Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot-Chapter 738 - 456’s identity exposed, will the Huo Family finally take action?_3

Chapter 738: 456’s identity exposed, will the Huo Family finally take action?_3

But Shen Shuci had just produced a recording, and Elder Liang had asked her to change her testimony. That couldn’t be fake.

Could this be a case of dog-eat-dog? Are none of them good people?

...

As the crowd discussed, Shen Shuci spoke up, "Everyone should know, Mrs. Liang had trouble conceiving for many years after marrying into the Liang Family, despite trying many methods."

"But there’s a superstitious belief among the people, called..."

"Adopting a child to press down!"

"Some go to temples to pray, while others actually adopt a child, because they’ve heard that after adopting, it becomes easier to conceive. It’s quite magical, and soon after I arrived at the Liang Family, Mrs. Liang indeed became pregnant."

Shen Shuci spoke casually.

"My role was to be that ’pressure child.’ Now that they have their own child, what need is there for me? They might be worried that if I stayed in the household, I’d lay claim to their wealth in the future. But what reason could they use to send me away?"

"Say they have their own child and don’t want to adopt me? With the Liang Family’s wealth, they could sponsor so many orphans, so how could they possibly not afford to keep just one of me?"

As Shen Shuci spoke these words, her hand by her side subconsciously clenched tighter; clearly, she didn’t want to bring up that part of her past.

Yet her words had already sufficiently piqued everyone’s curiosity.

Indeed, having no children and then adopting one, but once you have your own, sending the adopted child away—it’s hard not to attract criticism, and for the adopted child, it’s also quite cruel.

An orphan thinks they’ve found a new home, but then...

Shen Shuci looked at Liang Wenzhong:

"To send me back without attracting criticism and to keep the welfare institute’s mouths shut, the best method is simply..."

"To slander, to have the welfare institute take me back willingly!"

"Turning black into white is something the Liang Family should be quite adept at, quite effortlessly, isn’t it?"

If the child had behavioral issues, the welfare institute naturally wouldn’t make a fuss, possibly feeling very apologetic for causing trouble to the adoptive family.

...

"You’re spouting bullshit, it was your own moral failings, and you even wanted to harm the child in my wife’s womb, you sharp-tongued girl." Liang Wenzhong clenched the microphone.

"Even if the Shen Family adopted you, it doesn’t change the fact that you’re an orphan!"

"Knowing we were going to have our own child, afraid of being sent away, you harbored ill intentions."

"A wild child born without parents, raised without teaching..."

"Mr. Liang!" At that moment, a woman in her sixties suddenly rushed out from one side. Everyone was caught off guard, let alone Liang Wenzhong, who was speaking passionately at that moment. Without warning, he was struck squarely on the face by a slap.

"Slap—" The sound left everyone stupefied and caught Liang Wenzhong completely off guard, firmly receiving the blow.

His face instantly burned in pain.

"What the hell—who are you!" Liang Wenzhong was livid.

"Matron?" This was the matron from her former welfare institute, long since retired. Shen Shuci caught a glimpse of Jiang Jinsang among the crowd from the corner of her eye.

Aside from him, she really couldn’t think of anyone else capable of such an act...

To bring someone from Pingjiang.

"Mr. Liang seems to forget things quite easily. When you visited the Pingjiang Welfare Institute to select a child, it was I who personally attended to you. Don’t tell me you don’t recognize me?"

"You..." Liang Wenzhong’s half-numb face throbbed with pain.

"If you truly wanted to adopt a child, there are so many in the Beijing Welfare Institute. Why choose to go to Pingjiang? It’s simply to avoid letting acquaintances find out and criticize you, because from the start, your family never intended to adopt her, right? It’s just because someone said adopting a child makes it easier to conceive..."

"This child was also one you observed for a long time, and only took her away because you were very satisfied with her in all aspects. Then later, you start complaining over the phone, various dissatisfactions, and finally saying outright she wanted to harm the child in Mrs. Liang’s womb?"

"This incident happened many years ago, and it may be hard to say what’s true or false. So, I’ll just ask Mrs. Liang, did she ever really want to harm the child in your womb?"

Dong Yunxiu, suddenly the focus, turned a shade paler.

"I..."

"Yunxiu!" Liang Wenzhong frowned, "Wasn’t it intentional that she wanted to bump into you, trying to cause your child to be miscarried?"

"That matter from back then, I... I..."

Seeing the Lady Liang stammering, everyone seemed to guess something in their hearts.

Everyone attending today’s event was astute; who didn’t have their own scale in their heart?

"When we went to pick her up back then, it wasn’t because we were afraid you would call the police, but we knew that this child wouldn’t survive half a day of peace in your house; we pitied her!"

"For her to be adopted, you probably don’t know how excited she was. To mistreat a child like that, utterly heartless, do you people in the Jiang Family still have a conscience?"

"She was young at the time, didn’t understand anything, and even begged you not to let her go, said she would be very good, very obedient in the future. How could she know that you harbored intentions for her to leave, where would there have been any room for negotiation?"

"Yunxiu, say something, was it her fault back then!" Upon hearing this, Liang Wenzhong became anxious, "If you have the proof, then show it; don’t make baseless accusations here."

"Evidence there might not be, as the Liang Family shines brightly, powerful and influential. How easy it must be for you to erase whatever you want, isn’t it? Master Liang..." The director then turned the question to Old Master Liang.

Old Master Liang’s fingers trembled, and he choked up, but could not utter half a word.

"The plight of the Liang Family today, that’s all karmic retribution..."

"Every word I say today is true, and if there is a half lie, may I be struck by lightning and not live peacefully for the second half of my life. Lady Liang, if you think we slandered you back then, do you dare swear on your son’s life!"

Swearing oaths, there’s no scientific basis for such things, only psychological suggestions. If someone really did something against their conscience, who would dare swear on their loved ones.

The Lady Liang’s eyes were downcast the whole time, from the beginning to the end, she did not utter a single word!

Even if there were no evidence, the truth was clear to everyone.

Not wanting to be pointed at, adopting a child and sending her away for that reason, was indeed too cruel.

At this moment, it seemed that Liang Wenzhong was unaware; otherwise, he wouldn’t dare to infuriate Shen Shuci like this, and even used it to threaten her before...

"Now using charity as a whitewash, hypocritical and shameless, profiting from others’ misery, devoid of any conscience, you will face retribution." The director, having bottled up his feelings for many years, poured everything out in one go, trembling with agitation.

With things already at this point, Liang Wenzhong seemed to understand something in his heart, yet he was extremely unwilling to believe any of it.

The derision and mockery from the audience, the director’s convincing words, laid bare the deepest and ugliest side of the Liang Family, baring it blatantly, with a fury that raced to his heart...

Liang Wenzhong just wanted her to shut up! 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Are you all dead? Get them off the stage for me, take them away—" he roared at the security guards to one side.

The security was paid to do a job, and with the employer saying so, they had to act; not daring to touch Shen Shuci, they could only try to pull the director away, "What are you doing?"

Shen Shuci immediately went to protect the director; with many guards, the whole situation on stage suddenly became somewhat chaotic.

Everyone thought that the Jiang Family was about to intervene...

But unexpectedly, the first to rush onto the stage turned out to be people from the Huo Family.

Jiang Jiu had originally been on standby, his eyes hidden behind sunglasses fixated for a long time, his peripheral vision glimpsing Jiang Jinsang not far away...

His lips pressed tightly, he said nothing, making it impossible to see what he was thinking at that moment.

The atmosphere on the scene changed abruptly. Wow, the Huo Family had been silent for so long, were they about to make a move? Shen Shuci, despite being skilled, was just a young girl; how could she stand against a group of burly men with strong skills...

Everyone felt she would suffer a great loss this time.

Even the security guards seemed to have been injected with a dose of adrenaline, putting all their strength into it, yet the first one the Huo Family took down—

Was one of the hired security guards of the Liang Family, with a beautiful shoulder throw, "Bam—" a sound.

The whole place went dead silent; that one move seemed to strike Jiang Jinsang in the chest.

All his slight hope was shattered in an instant.

That move also made the hearts of the Liang Family tremble...

Weren’t the Huo Family supposed to be backing them up?