At thе Wang fаmily home, Sister Zhenzhu аlso had а walk-in сlоset likе this, filled with аll kinds of bеautiful dresses.
Oncе, Sister Zhenzhu invitеd her tо visit. Xiao Ling Bао couldn’t resist and touсhed onе of thе dresses. Тhаt vеry night, Аuntiе drаgged hеr to the living rооm, thrеw thе dress in front of her, аnd demandеd tо knоw if the dаrk handprint on it wаs from hеr.
Хiао Ling Bао hadn’t touсhed it.
“Тhat’s chоcolаtе on therе! Оnlу Sistеr Zhenzhu has this kind of chосolate!” She was toо уoung, falselу аcсusеd, and didn’t knоw how tо hоld baсk. “Sister Zhenzhu put it there.”
Premium Swiss chocolate—Sister Zhenzhu had many boxes of it, while Xiao Ling Bао had never even tasted a single piece.
Auntie’s face immediately darkened. “Well, well! So you even stole Sister Zhenzhu’s chocolate!”
“You must have stolen and eaten the chocolate, got your hands dirty, and then wiped them on your sister’s dress!”
“This dress is so expensive, selling you wouldn’t even cover the cost!”
…
“All of these are our Ling Bао’s!” Ling Xuanyan noticed Xiao Ling Bао’s unease, his voice filled with reassurance and comfort.
The Ling family couldn’t help but feel heartache and indignation.
What kind of life had their precious girl endured at the Wang family’s home to feel so anxious over such an ordinary scene?
They silently vowed to give Ling Bао the very best of everything from now on, never letting her suffer even the slightest hardship again.
Back in the living room, the whole family gathered to watch SpongeBob with Xiao Ling Bао!
They had just learned that during her years with the Wang family, Xiao Ling Bао wasn’t even allowed to enter the living room freely. Watching TV had become a luxury.
The Wang family’s mistreatment of Xiao Ling Bао was truly too numerous to record!
From now on, the Ling family would make up for everything Xiao Ling Bао had lost over the past three-plus years, and then some!
“Let’s talk,” Grandfather said casually to the Eldest Brother, seeing that Xiao Ling Bао was thoroughly engrossed in SpongeBob. “The South City project is gone. What’s the plan now?”
On the way back, Ling Xuanyan had already laid out all the difficulties currently facing the Ling family.
Upon learning that Ling Xuanyan had exchanged the South City project for Xiao Ling Bао, Grandfather hadn’t commented until now, when he finally asked calmly.
Ling Xuanyan pondered briefly. “I have a preliminary plan…”
Before he could finish, his phone rang.
Grandfather waved his hand, signaling him to answer it first. The Eldest Brother was in charge now, so being busy was normal.
A moment later, Ling Xuanyan put down his phone, his expression somewhat inscrutable.
“Dad, ancient pottery fragments were unearthed at the South City construction site.”
Grandfather was taken aback. “An ancient tomb was discovered?”
“An ancient tomb?” Second Brother Ling Yixi jumped up. “That’s great news! Didn’t the South City project go to the Wang family?”
“Possibly. The news hasn’t spread yet. I wonder how the Wang family will react when they find out.” A slight smile played on Ling Xuanyan’s lips.
Discovering an ancient tomb meant the entire South City development would have to halt immediately. The Wang family had schemed to use Little Mud to exchange for this project, and now it had blown up in their hands!
On the surface, the Ling family had lost the project, but in reality, they had avoided even greater losses.
The Ling family had finally dodged a bullet!
When the stock market opened tomorrow, the stocks of the Wang family’s enterprises would plummet. Their soaring myth was about to come to an end!
Grandfather leaned down and asked Xiao Ling Bао, who was watching SpongeBob beside him, “Ling Bао, did you know an ancient tomb was discovered in South City?”
Xiao Ling Bао, with a slice of apple in her mouth, mumbled indistinctly, “No… it’s Guden…”
“What?” Grandfather didn’t catch it clearly.
“Master,” the butler happened to enter and interrupt, “Someone from the Wang family has come, wanting to see you or the eldest young master.”
So soon?
The Wang family went through great pains to pick up a hot potato, and now what scheme are they plotting again?
“Ask them what they want,” Grandfather leaned back leisurely, “If it’s nothing important, there’s no need to meet.”
“Master,” the butler quickly returned, “The Wang family says they want to discuss with our family about changing the household registration of the young miss.”
Grandfather’s face darkened: “Bring them in.”
…
The visitors were Wang Shenyu, the second son of the Wang family, and Pearl’s mother, Wang Wenqin.
“We’ve thought it over—Xiao Ni is a child we raised with our own hands and feet. I treat her like my own daughter and really can’t bear to let her go,” Wang Wenqin said, getting straight to the point with a smile that concealed a knife.
Wang Wenqin had been known as the top socialite in the capital in recent years, usually presenting herself as generous, gentle, refined, and elegant.
Who would have thought that once inside the Wang family, facing the young Xiao Ling Bао, she would show a completely different face.
“So,” Wang Shenyu wore a sinister smile at the corner of his mouth, “we’re here to take the child back.”
“Take the child back?” At least two brothers from the Ling family immediately jumped up, “You’re dreaming!”
“Dreaming?” Wang Wenqin dropped her fake smile, “Xiao Ni is originally our Wang family’s child. You barged into our Wang family for no reason, snatched our child—hah, we didn’t call the police, which already shows we’re giving face to your Ling family.”
“Who snatched whose child? Should we really call the police to clarify?” Second Brother Ling Yixi was furious, “My sister was abducted by your Wang family back then. You abused her and even abused her child. If the Wang family isn’t afraid of being ruined, go ahead and make a big fuss.”
“What evidence do you have that your sister was abducted by us?” Wang Wenqin was most skilled at causing trouble, “We kindly picked her up and raised her. Not only are you ungrateful, but you also want to ruin us? Hmph, a whole family of ungrateful wolves!”
“I’m telling you, I am Xiao Ni’s legal guardian. Even if you want to sue us, you should return her to us now! As for whether we give you the child or not, that depends on how the court judges and enforces it!”
“Give her to you, so you can continue abusing her?” Eighth Brother stepped forward, staring coldly and sternly at the Wang siblings, “The hospital confirmed the child is severely malnourished, with multiple soft tissue injuries and burns all over her body. You have absolutely no right to raise her anymore!”
Eighth Brother’s military aura was intimidating. Wang Wenqin couldn’t help but shrink behind Wang Shenyu, revealing an uncertain smile.
“Until it’s decided who has the right, she still has to stay with our family,” she reached out toward Xiao Ling Bао, “Come, Xiao Ni, come home with Auntie.”
Xiao Ling Bао instinctively squeezed between Grandfather and Ling Xuanyan, unable to suppress her panic, like a little lamb awaiting slaughter on a farm.
“Say what you want, directly.”
Ling Xuanyan hugged Xiao Ling Bао, pressing her little head against his chest, using body language to tell her that her uncle and the Ling family would absolutely never give her up.
Wang Wenqin smiled and glanced at Wang Shenyu.
Wang Shenyu stepped forward, “The project in the southern part of the city—your Ling family should take it back.”
This was their real purpose for coming!
He came in the afternoon to exchange the project for Xiao Ling Bao, and now he wants to use Xiao Ling Bao to push the project back.
“Are you Wang family that shameless?” Ling Yixi angrily cursed.