Daddy CEO's Beloved Wife

"No need to sit down. I won't take long anyway." Steffanie refused, trying to take a grasp on her remaining pride.

Ran Xueyi was indifferent to her words. "Sit down."

Steffanie stared at her, at a loss for words. The other person's tone was very authoritative and compelling.

Ran Xueyi was unfazed by this and closed the book on her lap. She said, "Even a dog knows when to take orders from the person who owns them. In this case, you're lower than a dog, to my eyes. Steffanie, I think it is wise for you to take my advice and sit down."

It was the same thing she heard last time. What did Ran Xueyi tell her? A friendly advice, was it? Then, Steffanie ignored that and did something far worse than she could have ever done. Now, she was in this situation.

Although Steffanie wanted to obey her, the shame and unwillingness that was innate to her bones as an heiress and being spoiled rotten by her parents made her hesitate and reluctant to do as Ran Xueyi told her.

Ran Xueyi, at this moment, was very patient towards this new pet she gained from this game. "Your father and Lullaby's fate depends on me. As someone who has no more worth to your father and is no longer an heiress to the company, shouldn't you at least show some bit of sincerity in your actions?"

"Just reminding, I didn't send you here. It was your father who wanted you to come and find me so you could ask for forgiveness."

"I'm waiting for that sincere apology."

A few moments passed until the silence between them broke.

Steffanie glanced at Ran Xueyi and sighed. "...I'm sorry. I did those things to you because I was angry. I was blinded with rage because I thought you stole Sister Jingjing's role and ended up targeting you. If I had known this would happen, I would have never appeared before you."

Her words and tone were sincere. Even a passerby would really think so. But it was useless to Ran Xueyi, who grew up living in the entertainment industry and thought of acting as a hobby.

"Pfft!" Ran Xueyi released a short laugh. "Rejected."

Steffanie looked on coldly at her. "Why? I already said sorry. Is that sincerity not enough?"

"It's not about your sincerity not being enough or enough. It's my choice to forgive you and not forgive you." Ran Xueyi flipped the blanket away from her and slowly stood up from the bed. "And what's with that apology? Is this some kind of script reading?"

"What?" Steffanie was enraged by her words. "I really feel sorry for what I did to you!"

Ran Xueyi slowly held a finger on her lips to stop her from speaking further. Her slender finger looked pale and beautiful against the pale redness of her lips, which were hooked up carelessly, and with the deepness of her eyes flashing with delight.

With a cold and enchanting smile, she said, "Are you sure? I could have sworn your apology paled compared to what an elementary student would write on their self-reflection paper."

Humiliated after being compared to an elementary student, Steffanie almost burst into flames and shot at Ran Xueyi. Thankfully, she still had some of her common sense and knew that she couldn't attack Ran Xueyi now that her father's and her own fate were in Ran Xueyi's hands.

After a long time, Steffanie breathed through her flared nose and said, "What do you want me to do then?"

Ran Xueyi looked at her in surprise: "Shouldn't you know that? Why are you asking me?"

On second thought, Ran Xueyi showed a bit of pity for her. "I can teach you."

Steffanie glanced at her warily, which made Ran Xueyi laugh once again.

Ran Xueyi then instructed very patiently, step by step: "First, bend your knees and kneel in front of me... Spill some tears into your eyes... And kowtow before me while confessing your sins..."

"You should know what to do. After all, you're also an actress."

Even though Steffanie did not want to do those humiliating things in front of anyone, she had no other choice.

She really kneeled in front of Ran Xueyi. On both knees, she sang her sins one by one, and whenever she made a mistake, Ran Xueyi made her repeat her words from the very beginning until Steffanie's mouth was parched and dry like the desert. This was torture that she had never anticipated.

According to what other people said, Ran Xueyi was praised for her humbleness, kindness, compassion, and tender heart. Steffanie took those words to her benefit and thought that Ran Xueyi would forgive her if she listed out some words of sincere apology she wrote last night, and everything will be fine.

Sadly, Steffanie never asked the people who offended Ran Xueyi and was punished by Ran Xueyi and was misled by these beautiful words.

And now, she was paying for it greatly.

All the people praised Ran Xueyi for her sympathetic and warmhearted character. They had never seen Ran Xueyi in a negative way. And many believed this facade because no matter what other people said to her, Ran Xueyi's face never changed.

—So, what the hell is going on?

The room was filled with overpowering pressure, and the sweat continued to drop down Steffanie's brow to her cheeks as she continued to sing her sins as if she was in a church, confessing her sins to God.

This continued on until Steffanie heard Ran Xueyi telling her to stop and leave. This delighted her a lot. That several minutes of suffering was worth it if it meant she was forgiven and her father would be saved.

Steffanie did not waste her time and weakly trudged towards the door to leave without looking back. The door in front of her became the door to heaven, shining brightly towards freedom.

Ha! People are so easily deceived. If you pretend to be sincere and suffer a little bit, they will pity you and forgive you. That's why good people can never stay in history. They will constantly be overtaken by evil people.

Ran Xueyi looked slightly cold, and her eyes stayed on Steffanie's back as the door was pulled open by her.

——Suddenly, a slight smirk appeared on her lips.

When the door to her freedom was fully opened, Steffanie thought that things would continue to shine brightly, but when her senses came back again, she saw two policemen standing in front of her, seemingly bored of waiting for her to come out.

Steffanie silently and tremblingly glanced at the policemen before turning back in surprise, "What's the meaning of this?"

Ran Xueyi shrugged indifferently: "What else do you think it is? The good officers are arresting a criminal."

"RAN XUEYI!!!"

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Poisonlily has something to say: Now, this long event will finally end here. Next, more situation and scenarios to come! As the author, I also noticed how long this arc was going on from what I initially planned. I am too used to slow pacing now, even I want to strangle myself when I went back to reading the previous chapters.

...Really sorry to my readers. As a reader, I'm also quite frustrated when this happened to the novels I read. Don't worry, from now on, things will be a bit more fast paced.

Ps. I will release more than one chapter daily next month. Hopefully, I can do it.