After slapping Ning Zongxuan, Zhang Yuan lost her balance and fell into Ning Tang's arms.
"Zhang Yuan!"
The atmosphere fell silent. Shock, curiosity, and disbelief were brewing in everyone's eyes.
Ning Zongxuan looked mockingly at his mother.
"Are you hitting me because of your illegitimate daughter?"
Ning Zongxuan felt that Zhang Yuan and Gu Ruochu had succeeded in fooling Ning Tang.
"I..." Zhang Yuan could not believe her actions. She had never laid a hand on her children. However, Ning Zongxuan's accusations had made her furious. "Ruochu is not an illegitimate daughter. She's my daughter, who I had with your father."
Zhang Yuan could stand the thought of someone calling Gu Ruochu her illegitimate daughter.
Gu Ruochu was frustrated when she heard Ning Zongxuan's allegations.
She did not want anything from the Ning family.
Ning Tangxi scoffed at her mother's denial.
The housekeeper had overheard Zhang Yuan's conversation with Huo Nanchen. Why was her mother still putting on an act?
Ning Tangxi was stunned after seeing her parents slap her brother. She was glad that she was a few meters away from them.
Ning Tangxi sneered and looked at the members of the Ning family's board of directors, who were seated quietly at the dining table. She paid special attention to the change in Gu Zexi's expression.
"You're all members of the Ning family. You wouldn't want the Ning family's property to fall into the hands of an outsider, would you? My father is very confused. Are you going to be like him? Will you hand over the Ning family's assets to an illegitimate daughter?"
"That's enough! Shut up!"
Huo Zhenggang interrupted Ning Tangxi. "Don't discuss the Ning family's affairs in the Huo residence. We've had enough food. You can go out now."
Huo Zhenggang ordered them to leave. Gu Ruochu and Huo Nanchen remained calm. Gu Zexi had also taken in the scene with an indifferent look on his face.
"Mrs. Ning, if you're not prepared, don't acknowledge your daughter." Mrs. Huo's eyes looked sharply at the Ning family members. "Those who don't know would think that Ruochu is going to throw herself at you. Ning Tangxi has already made up a malicious story about Gu Ruochu. How disgusting."
Gu Ruochu had not even accepted her parents, and the two siblings were already fighting over the family fortune. Mrs. Huo was appalled by Ning Zongxuan and Ning Tangxi.
Ning Tang and Zhang Yuan were both embarrassed by the two siblings.
"I'll take care of it." Zhang Yuan had a cold expression on her face. She looked at Ning Tang and said slowly, "Let's go home first."
Zhang Yuan knew that she had no other option. She had to tell her husband the truth about their children.
The meeting at the Huo residence ended abruptly.
Ning Zongxuan grabbed his coat headed for the door. Zhang Yuan knew that her son would disappear for a few days, so she ordered her bodyguards to get hold of Ning Zongxuan and take him home.
Along the way, Zhang Yuan tried to come up with a way to reveal her secret to Ning Tang.
"Let go of me!"
When they arrived at the Ning residence, Ning Zongxuan broke free from the bodyguard's grasp. Ning Tangxi followed him into the living room and sat on the sofa with a triumphant smile on her lips.
"Hehe! Mom, your precious daughter still hates you. Since you didn't think about me and my brother, we had to protect our self-interests."