Chapter 80: The Song Family’s Confidence

Upon learning who had arrived, Song Qingtian came down from upstairs.

Her legs were not very steady, so she walked slowly and, once downstairs, sat down without even lifting her head.

“Did you bring the three million?” Song Qingtian got straight to the point.

The representatives of the Zhou, Kong, and Song families were momentarily taken aback.

“We already gave it to General Ling yesterday,” the Song family’s representative blurted out.

Song Qingtian looked up at him. This was one of the Song clan’s uncles—also a younger generation, just like her and Song Yinyin. Yet this man treated Song Yinyin better, while showing absolutely no affection for her, his own flesh-and-blood niece.

Kinship is truly a peculiar thing.

Some will never tolerate the success of any branch of the clan; they’d rather see everyone else brought low, laughing at the whole family, all in the hope of making their own name shine.

That’s what kinship is like.

Song Qingtian never had much affection for the Song family anyway—since they were unkind to her, she could be equally unkind in return.

Song Qingtian chuckled. “What are you talking about? I’m the one who’s been through this ordeal; I’m the plaintiff; and I’m the one seeking forgiveness. You’ve handed the money over to someone else—does that make any sense?”

“But you’re husband and wife!” the Song family members said, clearly displeased, staring coldly at Song Qingtian.

In the past, they’d shown Song Haichao a bit of respect—only because of him—and never really targeted Song Qingtian.

But now that Song Haichao is gone, what kind of person is this Song Qingtian, anyway?

How dare she give them the cold shoulder!

Everyone in the Song family has been laughing at Song Qingtian—after all, they rarely get to see Song Haichao these days, so when they do, they can’t help but find ways to put him down. What kind of daughter does she have, anyway? For the sake of some man—she’s practically shameless!

Song Qingtian could tell that the Song family was the least respectful of her among the three clans, so naturally they were going to take it out on the Song family.

“I’m not signing the forgiveness agreement together. It has to be in triplicate—one forgiveness letter per person. And besides… add another million to each person’s share. Transfer the money to me right now. If you can’t do that, there’s no need to come back later—I don’t have time to wait for you.”

“You… Song Qingtian, you’re really pushing your luck!”

The Song family members glared at Song Qingtian in anger. Even Aunt Chen, standing nearby, couldn’t bear to watch anymore. Just as she was about to speak up, Song Qingtian gestured for her to stay back.

Only then did Aunt Chen step aside.

“The Zhou family and the Kong family each contribute fifty thousand; the Song family contributes two hundred thousand.”

“…What… what did you say?” the Song family members exclaimed, wide-eyed. Previously, they’d already scraped together every last penny—had they only taken Song Haichao’s inheritance, things might have been easier. But now Ling Hanyu had made it clear: they had to pay back the money.

They simply didn’t have the funds.

And now Song Qingtian was demanding an outrageous sum—adding another million on top of the original amount, turning it into two million with just one sentence.

Wasn’t this obviously targeting the Song family?

Song Qingtian remained calm and composed. “You heard correctly—two million is what you have to pay. If you can’t come up with it, there’s no need to show up tomorrow either.”

The people from the Zhou and Kong families suddenly realized: this whole mess was clearly caused by the Song family tapping into Song Haichao’s estate, and they were just caught in the crossfire.

Without hesitation, they rose to prepare the forgiveness agreements.

As soon as the Zhou and Kong representatives left, the Song family member was completely dumbfounded!

Song Qingtian glanced at the forgiveness agreement. “Two million is my absolute maximum concession. If you can’t come up with it, there’s no need to come back tomorrow.”

“Song Qingtian, don’t think that someone’s backing you…” Before she could even finish the words, there was a commotion upstairs.

Ling Hanyu came down the stairs, holding his daughter in his arms. As soon as the Song family saw Ling Hanyu, they hurriedly stood up.

They had just been brusque moments before, but now they were all smiles.

It was said that Ling Hanyu favored Song Yinyin more, and that it was only a matter of time before Song Yinyin replaced Song Qingtian as Ling Hanyu’s wife.

Thinking of all this, the Song family felt emboldened.

“General Ling.”

The Song family members rushed over to greet Ling Hanyu.

Ling Hanyu came downstairs, still holding his daughter, without even looking up.

Ling Nuonuo opened her big, beautiful eyes and glared at the man, clearly unhappy. He’d just been yelling at Mommy—what a bad guy!

Once downstairs, Ling Nuonuo wriggled out of Ling Hanyu’s arms and ran over to Song Qingtian, pouting and looking very aggrieved. Song Qingtian quickly scooped up her daughter.

Right now, she really had to keep a close eye on her daughter at all times.

Holding her soft, cuddly daughter, Song Qingtian kissed her gently.

Ling Nuonuo turned away and glared at the Song family, her usually well-behaved little face suddenly scowling. “Bad guy! He yelled at Mommy!”

End of Chapter 80: The Song Family’s Confidence