Zhang Yuan could not allow anyone to brand Gu Ruochu as the Ning family's illegitimate daughter.
"Ruochu is my daughter with Ning Tang. I wanted to hide this matter because I did it to get back at him. I abandoned the children we conceived and picked you up instead. When I gave birth to Ruochu, I gave her to the Gu family..."
"No!"
Ning Zongxuan's face turned red. He turned to Ning Tang and asked, "Father, she is lying to us, isn't she? I heard the housekeeper say that Gu Ruochu was mother's illegitimate daughter! Mother is lying!"
Ning Tang could no longer hear what they were saying. All he could think about was Zhang Yuan's confession.
His wife had hated him so much that she had abandoned her biological children.
The siblings finally panicked. A strong sense of fear surged from the bottom of Ning Zongxuan's heart. He felt anxious and uneasy.
Ning Tangxi began to cry, and she scrambled to stand in front of Zhang Yuan. "Mother, I was wrong. Please tell father that you were only angry. It wasn't like that, was it? Mother, I beg you..."
"Don't call me mother anymore. I'm not your biological mother! I'm not worthy of being your mother."
Zhang Yuan's face gradually turned cold. She was also not worthy of being Gu Ruochu's mother. She had mistreated Gu Ruochu for so long, only for her to discover that she was her real daughter.
"Mom!"
When she saw Zhang Yuan get up and leave, Ning Tangxi stumbled after her as if she had gone crazy, and in her pursuit, she knocked Ning Zongxuan to the ground.
"I'm the Ning family's legitimate daughter! I'm the Ning family's legitimate daughter..." Zhang Yuan turned and shot a nasty look towards Ning Tangxi before going upstairs. Ning Tangxi's vision went dark.
Even Ning Zongxuan seemed to have lost his mind. The news had come as a huge shock, and he was still in disbelief.
Ning Zongxuan had looked down on Gu Ruochu for having an average background. However, it turned out that he was the one with a substandard background.
Now that the tables had turned, Ning Zongxuan and Ning Tangxi did not know what to do. When the butler walked in, they looked at him as if he was their last line of defense.
"Butler! Didn't you hear my mother say that Gu Ruochu was her illegitimate daughter? Tell me!" Ning Zongxuan shouted at the butler in despair.
The butler walked towards him uneasily. While eavesdropping on Zhang Yuan's conversation, he had only heard the part about Gu Ruochu and Gu Bo. Naturally, he had thought that Gu Ruochu was Zhang Yuan and Gu Bo's illegitimate daughter.
The butler was now unsure about what he had heard.
"Eldest Young Master, I only eavesdropped a little..."
"You bastard!"
Ning Zongxuan felt embarrassed and humiliated.
He was no longer the eldest son of the Ning family, but an orphan with an unknown background.
Ning Zongxuan and Ning Tangxi were imposters. They were the illegitimate children in the Ning family!
Even the butler looked at them differently.
Ning Zongxuan could not get over the fact that he was an orphan. His brain felt like it was about to explode.
Ning Tang stood up in a daze and followed Zhang Yuan upstairs. He no longer cared about Ning Tangxi and Ning Zongxuan. He only wanted to find out if his wife had really thrown away his children.
Just as everyone tried to digest what had happened, they heard a loud noise from Ning Tang and Zhang Yuan's bedroom upstairs. The butler was terrified.
"Quick! Call Miss Ruochu!"
One of the maids scrambled towards the phone in a panic and dialed the Huo family's phone number.