Tang Wan tidied up the office, and the old lady pulled Shen Zhixian to sit down, listening to her recount the whole story...
"...He was originally a relative of our family. When my mother carried back to our hotown, I didn’t have a hukou, and there were many things I couldn’t do, so we gave his family a sum of money to have my hukou registered at their place."
"After my mother passed away, because my hukou was registered with his family, no one was willing to take in at the ti. Aid at the compensation my mother left behind, I ended up living at their place."
"At first it was okay, but later on..."
After the old lady heard everything, she clenched her cane tightly, "Those damned scoundrels! To have done such things to you, and they still have the face to co looking for you?"
"I think just throwing him out earlier was letting him off too easy."
She was so angry that her face turned red, "There are such scumbags in the world, my temper... You, child, how much suffering you must have gone through. If the Xie family matriarch hadn’t caused all that trouble, things wouldn’t have co to this..."
"Grandma, have so water." Tang Wan offered her so tea.
"I’m too angry to drink."
Tang Wan frowned, "I think he won’t let things go so easily, he’ll definitely co back to find fault."
"If he dares to co, I won’t let him off!" The old lady clenched her cane, turning her head to Shen Zhixian, "Have you told the Xie family about this?"
"He just contacted today, and then he showed up here at Wanwan’s. I haven’t had the chance to bring it up to my uncle and the others." Shen Zhixian knew he was shaless, but she never expected him to be so brazen as to bother Tang Wan.
Forcing her to show herself.
"Just by looking at him, you can tell he’s a coward. If he had any guts, he should go to the Xie family or co to our Jiang Family, why co looking for you?" The old lady huffed.
...
anwhile, Tang Wan’s phone vibrated. She took it out, expecting a ssage, but instead, it was push notifications from various news portals.
[Shocking Insider Reveal: Xie Family Aunt Pregnant Before Marriage, Suspected to Have a Daughter, Jiang’s Second Master Happy to be a Father Again?]
[Explosive, Shen Zhixian’s Illegitimate Daughter Exposed!]
[The Xie Family’s Shocking Secret, Shen Zhixian Already Has a Daughter.]
...
Tang Wan opened the notifications, still the sa person who had previously exposed Shen Zhixian’s relationship with Jiang Yanting. This ti, the photos not only featured Shen Zhixian but also Taotao, and even though their faces were pixelated, their intimate interaction, including cheek kissing and hugging, clearly indicated their special relationship.
The photos were released, and within minutes, the news quickly fernted, shooting to the top of trending searches.
The comnts were even more explosive.
"No way, she has a child? Looks to be four or five years old, quite cute."
"No wonder the Xie family set their sights on the second master. These two really are ’well-matched’." said the netizens, rather spitefully.
"This aunt from the Xie family is really sothing, every ti she hits the news, it’s with these explosive stories."
...
Tang Wan bit her lip, previously Jiang Jinsang had said, the journalist was bait...
So, who exactly had bitten the hook?
The Xie Family or Jiang Zhaolin?
"Wanwan? What are you looking at, so engrossed?" The old lady took a sip of tea, calming her complex emotions.
"Taotao is being exposed." Tang Wan handed her the phone to look at. She was still quite composed. According to what Jiang Jinsang had said, everything should be part of the plan; all they had to do was follow the vine to find the ghost behind the scenes.
But Shen Zhixian suddenly sprang up from the sofa, rummaging through her bag for her phone. She’d set it to silent while talking to her foster father, and a stream of notifications flooded in...
She ignored them, preparing to call Taotao’s kindergarten teacher.
Having seen the ruthlessness of the paparazzi in Beijing, she was afraid they would sniff out Taotao’s kindergarten, and she could not imagine what it would be like for her daughter to be cornered by that crowd.
"Hello—Teacher Yu? This is Shen Taotao’s mother. My daughter, at school..."
"She was picked up by soone."
"Picked up? By whom?"
"It was Jiangjiang’s fourth uncle. Both kids left together. Didn’t he tell you? Since he’s a familiar face, I thought you knew. He said he was taking the kids on a trip and even took two days off."
Jiang Chengsi took her?
"I know, I just wanted to check in. Sorry for the disturbance."
"You’re very polite."
Shen Zhixian quickly dialed Jiang Chengsi’s number, calling to confirm that the child was safe, only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.
"Sister-in-law, don’t worry. The child is with , we’ll be ho soon."
"Thank you."
"We’re all family, why bring that up?"
Jiang Chengsi was driving, his attention briefly flicking to the siblings in the back seat. Most kids didn’t want to go to school, and he had picked the two up early. The news of school suspension brought them such joy that they were already fooling around in the back.
He had no clue that at this mont, Beijing was already engulfed in a storm.
...
Just as Shen Zhixian heaved a sigh of relief, Chen Zhi knocked on her office door.
"Uncle Chen, is there sothing you need?" Tang Wan thought there must be so work needing attention.
"That... um..." Chen Zhi hemd and hawed, his gaze drifting until finally settling on Shen Zhixian. "Professor Shen, your foster father is currently live streaming, accusing you. I sent the link to Wanwan, you should take a look."
Sothing ca up in Tang Wan’s office, so she turned on the TV and cast the live stream from her phone to the screen. The face of Zhong Jijun was magnified imdiately, and below, nearly a million people were watching online.
The comnts were scrolling too fast to read.
But at that mont, a Ferrari crossed the screen—
[Welco, Qi Zeyan, to the live stream.]
Qi Zeyan was involved in the film industry; this account was initially registered for familiar celebrities to live stream, to have assistants log in, send so virtual gifts, and show the company’s regard for the celebrity. Nowadays many fans are into this sort of thing.
Today, joining the stream just to watch the drama unfold, he never expected his entry would trigger a special effect...
Damn it—
What the hell is this?
"Holy shit, is that Qi Zeyan? He’s actually here?"
"Qi Zeyan isn’t the kind of person who gossips, is he?" Qi Zeyan always presented himself publicly in suits, ties, and with slicked-back hair — the picture of a domineering CEO. Who would’ve thought, in the midst of watching dramas and munching on popcorn, one could witness his arrival?
"Maybe it’s soone from the company using the account. He himself wouldn’t be so brazen, so high-profile."
"And it’s working hours now. He shouldn’t be this free. In my mory, Qi Zeyan should be a workaholic."
...
Qi Zeyan had never used this account before, so naturally, he was unaware of the entry effects.
He just wanted to quietly enjoy the drama, but then he was caught red-handed by a million online viewers.
But since he was already in, he couldn’t just click out. Might as well play dead in silence.
Tang Wan didn’t expect to open the live stream only to see that ostentatious Ferrari zoom into view instead of witnessing Shen Zhixian’s foster father’s accusations. She coughed into her fist.
Doesn’t he have a burner account?
**
At this mont, Jiang Yanting was in his office, also watching the live stream. Seeing Qi Zeyan’s flamboyant entry gave him a headache.
What’s he doing?
anwhile, in the hospital, Jiang Jinsang had also watched the whole thing and turned to the man with a cold expression on his face, "Do you think it’s soone from the company using the account, or is it Zeyan himself?"
He just smiled, "The man himself."
Jiang Jinsang laughed, "Afraid no one would know he ca to enjoy the show."
"His brain often isn’t in the right place."
A pointed jab!
"Did you see the comnts? Plenty of young girls confessing to him, he seems to be quite popular."
Sobody glanced at the comnts: "Their eyesight mustn’t be very good."
...
And as the live stream began, even Tang Wan was shocked to see Zhong Jijun’s appearance. How could he be so bruised and battered?
He was already a sloppy and disheveled person, but now he appeared with a swollen face and a blue nose; one would think he had been "mobbed."
"Hello everyone, my na is Zhong Jijun, I’m Shen Zhixian’s foster father, her original na was Zhong Xian..." The man was even holding his ID and so pictures, which imdiately convinced the audience of his identity.
"I saw her on TV and just wanted to check on her. I didn’t expect to encounter the Jiang Family, and now that she’s soared high, she doesn’t want to see . I understand, but what I didn’t expect was for the Jiang Family to beat up."
"So it turns out, those with power really can ’cover the sky with one hand’ and be lawless."
The Jiang Family did it?
The online viewers in the live stream went into an uproar. This was live after all, and with him holding his ID coupled with evident injuries, his words carried so credibility.
Most importantly, Shen Zhixian had just been exposed for having a child out of wedlock; the public’s trust in her character was already teetering...
But why would the Jiang Family be dragged into it?
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