This fifty million... Qiao Qianmo and her father can’t possibly escape responsibility for it.
As long as Susan clarifies the whereabouts of the fifty million, the next person the police take away might very well be Qiao Qianmo!
No... No, please.
She’s a celebrity, a public figure.
This identity can’t afford any scandals.
Qiao Qianmo lowered her head and stared at the floor, cold sweat as large as beads rolling down her cheeks.
Fifty million, it’s fifty million!
The crowd clicked their tongues in astonishnt.
Not only did this Susan impersonate soone’s savior’s lover, but she also dared to open her mouth wide, demanding such an enormous sum from the Ou Family.
Serves her right to be caught.
Xiyan glanced at Qiao Qianmo’s utterly pale face, raised an eyebrow, and spoke. Although her words seed to question Susan, her gaze was fixed on Qiao Qianmo.
"So... what happened to the fifty million?"
She had brought it up on purpose, steering public scrutiny toward Qiao Qianmo right in front of everyone!
Qiao Qianmo snapped back to her senses, her angry eyes shooting a glare toward Xiyan.
The world seed to freeze in that instant.
It was over—
She was done for. She would end up just like Susan, arrested and locked up. And even if she managed to get out soday, she’d be like a rat scurrying across the street, despised by everyone!
Susan was already crying. She lifted her teary, swollen eyes and looked at Qiao Qianmo.
No, please, no.
Internally, Qiao Qianmo scread and begged in desperation.
The next second, Susan’s trembling voice broke the silence, "The fifty million was indeed extortion on my part directed at the Ou Family. It has nothing to do with anyone else—all of it was my idea, it was my own greed for money!"
No way.
Not only was Qiao Qianmo stunned, but even Xiyan was taken aback beyond belief.
Any normal person would try to shift bla in such a situation; let alone soone like Susan, a woman known for her shocking antics.
Yet she... took all the bla upon herself?
The police had already cuffed Susan and were escorting her away.
As she passed by Qiao Qianmo, her eyes were filled with nothing but tenderness and affection.
Having reached middle age, with no children under her care, Susan had long regarded Qiao Qianmo as the dearest daughter in her heart.
If one thought about it, her greed for wealth had indeed marked the beginning, but everything she had done since was all for Qiao Qianmo’s sake.
She was willing to protect Qiao Qianmo at all costs, even if it ant spending the rest of her life behind bars—it mattered not.
But unfortunately, Qiao Qianmo had never once t Susan’s gaze throughout the ordeal. Her eyes brimd with cold indifference, as if the mother-daughter camaraderie they’d shared recently was nothing but a lie.
It wasn’t until Susan had completely passed her by and was taken away by the police that Qiao Qianmo secretly let out a sigh of relief.
Close call...
She gritted her teeth, casting a venomous glare toward Susan.
Serves you right to be taken away—it saves the trouble of being dragged down by you in the future.
She grabbed her bag and, ignoring the fact that the auction hadn’t concluded, strode directly outside.
Qiao’s father imdiately chased after her, "Momo, where are you going?"
"Ho! If not ho, would you have stay there and watch Xia Xiyan flaunt how incredible her father is, or how much Ou Jue loves her?!"
Qiao’s father faltered for a mont, feeling embarrassed. Indeed, given Mr. Ling’s overwhelming presence, what could he possibly co up with to compete?
He understood why Momo felt overshadowed and frustrated.
Qiao’s father took the bag from Qiao Qianmo’s hand, "Earlier, I thought Susan would implicate you, but it seems she truly does have so genuine feelings for you."
"Don’t ntion her to again!" Qiao Qianmo burst out angrily, stomping her foot in fury. "If it weren’t for that woman, would I have ended up ruining things with Ou Jue? It’s all her fault! Her current situation is entirely her own doing—can she bla anyone else for it?!"
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