Parents who only care about their own interests and disregard their daughter's feelings are truly despicable.

"Where has she suffered? My daughter is always smiling and seems very happy!" Tang Jing's father retorted.

"The happiness is just a forced smile to prevent disappointing you; in fact, she's not happy at all," Lin Yifan answered.

"Daughter, is what he's saying true?" Tang Jing's parents asked anxiously.

If that was indeed the case, then everything they had done previously was wrong.

"Mom and Dad, do you really want to hear the truth?" Tang Jing countered.

"Nonsense! Of course, we want to hear the truth," her parents answered.

Lin Yifan was right; I've been forcing a smile all this time," Tang Jing said.

"How could this be? You've always seemed so happy," they said.

Tang Jing's parents were devastated. They thought that all they had done, including making their daughter a pop star and marrying her off into a wealthy family, was for her good. They had never imagined that their daughter has been unhappy all along.

"Now do you believe what I've told you?" Lin Yifan asked.

He felt that Tang Jing's parents weren't as beyond help as Zhou Jiajia's parents – at least they still had a bit of conscience regarding their daughter.

"So what do we do now? We owe the Zhao Family over two billion; how are we going to pay back this debt?" Tang Jing's parents panicked, their faces filled with anxiety.

They had believed that once Tang Jing married into a wealthy family, they would enjoy endless glory and wealth, not realizing all of it was built on their daughter's suffering.

The marriage had been arranged. If they did not "deliver" on time, they might face the Zhao Family's retaliation.

The Zhao Family was not to be trifled with. If they truly became ruthless, their entire family would definitely suffer.

Moreover, just moments ago, the Zhao Family had called to question how their daughter could act in such a way, causing Zhao Yi to lose face publicly and breaking the promise between their two families. Now, the Zhao Family demanded an explanation from the Tang Family.

"If you still love your daughter and from now on don't force her to do anything, I can help you settle this matter," Lin Yifan answered.

"You! A mere commoner, what ability do you have to resolve the issue between the Tang and Zhao families?"

Tang Jing's parents scoffed incredulously, thinking that Lin Yifan was just bragging and being unrealistic.

"Since I dared to injure Zhao Yi and take Tang Jing away, I have the ability to deal with the issue between your two families," Lin Yifan responded calmly, not at all as if he was lying.

Lin Yifan's reply reminded Tang Jing's parents.

He was right; if he dared to hit Zhao Yi and take away his fiancée, he must have some remarkable ability, or perhaps there's a powerful figure supporting him from behind.

So they asked curiously, "Sir, what you're saying is true?"

"Why would I lie to you? Zhao Yi's brother Zhao Hong was even crippled by me a few days ago, and aren't I still alive and well?" Lin Yifan replied.

"What did you say? You mean Zhao Yi's brother was crippled by you?" Tang Jing's parents were shocked.

They had heard of the incident involving Zhao Yi's brother, Zhao Hong, but they had never imagined that the young man who had delivered their daughter was responsible.

"Yes! If you don't believe it, you can call the Zhao Family, and they will tell you the truth," Lin Yifan said.

"Why would you cripple someone who was perfectly fine?" Tang Jing's parents asked out of curiosity.

Actually, this question has also been troubling Tang Jing.

Lin Yifan is a man of integrity and doesn't resemble those malicious schemers.

"He attempted to rape my sister, so I crippled him, that's all," Lin Yifan responded simply, his face showing no sign of shock.

"Gasp!!"

Tang Jing's parents inhaled sharply, astonished that just because Zhao Hong tried to rape his sister, Yifan had crippled him, that was very domineering!

On the other hand, Tang Jing hadn't expected the reason to be such; now she could understand why Lin Yifan had acted that way.

"Are you really not afraid of the Zhao Family seeking revenge?" Tang Jing's parents asked worriedly once more.

"I've already said, if I were truly afraid of the Zhao Family, I absolutely wouldn't have attacked and injured Zhao Yi," Lin Yifan answered, slightly impatient.

He understood, however, why Tang Jing's parents would ask such a question.

"All right! If you can really help us settle the matter with the Zhao Family, we promise never to force Tang Jing to do anything she dislikes again," Tang Jing's parents agreed readily.

They were well aware of how Tang Jing treated them; it was just that without the marriage alliance with the Zhao Family, their life wouldn't be as comfortable as before.

"OK! I'll settle it for you guys tomorrow," Lin Yifan promised easily.

At that moment, he turned to Tang Jing and said, "See? Didn't I tell you I could handle your parents? You didn't believe me."

"I never imagined that, at the critical moment, they would stand by my side," Tang Jing said, feeling somewhat relieved.

Her parents hadn't reached a point of no return, which made her very happy.

"Silly child, you are our daughter, we will always stand by your side and protect you. We just wanted you to marry into a good family so you could live a secure life, without having to endure hardships like us, worrying from meal to meal," Tang Jing's parents responded.

"Then can you promise me that you'll stop gambling from now on?" Tang Jing asked.

The main cause of this incident was her parents' twenty billion worth of gambling debts, so she really didn't want a repeat occurrence.

"Silly child, actually we lied to you, we never gambled; it's just that we lost all our savings in the stock market, then took out a few billion in loans from the black market, and as we couldn't repay on time, the interest just snowballed, leading to that twenty billion issue," Tang Jing's parents explained.

They felt ashamed and ridiculous for their foolish actions.

Borrowing money from the black market was undoubtedly courting death because the interest rates there multiplied rapidly, and even if you managed to repay the loan, the accumulating interest could crush you.

"So that's what happened!" Tang Jing suddenly realized.

No wonder she had found her account balance insufficient recently; it had been depleted by her parents' stock market losses.

"Just live your life well, why even bother with the stock market? I really don't understand," Lin Yifan said, somewhat speechless.

"We were just idle and got itchy [to make some money for the household], so we invested in the stock market, but ended up disastrously losing everything; sigh!" Tang Jing's parents sighed, full of regret.

"Alright, no worries, one learns from one's mistakes, just be more cautious in the future," Tang Jing consoled her parents, telling them not to blame themselves too much.

Only now, she would likely have to work even harder because their family didn't have much money left.

"We are fine, but you, Jing'er, will suffer in the future," Tang Jing's parents said anxiously.

The more they thought about the difficulties Tang Jing would have to face in her future life, the sadder they became.

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