Now, let’s turn to the other side of the story.
Ten minutes earlier, another netizen had posted a photo.
The background of the photo was a small alley. The Qin couple were holding a stack of money, handing it to the woman opposite them.
The woman was kneeling on the ground, crying pitifully.
The caption read: 【Photo evidence! The Qin family bullies others with their power. My heart aches for the mother in the picture.】
Instantly, this photo caused an uproar!
Even the few rational netizens who had remained now believed the content of the article after seeing this picture.
—【The Qin family is too wicked!】
—【The Qin couple don’t want their son to return to his birth mother, so they’re trying to compensate her with money?】
—【What compensation? This is clearly child trafficking!】
—【How pitiful! If someone took my child, I’d definitely break down!】
—【This makes me furious! Qin Mu is no good either! If his biological parents were billionaires, he’d be rushing to acknowledge them, wouldn’t he?】
#QinMu Ungrateful Wretch# trending!
#QinFamilyBullying# hot!
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In the background, Shen Zhaonan watched the online discussions with satisfaction.
Although he didn’t know who had posted the photo, it had been a great help to him.
Now that netizens were all discussing the Qin family’s affairs, no one was paying attention to the Shen family anymore.
Shen Zhaonan breathed a sigh of relief.
Yanyan was his little lucky star.
Little did he know, the person who had posted that photo was none other than Shen Yan.
At this very moment, she was at the police station handling the bail procedures for her mother.
The cold light reflected on Shen Yan’s face, illuminating the gloom in her eyes.
She hated Qin Yiyang to the core.
Why, after all these years, was she still relentlessly pursuing her mother?
Her mother had only switched the babies in hopes of giving her a better life.
Qin Yiyang had a mother too, so why couldn’t she understand a mother’s heart? Why did she have to drive her and her mother to the brink?
That’s why she had uploaded that photo.
She wanted everyone to see the true face of the Qin family!
Looking at the screen filled with attacks against the Qin family, a smile curled at the corners of her lips as she gently linked arms with An Rou.
“Mom, don’t worry. The Qin family is like a clay Buddha crossing a river—they can’t make any waves now. If they find out you’re about to become the mistress of the Shen family, they might even come begging for your help.”
“As for Qin Yiyang framing you and getting you into the police station, let’s not tell Dad about it just yet.”
“Why?” An Rou didn’t understand.
She couldn’t wait to tell her husband so he could stand up for her.
“If we guide Dad to discover it himself, he’ll feel more sympathy for us, mother and daughter, and will want to make sure the Qin family is destroyed,” Shen Yan said with a smile.
An Rou also smiled. “Our Yanyan is so clever.”
But clever as Shen Yan was, she could never have imagined that, over a dozen kilometers away, a prince from an oil-rich kingdom was in the midst of a family reunion.
Outside the broadcasting building.
The crowd that had been denouncing the Qin family fell silent, staring in astonishment at the man who stepped out of the car.
Someone recognized him and exclaimed excitedly, “I’ve seen him on the news! He’s the prince of Country S! He often accompanies his father on diplomatic visits and is very likely to be the next king!”
“Country S? But his Mandarin is so fluent!”
“Of course! He studied abroad in our country when he was young!”
Everyone marveled, never expecting to see a real prince in their lifetime!
The prince walked toward the entrance, and the crowd parted to make way for him.
This left the Qin family utterly stunned.
They had thought the “king” and “queen” parents referred to top figures in various fields, like a certain film emperor or a fashion queen at best.
Who would have thought a prince would actually show up?
…It’s just so surreal.
And then something even more surreal happened!
Accompanied by a roar in the sky, they looked up.
Good heavens, where did that helicopter come from?!
The helicopter landed on the lawn, and a woman stepped out.
The woman had Asian features, wore a crown on her head, and was dressed in traditional attire resembling that of a Southeast Asian country.
From the helicopter, several bodyguards in black suits descended and laid out a red carpet about ten meters long on the lawn.
The scene was quite spectacular.
The onlookers were stunned.
With reddened eyes, the woman hurried toward Qin Mu. “My son! Mom is late. Before, Uncle Wang seized power, but now Mom has inherited the throne and can take you home.”
First, an oil prince, and now a Southeast Asian queen?
“!!!”
Even Mother Qin, who had seen her fair share of the world, had never encountered such a diplomatic-level spectacle!
She couldn’t help but glance at her daughter.
She saw that Qin Yiyang also looked astonished.
[Shocking! Does the whole world speak Mandarin now?]
Mother Qin: ?
Is that really the point?
On the other side, hearing that the queen wanted to take Qin Mu away, the prince of S Country was not having it.
“Mu Mu, come back with Dad! Dad will give you an oil field as a gift, okay?”
Onlookers: Vocal, an oil field?!
“Just an oil field? Mu Mu, come home with Mom. Mom will give you a gold mountain.”
Onlookers: Vocal, a gold mountain?!
“Dad will give you diamonds!”
“Diamonds are nothing but a marketing scam with no real value,” the queen smiled. “Mom can appoint you as the crown prince. Once you inherit the throne, everything will be yours!”
The Qin family watched in bewilderment. How did this turn into an argument?
The onlookers began to murmur among themselves.
“Stop arguing, both of you! You’re both my living parents!”
“If you’re willing, I could also be your long-lost child!”
“I wouldn’t even dare to dream up such a plot!”
At that moment, the filming crew also arrived upon hearing the commotion.
When Shen Zhaonan saw the surreal scene before him, his vision went dark.
What was going on?
Didn’t Shen Yan say Qin Mu’s biological mother was a poor woman? Then what was with the luxury cars and helicopters now?
With things escalating like this, it would be hard for Grandpa not to find out.
Shen Zhaonan’s face turned particularly grim, and he couldn’t help but glance at Han Shuai.
Han Shuai, meanwhile, had long since turned pale with fright, nearly fainting.
He could only hope this was all a misunderstanding.
If Qin Mu’s parents really were a crown prince and a queen, wouldn’t he be finished if they found out what he had done?!
The evening breeze blew gently, and the moonlight was bright.
The queen and the crown prince were still arguing over Qin Mu’s custody. More and more onlookers gathered, and some even started live-streaming, betting on who Qin Mu would leave with.
As for this farce, Qin Mu himself remained unusually calm.
He had been adopted at a very young age, with only a few memories from the orphanage and no recollection of what his parents looked like.
Faced with these two parents, he didn’t feel particularly emotional.
Just as the crown prince and queen were getting heated in their argument and were about to order their respective entourages to take action, Qin Mu’s cool voice rang out. “I won’t go back with either of you.”
The crown prince and the queen paused, never expecting Qin Mu to choose to stay.
“Mumu, are you really sure about this?” The queen analyzed the pros and cons, “From what I understand, the Qin family is about to go bankrupt. Staying now isn’t the best choice.”
“That’s right.” The crown prince also rarely agreed with the queen’s viewpoint.
Qin Mu had made up her mind, “I want to stay here.”
The queen and crown prince sighed, “We respect your choice. If you change your mind, you can tell us anytime.”
Just then, the queen’s personal minister approached and whispered something.
The queen’s expression changed, and following the minister’s pointed direction, she looked toward Shen Zhaonan.
With just one glance, Shen Zhaonan felt the queen’s anger.
His throat tightened, and he involuntarily took half a step back…