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Chapter 135 What does family ties matter in the face of money?

Ruan Shu wasn't in a hurry at all. She raised her handcuffed hands and gently brushed the stray hairs from her forehead. "Brother Jia Shu, I can talk, but you have to promise me you'll let me leave this awful place. It's unbearable to live here; I'm going crazy..."

Feng Jiashu narrowed his eyes slightly and said, word by word, "Ruan Shu, don't you understand what you've done yet?"

Ruan Shu clenched her hands, bit her lower lip, and retorted defiantly, "He Qiaoyun wasn't seriously injured. Besides, if she hadn't angered me first, I wouldn't have been so angry and accidentally pushed her downstairs."

As she spoke, she shifted the blame onto He Qiaoyun: "Doesn't she bear any responsibility at all?"

Feng Jiashu chuckled, stood up, and looked down at her, saying, "Ruan Shu, if you've asked me to come here just to say these things, then there's no need to waste each other's time. Go talk to your lawyer and the judge."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Ruan Shu panicked and quickly said, "Brother Jia Shu, don't go! I said, please sit down..."

Feng Jiashu looked down at her without saying a word, as if waiting for her to speak.

Ruan Shu's eyes were mostly red, and her momentum weakened. "Brother Jiashu, if I tell her, could you please plead with He Qiaoyun to stop being so ruthless and let me go? Don't let me go to jail. I promise I'll never bother you again and I won't hold a grudge against her anymore..."

Upon hearing this absurd request, Feng Jiashu turned around and was about to leave.

Ruan Shu also stood up and reached out to pull him back, but was pulled back by the staff the next moment. "Don't move."

"This was all arranged by Feng Shuxian. She didn't want you to get married!" Ruan Shu shouted at his back.

This successfully stopped Feng Jiashu in his tracks. He turned around, frowned, and looked at her for a long while before asking, "What?"

Ruan Shu couldn't help but chuckle and asked, "You're so rich, why haven't you ever thought about having a child of your own?"

Feng Jiashu sat back down and asked in a somewhat urgent tone, "Stop talking nonsense and tell me what exactly happened."

Ruan Shu looked at him with resentment, "Brother Jiashu, can't you really see? She went to so much trouble to arrange for me to get close to you in order to pave the way for her child."

Feng Jiashu was really puzzled. His aunt's whole family worked in the group, so why did they need to "pave the way"?

Seeing his confusion, Ruan Shu continued, "Yes, her children all have good jobs in the Feng Group, but that's not enough. What she wants is to change the Feng Group's name to Zhu. And you happen to have no children, let alone a son. This is exactly what she wants. They've already planned how to deal with you, but you're the only one who still treats them as family."

Yesterday, Feng Shuxian sent someone to deliver a message to her, saying that if she didn't betray her, she was willing to pay a million yuan in hush money.

She desperately needed money, but she disdained this million. It was all because Feng Shuxian had bewitched her that she ended up in this state.

Since it's already beyond repair, why bother protecting the person behind it all? If we're all in this together, we're all in this together; if we're all going to fail, we'll all die together. She doesn't care anymore.

Feng Jiashu's worldview seemed to collapse. He had never imagined his aunt would treat him this way, because she was his only living relative and the elder who had watched him grow up...

"Unbelievable?" Ruan Shu chuckled. "What does family ties matter in the face of money?"

Feng Jiashu stared at her. "Did He Qiaoyun also tell you to push He Qiaoyun downstairs?"

Ruan Shu's eyes darted away for a moment. "Yes, she asked me to find a way to make He Qiaoyun leave you."

Feng Jiashu asked again, "Did she tell you to push He Qiaoyun downstairs?"

Ruan Shu immediately felt guilty. She looked up and met his gaze. Unable to escape his eyes, she had no choice but to admit, "I pushed the person myself, but I didn't do it on purpose. I know I was wrong, and I don't want to go to jail..."

Feng Jiashu stopped listening to her explanation and interrupted, "You should repent those words to the judge."

After saying that, he left without looking back, leaving Ruan Shu alone, sobbing uncontrollably.

As Feng Jiashu emerged from the detention center, the dazzling sunlight blinded him, making him almost unable to stand. Ruan Shu's words kept echoing in his mind: "What does family matter in the face of money?"

The lawyer reached out and helped him up, asking with concern, "Mr. Feng, are you alright?"

Feng Jiashu gave a bitter smile, waved his hand, and said in a somewhat dejected tone, "I'm fine, I'm just feeling a bit sentimental. My aunt was such a respectable elder in my heart, but now..."

The lawyer sighed and comforted him, "Try to think more positively."

Feng Jiashu smiled helplessly, "Never mind."

Forget it, my aunt is getting old, and it's really not good to ruin things over this. I understand, and we'll just have less contact in the future.

The lawyer, however, didn't quite understand what he meant and asked, "What do you mean? Should Ms. Ruan's case continue?"

Feng Jiashu: "We'll handle it according to legal procedures. I'm going back now."

Even though Ruan Shu told him who was behind it all, he still had to be punished as he should, otherwise he would have no face to face He Qiaoyun.

The lawyer opened the back seat of the Maybach. "Take care, I'll let you know when the court has any news."

"Ah."

Upon returning home, before even entering the door, the housekeeper came out to greet him, "Sir, your aunt has arrived; she just got here."

He nodded slightly. "Yes, I understand."

Upon entering, I saw my aunt and uncle sitting upright, waiting for me.

He walked over without much emotion and said, "Aunt, Uncle, you've come."

Feng Shuxian looked up at him and asked, "Where have you been on the weekend?"

Feng Jiashu sat down in a seat to the side, concealing the fact that he had visited Ruan Shu, and said, "I had to go out for a while. Is there something important that you two came to visit so suddenly?"

The uncle spoke first, "Jiashu, is the woman that Ruan Shu accidentally pushed down the stairs alright?"

Feng Jiashu couldn't help but chuckle to himself. They had indeed come for Ruan Shu's sake. He said, "Moderate concussion, with injuries of varying degrees."

The uncle sighed, "Oh dear, that's not even the lightest thing. This Ruan Shu is really something. She could just tolerate being scolded a couple of times, why did she have to..."

My aunt chimed in at just the right moment: "But I heard she's already been discharged from the hospital, so it must not have been a serious injury."

Feng Jiashu raised an eyebrow. "Aunt and Uncle, just say what you want to say clearly. There's no need to beat around the bush."

The aunt smiled and said, "We came here to ask if it's possible to get Ruan Shu and He Qiaoyun to reconcile and shake hands."

The uncle chimed in, "Yes, Ruan Shu didn't do it on purpose. They were both angry after arguing, which led to this. They both bear some responsibility, right?"

Yesterday, the person they sent to deliver a message to Ruan Shu returned, saying that Ruan Shu seemed reluctant to take the money to do things. They were also afraid that they would lose more than they gained by trying to steal a chicken. If Feng Jiashu found out that they were secretly plotting to seize his family property, the children would all be finished.

Therefore, they had no choice but to swallow their pride and get Feng Jiashu to agree first, which would make things much easier later on.