Chapter 345 - 344: An Exorbitant Demand
In her past life, she had been weak, feeling that no matter what, her adoptive parents had at least given her a place to live and an education.
And since her adoptive parents only had that one child, she, as the older sister, felt it was only natural for her to help.
Having seen things clearly in this life, she instantly felt like a fool for how she’d been before.
So, looking at Ryan Sinclair, she grew increasingly irritated. Arching an eyebrow, she asked, "Aren’t you going to get lost?"
Ryan Sinclair was terrified, his legs trembling like a leaf.
But the moment he remembered the purpose of his trip, he stubbornly stood his ground, refusing to leave.
By now, most of his aggressive bluster had worn off, leaving only a fragile, paper-thin mask of false bravado.
"Chloe Sinclair, if you don’t give me money today, you can forget about me leaving!"
’Chloe Sinclair might not be afraid of my parents, but surely she’s afraid of judgmental stares from her classmates?’
Ryan Sinclair had long since noticed the classmates secretly watching the drama unfold. His eyes darted about, and he suddenly began to shout.
"Sis, please just give me some money! I’m starving to death!"
"I know you look down on me, on Mom and Dad. You think they’re just country folk."
"Why haven’t you come back to visit us even once in over a year?"
This barrage of accusations left Chloe speechless.
If she had been merely amused while talking to Ryan Sinclair before, his current public tantrum had truly crossed Chloe’s bottom line.
She watched Ryan Sinclair throwing a fit and rolling on the ground, her eyes narrowing. "Ryan Sinclair, get up."
When Ryan Sinclair heard that, he figured his act was working and ramped up his tantrum.
Chloe asked in a low voice, "How much do you want?"
Ryan Sinclair instantly stopped his tantrum, holding up five fingers. "Five hundred thousand."
Chloe let out a dry laugh. "In your dreams," she answered without hesitation.
For her, for the Sinclair Family, five hundred thousand was a trivial sum they could hand out without a second thought.
But for a family like Ryan Sinclair’s, it was an amount they might not earn in decades.
The price he was demanding this time was more than ten times what it had been in her past life.
’Looks like Nina Sinclair really put some effort into this.’ she thought.
"Ryan Sinclair, if I remember correctly, the day I was reunited with my biological father, my older brother gave your family one million, didn’t he? For all the years I slaved away for your family, one million should be enough, right? It’s not like you don’t have a sister. Why are you bothering me instead of her?"
Chloe’s voice wasn’t loud, but the students standing nearby could hear every word clearly.
Many of the onlookers felt Chloe had a point and started to chime in. "Yeah, Chloe’s family might be rich, but at the end of the day, you have no legal relationship with her anymore. Besides, demanding five hundred thousand right off the bat? Who could possibly agree to that?"
"Right, right! And isn’t your sister Nina Sinclair? Go ask her for money!"
"Tsk, tsk. If I had a moron of a brother like that, I’d beat him half to death. Chloe is being way too nice."
Hearing this, Ryan Sinclair instinctively scanned the crowd and saw a girl staring daggers at him. Her eyes blazed with a boundless rage, as if she were about to tear him to shreds.
He quietly turned his head away, pretending he hadn’t seen her.
Seeing this, the girl rolled her eyes and yelled, "Wuss!"
Still, Ryan Sinclair didn’t dare to look back at her.
Chloe’s patience had run out. "I’ll tell you this one last time," she said. "I don’t have any money. Don’t even think about getting a single cent from me, now or ever. Legally, we have no relationship. And there’s one more thing you need to remember..."