"Mom, why do you have to hurt Manman's heart? With so many things happening recently, how can she have the mood to study?" Pei Ze was the first to speak up for his sweetheart.
Ever since Manman's life story was revealed, his mother had been treating her in a sarcastic way. Wasn't she too snobbish? He liked Manman not because of her family background, but more because of her as a person. Although Manman had done something wrong recently, it was understandable.
Su Xiping snorted coldly, "Yeah, you're not in the mood to study, but you're in the mood to make money. With such good acting skills, why don't you join your second brother in filming? Maybe you can even make two million a day."
She used to think that Zhou Man was just a bit of a spoiled princess, but she didn't expect that she had such a scheming mind. She could usually pretend to be innocent and naive. Su Xiping felt that she had misjudged her before.
Zhou Man felt the word "scammed" stung, and she felt deeply wronged. She'd made one wrong move after another. Naturally, she refused to admit it, choking back tears as she said, "I was threatened. This is the first time I've ever encountered something like this... I panicked. I'm willing to return the money to my parents and brother."
Wen Chengzhou's menacing gaze fell directly on Zhou Man. "Since you've been threatened, call the police."
"Zheng Jiaming not only kidnapped babies, but also extorted money. He will be sentenced to at least 20 years in prison for multiple crimes." After all, the amount of money he involved was not ordinary, it was tens of millions, so the sentence was directly the maximum.
"No! He is Manman's relative!" It was still Zhou Liheng who objected. His expression was very ugly, as if he had knocked over an ink bottle.
Wen Chengzhou's tone was cold. "What? As long as it's related to Zhou Man, even if it's murder or arson, there's no retribution? I remember you just sent a country relative of yours to jail five years ago for embezzling public funds. How could you not care about our relationship back then? The money that man embezzled wasn't even one-tenth of Zheng Jiaming's."
Zhou Liheng knew that he was being suspected because he was too worried about Manman tonight. He took a deep breath and said, "You know, I'm used to caring for Manman. I'm just worried that if this gets out, it will damage Manman's reputation."
Wen Yanshan, the youngest present, just wanted to roll his eyes when he heard this and couldn't help but complain, "Sister Manman didn't worry about her reputation when she was scamming donations, so what do you have to worry about, uncle? She has a mother and uncle who are kidnapped, so how could it be bad for her to scam tens of millions of donations?"
Zhou Manru was struck by lightning, clutching her chest as she looked at Wen Yanshan. She and Yanzi had grown up together, and she treated her like her own sister. How could she, with her 37°C mouth, say such cruel and heartless words? She hadn't meant it.
Wen Yanshan asked back, "Am I wrong? You advertised that you spent tens of millions on Sister Miaomiao, and everyone praised you for being so kind to her. Isn't this deliberately blackmailing Sister Miaomiao? You were very happy when you heard everyone praising you, right? Don't you feel guilty at all?"
"You just took advantage of her good nature, thinking that Sister Miaomiao wouldn't argue with you, and you also wanted to have a good reputation. Otherwise, if you really asked your eldest and second cousins for money, they would love you so much, would they not give it to you?"
Wen Yanshan became angrier and angrier as he thought about it, and decided to help Zhou Man with publicity when the time came. He couldn't let Sister Miaomiao suffer in vain in public opinion.
Wen Chengzhou looked at his niece with a much gentler look in his eyes. "Although our Yanzi is young, she is very sensible."
Zhou Liheng's face was grim, but he couldn't refute it. He knew in his heart that his two brothers-in-law were determined to call the police. If he insisted on stopping them, it would definitely arouse their suspicion, and further investigation would be of no benefit to him.
He just hoped that Xia Ran was not in the country and did not have to worry about being caught. Over the years, he had not been able to contact Xia Ran.
As for Zheng Jiaming... he can only be thrown out as a pawn.
He glanced at the Wen Chengzhou brothers, anger and hatred etched in his eyes. While the Zhou family was one of the most powerful families in S City, it lacked the wealth of the Wen family. Rumor had it that the Wen family had even begun a business partnership with the Ji family. If he wanted a piece of the action, he couldn't afford to offend them.
Secondly, his wife Wen Ying was currently distressed about Shi Miao, and Man Man had become a thorn in her side. She would definitely not stand on Man Man's side. If he continued to protect her, it would only anger her. Wen Ying held 18% of the company's shares, just slightly less than him.
He had been too slow to act over the years. If he had known that Manman's background would be exposed, he should have cheated his wife out of the shares sooner. Ah Ying still didn't trust or love him enough, otherwise she should have given it to him.
When he gets the shares in the future and swallows up the Wen family, he will make them pay the price to avenge the oppression and humiliation they suffered today.
Although the anger on his face disappeared quickly, it was still noticed by Wen Chenghan who was staring at him.
His heart sank: it seemed his brother-in-law was holding a grudge against them. He had to remind his sister!
Wen Chengzhou said, "Since we have reached a consensus on calling the police, we should also discuss another important matter."
"We should hold a banquet to announce Miaomiao's true identity to everyone in the circle. As the real daughter of the Zhou family, we can't let Miaomiao hide away."
Zhou Man felt so wronged that she wanted to cry. She had already given in so much, and her uncle didn't even leave her this last bit of fig leaf?
If everyone knew that she was a fake daughter, how could she still have the face to stay in the circle? Those who were jealous of her would definitely take advantage of her.
"What about Manman?" Zhou Yuntang looked at Zhou Man, who was about to cry, and began to feel distressed again.
Zhou Liheng clenched his fists, "Can't they just announce that they're twins?"
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