"Do you think I crave the position of young mistress of the Fu family? If you can't return the betrothal gifts, fine. Then let Yan Xiao marry him. She's also a daughter of the Yan family, and the Fu family won't mind."
*Slap!*
Yan Jiapeng struck Yan Xi. Off-balance, Yan Xi almost fell and stumbled back several steps.
Yan Jiapeng was angered by Yan Xi's words. He clutched his chest and said coldly, "What kind of talk is that? Xiao Xiao is your sister, and you're trying to harm her like this."
A handprint immediately appeared on Yan Xi's face. She looked at Yan Jiapeng in disbelief. When Yan Jiapeng had threatened her with Yan Yi's life to force her to marry Fu Yanting, why hadn't he considered that she was also his daughter?
Yan Xi never expected them to treat her and her siblings equally, but they shouldn't harm her like this.
Thinking of Fu Yanting's attitude towards her last night, Yan Xi couldn't help but shudder. That man was more terrifying than a demon.
Kong Yalan didn't want the relationship between Yan Xi and them to become too strained. After all, her backing was the Fu family. Although Fu Yanting was a vegetable, there were others in the Fu family.
So, she stepped forward, helped Yan Xi sit on the sofa, glared at Yan Jiapeng, and said irritably, "What are you doing? Xi Xi has finally come back. Can't you say anything nicely?"
After speaking, Kong Yalan turned to Yan Xi and said with a worried expression, "Xi Xi's face is so swollen. Anyone who didn't know would think our Yan family mistreated her."
Yan Xi sneered. The Yan family had just received the betrothal gifts from the Fu family, and they were already distancing themselves from her.
However, Kong Yalan's hypocritical face made her feel sick.
Yan Xi said indifferently and distantly, "You don't need to feign kindness here. You accepted the betrothal gifts from the Fu family and forced me to marry Fu Yanting. I don't believe you were unaware of this."
"Xi Xi, look, Yan Yi's illness requires a huge amount of medical expenses. Our family's financial situation cannot support him through surgery. Mom had no choice. After all, both hands are flesh and blood. Your brother's illness cannot be delayed any longer."
As Kong Yalan spoke, she gently wiped away tears from the corner of her eyes.
What a perfectly crafted motherly persona.
If this were before, Yan Xi would have believed it. But thinking of her brother lying on a folding bed in the hospital corridor, Yan Xi was furious.
Yan Xi sneered. Where did Kong Yalan get the courage to mention Yan Yi to her?
"One million, not a cent less. Transfer it to me immediately, or I'll go to the Fu family right now and tell them this marriage is off."
Yan Xi couldn't understand why they could be so cold and heartless to her and Yan Yi, yet so devoted to Yan Xiao.
Now, Yan Xi didn't need to understand. This family had nothing to do with her anymore.
"Yan Xi, I'm warning you, don't go too far. The Yan family has several projects in the pipeline. If you cause trouble at this juncture and those projects don't cooperate with the Yan family, it's the Yan family that will suffer."
Yan Jiapeng was furious. The Yan family had several promising projects that required a lot of capital at the moment. Yan Xi demanding the return of the one million was like adding insult to injury.
"So what? One million, not a cent less, or I'll go to the Fu family's old matriarch and say this marriage is invalid." After Yan Xi finished speaking, she surveyed everyone's expressions and paused before continuing, "After all, marriage is something that can be invalidated if the person involved is unaware."
"Sister, don't be impulsive. The Fu family is not someone we can afford to offend. You're already married to Fu Yanting. If you tell them now that the marriage is invalid, aren't you making a fool of the Fu family? It doesn't matter if the Yan family's business suffers. I'm worried the Fu family will retaliate against you."
Yan Xiao ignored the pain in her face. The Yan family and the Fu family had a betrothal. If Yan Xi was unwilling, then she would have to fulfill the engagement.
Yan Xiao was a million times unwilling. After all, Fu Yanting was no different from a living corpse.
"Stop putting on a show."
Yan Xi glared at Yan Xiao. They had pushed her into a fiery pit, and now they had the audacity to say such things to her.
Yan Xiao immediately shut her mouth and looked at Yan Jiapeng and Kong Yalan with teary eyes.
Her pitiful appearance was as if she had suffered great injustice.
"Your sister is just concerned about you. What kind of talk is that?" Yan Jiapeng, receiving a signal from Kong Yalan, no longer dared to lay a hand on Yan Xi.
After all, Yan Xi was now the young mistress of the Fu family.
And the Fu family was known for being protective of their own.
Yan Xi retrieved the one million in betrothal gifts and left the Yan family, but her heart was as cold as ice.
Dejected, she returned to the villa only to see Fu Yanting sitting in the center of the living room sofa, smoking. His posture suggested he had been waiting for her.
Yan Xi ignored Fu Yanting and prepared to go back to the bedroom to get a towel to soothe her face.
"Stop." Fu Yanting saw the finger marks on Yan Xi's face and knew without a doubt that the Yan family had bullied her. Yan Xi was now his wife, Fu Yanting. For the Yan family to lay hands on Yan Xi was to show no respect for him, Fu Yanting.
"Does Mr. Fu need something?" Yan Xi, with her back to Fu Yanting, spoke in an extremely indifferent tone, devoid of any discernible emotion.
Fu Yanting narrowed his eyes. Even with her back turned, Yan Xi could feel the icy glare he was shooting at her.
Yan Xi was puzzled. She hadn't provoked Fu Yanting today.
Yesterday she was calling his name, and today it was Mr. Fu. This ungrateful woman, good! Very good!!!
"Come here." Fu Yanting's tone was extremely domineering, brooking no refusal.
When one is under another's roof, one must bow. Yan Xi dared not disobey Fu Yanting and could only walk towards him step by step.
Fu Yanting looked at Yan Xi's bruised face, the anger in his eyes evident.
Seeing Fu Yanting staring at her face, Yan Xi awkwardly explained, "I bumped into something accidentally. It will heal in a few days."
"If you don't want to die, don't speak." Fu Yanting reached out and touched Yan Xi's injured cheek.
Yan Xi's skin was fair and smooth. Fu Yanting touched her face and couldn't bear to move his hand away.
Yan Xi felt somewhat awkward and flinched away. Fu Yanting said coldly, "Don't move."
Yan Xi didn't heed Fu Yanting's words and continued to flinch. Fu Yanting deliberately increased the pressure as he touched her face. In that instant, pain coursed through her entire body, and Yan Xi gasped.
"Does it hurt a lot?"
Yan Xi rolled her eyes. Her face was swollen, how could it not hurt? Yan Jiapeng really had the nerve to hit her. If it weren't for the fact that she was already married into the Fu family, Yan Jiapeng might have killed her today.
She had to appease Fu Yanting and secure her position as the young mistress of the Fu family. Only then could she protect herself and her brother's safety.