The restaurant Jiang Ning found had a large hall, with several private rooms separated by screens near the windows.

She chose a single room.

Feng Shuyao's commotion at the doorway drew the attention of everyone eating outside.

Many people pointed and whispered about Jiang Ning.

"How could someone who looks so pretty do such a thing? There are all kinds of people in the world."

"Is she Yu the Great? She passed by her home three times without entering. I'm truly impressed."

"How can you not care about your own sick father? What kind of person is that!"

Not wanting to upset others, Jiang Ning didn't confront her directly. Instead, she tried to calmly pull her outside to talk.

Hearing that everyone was on her side, Feng Shuyao shook off Jiang Ning's outstretched hand and became even more righteous in her attack:

"Instead of treating people to meals, why don't you use the money to treat your dad's illness? He's currently bedridden due to a mild stroke and needs to do rehabilitation every day, which costs six yuan a day for two months. Why don't you pay for it all at once?"

Besides, she needs someone to look after her every day. I have to go to work and don't have time. Anyway, you're in school and don't have much to do, so take leave to take care of her.

Jiang Ning pursed her lips and looked at her with a stubborn and angry gaze.

Is this moment finally coming?

Her two older brothers must have told their parents about her.

But how could Jiang Jianguo have suddenly suffered a stroke?

It's really funny. He had a stroke, and instead of asking his two sons for money or asking Jiang Rou for money, his mother went to all the way to find him.

They even suggested that she take a break from school to take care of Jiang Jianguo.

They're clearly treating her like a sucker!

Since Feng Shuyao has put her face in such a way, she won't hold back anymore.

She deliberately walked to the doorway, tapped the table with her chopsticks to attract everyone's attention, and then smiled as she spoke to them:

"Everyone, I'm so sorry to bother you, but I had some family matters to attend to. The food on your table today is on me."

When everyone heard that the meal was free, they immediately applauded.

They only dare to eat out occasionally, as the prices here are high, costing more than ten yuan per meal.

This is the first time I've ever had someone pay for my meal.

"So impressive!" someone gave her a thumbs up.

Feng Shuyao was furious. She ignored her words and then offered to pay the bill for everyone in the restaurant. Was she crazy?

There were at least twenty tables occupied in the restaurant, which would cost two or three hundred yuan!

It seems Jiang Rou was right; there's still money to be made from her.

At this moment, Jiang Ning, standing in the center, continued speaking:

"Next, I'd like to take a few more minutes of your time to witness this."

Today, I, Jiang Ning, am officially severing ties with my parents.

Feng Shuyao grabbed her hand, her face fierce:

"Are you crazy?"

Jiang Ning, contrary to her usual behavior, glared back with a stern face:

"I'm not crazy! Don't you have any idea why I would do this?"

I wasn't supposed to go to the countryside, but you abandoned me there for the sake of an adopted child.

Have you asked me anything in the past year or so? Today is my twins' first birthday, have you prepared anything for them?

Now that Dad is sick, he remembers me. You have two sons and an adopted daughter, and you can't even come up with this little bit of money?

They even want me to take time off to take care of them; they're treating me like a caregiver.

"I'm not that despicable! How dare you treat a proud Tsinghua University student like that!"

Feng Shuyao's face visibly turned green and then red, so angry that she couldn't utter a single word.

Public opinion suddenly changed, with everyone saying how could Feng Shuyao be like this, not only being biased but also cold-blooded.

Doesn't someone like that deserve what happens to them?

Some people were interested in the twins and craned their necks to see them.

Feng Shuyao felt as if the blood vessels on the top of her head were bursting, and the pain was unbearable.

I never imagined that the daughter I raised for eighteen years would be such an ingrate.

She searched for Lin Chen's figure, then pointed at him and launched into a tirade, cursing him for abducting Jiang Ning, calling him an utterly wicked thief, and a spineless coward who lived off a woman.

Lin Chen remained silent, not wanting to clash with his mother-in-law and embarrass his wife.

This time, he couldn't hold back any longer. He stood next to Jiang Ning and shouted at her:

Where were you when Ningning and I got married?

Where were you when Ningning gave birth? Now that you're short of money, you know to come to her.

I'm telling you, all of this is the result of your own actions.

After he finished speaking, Feng Shuyao clutched her chest and was speechless.

Public opinion suddenly shifted, and everyone started pointing fingers at Feng Shuyao.

Just as she was about to collapse, Jiang Rou appeared, supported her, and feigned disappointment, blaming Jiang Ning:

"Sister, how could you treat Mom and Dad like this? As an adopted daughter, I know I should treat them well, but you treat them like this. It's so disappointing."

Jiang Ning chuckled: "How can you be so shameless? From childhood to adulthood, you've been protected by them and never had to do any work. As a beneficiary, of course you'd say that."

Since you're so filial, why don't you go to the hospital and accompany your father during his rehabilitation? Why waste your breath here?

Jiang Rou was furious. Jiang Ning used to be very obedient to her parents' wishes, but now she's becoming more and more unconventional.

“I have a job, how can I take leave so easily? It’s fine if you don’t attend classes at school anyway, what’s wrong with you going to transfer your father’s stock! Your biological child is not as good as the adopted one, it’s outrageous.”

Jiang Rou continued her sarcastic remarks.

Jiang Ning chuckled; there were still people willing to walk right into the line of fire.

She's not entirely sure if her parents are her biological parents.

But she knew that Jiang Rou was definitely Jiang Jianguo's biological daughter.

This secret was well hidden by Jiang Jianguo in his previous life, and Jiang Rou only found out about it later, but Feng Shuyao remained completely in the dark.

She stepped forward, stared into Jiang Rou's eyes, raised an eyebrow, and asked:

Do you know Lu Wanqing?

Upon hearing this name, Jiang Rou's gaze darted away, clearly showing some nervousness. After a long pause, she stammered:

"No...I don't know him."

Feng Shuyao, standing to the side, was surprised and suspicious:

How do you know Lu Wanqing?

Because Lu Wanqing used to be a woman who worked at the factory's bathhouse, but later, for some reason, she quit her job, and two or three years later, we heard that she had died of illness.

This happened twenty years ago, how did she know?

Jiang Ning smiled and said, "Mom, don't you really want to know where the child Dad suddenly brought home all those years ago came from?"

"Where could I have come from? My dad found me under the bridge," Jiang Rou suddenly interrupted excitedly.

Feng Shuyao also said that no one has come looking for Jiang Rou all these years, probably because her parents are dead and she is an orphan.

Jiang Ning held up one finger and shook it:

"No, she has parents. Her mother is Lu Wanqing, who suddenly left the textile factory back then. And her father is..."

"Jiang Ning! Shut up!" Jiang Rou suddenly tried to reach out and cover her mouth.

Lin Chen spoke up for her:

"Jiang Jianghui cherishes you so much because you are his and Lu Wanqing's daughter!"