Chapter 1 : You're Only Worth This Much Money

"Ah..." Pain, a tearing sensation that cut deep. Yan Mian gripped the bedsheets tightly, unable to see the man's face in the darkness, only hearing the heavy gasps echoing in her ears. Her tears fell silently. The man's touch paused for a moment, his hand brushing against her neck and accidentally touching a cold jade necklace. "I'll take responsibility." Four words, like a compelling melody, spoken in a captivating tone. Yan Mian closed her eyes tightly. Take responsibility? Marry this almost forty-year-old man? Although, after the uncontrollable touch, she could sense that this old man had a good physique... She stubbornly turned her head away, offering no response. After an unknown amount of time, she drifted in and out of consciousness several times, and he finally fell into a deep sleep beside her. Supporting herself on the edge of the bed, as soon as her toes touched the ground, her body went limp. Thud, she fell to the ground. It hurt too much... Her whole body felt like it had fallen apart. Yan Mian struggled to get up, hastily put on her clothes, and quickly opened the door. As she looked up, she suddenly met a heavily made-up face. Yan Feifei crossed her arms, playing with her vibrant manicured nails. "Oh, I didn't expect President Wang to have such stamina, lasting for several hours!" An image of President Wang's chubby, round body flashed through her mind, and she laughed even more joyfully. Yan Mian clenched her palm tightly, her pale lips pursed. This was her own older sister, who, along with their parents, had priced her and sold her to the cooperating CEO. "Where's the money?" she gritted her teeth and spoke. Yan Feifei snorted coldly, took out a bank card from her bag, and said, "I don't have a check. Take the card." Yan Mian didn't immediately accept it. "I don't want a card. Give me a check." She wasn't stupid. If there was no money in the card or the password was incorrect, and they went back on their word afterwards, then tonight would have been meaningless. "I don't have any check paper!" Yan Feifei frowned impatiently and sneered, "Just look at what you look like. It's already your honor for someone to sleep with you!" Her gaze fixed on the red blotches on Yan Mian's right cheek. She had had a fist-sized birthmark since she was young, and it was hideous! Yan Mian ignored her, took out a check from her pocket, and said in a deep voice, "Sign it! Otherwise, I'll call the police right now and make a big scene!" "You!" Yan Feifei's eyes almost spewed fire. She suppressed her anger, snatched the check, and signed the amount with hatred. She forcefully threw it, directly hitting Yan Mian's face. "You're only worth this much money!" Yan Mian's face turned pale. She struggled to pick it up. One million yuan, her grandmother's life-saving money. She suppressed her emotions and ignored Yan Feifei's malicious gaze, turning around and leaving. Yan Feifei sneered, staring at her retreating figure, and spat, "Despicable!" At that moment, a crisp ringtone sounded. Yan Feifei just pressed the answer button when she heard a duck-like roar from the other end. "I've been waiting for hours. Why hasn't the person arrived yet?" She was stunned, looking stiffly at the door of the adjacent room. "President Wang, aren't you in room 1069 of Shenghao Hotel?" "I am, Shenghao Hotel 1069!" "What? Shenghao? Isn't it Dihao?" Yan Feifei was dumbfounded. Did she... remember the wrong hotel? Then... which man did Yan Mian just sleep with? ... When Yan Mian arrived at the hospital, it was already dawn. She went straight to the ICU and happened to meet the attending doctor coming out of the ward. With an ominous premonition rising in her heart, she grabbed the doctor's arm. "Doctor, I managed to raise the medical expenses. My grandmother..." "It's too late. The old lady has already passed away." Boom! Yan Mian's brain seemed to explode. Her limbs went stiff, and she crawled and rolled to the side of the hospital bed, only to see the nurse covering her grandmother with a white cloth... Three days later, at the St. Anne Cemetery... A thunderstorm in the middle of summer arrived suddenly, with intense lightning tearing through the dark gray clouds. Yan Mian knelt in front of the tombstone, like a fragile sculpture, motionless. "Grandmother, I've been secretly studying medicine. Why didn't you wait for me..." A series of footsteps suddenly sounded amidst the rain...