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

Jiang Miaomiao seemed to have heard devastating news. She suddenly jumped up from the sofa, and the schadenfreude in her eyes turned into obsessive anger.

Unable to accept the complete collapse of her glamorous life, and unwilling to pay the slightest price for the sins of years past, she gritted her teeth and retorted sharply, "Shen Jingshu, if you won't help me, I'll find another expert! There are countless sorcerers in the world, and I refuse to believe that you are the only one in this vast world who can resolve this matter!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she dared not linger any longer. She turned around in a disheveled state and hurriedly rushed out of the Xu family villa in her high heels, her mind set on finding other masters to suppress the wronged spirits and escape retribution.

After Jiang Miaomiao's figure completely disappeared outside the courtyard, Xu Zhixia, Song Ran, and Lin Miaomiao slowly walked downstairs.

The three of them had vaguely heard the argument downstairs from upstairs and were filled with questions. They quickly asked, "Jing Shu, Jiang Miaomiao came to see you specifically just now. What happened?"

Shen Jingshu did not hide anything and told her three friends in detail about the old stories of Xiao Yi being bullied and driven to death, as well as Jiang Miaomiao abusing her power, the Jiang family covering up the truth and destroying evidence, and protecting criminals.

After hearing the cruel and absurd truth, the three girls were instantly filled with indignation, and a chill ran through their hearts.

"I really can't believe it! Jiang Miaomiao looks so gentle, well-mannered, and has such a refined upbringing, yet she's so vicious and ruthless!"

"They were all high school students then, still minors. How could she do something so vicious, driving her own classmate to suicide!"

"Relying on their family's power and influence, they disregarded human life, committed heinous crimes, and have remained at large for so many years—it's simply outrageous!"

After her initial indignation subsided, Xu Zhixia looked at Shen Jingshu with a serious expression: "So what do you plan to do now? So many years have passed, the Jiang family must have destroyed all the evidence back then, it will be too difficult to overturn the case."

Shen Jingshu remained calm and composed, having already made thorough preparations. She slowly explained, "The ordinary evidence has indeed been completely erased by the Jiang family. After many years, there are no witnesses or physical evidence left. It would be extremely difficult for an ordinary person to overturn the case."

"But Xiaoyi is different."

"For the past few years, she has stayed by Jiang Miaomiao's side day and night, accompanying her on her studies abroad and mingling in the business world. She has witnessed and learned about countless dirty secrets and power-money transactions carried out by the Jiang family, as well as all the truths about how the Jiang family covered up the murder case by bribing people and silencing her."

"I will help Xiaoyi organize all the clues and the truth, and submit them all to the judicial authorities to reopen the old case."

With a firm gaze and clear logic, she continued, "Once the old case is reopened, all those who were bribed and protected by the Jiang family back then will be thoroughly investigated. Once the chain is broken, all the covered-up crimes will be exposed through layers of investigation, and convicting Jiang Miaomiao will no longer be difficult."

The three of them immediately understood and nodded in agreement, their faces full of support.

"That's right! Good and evil will be rewarded in the end. She's been living freely for so many years, it's time for her to pay her debt!"

"Jing Shu, is there anything we can do to help you? We're always ready to assist, no matter how difficult it is!"

Looking at her three friends who genuinely defended her, Shen Jingshu's eyes softened with a gentle warmth. She shook her head and said, "You don't need to get involved. Just wait patiently for the news to break and for the truth to come out."

The old residential building was dimly lit.

Years have passed, and the furnishings here remain unchanged, only more old and desolate than I remember.

In the master bedroom, the middle-aged couple, their temples graying, slept soundly, their brows etched with weariness and the vicissitudes of life. In just a few short years, they had aged more than ten years, their eyes forever filled with lingering longing and sorrow.

In my dream, the perpetually gloomy scene suddenly brightened up.

A familiar figure in white slowly walked over.

Yi's mother jolted awake, her eyelashes fluttering violently. She instantly opened her eyes, and looking at her graceful, youthful daughter before her, tears welled up in her eyes: "Xiao Yi... my daughter is back..."

The father stood stiffly, staring blankly at his daughter whom he had been longing for day and night, his eyes red and choked with sobs.

In recent years, they have blamed themselves day and night, feeling remorseful and always thinking that they were incompetent and that their daughter had died unjustly.

Looking at her parents' aged and haggard appearance, Xiao Yi's pent-up grievances and longing of the past few years finally erupted. Tears fell like shimmering light, and she whispered, choking back sobs, "Dad, Mom, I'm back."

She could finally look at them properly and hug them tightly.

She did not recount her loneliness and desolation after death, nor did she denounce the resentment that had haunted her for years, nor did she reveal the truth about her tragic death.

She just smiled gently, just like on countless nights before when she returned home, chatting and rambling with her parents.

"Mom and Dad, please don't be sad anymore, and please don't blame yourselves. I'm not suffering. I'm doing well over there, I'm safe and secure, and I'm free."

"You should eat well and live well. Stop worrying about me day and night. Take good care of yourselves and live the rest of your lives well for yourselves."

"I am very happy to be your daughter in this life."

Our fate together in this life has come to an end; farewell.

"In the next life, I still want to be your daughter."

The gentle farewell lingered in her dreams, healing her parents' years of pain and finally putting an end to her last remaining attachment in this life.

After a night of dreaming farewell, Xiao Yi finally put an end to the last lingering attachment in her life.

After gently bidding farewell to her parents and resolving her long-standing inner conflict, her spirit lightened, and she immediately returned to Shen Jingshu's side.

Having let go of her obsession, the resentment that had churned within her for years had softened considerably, and she was no longer the bitter and resentful woman she once was. She told Shen Jingshu everything she had learned over the years by following Jiang Miaomiao closely—all the secrets of the Jiang family, the shady deals, the cover-ups, and the truth behind the murder case from back then.

These are the dirty secrets that the Jiang family thought they had buried forever and that no one knew about, but they are also the only ironclad evidence that can completely bring down the Jiang family and condemn Jiang Miaomiao's crimes.

After learning the whole story, Shen Jingshu asked Luo Yurou to take Xiaoyi and sneak into the Jiang family's old house under the cover of night.

With Xiao Yi's precise guidance, they successfully entered the Jiang family's most secret main study and found all the hidden documents, transfer records, confidential transaction records, and evidence of power and money transactions that Jiang's father had locked in a top-secret secret compartment to protect himself.

All evidence was photographed and archived one by one, and all was organized.

Once everything was done, she left no trace, anonymously packaging all the materials and evidence and sending them to various relevant departments such as public security, taxation, and discipline inspection, waiting for justice to prevail and the long arm of the law to catch up with her.

The next day, at dawn.

Jiang Miaomiao was restless and uneasy all night, staying at home in fear that Xiao Yi's ghost would reappear.

But instead of being haunted by vengeful ghosts, she received devastating news that would bring down the entire Jiang family.

In the early hours of the morning, online public opinion suddenly exploded.

The Jiang Group's tax evasion, huge illicit revenue, and collusion between officials and businessmen were the first to be fully exposed, and the topic instantly dominated the trending searches across the entire internet.

Following closely behind, a long-dormant campus murder case was unearthed again—Jiang Miaomiao, the only daughter of the Jiang family, had been a long-term bully and malicious bully of her classmates during high school. Due to personal jealousy and paranoia, she kidnapped and humiliated her classmate Xiaoyi, driving her to the brink of despair, ultimately causing Xiaoyi to die tragically by jumping off a building in resentment.

Most fatally, a high-resolution private video suddenly circulated across the entire internet.

The video footage was dark and showed the entire process of a group of thugs wantonly bullying Xiao Yi, Jiang Miaomiao leading people, and maliciously recording and threatening her inside the abandoned factory.