Sang Qing quickly grabbed Liu Cuilian’s hand, putting on a frightened expression.
“Aunt Liu, I understand… After all, Sang Yanyan is his daughter too. It’s only natural that he’d think about what’s best for her and her mother…”
“Natural my foot!” Liu Cuilian blurted out before realizing she’d spoken a little too crudely in front of the young woman.
She hurriedly corrected herself.
“Ahem… Qingqing, what I mean is, you need to stand up for yourself. Don’t let Sang Qingshan trick you into handing over what’s rightfully yours just because he’s your father!”
Sang Qing nodded earnestly.
“Okay, Aunt Liu. I understand.”
After saying that, she wiped at her eyes before continuing.
“Aunt Liu, yesterday the clan elders officially witnessed our family separation. Someone sent word telling me to wait here so he could return the bride price my mother had given him…”
Seeing Sang Qing’s reddened nose, Liu Cuilian wished she could pull the poor girl into a comforting hug.
She sighed.
“Then hurry upstairs. If anything happens in the future, remember to come to Auntie. A young girl without her maternal family to rely on has it hard. If I can help you, I will.”
“Thank you, Aunt Liu.”
After thanking her, Sang Qing walked up the stairs into the staff dormitory building.
She quickly found Sang Qingshan’s room.
As expected, the door was locked.
But that wasn’t a problem.
Her dimensional space could collect everything inside without even opening the door.
She raised her hand slightly.
In an instant, every single item inside Sang Qingshan’s room disappeared.
Just as she was about to leave, she noticed something odd in one corner of the room.
…There appeared to be a deliberately carved hole in the wall.
It was perfectly square, obviously man-made.
She waved her hand again.
Immediately, a wooden box appeared inside her space.
She didn’t even bother checking what was inside.
As long as it belonged to Sang Qingshan, she was taking it.
Mission accomplished, Sang Qing headed back downstairs.
“Qingqing, why are you back so soon?” Liu Cuilian asked in confusion.
Seeing Sang Qing’s empty hands, she frowned.
Sang Qing shrugged helplessly.
“He wasn’t there. The door was locked. I don’t know why he asked me to come.”
Liu Cuilian already had a poor impression of Sang Qingshan, so hearing that immediately sent her imagination running wild.
“Qingqing… Could your father have deliberately tricked you into coming here?”
Inside, Sang Qing wanted to give Liu Cuilian a huge thumbs-up.
Outwardly, however, she simply blinked in surprise.
“N-No way…”
She had deliberately arranged for a witness to see that she hadn’t taken anything.
That way, when Sang Qingshan discovered everything missing, no one could accuse her.
She hadn’t expected Liu Cuilian to be so cooperative, practically inventing the perfect explanation herself.
Wonderful.
She wouldn’t even need to make up an excuse anymore.
Just as Sang Qing was preparing to leave, Sang Qingshan unexpectedly appeared before them.
“Sang Qing! You ungrateful daughter!”
He charged toward her as though intending to hit her, only to be stopped by Liu Cuilian, who stepped in front of him holding a broom.
“Director Sang! What are you doing?!”
Only then did Sang Qingshan notice there were other people present.
Suppressing his anger with great difficulty, he glared at Sang Qing.
He had just finished arranging for some local thugs to teach her a lesson, only to hear that she’d beaten up Sang Yanyan instead!
If Chu Lanhua hadn’t called the factory, he never would’ve known this rebellious girl had become so arrogant.
He had intended to leave the factory to confront her, but the gatekeeper informed him that Sang Qing had already come looking for him.
Rushing over in a fury, he’d found her standing outside the dormitory building.
His rage had been so overwhelming that he hadn’t even noticed anyone else nearby.
Seeing the murderous expression on his face, Liu Cuilian tried to mediate.
“Director Sang, no matter what, Qingqing is still your daughter. Why are you trying to beat her the moment you meet? Can’t you just talk things out?”
Standing behind Liu Cuilian, Sang Qing curled her lips into a provocative smile.
“Exactly. Can’t we just talk?”
Sang Qingshan was speechless.
What sin had he committed in his past life to end up with such a rebellious daughter?
His finger trembled as he pointed at her.
“Why did you hit your sister? And why are you ruining her reputation everywhere? How did I end up raising such a vicious daughter?!”
Liu Cuilian also turned curiously toward Sang Qing.
In a timid voice, Sang Qing replied,
“W-We officially separated yesterday in front of the clan elders… You’re not my father anymore.”
Sang Qingshan: “…”
Liu Cuilian nearly burst out laughing.
Hearing such an innocent-looking girl say something so devastating almost broke her composure.
But with Sang Qingshan standing there, she could only turn her face away and suppress her laughter.
Taking a deep breath, Sang Qingshan continued,
“Fine! Then why did you hit your—”
“I don’t have a younger sister.”
Another soft, matter-of-fact sentence left him speechless once again.
If Liu Cuilian hadn’t been present, his palm would’ve already landed across Sang Qing’s face.
Watching his constantly changing expression, Sang Qing cheerfully explained,
“If you’re talking about what happened at the restaurant, you can ask the owner directly. Sang Yanyan was flirting with a man there. Plenty of people saw it.”
“You… you’re talking nonsense!”
The veins on Sang Qingshan’s forehead throbbed violently.
Sang Qing shrugged.
“If you don’t believe me, ask Wang Qiang from your factory. Sang Yanyan was eating with him.”
She paused before adding,
“If that still isn’t enough… you should just let them be together. Otherwise, later on… tsk… it’ll be much harder for you to clean up the mess.”
Liu Cuilian’s eyes grew wider and wider.
She had never imagined that Sang Qingshan’s illegitimate daughter was so… bold.
She wasn’t even married yet, and she was already behaving so scandalously?
Knowing Liu Cuilian was the biggest gossip in the factory, Sang Qingshan realized that if Sang Qing kept talking, the entire clothing factory would know by tomorrow.
Nearly exploding with rage, he pointed at her and shouted,
“Don’t judge other people with your filthy mind! Take a good look at yourself first!”
Sang Qing shrugged again.
“What about me? I didn’t marry into someone else’s family and then remarry. I didn’t carry on illicit affairs between men and women. I didn’t father any illegitimate children either. Sang Yanyan definitely didn’t learn that from me.”
Sang Qingshan: “???”
Why don’t you just announce my identity card number while you’re at it?!
Seeing him on the verge of exploding again, Liu Cuilian quickly interrupted.
“Director Sang, since Qingqing came all the way here, hurry up and return the bride price her mother’s family gave you.”
Sang Qingshan’s face darkened even further.
“What bride price?! What bride price am I supposed to return?!”
The reason he hadn’t completely fallen out with the Sang family before was because he feared Sang Qing would make a scene at the factory.
If that happened now, everyone in the factory would learn the truth.
How was he supposed to keep climbing the ranks after that?
Hearing his denial, Sang Qing looked utterly devastated.
“I knew it… I knew you were lying when you said you’d return the bride price…”
“I’m going back to tell the clan elders!”