If he gets blacklisted, his entire life will truly be ruined.
And he’ll forever be trampled under Lin Xuan’s feet, never able to turn things around.
He doesn’t want this!
Lin Li looked pleadingly at Grandpa Jiang, hoping he would spare him.
The security guards also turned their gaze to Grandpa Jiang.
Grandpa Jiang said coldly, "Take him away."
Lin Li slumped to the ground again, drained of strength.
The Jiang Family was truly this heartless. He had taken care of that old fool Jiang Liangjun for so long, yet the old man didn’t show the slightest bit of gratitude!
Now he was finished—completely finished.
"No, you can’t take him away!" Jiang Shuqin suddenly rushed over, her emotions running high.
She pulled the security guard’s hands off Lin Li.
Butler Wang sighed in admiration, "Young Master Lin, you’re truly impressive. You predicted this would happen."
Jiang Shuqin had indeed shown up.
Lin Xuan’s face was full of mockery. "It wasn’t a prediction. I just understand how much Jiang Shuqin loves Lin Li."
In his past life, he had never received Jiang Shuqin’s maternal love or attention.
But Lin Li? Jiang Shuqin valued him more than her own life.
After cutting ties with Jiang Shuqin, Grandpa Jiang had stopped paying attention to her. The only time he had seen her in all these years was when they briefly crossed paths.
Yet, Grandpa Jiang immediately recognized Jiang Shuqin’s voice.
He stood frozen in place.
Jiang Yutong and Jiang Manting, who knew the inside story, looked at Grandpa Jiang with concern.
Seeing Jiang Shuqin arrive, Lin Li’s eyes lit up.
It was his mother.
His mother was here!
Jiang Shuqin was a daughter of the Jiang Family. Even if they had severed ties, blood was thicker than water. If she personally pleaded for him, the Jiang Family would surely let him go!
He was saved!
"Mom!" Lin Li clutched Jiang Shuqin’s hand and sobbed. "Please beg them to spare me. I’m begging you!"
Though Jiang Shuqin resented Lin Li for hiding the truth and coming to the Jiang Family to claim kinship, she couldn’t bear to see him suffer.
Gritting her teeth, she turned to Grandpa Jiang. "Lin Li is my son. You can’t treat him like this."
Jiang Yutong sneered. "Ms. Jiang, your real son is Lin Xuan. Besides, you’ve already left the Jiang Family. What right do you have to interfere in our family’s decisions?"
Grandpa Jiang never once looked at Jiang Shuqin.
"How dare a junior interrupt when elders are speaking?" Jiang Shuqin glared at Jiang Yutong.
Jiang Yutong scoffed.
When the Jiang Family was at its lowest, Jiang Shuqin had taken all the company’s money and given it to Lin Chang, risking Jiang Corporation’s bankruptcy.
She had even cut ties with her grandparents.
Grandma had died from the shock, and Jiang Shuqin hadn’t even returned to see her.
What kind of heartless monster did something like that? How could she call herself an elder?
Grandpa Jiang spoke up. "Yutong is right. You have no right to plead for anything from the Jiang Family."
The guests murmured among themselves.
"Grandpa Jiang is so cold toward his own daughter. Could the rumors be true? Did Jiang Shuqin really take the money and give it to Lin Chang when the Jiang Family was in trouble?"
"Probably. Otherwise, why would Grandpa Jiang treat his own daughter like this?"
"Tsk tsk. If that’s the case, Jiang Shuqin is truly ungrateful. No wonder the Jiang Family disowned her. Now that Lin Chang cheated and Starlight Group went bankrupt while Jiang Corporation thrives, she must regret her choices."
"First a daughter of the Jiang Family, then Lin Xuan’s mother—if she hadn’t ruined everything, she’d be living the dream by now."
These words reached Jiang Shuqin’s ears.
Her reaction was fierce.
"What are you all saying? I don’t regret anything! None of this was my fault!" she shouted at the guests.
She had done nothing wrong.
Back then, Lin Chang had treated her so well. If the Jiang Family hadn’t opposed their relationship, hadn’t cut ties over a bit of money, she could have relied on the Jiang Family’s influence, and Lin Chang would never have dared to betray her.
Yes.
It was all the Jiang Family’s fault!
As for Lin Xuan—he was the one who refused to be filial. No matter how successful he became or how much money he had, what good was it if he wouldn’t share it with her?
"If it weren’t for him!" Jiang Shuqin pointed at Grandpa Jiang. "If he hadn’t insisted on tearing me and Lin Chang apart, I would never have cut ties with the Jiang Family! I was forced into this!"
Grandpa Jiang closed his eyes wearily.
"Jiang Shuqin, you are not welcome at the Jiang Family’s banquet. Leave."
As far as he was concerned, he no longer had a daughter named Jiang Shuqin.
He only had one son, a daughter-in-law, and two granddaughters.
No—now he also had Xiao Xuan, his grandson.
Jiang Shuqin clenched her fists.
Just like over twenty years ago, her father remained cold and heartless.
Jiang Liangjun had once claimed to adore her, but ha! It was all lies.
Jiang Shuqin wanted to turn and leave.
Her pride wouldn’t let her bow to the Jiang Family.
But…
She glanced at Lin Li. If she walked away now, Li’er’s future would be ruined forever.
She couldn’t let that happen.
Lin Li, too, feared Jiang Shuqin might abandon him.
He tugged at her hand, pleading, "Mom, I’m begging you, help me!"
"I can’t let my life be destroyed like this, Mom!"
Jiang Yutong found this display of mother-son affection sickening.
Hah. Jiang Shuqin and Lin Li were so close.
What about Lin Xuan?
She had driven Lin Xuan out of the family!
Her heart ached for Lin Xuan.
Coldly, she ordered, "Someone, escort Jiang Shuqin and Lin Li out."
"Yes!"
The security guards had been waiting for this. At her command, they stepped forward to forcibly remove Jiang Shuqin and Lin Li from the banquet.
"Mom, please save me!" Lin Li’s eyes were red.
He knew that if the Jiang Family didn’t relent today, he’d never get another chance.
He couldn’t be blacklisted.
If he was, he’d never recover—he’d spend his whole life beneath Lin Xuan’s heel.
"Mom, help me!" Lin Li pinned all his hopes on Jiang Shuqin.
Only she could change the Jiang Family’s mind now.
The security guard said impatiently, "If you two don’t leave on your own, we’ll drag you out."
Lin Li’s desperate eyes bore into Jiang Shuqin.
Her heart twisted in pain.
This was the first time Li’er had ever begged her like this.
She couldn’t let him down.
Jiang Shuqin gritted her teeth—then, with a heavy thud, her knees hit the ground as she knelt before Grandpa Jiang.
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
