Chapter 2178

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“Our family’s bankrupt. We’re no longer the Xia family of the past. I’m not lying—why should I lie to you? Just ask any prison warden and they’ll tell you,” Cen Mengqing said coldly. “You say we don’t care about you being in here.

“We do want to care, but we can’t!” Cen Mengqing no longer felt any guilt towards Xia Yixin.

Xia Yixin never cared about them. She only thought of herself. She was that selfish.

Cen Mengqing couldn’t help wondering, what if it was she or Xia Zhancheng who was inside? Would Xia Yixin think of ways to save them?

She probably wouldn’t, Cen Mengqing thought sorrowfully.

“Why do you think our family went bankrupt?” Cen Mengqing sneered. “It’s all because of you!”

Cen Mengqing said, “Because you slandered Shi Xiaoya, because you lied to me. You made use of me, making me post that video but neglecting to mention that the video was incomplete, that you found someone to slander her and seized the chance to film it.”

Xia Yixin said anxiously, “If you’d known it, would you have sent it out?”

“That’s right. If I’d known, I wouldn’t have posted it. Because I know the consequence of offending Han Zhuoling!” Cen Mengqing replied. “I wouldn’t be afraid if the video was real, because that wouldn’t count as accusing Shi Xiaoya falsely. Shi Xiaoya should settle her own problems. Han Zhuoling’s someone reasonable and wouldn’t shift the blame on us because of Shi Xiaoya’s mistake.

“But the video’s fake! You clearly knew Shi Xiaoya would reveal what that woman did after that, yet you didn’t say a thing,” Cen Mengqing said. “You even hid it from the lawyer.

“If you’d been honest from the start, the lawyer could’ve helped you. But you refused to cooperate, you did this to yourself!” Cen Mengqing continued, “The lawyer wanted you to settle amicably out of court, and you refused. And even then, you still wanted to slander Shi Xiaoya!

“And after that, did you think Han Zhuoling would let you go scot-free, let our family off?” Cen Mengqing scoffed. “Han Zhuoling had let you off time and again, and you continued to speak badly of him. He didn’t do anything to you, so you thought he had no temper whatsoever?

“He’s not without temper, nor is he too lazy to settle scores with you. He’s regarding you as something unimportant! But you hurt Shi Xiaoya, someone he cares about, so he wiped out all of us at once!” Cen Mengqing sneered.

“Why do you think he’d want to ruin our family all at once? Because as long as the Xia family is still standing, we’ll be your backing. And you can then continue having the courage to create trouble.” Cen Mengqing exhaled deeply. “Han Zhuoling’s intent on removing the roots of your courage to make trouble.

“You created the trouble, yet dragged the whole family down with you. Now that you’ve landed yourself in prison, are you satisfied? The whole family’s bankrupt now. We can’t even help you if we wanted to.

“Your end now is your comeuppance. What goes around comes around. You landed yourself in this mess and no one else can save you. Had you been honest, our family wouldn’t have ended up like this. You’d still be the Xia family’s young lady, and even if our family’s being suppressed by the Han Family and suffering a dent in finances, we could still have lived comfortably.

“To go further back in time, had you been content with life and loyal to Han Zhuoling, you’d still be Mrs. Han, and who’d make things difficult for you? You wouldn’t be here...” Cen Mengqing pointed at the surroundings, “in this type of place, mucking around with the lowest dregs of society.”