Mute Beauty

Chapter 99: Ridiculous

"What...?" Yu Ting followed Su Nian's gaze and looked at Ran Ling.

Ran Ling held her hand and looked back at her.

"You..." Yu Ting pieced together the situation and said with difficulty, "You know her?"

Ran Ling nodded.

"You..." Yu Ting's mind was in chaos, struggling to find clarity, "When did you meet?"

Su Nian answered directly, "Many years ago."

Many years...

What does that mean? What does it imply?

Yu Ting didn't look at Su Nian, her gaze fixed firmly on Ran Ling.

Ran Ling gently stroked her back with her other hand that wasn't being held, as she usually did, offering comfort during Yu Ting's emotional turmoil. She parted her lips and formed the sign for Yu Ting's nickname.

— Ting Ting.

"Ran Ling..." Yu Ting felt an overwhelming urge to gasp for air.

"Let me tell you," Su Nian, sitting across from them, said. "This is quite a lot of information; it's inconvenient for her to use sign language."

"Given my appearance here today, you should understand that these matters are things she needs to tell you herself."

"She no longer wants to hide it from you or keep you in the dark."

Su Nian said, "I've known her for many years; we are old friends."

Only then did Yu Ting stiffly turn to look at Su Nian.

"When I came back to Yun City to do business with you, it was actually her idea."

"When I insisted on taking you out for drinks, that was also her idea. The information I gave you about Yu Hao was not mine; it was hers."

Yu Ting asked, "...Why?"

Yu Ting didn't understand.

Why did Ran Ling have information about Yu Hao? Why did Ran Ling instruct Su Nian?

Why was it Ran Ling's idea for Su Nian to take her out for drinks? Didn't Ran Ling care? Hadn't she lost all trust in her over that incident, feeling disappointed and nearly leading to their divorce?

Su Nian smiled slightly, "On one hand, she wanted to test your loyalty through me, to see how sincere you are towards her. On the other hand, she is using you."

— Using.

"She has been using you all along. From the moment she married you, she had ambitions and motives, unwilling to remain just the mute daughter of the Ran family. She knows your relationship with Ran Xue isn't solid, so she found someone abroad to seduce Ran Xue, leading her to cause a breakup with you, making room for herself to step in."

"She utilized the Yu family connections to help Ran Long rise in the Ran family company, propelling him into a prominent position."

"She craves money and power; she not only wants to inherit the Ran family business but is also eyeing the larger and wealthier Yu family."

"She plans to divorce you to make you understand the taste of loss, to make you more obedient and loyal to her, to be at her service and follow her orders."

Obedient, loyal, at her service, following her orders.

"Just like now."

Just like now.

Now Yu Ting would comply with Ran Ling, even if it meant handing over the Yu family business to her; now Ran Xue was mentally unstable and had lost her qualification to inherit the family fortune. Now Ran Ling frequented the Ran family company, busier than Yu Ting.