Chapter 16 Want Me Gone? Give Me Half of Bennet's Assets

Mrs. Bennet tensed her jaw and persisted. "The incident about your premarital pregnancy was all over the news. So now that your sister has married the Bluemel family, her life hasn’t been the best..." Rachel smiled bitterly. "Wasn’t I the victim after it became a city-wide affair? How did your precious Rue get victimized?" Mrs. Bennet's hand slammed heavily onto the table in anger. "Rachel, don't forget you were the one responsible for the entire thing! You should've taken more responsibility in ensuring it didn't happen! It was you who had the scandal and affected your sister's future! Rue is the sole victim here!" Mrs. Bennet was so loud, her voice traveled to the corners of the cafe and attracted people's attention. Rachel shook her head in disappointment. 'Same old, same old!' In fact, it was funny to think that her parents did care for her... "Alright, she's the one you want to make into your heir, so Rue Bennet will always be a victim!" Slap— A crisp slap echoed in the cafe. Mrs. Bennet's hand slowly returned to her side, her face burning with fury. "Rachel! Rue is your sister, how dare you call her full name like that?!" Rachel stared into Mrs. Bennet's eyes as she lifted her burning cheek. She smiled furiously. "Stop feeding me nonsense, just tell me what you want me to do for her this time." Mrs. Bennet was a little shaken up, but even though she was surprised at Rachel's initiative, she still felt it was Rachel's obligation to sacrifice for Rue. "It's a simple thing. Take your child and leave the Orange Country forever!" Surprise slowly crawled all over Rachel's expression before a frigid stare appeared. "Leave the Orange Country? You have already kicked me out of the Bennet family, and you want to chase me away from this city?" Mrs. Bennet pursed her lips. When Rachel put it that way, she did feel a little guilty. However, when she thought about Rue's situation and the future of the Bennets, the guilt immediately vanished. "As long as you leave the Orange Country, everything will be fine! Rue can be her Mrs. Bluemel without worrying about your tarnished reputation, and the Bennet Group can have better development in the Orange Country! Rachel, you know, all that we've done were for your own good!" Rachel sneered as if she had just heard the funniest joke in the world. "For my own good? You've always been partial to Rue! You tried to kill my child when I was pregnant, then you disowned me from the Bennet family! And now, you're trying to chase me away from the Orange Country! This is for my own good?" Mrs. Bennet grabbed onto Rachel's hand once more. "Look, as long as you leave Orange Country, no one will know what you've done. This will be good for both you and your child! You don't want your child to endure being criticized for something you did, do you?" Rachel reflexively withdrew her hand and replied firmly, "You disowned me, that's fair because the Bennet family is yours. But I would like to remind you that Orange Country is not yours, you don't have the right to make me go away!" She paused a little before she added, "I will not leave the Orange Country!" Ending her spiel, Rachel stood up and was prepared to leave. Suddenly, Mrs. Bennet had a change of heart. From the calm attitude she had before, she now picked up her cup of hot coffee and flung it at Rachel's face. Rachel did not have time to evade as the boiling liquid splashed against her face, burning her. After this, Mrs. Bennet sat on the cafe floor, pounding and yelling like a madwoman. "Come and listen to my woes! My daughter, this woman, had been a delinquent and have done all sorts of naughty things since she was young! When she was in school, she'd already been playing with other men. Now look, she has a child before she’s even married! "We don't even know who the father is! I've been cracking my brain trying to help her, but not only is she ungrateful, she's wishing a premature death to me! Oh, Rachel! What more do you want me to do? The only reason I want you to leave is to protect you from all the gossip!" The scene Mrs. Bennet had caused quickly gathered the criticism of people. However, their target of criticism was not Mrs. Bennet, but Rachel. "Letting your parents pick up after you is one thing, but you went as far as cursing her? Are you even human?" "That's right! Of all the virtues, filial piety is the most important one. Not only do you not understand that, but you even cursed your own mother! Someone like you should rot in the depths of hell!" "That's right. You are pretty and innocent, but what a rotten heart!" ... Somehow, scolding her was just not enough because some people even had the liberty to take their own cup of coffee and threw it at Rachel, following Mrs. Bennet's action to work off their anger. Rachel stood surrounded by people, being criticized, misunderstood, and even hurt. The source of all that was because of the woman in front of her, the woman who claimed to be her mother! Slowly, she raised her hand and wiped away the boiling coffee on her face. She paid no attention to her scalded skin as she stooped down before Mrs. Bennet. "You really want me to leave that much?" Mrs. Bennet's tears stopped flowing almost immediately as she grabbed Rachel's hand. "Of course, I want to protect you and the child! Listen to me, leave this place." "Sure, I can leave, but you can't not give me something in exchange, can you?" Rachel felt nothing for the woman at this point, so she smiled with a cordial detachment at her. Mrs. Bennet sneered and procured a bank card from her bag. "You just want money, don't you? There are two million pounds in this card, so take it and piss off!" Rachel took a quick glance at the bank card. "Two million pounds and you want me to leave? Isn't this too miserly even for the prosperous Bennet family? A flash of craftiness appeared in her eyes just as quickly as it went away. "No matter what, I should be getting half of Bennet's assets, don't I?" "You're dreaming! What gave you the idea that you deserve half the assets of the Bennet family? Rachel, you're overestimating yourself!" Mrs. Bennet suppressed her voice, but her anger still showed in her speech. Rachel covered her mouth and laughed as her eyes glimmered with shrewdness. "Your request for me made me realize I deserve it. I want half of Bennet's assets. If you can give me that, I will leave immediately. If you can't..."