"Please sit down."
Shen Zhi Qiu was already sitting side by side with Lu Jia on the sofa. Seeing Shen Mei Yan's disheveled appearance when she walked in, she could roughly guess what had happened outside.
Shen Yanshan pulled Shen Meiyan to sit opposite him, and Rong Mo also came over and sat next to Shen Zhi Qiu. Xiao Lei stood aside, watching the two opposite him to prevent them from making any moves.
"Zhiqiu, Dad brought you a lot of tonics, and also gifts for my grandchildren." Shen Yanshan moved forward, chuckling awkwardly. "I'll have someone bring them in for you in a bit." He then looked around and asked with a smile, "Where are my grandchildren?"
“No need, we have everything we need here.” Rong Mo spoke first, directly refusing Shen Yanshan’s offer. “President Shen, you should take the things back.”
"I'm talking to my daughter, don't interrupt." Shen Yanshan was embarrassed after being offended.
"Mr. Shen, I don't want those junk items you gave my sister." Rong Mo said with a serious expression and cold eyes.
"What sister? Who are you?"
Shen Yanshan was somewhat confused. He quickly went through Lin Yunjin's cousins and other relatives in his mind, since the Shen family definitely didn't have any relatives in the capital. But after thinking about it, he couldn't recall the Lin family having any relatives here either.
"Mr. Shen, you don't need to know too much. You just need to understand that Zhi Qiu is now my sister, and from now on she has nothing to do with your Shen family."
Rong Mo didn't intend to waste any more words with him. "Please don't come again in the future. Anyway, you don't like Zhi Qiu, and your purpose in coming isn't pure. There's no need to come and act out a 'doting father' atmosphere. It's exhausting."
Seeing that his true purpose had been exposed, Shen Yanshan felt somewhat embarrassed, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
After a long pause, Shen Yanshan looked at Shen Zhi Qiu, still wanting to find out, "Zhi Qiu, what exactly happened?"
"What else could it be, Dad?" Shen Meiyan spoke first, glancing at Shen Zhi Qiu with disdain. "Isn't it obvious? Shen Zhi Qiu cheated on her husband with a rich man and climbed the social ladder. Now that she doesn't need the Shen family anymore, she's dumped you too!"
He sneered, "Shen Zhi Qiu, I really didn't expect you to be so resourceful. I've been wondering how your crazy mother could raise you to be so cunning."
Shen Zhi Qiu's eyes darkened.
"Slap!" Another loud slap.
Xiao Lei slapped Shen Meiyan across the face with lightning speed. The force of the slap was so great that her ears rang and she was stunned for several seconds.
Rong Mo raised his eyes and gave Xiao Lei an approving look.
"If your mouth can't speak, you can sew it shut and never speak again," Xiao Lei said coldly.
"Shen Zhi Qiu!" Shen Yan Shan became agitated, abruptly standing up and pointing at Shen Zhi Qiu with a fierce glint in his eyes, roaring, "This is your own sister! She came all the way to see you because she knew you had given birth! How could you let someone beat her so easily?! Look, her forehead is bleeding and you didn't even say a word of concern! You heartless bastard!"
"I'm the one who hit him, so come at me if you want." Xiao Lei looked at Shen Yanshan with neither arrogance nor servility. Shen Yanshan frowned but didn't say anything.
"Why should I care about her?" Shen Zhi Qiu raised her head and said in a cold voice, "From childhood to adulthood, when has she ever genuinely cared about me, her older sister? From the moment she was born, you have treated her as the apple of your eye. I originally thought that you favored boys over girls and didn't like daughters, but it wasn't until she was born that I realized that you didn't dislike daughters, but rather you disliked me."
Shen Yanshan swallowed hard and sat down somewhat awkwardly.
"She used to pull my hair, steal my things, and tear up my notebooks since I was little. She even snatched birthday gifts from others and trampled them under her feet."
In terms of food, clothing, and daily necessities, I don't even have a tenth of what Shen Meiyan has. She takes it for granted that she is the little princess of the Shen family, while I am like a servant who has to do everything.
You know how she and my stepmother treat me. Even the housekeeper couldn't stand it anymore, but you pretended not to see it, didn't you?
Now you're bringing up family ties with me? You should also consider whether that concept ever even existed.
"These are all minor matters! I can't believe you're still holding a grudge against your younger sister after all these years!" Shen Yanshan argued forcefully. "As the older sister, I should be more considerate of my younger sister!"
“I can’t concede a single point now,” Shen Zhi Qiu said calmly. “Also, Dad, let’s stop arguing about these useless things. I’m not your biological daughter anyway. You don’t need to put on an act here.”
"You're pulling this stunt just to get me to remarry Gu Qingyan so you can go back to the Gu family and ask for resources, right?"
"How could your father do this to you?!" Shen Yanshan's secret was exposed, and his face turned red. He stammered, "Besides, aren't you one of those people who 'become stupid for three years after pregnancy'? How could I not be your biological father?! You can't say things like that even if you complain about your father!" Shen Yanshan shouted, holding his breath.
Shen Zhi Qiu carefully observed Shen Yan Shan's reaction, but for a moment she couldn't tell how much truth there was in his words.
Seeing Shen Zhi Qiu staring at him silently, Shen Yan Shan felt uneasy and couldn't sit still any longer.
"Dad, do you really not know?" Shen Zhi Qiu continued to ask, her expression calm.
Just as Shen Yanshan was about to get angry again, the nanny, Aunt Zhao, had already taken down the documents that Shen Zhi Qiu had instructed her to give him and handed them to Shen Zhi Qiu with both hands.
"Take a look." With that, Shen Zhi Qiu handed over the document.
Shen Yanshan opened the file with a suspicious look, his pupils suddenly dilated, and he looked astonished, his fingers trembling slightly. "This is impossible!"
Upon seeing this, Shen Meiyan snatched the document. After reading its contents, she was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but smile, secretly delighted. It turned out that Shen Zhi Qiu really wasn't the Shen family's biological daughter.
"How...how is this possible?" Shen Yanshan said through gritted teeth. "Lin Yunjin actually dared to betray me! I've been so good to her, and she treats me like this?! I'm going to settle this score with her!"
“I’m not Lin Yunjin’s biological son either,” Shen Zhi Qiu said calmly, observing Shen Yanshan’s micro-expressions.
"What? You were switched at birth?" Shen Yanshan was shocked, feeling his mouth go dry.
After a few seconds, Shen Yanshan took out his phone with trembling hands and searched for phone numbers.
With just a glance from Shen Zhi Qiu, Xiao Lei snatched the phone away.
"What are you doing? I need to call Dean Qian!" Shen Yanshan glared angrily at Xiao Lei, trying to snatch the phone back, but Xiao Lei took a step back and assumed a defensive stance.
"What happened?!" The villa door was suddenly pushed open, and a calm voice came in.
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