Chapter 8 Clarification
The courtroom fell into a brief silence.
"She came out of my belly, how can we just break off the relationship like that?" Li Suhui stared at Ruan Wanning blankly, her eyes sore and she actually shed tears.
"You also know that she is a piece of your flesh?" Lin Zhihua looked at the woman coldly, "Raising a daughter is even more perfunctory than raising a dog. I thought you only had sons in your family."
Li Suhui was shocked.
Ruan Xingyun's face twitched, and he slammed his hand on the table, cursing, "I don't accept it, Judge. I'm going to sue. I raised her for eighteen years, and this unfilial daughter ran away without a word. I want her to pay me 100,000 yuan in alimony every month."
Their lawyer was speechless. "How can alimony be 100,000 yuan a month? Besides, neither you nor your wife have lost their ability to make a living, so they don't meet the criteria for alimony."
Ruan Xingyun turned his attention to the lawyer, "Didn't you say that severing ties is difficult? Why did Ruan Wanning sever ties with us?"
"I didn't say I was sure to win." The lawyer felt aggrieved. This family had never told him the truth from the beginning to the end. When he saw the evidence submitted by Ruan Wanning, the lawyer was stunned.
He never imagined that there are parents in the world who can be so partial. Their son is pampered and raised to be fat and white, while their daughter is not well fed and clothed, and doesn't even have a decent room. They don't allow her to go to school and force her to work. It costs more to raise a dog than a daughter, right?
However, Ruan Xingyun felt that this young lawyer was not professional enough, so he decided to spend some more money to hire a lawyer who specialized in alimony.
Ruan Juncai was playing with his mobile phone in the spectator seats with an indifferent look on his face. Let it break up, he will be a big star soon anyway, and who knows who will fawn over whom by then.
Lin Zhihua coldly observed his disgraceful behavior and scoffed, "You've severed all ties, yet you still want child support? Even tigers and wolves can still show deep affection for their own children. Don't you realize how you've treated your daughter all these years? Calling you beasts is an insult to the word 'beast.'"
Ruan Xingyun was embarrassed in public and immediately pointed at Lin Zhihua and cursed, "You stinky bitch, you're the one scolding me? Did you bribe the judge? Otherwise, how could I lose the case!"
"Just say that again, damn it?" Fu Shengyan's always nonchalant face was now as cold as ice. He strode over, staring straight at Ruan Xingyun with eyes as sharp as a knife.
"What's it to you? I..." Ruan Xingyun said toughly, but his momentum was obviously weakening. Fu Shengyan was over 1.8 meters tall, almost half a head taller than him.
"She's my wife."
Fu Shengyan sneered, and the last word suddenly became more emphasized. He grabbed his collar and looked down at him condescendingly.
There was an uproar in the courtroom.
"What are you doing?" The bailiff finally reacted and rushed forward to pull the two apart.
Lin Zhihua's heart suddenly tightened. She could see that Fu Shengyan was really angry.
Just as he was about to speak to stop him, Fu Shengyan loosened his grip, slowly shook his arm, and smiled impudently, "I was just a little excited when I heard him question the fairness of the trial."
"Look, I didn't hit him, right?" Fu Shengyan spread his hands, the coldness in his eyes disappeared, and his expression was very innocent.
"Lawyer Fu, I hope this won't happen again next time." The clerk pushed up his glasses. "Sign now."
Ruan Xingyun slumped in the chair, looking at Fu Shengyan with a hint of fear and resentment. The look in that man's eyes just now was definitely not just about wanting to hit him.
Several people signed the minutes one by one.
The space between Li Suhui's fingers holding the pen was a little pale. Her eyes were blank, but she didn't put the pen down.
"You can leave after signing, Ms. Li." She suddenly came to her senses after hearing the clerk's reminder.
"Ningning." Li Suhui choked with sobs. She seemed to realize something, stood up suddenly, rushed to the door, hugged Ruan Wanning and cried.
"Mom, I love you. When you were little, I would comb your hair every day and take you for walks in the park. But later, later..."
Ruan Wanning looked at Li Suhui with a complicated expression and said nothing.
She gently broke free from the woman and left with her lover.
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Just when the entry #Chu Yidan bought water army to cover his mouth# was still on the hot search, suddenly a shocking piece of news exploded like a bolt from the blue.
Ruan Wanning suddenly posted an indictment on her Weibo, with the verdict attached.
——What the hell, I asked for a hammer and got one.
——I knew there would be a reversal!
——Here it comes, it’s time to slap some haters in the face.
——I don’t know what kind of New Year the fans are celebrating. Isn’t it an established fact that Ruan Wanning’s character has collapsed?
Following the fans’ remarks, the comment section was basically filled with apologies and consolations from netizens, most of whom were from the same group of people who had previously led the trend and cursed harshly.
Once the clarification was made, all the accounts that had generated the buzz became the target of public criticism.
I didn't expect that there would be parents who are so biased towards boys. Netizens who had previously scolded Ruan Wanning hated the Ruan family to the core. Several hot searches have caused explosive growth in the impact of this incident.
Is Ningning really their biological daughter?! They only care about giving birth but not raising her, right? When will parents take the test?
——I apologize, I shouldn’t have scolded Ningning before.
——The family is not so poor that they can’t make ends meet. For parents to let such a young child do part-time work, they are worse than animals!
——Haha, haven’t you seen how well his younger brother is raised? He goes to a private school that costs 70,000 to 80,000 yuan a year. Our Ningning has such good grades that she is not even allowed to go to a public high school.
——I feel sorry for Ningning. It’s a good thing we broke off the relationship, otherwise I would be exploited by this family in the future!
Someone also leaked photos of Ruan Juncai.
This family lives in our neighborhood. A few days ago, everyone was saying their son was going to be a big star. So, is he planning to make a name for himself by becoming a famous celebrity? (Picture.jpg)
—This is hilarious! Ruan Wanning's brother and I go to the same school, and that 6-foot-tall fat pig wants to be a star? We must boycott him!
——Joint boycott!
The most terrifying thing about the entertainment industry isn't the fans of the stars, but the real passersby. Previously, these netizens were used as pawns by the Ruan family, but now that the plot has reversed, their criticism is truly genuine.
He became a target of negative criticism before even making his debut. Because of netizens' boycott, Ruan Juncai's plan to enter the entertainment industry was aborted before it even began. Starlight Film and Television also did not recognize the contract at all. Of course, these are all stories for later.
Fu Shengyan liked Ruan Wanning’s Weibo post, then his gaze fell back on the documents on the table that were about to be archived, and he sighed with melancholy.
"Squeak, why are people so complicated?"
Lin Zhihua looked up from the documents and reached out to touch her husband's head. "Even a person who has committed many crimes may be touched by something and his dormant conscience may break out."
"Li Suhui hasn't suddenly come to her senses. In her heart, the only one she loves most is Ruan Juncai. Ruan Wanning is probably the last bit of her conscience as a mother."
She bit her lip, thought about it and said, "You shouldn't have been so impulsive in court today."
"But he scolded you." Fu Shengyan was very angry when he mentioned this matter. He snorted coldly, "If this wasn't in court, I would have smashed his mouth."
"You also said it happened in court." Lin Zhihua glanced at him, "Don't let it happen again."
He nodded somewhat unconvinced.
Ruan Wanning's case is not over yet. The case of Ruan Xingyun's extortion is still entrusted to Fu Shengyan. Today they have transferred all the relevant evidence to the police and are just waiting for the results of the investigation.
After finishing today's work, Lin Zhihua checked her phone. Half an hour ago, Tang Yuan sent a message asking Fu Shengyan to come to the hospital for a follow-up check-up if he had time.
Lin Zhihua realized later that Lawyer Fu was actually a patient who had just been in a car accident a few days ago. Before he had time for treatment in the past two days, she had forced him to learn legal knowledge and even dragged him around everywhere.
Glancing at Fu Shengyan, who was grinning foolishly while holding his phone, Lin Zhihua felt a little guilty and annoyed. "Could it be that he's become stupid? Will this affect his brain's memory recovery?"
Hearing Lin Zhihua's voice, Fu Shengyan raised his head alertly, "Squeak, are you calling me?"
Lin Zhihua raised her eyebrows: "Tang Yuan asked you to go to the hospital for a follow-up check. Shall we go to the hospital tomorrow morning?"
"Okay." Fu Shengyan nodded and turned his attention back to his phone.
The room fell into silence for three seconds. Lin Zhihua suddenly narrowed her eyes and turned to look at him.
Fu Shengyan was keenly aware of something, and in an attempt to hide it, he turned off his phone screen. Then he looked up as if nothing had happened, "What's wrong?"
"What are you looking at?"
"Nothing, just an ordinary photo." Fu Shengyan casually spread his hands, trying to cover up his mistake.
After a while, Lin Zhihua suddenly grabbed his phone. The camera recognized her face and the screen automatically unlocked.
Fu Shengyan:!
Lin Zhihua clicked on the hidden album with the note "Little Pig". The next second, densely packed photos appeared on the phone screen. The small pictures were not very clear, but it could be seen that most of them were portraits.
She clearly felt the person behind her holding his breath.
Lin Zhihua clicked on one of the photos without hesitation, and a magnified portrait suddenly appeared on the screen - she was standing on the podium in a white school uniform in the sunlight, with her head held high and her chest puffed out, her posture straight, and her eyes firm and bright.
Lin Zhihua recognized the scene in the picture. It was the second semester of her senior year, when she was speaking on stage as a student representative at the 100-day oath-taking ceremony for the college entrance examination. It looked like an ordinary photo, but the timing of the photo was very subtle.
The oath-taking ceremony was held two months after Fu Shengyan lost his memory. At that time, he had completely forgotten about Lin Zhihua, and for some unspeakable reason, he even rejected her very much.
Lin Zhihua couldn't help but recall the situation at that time.
Early in the morning on the fifth day of the first lunar month, Fu Shengyan said on the phone that he would come to her house to celebrate her birthday, but Lin Zhihua waited until dark but still didn't see him. Later she found out that he had been hit by a tricycle and fell into a ditch, and he still hadn't woken up.
The situation was not serious. He stayed in the hospital for one night and was full of energy the next day. Shen Weiwei saw that her son spoke clearly and ate with relish, so she didn't take it to heart. She advised Lin Zhihua not to come to see him, as studying was more important.
Lin Zhihua didn't think much about it, until school started, she realized something was wrong.
Fu Shengyan actually hit his brain.
"Whose desk is this? I don't like sitting with others." Fu Shengyan moved Lin Zhihua's desk to the side of the trash can with a sullen face, leaving everyone in the classroom stunned.
Lin Zhihua was so angry that she packed up Fu Shengyan's desk, chairs and books and threw them onto the podium.
The feud between the two was thus formed. No matter how hard others tried to persuade him, Fu Shengyan stubbornly believed that he had not lost his memory and refused to go to the hospital.
His favorite thing every day is to find ways to make Lin Zhihua unhappy. Today he would be sarcastic about her hairstyle, and tomorrow he would criticize her walking posture. Lin Zhihua finds him annoying and would take a detour whenever she sees him.
Realizing that she was avoiding him, Fu Shengyan ignored her out of spite. The two of them must have been in a cold war for half a month at this point.
Lin Zhihua didn't expect that he not only secretly took pictures of her, but also kept them in the photo album.
She was a little absent-minded and couldn't help but think wildly. If Fu Shengyan hadn't forgotten her at that time, would he still be the person by her side now?
Fu Shengyan slowly moved his body closer to her, breathing heavy and short, obviously nervous.
Seeing that she couldn't help but laugh, Fu Shengyan breathed a sigh of relief, put his arm around her waist and half-hugged her in his arms.
With a light swipe of the finger, a photo of Lin Zhihua rolling her eyes suddenly appeared on the screen.
Lin Zhihua: "..."
Fu Shengyan:!!
He quickly raised his hands to prove his innocence: "I didn't take the photo. That fake Fu Shengyan took it, and he even put it in his private album."
"Oh?" Lin Zhihua kept smiling and reached out to pinch his waist. "Do you think you're acting in Journey to the West? And you're pretending to be Fu Shengyan."
"He was fake to begin with. How could the real me forget you?" Fu Shengyan said with a righteous look on his face, "I couldn't possibly take ugly photos of you, let alone keep them in secret."
Lin Zhihua was so angry at his remarks about the real and fake Fu Shengyan that she laughed, "Then may I ask the real Lawyer Fu, why didn't you delete this photo in time when you saw it?"
Fu Shengyan was stuck for a moment, thinking that his wife's expression of rolling her eyes was really cute.
"And this name," Lin Zhihua raised her eyebrows. "You've become more capable. You've always called me Piglet in private. What's the matter? Are you dissatisfied with my laziness and greed?"
"Well, listen to me..." The real Fu Shengyan, unable to explain himself, came forward pitifully and began to talk nonsense. "These are all schemes by the fake Fu Shengyan to alienate our relationship."
"Really? Then he succeeded." Lin Zhihua pushed his face away coldly, took her spoils and ruthlessly closed the door of the master bedroom.
Fu Shengyan: “…”
Where is his cell phone?
I hope Little Pig is going to delete all his photos!
Two hours later, the tablet on the coffee table rang, and his dear wife, whom he paid special attention to, posted a new update.
Fu Shengyan couldn't wait to click and check it out.
Lin Zhihua posted a nine-square grid with the caption: "I found a rare version of myself in someone's phone."
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