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

"Over the years, have you really known what kind of work your mother has done?"

When asked about this, Li Yang's eyes darted around and he looked uneasy. He had already been secretly speculating about it, but he deliberately avoided the question and was unwilling to confront the truth.

"You actually had a premonition that your mother wasn't doing legitimate business, but you just didn't want to admit it."

"Don't say anymore..." The boy's face instantly darkened. This matter was always a painful scar in his heart, a matter of his pride and self-esteem. He had always comforted himself, believing that his mother had taken this path entirely to support him and to sustain their lives.

Shen Jingshu saw through his thoughts, her tone calm yet her words sharp, shattering his self-deception.

"You always thought she was doing it for you, but that's not the case. She was doing it more to satisfy her own selfish desires and pleasures."

"When your parents divorced, your mother had an affair. At the time of the divorce, your father, out of consideration for your young age and with a heavy heart, gave her the majority of the family property, leaving her with almost nothing. Her insistence on fighting for your custody was not entirely out of maternal love."

Li Yang stood there, stunned, the words his mother had spoken over the years still echoing in his mind. His mother always complained about how hard life was and how she had suffered so much for him, and he had always believed her. But now, the cruel truth was being revealed layer by layer, and his past beliefs collapsed.

"Her insistence on keeping you by her side has nothing to do with maternal affection. She knows that by holding onto you as a child, she can demand a large sum of money in the divorce, and your father has been sending child support every month for many years without interruption."

"Over the years, your father has wanted to see you, but your mother has always stopped him. She has repeatedly threatened that if she finds out that father and son are meeting in secret, she will take you far away and make sure your father never finds you again. Your father dares not gamble, so he can only suppress his longing and secretly watch your figure from afar, never able to see you openly."

These words were like a thunderclap, shattering Li Yang's long-held beliefs.

From childhood to adulthood, his mother would always cry in his ear, lying that his father had fallen in love with someone else and cruelly abandoned them.

When they divorced, his father willingly gave up most of the family property, which his mother described as an act of atonement out of guilt. Over the years, his father has never visited, and Li Yang has long held the deeply ingrained belief that his father has started a new family and has completely forgotten about him.

He had been living in a web of lies woven by his mother, and now that the truth had been exposed one by one, the boy felt his mind was in complete chaos and he was unable to accept it for a while.

But more terrifying than the upheaval of his past understanding was the fear for his life. He clenched his fists, his voice trembling uncontrollably: "Master, please tell me, what will happen tomorrow?"

Shen Jingshu's expression was solemn as she slowly recounted the impending calamity:

"Five days later, the school's electrical circuit malfunctioned, causing a sudden power outage in the evening. Evening self-study was forced to be canceled, and you will be dismissed from school early and go home."

"When you push open the door and enter the house, you will find your mother having an affair with a man. You will recognize this man, and he already has a family."

"You witnessed this scene firsthand and learned that your mother, knowing the other party was married, still insisted on pursuing him and destroying his family. Shocked and angry, you and your mother had a fierce argument. In your emotional outburst, you threatened to expose this shameful affair to the public and let everyone see what the two of them had done."

"That man was a son-in-law who had married into his wife's family, and his livelihood depended entirely on his wife and father-in-law's family. He was most afraid that his family would find out about this matter, because once the scandal was exposed, everything he had would be gone. After hearing your harsh words, he was completely determined to kill you, and in a moment of desperation, he brutally attacked you."

"And your mother, she watched coldly throughout, tacitly approving the other party's actions. Moreover, when the man asked her for help, she even joined in. That's why I said she's also one of the murderers."

After hearing the whole story, the viewers in the live stream were completely stunned, and the screen was filled with sighs of shock. No one could have imagined that the boy's death stemmed from his own mother's shameful private affairs.

Li Yang sat there, stunned, his face ashen, overwhelmed by a tremendous shock and despair.

Li Yang's body trembled slightly. Even though Shen Jingshu told him the whole story of the ending she had deduced from his face, he was still filled with disbelief.

He could never accept that his mother, who had raised him for seventeen years, would stand by and watch her son be murdered for the sake of outsiders, and even help the murderer.

"I...I still can't believe it." Li Yang's voice was choked with sobs, his tone full of struggle.

"Believe it or not, what happens in five days will provide the answer," Shen Jingshu said calmly. "But since you know about the crisis in advance, you must be extra careful. The other party is an adult male, plus your mother. You, a seventeen-year-old boy, are simply powerless to resist."

"I understand, host." Li Yang was in a state of confusion, and after a hasty farewell, he ended the call.

The live stream chat instantly erupted in chaos, with netizens discussing it endlessly. Longtime fans, who knew Shen Jingshu's predictions were never wrong, believed her without a doubt; while new viewers who had just entered the live stream were filled with astonishment, finding it hard to accept the absurd notion that a biological mother would condone others harming her son.

Many longtime fans posted comments asking for confirmation: "Streamer, if Li Yang hadn't come to have his fortune told today, would he really have met such a tragic end?"

"That's right. The moment the video call connected, I saw that his forehead was dark, which is an ominous sign that he was about to be killed. The disaster was already unavoidable."

Everyone sighed with regret after hearing the story, feeling sorry for the boy's difficult situation.

"Today's three divinations are over. See you tomorrow." Shen Jingshu said a brief goodbye and then ended the live stream.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door. Shen Jingshu got up and opened the door, only to see Li Hanting standing outside.

"Brother, you're here because of Li Yang, right?"

Li Hanting nodded, his expression serious: "I have heard about the deduction just now. Now that we know about this potential murder, we must not sit idly by and watch a young life perish."

"I can calculate Li Yang's exact address," Shen Jingshu said. "You can lie in wait around his residence beforehand, and then intervene to rescue him when the conflict breaks out. There's no need to alert the other side too early."

"Okay, we'll proceed as you've arranged." Li Hanting agreed, already prepared to prevent the tragedy from happening.

The atmosphere at the Li family restaurant was relaxed in the early morning, with the family sitting around the table enjoying breakfast.

After the meal, Li Beichen looked at Shen Jingshu beside him with an exceptionally warm expression: "Jingshu, after breakfast, your second brother will take you to school."

Seeing his attentive manner, Shen Jingshu did not refuse. Having someone pick her up and drop her off saved her the trouble of traveling, so she was naturally happy to have that.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Second Brother."

Upon hearing this, Li Beichen's smile deepened, and he immediately extended an invitation: "By the way, I have a gathering tonight and I'm planning to introduce you to my group of friends. Are you free tonight?"

"OK."

"I'll pick you up from school tonight."

Shen Jingshu quickly dissuaded him, "There's no need to make a special trip. Just have Secretary Zhou come and pick me up."

"It's alright." Li Beichen waved his hand, his tone somewhat insistent. "It doesn't matter if company affairs are put aside for now. Being able to personally pick up and drop off my sister is a happy thing for me, so you can't refuse."

Seeing his resolute attitude, Shen Jingshu said no more, feeling somewhat helpless, and had no choice but to agree.

Li Hanting, who was standing to the side, took in the whole scene. Seeing his younger brother's deliberate attempt to get close to him, a faint smile flashed in his eyes, but he did not say anything to disturb the two of them.