How could this be?
Didn't Ying Zhenting love Zhong Manhua very much?
How could there be another woman outside?
There were shrubs in the rooftop garden, so Ying Yuexuan squatted down.
She covered her mouth and did not dare to make a sound.
In front of her, Ying Zhenting was still talking to Jing Hongzhen.
"If she wasn't our daughter, would I have done so much for her?" Ying Zhenting suppressed his anger. "Didn't you see that I even drove my own daughter away for Xiao Xuan?"
"Didn't you want to bring her back?" Jing Hongzhen said calmly. "You're regretting it because you saw how powerful she is now, aren't you?"
Ying Zhenting did not say anything.
He could not refute this point.
"Alright, I'm just here to ask." Jing Hongzhen laughed.
Ying Yuexuan hurriedly left, afraid that she would be discovered.
As soon as she left the rooftop garden and went downstairs, she ran into Ying Zhenting's secretary.
She ignored the secretary and quickly left.
The secretary looked at Ying Yuexuan with contempt and sneered, "You really think you're the daughter of a rich family …"
A few minutes later, Ying Zhenting came downstairs.
The secretary immediately straightened her posture. "President Ying, the daughter of a rich family came up to see you just now. Didn't you see her? I saw that she left in a hurry. Did something happen? "
Ying Zhenting's face darkened when he heard this.
He was wondering why Jing Hongzhen came to see him today. It must be because she knew that Ying Yuexuan would be here and deliberately let her hear this.
He told the secretary and the others not to come up, but Ying Yuexuan was the daughter of a rich family. If she wanted to come up, the secretary naturally would not stop her.
"I've seen her. It's nothing," Ying Zhenting said coldly. "Call the director of the finance department up. I have something to ask him."
The secretary hurriedly left.
After he left, Jing Hongzhen came out of the rooftop garden.
Ying Zhenting suddenly looked at her with a sharp gaze.
"Don't worry, she won't tell your wife." Jing Hongzhen was in a good mood. "I'm leaving. I won't appear again for at least three months."
**
On the other side.
Ying Yuexuan returned to the Family Ying Mansion in a daze.
"Xiao Xuan, what's wrong?" Zhong Manhua saw that her expression was not right and was very concerned.
"Mom." Ying Yuexuan's tears immediately flowed out. She choked out, "Mom."
How could she be an illegitimate daughter?
In the rich and powerful families, an illegitimate daughter was an existence that everyone despised.
"Xiao Xuan, don't cry." Zhong Manhua only thought that Ying Yuexuan was sad because her identity had been exposed. "If Zijin doesn't come back, you are still my daughter and the daughter of the Family Ying."
Hearing this, Ying Yuexuan was even more panicked.
If Zhong Manhua knew that she was an illegitimate daughter, would she still be so nice to her?
No matter how much Zhong Manhua doted on her, she would never tolerate Ying Zhenting having a child with another woman.
What should she do?
"Okay, pack up properly." Zhong Manhua said, "Mom will take you to get styled and choose a dress. The banquet will start in the afternoon. You are the host, so you can't neglect."
Ying Yuexuan pinched her palms and forced herself to wake up. She said softly, "Thank you, Mom."
"What's there to thank?" Zhong Manhua smiled. "You are my daughter. If I don't treat you well, who should I treat well?"
She picked up her bag. "Let's go."
**
In order to hold Ying Yuexuan's coming of age ceremony, the Family Ying booked the entire lobby on the first floor of the Queen Hotel.
Ying Yuexuan was wearing a haute couture dress and looked like an elegant socialite.
She looked at herself in the mirror and finally calmed down.
However, she waited for a long time until half past four, but no one came.
But the banquet was about to start at five o 'clock.
Last year at this time, half of the guests had already arrived at three o 'clock.
Ying Yuexuan's heart sank.
She also had quite a number of socialites in Shanghai's socialite circle.
Today was her coming of age ceremony, but none of those socialites came. They didn't even give her a gift.
Was the real Family Ying's daughter really that important?
Ying Yuexuan lowered her head and sobbed again. "Mom, is my coming of age ceremony … ruined?"
Zhong Manhua's face turned pale. She slammed the teacup in her hand and sneered. "These people are so snobbish!"
"They should have gone to my sister's place." Ying Yuexuan's voice was even lower. "She is your biological daughter."
People always sympathized with the weak.
When Zhong Manhua saw Ying Yuexuan like this, she forgot about the guilt she felt towards Ying Zijin.
"Let's go." She stood up and said coldly, "Let's go to the Zhong family. Your coming of age ceremony won't be ruined. They must have gone to the Zhong family's place."
It was not that she didn't invite Old Mr. Zhong, but Old Mr. Zhong said that he would only celebrate Ying Zijin's birthday.
Ying Zijin's birthday party was held at the Zhong family's place.
After making the call to Ying Zhenting, Zhong Manhua led Ying Yuexuan out of the hotel.
However, the moment she stepped out of the hotel, she was surrounded by flashing lights.
There were many reporters at the entrance of the hotel. They were all from various media outlets in Shanghai.
When they saw Zhong Manhua and Ying Yuexuan, they raised their cameras and started to take pictures.
Ying Yuexuan's face turned pale. She immediately took a step back and covered her face with her bag.
"What are you doing?" Zhong Manhua's expression was very ugly. She shouted angrily, "Don't you know that taking pictures casually is an infringement of portrait rights? Don't you know that it is illegal?"
However, the media didn't care about this.
They put the microphone in front of Zhong Manhua and asked directly.
"Mrs. Ying, you have never announced Miss Ying Zijin's identity to the public. May I ask if you think that she is from the countryside and doesn't know the etiquette of a rich family and can't be compared to Ying Yuexuan?
"Mrs. Ying, last year, the ISC's official website announced the candidates for the direct entry to the International Competition. There were a total of six candidates, and Miss Ying Zijin was one of them. As far as I know, Ying Yuexuan and Ying Zijin are from the same school. It's obvious that the school didn't choose Ying Yuexuan."
"Mrs. Ying, Miss Ying Zijin's piano skills are said to be superb. You mistook a fish eye for a pearl. May I ask if you regret it?"
Every question was extremely sharp and poked at her sore spot.
Zhong Manhua's face turned green and red. She was trembling from the questioning. "You, you …"
One of the reporters continued to ask, "Mrs. Ying, now that the truth is out, you are still biased and only held a birthday party for your adopted daughter. Do you really deserve to be a mother?"
When she heard this, Zhong Manhua only felt anger rising. A string in her brain snapped.
Before she could catch her breath, her head tilted and she fainted.
"Mom!" Ying Yuexuan hurriedly supported Zhong Manhua and panicked. "Mom! Quick, call 120! "
When the media saw that Zhong Manhua had fainted, they were all very regretful.
They didn't care and left with their cameras.
Ying Yuexuan bit her lip. She had no choice but to take out her phone and call the emergency number.
**
Contrary to what Ying Yuexuan thought, in the Zhong family's old mansion, other than the students from Qing Zhi Class 19 and the people Ying Zijin knew in the capital, no one from the famous circle in Hu City was invited.
Ying Zijin had no intention of making the birthday party grand. She only invited the people around her.
Old Mr. Zhong took over Butler Zhong's work and ordered the servants to work together.
Fu Yunshen sat in the living room.
He turned his head and looked at the Qing Zhi students playing in the garden outside the villa. His eyes were gentle.
"Young Master, you have the foresight." Yunshan lowered his voice. "You knew that Family Ying would definitely cause trouble when they found out that no one was there. That's why you arranged for the media to go there in advance and deliberately ask the Family Ying questions."
Fu Yunshen narrowed his eyes and smiled cynically. "Huh?"
He had learned this trick from Nie Chao.
"Young Master, you don't know, but Mrs. Ying fainted because of anger." Yunshan gloated. "She has been sent to the hospital. Ying Zhenting and Ying Yuexuan are there. I think Ying Yuexuan will have to spend her coming of age ceremony in the hospital. She deserves it."
"No." Fu Yunshen looked indifferent. "Today is Yaoyao's coming of age ceremony."
Yunshan was stunned. Then he remembered that Ying Yuexuan, including her name and birthday, was fake.
"I really feel sorry for Miss Ying." Yunshan mumbled. "She has such a family."
Fu Yunshen thought for a while and said, "Soon, she won't be Miss Ying anymore."
Yunshan was stunned at first, but then he was surprised. "Young Master, you got her?"
Fu Yunshen looked down and smiled. "I'm chasing after her."
Yunshan: "…"
If he didn't hear it, he would have thought that the Young Master was going to come out.
**
In the garden.
Xiu Yu was poking ants with a branch, but her ears were pricked up. "Papa YIng, is there anything happy that you want to share?"
"Yes." Ying Zijin leaned against a tree. "He confessed to me."
She paused and raised her eyebrows. "You should have known in advance."
Xiu Yu coughed lightly and said solemnly, "Aren't I doing this for the sake of your lifelong happiness? I'm helping you. Are you surprised? "
"It's quite surprising. I wanted to say yes directly." Ying Zijin rested her chin on her hand and looked tired. "But I haven't said it yet. He said that if he wants to pursue me, he wants me to experience the feeling of being pursued. This is a necessary step."
Xiu Yu was silent for a while and praised sincerely. "He's so considerate of your feelings, but he can still hold back. What a godly man."
She didn't know whether to sympathize with Fu Yunshen for being able to be promoted directly, or pity that she was still single.
Xiu Yu continued to gossip. "How long are you going to let him pursue you?"
"I don't know." Ying Zijin thought for a while. "It depends on his performance."
"Sigh." Xiu Yu was very sad. "I don't know why, but I feel like I'm marrying off my daughter."
Hearing this, Ying Zijin straightened her body and pressed one hand on Xiu Yu's shoulder.
Xiu Yu felt cold all over for the first time. She stood up. "Papa YIng, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." Ying Zijin rolled up her sleeves. "I'll teach you ancient martial arts."
Xiu Yu: "…"
**
An hour later, the sun had set and night fell.
Xiu Yu collapsed on the ground. "I'm not going to do it. I'm going to die."
If she knew that she had the talent for ancient martial arts after taking such a pill and had to be trained like this, she wouldn't have taken it even if she died.
"This is just the foundation." Ying Zijin reached out and pulled her up. "You haven't condensed inner force yet. You need to practice it well."
"Let's eat first." Xiu Yu waved her hand. "You'll only have strength after eating."
Ying Zijin nodded.
At this moment, her cell phone rang.
It was a call from Fu Yunshen.
Ying Zijin picked it up. "I'm just outside. I'm so close. Why are you calling?"
His gentle and steady voice came through the phone. "Yaoyao, look up."
At the same time, Xiu Yu exclaimed, "Papa YIng, look!"
Ying Zijin looked up.
In the dark night sky, countless fireworks bloomed at the same time.
In the end, they converged into a sentence.
"Happy birthday, 18-year-old Yaoyao."
This was a flourishing fireworks that belonged only to her.
**
After March, the weather gradually became warmer.
After Ying Tianlu left the company, he got into the car.
He had already transferred the company that he and a few other rich heirs had set up overseas to China. However, the scale of the company was still small and could not be compared to the Ying Group. It was still located in the suburbs.
Ying Tianlu was also aware of this, so he was working hard to develop the company.
He was prepared to have the ability to compete with the Ying Group for at least a year.
He was completely disappointed with Ying Zhenting, but he did not want the Ying Group to continue to be controlled by Ying Zhenting.
Ying Tianlu bit on a cigarette, lowered his eyes, and looked at the new message on WeChat.
When he saw it, his spirits were lifted.
[Tianlu, I've found it. This woman is indeed Jing Hongzhen, but there is very little information about her. We only know that she used to be a socialite in Shanghai, but her family is gone.
This family used to be related to Family Ying. I'm guessing that she might be an old acquaintance of your father's. That's why he adopted her child.]
Ying Tianlv knitted his brows and replied.
[Okay, I got it.]
He slowly exhaled, inserted the car key into the keyhole, turned the steering wheel, and started the car.
After he got on the highway, the car accelerated to 80km/h.
At this moment, a frantic alarm sounded in the car.
[Beep, beep, beep —]
Ying Tianlu's expression changed, and he immediately stepped on the brakes.
The car did not slow down. Instead, it sped up.
[Warning! Warning!]
----- Digression —
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