1368: Backed into a Corner

Backed into a Corner

The bars were only thin, but they still created a huge distance between the two. Yun Xi sat silently as she waited for Liang Xiuqin to vent her anger. 1

Yun Xi's gaze remained cold and unfeeling as their eyes met. At this time, she saw her mother as nothing more than a circus clown fumbling for her amusement, or a mouse in a trap she had laid, prancing in panic. She enjoyed watching the struggle before she realized that her efforts were futile.

She had always preferred to torment her enemies rather than to finish them off instantly. This way she could maximize her enjoyment of their suffering.

Others might call her heartless or an inhumane monster, but Yun Xi cared little for what others might think.

Their relationship as mother and daughter had broken down way beyond repair. She believed she had already cleared her debts to the woman who'd carried her around for ten months, and she was in the right to face her as nothing but an enemy to be conquered.

When Liang Xiuqin had finally calmed down, Yun Xi took out the papers from her carrier and continued as if this was not a serious matter to her. "Anyway, I'm here for you to sign the divorce papers."

Yun Xi looked up and studied Liang Xiuqin's reaction through the bars. She suspected that her mother would have quite a reaction to being placed in jail by her, and she was prepared to make the most out of the moment. After all, this was a rare sight, one she never had had the chance to witness in her last life.

"I won't!" Liang Xiuqin grabbed onto the metal bars firmly. "Ask your dad to come here personally, or else I will not sign."

If Yun Yuanfeng was willing to meet her, she was hopeful that there would be an opportunity to tell him what Yun Xi had done and show the world what a cruel individual Yun Xi was.

"If you don't sign the papers, we can only process the divorce through the courts. The court will send the lawyers down to do this in the prison," Yun Xi continued slowly. "They will try to do some reconciliation, but if Dad insists on the divorce, they will have to process it unconditionally. So they don't even need your signature for that."

Yun Xi pulled out the papers and held them in her hands. "Dad won't come here, to begin with because of his ego, so I'm here in his place. If you sign these now, you might even get some compensation sum, something you won't get if we involve the courts."

To begin with, Liang Xiuqin's crime was rather minor. If she had not been incarcerated, she would have been able to leverage this and use her detainment as a means to negotiate certain conditions for the divorce.

Once Liang Xiuqin had been detained, the divorce was going to be a breeze.

Yun Xi had made sure to leave no remaining hope or chances for Liang Xiuqin, and this had sent Liang Xiuqin into a moment of panic. "No, I will not sign them. Over my dead body!"

Liang Xiuqin knew that she would lose all that she had once she agreed on the divorce.

However, Liang Xiuqin also knew that if she did not sign the divorce papers, she would also have nothing.

Yun Yuanfeng had truly backed her into a corner with no escape in sight.

She had given the Yun family three daughters, yet she had received nothing in return and had instead landed in the situation she was in today. This was a hard truth for her to accept and a harder truth for her to be at peace with.

"In that case, we can only file the divorce through the courts. Even then, I'm sure Dad won't visit you because of his fragile ego. You have to give this up, Mom."

"If Yun Yuanfeng doesn't come here, this divorce will not go through."

"You still want to expose me? In your current state? Do you think I am afraid of you? I have friends. I have people who will help me out. I can do this in Dad's name with no trouble at all. What about you? You will be a nobody once you are free from prison. No family, no husband, no status, and no daughter. You will be broke with nothing."

"No, you can't do this. Tell him to come here, I will talk to him."

It was at this moment that Liang Xiuqin had finally gained clarity on the situation at hand. The girl she had abandoned for the last decade or so was the only person who could lend her a helping hand at the current time.

The shame was that this realization had come too late.

"Dad has passed this matter to me to settle. Besides, you are in no position to raise any conditions with me. I made the choice a long time ago, and what you think does not matter. If this is what you want, I will keep the lump sum for myself, and you can sit here and wait for the courts to finalize the divorce."

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