. If she screamed every time she saw one, wouldn’t she die from exhaustion?
Old Madam Lin trembled with anger, pointing at Xia Sisi.
“Xia Sisi, you… what exactly do you want?”
Xia Sisi pursed her lips, thinking the old woman really wasn’t very smart. She had already clearly said what she wanted just now.
Hadn’t she heard it?
So Xia Sisi repeated herself again. Old Madam Lin stared at her, fury written all over her face.
But Xia Sisi knew she was thinking it over.
“Grandma Lin, today’s matter can’t simply be brushed aside. You can clearly see your grandson’s heart was never with me. A forced melon is never sweet. And I also hold evidence tied to the reputation of your Lin family. Do you really want things to end in mutual destruction? This recording is connected to the internet. During all this time, I already uploaded it to my cloud storage. Even if you seize or destroy this device now, it’s meaningless. You’ll only make an enemy of me.”
Xia Sisi no longer wanted to waste words and directly laid out her final card.
Lin Yi scrambled up from the floor and hurriedly ran to put on clothes, looking utterly pathetic.
Old Madam Lin stared at Xia Sisi.
“The trust fund shares probably can’t all be given back to you. After all, our Lin family spent many years managing them.”
“I know. Give me five million, and this matter will be settled.”
Those stocks and funds were worth at least ten million!
By asking for five million, Xia Sisi was already letting the Lin family take advantage.
But those stocks and funds would take time to liquidate anyway. The Lin family would never hand them over easily.
It was far more practical to take the five million in cash and stockpile supplies.
Sure enough, delight appeared on both Old Madam Lin’s and Lin Yi’s faces.
“Right now. Immediately. Transfer it to me. Don’t make me regret this. Don’t tell me your Lin family can’t even come up with five million.”
Xia Sisi looked at them and spoke word by word.
Old Madam Lin stared coldly at Xia Sisi.
“What if we give you the money and you still release the video afterward?”
“We can sign an agreement. I can even record a video statement as evidence for you. If I release it afterward, you can pursue any responsibility against me—even send me to prison.”
And just like that, the marriage arrangement between Xia Sisi and the Lin family was completely dissolved.
Old Madam Lin made several phone calls, and soon five million yuan was transferred into Xia Sisi’s account.
Xia Sisi also signed an agreement with them, destroyed the recording device in front of Lin Yi and Lin Xinran, and deleted the cloud backup.
Everyone left satisfied.
“From this day forward, goodbye forever. Don’t come mess with me again!”
Xia Sisi looked at everyone in the room and coldly threw down those words before turning to leave.
Before she left, she could even see the joy on their faces.
They thought they had gained a huge advantage since the stocks and funds now fully belonged to them.
But they didn’t know that in three months, all that money would become worthless paper.
As for the token of affection they had given Xia Sisi, nobody even thought to ask for it back.
After all… that item had originally belonged to the Xia family anyway.
And they assumed it wasn’t worth much.
Whatever. At least her ties with the Lin family were finally completely severed.
As she was leaving, Xia Sisi noticed Zhao Ying peeking around outside, so she walked over and told her everything had been resolved.
Zhao Ying rolled her eyes at Xia Sisi.
“You owe me one.”
Xia Sisi nodded, thinking that when the apocalypse drew near, she would definitely warn Zhao Ying. That would count as repaying the favor.
Not wanting to waste more time, she hurried home, because Dahei was still waiting for her there.
But who would have thought that when Xia Sisi returned home, the air conditioner was actually on!
Cold air filled the apartment, making Xia Sisi shiver after coming back from the hot and humid outdoors.
But before leaving, she had clearly turned the air conditioner off.
And why hadn’t Dahei come to greet her today?
Xia Sisi walked further inside and saw Dahei lying beneath the air conditioner, peacefully and happily enjoying the cool breeze.
When he noticed Xia Sisi had returned, he shot her a deeply resentful glance.
The same look as always—
“What took you so long?”
So… Dahei had turned on the air conditioner himself?
At that moment, Xia Sisi practically wanted to kneel down and worship Lord Hei.
“You are seriously amazing.”
That night, Xia Sisi slept even better than she had expected.
Maybe it was because she had finally resolved the huge hidden danger named Lin Yi. Before the apocalypse even began, she had already severed ties with that cheating pair, Lin Yi and Hao Rou, making up for the mistakes of her previous life.
Of course, things weren’t over yet.
After the apocalypse arrived, there would be plenty of opportunities for revenge.
Early the next morning, Xia Sisi discovered that the air conditioner had been turned on again.
As for who had turned it on, the answer was obvious.
Xia Sisi walked over to Dahei and looked at him helplessly.
Meanwhile, he acted completely unconcerned, merely lifting his eyelids to glance at her.
“Dahei, it’s fine if we use the air conditioner, but… could you maybe stop setting the temperature so low… Achoo!”
Xia Sisi sneezed helplessly, only to receive a look of disdain from Dahei.
As if he were saying—
“How are you this weak?”
Forget it.
There were still a ton of things to deal with today.
In the morning, she needed to inspect the anti-corrosion renovation work, and afterward she had to find someone to install the heating stoves inside the house.
By tomorrow, she would probably be moving out completely, and the real estate agent would come inspect the property.
As usual, she exercised with Dahei in the morning, bought breakfast, and then took him along to inspect the apartment.
Who would have thought that the moment they reached the upper floor—before they even arrived at the door—they heard several workers chatting around the corner.
And the topic of their conversation was precisely Xia Sisi’s apartment.