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Recognized by My Ex After Being Reborn-Chapter 486 donated all to beggars for poverty alleviation.
Chapter 486: 486 donated all to beggars for poverty alleviation.
"If you like to wallow in degradation, that’s your choice,"
"If you want to work at some deceitful studio, that’s also your choice, but we, the Lian Family, need to save face."
"At your age, still showing your face in public, what will people think of our Lian Family? Even if you don’t care about yourself, you should at least consider the younger generations."
Here it comes again...
The same old moral blackmail, threatening with familial ties, day in and day out.
"How have I stooped to self-degradation?"
"How is Yunlian Studio deceitful?"
"Sorry, but I am just that selfish now," Granny Lian replied. "Where I go is my freedom, and what I do is my freedom. I am not responsible or obligated to sacrifice my own comfort for your precious ’face’."
"Mom! Don’t go too far!"
With Lian Yinseng’s roar, the whole family trembled with fear; they all lived in dread of him, and naturally felt frightened at his anger.
At that moment, a round of applause broke out.
And the person clapping was none other than Miss Shi Xiu.
"Officer Lian sure keeps challenging my core values," she mocked. "Relying on your mother to maintain your honor, sacrificing your mother for your own pride? As if raising you wasn’t enough, now in her old age, she should be depleted for the sake of your children, her life entirely spent for you?"
"Shut your mouth! What are you?" Lian Yinseng snarled.
"The least worthwhile person here is you," Shi Lan shot back fearlessly. "My husband and I, as ’outsiders,’ didn’t want to get involved, but really, you don’t have a shred of shame or decency. Let’s not talk about grandma for now. As for how my mother-in-law was driven from the home and how she died, surely we, as her son and daughter-in-law, have the right to speak? It wouldn’t be too much to regard you as half a matricide. We don’t need face."
"Are you sure you want to go head-to-head with us here?"
"Sure, let’s expose the old stories exactly as they are to the tabloids. I believe the public will have their own judgment."
Lian Yinseng slammed his hand on the table in fury: "You wouldn’t dare!"
"Are you threatening me?" Shi Lan sneered, turning to the lawyer behind her, "Did you get all that? His menacing face?"
"It’s been recorded," the lawyer answered.
"Grandma just wants freedom. She threw out all her assets but still can’t escape. She’s supposed to be responsible for the Lian Family’s face and honor? What are you, Lian Family, royalty? Or the president? You shameless old thing, you needn’t strut around with your status here because everything you do is disgraceful, dead when exposed. Dare you lay all your deeds open to the public? You wouldn’t dare, but we do. What wrong have we done?"
After listening, Lian Yinseng’s eyes turned bloodshot, and he sprang up, aiming to slap Shi Lan, but his arm was caught by Yan Shixiu: "Hit a woman?"
"Can’t argue so you resort to violence, lawyer?"
"Don’t worry, Mrs. Yan, we’ve got it recorded," the lawyer affirmed professionally.
Yan Shixiu flung Lian Yinseng’s arm away, then said, "If you dare to lay a hand on her again, everything she just said will become a reality. I will spare no expense to investigate my mother’s death. When old debts are unearthed, don’t say I didn’t warn you."
Lian Yinseng, utterly humiliated, could only sit back down on the sofa with seething rage.
"I’ve heard you always look down on actors, coincidentally, I don’t think much of you either. Do you think I feel shame or fear because of your disdain? You’re sorely mistaken. There are plenty who dislike me; what are you in comparison? There’s no need to waste time here anymore. Since grandma’s wishes are not respected, let’s do it this way. If you don’t let her go, we’ll bring everything out in the open, be it the event 29 years ago or... today’s."
Lian Yinseng fears nothing more than losing face.
Faced with Shi Lan’s threat, he couldn’t even fart.
Lian Qingyi could not stand to see her father so humiliated and pointed at Shi Lan, accusing, "A mere actor, do you even know where you are? Have you no upbringing, creating a scene in someone else’s home?"
"Oh, so you do know this is someone else’s house," Shi Lan retorted with a smile.
"I am a direct granddaughter!"
"From now on, you’re not," Granny Lian suddenly interjected into the dispute, seriously stating, "In the future, during holidays, you all can come to see me, but there’s no need for the eldest’s family. It’s too distressing. Now that faces have been torn, let’s deal with the matters swiftly."
Granny Lian couldn’t wait any longer.
Lian Yinseng was so angry he couldn’t speak, but he was forced to comply with Shi Lan and her husband’s coercion.
Seeing Lian Yinseng fall silent, other members of the Lian Family also accepted this method of division.
The lawyer then took out the prepared papers and placed them on the coffee table, saying, "After signing this document, our legal team will liquidate all of the lady’s assets and then distribute them proportionally. If you don’t trust our legal team, you can arrange your own lawyers; we have no objections and will fully cooperate."
"Here is the full list of the lady’s assets."
"Is this really all of it?" Lian Qingyi scoffed. "None of us know exactly how much grandma has. If she says it’s only this much, we have to take her word for it. What if she’s kept better things to benefit others?"
Lian’s wife tugged at the corner of Lian Qingyi’s clothing,
trying to stop her from causing more trouble.
But Lian Qingyi’s temper could not be subdued.
Granny Lian couldn’t be bothered arguing with her anymore and again addressed the lawyer: "I want to make one more change to the will, is that possible?"
"Madam, you can make as many changes as you like," the lawyer affirmed.
"Give the part originally intended for the eldest’s family to the beggars for poverty relief," Grandmother decided without batting an eye.
At Granny Lian’s words, the entire family was too shocked to speak.
"Mom, aren’t you being too harsh? Throughout the years, Yinsheng has worked so hard, even if there was no merit, there was plenty of hard work. Isn’t this a bit too partial?" Unable to bear it any longer, Lian’s wife spoke out, "Now is everyone ganging up to bully our family? What’s the point of signing this document then? We might as well not be involved."
"Let’s go!" Lian Yinseng, unable to take the humiliation, dragged his wife and daughter away from the Lian house.
"Grandma, you will surely regret what you’ve done today," Lian Qingyi said as she dropped a final threat before following after Lian Yinseng.
With the trouble-making family gone, the intense atmosphere in the living room suddenly halved.
Lian Zhongjin moved forward and asked Granny Lian, "Mom, is it really unbearable for you in the Lian house?"
"Rather than unbearable, I’m utterly disappointed. Disappointed that you didn’t speak up for your sister back then, and disappointed that you’ve turned a deaf ear over the years. I do not owe you anything; from now on, let’s spare each other and live well."
After speaking, Granny Lian took Shi Lan’s hand and said, "Let’s go, Little Anlan, we’re going home to watch your show."