Everyone held their breath and waited for the mayor's announcement. They were all very curious about Cheng Mingzhu's identity. The Hu family had revealed many times that their former daughter-in-law was at most a peasant from an old landlord. Now this statement had been overturned by the mayor. So what if they were cousins? As long as the mayor was willing to take care of her, Cheng Mingzhu would still be able to dominate the Shanghai stock market.
In fact, the mayor is not the most powerful person in Shanghai. There is a top leader above the mayor. It is said that this leader is also surnamed Yang. Could he be a relative of Mayor Yang?
Uncle Yang saw the curiosity in everyone's hearts and said, "The secretary is indeed my brother. My cousin is from the fifth-class family in Beijing. She is the youngest daughter of Mr. Cheng."
This news immediately shocked the whole audience.
"My God, this is a real noble lady from an aristocratic family. Hu Shuo really made a mistake this time."
"The Hu family has poor eyesight. They gave up the daughter of a hero for the daughter of a mere county magistrate. They must be out of their minds."
"If Cheng Mingzhu were my wife, I would smile in my dreams. My whole family would have to support her. The Hu family, on the other hand, is so ignorant of the consequences that they are trying to bully others. I can only say that they should prepare to die."
County Magistrate Lin staggered and fell into a chair. If he offended the mayor, he could still struggle, but if he offended the Cheng family of Beijing, the Lin family would be doomed to death.
Madam Wei looked at the hopeless situation of County Magistrate Lin and felt relieved. "County Magistrate Lin is really capable. He assisted the illegitimate child in targeting the daughter of the Cheng family. If the Lin family doesn't lose, who will?"
County Magistrate Lin's eyes widened. "You knew it from the beginning, so you divorced and severed the relationship."
Madam Wei simply confessed, "What else? Will we be implicated by your Lin family? My Wei family is not so stupid as to sacrifice for the Lin family in vain. Your Lin family is already a dying candle in the wind, barely surviving, and it is not worth my son's trouble to inherit it."
The second and third houses felt the same way. Fortunately, Sister Wan and Brother Chen gave them the opportunity to redeem themselves, otherwise they would have been implicated by the Lin family long ago.
Lin Xiaoshan was stunned. Although she was the illegitimate daughter of the Lin family, the people she interacted with were limited. "What do you mean, Old Cheng's daughter?"
She sounds like a very powerful person. Is she more powerful than her father, the county magistrate?
Old Man Hu's heart skipped a beat, and Mrs. Hu's eyelids twitched twice, "Son, what do they mean?"
Without waiting for Hu Shuo to answer, the guests beside him could not help but taunt him, "You don't even know the fifth generation family, how funny, the Hu family always mocks Cheng Mingzhu as a mud-legged peasant, but you are the real bumpkins, Cheng Mingzhu is not an ignorant country woman, Hu Shuo was lucky to meet her, so what, abandoning your wife and children proves that your Hu family is unlucky."
"She is the legitimate daughter of a wealthy family in Beijing. She is not comparable to an illegitimate daughter like Lin Xiaoshan. The top five wealthy families in Beijing are Gu, Fu, Chen, Cheng, and Sheng. Her biological father is one of the founding fathers, much more powerful than the Yang family. The descendants of the Cheng family in Beijing are all officials. How can County Magistrate Lin compare with the founding fathers? He is not even one position higher than the younger generation of the Cheng family."
"The Hu family was originally the in-laws of the Cheng family, but they ruined it by choosing the illegitimate daughter of the county magistrate and abandoning the legitimate daughter of the Cheng family. Only a fool would do such a thing. Now Cheng Zhiming has gotten rid of the Hu family and I heard that he will be married into the Cheng family and become an official grandson. He has a bright future. If he hadn't been engaged to the daughter of the Zheng family, I would have wanted to ask for marriage for my daughter!"
"Lin Xiaoshan had the nerve to break up the couple and deliberately paired Mr. Cheng with a country relative. She was so overestimating herself."
"In short, the Hu family tried to please the Lin family and missed out on real wealth. Marrying the Cheng family's daughter, it's impossible for him to be a small factory manager. As long as the Cheng family is willing, he can be the mayor. It's a pity that he didn't know how to judge people and he has no luck."
"It's wishful thinking for the Hu family to regret and want to redeem the relationship. First, they are biased against their family background. Second, the Cheng family knows that their daughter has been humiliated, so they are lucky not to expose the Hu family. Even if the Cheng family's daughter is divorced, there are many people pursuing her. She is a senior official at that."
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Mrs. Hu covered her mouth and her whole body trembled. Only now did she realize how short-sighted she was. She had destroyed her son's hard-earned marriage with her own hands.
The ex-daughter-in-law, whom the Hu family looked down upon, actually had such a powerful background, but was ruined because of her short-sightedness.
Old man Hu beat his chest and stamped his feet, regretting his decision. If Cheng Mingzhu were still alive, the Hu family would be the founding family, and their entire family would have risen to prominence, with his son becoming the mayor.
The blow Hu Shuo suffered was even heavier than that suffered by his parents. He felt like the whole sky had fallen. He should have been the noble son-in-law of the Cheng family, but because of Lin Xiaoshan's malicious seduction, he abandoned his real noble wife from an aristocratic family.
It was all Lin Xiaoshan and the Lin family’s fault. They intervened and ruined his bright future.
Lin Xiaoshan gritted her teeth until they were broken, and her eyes were full of despair and jealousy as she glared at Cheng Mingzhu.
Only today did she realize how ridiculous her and the Lin family's behavior was. The family background that she was so proud of was clearly nothing in front of Cheng Mingzhu. Cheng Mingzhu didn't take it seriously at all and must have often laughed at her in private.
Cheng Mingzhu is a girl from the Cheng family. She has many suitors around her, all of whom are sons of prominent and aristocratic families. How could she be attracted to a poor man like Hu Shuo who relies on women for a living?
Cheng Mingzhu divorced, and Cheng Zhiming broke off relations and changed his surname. It was not because she was stupid, but smart. It was because she was stupid and useless, and her status was not as good as others. Even her husband was picked up by others because they didn't want him.
God is so unfair. Why was Cheng Mingzhu born noble? She had to overcome many difficulties to see the light again. Although everyone knows that she is the daughter of County Magistrate Lin, it cannot change the fact that she is an illegitimate daughter.
"Gu Wanwan, Fu Jingchen, Zheng Shican, you all knew that she was a daughter of the Cheng family, why didn't you tell me earlier? Did you come here on purpose to make a fool of yourself? Cheng Mingzhu, you hid it so well, you won, and I was completely defeated..."
Gu Wanwan said hesitantly, "No, there is one thing. You defeated Aunt Cheng. You snatched away the scumbag who deceived Aunt Cheng and helped Aunt Cheng escape from the sea of suffering. You still have some merits."
Fu Jingchen glanced at Hu Shuo, and had already sensed that he wanted to get back together. "You went to great lengths to get Hu Shuo, didn't you just want to be with him forever? I advise you to keep an eye on him. Everyone here knows what kind of person he is. It's not ruled out that he wants to go back to you and abandon his wife and children for the second time. After all, you don't have a noble status like Aunt Cheng, and I've seen a lot of men like him."
"If there is benefit, I will support you. If there is no benefit, I will kick you out."
Lin Xiaoshan glared at Hu Shuo fiercely. Although she was the one who seduced him in the beginning, after Hu Shuo knew her identity, he began to pursue her madly. If Hu Shuo dared to abandon her and her son, she would definitely kill him.
The Lin family was naturally happy to see their illegitimate daughter and her husband suffer a setback, but the problem was that they were not happy at all. County Magistrate Lin had offended the Cheng family in Jing City because of his illegitimate daughter, which meant that the Lin family was gradually heading towards destruction.
I have lost my home, so what’s the point of talking about inheritance?
Furthermore, I’m afraid that County Magistrate Lin will lose his position.
At this moment, they finally understood the other families' actions of severing ties. Now that the Lin family was ruined, they should have protected themselves and cut off ties. When would they do that?
I vaguely remember that the eldest wife was still complacent after Madam Wei and her son broke off the relationship. Now the eldest wife of the Lin family wants to slap herself in the face. Whoever gets this fatal blessing will die.
Is it too late to break off the relationship and change the surname now?
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