"Clark, you are such a senile old coot! Can't you understand how correct Fannie is? If we could latch on
to Charles, our life would be full of bliss! How could we become family with Charles if you keep on
refusing to give the household register? You're acting like a fool!" Annoyed at Clark's refusal to give up
the household register, Jill ran over and grabbed Clark's arms. "Fannie, pull harder! We can't allow him
to hold on to the register any longer!"
At Clark's age, strength was the last thing he had. Moreover, he didn't have to fight off one assailant,
but two.
Amidst the ruckus, Fannie finally wriggled the register out of Clark's hold.
"Fannie, return the household register!" Clark shouted with a grimace.
"No, I won't. I'll keep this household register now!" Fannie said with the corners of her mouth turned
upwards.
"Fannie is right. Now, Charles has to give us money so that he could have the household register. If he
refuses, he could no longer marry Nancy," Jill said, proud of her daughter's actions.
"What rotten luck I have! How did I meet a mother, daughter pair like you? Do you no longer care about
morals? Is profit all you seek? Do you weight familial affection with money too? Do you even have a
little humanity?" Clark shouted in grief and indignation.
"Dad, people live for themselves in this world. This is the truth of this world. If one day, we starve to
death, no one will come and save us. No amount of familial affection could ever fill our stomachs!"
Fannie showed off and kissed the household register hard. "Besides, the most disposable thing for
Charles is money."
"Exactly!" Jill agreed in a flash.
Charles was indeed rich, but not even in his dreams did he think that one day someone would ask him
to buy a household register! And the sellers would be none other than his wife's "mother" and "sister."
Their shamelessness made Charles speechless!
When he picked up his phone and called Clark again, Clark's phone was snatched away by Jill.
She asked in a sweet voice, "Charles, you want the household register to marry Nancy, right? I wish
you happiness. But I don't know what's wrong with Clark. He doesn't know where the household
register is. Can you believe it? He forgot where our household register is! We've looked for quite some
time now, but we still can't find it. And the anxiety isn't helping us in finding it either. Alas!"
Jill said in a voice dripping with sarcasm and ending her rant with a sigh.
Charles frowned and wondered what Jill was up to.
However, Nancy didn't expect that Jill would say something like that. Initially, Nancy thought that Jill
was helping her out of her own conscience.
But what Jill said next disappointed Nancy to no end.
Jill continued, "It will take a lot of effort to find the household register. And if we work alone, it might
take months. So, I was thinking of hiring more people to work with us. But, Charles, the thing is, hiring
people costs a lot. Now, you can't expect us to pay it all by ourselves. Anyway, you should pay for it."
How could Charles not understand that Jill was asking him for money in a roundabout way?
"How much?" Charles asked.
Nancy felt embarrassed by the way Jill was acting. She just wanted to find a hole and hide in it. She
was clueless about what was going on in Jill's mind.
Jill had nothing but money on her mind. She would probably sell anything for it.
"At least ten million dollars. You are a rich man, aren't you? So, you can't give us too little." Jill raised
her eyebrows with a flattering smile.
The smile was disgusting!
"Jill, you are asking for an exorbitant price! It's just a household register. Why is it so expensive?"
Hearing the unreasonable price, Nancy shouted in anger.
"Oh, Nancy. I have a special deal for you. If you don't want to marry Charles, you can give us ten
million, and we can make the register disappear from the face of the earth. What do you think? Sweet
deal, right?" Jill asked with a sneer.
"Don't try to blackmail me. I'm not as stupid as Charles," Nancy shouted while trying to control her
anger.
"Hey, sister, do you love or hate Charles? Do you want to marry Charles or not? Why does it seem like
you are worried about the money that Charles will give us?" Beside Jill, Fannie said in a voice dripping
with sarcasm.
"Whether I marry him or not is none of your business! Do you understand?" Nancy didn't compromise
at all.
"Then why don't we give the household register to Charles without pay?" Fannie said to Nancy while
hinting at something impossible.
Fannie sounded just like a tease.
"Fannie, I warn you. Don't do anything that you will regret!" Nancy warned.
"Haha..." Fannie burst out laughing. "I'm different from you now. You have everything you want, but I
don't. Since there is nothing in this for me, I won't give you the register. What makes you think I would
part with the register for free? Neither you nor Charles will get it easily."
"Unless you give me ten million!" Jill chimed in.
"T-t-ten million! Shame on you!" Clark could no longer bear Jill and Fannie and shouted.
"As long as you give us money, we can easily give up our dignity. It's not like dignity can buy us food
and water. I don't care who wants it!" Fannie said, stroking her face.
"Shameless woman!" Nancy had never insulted Jill and Fannie before. She wasn't a woman who didn't
know how to compromise. She had been abused by Jill and Fannie ever since she was a child. She
would silently endure it every time.
But today, she couldn't help but scold them.
"Yes, we are shameless, Nancy. Regardless of how shameless we are, we didn't have children before
marriage. You were the only one brazen enough to do something like this in our family. So if asking for
money makes us shameless, then what does that make you?" Jill went all out for money.
Jill knew that these words would hurt Nancy, but she still said them without caring about Nancy.
"Shut up, or you won't get a penny!" How could Charles allow others to slander Nancy?
Jill didn't dare to say anything more when she heard Charles' words.
After all, Jill was a woman who bullied the weak and feared the strong.
"I can give you ten million. Tell me, when will you give me the household register?" Charles calmed
down and asked.
"Ah, as long as you give us the ten million, we can find the household register by tomorrow," Jill said,
excited about the foreseeable future full of luxuries.
Jill wanted to have the money as soon as possible. Anyway, the household register was worthless in
her hand.
She didn't want to give it away immediately. It would be like slapping her own face. After all, she had
already said that they couldn't find the register after searching for a long time.
Although her dignity was worth nothing, she believed having it sometimes wasn't all too bad.
"Okay, get the household register ready. I'll come and get it tomorrow." Charles ended the call.
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