No. 85 Melon
Shao Xingbang was horrified and rushed forward quickly!
The abandoned teaching building is six stories high, and this height is enough to kill someone!
Shao Xingbang really disliked An Niannian. He thought that this girl was cowardly and troublesome. He wanted to kick her out of the crew many times, but that was all. He was far from wanting to kill her!
The fear of death hit him, and Shao Xingbang rushed forward in horror. He saw that although An Niannian fell off the rooftop, she was caught by Liu Mingqian on the floor below!
——A few minutes ago, the guests discovered that An Niannian was missing. Thanks to Lin Cha’s melon-eating system, they found out that Shao Xingbang secretly contacted An Niannian, and the two met on the rooftop.
Lin Cha felt that Shao Xingbang had a tendency to violence and would definitely threaten or harm An Niannian. Liu Mingqian took the opportunity to say that he wanted to go to the abandoned teaching building to collect materials and find a venue, and the group came to the abandoned teaching building.
Fortunately, when the accident happened, Liu Mingqian was standing by the open window and just caught the falling An Niannian!
His slightly protruding beer belly pressed against the wall, and the veins on his arms bulged. Thanks to the fact that he had been exercising recently in order to please Situ Qing, his arms could withstand the weight of a nearly adult girl and the impact of her fall.
Jiang Mingkai and others rushed forward to help and successfully pulled An Niannian out of the window.
An Niannian's left arm was dislocated from the immense force, and she had some scratches on her body. Several people comforted An Niannian as she went downstairs. As soon as they walked out of the abandoned teaching building, they saw Liu Youyou rushing towards them.
Liu Youyou had a gloomy face. When he saw the guests coming down, he immediately took out handcuffs and handcuffed Shao Xingbang without saying a word!
"Mr. Shao, we are from the Hai City Criminal Police Team. Based on the evidence we currently have, you are suspected of intentional homicide! Come with us to the police station!"
Shao Xingbang's expression changed drastically, "Miss Police! You misunderstood!"
He struggled to break free, but Liu Youyou had strong arms and shackled Shao Xingbang so that he could not break free.
Shao Xingbang quickly turned to An Niannian, like a drowning man grasping at a lifeline. "Student An, please help me explain this to the police! I didn't push you at all! It was the railing on the rooftop, and it's rusted! Your fall was an accident!"
An Niannian remained silent, as if she hadn't heard Shao Xingbang's words. She was still immersed in the fear of near death, her body trembling. She held onto her arm, feeling the sharp pain from her dislocated arm, which reminded her that she was still alive.
Liu Youyou narrowed her eyes. "Mr. Shao, we police officers saw you reaching out the moment An fell from the building, seemingly intending to push him down! What else do you have to quibble about?"
"I was trying to save people!"
Shao Xingbang's eyes widened. "I just didn't catch her. I didn't mean to push her! She and I have some conflicts, but it's not enough to kill her!"
Shao Xingbang looked at An Niannian again, "Student An! Why don't you say something? Uncle really reached out to save you at that time. I really didn't want to kill you!"
An Niannian finally recovered a little and looked up at Shao Xingbang. Her eyes, as bright and clear as obsidian, were gleaming with tears. Her expression was complicated. After a pause, she said truthfully, "Mr. Shao certainly didn't push me down."
Shao Xingbang breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this little girl was quite sensible.
Then, he heard An Niannian's accusing voice again, "But he threatened me! He said that if I exposed his son's bullying, he wouldn't let me go, nor would he let my grandma go!"
Shao Xingbang choked.
At that moment, a hint of viciousness flashed in the corner of his eyes, and he actually thought, how great it would be if Liu Mingqian hadn't caught An Niannian!
Soon he shook his head violently, thinking that this idea was wrong and that people had lost their bottom line.
Liu Youyou nodded, looked at An Niannian and said gently, "Threatening the life and safety of others and their relatives is a crime of intimidation. Our police will handle it."
Lin Cha stayed by An Niannian's side, listening to the conversation between Liu Youyou and Shao Xingbang, and muttered inwardly:
【Just a crime of intimidation?】
Shao Xingbang should be thankful that An Niannian is alright. If anything had happened to her, he would have been in jail for life!
Shao Xingbang listened to Lin Cha's thoughts and did not deny it.
After all, he and An Niannian were the only ones on the rooftop at the time. If something really happened to An Niannian, and the police accused him of murder, he wouldn't be able to clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River. Even if Lin Cha's "Eating Watermelon System" could prove his innocence, it couldn't be used as evidence.
If it wasn't for protecting Shao Yuqian's reputation, how could he have ended up like this?
Why bother?
Lin Cha sighed again and looked at Shao Xingbang with a look of sympathy and mockery in her eyes.
[He's not even his biological son, yet it got to this point, and almost resulted in a death! When the truth is revealed, Shao Xingbang won't know how furious he'll be!]
Yeah... how angry I should be...
angry?
angry? ? ?
etc! ! !
All the guests' attention was instantly focused, even Liu Youyou's eyes widened.
What’s going on!
Isn’t Shao Yuqian Shao Xingbang’s biological son?
There are melons here?
Liu Mingqian looked Shao Xingbang up and down. Something was wrong. Judging from Shao Xingbang's attitude towards Shao Yuqian, he obviously regarded him as his successor, so he was so strict with him. But it turned out that he was not his biological son?
Did Mrs. Shao cheat on him?
Shao Xingbang's shoulders trembled and his face turned red with anger.
What the hell is going on!
——After everything that happened before, he no longer doubted Lin Cha’s ability, but what was happening now?
Madam, did she really betray me in the past?
"Isn't that right?" Liu Mingqian whispered to the other guests, "I know Mrs. Shao. She divorced Shao Xingbang more than ten years ago. If the child wasn't Shao Xingbang's, how could she not fight for custody?"
"I know about this!" Chen Xianzhi added excitedly. After all, they were both middle-aged men in their forties and had a good memory of this old story. "Mrs. Shao fought for custody, but she couldn't get it from Shao Xingbang! So the custody of Shao Yuqian belongs to Shao Xingbang!"
"Fuck! Doesn't that mean she's just leaving her lover's son to her ex-husband to raise? He could even inherit her ex-husband's estate in the future!" Zhou Zexu exclaimed. "Mrs. Shao is amazing! Shao Xingbang is such a sucker! He's trying to snatch his own son when he's not his own! Hahaha!"
Jiang Mingkai remained silent and said nothing.
Sucker...
Sucker...
Damn, why do I feel like I’m being blamed?
But it was different. Shao Xingbang knew nothing about this. Moreover, he knew all this and took the initiative to raise Tongtong. It was different, different...
Lu Yanyan held her chin and asked, "Why does it mean that Mrs. Shao is cheating if the child is not her biological child? I met Mrs. Shao at a charity dinner before, and she is not that kind of person."
"What else is possible?" Liu Mingqian was also curious.
Lin Cha didn't pay attention to the guests' discussion and continued to browse the melon-eating system.
[An Niannian will go to the hospital for treatment of her dislocation later, and the police will contact her guardian to come to the hospital. When Shao Xingbang sees Grandma An, he'll know the truth!]
[Oh no, Shao Xingbang will probably be taken to the police station and won't be able to see Grandma An anymore! And everyone who knew this secret is dead. Shao Xingbang may never know the truth in his lifetime!]
No!
Shao Xingbang shouted in his heart.
He must know the truth, he can't go on like this!
Liu Youyou discussed with the police members and contacted An Niannian's guardian to send An Niannian to the hospital for treatment of her wounds first. Shao Xingbang would be sent to the police station to take a statement and might even be detained.
Shao Xingbang hurriedly pleaded with Liu Youyou, and his assistant also contacted Shao Xingbang's lawyer. After mediation between the two parties, there was insufficient evidence that Shao Xingbang threatened An Niannian. Liu Youyou had no choice but to uncuff Shao Xingbang and agree to let him go to the hospital with her.
Shao Yuqian also went with them.
Shao Yuqian didn't understand. His father had clearly threatened An Niannian, so how could it have almost become a premeditated murder?!
Things are getting more and more serious...
At the hospital, the orthopedic doctor examined An Niannian's arm and confirmed that it was dislocated and had a slight bone fracture, but it was not serious. She was given a cast and only needed to rest for three months.
As they walked out of the clinic, a silver-haired old man arrived under police escort. When he saw An Niannian, tears welled up in his eyes. "Niannian! I heard from the police that you almost fell from the building. Are you okay?"
As she spoke, she checked An Niannian's body up and down. Seeing the plaster on An Niannian's arm, her eyes were red. "My dear, does it hurt?"
An Niannian sensibly comforted her grandmother, "It's okay, grandma. The doctor said I'll be fine soon. It won't hurt."
Throughout the whole process, Shao Xingbang stood aside and observed Grandma An, but he couldn't remember who this old lady was.
——As for Shao Yuqian, An Niannian didn’t want to see Shao Yuqian, so Shao Yuqian could only stay in the police car and could not go to the hospital.
Grandma An wiped the tears from her eyes and then remembered something else the police had told her. "The police said someone is bullying you at school! Who is it? Our Nian Nian is such a good child, who is bullying you at school? Tell grandma, and grandma will definitely seek justice for you!"
The old man was very old, with a hunched back, but he was determined to get an explanation from An Niannian. She glanced around, but saw only strangers and had no impression of them.
Finally, her eyes fixed on Shao Xingbang.
"Mr. Shao?"
Shao Xingbang was slightly surprised, "Do you know me?"
What's going on?
He really didn't remember this old man! Why did Lin Cha say that seeing this old man would tell him the truth that Yu Qian was not his biological son?
Suddenly, Lin Cha's excited voice came from my ears——
[Oh! The two parents finally meet!]
Shao Xingbang should be able to remember, right? Grandma An was the grandmother-in-law of his family's nanny who passed away eighteen years ago!
[The two met at the nanny's funeral! Shao Xingbang should have remembered it!]
In a flash, some memories finally flashed through Shao Xingbang's mind.
The family did have a nanny who passed away.
The nanny was addicted to gambling and owed a lot of money to loan sharks. When the loan sharks were chasing her for debt, she fell into the water and died.
At that time, Shao Yuqian had just been born. Shao Xingbang thought that it was a human life after all, and he also wanted to accumulate some merit for Shao Yuqian, so he attended the nanny's funeral and gave Grandma An a consolation money.
——Grandma An is the nanny’s mother-in-law.
But what does this have to do with Shao Yuqian?
Shao Xingbang was even more confused.
[Small smacking lips, looking at Shao Xingbang's bewildered expression, could he really have forgotten about me?]
Lin Cha had visited Shao Xingbang out of the blue, and seeing that he didn't have much impression of Grandma An, she curled her lips in disdain.
[You know, Shao Xingbang is also responsible for what the nanny did!]
Who told him to be so harsh on those around him? Not only is he harsh on his own family, but he's also overly critical of the nanny, and he even looks down on her, thinking that as the employer, he's superior and the nanny is just a servant!
[The Qing Dynasty has fallen, yet they still maintain this hierarchical system!]
[Over time, the nanny naturally became unhappy! Coincidentally, she and Mrs. Shao were pregnant at the same time, so she came up with a trick! She deliberately switched her child with Mrs. Shao's!]
Doesn't Shao Xingbang look down on her? Then in the future, Shao Xingbang will also look down on her child! Little does he know that this child is actually his own flesh and blood!
[Not only that, by leaving his own son with Shao Xingbang to enjoy a good life, he might even be able to get more money from the Shao family in the future!]
[What a brilliant plan! But who could have imagined that just two days after the baby swap, she and her husband drowned while trying to escape loan sharks, and no one knew about it anymore!]
[I wonder how long it will take Shao Xingbang to discover this secret~ Hehe~]
Shao Xingbang was confused.
He had thought of countless possibilities that Shao Yuqian was not his biological son, but he had never considered this!
How could it be possible...
How is it possible!!!
The guests around were also surprised.
This operation is also possible!
Is this a real or fake rich young master?
Lu Yanyan knew about similar things. Lin Cha and Lin Churou were in the same situation. They were also switched at birth. Therefore, they had completely different destinies and lived completely different lives.
Because of the nanny's selfishness, Shao Yuqian and An Niannian had their lives exchanged, and their future opportunities...it can only be described as ironic!
Shao Xingbang still didn't want to believe it.
Of course, what he could not accept the most was that An Niannian was his biological daughter!
Should I secretly tell Shao Xingbang about this? Lin Cha pondered. You know, when An Niannian transferred to Wenbo, Shao Yuqian dropped from first to second in the grade. Shao Xingbang often took out his anger on Shao Yuqian, feeling that his "son" wasn't living up to his expectations.
[This also led to Shao Yuqian bullying An Niannian, threatening her to get a low score in an attempt to regain the first place!]
An Niannian put up a lot of resistance, reporting the incident to the teacher and going to the school board's mailbox to report Shao Yuqian's domestic violence... Shao Xingbang knew about this, but he deliberately suppressed it!
[Letting the nanny's son bully his own daughter! Haha, if he hadn't condoned and acquiesced to Shao Yuqian, An Niannian wouldn't be so miserable now! ]
Humph, you deserve it!
Lu Yanyan snorted coldly.
It's all his own fault, this is what people like Shao Xingbang are like!
The only sad thing is that the one who suffered all this harm was his most innocent daughter, An Niannian.
After An Niannian had the plaster applied and got the medicine, she and Grandma An took a police car to the police station to take a statement.
On the way, Shao Xingbang contacted his assistant again and asked him to get An Niannian's DNA for a paternity test.
If I go to a familiar private hospital for expedited treatment, the results will be available in three hours. Three hours had already passed since I finished taking my statement and left the police station.
When Shao Xingbang looked at the documents his assistant gave him, his eyes went dark and he almost fell down. Fortunately, his assistant supported him in time.
Actually...
It's all true...
Not far away, a car stopped at the door of the police station, and a woman hurried over from the passenger seat. She was wearing an exquisite and expensive C-brand suit and high-heeled shoes, and she walked up to Shao Xingbang with a clattering sound.
She didn't say much, glared at Shao Xingbang, and snatched the paternity test from his hand.
The assistant did two paternity tests, one for Shao Xingbang and Shao Yuqian, and one for Shao Xingbang and An Niannian.
Seeing the result, the woman's breathing became rapid. She suddenly raised her hand and slapped Shao Xingbang in the face!
"It's retribution, it's really retribution. I never thought that one day, this retribution would come upon our daughter!"
——Mrs. Shao was invited by Liu Mingqian. On the way to the police station, Mrs. Shao already knew about the campus bullying and the relationship between herself and An Niannian.
When they entered the police station, Mrs. Shao saw the thin and slender An Niannian from afar, and felt a pang of pain in her heart.
An Niannian is very pretty, with big, round eyes, very similar to Mrs. Shao. She has a high nose bridge, probably inherited from Shao Xingbang.
However, she was too thin, and her complexion was a little dark. The huge plaster cast on her arm was especially distressing to Mrs. Shao.
Mrs. Shao grabbed the paternity test and walked over to An Niannian. No further words were needed; the test was proof.
"Child! I...I am your biological mother!"
An Niannian stared at the test, stunned for a long time. Knowing her mother had been the Shao family's nanny, and seeing the paternity test, she immediately understood the situation.
An Niannian laughed at herself.
She knew that she had reported Shao Yuqian's bullying many times but was suppressed by others, and the person who suppressed the news was her own biological father!
She should have resented the "mother" she had never met, angry that she had changed her life. But after thinking about Shao Yuqian, An Niannian actually felt that changing was better. By changing, she would not become the same person as Shao Yuqian!
"Son...it's Daddy's fault!"
Shao Xingbang also came over, his voice mournful. He felt worse than anyone else right now. "Dad will make it up to you! I've let you down all those years! I already know I was wrong. Son, give me a chance to make amends, okay?"
An Niannian suddenly took a step back, avoiding the hand that Shao Xingbang extended.
"No need," An Niannian's tone turned cold. "I can't afford a family like yours. I only want my grandma. I just want to live with her!"
Those words were like knives cutting into Shao Xingbang's heart.
Mrs. Shao was also very sad. She closed her eyes and a tear fell from the corner of her eye.
"Grandma An, what do you think?" asked Mrs. Shao.
Grandma An rubbed her hands awkwardly. She didn't even understand the situation. Only after An Niannian explained did she realize what had happened.
Grandma An should be happy to find her grandson, but she can't be happy when she thinks about how he bullied An Niannian.
"Nian Nian is my granddaughter," Grandma An said firmly, "As long as she doesn't leave me, I will always be her grandmother and will take care of her forever!"
"grandmother!"
An Niannian's eyes were sore and she hugged Grandma An tightly.
"well!"
Shao Xingbang still wanted An Niannian to go home, but Mrs. Shao stopped him. She looked at An Niannian tenderly and said, "Grandma raised you. You feel more at home in the An family and want to be filial to Grandma. That's right. But... Mom misses you too. Can I come visit you later?"
An Niannian didn't dislike Mrs. Shao. She knew clearly that Mrs. Shao and Shao Xingbang had divorced long ago, and her mother had never hurt her. Moreover, the girl had grown up with her grandmother and had never felt maternal love. At this moment, her heart ached and she nodded.
Mrs. Shao sat next to An Niannian affectionately, and couldn't wait to ask Grandma An about An Niannian's past and make up for her eighteen years of absence.
Shao Xingbang could only stand there, unable to save anything.
[Serves you right! Shao Xingbang, this is...karma!]
When Lin Cha and other guests finished taking their statements and saw this scene, they felt a sense of gloating in their hearts.
[However, why did Shao Xingbang suddenly decide to do a DNA test? Why didn't the system mention it?]
Lin Cha's mind was empty, and he hid behind everyone as a background. He looked through the system again, but found nothing missing.
[Forget it, it doesn't matter. Shao Xingbang deserved this outcome anyway!]
The other guests nodded.
Not only that, An Niannian has just sued Shao Xingbang for "intimidation" at the police station. Coupled with the fact that Shao Xingbang had previously condoned Shao Yuqian's bullying of An Niannian, he might be imprisoned for a few more years!
I don’t know whether Shao Xingbang felt regretful or angry when he was in prison?
Just as Mrs. Shao was chatting gently with An Niannian, Yu Xia came over, pressing Shao Yuqian.
Shao Yuqian struggled desperately, "Let me go! Do you know who my father is?! You can't detain me! My father will definitely hire the best lawyer! I will be fine! Let me go!"
If school bullying does not constitute minor injuries, the punishment will only be five days of detention and a fine.
But for Shao Yuqian, these are nothing. What is worse is that his future is ruined.
——The guests of "Leisure" came to visit the set in recording mode this time, and the show will not be broadcast live on the Internet. However, it won't be long before the main content will be uploaded to the platform. Shao Yuqian cannot avoid the bullying issue.
"If you can gain Mr. An's forgiveness, then you can settle out of court," Liu Youyou said calmly, "Otherwise, you won't be able to escape punishment!"
An Niannian stood up suddenly and shook her head firmly, "I can't possibly forgive Shao Yuqian, ever!"
Shao Yuqian only just noticed An Niannian, who had already finished taking notes. His expression froze, and he began to curse, "An Niannian, who are you? Your mother was our Shao family's nanny. You're a bastard born of a nanny, and you really think you can punish me!"
After finishing his curse, Shao Yuqian finally noticed Shao Xingbang and Mrs. Shao standing beside An Niannian. Shao Yuqian's throat was pounding and cold sweat broke out. His father had never allowed him to curse outside, and his mother was even more so.
But he was really too angry just now, so he couldn't help it...
Father and mother must be very angry, right?
But even so, they are his parents, there is no way they would abandon him!
Lu Yanyan suddenly snorted, "Really, Shao Yuqian, it seems you don't know what just happened."
Shao Yuqian frowned, wary of his parents' expressions, and asked in a good-tempered manner, "What's the matter?"
But in fact, no matter what happened just now, Shao Yuqian didn't care.
He knew early on that his birthplace guaranteed him a bright future. Even if the bullying incident were exposed and his future was ruined, he still had money. The worst that could happen was a life of poverty. At most, he would be scolded and beaten by his father, but his father wouldn't abandon him because of that.
Moreover, if his father continues to abuse him, he can still run to his mother.
His birth destined him to have many escape routes, which An Niannian could not compare with.
But at this moment, Shao Yuqian noticed that the way everyone at the scene looked at him became a little strange, as if... they were watching a show.
Immediately afterwards, Shao Yuqian heard Lu Yanyan's half-smiley voice.
"But An Niannian is the child of the Shao family."
"And you are the bastard born by that nanny!"
Shao Yuqian felt as if struck by lightning, and his smug expression instantly broke.
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