Chapter 145: Chapter 145: Slapping the Fake Heiress 46
"What did you say?"
Zhao Han’s face turned furious upon hearing that the Liu Family’s people had arrived: "They still have the nerve to come here? Good, good, where are they now?"
Anning hung her head: "It was Xiao Yuan and Gao Nana who bumped into them, they clearly came here to cause trouble, so, so they locked them up in the hotel’s storage room."
She added another sentence: "And my sister, she came with them, so, so they also locked up my sister."
Zhao Han nodded: "They did the right thing. It’s better to lock up people like this first, otherwise they would have ruined the perfect birthday banquet, and then it would be our family losing face."
Song Ruyi patted Anning’s head: "Then you go and have the classmates play at our house for a while, you don’t worry about things here."
Anning smiled: "Okay, I’ll go back with my classmates then."
Song Ruyi watched Anning leave, then turned to Zhao Han: "Husband, what should we do about this?"
Zhao Han sneered: "Originally, I was busy with the company’s affairs, then I had to find a doctor for Ningning and investigate past matters, I didn’t have the chance to deal with that family. Now, good, they’ve delivered themselves to our doorstep, just wait."
He found the hotel manager and asked him to find a resting room, then called the security to bring Zhao Mingzhu and the three members of the Liu Family to the resting room.
Afterwards, Zhao Han went to the resting room with Song Ruyi and the security guards.
Zhao Mingrui was also listening at the side and followed them to the resting room.
When the three members of the Zhao Family went in, Zhao Mingzhu and the three members of the Liu Family had already arrived.
All four were sitting on the sofa, glaring at each other.
Seeing Zhao Han, Mr. Liu suddenly stood up: "Where’s Anning?"
Zhao Han sat down with a cold face: "Ningning went back home first, I don’t want her to know about today’s affair."
Mrs. Liu was a bit scared, but still pretended to be tough: "Have Anning come over? We raised her for fifteen years, and now that we are here to celebrate her birthday, she won’t even show her face, that’s not right."
Mr. Liu also said: "Exactly, she indeed is one to spurn the poor and fawn over the rich, has she found wealthy parents and now refuses to recognize us, her poor parents?"
The Liu Family’s way of turning the tables made Song Ruyi tremble with anger: "You still... still dare to say that, how did you treat Ningning in the past? I still keep the hospital’s medical records, don’t think that this matter will be over just because you raise your voice."
Mr. Liu’s voice grew louder: "It was just a few spankings, doesn’t every family discipline their children? Which child grows up to fifteen without having been beaten? You really are making a big fuss over nothing."
Mrs. Liu also shrilled: "If you think it’s unfair, then go ahead and beat Zhao Mingzhu."
Mr. Liu followed with another sentence: "Right, we can’t just let you raise our daughter for free, now that both daughters are yours, shouldn’t we get some compensation?"
Zhao Han had seen shameless people before, but never this shameless.
Zhao Han ended up laughing out of anger: "Compensation? What compensation do you want?"
Mr. Liu rubbed his fingers: "Well, let’s not ask for too much, five million... no, your family is quite wealthy, ten million then, just give us ten million and we’re settled."
Mrs. Liu put her hands on her hips: "If you won’t give money, we’ll go to Anning School, we’ll make a scene, telling everyone she’s recognized wealthy parents and abandoned her previous ones, we’re demanding child support from her."
Song Ruyi’s eyes reddened with fury, staring venomously at Mrs. Liu: "You dare."
Mrs. Liu raised her chin: "What’s there to fear? We’ve nothing to lose since we’re already barefoot, while you have a reputation to keep. We have nothing, we’ve already lost our face."
And at that moment, Liu Qing suddenly pointed at Zhao Mingzhu: "If you don’t give us the money, give her back to our family, she’s quite pretty, should fetch a good price."
Zhao Han glanced at Zhao Mingzhu.
Song Ruyi also looked towards Zhao Mingzhu.
Zhao Mingzhu was crouching on the couch, looking particularly desolate and haggard. Upon hearing they wanted to send her back to the Liu Family, she was genuinely terrified and cried, begging Song Ruyi: "Mom, I don’t want to go, mom, don’t drive me away, I will die."
Song Ruyi’s heart softened as she looked at Zhao Han with a pleading gaze.
Zhao Mingrui coughed, just as he was about to speak, a knock on the door was heard.
Zhao Mingrui quickly got up to open the door.
As the door opened, Zhao Han’s secretary, Wu Peng, was seen standing at the entrance.
"Uncle Wu."
Zhao Mingrui called out.
Wu Peng smiled, "Is the Chairman here?"
Zhao Mingrui nodded and led Wu Peng inside.
Zhao Han was taken aback upon seeing Wu Peng, "Is there an issue at the company?"
Wu Peng quickly stepped over and whispered a few words into Zhao Han’s ear, then handed him a document bag.
Zhao Han took it, opened it, and began looking through the documents one by one.
The more he looked, the uglier his face became.
And with each page, the words Xiao Yuan had once said echoed in his ears.
Suddenly, Zhao Han slapped the documents down onto the table and pointed weakly at Zhao Mingzhu, "Fine, if you want your own daughter back, then take her away. We’ll go deal with the paperwork tomorrow."
"Husband?"
Song Ruyi exclaimed softly, with a voice full of pleading.
Zhao Han waved his hand at her, "Don’t ask anything, we’ll talk when we get home."
Song Ruyi, who usually respected Zhao Han’s opinions, saw that he had made a decision and it wouldn’t be proper to contradict him here, so she just nodded.
Hearing she was to be returned to the Liu Family, Zhao Mingzhu was shocked and paled instantly.
She sprang up from the sofa and knelt down in front of Zhao Han with a thump, "Dad, I don’t want to go, please don’t drive me away, don’t... I won’t leave home..."
Then, Zhao Mingzhu looked up at Song Ruyi, "Mom, please beg Dad for me, plead for me, I will behave, I will make way for my sister, I... I can just live in the house next to the school, I won’t come home anymore, please, Mom, plead for me."
Zhao Mingzhu cried and begged pathetically, which distressed Song Ruyi deeply.
But Zhao Han had already made his decision, and Song Ruyi would absolutely not go against him here.
She could only stand steadily by tightly grabbing Zhao Ming Rui’s arm, "I... your father’s decision is also my decision."
Zhao Ming Rui, fearing further appeals from Zhao Mingzhu, hurriedly helped Song Ruyi out of the resting room.
Zhao Han called over the hotel manager, "Let them stay here tonight, I will arrange for someone to pick them up tomorrow."
The hotel manager responded with a yes and arranged rooms for the three members of the Liu Family and Zhao Mingzhu.
To prevent the four from running away, the hotel manager even went so far as to have security watch over them.
Zhao Han left the hotel feeling extremely disappointed, with Song Ruyi and Zhao Ming Rui by his side.
He was very sad at the moment and somewhat disoriented, feeling a severe headache as if his mind was filled with a tangled mess.
When Zhao Han sat in the car, he still felt dizzy.
At this point, Song Ruyi couldn’t care less about Zhao Mingzhu; she was focused on taking care of Zhao Han, "Husband, are you okay? You should drink some water, take a deep breath first, let’s calm down, could it be high blood pressure again? I’ve brought the medication, you should take some..."
By the time Zhao Han calmed down, Song Ruyi was already drenched in sweat.