The hall fell silent.
Wen Ya stared for a few seconds, then scoffed, "Sister, are you still going to claim it wasn't your mother who had an affair?"
Song Na glanced at Wen Ya, feeling quite pleased. It seemed this woman had some cunning after all.
After this incident, she wouldn't even need to lift a finger; Wen Yan would obediently be kicked out of the Leng family.
The middle-aged man felt a headache coming on. The more refined the social circle, the more seriously they viewed infidelity, especially when Miss Wen was the young mistress of the Leng family.
Then, she glanced at Wen Ya, who seemed to revel in chaos, wondering who had let her in.
The crowd began discussing the matter, their faces filled with disgust. "How can such a woman be worthy of being the Leng family's young mistress?"
"Exactly. A mother who has an affair likely wouldn't raise a good daughter."
"I agree. It's probably only out of respect for Young Master Leng that Mr. Yuan hasn't kicked this woman out yet."
Yuan Jiaruo listened to the crowd and didn't believe a word Wen Ya said. She glared at Wen Ya, "It was Song Na who brought you in, wasn't it? She told you to slander my sister-in-law."
Wen Ya denied it, "Miss Yuan, everything I said is true, and no one instructed me."
Seeing this predicament, Wen Yan thought that if she could find the former housekeeper earlier, she could have easily resolved today's crisis.
A hint of a smile appeared on Song Na's face. "Jiaruo, I know you don't like me, but you don't have to blame me for everything."
"You..." Yuan Jiaruo felt a surge of anger whenever she saw Song Na.
Wen Yan suddenly remembered something and said, "Wen Ya, you say my mother had an affair with the housekeeper. It's quite simple, just find the housekeeper and ask, then everything will be clear."
"You know perfectly well that Dad already kicked the housekeeper out, and you're saying this deliberately," Wen Ya sneered.
Just as Wen Yan was about to speak, an aged voice sounded from outside the door, "Eldest Miss, I never thought I'd see you again. This is wonderful."
She looked towards the source of the voice and saw a stooped man walking in slowly. His hair was white, his left hand was behind his back, and he held a cane in his other hand.
A white beard made the man appear even more frail.
This was the former housekeeper of the Wen family, Uncle Hai.
Wen Yan's pupils widened, and she rushed to the old man's side. "Uncle Hai, why are you here?"
The man named Uncle Hai looked at her. "I'm here to help Madam prove her innocence."
He knew everything about what happened back then, but Wen Shihao's power was beyond his ability to contend with.
It wasn't until this morning that a handsome young man found him and asked him to help Wen Yan's mother prove her innocence and expose Wen Shihao's true face.
Only then did he dare to come here.
Wen Ya spoke coldly, "Ridiculous. Prove innocence? Back then, it was your mother and you who were having an affair. My father, in his anger, kicked you out and divorced Wen Yan's mother. Later, my mother was forced to take the blame for you."
"You dare to come back now and claim to be proving innocence."
Upon hearing this, the crowd jeered, "The older they get, the more shameless they become. He cuckolded Mr. Wen and now he's trying to twist the truth. How despicable."
"Exactly! Mr. Wen was furious back then. If he knew the person who cuckolded him was back, wouldn't he be enraged?"
"Mr. Wen is truly pitiable."
Uncle Hai, hearing the crowd being misled by Wen Shihao and the truth being twisted, spoke with a hoarse voice, "The truth is not what you're saying at all."
"Wen Shihao was having an affair with his mistress back then, and I happened to see it. To prevent the matter from being exposed, he gave me a sum of money and told me to leave."
"The next day, I heard that Wen Shihao had kicked his wife and daughter out."
Wen Ya's face contorted with anger upon hearing this. "You're lying! You're absolutely lying. My mother is not what you say she is."
"My mother and your father only fell in love after Wen Yan and her mother left. Don't spout nonsense here!"
She wanted to ruin Wen Yan's reputation today.
How could it have devolved to her mother?
She certainly wouldn't believe that her mother was the mistress.
Song Na was also momentarily confused and remained silent.
If Wen Ya failed to achieve the desired effect this time, she wouldn't help her again in the future.
Wen Yan felt that Uncle Hai wouldn't have appeared here by chance. Then she remembered what she had said to Leng Xunze.
Did Leng Xunze help her find Uncle Hai?
As she was contemplating, Uncle Hai took out a voice recorder from his pocket, pressed the switch, and said, "Everything I say is the truth. I recorded what Wen Shihao said to your mother back then. You can listen if you don't believe me."
The crowd was surprised by the turn of events and listened intently, looking bewildered.
At this moment, the voice of Mrs. Wen came from the recorder, "Shihao, when can I truly be with you? Do you really want me to carry the reputation of a mistress forever?"
"I don't mind, but what about Ya'er!"
Then, Wen Shihao promised, "Just be patient for now. Qiuyun doesn't know about us yet. I'll divorce her as soon as possible... who..."
The recording ended there, and the entire audience erupted in an uproar.
Wen Ya stood frozen, shaking her head frantically. She couldn't believe that the mistress was her own mother.
Her mother had lied to her too.
Thinking of this, her face instantly turned red.
The entire venue was silent for a second, then exploded like a pot.
"There's a recording as proof, it can't be fake. So it was Mrs. Wen who seduced Wen Shihao, and Wen Shihao isn't a good person either."
"They colluded and made their legal wife take the blame for them. Wen Shihao is truly a scumbag of a new level. Miss Wen, I'm sorry."
"If it weren't for this recording and the housekeeper's testimony, we would have been misled by Wen Shihao all this time. He looks decent on the outside, but he's actually a dog! The daughter of a mistress dares to scold the daughter of the legal wife here. How laughable."
Song Na, seeing the situation about to spiral out of control, gritted her teeth. Wen Ya was an idiot; she had ruined a good hand.
She thought she could ruin Wen Yan's reputation, but now it was all over.
Yuan Jiaruo scoffed, "Wasn't there a shameless woman just now who arrogantly slandered my sister-in-law? Why is she silent now?"
Wen Ya was speechless. Sensing the disgust in the eyes of the crowd, she could no longer bear it. She turned, covered her face, and fled.
Wen Yan knew that if Uncle Hai hadn't intervened, she would have been ruined today.
So she said, "Uncle Hai, thank you for coming forward to help my mother prove her innocence."
Uncle Hai patted her hand. "Eldest Miss, you're too kind. Someone asked me to come, and telling this story has also lifted a great weight from my heart."
Wen Yan raised an eyebrow. "Who? Where is he now?"
"He's outside. My task is complete, Eldest Miss, and I should be going back now," Uncle Hai said, turning to leave.
Wen Yan said, "Uncle Hai, I'll see you out."