"Wow! This is really something" Minde exclaimed in surprise. "Why did she just cut off her family like that?" 

Muchen had been surprised to see the news also. He thought maybe he was seeing things. But Minde's surprise reaction when he came to meet Muchen in his room confirmed it was correct. 

Muchen still kept a straight face as he pondered on the issue. Changyu was a very complicated and difficult woman so no one could tell her plans or what she was up to.

"I'm sure a lot of families and corporations would be celebrating now." Minde added. 

The Songs were at the top of the social ranking obviously because of Changyu. Even though she hadn't been in the country, the kind of influence she had extended to many countries and because of that, they always want to suck up to the arrogant Songs.

But now that she was out, the Songs were nothing more than an average wealthy family.

Like an ordinary elite family.

"What a pity. The Song corporation shares must be dropping by now." Minde added again. At this point, he felt like he was actually having a conversation with himself since Muchen wasn't contributing at all. 

"They'll bounce back soon enough. They have the Yangs." Muchen finally said something.

"And why did you just barge inside my room?" He remembered to ask. 

Minde didn't bother to answer his question and just continued with his "Bro, does it mean the Li family is at the very top now?" He asked with his gaze still fixed on the video.

"Something feels strangely familiar" His forehead wrinkled as he thought deeply. 

Muchen looked at him and shook his head. Minde actually looked funny when he was all serious, especially now that he was wearing a suit and tie.

"You should go change your suit. You don't want to make them all think you're from a wealthy family" Muchen advised.

Minde raised his head to look at him and blinked. "But all my suits are expensive." He whined.

"Find something less expensive or go get a new less expensive suit before you go over to the company"

Minde stomped his foot on the ground in aggravation before leaving Muchen's room. 

He still couldn't believe he'll be working and more so, he had to go by an entirely different identity with forged documents so no one would be able to guess he was actually from the Li family. "The moment they find out, you'll go abroad" Li Sun had threatened him.

Muchen clicked on the video again and looked intently at Changyu. He was able to guess why Minde felt something seemed familiar. For some unknown reason, he saw Sara in Changyu.

***

Changyu's car stopped in front of the dilapidated restaurant building. She looked at it with sad eyes before entering inside with unsteady steps.

Once inside the dark empty building, her legs gave away and she fell to the ground. 

She looked at the file in her hand and remembered some of the contents in it.

Elder Wang had been arrested for using opium poppy—which was banned in the country, to get people addicted to his meal.

The government took control of the building immediately after his arrest. Since he was actually like the main owner, his wife was spared from it.

The case didn't drag on like most cases before he was proven guilty and jailed immediately.

It was at that point that Changyu realised something was wrong somewhere. Elder Wang died in prison a month after he was jailed while his wife died two months after her husband. From there, no one heard anything about Jianjun and Cixi.

At first when she came across the news about Elder Wang's arrest, she didn't care much about it since she was dead of any emotion when it came to that family; worse mistake of her life.

She no longer cared about them even after she traveled out. The hurt had been too much for her to bear. 

But, she was somehow still attached to the restaurant so she went through every means to acquire it when she became finally stable. It had also been out of spite. She felt that whatever happened to the Wangs was karma at work and she wanted to get her hands on their property. Well, it was the only thing from her past she could actually hold on to.

But now, things were beginning to make sense especially after she met Cixi. She started seeing things clearly and not with the eyes she had used to see things when she was still younger.

Elder Wang would never do something like that. She didn't know about their insincere son, but Elder Wang and his wife were both sincere and good people. 

If Cixi had the guts to openly accuse her parents and even hit her, it meant something had actually happened. Something she knew nothing about.

Her P.A couldn't find any tangible information earlier. She had only bluffed to her parents and they had taken the bait to let her know that they actually had a hand in it when her father said he had done it for her, because that family was hindering her, they only had to 'push' them aside a little. 

The new information she received revealed that her parents had met with the judge in charge of Elder Wang's case. The same judge died in a car crash a few days after Elder Wang was jailed.

Putting everything together, she realised that her parents must have framed Elder Wang. She didn't even want to imagine whether they both had a hand in their deaths also.

"I didn't ask you to. I didn't!" She threw the file on the dusty floor as she cried loudly and cussed her parents.

She thought back to when she was still in the house with them. 

"I'll show you something interesting" She took the TV remote, and tuned it to a news channel. 

Her Father's feet could not support him, making him slump on the couch when he heard the female news anchor broadcasting a news about 'Changyu cutting ties with her family'

It was over for them! He thought he would be able to convince her. But now that the whole world knew...she was really determined to do it.

"Cha.. Cha...ng....yu.. what are you doing?" Her mother tried to hold her hands with tears in her eyes but Changyu didn't give her any opportunity to do so. 

"How can you do this?" Song Ling sounded angry when she asked. They were going to marry off Aishu to Li Hoy. Now that things were going this way, the Lis may likely not consider them again since they were just like every other normal rich family.

"Shut it!" Changyu glared at her. "Aren't you all tired of using me? Because I am tired of all your hypocrisies." She warned. 

"Changyu. You can't do this to us." Her father said in a resigned tone. "Why are you abandoning your family?"

Changyu forced a smile. "You abandoned me first. You all did." She stopped to look at all of them with cold eyes before pointing at the TV

"I've clearly distinguished your properties from mine. Now, I want you to feel it"

She looked at her father and said in a gentle and clear tone

"I want you to feel how it's like to be abandoned. I want you to see how much influence your useless daughter have over this family. I want you to feel the pain of falling to the ground when you're at your highest point." 

Even if Jianjun had wronged her, his family

didn't deserve that. 

"I have always prepared this for you Mr Song, Mrs Song. Just when I wanted to forgive you all, you made me realise just how despicable you both are."

She looked at her brother in-law and sister "You've both been using my name for your evil deeds also. You're all despicable!" 

No one...was on her side.