Nie Chengyuan only smiled coldly. He made no attempt to stop her as Qian Fangping left the room.
Dashun had been waiting outside the whole time and hadn't heard their conversation. The moment he saw Qian Fangping come out, he excitedly asked,
"Fangping, how did it go? Is that old bastard Nie Chengyuan going to give you the money?
"If he dares refuse, I'll go raise hell at his company right now!
"He took advantage of my daughter and my niece. He won't get away with it that easily!"
Qian Fangping had still been wavering, but after hearing that, her expression stiffened. She made up her mind all over again.
She glanced casually back into the room, then turned to look into the distance and said,
"Come on. We'll talk when we get home!"
Dashun wasn't satisfied. Frowning, he said, "We're leaving without the money?"
Qian Fangping shook her head. "He definitely won't give it to us right now. But Yuanyuan's here, so let her talk to him."
Dashun thought that sounded reasonable and grinned. "You've got a point. He's getting on in years, but men will always go for an eighteen-year-old, no matter how old they are!
"It's a good thing to leave Yuanyuan here. She just has to whisper sweet nothings in his ear, and Nie Chengyuan will soon change his mind."
Hearing that only made Qian Fangping resent Dashun more. She felt that the reason her life had turned out this way was entirely because he'd dragged her down.
The man surnamed Ma she'd married had been constantly saddled with trouble because of Dashun, who kept causing problems for him to deal with. On top of that, his job had already been exhausting. In the end, he'd worked himself to death!
Back then, Qian Fangping hadn't known