Tang Guo sensed the subtle atmosphere and nodded:
"Okay, I'll be by the door. Call me anytime if you need anything."
Tang Guo walked out and closed the hospital room door.
Qin Lan snorted:
"Ms. Qin? How dare you call me that?"
Lin Sa met Qin Lan's cold gaze, flashes of the past five years of desperately trying to please her, only to be met with her cold eyes, appearing in her mind.
In the past, no matter how much Qin Lan disliked her, she would still politely call her "Mom" and humbly fulfill all her demands.
But now, thinking of the moment Qin Lan discovered she had given birth to a daughter and turned away that day.
Let alone "Mom," she couldn't even utter the word "Aunt."
"You always told me not to call you Mom. Now that I don't, you're upset?"
"..."
Qin Lan was speechless for a few seconds, becoming even angrier:
"What's with your attitude towards me now, Lin Sa!"
Lin Sa didn't want to beat around the bush with her. She glanced at her coldly:
"You must have heard the voice recording just now. Su Yurou personally admitted she still has Fu Yanci in her heart. If I release this recording, you know the consequences, right?"
Qin Lan had come to question this matter in the first place, and she didn't expect Lin Sa to talk about the consequences herself.
She was a bit slow to react:
"The... the consequences, of course, I know. But I know Yurou was just speaking in anger. She and Yanci are cousins, pure and innocent..."
Lin Sa interrupted directly:
"If they are pure and innocent, then why are you so nervous?"
"..."
Qin Lan was speechless again for a few seconds, instantly becoming enraged:
"How am I nervous? I'm just angry that you're making trouble out of nothing!"
"Lin Sa, I won't allow you to slander Yanci and Yurou's reputation! Give me the recording, or I'll make sure Yanci divorces you!"
Lin Sa remained unmoved, her tone calm:
"You've said the word 'divorce' no less than a hundred times in the past five years. This time, I'll fulfill your wish. Fu Yanci and I will divorce, just as you want."
Qin Lan froze completely, unable to believe her ears.
What did Lin Sa just say?
She agreed to divorce Fu Yanci?
She wasn't hearing things, was she?
Lin Sa was actually willing to divorce her son?
Looking at Lin Sa, who was completely different from before, Qin Lan didn't know what to say for a moment.
All the lines she had prepared so carefully were stuck in her throat.
She never expected Lin Sa to play by completely different rules now; she couldn't keep up.
She straightened her back and maintained her imposing demeanor:
"You're willing to divorce Yanci? I won't believe a single word of it!"
She reached out, hooked a chair, and gracefully sat down in front of Lin Sa, adopting the air of a matriarch:
"If you're willing to divorce, I guarantee I'll agree with both hands! However, if you're dreaming of using your daughter to claim Fu Family's assets, that's a pipe dream!"
Qin Lan's tone was forceful, still exuding an unusual sense of superiority.
After all, in her eyes, the past five years were entirely about Lin Sa marrying into the Fu Family.
An employee at Fu Corporation, who got involved with the big boss after a drunken mistake, and then got married... Every time Qin Lan thought about it, she felt incredibly disgusted.
Especially when she thought of Lin Sa's mother's scandalous affairs, it was like swallowing a giant fly, and she couldn't stomach it for five years.
She had thought that if Lin Sa could give birth to a son for the Fu Family, she would reluctantly accept her for the sake of her eldest grandson.
But she was unfortunately not fertile enough, only producing a child after five whole years, and it was a useless girl.
The thought that the girl inherited the genes of a woman like Lin Jiaolong made Qin Lan furious. She couldn't even be bothered to look at her, and felt no joy in being a grandmother.
She had already decided in her heart that she had to find a way to make Fu Yanci divorce her. She wanted to kick Lin Sa and that girl out of the house to eliminate future trouble.
Lin Sa met Qin Lan's snobbish and cold gaze, her heart feeling as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer.
Even though the woman before her was Li Li's biological grandmother, she couldn't see any pity for Li Li in her eyes, only cold calculation.
Although she had married into the Fu Family these past five years, all her living expenses were paid with her own money.
Fu Yanci had given her a card after they got married, but Qin Lan had taken it away the very next day.
She had always guarded Lin Sa like a thief, afraid that Lin Sa would scheme for the Fu Family's wealth.
Now, she treated her own granddaughter with the same attitude.
Lin Sa's lips curved into a mocking smile:
"What I want to discuss with you is precisely that."
"Divorce is fine, but nothing that rightfully belongs to my daughter can be less. With Fu Yanci's current capabilities, asking for three hundred million for my daughter is not excessive, is it?"
Qin Lan was so angry she slammed the back of the chair, her vision darkening:
"Three hundred million? You really have the nerve to ask for that. You... why don't you just rob a bank?"
"I think three hundred million might even be too little. The Fu Family is wealthy, with so many fixed assets. It shouldn't be excessive to give Li Li a few shopping malls, office buildings, and properties."
Qin Lan was so angry she almost fainted, her voice trembling:
"You... you're dreaming! As long as I'm here, you'll never get a cent from my Fu Family!"
"I saw long ago that your intentions in approaching Yanci were impure, and he's still in the dark! Now your true colors are finally showing! Lin Sa, I've been waiting for this day!"
Qin Lan suddenly stood up triumphantly, raising the mobile phone in her hand:
"You think you're the only one who can record? Lin Sa, I've recorded everything you just said too!"
"I'm going to send it to Yanci, so he can see your true face!"
Qin Lan opened her phone as if to send the message, watching Lin Sa's reaction with cold eyes.
She fully expected Lin Sa to panic upon hearing about the recording and beg her, allowing her to regain control of the situation.
However, she was wrong. Lin Sa didn't even bat an eye when she heard about the recording.
She sat upright on the hospital bed, her haggard and pale face still adorned with deep and charming features, a mysterious, Mona Lisa-like faint smile on her face from beginning to end.
It was as if she didn't care at all whether Qin Lan would send the recording to Fu Yanci.
Qin Lan felt uneasy for a moment, stopped what she was doing, and snorted:
"I'll give you five more minutes to think clearly. Either we delete the recordings mutually, and everything will be as if it never happened, or..."
"I'll send your words to Yanci, letting him know that all you've ever wanted is the Fu Family's money!"
Qin Lan crossed her arms, her eyes challenging Lin Sa.
Lin Sa looked at her quietly, her face devoid of any emotion:
"There's no need to delete them mutually. You send it to Fu Yanci, and I'll send it to the public. It suits me perfectly."
"You..."
Qin Lan's eyebrows twitched several times in shock, "Aren't you afraid Yanci will see your true character?"
Lin Sa looked at Qin Lan, her lips curved into a smile.
Indeed, for the past five years, all her efforts had been to desperately prove one thing to the Fu Family:
She married Fu Yanci for him, not for his money.
In the past, she absolutely could not have brought up money with anyone from the Fu Family, especially Fu Yanci.
She was afraid Fu Yanci would misunderstand her original intentions and see her as a woman who would do anything to marry into a wealthy family.
Therefore, for the past five years, she had worked diligently and conscientiously, wishing she could put in twelve parts of her effort to gain the Fu Family's approval.
But in the end, she realized that all her efforts couldn't earn even half a word of approval. What she got was a broken body and shattered self-esteem.
She didn't care anymore.
It was good to love money. Without love, at least money could recoup her losses.
She had put so much effort into getting onto the Fu Family's grand ship back then. Now, as she was about to disembark with her daughter, not taking anything would be a disservice to the painstaking effort and youth she had invested over the past five years.
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