Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 441 - 427 Internet rumors sparked his suspicions.

Chapter 441: 427 Internet rumors sparked his suspicions.

Song Hui’s heart pounded wildly upon hearing Father Du take the initiative to mention Xiaoyu’s background.

He didn’t dare to reveal his attitude and could only follow up naturally, "There’s also this matter?"

"Yes, and I found it absurd too! If Song Qinglong really sent his own daughter away, then who is the granddaughter my family has cherished for seven years?" Father Du laughed and gestured with his hands, "This shows how harmful rumors can be..."

Father Du managed his expression well. It was impossible to tell from his face whether he believed or doubted this matter in his heart.

Song Hui took a sip of warm water to calm down, "Mr. Du believes... this matter is impossible?"

Father Du glanced at him, "In the past, I would have definitely thought it impossible, but after Song Qinglong was arrested... our family thought of another matter, and somehow felt that the rumor might have a grain of truth in it?"

Song Hui’s heart clenched, "What matter?"

Feeling that he had been too eager with his question, which might raise suspicion, he quickly lowered his head, "I’m sorry, Mr. Du, I didn’t mean to pry into your family’s affairs."

With a magnanimous wave, Father Du’s expression slightly darkened, "It’s a bit embarrassing to say, but Song Qinglong indeed divorced my daughter recently. The reason for the divorce wasn’t, as rumored online, to protect assets, but because he was caught cheating by my daughter!"

"Our family only regrets misjudging him in the beginning. We didn’t want our daughter to get entangled with him for too long during the divorce, so both parties signed an agreement to leave all the assets to Xiaoxiao! Oh right, Xiaoxiao is my granddaughter..."

Song Hui’s eyes widened in shock!

There were indeed such rumors online, criticizing the Du Family for leaving the money to the child during the divorce in order to sever ties afterwards.

Who, after cheating and divorcing, doesn’t leave with nothing, but instead leaves all the money to the child?

The online rhythm set against the Du Family was, at its core, due to the unreasonable financial division at the time of the divorce.

Song Qinglong messed up and wanted to preserve his assets to the greatest extent possible; was Du Mansheng willing to cooperate with him?

Why not make him leave with nothing?

Wasn’t Song Qinglong built up by the Du Family?

But in fact, he had already repaid the money borrowed from the Du Family long ago. For the many years the company has been operating, large amounts of money from the accounts had been moved to overseas markets, making it difficult to recover.

If they really wanted to leave Song Qinglong with nothing or divide the assets equally between them, one could only guess how long the lawsuit would drag on.

Even if they won the lawsuit, he could still drag it out for an execution period of a year.

By the time the court enforces the confiscation, all that will be left is an empty shell of a company for the Du Family to take if they want!

The money is all overseas; he’d be living it up abroad with his mistress, comfortably and unrestrained.

That’s why Yan Yueqing suggested to Du Mansheng to give up all interests, take her dowry, and leave the rest of the marital assets entirely to Xiaoxiao.

Only then would Song Qinglong lower his guard, believing that the Du Family was still unaware of Xiaoxiao’s situation and wouldn’t transfer all the money overseas.

If the company still needed to retain funds, the overseas business would suffer from a lack of capital.

Unless he was at his wits’ end, Song Qinglong wouldn’t easily sell his houses and properties, thus he would be compelled to take big risks.

One could say, Yan Yueqing’s suggestion calculated every step ahead!

It even included the financial losses Song Qinglong suffered overseas and the membership fee for the chamber of commerce, both manipulated by Jun Lii.

He was trapped in a situation where he was short of money yet seemed like he could still make a comeback!

This move was played very cleverly.

On the entire chessboard, Song Qinglong was like Teacher Jiang toying with Jin Kai, played round and round by the combined forces of Yan, Jun, and the Du Family.

Father Du was pleased thinking about it but feigned sadness, "When Mansheng and Song Qinglong divorced, she didn’t want to drag out the divorce battle, so she simply agreed with his suggestion to leave all of the couple’s joint property to Xiaoxiao. Who would have thought it would be twisted by others to look as though we wanted to preserve our assets?"

Song Hui’s heart leapt with excitement upon hearing this.

All of the joint property of Song Qinglong and Du Mansheng was left to their daughter?

So, once Xiaoyu acknowledges her ancestry, won’t all that money be Xiaoyu’s?!

Great, great, great!

They had always treated Xiaoyu well, so as long as Tian Xiaoe treated Xiaoyu a little better in the future, couldn’t they get a huge sum of money from Xiaoyu?!

Not only Xiaoyu’s surgery cost wasn’t urgent anymore, even their future life could improve!

Tian Xiaoe clearly thought of this too, and the couple exchanged a pleased look.

Father Du pretended not to see it and continued, "We know the truth about their divorce, so when the internet rumors spread, we thought of another incident... Seven years ago, the year Xiaoxiao was born, the hospital where Mansheng was being treated suffered a criminal invasion..."

Are they finally mentioning this matter?

Song Hui was both excited and nervous.

"She was traveling with Song Qinglong to Neihai City when she accidentally encountered premature labor and couldn’t make it back to A City in time, so she stayed in the nearest hospital to give birth... The invaders targeted Mansheng, wanting to kidnap their child for ransom..."

"The hospital in Neihai City wasn’t as well-defended as the top three in A City; after the invasion, a bunch of children born on the same day got mixed up! It was the hospital’s mismanagement; they didn’t even have wristbands for the children... Later, to get the children back to their parents, my daughter paid for parental testing for every child..."

Song Hui opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but was unsure if it was appropriate to interject now?

However, Tian Xiaoe couldn’t hold back, "Yes, that incident caused quite a stir in our area! I was also giving birth in the hospital that day!"

Song Hui wished he could slap Tian Xiaoe, "Is this your place to speak?"

The voice was loud; Tian Xiaoe was startled, and even Father Du’s hand trembled from the sudden shout, nearly spilling the tea in his cup.

Tian Xiaoe shrank her neck, "Why are you yelling at me, head of the household? Old Master Du has already mentioned this, so he must have clarified what happened back then!"

Right now, she was immersed in the joy of Xiaoyu inheriting a huge fortune from Song Qinglong and hastily said, "Old Master Du, you don’t know, I was in the hospital giving birth that day! Sadly, my son was weak by fate; after a long delay in the countryside, even being born in the hospital didn’t help, he was stillborn..."

Seeing that he couldn’t stop her, Song Hui simply gave up.

What Tian Xiaoe said was right, now that Father Du had already talked this much, it would be too deliberate for them to pretend to understand nothing.

"After I lost the child, I was devastated! At that time, a man came holding a little girl, saying his wife had an illegitimate child, he didn’t want to raise it, and asked us if we wanted to take her home?"

"I found the child very cute, clearly a child of destiny with me; after discussing with the head of the household, we decided to take the child home, thinking of it as accumulating virtue for our child! The man also gave us some money, asking us not to bring the child before him... I’ve seen it in TV dramas, what’s it called... severing ties?"

Song Hui frowned, "Enough, you’re talking more and more nonsense."

He looked towards Father Du, who was deep in thought, "My wife doesn’t think before she speaks, but the situation back then was indeed more or less as she described."

Father Du nodded, "Hmm, after our investigation, the situation is more or less as you said. As the internet rumors started, I remembered the incident from seven years ago and had a guess! Could it be... that Song Qinglong really knew that he would be caught in the future and had already sent his biological daughter away?!"

Tian Xiaoe was truly excited upon hearing this!

He acknowledged Xiaoyu?!

"So... Xiaoyu, is Xiaoyu your Du Family’s granddaughter?" Song Hui pretended to be shocked, his eyes wide, "You invited us here, is it to take Xiaoyu back home?"

Father Du lifted his lashes and looked at Song Hui calmly.

Then, under the gaze of both of them, he slowly shook his head.

"No, that’s not the case."