Calm, calm—
Meng Jingwei could already feel the killing intent from the Li family. If she rushed in now, she would likely break ties completely with the Li family, and they would be even more determined to eliminate her.
Although the Li family wasn't as influential as the Qing family, eliminating her wouldn't be difficult.
What's more, her adoptive parents were still alive. If anything were to happen to her, what would they do?
They truly had malicious hearts!
Meng Jingwei clenched her fists, her eyes turning red with anger. But in the end, she took a deep breath, suppressed her surging fury, and turned to go downstairs.
After sitting on the sofa for a while, Zhao Ruolan and Li Yun'er came downstairs.
"Meng Jingwei, it's impossible for us to give you ten million. However, after my mother and father discussed it, they decided to give you this amount. But, you must transfer the takeout backend to me and leave Lancheng with your adoptive parents."
Li Yun'er looked at Meng Jingwei with arrogance, placing the check in her hand in front of her.
Meng Jingwei glanced at the check. The amount was a full one million.
She slowly raised her eyes, her gaze filled with fierce anger as she stared at Li Yun'er. Then, she looked at Zhao Ruolan, her red lips pulling into a cold smile. "One million wants to buy the position of the Qing family's young madam? Truly a businesswoman, calculating very well."
"Don't be ungrateful. This one million is more money than you and your adoptive parents could earn in two lifetimes," Li Yun'er said, flustered.
"Whether my parents can earn it is none of your business. But I know one thing, and that is I can ensure you never become the Qing family's young madam!" Meng Jingwei said coldly.
"You... you are truly insatiable!" Zhao Ruolan shook her head, her face filled with disdain. "How could I, Zhao Ruolan, give birth to a daughter like you? You are my disgrace."
"Meng Jingwei, my mother can give you at most two million."
"Two million isn't impossible, but I can only change the takeout App backend to yours."
"No, you must leave Lancheng!"
"Since that's the case, there's nothing more to discuss."
Meng Jingwei didn't say much more and turned to leave.
Seeing her about to leave, Li Yun'er panicked and immediately said, "Fine, I agree to your terms."
Her plan had succeeded, but Meng Jingwei felt no joy. "I don't want a check, I want you to transfer the money to my account and write a statement saying it's compensation for my bone marrow donation to Li Zirui."
How could Meng Jingwei not know their sly schemes? After the money was transferred to her account, Li Yun'er would want the takeout App backend and change the personal information. The next day, they would report to the police that two million had been transferred incorrectly. The police would immediately come to demand the two million back. At that point, wouldn't she lose both the wife and the soldiers?
"You're pushing your luck," Zhao Ruolan said, somewhat displeased.
Meng Jingwei's cold expression revealed a cold smile. "If you're not willing, I won't force you."
"Forget it, Mother, let's just do it this way!" For the sake of her lifelong happiness, Li Yun'er could only endure.
Afterward, Meng Jingwei sat in the Li family's house, waiting for them to transfer the money and sign a compensation agreement. Only after everything was settled did she transfer the takeout App to Li Yun'er, who naturally changed the backend personal information immediately.
The takeout orders from that day had not been delivered to the customers, so the backend information could not definitively prove that Meng Jingwei had saved Qing Muye. At most, it would only make the Qing family suspicious. After all, the name left at the hospital was Li Yun'er's, the surveillance footage had been deleted, and the ring was given to Qing Muye through Li Yun'er. But if it was given to Li Yun'er, it would form sufficient "evidence of rescue," proving that Li Yun'er had "saved" Qing Muye.
"After your adoptive father recovers, you'd best leave Lancheng quickly." As soon as the takeout App backend information was changed, Li Yun'er assumed an air of superiority. "This place doesn't belong to you."
The way she said it made it seem as if Lancheng were the Li family's territory.
Meng Jingwei's eyes turned cold. She glanced at the two of them and said nothing before turning and leaving.
Upon leaving the Li family, she did not immediately go to the hospital to visit her adoptive parents. Instead, she took a taxi back to her hometown. At the local police station, Meng Jingwei inquired about the car accident. The police informed her that the hit-and-run driver had not been apprehended. Meng Jingwei grew suspicious and asked for details of the incident and the license plate number of the vehicle involved, secretly recording the conversation. That same day, she took another car back to Lancheng and contacted a trustworthy private detective agency. She paid a deposit of twenty thousand and provided clues about the hit-and-run driver, hiring the private detective to investigate her adoptive parents' car accident. The Li family's methods were despicable and vicious. She had to find a way to investigate the truth, bring the real culprit to justice, and give her adoptive parents an explanation. At the same time, she had offended Qing Muye, and the Li family harbored ill intentions towards her. To be safe, she needed money to protect herself and to have a fallback plan. This was why Meng Jingwei agreed to the Li family's offer of two million for her takeout App backend. Because Meng Jingwei knew that if she demanded too much money and pushed the Li family to desperation, their only recourse would be—death!
After dealing with everything, Meng Jingwei, dragging her weary body, had just reached her rental apartment when she encountered Song Ci, a subordinate of Qing Muye, head-on.
"Miss Meng, Young Master Qing is waiting for you."