Xia Lan smiled mischievously, which made Du Wenqing laugh in exasperation.

"You brat, you're making fun of me!"

She ruined the good atmosphere.

She was feeling sad, but now she held back her tears.

"Things will straighten themselves when they reach the bridge."

Xia Lan smiled confidently.

"Look at this girl, you can tell she must have had a plan all along."

"You don't believe me when I tell you. When has this girl ever suffered a loss?"

Xiao Yuqin stepped forward and comforted Du Wenqing as well.

“We’re all family. This girl never lies. You’ve been a part of the family for a long time. Besides, she has more money than you. What does she want from you?”

Xiao Yuqin smiled at Du Wenqing.

"Um?"

Du Wenqing looked up at Xia Lan.

Xia Lan went back to her room, took out her bankbook, and opened it for Du Wenqing to see.

"..."

Looking at the numbers above, Du Wenqing thought he was seeing things.

"You probably have no idea how much money this girl has made."

Xiao Yuqin knew about it, and she even helped her organize the money box.

"So to say she's after your money is really not that far-fetched."

After Du Wenqing saw the numbers in Xia Lan's savings account, his gaze towards Xia Lan lit up.

So don't worry! I really don't care.

Xia Lan smiled at Du Wenqing.

Du Wenqing nodded, having been appeased by Xia Lan.

For the Qin family, Xia Lan's dismissal was really nothing.

Regardless of how much money the Qin family has, Qin Yu's own money alone is enough to support Xia Lan.

Not to mention that Xia Lan herself has a chest of gold!

Money isn't really that important to her.

Du Juan's argument was based on the fact that she was the biological daughter, and Xia Lan's counterattack was also based on the fact that she was the biological daughter.

To defeat magic with magic.

Beat her until she submits.

The bigger the public outcry becomes, the stronger the condemnation against her, the more tragic her fate will be.

Xia Lan calmly stayed home for two days without going out.

These past two days, everyone's been talking about Xia Lan cheating Du Wenqing.

"Have you heard? That old man gave everything to a stranger and wouldn't even give it to his daughter..."

"Of course, that's his own daughter. He's been completely bewitched by that woman."

"What a vixen! Sowing discord between a father and daughter, how despicable!"

"She took advantage of someone in distress..."

"Such a person is utterly immoral. In the past, they should have been dragged out for public criticism and struggle sessions!"

"..."

Two days later, the newspaper published Du Wenqing's life story, without making any attempt to speak up for Xia Lan or to slander anyone.

It was just an ordinary newspaper, yet it contained half of Du Wenqing's life story.

He calmly recounted everything he suffered in that turbulent era.

"Have you read today's newspaper...?"

"I've looked, and this..."

"We've all blamed the wrong person..."

"This isn't sowing discord! It's clearly a bodhisattva..."

"She saved his life, and even before he was exonerated, she was willing to take care of him and his own biological daughter..."

"Oh my, what a wonderful daughter! She's so filial!"

"She resolutely chose to sever ties when her biological father was suffering, how can she have the nerve to ask for his property now..."

"My God, could it be that she had this in mind from the very beginning?!"

"I'm so angry! How could someone have such a daughter? If she were my daughter, I would have strangled her at birth!"

"That's right..."

Public opinion immediately shifted direction after the article was published in the newspaper.

It caught everyone off guard.

Those who previously criticized Xia Lan now wish they could slap themselves.

The more enthusiastically they cursed, the more they now want to dig a hole and bury themselves.

Xia Lan sat at home, with Du Wenqing sitting beside her, looking refreshed.

"You silly girl, when did you write this?"

Du Wenqing really hadn't expected Xia Lan's move.

"You're not angry that I exposed everything about you, are you?"

Xia Lan smiled.

"I can't believe you could write about my own messy affairs; they feel so foreign to me..."

Du Wenqing looked at the newspaper in his hand, and the events described in it seemed to flash through his mind like scenes from a series of images.

But strangely enough, he showed no reaction whatsoever, just as Xia Lan had said…

It's all over now.

The most difficult time has passed.

Looking back on his life, he realized he didn't think he was as... as Xia Lan described.

"Feels unfamiliar? I haven't even written the whole thing yet..."

Xia Lan glanced at Du Wenqing.

"I only wrote half of what you told me before."

"I thought the other half was too gory, so I didn't include it."

Xia Lan said slowly.

The darkness he experienced during the criticism sessions was described by him with such calmness, yet the information Xia Lan found...

Those scenes were so disgusting, despised by everyone, and littered with garbage. Those things, it seems, can be summed up in just a few words.

But the images in the documents were chilling.

He was treated like a piece of trash, with no dignity and at the mercy of others. How did he manage to survive such a life?

Xia Lan was afraid of frightening them, so she removed the more gory parts and made some repairs, but it still looks shocking now.

"Xiao Lan, there are quite a few people outside who are clamoring to see you!"

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