The reporters surrounded Dong Ru zhu and Shen Xinai, firing questions at them without any intention of letting them go. Shen Xinai clutched onto Dong Ru zhu's arm, looking at the reporters with fear and uncertainty. She had been living in fear for the past few days and was now struggling to deal with these aggressive people.
Dong Ru zhu defended Shen Xinai, "What do you want from us? Xinai has been wrongly accused, and the police have acted unjustly. I had no choice but to seek a presidential pardon."
"Wrongly accused? Maybe you should take a look at this video first, Mrs. Shen." The reporter was displeased with Dong Ru zhu's attitude and played a video on his phone.
"Don't come any closer, Shen Xinai. What did I do wrong? How can you treat me like this..."
"If you have the guts, jump off the building, Ye Lingling. Jump off..."
"Waaah... Shen Xinai, you're so cruel. You'll get what's coming to you."
"What's coming to me? Hahaha, my grandfather is President Liang. I'm the only heir of the Shen family. What could possibly happen to me?"
"Is having money enough to do whatever you want? I just didn't want to bully Qin Zhenzhen with you guys. And this is how you treat me? You're too much."
"Yes, having money means I can do whatever I want. Even if I killed someone, my grandfather's connections would keep me safe."
"Shen Xinai, there are laws in this world!"
"Laws? Hahaha, yes, there are. And when the time comes, the law will tell you that Qin Zhenzhen is the one who killed you. Hahaha."
"Shen Xinai, you'll get what's coming to you."
"Ye Ling'er, go die!"
The video ended, and the reporters turned to Dong Ru zhu and Shen Xinai, waiting for an explanation.
"Ah! She fell, she really fell," the voices cried out in Chinese.
"What should we do? It seems like Ye Ling really died," another voice said.
"Why panic? I told you it was Qin Zhenzhen who forced her," someone else said.
"Yes, it was Qin Zhenzhen who did it. We saw it with our own eyes," another voice confirmed.
The video ended there.
The reporter asked, "Madam Shen, the voice in the video is Shen Xinai's, isn't it?"
Dong Ru zhu was in a panic. This video had clearly been destroyed by the school, so how did it end up in the hands of the reporter? What was going on?
"Shen Xinai, the video clearly shows that you forced Ye Lingling to jump off the building, and you also said that you wanted to frame Qin Zhenzhen. Do you have anything to explain?" the reporter asked.
Shen Xinai, who was hiding behind Dong Ru zhu, looked uneasy as she denied, "It wasn't me, it wasn't me. I didn't... I didn't do it... Someone framed me, it was... it was Shen Xingkong, she framed me!"
As soon as she thought of Shen Xingkong, Shen Xinai became energized. She pushed Dong Ru zhu aside and stared at the reporter with wide eyes, "It was Shen Xingkong who framed me! I didn't do drugs, I didn't hide drugs, and I didn't force anyone to die. It was all Shen Xingkong's doing. She framed me!"
"Then why would I want to frame you?" a clear and powerful voice suddenly came from outside the crowd.
The reporter heard the voice and stepped aside, making way for the newcomer.
Xingkong walked up to Shen Xinai in front of everyone's gaze.
Her eyes were cold and proud, her expression calm as she enunciated each word clearly. "Tell me, why would I frame you?"
"I...you...of course it's because...because..." Shen Xinai opened her mouth, but found she couldn't say anything.
"Are you trying to say that I resent you for taking my identity? That I'm jealous of you because you're the real Shen family heiress, and that I'm jealous because I'm only the granddaughter of President Liang? That's why you're always trying to blame me for everything?" Xingkong's words reminded Shen Xinai of something, and she continued along the same lines.
Xingkong smiled without a sound, what an idiot.
"Are you also going to say that I'm jealous because even though we're both not biological children, Dong Ru zhu treats you better than her own child me?"
"Yes! That's right. You're always targeting me because you're jealous of me. Shen Xingkong, you're really going too far. Our Shen family didn't even kick you out, how can you repay us with such ingratitude?"
"I'm repaying ingratitude?"
"My mother, my biological mother never knew that you were switched at birth. She loved you so much when she was alive, but how did you treat her biological daughter? Isn't that ingratitude?"
"Xingkong, I know you have grievances in your heart. But it's not my fault. Although neither you nor Xinai are my biological children, Xinai is obedient, diligent, and well-behaved. But you? Because of the change in your identity, the gap in your heart is too big to accept reality, so you act impulsively, have a strange personality, and it's really hard for people to like you."
"But if I remember correctly, you've been playing the role of a good stepmother for many years. What? You're tolerant and magnanimous in front of outsiders, but you're complaining about my strange personality at home?" Xingkong's expression was full of sarcasm. "It's really hard for you to maintain your reputation for so many years."
"Shen Xingkong, I won't allow you to talk about my mother like that!" Shen Xinai scolded.
Xingkong gazed at Shen Xinai and said, "For so many years, no matter what you wanted, she gave it to you unconditionally. No matter what mistakes you made, she would clean up after you. Outsiders may think she treats you like her own daughter, but is that really the case?" Xingkong didn't finish her sentence, but it left people to wonder.
"It's blatant favoritism!"
"Yes, this is blatant favoritism."
"She raised her husband's daughter to be useless and supported her own daughter. Tsk tsk, Mrs. Shen is so cunning."
"I thought this kind of plot only appears in novels, but I didn't expect it to happen in real life too."
"If it's true, then it's too scary."
"It must be true. Shen Xinrou has always been regarded as a lucky star by the Shen family. I guess it's also Dong Ru Zhu's plan."
"Ah, I understand now. She favors her husband's daughter on one hand and makes her own daughter a lucky star that the Shen family regards as their own on the other hand. This plan is too scary."
The reporters discussed it one after another, looking at Dong Ru zhu with more and more disdainful eyes.
"You all shut up. My mom is not that kind of person. Don't listen to XingKong's nonsense. She's deliberately trying to sow discord."
Xingkong sneered, "You see, she's already brainwashed."
"Miss Shen, please be more clear-headed. The person behind you is not a good person."
"You're the one who's not a good person. She's my mom, and I won't allow you to speak ill of her!"