Chapter 725 - 726 The Ins and Outs
Shen Ruoqing clenched her teeth and said, "Don’t talk about six hundred thousand; even if you give me six million, I won’t sell my daughter."
The man immediately responded, "How can you call it selling? She is also my daughter. I just want her to live with me. Besides, without the burden of a daughter, couldn’t you find somebody else? It’s not easy to find a man willing to accept a woman who already has a daughter."
Shen Ruoqing looked at the man with an expression that suddenly showed neither joy nor bitterness, and said indifferently, "That’s my own business, none of your concern."
Old Madam Wang said impatiently, "Are you trying to force us to do something we don’t want to do, before you’ll let go?"
"I’m forcing you... what a good choice of words. You wealthy people, when you find someone displeasing, you just wave them off, and when you see someone useful, you beckon them back. If they don’t agree, you say they’re forcing you. It seems like everything in the world must revolve around you."
The man immediately said, "Ruoqing, the child is ours after all. I am still her father, no matter what."
Shen Ruoqing let out a cold laugh, glanced at the young woman, and said, "Fine, if you want to fulfill the father’s responsibility, then move in with me. I will not stop you from recognizing your daughter."
"Huh?" The woman, who had been keeping a straight face the whole time, now looked even more fiercely displeased, eyeing her own husband.
The man coughed uncomfortably and said, "That’s definitely out of the question. I’m already married."
Shen Ruoqing cut him off decisively, "Since it’s out of the question, then don’t harass me anymore. If you want children, go have your own. I won’t let my daughter live with a stepmother."