"I refuse to marry! I will not marry that cripple Ling Xiaohan!"

Tai Jingmei was on the verge of breaking down in her Haiquan Bay Villa.

Everyone in Jiang City knew that the heir of the Ling family had suffered a car accident, damaging his appearance and injuring his leg, doomed to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

Marrying such a man was no different from becoming a widow.

"Hush, lower your voice!" Tao Zhenyang woman stopped his beloved daughter like he was facing a great enemy, "You should watch your words, aren't you afraid to lose your life?"

"I don't care, I just don't want to marry Ling Xiaohan, the Tao family has more than one daughter, let Tao Zhixing marry him."

The spotlight shifted to Tao Zhixing who had just returned home.

Her stepmother, Shi Rong, walked over and gently took her hand, "Zhixing, your father's company is having cash flow issues. You're a good child, you won't want us to be in a difficult situation, right?"

Tao Zhixing looked expressionless at the indescribably hypocritical mother and daughter, and took back her hand coldly.

"Aunt, wake up, I severed ties with the Tao family five years ago. The life or death of the Tao family has nothing to do with me. I came to collect my mother's belongings."

Five years ago, she was expelled from the Tao family for tarnishing the family's reputation, no matter how much she cried in the rain, she was still forcibly sent abroad.

The Tao family ignored her, even if she was on the brink of death from illness in a foreign country.

If it wasn't for the engagement to the Ling family, Tao Zhenyang probably wouldn't even have allowed her to return from overseas.

As expected, the very next second, Tao Zhenyang made his demand with a stern face, "I can give you your mother's belongings, but there is one condition...you must marry into the Ling family in Jingmei's place."

"Exactly, sending you, a wilted flower, to marry into the Ling family can be considered a steal for you." Tao Jingmei crossed her legs and sneered.

The usually peaceful Tao Zhi Xing suddenly stood up, grabbing a durian from the fruit tray and throwing it towards her head.

"Ah!" The caught-off-guard Tao Jing Mei let out a piercing scream, "Tao Zhi Xing, have you gone mad?"

Shi Rong quickly stepped forward to protect her, "Zhi Xing, what are you doing?"

"If you don't need your lips, donate them. Why I was taken advantage of and lost my innocence years ago, you mother and daughter know best. If you dare to mention it again, I will sew your mouth shut with a needle."

Tao Jing Mei was scared into hiding behind Shi Rong, staring in terror at the drastically changed Tao Zhi Xing, as if she didn't recognize her anymore.

If it was the Tao Zhi Xing of years ago who would have endured everything, not to speak of resorting to violence, she couldn’t even raise her voice. But these past five years, it seemed she had become a totally different person.

"Enough!" Tao Zhen Yang timely intervened to prevent the escalation of this family dispute. "Whatever happened in the past, let it be. Zhi Xing, as long as you are willing to marry into the Ling family, father will meet all your conditions."

At his words, Tao Zhi Xing smiled and pointed at Tao Jing Mei, "I want her to kneel and beg me."

"Don't even dream of it!"

Despicable! The wretch was just trying to humiliate her! Tao Jing Mei was almost driven mad by rage.

If Shi Rong hadn’t held her back, she would have already rushed forward to scratch that infuriating visage.

Tao Zhi Xing let out a disappointed sigh and said, "Well, then forget it. About marrying Ling Xiao Han, I fear I can do nothing."

"Kneel down!" Tao Zhen Yang shouted, which finally woke Tao Jing Mei up. Her father, who had treasured her since childhood, was actually yelling at her!

"Dad, she doesn't want to marry into the Ling family for me. She just wants to humiliate me, I refuse to kneel!"

Shi Rong, who was struggling to hold onto the crying and howling Tao Jing Mei, spoke up seriously for once, "Kneel down quickly, listen to your father's words."

"I..." Tao Jingmei bit her lip, and eventually knelt down, filled with humiliation, "Are you satisfied now?"

"Not enough, you also have to shout, 'I was wrong. I'm sorry.'"

"Tao Zhixing, don't push your luck!"

"Then, marry into the Ling family yourself."

"..."

It was as if her Achille's heel had been struck. Tao Jingmei glared at Tao Zhixing and anyhow apologized, "I was wrong, I'm sorry."

"That's more like it." Tao Zhixing nodded in satisfaction, then turned to Tao Zhenyang and extended his hand, "When will you hand over my mother's belongings?"

"The moment you step into the Ling family's door, I'll have someone deliver the items to you." Tao Zhenyang responded immediately.

This old man was afraid she would renege and was using her mother's belongings to manipulate her!

Tao Zhixing saw through this but didn't call him out on it. She laughed it off, "Deal."