To keep her boyfriend reassured and by her side, Ning Chuqiu did as he wished, immediately picking up the phone to call her father.
When the call finally connected, joy appeared on his face; he knew his father would never let him down.
Today, he even let his boyfriend know that his conditions were the best.
"Dad, don’t you have two companies? Could you transfer one of those companies to my boyfriend? I plan to marry him, and we’ve both decided to bring him to meet you after a few days."
The middle-aged man on the other end of the phone suddenly went silent, followed by a burst of rage.
"Don’t think I don’t know. I have seen it all; you’re being bullied by that man, and yet you still want to marry him, even thinking about giving him the property in my hands. I think you’ve lost your mind."
"Even if you have lost your mind, as your father, my mind is still clear. As long as I’m alive, I won’t relinquish these assets, especially not to an outsider."
Under her father’s words, Ning Chuqiu became anxious. Why did her father have to do this, making her almost unable to lift her head in front of her boyfriend?
Had she not already promised her boyfriend that if she didn’t get what they wanted this time, he might leave her?
Ning Chuqiu burst into tears on the phone there and then.
"Dad, I’m your only daughter. In the end, all your property is going to be inherited by me. Our relationship is particularly stable. Why won’t you give me these things?"
"Just give them to me. Once you do, we will definitely get married. Once we’re married and have a child, doesn’t the property still have to be passed on?"
Ning Chuqiu’s father couldn’t have imagined that his own daughter, already elbowing out in favor of an outsider, would make such an outrageous statement.
He did what he did to protect his daughter.
But his daughter didn’t need his protection and was even colluding with outsiders. Was this a plot to seize the family’s wealth?
"Anyway, before you two get married, before he even meets me, I’m not giving him any of the property. And about him hitting you before. I’ve seen some reports too; is my daughter someone to be disciplined by others? Even I, as a father, have never had the heart to lay a hand on your face."
Originally, Ning Chuqiu had the speakerphone on. When Zhou Shuai heard this, his face instantly turned frantic.
He didn’t expect these things would get out. If they did, how could he get ahold of the property from his future father-in-law?
He couldn’t afford to lose these assets. Without them, how could he negotiate with his future father-in-law?
"Those were all accidents. My boyfriend hit me because I was disobedient, and it was for my own good."
"It’s all because you didn’t teach me when I was a child, so sometimes I just can’t cooperate with others. Isn’t that why I got hit?"
Speaking round and round, Ning Chuqiu somehow managed to blame her father for her own mistakes. If she had known these rules and conditions earlier, perhaps her boyfriend wouldn’t have gotten angry.
And her boyfriend wouldn’t have left her, she thought desperately. If not for her father’s interference, perhaps they would never have had any conflict.
Hearing his daughter’s words, Ning Chuqiu’s father was somewhat infuriated. He never imagined that his daughter would turn out .
"Alright, I won’t say more. The property is in my hands for now, and it stays mine until I say otherwise. Nobody is allowed to take it."
After his statement, Ning Chuqiu hung up miraculously, feeling particularly guilty looking at her boyfriend.
Helpless, they weren’t married yet. Glancing up sneakily at her boyfriend, she appeasingly shook his arm.
"Baby, I’m sorry. My dad is too old-fashioned—that’s why he’s doing this. But don’t worry, my dad isn’t a particularly old-fashioned person; he will figure out how to let me have the property."
"The property is all ours, anyway. If my dad doesn’t give it to me, I will definitely argue with him about it, and I won’t let you be shortchanged."
Listening to his girlfriend still promising him the world, Zhou Shuai couldn’t wait anymore.
His family had a brother waiting to buy a house. Although the money Ning Chuqiu gave him was enough, he didn’t want to spend that money.
"You promised to give me a company today, but you still haven’t delivered on your promise. You’re just like before, always only able to paint a rosy picture. If I had known you were earlier, I wouldn’t have interacted with you, and I wouldn’t have broken up with Yaya."
Shaking Ning Chuqiu off with one move, Zhou Shuai prepared to leave; the girl lunged forward, gripping his legs tightly.
He couldn’t let his boyfriend leave; they had just reconciled. How could he allow him to walk away?
Where would he find someone else after leaving?
"Baby, please. We will work hard for our future life. Even if we don’t have the funds from my dad, we will still make it, won’t we? I’ve tried so many ways; he won’t just ignore us. He will surely help us."
Under the girl’s pleading, Zhou Shuai was already impatient. What was there to help with? If he were going to help, he would have done it long ago; why wait until now?
Just faking niceness.
Without hesitation, he slapped Ning Chuqiu hard, growing angrier as he thought about the situation.
He began to punch and kick Ning Chuqiu. Feeling the pain, she was somewhat incredulous.
Cradling her head, she felt she had done no wrong, yet her boyfriend was angry because she hadn’t delivered on her promise.
"I’m sorry, baby, I was wrong. Let me discuss it again with my dad, okay?"
"What’s there to discuss? You sent the video of me hitting you to your dad, and now he’s very displeased with me. It’s all because of you. Would he have such a severe opinion if you hadn’t stirred things up?"
Ning Chuqiu was at a loss under Zhou Shuai’s words, blinking her large eyes.
If she hadn’t told her father to start with, perhaps there was still a chance for them. But the next moment, she was met with an even more vicious beating.
Feeling almost suffocated, Nirgend Chuqiu hurriedly fumbled for the phone.