The King's Enchanting-Chapter 1624 - 1637: Severing All Ties (Part 1)

It had been a long time since Yu Zexiao had received a call from Jian Panying. He had almost forgotten this person’s existence. However, Jian Anning felt that Jian Panying, or rather, the Cheng family, would definitely come to talk to her. The reason was simple: Cheng Tingting and Cheng Wanli were suspected of involvement in kidnapping, and Cheng Tingting had even shot someone in front of the police.

Such crimes, even if it eventually turned out that Cheng Tingting might have had some mental issues, would not be enough to declare her innocent.

Moreover, even if Cheng Tingting might be innocent due to mental reasons, what about Cheng Wanli?

He had no issues at all and was involved in the kidnapping case, and would ultimately face legal consequences as well.

These days, although the Cheng family hadn’t approached them, Jian Anning knew in her heart that it was only a matter of time before they did.

Therefore, upon seeing Jian Panying calling her, Yu Zexiao almost couldn’t help but swear, but Jian Anning remained somewhat calm. After a slight pause, she answered the call, "Hello?"

"Anning, are you in Austria?" On the other side, Jian Panying’s voice was somewhat anxious and nervous. Gone was the composure and superiority of the past, and she sounded... like she was in a bad state now.

It’s understandable. Her most beloved daughter, Cheng Tingting, was suspected of kidnapping and murder, and Cheng Wanli was also caught up in the kidnapping case. Once Situ Xuan withdrew his investment, the Cheng family was as good as ruined. Now, not only was the family in trouble, but Situ Xuan was almost killed in the kidnapping plot orchestrated by Cheng Tingting and Cheng Wanli. With his personality, he would never let it go easily.

The Cheng family was in complete chaos. Cheng Juye seemed to have aged ten years overnight. He hadn’t approached them in the past few days because he was busy handling Cheng family affairs — even at a time like this, he prioritized the Cheng family’s interests, putting off dealing with his two troublesome children. But when Situ Xuan ordered a complete withdrawal of investment, causing the stock price to plummet and rallying other partners to besiege the Cheng family, even Cheng Juye could do nothing but watch as everything collapsed like an avalanche!

When things finally became unmanageable, with creditors chasing him all the way to Huaxia Country, Cheng Juye couldn’t hold on any longer. He took the opportunity to flee to Austria, to both evade debts and to find his unfilial children.

Jian Panying naturally came along with him.

Jian Panying herself came from a decent background, not exactly a wealthy family, but reasonably middle-to-upper class. Otherwise, Anning’s grandmother wouldn’t have insisted that her son break up with Qiu Yixian, who was just an ordinary office worker at the time, and marry Jian Panying. Even after she divorced Ma Xinyu and married Cheng Juye, the Cheng family was still a wealthy household, and she lived comfortably. She had never experienced such a dire situation, living like a rat running through the streets, everyone calling for her downfall.

Having heard that Jian Anning and Yu Zexiao were still in Austria, Jian Panying and Cheng Juye, upon learning the news, immediately rushed over. Even if... not to plead for Cheng Tingting and Cheng Wanli, since Jian Anning was on such good terms with Situ Xuan, could she at least ask Situ Xuan to show some mercy?

"Mom, what do you want from me?"