Chapter 1

"Mom! Please give me back that 300,000! My sister urgently needs this medical fee! We can't delay any longer!"

Thud.

Ye Chen knelt down heavily.

Slap!

His mother-in-law, Liu Meilan, slapped him across the face: "Get out! You useless good-for-nothing, when have I ever owed you money?"

"The insurance company said you took the compensation money!"

Ye Chen was in a panic.

Three days ago, his sister was seriously injured in a car accident, and the driver fled the scene.

The huge medical expenses were suffocating him.

He had finally waited for the insurance compensation, but it was intercepted by his mother-in-law!

Liu Meilan argued unreasonably: "So what if I took it? You've been eating and drinking at my expense for years; you owe me! And as a man, you can't even save up for your sister's medical fees. What good are you? Go out and find a car to run you over!"

She then complained to her daughter, Su Yunqing, who was sitting on the sofa playing with her phone: "Look! This is the useless man you married! A penniless beggar!"

"Mom, he's just a poor worker. Where can he save money?"

Su Yunqing looked at Ye Chen kneeling on the ground. Even though she was annoyed with this weak husband, she felt a bit of pity.

She added, "Mom, I think you should still give him the compensation money. After all..."

"Shut up!"

Liu Meilan interrupted loudly: "This money is for your brother to get married. No one can touch it!"

She then kicked Ye Chen in the stomach several times, taunting him: "No money? Fine! Want to fight? Have the guts to come and kill me with a knife?"

Ye Chen clutched his stomach, burning with anger, but he looked at his wife, Su Yunqing.

He could only swallow his anger.

"Hah! I knew you wouldn't dare, you coward! Get out, get out, get out! We don't need a parasite like you in our home! We'll file for divorce in a few days, and from now on, we'll have nothing to do with each other!"

Liu Meilan pushed Ye Chen out as she spoke.

Su Yunqing didn't stop her, her expression filled with disappointment in Ye Chen.

As for her father, Su Guoqiang, he kept his head down reading the newspaper, pretending nothing had happened.

Bang!

The door slammed shut.

Outside, Ye Chen was utterly disappointed.

For three years, he had been living under their roof, working like a slave. He knew his mother-in-law was sharp-tongued and mean, but he never expected her to be so heartless.

"No matter what, I have to get the money for the surgery!"

He got on his old electric bike and went to the construction site to demand his wages.

Ye Chen had studied architecture and worked at a construction company after graduating from university.

He was nominally a site engineer, but in reality, he did the same work as a regular laborer, working from dawn till dusk for a mere 5,000 yuan a month.

This made his mother-in-law even more disdainful.

Half an hour later.

In the site manager's office.

Site manager Ma Lao San and a few supervisors were playing mahjong, with stacks of cash on the table.

Ye Chen pleaded desperately: "Brother Ma, can you please settle my wages? It's been half a year without pay! My sister urgently needs medical fees..."

Ma Lao San, smoking, said impatiently: "Damn! All you think about is money. The project funds haven't come in, so where's the money to pay you? Get lost!"

"Brother Ma, if the project funds haven't come in, why have others been paid but not me?"

Ma Lao San and the supervisors exchanged glances, then sneered: "Let me be honest, I deliberately withheld your wages!"

"Why?"

Ye Chen was stunned.

"Why?"

Ma Lao San flicked his cigarette butt at Ye Chen, his expression mocking: "Because you, a useless man, married the most beautiful woman in Andong City, and it makes me feel unbalanced! Not happy? Come and beat me up then!"

Ye Chen felt dejected.

Ma Lao San had been in Andong City for years and had some power!

He was nothing but an ant in front of him!

Ma Lao San continued to laugh maliciously: "Actually, if you bring that beauty out for me to play with, I'll give you a couple of hundred as a reward! How about that?"

The other supervisors at the table joined in:

"I'll give you two hundred, and after Brother Ma is done, I'll have a turn!"

"Better yet, let this idiot watch us play. I heard Su Yunqing is still a virgin! Tsk tsk! She must be tight!"

Such filthy words finally made Ye Chen lose his temper!

"Damn it!!"

Ye Chen swung his fist and charged forward.

He hit Ma Lao San's cheek.

Bang!

Ma Lao San stumbled back several steps, then flew into a rage: "Damn! Beat him up!"

Several supervisors and workers outside rushed in.

One against many, Ye Chen was quickly beaten to the ground.

Bruised and battered.

"Stupid bastard!"

Ma Lao San stepped on Ye Chen's head and urinated on him.

"Carry him out and throw him away!"

...

Night fell.

Ye Chen squatted by the roadside, sobbing.

This was the most humiliating day of his life!

Few people knew that his real identity was the eldest son of the Han family from the capital.

The reason for his current plight was a tragic past.

Twenty-five years ago, his father, Ye Tan, married into the prominent Han family in the capital.

A year later, the eldest daughter of the Han family, Han Shuhan, gave birth to a boy.

The boy took the mother's surname and was named Han Chen.

Ye Tan, with his weak personality, was often bullied in the Han family, treated worse than a servant.

Han Shuhan, on the other hand, lived a life of debauchery, with a string of men.

Worse still, the strong-willed Han Shuhan soon openly took another husband!

Successful men had multiple wives and concubines.

It wasn't uncommon for a prominent family's daughter to have two husbands!

The new husband became Han Feng's second father.

Especially when the second father and Han Shuhan had a son.

Ye Tan's status plummeted even further.

Even Han Chen, as Han Shuhan's son, was far less favored than his younger brother.

Ten years ago, Han Shuhan divorced Ye Tan and kicked them out of the Han family.

"Such a social climber and his bastard son don't deserve to eat a single grain of our Han family's food. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other!"

This was Han Shuhan's harsh words!

Leaving the capital, they returned to their hometown in Andong, living a hard life.

Han Chen changed his name to Ye Chen.

Later, Ye Tan adopted a girl seven years younger than Ye Chen as his daughter.

The three of them, though poor, lived a warm and loving life.

But good times didn't last long.

Three years ago, Ye Tan disappeared for a month and returned with a terminal illness.

They borrowed countless amounts of money for his treatment, but it was all in vain.

After Ye Tan's death,

To pay off the debts, Ye Chen, who had just graduated, gave up his dignity and became a son-in-law in the Su family!

He worked like a slave for three years.

When his sister was in a car accident, Ye Chen tried every possible way to raise the medical fees!

He even mustered the courage to contact his mother, Han Shuhan, after ten years of no contact to borrow money!

But she coldly said, "I don't have a son like you. Giving birth to you was the stupidest decision of my life!"

And hung up the phone!

There was no more desperate moment in his life than this.

"Sister, it's my fault, this is my last resort. You must live a happy life from now on..."

Ye Chen stood up, his gaze resolute.

He planned to jump from the construction site building to his death.

Pretending it was a work injury.

This way, he could get a 600,000 yuan compensation from the construction site!

"I hope the compensation money won't be intercepted by my mother-in-law!"

Just as he was about to enter the construction site,

A black Rolls-Royce suddenly stopped in front of him.

License plate: Ning F88888

An old man in a Tang suit got out.

He bowed to Ye Chen: "Young Master, I have kept you waiting!"

Ye Chen: "???"