However, when they saw the group of people walking in, the two of them were struck dumb, jumping up from their chairs with wide eyes and faces filled with extreme shock and disbelief!

The person in the lead was none other than Chen Jinhua, who possessed a powerful aura and a cold demeanor.

The person walking in calmly beside her was Zhang Yiyi, whom they thought had been completely trampled underfoot and left with nothing!
"It's...it's you?!"

Zhang Dawei's voice became sharp and distorted with extreme shock and a sense of foreboding. He stared intently at Zhang Yiyi, as if he were witnessing the most unbelievable sight.

"The buyer... is that you?!"

Zhang Yiyi—perhaps she should start getting used to the new way of addressing her now—met with a calm expression, even a hint of mockery, the almost fiery gazes of Zhang Dawei and his wife.

Ignoring Zhang Dawei's questions, she walked straight to the negotiating table, calmly picked up the factory transfer contract that had been prepared beforehand, and began to carefully review it.

"Zhang Yiyi! It's you! So it was you who set me up!"

Zhang Dawei finally realized what was happening. A huge surge of anger, as if he had been fooled and tricked, rushed to his head. His face turned red, and he pointed at Zhang Yiyi, trembling with rage.

"You planned this all along, didn't you? First, you forced me to buy back my shares at a high price, draining my cash reserves, then you colluded with the platform to block me, forcing me to sell my factory at a low price!"

"This was all a trap!"

He never imagined that his adopted daughter, who had once been so submissive and easily manipulated by him, would possess such deep cunning and ruthless methods!
Little did he know that the true mastermind was Chen Jinhua, who stood silently behind Zhang Yiyi, controlling everything.

Zhang Yiyi raised her eyes, her gaze cold and indifferent, as if looking at a clown.

“Mr. Zhang, the business world is like a battlefield, where only the victors are remembered and the vanquished are condemned. You were willing to push me into a fire pit and seize the inheritance left by my mother for your own benefit. Now you are reaping what you sowed. Why say such harsh things?”

She didn't give Zhang Dawei, who was furious and powerless, another glance. After confirming that the contract was correct, she picked up a pen and solemnly signed her name in the transferee column—Zhang Yiyi.

This name is about to complete its final mission.

This signing meant that Zhang Dawei had exhausted all of his company's working capital in order to raise the 150 million yuan needed to repurchase the shares.

The additional 80 million yuan loan, after being repaid, not only left him penniless but also left him with nearly 10 million yuan in debt to the bank! He truly fell from grace and into the mire, becoming heavily indebted!
After signing, Zhang Yiyi put down her pen, glanced at Zhang Dawei, whose face was ashen, and Jiang Qingfang, whose eyes were darting around and who was trying to appear calm, took a deep breath, and announced in a clear and firm voice to the public.

"From today onwards, I am no longer Zhang Yiyi."

She turned to Chen Jinhua, her eyes filled with warmth and affection, and her voice softened.

"I have the blood of the Chen family flowing in my veins. I have decided to change my surname to my mother's. From now on, my name is—Chen Yiyi!"

Chen Yiyi!
These three words signify the complete end of an old era and the beginning of a new one.

Tears of relief and excitement welled up in Chen Jinhua's eyes as she tightly grasped her daughter's hand.

However, this is merely the appetizer for tonight's "cleansing".

Chen Jinhua clapped his hands, and the door to the private room was opened again.

This time, two uniformed police officers entered, and between them was a woman who was dressed simply, had a pale face, was handcuffed, and was about fifty years old.

The moment Jiang Qingfang saw the woman, she was terrified, her pupils contracted sharply, her face drained of color, and she staggered backward uncontrollably, almost collapsing to the ground!

The woman looked up, her eyes filled with fear and trepidation as she glanced at Jiang Qingfang. Then, at the police's prompting, she pointed her out in a tearful voice.

"It was...it was her...Jiang Qingfang...Twenty years ago, at Renxin Hospital...she...she gave me five thousand yuan in cash...and asked me...asked me to switch...the healthy baby girl born to Ms. Chen Jinhua with her own stillborn baby who had died shortly after birth..."

Her words were like a thunderclap, silencing the entire private room!

Although she already knew the results from the paternity test, Chen Jinhua's body still trembled violently when she heard the doctor who participated in the baby swap identify her. She tightly gripped her daughter's hand, her eyes filled with lingering fear and anger!
Chen Yiyi also bit her lip. It turned out that her fate had been so viciously altered twenty years ago!

"You're talking nonsense! You're slandering me!"

Jiang Qingfang, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, retorted sharply, her voice fierce but her voice weak.

"You say I bribed you? Where's the evidence?! This happened twenty years ago, who can prove it? Just based on your words? Without evidence, you're slandering me! Officer, she's slandering me!"

She tried to grasp at the straw of "insufficient evidence" in a last-ditch effort.

The doctor who delivered the baby could only add, trembling, that there were two nurses helping out at the time, but they did not accept payment directly, and their whereabouts are now unknown.

The scene reached a deadlock for a while.

A hint of gleeful schadenfreude even reappeared on Jiang Qingfang's face.

Just then, Qin Luo, who had been standing silently in the corner like an observer, suddenly had a flicker in his eyes.

On the mysterious system interface in his mind, a special item called "Truth Card" quietly shattered, turning into tiny specks of light that instantly entered the body of the shouting Jiang Qingfang.

Jiang Qingfang, who was vehemently denying the allegations and was in a state of emotional agitation, suddenly stopped speaking!

Her body stiffened abruptly, her eyes momentarily unfocused and confused. Then, a strong, uncontrollable urge to confide erupted in her chest like a volcano!
Her expression shifted from ferocious and cunning to a blank stare, then her mouth opened uncontrollably, and she spoke in a tone that was completely different from before, somewhat dazed yet unusually clear.

"It was...it was me...I gave her five thousand yuan and asked her to switch the child...because my son died young...I can't accept it...I can't let the Zhang family's assets end up in the hands of a bastard who has no blood relation to me!"

That bastard Zhang Dawei still has his eye on his short-lived ex-wife, Xiao Lan! I must have a son! I must protect the Zhang family's assets!

This sudden confession stunned everyone! Even the two police officers immediately became more alert and watched Jiang Qingfang with even greater vigilance.

But, this is not over yet!

The power of the "Truth Card" was like opening Pandora's box for her, causing her to uncontrollably pour out her darkest and most terrifying secrets.

"It's not just about switching children...there's also...there's also Xiao Lan, Zhang Dawei's first wife from twenty years ago...she...she didn't die in an accidental car accident either..."

Her words were like another bombshell, causing everyone who was already shocked by the truth about the baby swap to gasp in shock once again! Even Zhang Dawei turned around abruptly, staring at Jiang Qingfang in disbelief!
Jiang Qingfang's eyes were vacant as she continued to mutter to herself, as if in a dream, yet each word was clear, like the whisper of a demon.

"It was me... I secretly hired someone to tamper with the brakes on her car... causing that accident that plunged off the cliff... If I can't have it, no one else can! Everything in the Zhang family can only belong to me and my son!"

"Whoosh—!" The two police officers reacted extremely quickly. The moment Jiang Qingfang revealed the truth about the murder, they immediately stepped forward from the left and right and firmly restrained her!
"Jiang Qingfang! You are suspected of intentional homicide and child abduction! You are now formally arrested! Everything you say will be used as evidence in court!"

One of the police officers quickly turned on his body camera and recorded Jiang Qingfang's shocking confession in its entirety.

A hint of surprise flashed in Qin Luo's eyes. He originally only wanted to use the "Truth Card" to expose the truth about the baby swap and let Jiang Qingfang receive the legal punishment she deserved. However, he did not expect that it would unexpectedly lead to a murder case that had been buried for twenty years!
How vicious this woman is!

The truth has come out, and the facts have been revealed!
After the "truth card" took effect, Jiang Qingfang seemed to sober up a bit and realized what she had just said. Her face turned ashen, her body went limp, and she could no longer utter any excuses. She was immediately handcuffed by the police and taken away from the private room.

Zhang Dawei, after suffering a series of blows including the seizure of his factory, the renaming of his adopted daughter, and the arrest and shocking murder of his wife, seemed to have lost his backbone, aging twenty years in an instant, with empty eyes and a lost soul.

What awaits him is not only an impending, enormous debt of tens of millions, but also the strange looks from those around him and the possible investigation and questioning regarding his ex-wife's death.

This once-glorious man has completely fallen apart.

Subsequent events unfolded according to the predetermined trajectory.

Jiang Qingfang confessed to her crimes of switching babies and murdering Xiao Lan, and she will face severe punishment under the law.

To escape his enormous debts, Zhang Dawei was forced to hide and live a miserable life, his former glory completely gone.

However, the kind-hearted Chen Yiyi ultimately remembered the twenty years of kindness she had received in raising her.

She secretly stepped in and repaid Zhang Dawei's nearly ten million yuan debt, thus completely severing this twisted "father-daughter" relationship.

From then on, the bridge was the bridge, and the road was the road; they had no further connection.

Qin Luo's side has also begun a new plan.

He officially reappointed Chen Jinhua, who had resolved her inner conflicts and found her biological daughter, to the position of general manager of Douyin again, and held a grand and solemn welcoming ceremony to stabilize morale within the group.

Meanwhile, Xia Minmin, another outstanding subordinate under him, was entrusted with an important task and sent to take over the position of general manager of Kuaishou Group to ensure that both platforms could operate steadily under his control.

After finding her beloved daughter, Chen Jinhua finally emerged from the immense grief of losing her son.

To make up for the twenty years of maternal love her daughter had missed, she asked Qin Luo for a long leave of absence and planned to take Chen Yiyi on a journey around China to help her relax, rediscover the world, and build a truly close mother-daughter relationship.

All the turmoil seems to have subsided, and everything is moving in a positive direction.

Qin Luo finally had some free time and more time to himself.

During this period, he spent almost every day with Xiaoyu.

The two seemed to have endless things to talk about, and they explored all the famous scenic spots in Yanjing, from the solemn Forbidden City to the winding Great Wall, from the beautiful Summer Palace to the lively Nanluoguxiang... They also tasted authentic Beijing snacks from all over the country and delicacies from all over the world.

Happy times always fly by, and before we knew it, it was already the end of November.

The chill in the north is gradually deepening, and the streets are becoming less crowded at night.

As night deepened, a chill crept in.

Qin Luo dropped Xiaoyu off at the villa complex where she lived. Inside the imposing wrought iron gate, the main house was brightly lit, indicating that Xiaoyu's parents were home.

Xiaoyu paused, a hint of nervousness and shyness flashing across her face.

She didn't dare to bring Qin Luo in rashly, fearing that her parents would question her, so she quietly tugged at Qin Luo's sleeve and whispered.

"Qin Luo, you...you come here for a moment."

As she spoke, she glanced around furtively, and although it was late at night and no one was paying attention, she still cautiously pulled Qin Luo to a dimly lit corner in the shadow of the wall on the side of the villa.

Seeing Xiaoyu's mysterious, underground-like demeanor, Qin Luo couldn't help but find it amusing yet also somewhat puzzled, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"What's wrong? Why are you being so secretive? Is there something you can't tell me tomorrow?"

Xiaoyu leaned against the cold, rough wall, looking up at Qin Luo's handsome face, which was still clearly defined in the night. Her heart pounded uncontrollably, as if a little deer was running wild inside.

She took a deep breath, mustered the greatest courage she had ever had, and said in a slightly trembling voice.

"Tomorrow...tomorrow you're going back to Mindu. I...I have to go to the hospital early tomorrow morning to help Yiyi...no, Chen Yiyi, to help her pack her things for discharge. I might...I might not be able to see you off..."

Her voice trailed off, filled with deep reluctance and a hint of barely perceptible loss.

Seeing her like this, Qin Luo understood, smiled gently, and reached out to ruffle her hair.

"Just for this? It's okay, it's not like I'm not coming back. I'll come over after I've finished dealing with things over there."

"Um…"

Xiaoyu nodded, her fingers nervously twisting the hem of her clothes, and finally revealed her long-held intention.

"So... before... you leave... I... I want to give you something..."

"Send me something?"

Qin Luo raised an eyebrow, finding it amusing to watch the little girl so nervous that she was almost moving her hands and feet in unison. So he deliberately teased her, making a joke.

"Is it another Hsu Fu Chi candy? I've told you so many times, eating too much candy is bad for your teeth and can cause cavities."

He said this jokingly, with a clear intention of rejection, wanting to see Xiaoyu's reaction.

Sure enough, Xiaoyu was both angry and anxious when she heard this. Her face turned red, she stomped her foot, and scolded him.

"You! You blockhead! Who...who said they were going to give you candy! You have no sense at all!"

She glared angrily at Qin Luo, her eyes seemingly red-rimmed, feeling that this guy completely misunderstood her feelings; her girlish heart was filled with both shame and annoyance. (End of Chapter)

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