Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“That ring was the one Dad gave to Mum as a token of love which Mum had specifically given it to me when she heard that I was going to get engaged!
“I can lose everything else in my possession, but that ring is a token of Dad’s love for Mum!”
Bai Ran felt hot-headed and anxious. She had completely forgotten about the situation she was currently in.
She forgot that she had just won a bet made with a powerful man that could shock anyone in the world. She also forgot that she had been facing Jiang Hao and Jiang Bangyuan head-on and getting her revenge for all the mistreatment she had suffered in the past. Most of all, she forgot about Quan Rui who was still holding her in his arms.
Bai Ran gritted her teeth impatiently and, without any hesitation, broke free of Quan Rui’s embrace and bolted out the main hall and headed out to the lawn!
“There’s no time to lose! I have to find the ring before it starts to pour!”
Everyone was still reeling from the shock of the high stakes gamble that Quan Rui and Bai Ran won along with all the revelations that had been made since. They had been unable to wrap their heads around exactly what happened so nobody anticipated that Bai Ran, who was the main topic of the discussion at the moment, was going to run off and disappear so abruptly.
Of course, Quan Rui was the most astonished of them all.
He had been the closest to Bai Ran physically but even he did not notice any sign that she was going to react this way to the impending storm. Mostly, he could not understand why she would run off so suddenly in the midst of giving her half-siblings their comeuppance.
His long thin brows narrowed, and his mouth curved into a rare frown.
Maintaining his composure despite his astonishment, Quan Rui imperceptibly glanced sideways at Luo Wei, who was standing beside him. Immediately, Luo Wei understood his wordless command and quickly raced out the main hall after Bai Ran.
No woman left Quan Rui’s embrace without his permission.
Jiang Hao had been equally stunned and stood frozen like a statue. He only managed to gather his wits together after Luo Wei had left, noticing now that Bai Ran had disappeared from his sight, that he had nothing to worry about anymore. With a smile on his face, he offered everyone an explanation of Bai Ran’s actions.
“See? The brat is as cowardly and insignificant as a rat! Do not take anything she has said to heart! The game is over, you may all leave!” Jiang Hao immediately began to dismiss the crowd.
Truthfully, the topic they had been too sensitive and private to be discussed openly like that.
The arranged marriage with Quan Rui was an extremely important affair for both the Jiang Family and Jiang Bangyuan!
Jiang Hao was anxious for everyone present to forget the argument with Bai Ran that just occurred seconds ago. But Quan Rui was not going to allow that to happen.
He leaned back in his chair to show he had no intention of leaving and began to tap on the edge of the table slowly but rhythmically with his slim fingers. It gave off a muted and mechanical sound.
Then he spoke in an indifferent but irresistibly authoritative tone that only a monarch could possess.
“Jiang Hao, you have already acknowledged that Jiang Yuexi is your sister. That is to say, she is also Grand Master Jiang’s daughter. Am I right?”
When Jiang Hao heard this, he found himself speechless once again. He could not understand why Quan Rui wanted to bring this matter up again so abruptly.
While Jiang Hao was busy being stunned, Jiang Bangyuan stepped forward in an attempt to convince Quan Rui to put an end to the dispute of the night.
“Rui, she is merely my father’s illegitimate daughter, and she only came to the house today to ask for money. There is no need for you to be bothered by anything she has said tonight. It has gotten very late. Don’t you have other more important matters to attend to?” Jiang Bangyuan was anxious to end tonight’s farce quickly.
She did not want to make the headlines of the Sanjiang City news tomorrow morning as the woman whom Quan Rui—of all people—cast aside.
At the sound of Jiang Bangyuan’s voice, Quan Rui looked up and examined her face with one glance.
This woman stood before him in agitation.
Although she was the daughter of the Jiang Family and had a share of the Jiang Family’s stocks, a woman like her was not appealing to Quan Rui at all.
Therefore, he thought…
“I have such a good opportunity tonight to end this. Might as well put a thorough end to the marriage arrangement with her that our fathers have agreed upon.”
After Quan Rui considered all aspects of this matter, he said to Jiang Bangyuan, “Tell me honestly, is Jiang Yuexi the biological daughter of Grand Master Jiang?”
While Quan Rui already had evidence of that via the alleged DNA Paternity Test Report, which proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jiang Yuexi was indeed Jiang Yuanshan’s daughter, Quan Rui wanted Jiang Bangyuan to publicly confirm Jiang Yuexi’s ties to the Jiang Family to those present tonight.