How to capture the evil villain? I choose to be his mother!

Chapter 431 The Most Disliked Actress's Mother in the Entertainment Industry (43)
Ever since Hu Tong, relying on her marriage ties with the Xie family, successfully married into the wealthy Cheng family despite coming from an ordinary family, her life has been smooth sailing, and she has never experienced such a difficult moment!
When the staff member behind the payment window, with an awkward yet polite smile, suggested that her card had been frozen, Hu Tong seemed to see through the staff member's pretense and into her disdain and contempt!
"I...you...it must be a problem with your payment system! I've been to this hospital so many times! Even your hospital director has personally received me! Now, your broken system is causing me trouble! Let me tell you, don't come looking for me again until you fix it!"

After shouting those words with great force, Hu Tong returned to her son's hospital room with her head held high.

Throughout the journey, she felt as if countless people were watching her, constantly whispering among themselves—

'That's her, the rumored Mrs. Cheng. She's lived to a ripe old age and still has no savings.'

'I heard she and her cousin from the Xie family broke up. Tsk tsk tsk, how stupid!'

'You played a winning hand terribly!'

'...'

Hu Tong was furious and glared angrily at those people.

But all I received were strange looks.

Hu Tong then realized that all those whispers were just her hallucinations. These passersby were not talking about her behind her back at all, and they didn't even know who she was!

Hu Tong ran into Cheng You's ward, looking almost disheveled.
"Xiaoyou! Xiaoyou! I...I think I'm going crazy! I was hallucinating!"

Cheng You was looking at his phone and said "oh" without looking up.

This cold attitude brought tears to Hu Tong's eyes.
"Don't you care about me? I told you I was hallucinating!"

Cheng You slowly raised his head:
"If you're sick, go see a doctor. Why are you coming to me?"

Hu Tong couldn't believe what she was hearing.

A few seconds later, she pounced on Cheng You and hit him, ignoring the IV tube still on the back of his hand.

"I must be crazy to have given birth to a heartless child like you!"

Hu Tong cursed loudly.

Cheng You neither dodged nor evaded:

"I didn't ask you to give birth to me."

Hu Tong was deeply shocked and swayed as she collapsed to the ground, muttering to herself:

"You're bullying me... You two, father and son, are ganging up on me... I, the dignified Mrs. Cheng, can't even afford to use a credit card..."

Only after hearing this did Cheng You realize what had happened downstairs.

He scoffed dismissively:
"So who can you blame? It's all your own fault for being so stupid! All these years, as Mrs. Cheng, besides getting beauty treatments, drinking tea, and occasionally dealing with mistresses, what else have you done? Apart from dealing with those other women, you haven't had a shred of sense of crisis! What part of the Cheng family's house and car is in your name? Even your credit card is a supplementary card from my father, and you don't have a single penny in savings! Now you've ended up like this, who can you blame?"

This was the first time Hu Tong had heard her son say these things to her, and although they were very harsh, they also deeply moved her:

"Why didn't you remind me before..."

Cheng You said bluntly:

"Because I was stupid too! I actually thought that by relying on your connection, I could really inherit the Xie family..."

Cheng You seemed to remember something, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

Hu Tong was horrified.

"What...what's wrong with you?"

Cheng You revealed a sinister smile:

"Nothing much, I just figured it out."

He suddenly raised his hand to look at his watch and said something out of the blue.
"It's almost time."

Then he turned on the TV in the ward.

Hu Tong looked puzzled.

It wasn't until Cheng You pressed the remote control a few times that the screen finally stopped at what looked like some kind of program.

Hu Tong found it extremely strange and thought Cheng You had probably gone mad:
"What are you doing? Why are you suddenly watching TV?"

Cheng You remained silent, staring intently at the television screen in front of him. Soon, a familiar scene appeared on the screen.

Hu Tong, who was standing to the side, was both angry and confused, but she slowly opened her eyes wide.

That's clearly... the Xie family manor!
A voiceover soon began playing on the television screen—

[Welcome to the live broadcast of the pilot episode of "Mother and Daughter Together"! Today, we're featuring our third and final guest pair, Zhu Wen and Zhai Ling, mother and daughter! Let's give them a round of applause!]

The drone footage, taken from an aerial perspective, captured the entire Xie Family Manor.

A dense barrage of comments flashed across the TV screen:

[I thought it was an April Fool's joke. The production team is amazing; they actually invited this controversial mother and daughter to participate!]

[Hehehe, probably here to whitewash his image. These days, celebrities all love to do this!]

Who cares if she tries to whitewash it or not, I love watching it! So much love!

[By the way, where is this? A park?]

【Seriously? Doesn't the bottom right corner show the 'Zhu Wen Family' logo?】

[This is huge, and it's a house?! Are you kidding me!]

[Hiss, I think I know! This is clearly the legendary Xie Family Manor!]

[My goodness! Thank you to the production team—or rather, thank you to Sister Zhu Wen for broadening my horizons! The Xie Family Manor, so mysterious and coveted by countless wealthy people, has actually appeared so beautifully!]

……

Beyond television.

Cheng You, who was watching the live stream, had his eyes flashing wildly, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

Hu Tong finally figured out why Cheng You had suddenly started watching live broadcasts.

It turns out that this program was filmed by Zhu Wen and Zhai Ling, mother and daughter!

The filming location was actually at the Xie family's house!
"He's gone mad, Xie Ji has really gone mad. He wouldn't even allow me to use the Xie family manor for a banquet before, but now he's actually lending it to two outsiders to record a program..."

Perhaps because she had vented too much emotion in the past two days, Hu Tong could no longer do anything crazy except for a helpless bitter smile.

She simply couldn't understand how Xie Ji, who had always been aloof and cold-hearted, could become so crazy for an old woman.

Is this what they call an old house catching fire?

That's just too ridiculous!

She watched with almost jealous rage as the camera continuously panned across the territory encompassed by the Xie family manor.

The footage captured by the drone is almost breathtaking, a testament to the wealth accumulated by the Xie family over generations.

However, now these riches are actually being labeled with the name "Zhu Wen".

As the screen continued to move forward, Hu Tong explained the layout of the Xie family's residence.

It was as if they were watching helplessly as something that belonged to them slipped away.

She couldn't help but say to Cheng You beside her:

Are we just going to stand by and do nothing?

Cheng You said with unclear meaning:
"I have my own plans."

Just then, Cheng You's phone rang.

It displayed the name of his beloved girlfriend, Le Yu.

In the past, Cheng You would have answered the phone excitedly and chatted sweetly with his girlfriend for hours.

But now, he didn't move a finger, just stared coldly at the phone buzzing and vibrating for a long time before finally falling silent.