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Wen Tingli felt a chill running from her feet straight to her heart.

[Another lie exposed - Miss Wen Tingli once said in an interview that her parents were small business owners and had been running a Western-style clothing store in Ping'anli. But according to insiders, Wen's mother was a top prostitute in the Hongfenhualou brothel in Nanjing, with a nickname of Arou. She was exposed for cheating money from both sides and had to flee to Shanghai to make a living. With a mother like this, it's no wonder Miss Wen... Let's guess, how many more lies are there in Miss Wen's mouth? ]

The entire article was a naked attack with extremely vicious wording. Next to it was an old photo of the mother, presumably taken when she had just been sold to the brothel. The mother in the photo was wearing an old-style short jacket and a long black skirt, and there was no conspicuous scar on her young face.

Wen Tingli clenched her teeth hard, but her body couldn't stop shaking like a sieve.

With a "swish" sound, she tore the newspaper into pieces without hesitation. After tearing it, her fingers were still shaking.

Chen Maoqing was so despicable that he even spared her mother.

If she lets Chen Maoqing go this time, she will be unworthy of being a human being!

She didn't notice that there was another statement below the article.

[Joint statement from the Board of Directors of Xiude Girls' High School: Ms. Wen Tingli performed well while studying at our school and has never had any bad behavior. ]

***
Joe Mansion.

Mrs. Qiao laughed sharply at the newspaper, and said to Meng Qiguang beside her, "Qiguang, you forced me to issue a school statement on behalf of Wen Tingli, but what's the use of that? Even Mrs. Wen's background has been dug out. I think Wen Tingli is doomed this time."

Meng Qiguang had no expression on his face: "Have you said enough?"

Mrs. Qiao quickly kept silent, but after a while, she spoke again with a beaming face: "This time it's not our Qiao family who framed her, it's her own fault. There's a saying: If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself. The so-called sister, after all, turned out to be a bastard she gave birth to. No wonder she was so good at dealing with Xingchu. At such a young age and with so much experience, Xingchu was no match for her."

She was talking excitedly when she was suddenly frightened by the coldness in Meng Qiguang's eyes. She was so scared that she dared not say anything more. The atmosphere in the living room was a little stiff and cold for a moment. Coincidentally, Qiao Xingchu came down from the second floor, and Mrs. Qiao immediately felt like she had seen a life-saving straw.

"Where's Liyun?"

Qiao Xingchu's expression was no better than Meng Qiguang's. She said in a hoarse voice, "She's still sleeping."

"Have you seen today's newspaper?" Mrs. Qiao suppressed her smile. "At first you only hated us for breaking up you and Wen Tingli. Now you should know what kind of person she is, right? Fortunately, we let her go early, otherwise you might have picked up a cheaper father."

Meng Qiguang looked at Qiao Xingchu with a bad expression.

His eyes were full of contempt and mockery for Qiao Xingchu's silence.

Qiao Xingchu looked a little embarrassed: "Mom, that's enough!"

"You think your mother's words are harsh? The newspapers say even harsher things." Mrs. Qiao said coldly, "Do you really want to help her out? How dare you! If Liyun finds out, your grandfather will break your legs."

But she finally shut up and left.

Qiao Xingchu sat down silently opposite Meng Qiguang.

It looked like it was going to rain outside, and the air was unusually sticky. In this depressing atmosphere, Qiao Xingchu couldn't help but loosen her collar and whispered, "I heard that she had been in contact with Lu Shicheng for a while. When she got into such a big trouble this time, didn't Lu Shicheng think of helping her? Rumors are scary. If she doesn't find a solution, her future... will be ruined."

Meng Qi had a gloomy face, thinking about something, and said nothing.

At this moment, Mrs. Qiao came back holding the vase and took over her son's words: "Who is Lu Shicheng? Who is the Lu family? How could they be deceived by such a woman? I guess Lu Shicheng can't get rid of her at this moment. I only have one thing to say: if Wen Tingli is innocent, she would have taken out the birth record of that little bastard in the hospital. She didn't dare to say anything for so long. Do you really believe that she is innocent?! You just wait and see. Lu Shicheng will definitely not help her this time. Who would believe the lies of a woman with such a complicated experience?"

***
Kuang Zhilin looked at the newspaper in his hand. For three whole days, Wen Tingli had not made a positive response.

Although he was extremely wary of Wen Tingli, one thing is one thing, and this rumor was too dirty and obscene for a little girl!

While he was secretly worried about her, he couldn't help but wonder, with Wen Tingli's outstanding personal abilities and her never-give-up character, why didn't she fight back for so long?

Is it possible——

Should I tell Master Cheng about this? No, Miss Wen has become Master Cheng's inner demon. If the two of them continue to be involved, Master Cheng will only fall deeper and deeper.

He finally resisted the urge to call Guangzhou.

But the next second, the phone rang. He picked it up and asked in surprise, "Master Cheng?!"

After listening to a few words, Kuang Zhilin sighed silently in his heart and said softly: "Master Cheng, don't worry. I know the situation is urgent. I will go to her right away. Yes, I will tell her that this is my own idea."

***
At this moment, Mrs. Zhou was chanting Buddhist scriptures at home.

"Amitabha! The Bodhisattva will surely bless Miss to get through this difficult time."

Suddenly, Wen Tingli came out of the room. She went to meet her worriedly and said, "Miss, please take me to find those lawyers. I raised Xiao Taozi by myself. If you don't believe me, my words cannot be used as evidence!"

"It's useless. They all know that you are a relative of our sisters."

"Are we just going to let them slander us?"

"You wish!" Wen Tingli sneered, "Don't worry, I've already thought of a solution. I'll go out for a while."

At this time, someone rang the doorbell outside. Wen Tingli went to open the door and was stunned: "Mr. Kuang!"

As soon as Kuang Zhilin entered the room, he said in a deep voice, "Miss Wen, the situation is urgent, so I won't beat around the bush. I need you to provide a photo of your mother and her household registration certificate. I will take care of the rest."

He added: "This is Kuang's own idea. Miss Wen and I are friends. When a friend is in trouble, Kuang cannot stand idly by."

Wen Tingli choked up in her throat and suddenly turned her face to the other side.

"Miss..." Mrs. Zhou was at a loss.

Wen Tingli felt a sour nose. He secretly helped her, but did not forget to say that it was Kuang Zhilin's idea.

After barely keeping calm for a few seconds, she turned back to face Kuang Zhilin.

"Mr. Kuang."

Kuang Zhilin seemed to be very understanding of Wen Tingli's loss of composure: "I know Miss Wen has been feeling very upset these days. It's hard for you to encounter such a big storm at such a young age. Don't worry, everything will pass. Don't worry, sit down and talk slowly."

Wen Tingli shook her head firmly at Kuang Zhilin: "No, I will handle this matter myself! Thank you Mr. Kuang for your help. I am going to go out to find a friend. If things go well, the sun will rise tomorrow morning. You go home first, and I will let you know the progress of the matter as soon as possible."

Kuang Zhilin was a little stunned at first, but gradually he was moved by the determination in Wen Tingli's eyes.

"Miss Wen has always known how to win by surprise. Even I admire her tenacity and intelligence!" Kuang Zhilin sighed with mixed feelings, "Kuang is also confused because of her concern. Okay, then I will go home first and wait to hear good news from Miss Wen tomorrow morning."

***
As soon as Wen Tingli entered the room, Li Chengying and Head Nurse Liu both came out to greet her.

Li Chengying handed Wen Tingli an old copy of the "Ci Xin Hospital Birth Record Book". "Everything has been done according to your method."

In the bottom column, a new row of records was added without leaving any trace:
(Name of the mother): Kuang Xiuzhen.
(Newborn's name): Little Peach.
(Gender of newborn): Female.
(Birth time): xx/xx/xx at xx:xx.

The attending doctor was Dr. Mao Yulin, director of the obstetrics department of Ci Xin Hospital, and the midwife in the delivery room was nurse Liu Anna.

Both persons had signed their names in the signature column, and the medical instructions for that day were also complete. In other words, this was a delivery record from the delivery room of Ci Xin Hospital "four years ago."

Li Chengying said: "Don't worry, they are all our own people."

Wen Tingli held the delivery record sheet against her chest, closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

Head Nurse Liu waved to Wen Tingli in the inner room: "Xiao Wen, come and answer the phone."

Wen Tingli suddenly had a strange premonition in her heart. She stared at Li Chengying in a daze, and Li Chengying nodded at her encouragingly.

Wen Tingli walked into the inner room like a wandering soul and took the microphone from Head Nurse Liu. A familiar voice came from the microphone: "Xiao Wen, long time no see."

Wen Tingli subconsciously covered her mouth, but tears had already fallen uncontrollably from her eyes.

She trembled as she spoke: "President Deng."

Deng Yi smiled kindly and said, "It's me."

Wen Tingli's nostrils flared, and when she opened her mouth, her words were blocked by tears and heat.

Head Nurse Liu patted her shoulder soothingly and left the room to Wen Tingli alone.

Wen Tingli managed to calm down and asked in a trembling voice, "Have you recovered from your injuries?"

"Very good. Recently I can walk a few hundred meters and my fingers are more flexible." Dean Deng's tone was very optimistic. "I believe I will be able to resume my normal work soon."

Wen Tingli listened with bated breath. It took almost a year for him to recover from his injuries before he could walk again. This shows how serious Dean Deng's condition was at the time.

"I want to thank you for taking the risk to help investigate my murderer last year. Cheng Ying also told me that you have done a lot of things for us in secret over the past year."

"This is what I should do!" Wen Tingli said incoherently, "I have been missing you so much. You don't know how happy I am to hear your voice tonight."

"To be honest, I'm very happy for you when I heard about your recent achievements. It's a pity that we can't watch your movies in northern Shaanxi for the time being."

"You'll get to see it sooner or later." Wen Tingli smiled with tears in her eyes, "I still remember what you said when you encouraged me to act in "Southern Beauty". I can't get to where I am today without your guidance. I will definitely visit you if I have the chance. This time, Cixin Hospital is willing to step forward to help because you spoke for me, right?"

"Yes, Mao Yulin is my student, and Liu Anna is also one of us. They already know the whole story and will stand up to testify for you."

Wen Tingli's eyes turned red again.

"When dealing with rumors like this, the truth is important, but attitude is the most critical. You don't have to worry about anything next, just stand up and fight. Listen carefully, the wind and rain will not defeat you, what will defeat you is your faith. As long as you have faith, you will grow rapidly in the storm." Dean Deng encouraged her softly.

Wen Tingli nodded desperately with tears in her eyes.

***
That night, instigated by a few "movie fans" with ulterior motives, a group of strangers suddenly ran to the Golden Film Company to cause trouble.

They threw a bunch of rotten eggs at the gate and put up a conspicuous banner outside the wall.

[We refuse to allow morally corrupt actors to appear on the screen and resolutely boycott the release of "Sophie Fletcher". ]

Even the Wanguo Cinema, which was preparing to premiere the film, suffered the consequences. The flower baskets at the entrance of the cinema were all pushed down and Wen Tingli's movie posters were all torn to pieces.

The news soon reached Chen Maoqing's ears.

He slowly ate the chestnut cream cake that Feida Pastry Shop had just delivered, and asked casually, "Did Liu Menglin come up with any more tricks?"

"What else can we do? These are all the ugly things Wen Tingli did, but they have been dug up now. Who would have thought that a 19-year-old female student would have a 3-and-a-half-year-old illegitimate daughter? This time we really have to thank the insider for selling us such good news. I guess Liu Menglin and Huang Yuanshan must be regretting it now. After so much selection, they finally chose such a thing."

"Tell Ah Cheng to incite more fans to cause trouble in the next two days. The bigger the commotion, the better it will be for us. It would be best if we could force 'The Fair Detective' to be withdrawn from the schedule, so that our 'Love in the Fog River' can smoothly take over Pei Ling's 'The Legend of Loyalty'."

"Yes."

Chen Maoqing carefully wiped the icing sugar from the corners of his mouth with a napkin, and chuckled happily, "You are still very green in society, this time I will let you taste the feeling of being trampled into the mud!"

Just as he was laughing, the office door was suddenly pushed open. "Oh no, Boss Chen! Please read the Morning Post!"

Chen Maoqing took the newspaper impatiently, and when he saw it, his forehead twitched and he quickly jumped up from the sofa.

At the same time, Huang Yuanshan and Liu Menglin were also reading newspapers in the office. Unlike Chen Maoqing, they both had happy expressions on their faces.

Early this morning, three morning newspapers simultaneously published a statement from Wen Tingli.

In response to a series of rumors and misinformation spread by tabloids such as Hujiang Tabloid, Wen Tingli has formally entrusted lawyer Liu Yaqiao to file a lawsuit.

The statement said: "Wen Xiaotao was indeed born to Wen's wife, Ms. Kuang Xiuzhen. This matter has been personally confirmed by Mao Yulin, director of the obstetrics department of Cixin Hospital, and Liu Anna, a midwife in the delivery room.

"Because Mao Yulin went to Nanjing on a business trip last week, Miss Wen was unable to contact him in time. Director Mao had already returned to Shanghai yesterday. Out of her natural conscience of respecting objective facts, she immediately decided to speak out.

"According to midwife Anna Liu's recollection: Mrs. Wen gave birth before arriving at the hospital that day, but the placenta cleaning and subsequent puerperal care were all completed in the delivery room of Cixin Hospital. The details of the entire medical process were all recorded in the delivery record sheet four years ago.

"They also said that if necessary, the staff of the maternity ward at Cixin Hospital could accompany Miss Wen to take the rumor mongers to court.

The article also said: "Ms. Wen's attitude was very clear from the beginning to the end. She said she would pursue the series of slanders against her in the newspapers to the end.

As for the experience of her mother, Ms. Kuang Xiuzhen, mentioned by another newspaper, Ms. Wen responded solemnly: her mother was indeed sold to a brothel in her early years because her family fell into poverty, but this was a tragedy caused by the oppression of women in the old times. After the New Culture Movement, society should have deep sympathy for women at the bottom of society. However, some people now use this tragic experience as a shameful excuse to attack her. Isn't this a serious regression of social civilization? !
Miss Wen also said: The so-called "Wen's mother fled to Shanghai for refuge because she was defrauded of money from both sides" is also a rumor fabricated by some people in order to belittle her character.

She will also pursue this situation to the end.

Yesterday evening, she submitted two lawsuits to the French Concession Public Court: one for herself and one for her mother.

"Good lawsuit!" Liu Menglin clapped his hands in approval. "Ci Xin Hospital is a well-known charity hospital. With these doctors coming forward to testify, it's Chen Maoqing's turn to panic now!"

Huang Yuanshan didn't respond, but just excitedly held the newspaper and muttered to himself: "What a great sentence, 'Some people use this tragic experience as a shameful excuse to attack me'. I thought that she hesitated whether to take on the role of Nan Qi, but now she can respond so calmly and powerfully in the face of the storm. I was right about her, she is growing up, she is always growing up!"

(End of this chapter)