After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 354: Minding That She’s Zhuang Yueyan’s Child

Chapter 354: Chapter 354: Minding That She’s Zhuang Yueyan’s Child

Mrs. Wu felt dissatisfaction at being questioned, "How is my information not reliable enough?"

The speaker looked at Mrs. Wu and fanned her own cheek with her hand, "Indeed, the Wei Family has sent someone, intending to negotiate with the Shi Family, but it’s not about dealing with the entire Shi Family."

"Not the entire Shi Family? What does that mean?"

All the ladies turned to look at the one who was speaking.

That person lifted her chin with a smug expression, exuding a sense of superiority, "What else could it mean? It’s a long story, but I’ll make it short here..."

"Isn’t there only one young miss in the financial tycoon Wei Family? The original plan was for the young miss to take over the family business, and the head of the Wei Family also prepared an adopted son, just in case the young miss had the desire, the entire Wei Family would be hers."

"But what happened was, this Wei Family young miss is utterly hopeless, no good for anything. Even with the help of the head of the Wei Family paving the way for her, she fell completely after encountering Shi Rusong..."

"Now the Wei Family is being managed by that adopted son, and if nothing unexpected happens, a large portion of the Wei Family’s assets will go to him. As for his recent return to the country to contact the Shi Family, it seems to be about looking for a successor."

This statement seemed somewhat contradictory, and Mrs. Wu couldn’t help but question, "Didn’t you say that eight-tenths of the family assets were going to the Wei Family’s adopted son? Why suddenly is he looking for a successor?"

"Even if it’s a successor, shouldn’t they look elsewhere and not at the Shi Family?"

Mrs. Zhao answered this question.

"After all, the Wei Family’s adopted son is just that, an adopted son. Since there is no blood relation, maybe the head of the Wei Family has a doubt in his heart, wishing to pass on the family business to his own blood descendants?"

"If the head of the Wei Family is thinking that way, why didn’t he come before? Wei Lan didn’t just give birth today..."

"Isn’t that simple? The head of the Wei Family must have been worried that Wei Lan’s daughter would turn out to be just as foolish as her, so he never came to recognize his granddaughter."

"Since he’s had that thought, why did he come now?"

"Previously, Wei Lan’s daughter was Shi Yiqing. Who with eyes among us sisters couldn’t see how she turned out? A girl like her, as a junior it’s fine, but marrying her into the family would be absolutely out of the question. The head of the Wei Family must have seen through this and thus stayed away."

"The head of the Wei Family was worried his granddaughter would be as foolish as his daughter, hence he was absent for over a decade, but why has he appeared now? It’s not like there’s been a genetic mutation; the issue he was worried about would still occur."

Having said this, one of the ladies realized the answer herself.

The head of the Wei Family’s previous concerns, as seen in the case of Shi Yiqing, indeed had merit.

Hence, for all these years, no one from the Wei Family had come to reclaim their little princess.

Wei Lan had remained at the Shi Family, taking on the role of Mrs. Shi, as if she were Cinderella.

Even her daughter, Shi Yiqing, had not passed the head of the Wei Family’s test to become the successor of the Wei financial empire.

Initially.

The Wei Family was absolutely unlikely to acknowledge Wei Lan as their daughter, nor Shi Yiqing as their granddaughter, after more than a decade.

The problem arose from an unexpected turn of events.

The scandal of the true and false heiress was exposed, and Shi Yiqing was revealed not to be the true heiress of the Shi Family.

In other words, she had no blood relation to Wei Lan.

Naturally, the Wei Family would turn their attention to Shi Yaoguang.

No matter who was considering, Shi Yaoguang would be the clear winner.

Such a remarkable descendant is liked by no one.

Unless, they are regarded as a hostile force.

But...

There’s no need to treat someone as a hostile force.

In short, it’s one thing.

The Wei Family, they came for Shi Yaoguang.

In this visit from the Wei Family, the only one who could ascend to heaven was Shi Yaoguang.

...

Such thoughts were visible to a group of wealthy ladies, and Wei Lan, being in the midst of it all, understood even more clearly.

However, at this moment, she didn’t have the mood to consider these.

Right now, she was facing an even greater challenge.

That is...

how on earth should she choose?

On one hand, there was the daughter she had raised by hand for eighteen years.

On the other hand, there was the hatred for having her biological daughter swapped.

Wei Lan didn’t think she had done anything wrong regarding that incident back then.

If there were any issues, they were because Zhuang Yueyan was in the wrong, and it had nothing to do with her.

But...

Her belief that she had no faults was merely her own opinion.

Zhuang Yueyan didn’t think so. Zhuang Yueyan was indeed dissatisfied with her marriage, with Shi Ruhong, but she had no intention of ending it. On the contrary, her deepest desire was to see her husband stand up for her, to let her hold her head high.

But things did not go as she wished.

After Zhuang Yueyan found out she was pregnant, she had already started to waver.

She hesitated, wanting to bid farewell to her past self, to plan for her future life properly.

All of this was shattered by Wei Lan’s betrayal.

From Zhuang Yueyan’s perspective, she couldn’t help but feel hatred.

So, she swapped the child.

Wei Lan’s mind was a mess.

She didn’t know how to choose, in her heart there was only one thought.

To run away.

She wanted to escape the past first, and everything else could come later.

But, reality wouldn’t give her the chance to escape.

Shi Rusong also heard the rumors and when he came home, his face was very grim.

Seeing him, Wei Lan instinctively showed an expression of evasion.

Shi Rusong rubbed his brow, tiredly asking, "You know about the rumors spreading outside?"

Wei Lan nodded. She hesitated, "Husband, there might be something fishy about this matter..."

"Fishy?" Shi Rusong snorted coldly, "What could be fishy? The issue is so big, everybody knows about it!"

He paused, let out a sigh, "Qingqing..."

Wei Lan looked at him nervously, "Husband, what are you thinking of doing?"

"Even if Qingqing is not our biological flesh and blood, we raised her ourselves! In terms of affection, we are the ones who truly have a bond with Qingqing."

Shi Rusong narrowed his eyes, "Are you sure you only want Qingqing?"

Wei Lan hesitated.

The word ’hesitant’ was almost written on her face.

She naturally couldn’t let go of Shi Yiqing, yet at the same time, there was a thorn in her heart.

What troubled her was not that her own mother had swapped Shi Yaoguang, but that... she was the child of Zhuang Yueyan.

After decades of mutual support, Shi Rusong, of course, knew what she was thinking.

And this also gave him a headache.

The matter with Shi Yaoguang was still unresolved, and now a new issue had arisen.

It also related to Shi Yiqing’s origins.

If the rumors outside were true, and Shi Yiqing was Zhuang Yueyan’s daughter, then it would mean Shi Yiqing was actually their niece.

Just thinking about it made Shi Rusong feel uncomfortable.

"No, I must get to the bottom of this matter," he said, his tone tinged with a bite of anger, "If I find out that Shi Yaoguang deliberately spread rumors, I’ll see that she gets a lesson."

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.