Yu Rong, her face streaked with tears, walked over and said, "Xiao Ying, don't blame your father. Blame me. After you disappeared for a year, I was devastated and almost lost my life. To calm me down, your father found Sheng Sheng, who looks somewhat like you. Sheng Sheng has been with me all these years, and that's how my health improved."
Because Sheng Ying lacked Ming Ying's memories, she felt no sympathy for Rong's grief; instead, she found it disgusting. Although she understood Rong's sorrow at her daughter's disappearance, she wondered where she would place her own daughter if someone else were brought back as a substitute.
“Mingying is dead. I am Shengying. Also, please don’t call me Xiaoying. It makes me feel sick. Just call me Chairman Sheng. We’re not that close.”
Ming Sheng looked at Sheng Ying with a pitiful expression: "Sister, I know that Mom and Dad's adoption of me made you sad, but their health has really deteriorated in the years you've been gone. If I'm not by their side, they..."
Before Ming Sheng could finish speaking, Sheng Ying stopped her: "Speak properly. I am an orphan and have no sister."
Ming Sheng felt even more aggrieved, and Yu Rong felt extremely sorry for him.
Seeing his mother being scolded to tears, five-year-old Luo Haoxiang suddenly ran over, picked up the hot milk on the table, and splashed it at Sheng Ying.
"How dare you bully my mother."
Sheng Ying saw him coming early on, but she didn't hide. Qing Jun quickly swung the milk bottle aside, grabbed Luo Haoxiang by the collar, and lifted him up.
Luo Haoxiang kicked wildly in the air, and Qingjun showed no mercy to such a rude child.
"Let me go, let me go! You're all bad people. You made my mom cry and you even dared to hit me. I'll have my grandpa beat you to death!"
Ming Sheng, Yu Rong, and Luo Xingyu were extremely anxious; this was their precious child.
Seeing how Sheng Ying treated his grandson, Ming Cheng was furious: "Ming Ying, you've been missing for so many years, have you become so heartless? How could you treat a child like this?"
Sheng Ying found a comfortable spot and leaned back on the sofa: "His parents don't know how to teach him, so I'll help them out. Qing Jun, he's only five years old. The first time can be forgiven. Let's do it again next time."
Qingjun nodded, and suddenly released her hand in front of her. Luo Haoxiang fell to the ground and burst into tears.
Mingsheng and Yurong quickly ran over and hugged her, gently comforting her.
Mingcheng breathed a sigh of relief: "Xiaoying, now that you're back, why don't you stay at home? You can stay in the guest room tonight, and we'll have someone prepare a room for you tomorrow. By the way, Xiaoying's Shengying Group is doing quite well in Beijing now. Don't forget that the Ming Group and the Shengying Group are family."
Sheng Ying gave him a disdainful look: "Sheng Ying Group is mine. What does it have to do with your Ming Group?"
Mingcheng said earnestly, "Xiaoying, I know you resent us for only searching for you for a year, but you should think about your mother. If we hadn't adopted Shengsheng, your mother might not have made it through. Besides, you are our daughter. Your father's company is in trouble. Can't you, as his daughter, lend a hand?"
Sheng Ying leisurely admired her newly done manicure, remaining unmoved by Ming Cheng's words.
Mingcheng, unable to contain himself any longer, said, "Since you're unwilling to help, then what exactly did you come back for?"
When this was mentioned, Sheng Ying became very interested.
"I'm back this time, of course, to settle accounts. You all say I've disappeared, but there's evidence that I was being chased and fell to the bottom of the mountain."
Upon hearing Sheng Ying's words, Ming Sheng and Luo Xingyu's hearts skipped a beat. They exchanged a glance, and in that glance, Sheng Ying and Qing Jun saw everything clearly.
After hearing Sheng Ying's words, Ming Cheng's eyes darted around: "Xiao Ying, don't talk nonsense. You're clearly missing. Who would send someone to hunt you down for no reason?"
When Yu Rong heard that someone was chasing her daughter, her face was full of disbelief. How could this be?
Sheng Ying sneered: "Mr. Ming, do you not understand or do you think Ming Ying is stupid? How could a seventeen or eighteen-year-old college student disappear without a trace? Does she not even remember her own home address or her parents' phone number, or does she not even know the number to call the police?"
Mingcheng's expression was extremely unnatural.
"Then you can't just say you're being chased. What if you wrongly accuse someone?"
Sheng Ying nodded in agreement: "Mr. Ming is right. It would be bad if we wronged someone. Qing Jun, let Mr. Ming listen to the recording."
Qingjun took out a voice recorder from her pocket. It clearly recorded a transaction between a man and a woman. The woman's voice was obviously Mingsheng's, and the man's voice was that of the person they had caught the day before yesterday.
Upon hearing her daughter's voice, Yu Rong shook her head in disbelief.
Mingsheng quickly ran over to grab Yu Rong's hand, but Yu Rong shook him off.
"Mom, that's not how it is. Mingying framed me. I've been with you for so many years, how could I do such a thing?"
Sheng Ying nodded to Qing Jun, who then showed Ming Cheng and Yu Rong the chat history between Ming Sheng and Luo Xingyu from six years ago.
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