Stepdaughter of a wealthy family? The little darling of a Beijing tycoon

No matter how hard he tried, his second wife was unable to conceive. Despite trying every possible medical treatment, there was still no progress. She never had any children again, her family line ended, and she lived in endless regret and torment. This was the final outcome of his patriarchal views, cruelty, and lack of compassion.

The viewers in the live stream were filled with sorrow after hearing all this, but felt no sympathy whatsoever.

The law of cause and effect is infallible! You will ultimately have to pay for the sins you commit!

[It wasn't the streamers cursing anyone; they ruined their own fortune. Those who harm others ultimately harm themselves!]

Cherish life, eliminate the preference for sons over daughters—this is the best outcome!

Shen Jingshu looked at the screen full of comments, her expression calm and unwavering.

The cycle of karma and the retribution for good and evil are not mere mystical illusions, but rather the fact that everything has a cause and effect, and nothing is up to us.

After processing the previous divination, Shen Jingshu raised her eyes, her tone calm and composed, and addressed the viewers in the live stream: "Next, please welcome our third lucky viewer of the day—'Don't Eat Cilantro.' Is this viewer in the live stream?"

[Host, I'm here!]

A comment popped up immediately, followed by a video call request.

Shen Jingshu tapped to answer the call, and the screen split in two. On the other side of the screen was a clean and tidy male university dormitory.

The person who initiated the call was a young man with delicate features and slightly tired and sad eyes—a typical male college student.

Without saying a word, the boy solemnly paid for Shen Jingshu's fortune telling by first gifting her a sports car. Only after paying the fee did he look up, his voice hoarse yet full of anticipation, and ask, "Host, I would like to ask you to tell me where my mother is right now."

Viewers in the live stream immediately became puzzled, and a barrage of comments popped up.

[He looks like a college student, why would he suddenly ask about his mother's whereabouts?]

Has the aunt run away from home, or gone missing?

[How could a perfectly good family lose their mother? It's heartbreaking to see this little boy like him.]

Shen Jingshu looked at the boy in front of her, whose eyes were full of anxiety and loneliness, and spoke softly, quietly waiting for him to tell her the reason.

The boy spoke in a low voice, his eyes concealing a suppressed grievance and confusion, as he slowly recounted his past and innermost thoughts:

"Host, I was born in a remote mountain village, and I am the only person in our village to be admitted to university."

From as far back as I can remember, my father and grandmother have always told me that my mother disliked the family for being too poor, and not long after I was born, she heartlessly abandoned me and left home.

I've been unable to let go of this for so many years, and I'd like to ask you to help me find out where my mother is now.

I want to ask her in person why she was so heartless as to abandon me when I was just born.

I also wanted her to see that even without her by my side, I had grown up successfully, even got into university, and became the only college student in the village.

I just want to ask her, after all these years watching me live a fairly successful life, has she ever felt even a trace of regret?

After the boy finished speaking, his eyes were full of stubbornness and anticipation.

Shen Jingshu stared intently at his face and destiny chart. After a moment, her expression hardened slightly, and she calmly spoke:

"I cannot perform this divination for you. I will refund your payment as is; you should seek another one."

The boy froze instantly, his face filled with astonishment and confusion, and hurriedly asked:

"Why, streamer? I've been following you since your very first live stream, and I've never seen you refuse to do a fortune telling. Every single one of your readings is incredibly accurate, so why won't you help me?"

His heart tightened, and his voice trembled:

"Could it be... that my mother is no longer alive? Please tell me at least one reason."

As he spoke, his tone became increasingly stubborn, tinged with resentment:

"I've already paid for the divination; you can't just renege on it like this."

Viewers in the live stream were also surprised, and the chat was flooded with comments.

[That's strange. The streamer is always so accommodating, why did he refuse to do a divination this time?]

Is there some unspeakable secret hidden behind this?

[This young man is so persistent; you can tell he's had a knot in his heart that he can't let go of all these years.]

The anchor's refusal to calculate must stem from some unspeakable reason; perhaps the truth is too painful for him to bear telling.

[It's clear this young man is very persistent; he's determined to get to the bottom of things and find out the answer.]

The boy's eyes instantly reddened, his voice choked with emotion, and he pressed on relentlessly.

Seeing his deeply obsessive expression, Shen Jingshu finally couldn't help but speak, a hint of coldness flashing in her eyes.

"Do you really want me to spell everything out for you, to lay bare the truth for you? I'm asking you, you're desperate to find your mother, and once you find her, what do you want her to do?"

The boy, his neck stiff, spoke as if it were the most natural thing in the world: "I want her to come back, back to our home, back to our side! My father is seriously ill, and my grandparents are getting old. She is my father's wife, my mother. It is only right that she come back to take care of my father and support my grandparents. This is only natural!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Jingshu let out a cold sneer, her eyes sharp and her words piercing, showing no mercy whatsoever.

"It's only natural? Where do all these things come from?"

The so-called home you speak of is nothing but a cage that imprisons and torments her. What gives you the right to demand that she return? What gives you the right to use so-called kinship and morality to bind her to hell for the rest of her life?

"You!" The boy's face turned pale with anger, but he couldn't utter a rebuttal. "Answerer, you don't know anything at all! What gives you the right to slander my family like this!"

"I don't understand? You've been brainwashed since childhood, living in a web of lies fabricated by your family. You've never seen the truth, nor are you willing to admit it. What you consider natural and just are just shackles imposed on her!"

The boy's face turned pale instantly, his expression filled with disbelief, his eyes brimming with shock, grievance, and a hint of panic.

"Host, how could you say that to me? How could I be unworthy to be my mother's child? What is the reason?"

The viewers in the live stream were also stunned, with the screen filled with rapidly scrolling comments, all expressing their surprise and uncertainty.

That's a really harsh statement! Why did the streamer suddenly say the young man wasn't worthy of being his mother's child?

[The anchor's words seem to have a hidden meaning; could there be a secret hidden in the mountains?]

I suddenly remembered a saying: The golden phoenix that flies out of the mountains does so because a real phoenix fell in the deep mountains.

[This is terrifying to think about! I think I have a feeling it's coming true, but could it be what I'm thinking?]

Could it be that this young man's mother didn't abandon him because of the poverty in the mountains, but was instead trafficked to a remote mountain village?

The boy was stunned as he looked at the speculations on the screen. His eyes were filled with disbelief, panic, and helplessness.

He had heard fabricated stories from his elders since childhood and always believed that his mother had left him heartlessly because she was greedy for wealth. He never imagined that there was such a shocking secret hidden behind it.

Shen Jingshu watched his changing expressions quietly, her tone cold and devoid of any extra emotion. She let netizens speculate and discuss, allowing him to calm down and confront the cruel truth hidden deep in the mountains and deliberately buried.