Standing Next To You-Chapter 183: Using the ’Gift’ as the ’Bait’

A/n: This Chapter and the previous Chapters have all been fixed. Thank you for waiting. Merry Christmas everyone~

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Only then did Bei Sangyun understand that the reason her grandfather helped her in the first place to avoid being framed was because she would embarrass the whole Lin family in front of the Simon family.

But now that the situation has turned around, the motive of the old man has shown. He wanted to use this incident to push his kin to be the future Madame of the Simon family.

The old man’s offer was surprisingly accepted by Richard despite Mr. Simon’s disagreement. Bei Sangyun was powerless and could only be dragged around like a useless doll. She was still traumatized by what happened and still had to face the perpetrator as her fiance.

This was worse than a punishment. And she couldn’t accept it.

Bei Sangyun remained stubborn and ran away that night, attempting to find her way back to her village. However, she was caught soon by Butler Xin the next day.

She was brought back to the mansion. But Bei Sangyun was stubborn. She went to Old Master Lin’s office, broke a vase, and put the broken sharp glass to her neck.

She asked the old man if she would have any use if she was dead.

With her life as a bargaining chip, Bei Sangyun managed to make the old man listen to her. She told him that she would be more useful as an heir than someone to be married off. She made a deal with the old man that she was worth keeping.

Perhaps, her stubbornness and determination moved the old man; Old Master Lin finally agreed. But with the condition that once he saw that she was not living up to their deal, Bei Sangyun could no longer use the same trick on him.

That was the start of Bei Sangyun’s pursuit of becoming the heir desperately, shedding her blood and tears just to prove her worth.

Seeing Lin Xiaoni confronting her again made Bei Sangyun remember the past. Lin Xiaoni never changed. She had also confronted her after that incident, slapping her face and pulling her hair.

But this time, things have changed. She was no longer the helpless little girl who knew nothing.

Bei Sangyun smiled at the ’gift’ in front of her, "Why are you so concerned about what happened to him? Could it be you like him?"

Lin Xiaoni widened her eyes. Her cheeks turned red. "S-so what?! A-anyway, I don’t believe that he tried to do anything to you. Richard is so great and handsome; he is not in your caliber. He will not lust after someone like you! You must be lying!" freёwebnoѵel.com

Bei Sangyun crossed her arms, "You think too highly of him. If you like him so much, why don’t you confess to him or seduce him? If you don’t act, it will be too late. Who knows, I might become his fiancée before you can do anything."

Lin Xiaoni was horrified. "Why will you become his fiancée? You don’t deserve that position!"

"I don’t like it too. But you see, since everyone learned that I got involved with him, that old man—I mean grandfather—would surely ask the Simon family to take responsibility. If grandfather asked them, what can I do?" Bei Sangyun used her acting skills to the fullest. She then sighed, "If this goes on, there is a big possibility that it might happen. Richard will leave tomorrow. If you don’t act now, Richard will be taken from you."

Lin Xiaoni staggered, "He will leave tomorrow?"

The only person who knew of the Simon family’s sudden departure was that old man. The other family members were not aware of it yet. After all, the reason why the Simon family was leaving earlier than their appointed time was because of trouble abroad. If they announced it early, and the reason was revealed, they might lose face and leave in shame.

It was better to suddenly leave after saying a swift goodbye without giving the whole reason.

Bei Sangyun knew the situation of the Simon family, and she was aware of their every move. How could she let them leave so easily? She did not want them to return to this country or let them have free time to avenge her and Fei Chuan. They must leave with their heads lowered in shame and defeated, never returning to this country again.

Bei Sangyun’s eyes glinted as she smiled, "Yes. If you don’t believe me, you can ask your mother to see if I am saying the truth. However, will you have time for that? The Simon family might leave after agreeing to grandfather to let me become their future daughter-in-law."

Lin Xiaoni paled. This possibility was something she couldn’t accept. Then, realizing something, she glared at Bei Sangyun, "Was this all your plan? You lured him into the warehouse so you could become his fiancée! How despicable! Grandfather and Mr. Simon will see through your lies. They will not let someone like you become the future Madame of the Simon family! They won’t agree!"

"Are you sure about that? How well do you know grandfather? If he wants it, he can make it happen. Do you remember how the Simon family offended our family by using me? Sophia exposed the secret that the Lin family is tightly guarding, but she revealed it so easily to everyone, causing our family to lose face. That incident had already caused grandfather to hold a grudge with the Simon family. With this new incident, grandfather won’t surely let it go and ask them to take responsibility."

Lin Xiaoni was shocked hearing Bei Sangyun’s words. Now that Bei Sangyun laid it out so clearly, Lin Xiaoni could finally see that Bei Sangyun’s words might come true.

Given grandfather’s stern and stubborn behavior, he might indeed ask the Simon family to take responsibility!

Lin Xiaoni was horrified by this discovery. In her anger, she spilled, "It wasn’t the Simon family’s fault! Lin Sunji was the mastermind behind the scene! She deliberately told it to Sophia!" After saying the words, her eyes turned wide, and she covered her mouth.

Bei Sangyun raised her brow. Well, it was nothing surprising. She suspected long ago that it was Lin Sunji who revealed her illegitimate status to Sophia. But it doesn’t affect her much if the whole world knew about it.

Lin Xiaoni recovered and put down her hands, "A-anyway, I won’t let that happen. Someone like you can’t be Richard’s fiancée!"

"Even if you disagree, will you be able to stop it? How will you do that? The Simon family is going to leave tomorrow."

Lin Xiaoni bit her lips. She came here to blame Bei Sangyun. But the latter’s shamelessness and sharp words sent her thoughts in disarray.

Right now, all she could think was how to prevent Bei Sangyun from becoming Richard’s fiancée.

What to do? What to do!

If the Simon family was going to leave tomorrow, she didn’t have much time. Bei Sangyun might end up becoming his fiancée!

Her mind raced.

Bei Sangyun was ready to give her the answer when Lin Xiaoni suddenly made an exclamation. "It’s Lin Sunji’s fault! She made them leave!"

Lin Xiaoni was so angry at Lin Sunji that she did not stay with Bei Sangyun anymore and left to confront Lin Sunji. Lin Sunji hangs out with the Simon most of the time. Perhaps she must know something to prevent them from leaving.

Bei Sangyun: "...."

She hadn’t said the most important thing yet.

Bei Sangyun pinched her chin as she pondered. No one was really easier to manipulate than Lin Xiaoni. She did not even ask her to clarify some things and took her word as truth and just stormed off. Given her fiery temper and recklessness, she would look for Lin Sunji.

Bei Sangyun suddenly had an idea.

Why not give the gift to someone as bait? It was better to use other people’s hands for this.

That afternoon, when Butler Xin called to report to her about Richard and Old Master Lin’s agreement, Bei Sangyun gave some instructions to him. The report was nothing surprising, and she already made a counter-plan for it. Following her instructions, Butler Xin put his spies in Lin Sunji’s wing.

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Lin Sunji had just come home and ordered one of her maids to massage her feet. Lin Sunji felt frustrated these past weeks because nothing went her way thanks to a certain someone. Every plan she made failed.

Although Bei Sangyun was receiving damages, she could not see any hint of it on the other person’s face. As if everything she was doing was just a mere child’s play for her. This infuriated her more.

Suddenly, two maids came in. They must have been engaged deeply in their conversation that they did not notice that the parlor room was occupied. Their voices were low, but in this silent, elegant room, their voices could be heard throughout the place.

"Hey, have you heard about the new engagement of the Yuo family and the Shang family?"

"Yeah. They just recently announced the engagement. Why do you have some inside news?"

"My friend delivered some goods to that mansion. And on the day of his shift, he witnessed a huge drama. Actually, before the announcement of the engagement, the young miss from the Yuo family was found to be sleeping with the Young Master of the Shang family!"

Lin Sunji, whose rest was disturbed and was about to scold them for being noisy, suddenly paused.