Forced to Marry a Female Billionaire CEO

Yang Qing stepped forward, glaring at Chang Xiujuan and her son. "Siao Jia's sixty thousand yuan is her own—it's hers to spend however she wants."

"Her own?"

Chang Xiujuan sneered, "What do you mean, 'her own'? I raised her. Never mind the money, her life is mine."

"Utterly unreasonable." Yang Qing laughed in anger.

Siao Fan sneered, "What's it to you? Shut your mouth. You're just like that loser Xu Ke, always yapping. This is the Siao household, and you don't get a say."

Yang Qing trembled with rage.

Siao Fan turned, glaring at Siao Jia. "Where's the money?"

"I..."

"What 'I'?" Chang Xiujuan stepped forward and pinched Siao Jia harshly. "Spill it. Now."

Siao Jia yelped in pain. "I'll talk, I'll talk! Just let go!"

Only then did Chang Xiujuan release her grip.

"I used it to buy Xu Ke's chat logs to frame him," Siao Jia said, her head bowed.

"What?" Chang Xiujuan's eyes widened.

Siao Fan roared, "Are you fucking crazy? You used my money for that?"

Siao Jia, provoked, shot back, "This is my money!"

"What's yours? It belongs to your brother," Chang Xiujuan cut in.

Driven mad by her mother's favoritism, Siao Jia retorted, "This is the money I recovered! It's not his!"

"How dare you talk back?" Chang Xiujuan gritted her teeth and slapped Siao Jia across the face.

Yang Qing's eyes went wide, and she rushed to support Siao Jia.

Siao Jia stared in disbelief, tears streaming from her eyes. "You'd treat me like this?"

"How did I treat you?" Chang Xiujuan yelled like a shrew. "What's wrong with you doing something for your brother? He dropped out of high school so I could send you to school! Is this how you repay me?"

"That's because he couldn't keep up with his studies! When have you ever supported me?" Siao Jia shrieked at the top of her lungs.

Chang Xiujuan's eyes bulged, a sinister smile on her face. "Well, well. You still dare to defy me?"

"Enough!" Yang Qing bellowed. "Have you no shame? She's your daughter!"

"Shame?" Chang Xiujuan sneered. "Don't think I don't know. She spent sixty thousand yuan so she could appear pure and pristine, marry into a wealthy family, and get rid of us. How dare such a selfish person accuse me of being shameless?"

Yang Qing was flabbergasted.

"Enough." Siao Jia's heart felt like dead ashes. She suddenly grabbed Yang Qing's hand. "Let's not talk anymore. I'm going to my room. I want some quiet."

"Okay." Yang Qing bit her lip.

"Hold on," Siao Fan spoke up.

"What?" Yang Qing glared at him.

Siao Fan crossed his arms, his tone icy. "Since you don't have the sixty thousand, find a way to get it back before you return to the Siao family."

"What do you mean?" Siao Jia realized what was happening, her lips trembling in disbelief.

Chang Xiujuan snapped, "Does it need to be said? Get out!"

Siao Jia felt as if she had been plunged into an ice cellar.

***

Siao Jia and Yang Qing were both swept out the door by Chang Xiujuan.

It was unclear if Chang Xiujuan wanted to vent the resentment from being thrown out by Xu Ke earlier that evening, as she deliberately grabbed a broom to chase Siao Jia out while she was gathering her belongings.

Siao Fan even declared that if she didn't come back with sixty thousand yuan, she shouldn't return to the Siao family at all.

「Yang Qing's home.」

"Why? Why?" Siao Jia sobbed uncontrollably.

She never imagined that after fighting tooth and nail to save money for her brother's bride price, she would end up being thrown out like this.

"From now on, just cut ties with them for good," Yang Qing advised. "Don't dwell on it."

At that moment, a venomous resentment flickered in Yang Qing's eyes as well. This was the second time tonight she had been chased out with a broom.

Siao Jia didn't speak, only cried louder.

Yang Qing watched her in silence.

"It's all your fault."

Suddenly, Siao Jia looked up.

"What?" Yang Qing was taken aback.

"If you hadn't told me to spend the sixty thousand, I wouldn't have been kicked out!" Siao Jia said through gritted teeth.

Yang Qing was stunned. She had never expected Siao Jia to be so shameless, so foolish.

To have fallen to such a low... Couldn't she see who the real culprits were?

Siao Jia roared, "It's all your fault! It's all your fault! Give me back the sixty thousand!"

Yang Qing was dumbfounded.

Siao Jia was both cowardly and shameless. She didn't dare blame the ones who had actually hurt her—Li Jun, Siao Fan, Chang Xiujuan. She only hurt those who were willing to protect her. It was just like with Xu Ke; the deeper his love for her, the more deeply she wounded him.

Whenever Siao Jia felt wronged by Chang Xiujuan, she would take it out on Xu Ke. Even when he was completely innocent, he would still be berated mercilessly. Some people are so shameless that they only bully the kindhearted, and after doing so, they mock their victims for being pushovers.

At this moment, Siao Jia saw Yang Qing as a pushover.

But Yang Qing was no pushover.

"Get out!"

BANG!

An enraged Yang Qing furiously slammed the door shut.

Siao Jia was thrown out for the third time that night.

She had brought it all on herself.