Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Your false eyelashes seem to have flown off

“Hahahaha!”

"I really overestimated her just now. She even fell down while walking. What an idiot."

"When will I be able to change this habit of embarrassing others..."

"Look, look! He Chuan's expression! He looks like he's about to lose his temper!"

"I feel for Mr. He. Watching his daughter make a fool of herself in public at his own company's celebration dinner is so embarrassing..."

"No wonder they made such a big fuss about an adopted child a few days ago. They didn't want their biological child anymore, but adopted one instead. How could his daughter inherit the family business with her intelligence? If she were to leave Morikawa, she'd probably lose everything in a few days."

"Song Qingyun? Could she be the daughter of the Song family?"

"Yes, that's her. She's been hanging out with Xin Tong since they were little, and they're both just as stupid. But the Song family already has a backup plan, and I guess all the family property will belong to the eldest son. Song Qingyun should just be her mascot and be a vase lady."

Xin Tong gritted her teeth, sat on the ground, and watched the door open quickly, and then a sneaky figure slipped in through the gap.

She had cute short hair and was wearing a pink short dress. She bent over and ran to Xin Tong in small steps, trying to pull her up quickly.

"Please use some strength! Song Qingyun!"

Xin Tong was wearing only one high heel, sitting on the ground, and in her skirt, her movements were extremely inconvenient. The two of them struggled on the ground for a long time, without any tacit understanding, and ended up panting and confused.

Xin Tong panted, glanced at her best friend's thin body, and glared at her.

"Forget it, I'll stand up by myself. Go and pull out my high heels first!"

The unreliable best friend let out a few "ohs", quickly walked to the side, stretched out her hands, and began to pull out the high-heeled shoe that was stuck deeply in the gap on the ground.

The shoes are custom-made by the designer and are inlaid with hundreds of diamonds. There is only one pair of them in the world and they are priceless.

But there were more than a dozen pairs of similar shoes in Xin Tong's shoe cabinet, so Song Qingyun did not hold back at all. She dug her fingers in hard and finally pulled the shoes out with a "bang". Several diamonds had been dug out by her and rolled onto the carpet.

By the time Xin Tong finally stood up and hurriedly put her shoes back on, the crowd had already burst into laughter for several rounds.

"..." She saw her biological father standing in front of her from afar, his face as black as charcoal, and she couldn't help but shrink her neck guiltily.

Well, she embarrassed her father again by doing something stupid in public. When she gets home, she will probably be scolded for damaging the reputation of the company and family.

But Xin Tong prepared it in seconds.

After all, she had been doing stupid things like this for the first 22 years of her life. Everyone in Wucheng knew her reputation as a scumbag daughter, and they didn't allow her to be so presumptuous, but she had acted so presumptuously many times.

Humph. No internal friction.

Xin Tong puffed out her chest, hugged her arms, raised her chin towards the crowd around her who were laughing at her, and showed the same confident and flawless expression as when she entered the venue before, like a proud penguin.

As everyone watched, she walked step by step to the end of the hall.

He Chuan stood in front of her, his face ashen.

Next to He Chuan stood a young boy, tall and thin, with an upright posture and dressed in a suit.

——It was her unrelated stepbrother whom she met for the first time, and the main reason for her return to China this time.

Xin Tong narrowed her eyes and looked at him.

She looks okay.

But compared to her, it's far behind!

She imagined herself as Concubine Hua and glared at him with extreme contempt, trying to scare him by emitting threats from her ferocious eyes like a tiger.

However, he didn't expect that the other person was so calm despite being so young, and even raised a calm smile.

"elder sister."

Who is your sister? How shameless!

Xin Tong staggered and was so angry that he was fuming.

Seeing that the other person was tall, over 1.8 meters, she felt she was at a disadvantage and could not match his aura, so she took a step closer, stood on tiptoe, put her face close to his neck, and shot the most ferocious look in her life, trying to turn the tables.

Unexpectedly, when the other party saw her like this, a harmless smile flashed in his eyes. He lowered his head slightly and whispered in her ear:

"elder sister."

"Your false eyelashes seem to have flown off."

"You!" Xin Tong was short-tempered and hadn't finished swearing when she was suddenly interrupted by a deep voice like a bell beside her.

--"alright!"

He Chuan frowned, his face gloomy, and shouted sternly.

"Tongtong, stop making trouble."

"Tonight is the celebratory dinner for Morikawa's acquisition of a new brand, and so many people are watching!"

"What do you look like now!"

He Chuan frowned and stared at the two people in front of him.

A woman who has been causing trouble every day since she was a child, acting ridiculously and having affairs everywhere. Tonight, she returned to her country without telling him, and made a fool of herself and fell in public at the dinner party, causing everyone to laugh. Now her hair is disheveled and her shoes are crooked. She doesn't look like a daughter of a wealthy family at all.

The other one was tall and straight, and although she was only 18 years old, four years younger than Xin Tong, her demeanor was much more mature than Xin Tong. She was not easily surprised by praise or criticism, and remained calm in the face of danger. She received praise from many parties during the banquet. She was handsome, calm and dignified.

...Comparing the two, the more he looked at his useless daughter, the angrier he became.

"Xin Tong."

He Chuan pressed his twitching brows, sighed in annoyance, and said in a deep voice, "You are so disappointing."

Xin Tong was stunned. He even called her by her full name. It seemed her father was really angry.

She quickly grabbed He Chuan's hand with a serious look.

"Dad, you have to believe me. I actually have potential."

She said something shocking. After not seeing her for three years, her first words upon returning home were:

"Please give me all your property."

"..." He Chuan seemed to have finally lost the desire to communicate with this useless daughter. He waved his hand impatiently to the side, and immediately an emcee came out to take charge of the situation.

A line of waiters came in one after another, carrying plates and serving dishes. The guests finally stopped paying attention to the ridiculous private affairs in He Chuan's family, and the banquet finally got on track.

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After three rounds of drinks, the guests left in twos and threes, and gradually only He Chuan's family was left in the hall.

"After all this fuss, what do you want to say?"

He Chuan turned his back to Xin Tong and spoke in a deep voice.

The hall was empty, only silence remained after the noisy banquet. Some serious matters, after putting aside outsiders, should be discussed openly and honestly.

Her biological parents had adopted a boy without telling her, raising him for over a decade. As soon as he reached adulthood, they immediately threw a lavish banquet to introduce him to all their partners and the public, confirming his identity. If it weren't for a close friend telling her, she might still be clueless.

Xin Tong couldn't have any positive speculation about this matter.

Grievances and anger surged up in her head, and she looked at her biological parents opposite her, "Why did you hide it from me!"

Perhaps knowing that she and her husband had indeed done something wrong and that they had ultimately hurt their child, Xin Wenqing, the mother, hesitated for a few seconds before speaking gently, "Tongtong, don't be angry... You have to understand your parents' difficulties. Your parents didn't mean to hide it from you. We just didn't tell you because we were afraid you would end up like this..."

"The girl from the Song family told you."

He Chuan interrupted Xin Wenqing directly and looked at Xin Tong slowly.

"Originally, you were doing fine abroad. You didn't know anything about it, and everyone was at peace. Now that you've caused a scene at the banquet, the whole of Wucheng will know about it tomorrow, and the news of the He family's discord will spread all over the city."

Xin Tong was stunned.

She thought she had heard wrongly.

I was afraid that she would be angry, and that she would make a fuss if she disagreed, so I just gave her a legitimate reason not to tell her.

It turns out that in her father's eyes, her return to China to seek justice was unreasonable and brought shame upon the family. As long as she didn't know, the three of them could continue to live in peace in China. It turned out that in the end, she was the only one who became the villain.

The banquet hall was empty and silent, and the expensive crystal chandeliers on the ceiling were transparent and dazzling.

Some unstoppable emotions slowly surged up, and Xin Tong felt that she could hardly breathe.

In the eyes of outsiders, no matter what ridiculous things Xin Tong did, He Chuan would not get angry, but instead became even more spoiled. Everyone in Wucheng jokingly called He Chuan a daughter slave. But now, she couldn't believe how the father who had loved her for many years could suddenly become so unfamiliar.

"Why adopt him!"

Her nails dug into her flesh, and she finally couldn't help but yell out the most direct question in her heart.

As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings suddenly fell into silence for a few seconds.

"Tongtong, let's go home first."

Xin Wenqing spoke a few seconds later to break the silence, trying to pull Xin Tong's hand, "Come home with your mother. You've worked hard all the way back home. Let your aunt make you your favorite dessert, okay?"

Xin Tong stood where she was and dodged her mother's hand.

She was like a stubborn child caught in the rain, stubbornly wanting an answer.

"Why adopt him?" His voice was a little shaky.

Before returning home, she made repeated mental preparations, telling herself that her parents might have their own difficulties, or there might be other reasons, or maybe... She found countless reasons. With such hopes, she returned home angrily, wanting to seek an explanation from her parents who had always loved her.

In the silence, someone laughed. It was He Chuan.

"What do you think?"

Compared to his anger, He Chuan actually smiled very naturally.

Xin Tong's heart sank little by little.

Sure enough, it is just as expected.

All the excuses she had pieced together for her parents were scattered like broken glass. She saw the most direct truth from her father's straightforward and somewhat cruel smile.

"Your mother and I never told you that we've actually been wanting to have another child for years. But her health wasn't good, and she kept getting pregnant and having miscarriages over and over again, so we never managed to have another child."

"Adopting Tianqi was a joint decision, and I don't think I need to tell you about it. He's my son now, and he has my last name. I'll pay for his education, and when he returns, he'll learn how to manage a company from me. Morikawa will be handed over to him in the future."

"He is the successor I chose."

……successor?

Even if he has no blood relationship with you?

Even though I am your biological daughter?

Would you rather choose him than me?

"Tongtong, stop being unreasonable."

He Chuan stood up, walked closer, and his tone returned to being gentle and loving, as if he was still the "daughter slave" that everyone in Wucheng talked about.

"You are Daddy's daughter, and he is Daddy's son. Our family is harmonious and happy, isn't that good? Be generous."

"Dad loves you very much, always has. I'll give you as much money as you want, including bags, diamonds, and beautiful clothes. But everything else belongs to your brother, okay?"

Xin Wenqing also came over and took her hand.

"Tongtong, listen to your mother's advice. We don't have the ability, so don't try to snatch it from your brother. You've been dull and stupid since you were little, and your parents don't expect you to achieve anything great. If you really try to snatch it from your brother, others will laugh at you for your lack of self-awareness and your father for his lack of vision."

Rob?

But she is her parents' biological daughter. From the very beginning, she is their only daughter. Obviously, everything is what she deserves. How can she be snatched?

The banquet hall was empty, and the cold air from the air conditioner penetrated every pore, causing a layer of tiny goose bumps to appear on her exposed skin.

--"elder sister."

Suddenly a young male voice came from the side. It was He Tianqi.

"I know I'm not my parents' biological child. You're afraid I'll steal their attention, so it's understandable that you hate me. But my parents are getting older, so I hope you won't be angry with them."

There was a hint of loneliness in his tone, but his calm and sensible words made people think of his age of only eighteen, which made He Chuan and his wife feel extremely soft-hearted.

"Tianqi, a man should have confidence. I have already told all the media and the public at the reunion party that from now on you are my biological son. No one can shake your position, don't worry."

"Yeah, Tianqi, don't think too much. How could your sister not like you? We are all family."

Xin Tong heard every word of her parents comforting the boy.

She stood there, looking at the three people in front of her from a distance. She saw He Tianqi staring at her intently, as if observing her expression. After a while, he slowly lowered his head and smiled.

"Well, thank you, Mom and Dad. Actually, I have some good news to tell you today."

He Tianqi stood tall, frowned, and spoke in a clear voice.

"I received offers from three world-renowned universities last week. After careful consideration, I decided to choose the School of Business and Economics at the University of Hong Kong."

Upon hearing this sudden surprise news, He Chuan and Xin Wenqing were both extremely surprised and laughed out loud.

Asia's top universities, the cradle of countless business talents and financial tycoons, are a world apart from her faux-pas degree, which can be easily obtained with money. Hong Kong is close to the mainland and connected to the world. After graduation, students can directly enter their own group to train and learn, preparing for the future succession of the family business - a classic method for cultivating elite heirs to the top wealthy families.

Their son passed the college entrance examination, and their parents were pleased and encouraged. Such a harmonious and happy scene was like a thorn in Xin Tong's eyes, piercing her whole body with pain.

"elder sister."

Xin Tong was brought back to her senses by He Tianqi's voice.

"You're happy for me too, right?"

No one answered.

The surroundings fell into silence, and He Chuan gradually came to terms with the joy of his son being admitted to a prestigious school.

Since learning the truth, Xin Tong has remained silent the entire time, not saying a word. Thinking of this, he realized something and turned to look at Xin Tong's expression.

I thought she would cry and make a fuss like before, acting spoiled and spoiled, but when I turned around, I saw the girl with her head down, quiet and still, her hair covering her face, so I couldn't see her expression clearly.

Surprise flashed in He Chuan's eyes.

Maybe this time she really listened and compromised?

Thinking of this, his expression eased a lot. He was about to say something comforting, but unexpectedly, the next second, he saw his good-for-nothing daughter, who was looked down upon by everyone, suddenly raised her head.

"Yes, I'm very happy for you."

Xin Tong looked directly at He Tianqi and spoke word by word.

"Your dream of becoming a phoenix is ​​about to be shattered. I'm so happy for you."

The three people present were all stunned.

Even He Tianqi, who always looked expressionless, was stunned at this moment.