Fang Youning stared at Fang Dongming’s hypocritical expression, her eyes red as she demanded, “Do you really see me as your daughter? What kind of father in this world would trade his own flesh and blood like a commodity? Aren’t you afraid of karma?”
“I’m doing this for your own good,” Fang Dongming snapped, his anger tinged with shame. “With your current state, being able to latch onto Young Master Chen is the greatest fortune of your life. As long as you can please Young Master Chen and get him to agree to marry you, not only will you change your fate, but it will also bring great benefits to our Fang family.”
“Husband, why waste so many words on her?” Li Meifen also came downstairs, curling her lip as she said, “She’s already slept with Young Master Chen anyway. If she doesn’t want to please him and beg him to take responsibility for her, does she think she can find someone else to serve?”
Fang Zhouyang suddenly rushed down from upstairs, urgently grabbing Fang Youning’s shoulders, his eyes red as he asked, “Youning, how are you? I’m sorry, it’s all my fault. I was knocked out yesterday when I went out and woke up at home just now.”
“Brother, she just came back after sleeping with Young Master Chen,” Fang Mingzhu said gleefully.
Fang Zhouyang’s face instantly turned pale. He turned around and angrily scolded Fang Dongming, “Dad, how could you do this? Did you have someone knock me out? Youning is your daughter—how could you treat her like this?”
“Fang Zhouyang, stop pretending.”
Fang Youning pushed him away and took a step back, saying, “Wasn’t it you who gave me that glass of water yesterday? Wasn’t there something wrong with it? And now you’re still putting on this hypocritical act—you disgust me even more than they do.”
“You wretched girl, how dare you call us disgusting? We’re your parents, and he’s your own brother. You ungrateful daughter!”
Li Meifen was so furious she raised her hand to slap her.
However, Fang Zhouyang stopped her.
“Youning, I didn’t do it. I didn’t know there was anything wrong with that glass of water. I’m sorry, it’s all my fault for not protecting you. Don’t worry, I’ll make sure the person who hurt you takes responsibility for you.”
Just as he was speaking, a servant came to report, “Mr. Fang, there’s someone outside named Young Master Chen looking for you.”
“Quick, invite him in,” Fang Dongming said excitedly.
He thought Young Master Chen had come to discuss the collaboration with him.
After all, he had even handed over his own daughter to him yesterday—how could Young Master Chen not loosen up about the project now?
“But…”
“What ‘but’? Hurry up and invite him in. Don’t neglect our distinguished guest,” Li Meifen scolded.
The servant nodded.
She wanted to say that the other party had brought many burly men with him and seemed to have ill intentions.
But since both the master and mistress said to invite him in, she had no choice but to do so.
Upon hearing that Young Master Chen had arrived, Fang Youning covered her face and ran upstairs.
The Fang family thought she was just shy and paid no attention to her.
They had no idea she was covering her face to hide the smile they might otherwise have noticed.
Once upstairs, she locked the door and began packing her belongings.
She didn’t have many of her own clothes anyway—just gathering her documents would suffice.
Downstairs, Fang Dongming told his wife to quickly fetch his treasured tea leaves, intending to entertain Young Master Chen properly.
But before Li Meifen could go get them, Young Master Chen limped in with his men.
“Young Master Chen?”
Seeing Young Master Chen’s condition, Fang Dongming wore an expression of shock, even rubbing his eyes in disbelief.
“Young Master Chen, what happened to you?” Fang Zhouyang also quickly asked in surprise.
He was with Fang Youning last night, shouldn’t he be riding high on success?
How did he end up looking like a pig’s head after just one night?
Fang Mingzhu was so frightened by Young Master Chen’s appearance that she backed away repeatedly.
She thought to herself, luckily there was Fang Youning to offer herself to this ugly monster.
Otherwise, she might have been the one sacrificed.
“You still have the nerve to ask me what happened?” Young Master Chen snorted coldly.
However, he didn’t dare to grit his teeth, or else his face would hurt.
Even just speaking a simple sentence made his face ache.
So, he didn’t want to waste words with them either.
With a wave of his hand, he ordered the men he brought: “Smash it.”
The burly men who followed immediately started smashing things. They clearly looked like seasoned troublemakers, experienced in destruction—whatever they could, they pushed to the ground, and for things that wouldn’t break, they used clubs to smash them.
“Ah, that’s an antique vase!”
“Don’t touch that, it’s very expensive.”
Li Meifen screamed and rushed over to protect her antique vase.
But she was shoved aside by a burly man. If Fang Dongming hadn’t caught her, she would have likely fallen onto the shattered pieces of her so-called antique vase.
Fang Zhouyang frowned deeply and rushed in front of Young Master Chen to plead, “Young Master Chen, how exactly has our Fang family offended you? We even gave you… the person. You can’t just get angry after taking advantage.”
Hearing this, Young Master Chen grew even angrier. He punched Fang Zhouyang in the face, knocking him down, then proceeded to kick and beat him.
“Don’t hit my son! That’s my son!”
Li Meifen and Fang Dongming both rushed over to protect Fang Zhouyang.
Fang Mingzhu was so frightened by the scene that she burst into loud sobs. Someone, annoyed by her crying, slapped her and ordered her to shut up.
Fang Mingzhu closed her mouth, too scared to make another sound.
But as she watched her parents shielding her brother, with no one protecting her, she felt both angry and jealous.
They always talked so nicely, saying she had a Prosperity Fate. But when it really mattered, they only protected their precious son.
“I’ve already called the police. They’ll be here soon.”
Fang Youning came downstairs, her face cold as she spoke to Young Master Chen.
Young Master Chen couldn’t help but tremble at the sight of her—a conditioned reflex from the torment she inflicted on him yesterday.
Hearing her mention the police, he gritted his teeth in pain and said, “You think I’ll believe you just because you try to scare me? Today, I’m going to make your whole family pay. How dare you set up a honey trap to scheme against me? I’ll make sure you can’t survive in Rongcheng.”
“Believe it or not, I don’t care,” Fang Youning snorted coldly.
Just then, the sound of police sirens grew closer, and soon a group of officers rushed in.
Young Master Chen hadn’t expected her to actually call the police. His eyes filled with even more resentment as he glared at Fang Donghai.
“Fang Donghai, you’ve got guts, actually daring to call the police.”
“It wasn’t me,” Fang Donghai urgently explained. “I didn’t call the police.”
“Don’t move! Everyone, put your hands up!”
The police rushed in, shouting sternly.
A few minutes later, all of them were taken away.
“I don’t know anything. I was upstairs packing when I heard the smashing downstairs, so I quickly called the police.”
Facing the police’s questioning, Fang Youning explained tearfully and pitifully.
She was such a delicate young girl, a top student at Nan University, and also from a poor family. Seeing her profile, the police couldn’t help but feel sympathy for her, and their tone softened considerably.
“Then why were you at the Fang residence?”
“I am Miss Fang’s tutor. Miss Fang’s grades are poor, so her family hired me to teach her. But Miss Fang refuses to learn, and I was planning to resign. However, her family doesn’t want me to leave and even threatened me, saying they would cause trouble for me if I quit.” Fang Youning said with tearful eyes.
“That’s outrageous! What kind of people are they?” The young police officer slammed the table in righteous indignation.
In another room, the Fang family members were also questioned one by one.
Fang Mingzhu spoke incoherently, at times claiming Fang Youning was her sister, and at other times cursing her as a troublemaker.
The police didn’t believe a word she said, and it was even less likely they would believe Fang Youning was her sister.
After all, Fang Youning wasn’t even listed on their household register.
Li Meifen also loudly cursed Fang Youning as a troublemaker, claiming it was because she had offended Young Master Chen that he had smashed up their house. She demanded the police arrest Fang Youning and throw her in jail.
The police found it even harder to believe she was Fang Youning’s biological mother. What kind of mother would curse her own daughter and want her imprisoned?
As for Fang Dongming and Fang Zhouyang, they kept insisting Fang Youning was part of their family. But they refused to tell the truth about anything else, even going so far as to plead with the police not to hold Young Master Chen accountable.
Young Master Chen, of course, wouldn’t tell the truth either. For one, the truth was too embarrassing, and for another, what happened last night definitely couldn’t be reported to the police—he wasn’t so stupid as to admit to being beaten up.
Thus, they reached a settlement, and Young Master Chen was bailed out by his lawyer.
When the Fang family emerged, the police warned them, “If you dare harass this young lady and she reports it, we will invite you over for a chat.”
“Fang Youning, what exactly have you done?”
As soon as the police left, Fang Dongming furiously demanded an answer.