Besides, the man's scent had already lingered on her face, and she loved it.

However, her joy was short-lived, because the man she considered her destiny looked at Xu Mo with a pained expression and said to her tenderly, "I'm sorry, Ranran, I'm late. I almost let you be humiliated."

Xu Mo replied, flattered, "No, no, I wasn't humiliated."

Clearly, Xiao Anhe completely disagreed with Xu Mo's idea; when he got domineering, that's just how domineering he was.

He reached out and gently rubbed Xu Mo's forehead, his gaze softening as he looked at her. "Ranran, from now on, I'm here. No one will ever be able to hurt you again!"

Xiao Anhe's appearance and his tender affection for Xu Mo were like the last straw that broke the camel's back, causing Zhang Yuanyuan to collapse instantly.

Why is this happening? All the happiness should be hers, shouldn't it?

Why is it that Xu Momo can so easily steal what originally belonged to her just by appearing casually?

I disagree!

She refused to accept it!

The orphanage director was too shrewd. Judging from Zhang Yuanyuan's clenched teeth and the bulging veins on her forehead, she knew that Zhang was about to do something drastic again.

Silly child, at this point, the only way out is to back down and gain sympathy. Otherwise, things will only get worse, and you will eventually lose everything you have.

Thinking this through, the orphanage director rushed up and grabbed Zhang Yuanyuan's hand, saying earnestly, "Yuanyuan, you should quickly apologize to your grandmother. This has nothing to do with you. I lied to everyone."

Zhang Yuanyuan forcefully pulled her hand away and roared at the orphanage director, who was also her own grandmother, "You old lunatic, what nonsense are you spouting? It's all because of your rambling and indiscriminate biting like a mad dog that my grandmother thought I wasn't her granddaughter. Get out of here! Go die!"

After saying that, she gave the orphanage director a hard shove. The old lady was old and couldn't take it. She staggered backward a few times and fell to the ground.

"Yuanyuan!" This time, before the orphanage director could speak up for Zhang Yuanyuan, the deputy looked at her sternly and said, "Even if this person isn't your biological grandmother, even if she's just a stranger, you shouldn't treat her so rudely. I was thinking that even if we weren't related by blood, after so many years together, we were practically family. But now it seems that if she's not related by blood, then she isn't. Blood ties are still very important. Go away, and don't call me 'Grandma' anymore. I don't have a granddaughter like you!"

"No!" Zhang Yuanyuan grabbed her hair and shouted hysterically, "Grandma, I don't believe it! I'm your real granddaughter! This woman... she's the imposter!"

The vice-minister looked at the child he had taken in when he was five years old, his brows furrowing repeatedly. How could someone with such a temperament possibly be Huiwen's child?

Over the years, she not only raised an ungrateful child, but also left her real granddaughter in the orphanage to suffer.

Just now, on the way to the conference room, a very short distance, Xu Xiusen told her a lot. Knowing the hardships Xu Momo had endured, her heart was filled with anguish.

No wonder Huiwen appeared to her in a dream, no wonder she cried in her dream, mistaking a grain of sand for a pearl.

Is her eyesight failing due to old age?

Why didn't I investigate further when I felt something was off back then?

She was determined not to acknowledge Zhang Yuanyuan anymore. Since it concerned her future wealth and glory, Zhang Yuanyuan would never give up easily. She even looked like she was about to pounce on Xu Mo.

A hand suddenly appeared in front of her, easily blocking her hand that was lunging at Xu Mo.

A voice as cold as ice followed the movement of his hand, reaching her ears, "I'm warning you, if you dare to lay a finger on Ranran, I won't hesitate to hit a woman for the second time in my life!"

Zhang Yuanyuan was frightened by the man's fierce appearance and shrank back, not daring to utter another sound.

The deputy looked closely at Zhang Yuanyuan's face and muttered to himself, "Your face looks so much like my Momo's. How many surgeries have you had on it?"

Zhang Yuanyuan was provoked again, but now she seemed to have suddenly become more open-minded. Looking at her grandmother, she pointed to her face and said to her grandmother, word by word, "Do you really want to know? Just to make you believe that I am your biological granddaughter, I've had at least a thousand surgeries on my face. I still remember the first time I had surgery, I was so scared, scared of the pain, scared of the anesthesia. But thinking that I could be your granddaughter, I gritted my teeth and lay down on the operating table. In total, I've had at least a thousand surgeries on my face to get the face I have now. Grandma, tell me, how much effort and sacrifice did I make to be your granddaughter, to avoid hurting you? Why are you so heartless, saying you don't want me anymore! What did I do wrong?!"

The orphanage director struggled to get up after being pushed by Zhang Yuanyuan. Of course, she couldn't bear to see Zhang Yuanyuan make more and more mistakes, so she quickly stepped forward to stop her. "Yuanyuan, hurry up and apologize to your grandmother. I believe that she has raised you since you were five years old and has a deep bond with you. Don't make her angry anymore."

"You old madwoman!" Zhang Yuanyuan cursed the orphanage director without any politeness. "If you hadn't been so useless and killed Xu Momo in the orphanage, none of this would have happened. Now, it's all your fault!"

The orphanage director's wrinkled face was deathly pale. "Yuanyuan..."

It was clear that she was also hurt by Zhang Yuanyuan's words and wanted to say something sad, but when she glanced at the others present, she suddenly changed her tone, "Yuanyuan, I know you were angry when you said those things. You must have been out of your mind to say such things. Quick, Yuanyuan, apologize to your grandmother. You are still her good granddaughter."

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