He pressed on, "What about Su Lingwei's mother's death? Was their sudden passing related to you? Or was there someone else among you involved?"

Mentioning Su Lingwei's mother.

The faces of Su's father and grandfather turned deathly pale instantly, their eyes filled with panic.

Uncle Su trembled all over, shaking his head repeatedly: "I don't know... I don't know... My sister-in-law's death back then really had nothing to do with me! I only poisoned her, I didn't harm anyone!"

Seeing their guilty looks, Shen Qingtang became even more certain that there was more to the story.

Her icy gaze swept over the Su family members, her tone brimming with intimidation: "You'd better tell the truth! How exactly did Su Lingwei's mother die? Did you deliberately kill them to seize control of the Su family? If you don't explain yourselves clearly today, you'll never leave here!"

The atmosphere in the hall instantly plummeted to freezing point. The members of the Su family looked at each other, their eyes filled with fear and hesitation.

No one dared to speak again, nor did anyone dare to look Shen Qingtang in the eye.

Shen Qingtang knew that they must be hiding a bigger secret, and she had to pry them open to find out the truth of what happened back then and give Su Lingwei's mother justice.

Seeing the Su family's evasive expressions, Shen Qingtang was furious. Her gaze suddenly locked onto Su Lingwei's father, Su Laoda, and her voice was as cold as ice: "Su Laoda, how dare you say you are Lingwei's biological father?"

She stepped forward, her tone dripping with sarcasm: "Back then, as soon as your wife left, you couldn't wait to marry that woman Zheng Yue'e, treating Ling Wei like a thorn in your side and letting her be bullied in the Su family! You favored Su Lingyu, giving her all the good things, but you didn't even show a word of concern for Ling Wei! You not only condoned your second wife's mistreatment of your daughter, but you may even have been involved in the conspiracy back then. A cold-blooded and ruthless man like you doesn't deserve to be a father!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Boss Su's face turned red from the scolding, but he dared not look Shen Qingtang in the eye, and could only retort with a fierce but weak voice, "I didn't! I just... I just didn't expect Lingyu to turn out like that..."

"Didn't expect that?" Shen Qingtang sneered. "If you really cared about Ling Wei, how could you have let her be poisoned by Uncle Su without knowing it? How could you have let her live a life worse than a servant in the Su family? Your so-called fatherly love is nothing but a fig leaf to cover your selfishness!"

These words left Boss Su speechless, and he could only lower his head in embarrassment, not daring to utter another sound.

As Shen Qingtang was angrily rebuking, she keenly noticed a slender figure flash past the window.

That familiar yet strange aura—it was Feng Axiu! She had indeed been secretly observing all along!

That evening, Shen Qingtang waited for him at a street corner in town.

Before long, Feng Axiu walked over, still muttering incoherently.

Shen Qingtang stepped forward to stop her, her voice softening: "Feng Axiu, stop pretending, I know who you are."

Feng Axiu froze for a moment, then resumed her manic behavior, waving her hands with a silly grin: "What are you saying, young lady? I don't understand, I'm just a madwoman..."

"You are Su Lingwei's biological mother, aren't you?" Shen Qingtang looked directly into her eyes.

His tone was certain, "You didn't die back then at all. You just pretended to be dead to get away, and then you pretended to be crazy to stay in town, all to keep an eye on Ling Wei, right?"

Feng Axiu's eyes dimmed instantly, but she still stubbornly insisted, "I don't know anything about Su Lingwei, I don't know her..."

"You really don't recognize her?" Shen Qingtang's voice was heavy. "Then do you know how much your daughter has suffered all these years? She was abandoned by the Su family, poisoned by her own uncle, and lived in constant scheming and bullying, never even getting a decent meal. She's so outstanding, but because she has no family to protect her, she can only grit her teeth and endure it all alone. As her mother, can you really just stand by and watch her suffer?"

"Stop talking!" Feng Axiu interrupted her abruptly, her voice trembling uncontrollably.

The madness in his eyes completely faded, replaced by a torrent of tears.

She could no longer pretend; her legs gave way, and she collapsed to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably, "My Lingwei... my daughter..."