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Chapter 710: Since Then, I Have No Longer Had a Family (2)_1

Chapter 710: Chapter 710: Since Then, I Have No Longer Had a Family (2)_1

The final few words Qin Shujian uttered hung in the air like a deafening clap of thunder, instantly blasting open the atmosphere at her press conference.

Several reporters lost their self-control and began voicing out their thoughts without even properly considering them.

"Qin Shujian, could you please clarify your last statement?"

"Qin Shujian, are you implying Mr. Wei Lifen and Qin Aiguo are not your biological parents? If they aren’t, then why do they have your birth certificate and your household registration record...?"

"Qin Shujian..."

In response to the reporters’ relentless questioning, Qin Shujian pursed her lips. After pausing for a little while, she finally replied, "They gave life to me, but they aren’t my parents, and even less my family."

Qin Shujian’s words once again sent a massive shock throughout the conference hall. Despite the occasion being a press conference for Qin Shujian and not a forum for personal sentiments or opinions, many reporters couldn’t help but criticize her.

"Qin Shujian, do you not realize how shockingly disrespectful your words are? Without them, you wouldn’t even exist. How can you say shamelessly that they aren’t your parents and not your family?"

"Qin Shujian, do you know what the greatest thing in the world is? It’s the act of giving birth, especially for you, being born over twenty years ago when medical science was not as advanced as now. Women risking their lives, in every sense of the term, at the Ghost Gate, to bring children into the world. Don’t you feel ashamed saying such things?"

"Qin Shujian..."

Hearing the righteous arguments being thrown at her by the crowd, Qin Shujian forcefully pressed her lips together and said again what she had premeditated: "The most painful time in my life was when I was four and a half years old. That was wintertime. Even though temperatures in southern cities aren’t that low during winter, I almost froze to death that day... The reason I had such an experience was because I was abandoned by the people who gave birth to me."

"I wasn’t bright as a child, or rather, I was quite slow. Alone in a strange place, I couldn’t find my way home no matter how hard I tried... I was so cold and so hungry. Even though it was something that happened when I was very young, I still vividly remember the fear and helplessness I felt then... It was my grandmother who saved me, who carried me back to her home... Not a home actually, but a cave filled with rubbish..."

The once furious press crew gradually fell silent upon hearing these words.

Xia Chen’an, who stood outside the crowded mass of reporters, felt a lump form in his throat as he listened to Qin Shujian’s words. An indescribable sense of emotion clouded over him.

He never knew that behind her lifelong silence to defend herself lay such harsh injustices... Yet, she who had been treated so unfairly by the world, never once complained. During school, because of her perennially unkempt appearance, female classmates disliked and isolated her. Yet, she never once spilled her circumstances. In that naïve time of their lives, disdain and pity were both pure. If she had spoken out, the majority of the innocent children would have sympathized with her. Yet, she never used the world’s unfairness towards her to gain sympathy from others.

"Yes, she was not my biological grandmother, but a ragpicker. After that day, I started living with her. She was the one who brought me to Beijing, not them..."

As Qin Shujian continued speaking, she began to feel more at ease. However, just as she was gradually calming her heart and about to speak more, a reporter from the crowd suddenly shouted out: "Wei Lifen, who is also Qin Shujian’s biological mother, has committed suicide!"

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