As dusk fell, thick clouds lingered over Linjiang City, allowing the setting sun to peek through only a few gaps, piercing through streaks of crimson light like fish swimming in shimmering water, occasionally flashing with golden scales.
Amidst a sea of cameras, Ling Mo, together with Zhan Hanjue, finally walked down the long red carpet just as the last rays of sunlight were about to be swallowed by the night.
In an instant, all the spotlights in the room turned on for her.
Media reporters, who had been preparing for this for a long time, were all eager to get started. They had memorized the questions they had prepared in advance to make things difficult for Ling Mo, and were just waiting for the moment when Zhan Hanjue and Ling Mo would go public with their relationship so that they could be the first to release their press releases.
However, as soon as Zhan Hanjue spoke to deny the rumors, all the entertainment reporters in the room widened their eyes and looked at the two under the spotlight in disbelief.
"What's going on? I heard rumors about their relationship before, how come they're now father and daughter?"
"My God! Just how many illegitimate daughters does Zhan Hanjue have?"
"If Miss Ling is Mr. Zhan's biological daughter, then what about Zhan Xuanwei, who recently moved into the Zhan family's old mansion in a high-profile manner?"
"Why was this news released at this critical juncture? Is it related to Zhan Xuanwei's recent account of being forcibly assaulted by the chairman of the Qin Group?"
"The waters in the capital circle are really deep. In my opinion, Ms. Zhan Xuanwei, who was seriously injured, has become a victim in the capital game."
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Despite the uproar at the press conference, Zhan Hanjue maintained a warm smile throughout.
After the discussions among the media and entertainment reporters at the scene gradually subsided, he calmly ordered his men to project the evidence he had previously collected and organized onto the giant projection screen on the backdrop of the press conference in chronological order.
Looking up, the figure of the president of Huazhong University of Science and Technology Hospital suddenly appeared on the screen.
The dean first bowed apologetically, then slowly straightened up, and pointed to the equipment used for paternity testing behind him, saying in a deep voice:
"I'm sorry, the equipment used for paternity testing in our hospital has been deliberately damaged. Regardless of whether the parties involved in the test have a parent-child relationship, the test results will show that the two parties have a parent-child relationship."
Currently, our hospital has purchased brand new equipment, and in the past month, any patient who has undergone a paternity test at our hospital can come to our hospital for a retest.
In addition, regarding the incident of medical equipment being deliberately damaged, our hospital has immediately reported it to the police and will provide the public with an explanation soon.
As soon as the president of Huazhong University of Science and Technology Hospital finished speaking, the media reporters present immediately understood that Zhan Xuanwei was very likely to have become Zhan Hanjue's daughter by mistake because the paternity testing equipment had been deliberately damaged.
Immediately afterwards, the recording of Xuan Wei and Ouyang Bin popped up on the suddenly darkened screen.
The audio recording, which lasted for more than ten minutes, included in particular detail the events of Ouyang Bin's secret assassination of the Divine Physician and his subsequent manipulation of Xuan Wei to impersonate the Divine Physician; Ouyang Bin's instigation of Xuan Wei to frame Qin Beiming; and Ouyang Bin's order for Xuan Wei to poison Zhan Hanjue's medicine bottle.
Upon hearing this information-rich audio file, everyone in the audience gasped in astonishment.
In an instant, Xuan Wei, who had been praised by domestic and foreign media as a "beautiful and kind-hearted real-life Cinderella," became the target of public criticism.
Of course, besides proving Ouyang Bin and Xuan Wei's improper dealings, this audio also promptly cleared Qin Beiming of suspicion regarding the "sexual assault scandal."
In addition, the details of Zhan Hanjue's faked death were also indirectly confirmed in the audio.
The two videos placed at the end further dragged Ouyang Bin and Xuan Wei into an even more terrifying vortex of public opinion.
The first video was filmed in a ward at Huazhong University of Science and Technology Hospital.
In the video, Xuan Wei, with a blank stare, admitted that she was not Zhan Hanjue's biological daughter. She also detailed how she murdered someone to seize Zhan Hanjue's identity and usurped the renowned title of the Divine Physician.
In addition, she confessed that she staged a rape in order to marry into a top-tier wealthy family. To fabricate evidence, she even went so far as to injure herself.
The media reporters present were utterly astonished by what Xuan Wei said.
As the saying goes, you can know a person's face but not their heart. Looking at her young face and innocent smile, who could associate her with a scheming and venomous woman?
The second video was filmed inside a police station.
In the video, Ouyang Bin claimed that he was plagued by nightmares recently because of the deaths of ten people, so he had half of his teeth pulled out as an act of atonement for the souls of those who died unjustly at his hands.
At the end of the video, Ouyang Bin suddenly raised the pistol he was carrying, pointed it at his temple, and fired several shots until the camera was stained with blood before collapsing to the ground.
Upon witnessing such a bizarre sight, everyone present held their breath.
Some even screamed, terrified and chilled to the bone by the gruesome sight of Ouyang Bin lying dead in a pool of blood on the screen.
Confined in the basement of the Zhan family's old mansion, Xuan Wei stared intently at the smiling Zhan Hanjue and the aloof and noble Ling Mo beside him on the television screen via satellite live broadcast. Suddenly, as if possessed, she screamed hysterically.
Although she was originally an imposter, ever since Zhan Hanjue took her back to the Zhan family's old mansion, she had subconsciously regarded herself as the real daughter of the Zhan family.
Now that Zhan Hanjue has publicly acknowledged his daughter, she is convinced that Ling Mo has stolen everything that should have belonged to her.
"Damn imposter! I am the daughter of the Zhan family, what right does she have? What right does she have to steal everything that should belong to me!" Xuan Wei was almost out of control, completely ignoring the shocking scar on her lip, she lay on the ground and wailed.
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