Once Liu Changqing learned about the bet between Ye Rong and Li Zhengmao, the truth finally surfaced. He began to understand the true intention behind everything Ye Rong had done in the past.
The reason she forced him to sign that blatantly unfair agreent after their divorce… was all to activate the terms of the bet.
That is—his body had to choose the children and give up all property. Only then would the wager between the two of them take effect.
Ye Rong’s logic wasn’t hard to guess.
Why did she abduct his daughter, Xiazhi, back then?
Perhaps it was because she’d realized his life hadn’t turned out to be the miserable failure she’d expected. On the contrary, it was getting better.
So, she deliberately let Li Wanran take the child away—to provoke him, to force him to give up his career and focus entirely on raising the kids. That way, when the ti limit ended, she’d win the bet.
Otherwise… how else could he have taken Xiazhi back from Li Wanran so easily, without any resistance?
But what Liu Changqing didn’t know—
That night, Ye Rong had originally intended to intervene, but before she could act, Li Quanzhang warned her off.
No one knew what was really going on in her mind.
Even now, no one could say for sure.
After Liu Changqing finished speaking, Ye Rong just stared at him silently. She didn’t move. She just stared.
Ti ticked by.
Eventually, Ye Rong slowly closed her eyes, and a faint smile ford on her lips.
At first, it was a silent smile. Then ca the soft chuckle. Before long, it turned into mad laughter—hysterical and unrestrained.
“I didn’t lose. I didn’t lose to him.”
That’s what she said.
Li Quanzhang watched her silently, saying nothing. Liu Changqing, on the other hand, looked at her with visible confusion, not understanding why she was saying such things.
Ye Rong opened her eyes again and exhaled deeply.
“This ti, I won. I beat Li Zhengmao… Just like you said—he definitely helped you. There was no way I could’ve won that bet from the beginning. But… soone like him actually played dirty against ? That ans he lost. He was afraid I might win!”
“……”
Liu Changqing was dumbfounded.
He really didn’t understand what she was talking about.
Was this… the classic “You think I lost, but actually I won”?
Peak ntal gymnastics.
With that thought, Liu Changqing completely lost interest in arguing with this madwoman. He turned to Li Quanzhang beside him.
“So, what happens now that she’s lost?”
“She forfeits all the property.”
“I see…”
He muttered quietly and glanced at Ye Rong, who was still in front of him.
After a mont of thought, he added, “From the beginning, I haven’t heard anything about Li Wanran…”
“The Old Master didn’t leave her anything,” Li Quanzhang replied, looking at Liu Changqing. “If Ye Rong lost, Li Zhengmao’s entire estate would go to your two children. But that’s only after Liu Xiazhi cos of age. So… in the anti, it’ll be you, their father, who keeps it on their behalf.”
“Dream on! He won’t get a single cent!!”
Before Liu Changqing could respond, Ye Rong suddenly snapped. For the first ti in a while, both n turned to look at her.
Ye Rong suddenly lunged toward the table to grab the docunts, acting like she’d gone completely insane. But just as her fingers were about to touch them, Li Quanzhang firmly grabbed her wrist.
Her bloodshot eyes and frenzied appearance were a stark contrast to the polished, image-conscious woman she used to be. Now, she looked like soone on the verge of total collapse.
“What the hell are you doing?! Let go!”
“……”
Li Quanzhang didn’t respond. He simply stared at her in silence.
Then, he slowly shook his head.
“It’s over.”
“No… it’s not over…”
Ye Rong muttered, her eyes unfocused and darting around. Then suddenly, they locked onto Liu Changqing.
“This kind of man… there’s no way he deserves all that money. A loser like him…”
Before she could finish, sothing seed to click in her mind. Her head snapped around to stare at Li Quanzhang, eyes wide.
“Wait, just now you said… he’s only temporarily in charge. So if Liu Zhiyue and Liu Xiazhi die… then all that money will be mine again!”
That sentence reached Liu Changqing’s ears loud and clear. Until now, he had simply watched in silence—but no more.
He stepped forward and slapped her across the face.
Smack!
Liu Changqing hit with such force that, despite Li Quanzhang still holding her wrist, Ye Rong nearly collapsed.
Crash!
She slamd against the desk. The sudden movent knocked over everything on it. If Li Quanzhang hadn’t been holding her arm, she would’ve hit the floor hard.
In an instant, blood trickled from the corner of Ye Rong’s mouth, and her nose began to bleed as well.
Liu Changqing remained frozen in the aftermath of the slap, his face twisted in fury.
“Are you even human?!”
His words rang out.
After what Ye Rong had just said, Liu Changqing couldn’t believe that this woman was his children’s grandmother.
To say sothing like—"Let the children die"?
What kind of person…
Breathing heavily, Liu Changqing glanced at Li Quanzhang. Their eyes t for a few seconds before Liu Changqing looked away. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone.
He made a call.
He only said a few words before hanging up and putting the phone back in his pocket. Then he turned to look at Ye Rong, who was still sprawled across the desk, motionless after that slap.
Blood stained the table beneath her. One of her hands was still in Li Quanzhang’s grasp, and the whole scene looked absurd.
Looking down at her, Liu Changqing remained silent for a long ti before finally turning around and speaking to Li Quanzhang.
“You can let go. She’s not going anywhere.”
“What do you an?”
“You know what she’s done.”
Liu Changqing paused and turned back to him.
“The reason I ca today was to hear what she had to say. And you heard it too—whether as a mother or as an elder, she’s completely unfit. I originally thought she just wanted to win against Li Zhengmao, but I didn’t expect her to…”
He trailed off and frowned, then closed his eyes.
When he opened them again, the look he gave Ye Rong was like one reserved for soone already as good as dead.
“I never wanted to get involved. From the day you found , I didn’t want anything to do with that family anymore. I just wanted to raise the kids and live as a proper father—not as soone caught up in their damn bet…”
Looking at Li Quanzhang, mories from that day ca flooding back. The day he first learned of the wager from Li Quanzhang’s mouth…
“All I ever wanted… was to live as a father. That’s all.”
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