The moment Qiao Zhenzhu finished speaking, cheers erupted outside.
Only then did Huang Meihua finally come to her senses. She stared wide-eyed at Qiao Zhenzhu, yet couldn’t say a single word.
What could she even say?
If she dared criticize Qiao Zhenzhu for donating everything away, she’d immediately be labeled a reactionary.
They were already capitalists under strict scrutiny from the authorities.
If they made another mistake now, they’d truly be finished.
Even if she couldn’t openly accuse her… there were still other ways.
Huang Meihua sneered. “Then what about your father and the others? They don’t have jobs or a place to live. Are you planning to leave them homeless on the streets?”
“Does Sinian not want to support them?” Qiao Zhenzhu looked genuinely shocked. “My father gave everything in the house to Sinian as her dowry, and she still won’t even provide a place for my dad and Aunt Chen to stay?”
“What nonsense are you talking about?” Huang Meihua frowned. “When did your father ever give all your family’s property to Wang Sinian as dowry? Why don’t I know about this?”
“How could he not? The house was completely emptied out! Director Xu, along with many staff members and I, all saw it with our own eyes. Aside from the walls and the floor, only the roof was left! If those things weren’t given to Sinian as dowry, then where did they go? I only returned to Shanghai this morning—it couldn’t possibly have been me who moved everything, right?”
“Of course not!”
As Huang Meihua spoke, she shot Qiao Zhenzhu a disdainful look.
If Qiao Zhenzhu had really been capable of something like that, she wouldn’t have let Chen Wan and her daughter occupy the magpie’s nest for all these years.
Since it wasn’t Qiao Zhenzhu, then Wang Anquan must have hidden everything himself!
“Well then!” Huang Meihua practically jumped three feet into the air. “Wang Anquan, have you no shame? You used your own daughter’s wedding as an excuse to empty out the entire house! Hiding and transferring assets like this—aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning?”
“What nonsense are you spouting?!” Wang Anquan was both shocked and furious. “I never transferred any assets!”
“Then explain where the Qiao family’s century-old fortune went! In the Qiao family estate alone, there were countless antique furniture pieces, gold and jade ornaments, famous paintings and calligraphy—and now they’re all gone! If you didn’t do it, who did? You transferred everything and even claimed it was Sinian’s dowry. You’re trying to make our Xie family swallow this loss in silence? I’m telling you right now—that’s impossible!”
“Bullshit! I never transferred any assets!”
“The hell you didn’t! Before this, you discussed it with our family already—once Sinian and Chenggong got married, we were supposed to quickly move a batch of valuable belongings from both families over to Hong Kong. We actually believed you! Who knew you were stringing us along this whole time? Were you planning to dump all the blame on us and sneak off to Hong Kong yourself?”
Without even giving Wang Anquan a chance to speak, Huang Meihua sucked in a breath and continued.
“You’re truly heartless! You don’t even care about your own biological daughter! But then again, Qiao Zhenzhu is your real daughter too, and I’ve never seen you treat her well. You even emptied out her family fortune. You conscience-less live-in son-in-law—you’re an ungrateful white-eyed wolf that could never be fed enough!”
Wang Anquan’s face flushed crimson with rage.
“And you still dare talk about me?! What kind of good people are the Xie family? Your valuables have already been packed up and were supposed to be shipped out tonight! You’re reactionaries! Your whole family’s planning to flee!”
The patients, family members, nurses, and doctors crowding outside the hospital room to watch the drama were all completely dumbfounded after hearing the exchange.
Thrilling.
This was way too thrilling!
After hearing all this, who could possibly sleep tonight?
This was destined to be a sleepless night.
Someone had already gone off to notify the proper authorities.
Meanwhile, completely consumed by rage, Wang Anquan and Huang Meihua continued screaming insults and accusations at each other.
The secrets they had once discussed in confidence had now become knives stabbing straight into each other’s backs.
Again and again, they drove the blades into each other’s hearts, determined not to stop until the other was destroyed.
Chen Wan and Wang Sinian couldn’t understand how things had suddenly escalated to this point.
Director Xu arrived with his men and personally overheard the conversation between Wang Anquan and Huang Meihua. A sharp glint flashed through his eyes.
He had been wondering how to catch them red-handed.
Now things were easy—they’d confessed everything themselves!
With a single order from Director Xu, two men immediately restrained Huang Meihua, while Wang Anquan was dragged down from the hospital bed.
Only then did the two, who had been yelling themselves red in the face moments earlier, finally realize something was wrong.
Recalling what they had just blurted out, both turned deathly pale with fear.
What was happening?
Why had they said those things just now?
“Director Xu, I—”
Wang Anquan had barely started explaining before Director Xu coldly interrupted him.
“With the Xie family planning to transfer assets, you knew about it. Does that mean you were planning to participate as well?”
“No!” Wang Anquan denied frantically. “Absolutely not!”
That had been the plan before—but now that everything in the house had mysteriously vanished, even if he wanted to transfer assets, there was nothing left to transfer!
“Whether you did or not isn’t for you to decide,” Director Xu said icily. “Tell me the exact location and time of the Xie family’s asset transfer. I’m sending people to intercept them immediately. Think carefully—are you going to resist to the bitter end, or cooperate and redeem yourself?”
Wang Anquan’s expression changed again and again before he finally nodded weakly.
“I… I’ll talk.”
Only then did Director Xu smile in satisfaction.
“Move out!”
Director Xu and his people had arrived in a rush, and left just as quickly.
Both Wang Anquan and Huang Meihua were taken away, and the spectacle finally came to an end.
Though everyone still felt unsatisfied, the crowd gradually dispersed.
Chen Wan stood there in a daze, as though trapped in a dream.
What exactly was going on?!
How had things turned out like this?
Everything had been perfectly fine before—but the moment Qiao Zhenzhu appeared, everything changed.
Chen Wan glared furiously at her.
“This is all your fault! If you hadn’t come back, none of this would’ve happened!”
Qiao Zhenzhu merely raised an eyebrow with a smile.
“Do you know why I came back?”
“Why?”
“Because your precious daughter went out of her way to make sure I returned. Of course I couldn’t disappoint her. If you want to blame someone, blame her.”
After saying that, Qiao Zhenzhu ignored Chen Wan’s reaction entirely and pulled Lu Huai out of the room.
Once they returned to their hospital room, Lu Huai closed the door and asked quietly,
“The emotions of those two just now were very off. Was that your doing?”
Qiao Zhenzhu looked at him in slight surprise.
His instincts were pretty sharp.
Since he had already figured it out, she didn’t bother hiding it.
“Yes. I did it.”
Lu Huai asked curiously, “What method did you use?”
“My ability,” Qiao Zhenzhu replied. “This is my third power—a psychic ability. I can subtly influence people’s minds and amplify their emotions without them noticing.”