After a few more pleasantries, Ding Yun hung up the phone. Since there had already been a misunderstanding, she decided to just sell the apartment. There were no fond memories associated with it, so selling it wouldn't be a pity.
So, Ding Yun took out her phone and started operating.
After transferring twenty thousand yuan to her son, she immediately downloaded a real estate app. She took 360-degree panoramic photos of her apartment, set a reasonable price based on nearby property values, and listed it, leaving her contact number.
Because she expected the apartment wouldn't sell quickly, Ding Yun exited the app after listing it and began tidying up the house.
Since the apartment was up for sale, all the items inside naturally needed to be cleared out and moved.
...
Meanwhile, at the suburban mansion, Li Rong was so infuriated by Ding Yun's words that he was literally taking oxygen.
Yes, taking oxygen.
His health wasn't great, and he often had trouble breathing when angered. There was always an oxygen supply at home, and a few breaths could be lifesaving when he felt unwell.
After a few minutes of this, Li Rong felt a bit better and could breathe on his own. At this point, his wife, Kong Yanzhi, asked with a sigh, "What's made you so angry this time?"
"What else? It's your ill-mannered daughter. She just called again and said she's not willing to donate a kidney anymore. She told me to do whatever I want, that she's not afraid. What's gotten into her? Has she found some powerful backer somewhere? Is donating a kidney going to cost her her life? Going back on her word like this, again and again..."
As he spoke, Li Rong quickly grabbed the oxygen mask beside him and took a few more breaths, his mood filled with anger and dissatisfaction.
Kong Yanzhi's brow furrowed upon hearing this. "How many times do I have to tell you? When did this daughter become solely mine? Did I give birth to her without your involvement, through divine intervention? Don't blame me for your own dissatisfaction. Why is she refusing this time? Nothing happens for no reason. The time before last, it was because her son wouldn't let her donate. Last time, it was because she thought we were suppressing her son, causing him to be eliminated in the first round of the talent show. What about this time? And isn't she afraid we'll blacklist Liu Yuan!"
"How should I know? She just called, started yelling at me, saying she's not afraid of me, that she'll take whatever I throw at her. She also said it's best if we stay out of each other's way, otherwise, don't blame her for being impolite. Then she hung up. I tried to call back and question her, but I couldn't get through. She blocked me. Does that sound like someone with any leverage? I think she's acting like she's gone mad!"
His mood soured, and Li Rong's tone became quite unpleasant, truly sounding exasperated.
"Being crazy doesn't affect kidney function. Forget it, let's quickly send someone to investigate what's going on. This girl is really too worrying, changing her mind over such a small matter. If I had known, we should have just kept her in the hospital. Let her have the surgery, and then let her go home..."
Kong Yanzhi was also displeased. She had thought this would be a simple matter, but it had dragged on until now. If she had known, they might as well not have acknowledged this daughter and just hired someone to buy her kidney. As long as the money was enough, she might have agreed. They wouldn't have all these messy complications now. It wasn't like this, where financial transactions were mixed with blood ties, and later threats, which further escalated the conflict. Sigh, it's getting more and more troublesome.
But no matter how unhappy they were, the couple quickly dispatched someone to investigate who their daughter had been associating with recently. How had she suddenly become unafraid of threats?
As the orders were given, and while they waited for specific information to be relayed back, Li Rong and his wife discussed the matter.
And as they chatted, the villa's servants were also talking amongst themselves. The situation even escalated to the point where someone was relaying their conversation in real-time to a group of servants who were temporarily idle and gossiping. This included, but was not limited to, the cleaners, cooks, gardeners, and drivers. They listened, discussed, and complained, like watching a live stream with comments.
[My goodness, Boss Li actually has the nerve to say his biological daughter doesn't care about the bond of blood, when he himself, after finding his daughter who was lost for over thirty, almost forty years, immediately asks her to donate a kidney. Is that what he calls caring about blood ties? It's ridiculous, such double standards...]
[Oh, bosses are all like that. When they don't want to work overtime or don't pay much attention to hygiene, they say to treat the company like their home. But if you take a little break or snack at work, they say you're treating the company like your home, being too casual!]
[Didn't they agree to five million yuan and an apartment? Why is she unwilling now? If it were me, I'd be willing. I saw a news report recently about someone selling a kidney just to get a new phone. Compared to that news, this price is practically a steal, right?]
[Oh, I wouldn't be willing either. Think about it, this isn't buying a kidney from a stranger; this is their own daughter, and one they just found after thirty-eight years. Who wouldn't find that heartbreaking? Besides, while five million yuan and an apartment are a lot, what are they compared to what the biological daughter should have originally received from Boss Li? That fake eldest daughter, how much did she spend growing up? When our monthly salary was only four or five thousand, her monthly allowance was thirty thousand. Roughly estimated, her expenses from childhood to adulthood would be at least seventy to eighty million, if not a hundred million. Her dowry at marriage was even higher, four hundred million. Plus the groom's betrothal gifts, it was nearly a billion. Not to mention how good her life is now, how glorious and happy she is. If it weren't for the mistaken identity back then, and if there's any doubt about whether it was a true mistake or deliberate switch, then all of this should have belonged to this biological daughter who was just recognized. On one side, she gets over a billion yuan and a lifetime of happiness without lifting a finger. On the other side, she has to give up a kidney to barely get five million yuan and an ordinary apartment. If it were you, would you feel content? Would you be happy?]
[I'd definitely be unhappy, I'd even feel like dying, I'd roar 'Why me!' and so on!]
[This is too tragic. If you hadn't said it like this, I wouldn't have felt much. But hearing you say it, I suddenly feel like Boss Li's biological daughter is too pitiful. Boss Li is too heartless. If it were me, I'd feel terribly guilty towards my biological daughter and want to compensate her desperately.]