Li Wangshu’s voice was calm and cold, yet every person present heard her clearly.
Everyone fell silent, obviously waiting eagerly for the next piece of gossip.
“No, no, that’s not true. Moon is my biological daughter!”
Xu Jingya finally spoke in panic.
“Madam Ji, even if they were fraternal twins, the difference between them is too big. Not only do they look nothing alike, but Second Miss Ji is even half a head taller than First Miss Ji.”
“Exactly. First Miss Ji doesn’t even look as fair as Second Miss Ji.”
“Looking carefully, Second Miss Ji actually looks more like the Ji family.”
…
Ji Mo’s body swayed.
Only now did she truly realize that she might have gone too far.
She stepped forward and grabbed Li Wangshu’s hand.
“Don’t listen to them! My sister is really my parents’ biological daughter.”
“Little sister, don’t be afraid. I’ll explain everything to them.”
At this moment, Ji Mo looked like a brave older sister protecting her younger sister. Her determined appearance was quite convincing.
But Li Wangshu completely ignored her performance.
She pulled her hand back and looked directly at Xu Jingya.
“Mrs. Xu, please explain clearly to everyone. Who exactly am I? And how did my leg become disabled?”
“Oh, and please don’t use that twin explanation anymore.”
“Today is your mother’s birthday. Do you really have to cause trouble today?”
Ji Huaiyang finally shouted.
The moment he said it, he regretted it. He knew Li Wangshu was innocent in this entire mess.
“Cause trouble?”
Li Wangshu looked at him.
“Since I entered this room, I haven’t said more than a few words.”
Even someone as crazy as He Yu didn’t scare her, let alone Ji Huaiyang.
“If someone wanted to create trouble, provoke me, anger me, and intensify this conflict, wasn’t it you people?”
“You knew I hated this human trafficker’s daughter, yet you insisted on saying we were fraternal twins. You chose to announce it at Mrs. Xu’s birthday banquet. Wasn’t your plan to rely on the fact that I wouldn’t want to make a scene here, use morality to pressure me, and officially establish this fake daughter’s identity so that I wouldn’t bring up her past again?”
“Isn’t that disgusting?”
Human trafficker.
Fake daughter.
The amount of information was too much. The guests felt like they had eaten too much gossip and needed time to digest it.
Ji Mo truly couldn’t stand anymore.
Her legs weakened, and she collapsed into Jiang Fengmian’s arms.
“What nonsense are you talking about?!”
Wu Lu immediately jumped out again.
“How can someone be so vicious? Are you only jealous because Mo has new clothes and you don’t? Spreading rumors is against the law!”
“Exactly! Our Mo is the legitimate daughter of the Ji family. But you… have you even done a paternity test? Maybe you’re the one trying to deceive everyone!”
Zhang Dan was also extremely supportive.
“Stop… stop talking!”
For the first time, Ji Mo felt that having someone charge ahead to defend her was not necessarily a good thing.
Jiang Fengmian already knew the truth, but seeing Ji Mo looking so fragile, he couldn’t bring himself to correct them.
Li Wangshu’s eyes never left the Ji family.
“Everyone, Moon really is my biological child.”
Ji Huaiyang finally spoke. Although he was angry at Ji Mo’s friends, after so many years of affection between him and Ji Mo, he truly didn’t want to push her into a hopeless situation.
“Then what about Ji Mo?”
Someone asked.
“What does it mean that she is the daughter of a human trafficker?”
Under Li Wangshu’s gaze, Ji Huaiyang forced himself to answer.
“The child was just talking nonsense. It isn’t true. Mo Mo is naturally also our daughter.”
Li Wangshu felt disgusted.
She looked at Ji Lian standing nearby.
The girl had just experienced another emotional trigger and now looked completely stunned.
She had probably been hurt again.
Wanting to receive love from family was actually so difficult.
Li Wangshu lowered her head and reflected on her own actions during this time.
Perhaps she had been too careless.
Even though she hated this family, she should have approached the mission with a more serious attitude.
Her silence appeared like sadness in the eyes of the Ji family.
Xu Jingya walked forward and held Li Wangshu’s hand.
“Moon, don’t be sad. The person Mom loves the most is you. Everything you suffered before, we will make up for it.”
“Make up for it?”
Someone nearby couldn’t resist adding fuel to the fire.
“Giving the eldest daughter the newest limited-edition haute couture, while giving the second daughter a two-year-old outdated dress?”
“Madam Ji, who exactly are you making up for?”
Xu Jingya’s face turned pale.
She looked at the dress Li Wangshu was wearing and even blamed Song Xuyu.
“Moon only came back a few days ago. We didn’t have time to prepare dresses and jewelry. Xuyu, you took Moon to choose this. Why did you let her wear an old style?”
Song Xuyu suddenly became the target.
She had grown up as a pampered young lady and had never suffered this kind of accusation.
She immediately fought back.
“How was I supposed to know that Aunt Xu cared so much about Ji Mo and bought her the newest haute couture?”
“I never neglected Moon. Even the clothes I wear myself are old styles.”
“Moon, if you like my dress, I can exchange with you.”
After hearing Ji Huaiyang admit that she was his “biological daughter,” Ji Mo regained her confidence.
“Don’t let everyone become unhappy because of a dress, okay? There are outsiders here.”
Li Wangshu: “…”
She looked at Ji Mo.
“Your latest dress and jewelry are indeed beautiful.”
“But there’s no need to show them off in front of me.”
“Because as long as you don’t keep emphasizing their price, status, and superiority, I wouldn’t even be able to tell the difference.”
She honestly admitted her lack of knowledge.
“I don’t understand haute couture or limited editions. I don’t even recognize many brands, and I can’t tell their value.”
“To me, they are simply different styles of clothing.”
“The dress I’m wearing was chosen by me. It is already the best dress I have ever worn in my entire life.”
“Xuyu Jie, I really like this dress. I think it looks very good on me.”
Song Xuyu understood that Li Wangshu was defending her and was deeply touched.
“Clothes exist to decorate people. They were never meant to become chains.”
“Only something suitable is truly the best.”
“Moon, come visit my shop often in the future. Every piece of clothing there is yours to choose from.”
“She’s right.”
“Exactly. She just came back and doesn’t understand these things. That’s normal.”
“I think this dress looks just as good on Second Miss Ji as the newest designs.”
“Exactly. With her temperament, I thought this was some master designer’s private custom piece.”
…
After being compared again and again, Ji Mo finally became annoyed.
Suddenly, she reached out and pushed Li Wangshu.
Li Wangshu thought she was finally going to attack her.
But the next second, Ji Mo’s face changed into one full of tears.
“Sister, you can’t say you don’t care while secretly taking my things.”
“I know you’re upset that Mom didn’t prepare these things for you. If you wanted something else, I could give it to you.”
“But this bracelet… this bracelet was a birthday gift from my brother…”
Li Wangshu lowered her head.
She saw something bulging from the waist area of her dress.
So this was the plan?
She wanted to frame her for stealing?
What was wrong with the original female lead? She actually knew such a low-level trick?
Li Wangshu calmly hooked the bracelet out from her waist sash.
She didn’t touch it directly with her hand.
Instead, she used a tissue from the table to hold one end and pulled it out.
“You stuffed something into my clothes and then accused me of stealing it?”
“Fine.”
“A diamond bracelet. This thing must be expensive.”
“Stealing something worth this much is enough to send someone to prison.”
“Let’s call the police now and let them handle it. We’ll see whether I stole it or not.”
Li Wangshu took out her phone and prepared to call.
Ji Qingshuang immediately grabbed her arm.
“Moon, we can’t let the police come. Not today.”
“No.”
Li Wangshu pulled away.
“I can admit that I’m uneducated, poor, and disabled. I can admit that I haven’t seen much of the world.”
“But I will never admit to stealing.”
“My family is not as wealthy as yours, but our upbringing is strict.”
“I cannot allow people to say that my parents raised an uneducated child.”
She broke free from Ji Qingshuang’s hand.
“Call the police now.”
“Let them check whether this bracelet has my fingerprints.”
“There should be surveillance cameras in this hall too. Bring out the footage as well!”