Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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Shen Xitong looked at Li Datou in disbelief, seemingly surprised that he was taking it for granted.
“Don’t tell me that you don’t have money. You are on TV, in newspapers, and in advertisements. You must be rich, and everyone else has said it. Whoever stands for something has a lot of money to take. We are your parents, if you don’t support us, we can sue you and say you are unfilial.”
Li Datou continued, these rhetorics were taught to them by that person, but what that person said was very complicated, and he had forgotten some of them, but the general meaning was still correct.
Shen Xitong’s face was ashen. She noticed the meaning of Li Datou’s words and her face darkened. “Listened to others? Who said it?”
A flash of panic flashed in Li Datou’s eyes. Of course, he couldn’t tell the truth. If Shen Xitong knew, she definitely wouldn’t give them a penny.
“Who said it? Do we need anyone else to say it? We’ve seen you on the TV and on the computer. We’re not blind. Can’t we see it?”
Shen Xitong looked at him suspiciously, but didn’t see anything suspicious.
Li Datou secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He almost let it slip just now, “I know you don’t want others to know that your biological parents are poor. If you want to be the eldest daughter of the Shen family, we don’t have to let you leave the Shen family and follow us. But if you don’t want us to tell others about your life experience, you have to let us live together.”
Finally no longer playing the emotional card? Shen Xitong smiled sarcastically. Fortunately, she thought they could hold on a little longer, but she didn’t expect their true colours to be revealed so quickly. She knew that this couple would abandon their biological children just for their own comfort, and they would definitely not have any repentance, of course.
Shen Xitong was not sad at all, she had no feelings for them in the first place.
“I really can’t afford a house now. Even a small house in Beijing costs several million. I earn a lot now, but that money will only be given to me later. Where can I have the money now? I give you all the money that I saved for you to use as the living expenses.”
They didn’t play the emotional card, but Shen Xitong did play the bitter card.
Li Datou had anticipated Shen Xitong’s reaction before he came. That person had already made it clear to them, so naturally he would not believe her, “I am uneducated, but you can’t lie to me. I asked someone specifically before coming here. You must have money. If you don’t want to buy me a house, that’s easy. I’ll go find a lawyer and let the judge make the decision. By the way, I’ll talk to your colleagues about how you treat your biological parents as well.”
After Li Datou said that, he made a gesture to leave. Shen Xitong’s face turned green, red, purple, and black. She looked really good-looking. Could she ignore this obvious threat?
“Stop, don’t you just want a house? Okay, I’ll buy it. I’ll go buy it tomorrow, okay?”
Li Datou said with joy on his face and added a condition, “I want a house close to the city center, not one that’s too far away, your mother and I can’t drive, and it’s inconvenient to go to the doctor if we’re too far away.”
Shen Xitong’s face was dark, “Can you leave now?”
“This month’s living expenses are gone, give us some money.” Li Datou reached out.
Shen Xitong had a dull expression on her face, took out a stack of cash from her bag, and handed it to Li Datou. Li Datou stuffed it into his arms and glanced at Tian Cuifang. Tian Cuifang looked at Shen Xitong and said softly, “Xitong, I’ll follow your dad and leave first. You should be careful when you are alone in the Shen family. If you are wronged in any way, come home.”
Shen Xitong waved her hands impatiently. Now she just wanted them to get out of her sight, her chest was rising and falling, she was so angry.
She looked around and found no one, so she left. After she left, a woman walked out from behind a tree not far away, with a strange smile on his face.
She was another pianist in the orchestra, and her playing was no worse than Shen Xitong. However, Chu Yunrong wanted to push Shen Xitong to the top, and she was not given many performance opportunities, so she had been feeling uncomfortable for a long time.
She had heard that Shen Xitong was the adopted daughter of the Shen family a long time ago, but she still didn’t believe it. After all, Chu Yunrong was so good to Shen Xitong that no one would believe that they were not biological mother and daughter. She didn’t expect that it turned out to be true. Not only that, Shen Xitong actually become the eldest daughter of the Shen family, did the Shen family know about this?
She looked at the phone in her hand, which contained the recording of their conversation just now. Although it was not very clear due to the distance, she could still hear it.
She smiled and walked back as if nothing had happened.
The next day, news suddenly broke out on the Internet that Xinjin pianist Shen Xitong was not the biological daughter of the Shen family, but was adopted. Not only that, when her biological parents came to visit, she refused to give up her identity as the eldest daughter of the Shen family. Yes, there were not only words on it, but also a recording. They were all what Shen Xitong said about Li Datou, as well as what Tian Cuifang said. As for Li Datou’s threatening words to Shen Xitong, they had been deleted.
As soon as the news broke, it caused an uproar on the Internet. Many people’s first reaction was that the recording was fake and must have been done by Shen Xitong’s anti-fans for hype. As a result, a big V jumped out and said that the recording was real, no manipulation had been done, and those who just said it was fake were instantly slapped in the face.
She disappeared from the Internet and did not dare to speak out at all. Shen Xitong’s image fell from the original perfect goddess in an instant, and the Internet was full of curses.
The strong contrast made Shen Xitong smash her computer in anger. Her first reaction was that the Li family had done it. After all, they had just threatened her yesterday. But she knew it was impossible as soon as she thought about it, after all, the house was not bought yet, and it won’t do them any good to expose this now.
Since it was not them, who had a problem with her? Apart from Shen Qinglan, there was no one else who had a grudge against her. Shen Qinglan was not in the capital at all now, so it was probably not her who did this. For a moment, Shen Xitong fell into a daze. What followed was calls from various advertisers, questioning her about what was being said online.
These advertisers had recently signed advertising contracts with Shen Xitong. They were waiting to shoot the advertisements just in time for Shen Xitong to arrange the schedule. Even some preliminary work had been done and all the money that should be invested had been invested. Now Shen Xitong was making such a fuss with a scandal, whether true or false, it had had a huge impact on her image.
When the Shen family received the news, the Internet was already in a frenzy, and Mr. Shen called Shen Xitong back with a phone call.
Shen Xitong was uneasy when she stepped into the door of the Shen family. This incident not only damaged her own reputation, but also affected the reputation of the Shen family, although the impact was not significant.
Looking at Mr. Shen who was sitting in the living room with a serious face, Shen Xitong called out “Grandpa” nervously.
Mr. Shen looked at her intently. Chu Yunrong sat aside and said nothing. At this time, she had no chance to speak.
“What’s going on with those things on the Internet?”
Shen Xitong’s face stiffened and he said dryly, “Grandpa, those are all fake, and that recording is also fake. I didn’t not support them. I even planned to support them these days and to buy them a house to retire in the capital.”
Seeing that Mr. Shen looked at her and said nothing, Shen Xitong promised, “Grandpa, what I said is true. Although I don’t like them because they abandoned me when I was a child, I have never resented them. I pay for all their living expenses.”
Chu Yunrong felt aggrieved when Shen Xitong said it, and said, “Dad.”
Mr. Shen glanced at his daughter-in-law, “Xitong, I hope you understand that although you are not my Shen family’s own flesh and blood, but you are also raised as our own child. I don’t want you to go out and hear people say that us, the Shen family, are uneducated, have no conscience, and are greedy for vanity. People from the Shen family must be able to carry themselves on their shoulders. You should take your own responsibility.”
“Since people say that you don’t support your biological parents, in order to quell the rumours and for your own good, starting next week, you can move in with your biological parents. I will give you a house. Get ready and just move in. The best solution is to silence those people with actions.”
Chu Yunrong wanted to speak, but was glanced at by Mr. Shen and shut up immediately.
Shen Xitong lowered her eyes and looked at her toes. She did not say yes or no to Mr. Shen’s decision, but just said something quietly.
“Grandpa, if Shen Qinglan encountered such a problem today, would you let her face the rumours alone and ignore her? You always said that you raised me as a child of the Shen family, and there is no difference between brother, Qinglan, and me, but is there really no difference?”
Mr. Shen’s face did not change, but Chu Yunrong’s face was very ugly. Ask yourself, she really cared about Shen Xitong, but now this child said that they did not care. She regarded her as family, was this the difference between biological and non-biological daughter?
Chu Yunrong was a little hurt. Shen Xitong’s words just now made her sad.
Shen Xitong was completely unaware of this and continued, “Grandpa, ask yourself, after Shen Qinglan came back, have you really treated everyone equally? Not to mention grandma, from the time I came to this house, she has never really liked me. Even my mother, when she was in danger, went to save Shen Qinglan first. Do you dare to say that you really treat me as your own child? Outsiders think that the Shen family is good, they even treat an adopted daughter as their own. They are all so good, but they have not seen the hardship behind me. I have been carefully trying to please you, hoping to get your approval. I have to make myself excellent to make you like me. But as for Shen Qinglan, she doesn’t need anything. You are treating her with your heart and soul, isn’t this differential treatment?”
Some words had been stored in the bottom of her heart for a long time, and they burst out once they encountered an opportunity. Obviously, Shen Xitong couldn’t bear it anymore.
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