Yi Tianran was stunned for a moment, and didn't react immediately.
It took him a while to remember that the cousin Liu Meiling mentioned was the son of his uncle's family who had his kidney stabbed because he lost money gambling and refused to pay his debts.
Yi Tianran asked in surprise, "He couldn't find a matching kidney donor?"
Liu Meiling's voice still sounded nasal, "Yes, she originally had one kidney that could have sustained her for a while, but one night she was suddenly given a critical condition notice and died after all efforts to save her failed."
Yi Tianran said coldly, "That's his fate. If he hadn't gotten involved in gambling, he wouldn't have ended up like this. You don't need to be sad for someone like him."
“I’m not sad because of him,” Liu Meiling said with a bitter smile. “It’s my uncle and aunt who went completely mad because their only son died. They somehow contacted journalists and exposed me online, saying that they didn’t care that I was an orphan and raised me with great difficulty, but I repaid their kindness with enmity and cut off all ties with them when I grew up.”
Knowing that her cousin was on the verge of death, she refused to come back to see him, let alone donate a kidney to save his life.
They said I was cold-blooded, selfish, and extremely unfilial, and that I even beat my uncle in the street, causing him serious harm.
Now the couple is exhausted, both physically and mentally. They don't ask for anything else, only that I come back. They've already lost a son, and they don't want to lose their niece, whom they loved like a daughter.
Yi Tianran was stunned. She knew they were shameless, but she didn't expect them to be this shameless.
He spouted lies without batting an eye, trampling Liu Meiling's reputation to the ground and using moral blackmail to force her to return under the pressure of public opinion.
Yi Tianran finally understood. "In the end, they've lost their son, so they want to exploit you to support them in their old age. They might even force you to get married once you go back."
"I know." Liu Meiling could see right through her uncle and aunt's true colors.
“But now public opinion is one-sided, no one believes me. My uncle and others uploaded my photos online, and everyone is cursing me, humiliating me, and even photoshopping my portrait into a funeral portrait... Even my colleagues at the company look at me with strange eyes.”
Liu Meiling's voice was filled with pain, and she seemed to be on the verge of collapse. "Ranran, I really can't hold on any longer."
Yi Tianran's expression changed drastically, and she said in a serious tone, "Where are you now? I'm coming to see you!"
After the phone call ended, she grabbed her bag and rushed to the Fu family's office.
"Wait a minute, miss." Seeing that she was about to barge in, the receptionist immediately stopped her, "You're not a company employee, are you? Do you have an appointment? If not, you can't just walk in!"
The girl's appearance was truly stunning; they were sure it was the first time they had ever seen one like her.
If you're a company employee, you'll definitely have seen it and never forget it.
Yi Tianran left in a hurry and didn't have time to disguise herself.
She was worried about Liu Meiling's condition, so she didn't say much and simply took out the pass that Fu Yunchen had given her from her bag.
The receptionist took it and swiped it with a "beep."
Good heavens, this pass actually allows you to go straight to President Fu's office on the top floor.
Suppressing his shock, the employee respectfully handed her the pass, saying, "Thank you for your cooperation."
"You're welcome." Yi Tianran hurriedly came up.
After everyone left, the crowd couldn't help but gossip: "My God! Who is that woman? Her looks and demeanor are better than all of President Fu's previous personal assistants. She's a true beauty."
"I just took a close look, and her face is completely flawless and spotless. That's without makeup! Is such a divine face even real?"
"Could this be the true empress?"
"President Fu is quite the lucky man!"
"Alright, alright, you even dare to joke around with the CEO, aren't you guys afraid of getting fired?!"
After exchanging a few words, everyone fell silent.
Yi Tianran went upstairs to Liu Meiling's floor, walked into the tea room, and pushed open the door.
"Meiling——"
A familiar voice rang out from above.
With red-rimmed eyes, Liu Meiling looked up blankly, meeting Yi Tianran's stunningly beautiful face.
Her breath hitched for two seconds, and she said with undisguised envy, "Ranran, you're getting more and more beautiful."
Yi Tianran: "..."
Since she still has the energy to joke around, she probably isn't that fragile.
"Tell me about your situation first, what exactly is going on?"
Liu Meiling pursed her lips and handed the phone to her without saying a word.
Yi Tianran reached out and took it, watching the news interview on the screen where Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu, dressed in mourning clothes, were crying and wailing as they expressed their grievances.
The pitiful sight moved many netizens.
People kept expressing their opinions in the live chat.
"That niece is absolutely cold-blooded and heartless, worse than an animal!"
“Their uncle and aunt had no obligation to raise her, but they raised her out of pity, and in the end, she turned out to be an ungrateful wretch! I despise people like that the most in my life.”
"Have you seen her picture? She's quite pretty, but her heart is truly black. It's like a sincere heart was wasted on a dog."
"I've seen her face. She has the face of a heartless and ungrateful person. This kind of person is a jinx to her parents, cold-blooded and selfish. She will not stop until she has squeezed the last bit of benefit out of her relatives."
"That's so cheap. Looking like that, she must be a prostitute, even cheaper than a chicken..."
As the insults became increasingly vulgar, Yi Tianran, her face darkening, turned off the screen.
She put her arm around Liu Meiling's shoulder and patted her gently. "Don't be upset. These people just don't know the truth. As long as it's clarified, it's not too late to salvage the situation."
"Is it even possible to clear things up?" Liu Meiling asked in despair. "In this age of public opinion, once one side has firmly declared someone else to be bad, it's very difficult to turn things around. I'm already branded as an ungrateful person, and besides..."
She gave a bitter smile. "I even told them personally that I would sever ties with my uncle's family and that they should stop bothering me. But my uncle was secretly recorded and the recording was played on the internet. Everyone could hear the coldness and decisiveness in my tone. Nobody believed me."
"Nothing is absolute, don't be pessimistic." Yi Tianran was relatively calm: "Do you still have the chat history between you and your aunt who forced you to go on blind dates?"
“Yes, there are, but… these days chat logs are nothing, they can just say I photoshopped them.” Liu Meiling had considered doing that, but she knew it wouldn’t be very useful. “Besides, my aunt is very good at pretending. Even if she forces me to go on blind dates, she does it under the guise of doing it for my own good, so there’s no way to find fault with her.”
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