Chapter 62: She's My Woman!

"Sister-in-law, don't say such things. Although you and Big Brother got divorced, you were still married for a while. Besides, Bei Bei is also a member of the Nie family. Isn't it a bit inhumane to ignore us Nie family members?" The latter didn't get angry at Jiang Yan's words and continued to speak with a smug look on his face.

"Inhumane? The inhumane ones should be your Nie family. When Big Brother passed away, not one of you stepped up, and I, a divorced woman, had to take care of everything. Where were you? Later, when Bei Bei and I were bullied, I, a weak woman, had to bear it all. Where were you?"

"Now, seeing that my hotpot restaurant is growing and I have some economic power, you come to claim kinship. Don't you think you're being too shameless?"

Thinking about how she had struggled to support herself and her child in this harsh society, Jiang Yan felt a wave of委屈 (grievance).

"Sister-in-law! You're wrong. At that time, Mom and Dad lent you 3,000 yuan. Now you say we didn't help you, which is not right. The Nie family isn't a bunch of ingrates!"

"3,000 yuan? You have the nerve to say that. If I remember correctly, when you lent me 3,000 yuan, your parents demanded 30,000 yuan in return. I've already paid you 300,000 yuan. What more do you want?"

"Do you plan to forcibly take over my hotpot restaurant?"

"Hehe, Sister-in-law, you can't say that. This time, we came with the utmost sincerity. When Big Brother passed away, he left a lot of money with you. Mom and Dad said that the hotpot restaurant could only open because of that money. Now, the hotpot restaurant should belong to the Nie family as well. Sister-in-law, do you want to swallow our share?"

With a sinister smile, the latter brought up his deceased brother again.

"Your Nie family really sees my hotpot restaurant as a piece of fat meat, even fabricating such lies. Did your brother leave me money? Have you forgotten why I divorced him?"

"Your brother's drug addiction left us with hundreds of thousands of yuan in debt. He left me with a mountain of debt, not money. Don't you think you're being too shameless?"

"Drug addiction? How could my brother be a drug addict? Sister-in-law, saying such things breaks his heart..." Nie Yuan, seeing his lie exposed, didn't blush and continued to shake his head with a sigh, as if Jiang Yan had really wronged them.

"You're shameless! How much did Song Yuanming bribe you to force us to the brink? I would give this hotpot restaurant to anyone but you!"

Jiang Yan felt a sense of helplessness, unable to speak. Nie Yuan was one of the most shameless people she had ever met. Reasoning with him was futile; he would use your conscience to make you feel guilty.

"Sister-in-law, that's not a good way to talk. You just need to give us half the shares of the hotpot restaurant. How we handle that half is none of your business."

"Get out! Go tell Song Yuanming not to use such despicable means. I, Jiang Yan, would rather die than submit to him. Let him give up on this."

"Also, Nie Yuan, I advise you, if your Nie family continues to bully us, you will face retribution!"

With that, Jiang Yan turned to leave. Nie Yuan had lost all humanity, and any further words would be useless.

"Jiang Yan! Don't be ungrateful! It's your good fortune that Brother Song looks upon you. What more do you want, you old shoe?"

Seeing Jiang Yan turn and leave, Nie Yuan's smug face finally turned sinister and vicious as he hurled insults at her.

The insulting words made Jiang Yan's face turn pale, and her body trembled. Tears streamed down her face.

Clenching her teeth, Jiang Yan turned around and walked back without a word.

"Slap!" A loud slap echoed as Jiang Yan slapped Nie Yuan across the face.

"In this life, I don't owe your Nie family a single cent or a single favor. You have no right to say such things to me!"

Nie Yuan never expected Jiang Yan to strike him and was stunned by the slap. When he came to, his face twisted in rage.

"You damn bitch, how dare you hit me? I'll beat you to death, you old shoe!" He swung his arm to hit Jiang Yan.

But his arm was frozen mid-swing. Looking up, he saw that a cold-eyed man had grabbed his arm.

The man's grip was like an iron clamp, immobilizing him.

"Who the hell are you? Let go of my hand!" Nie Yuan shouted at the cold-eyed Ye Huang.

"I've traveled half the world and seen all kinds of shameless people, but someone with a face as thick as a city wall is a first for me."

"You've ruined my appetite. Get out!" With that, Ye Huang grabbed Nie Yuan's clothes and threw him several meters away, landing him heavily on the floor in front of the door.

"Damn Jiang Yan, you dare to have someone beat me? We'll see about this!" Nie Yuan, realizing he couldn't handle this guy, got up and continued to curse Jiang Yan.

"Your mouth is so foul, did you forget to brush your teeth after eating shit at noon?" Hearing this, Ye Huang took a big step forward and kicked Nie Yuan to the ground, then walked over and said coldly.

"I've seen foul mouths before, but never one as foul as yours. If you make another sound, I'll throw you into the Yangtze River."

"You... what are you going to do?" Nie Yuan, with a broken mouth from hitting the ground, stammered.

"Nothing, just want to play with you until you die, but I'm afraid you'll complain to the underworld, so I'll let you live. Go tell your disrespectful parents that Jiang Yan is now my woman. Don't bring up old nonsense. And tell that Song guy, if he comes looking for trouble again, I'll destroy him! Get out!"

With a kick to the stomach, Nie Yuan flew several meters and landed with a scream. Ye Huang ignored him and walked back into the hotpot restaurant.