Bao Fang was on the phone.
Liu Wan Quan sat at the table eating and drinking a few small glasses of wine.
"Yi Ran! You... What did you say?" Bao Fang's face turned ashen.
After she quietly hung up the phone, she returned to the table and sat down.
Liu Wan Quan glanced up at her and continued eating, "What did your daughter say?"
"She... she wants me to..."
Thinking of her daughter's words, tears welled up uncontrollably in Bao Fang's eyes. "She wants me to... take sleeping pills and pretend to commit suicide..."
Liu Wan Quan didn't even raise an eyelid. "Oh." Su Dan Novel Network
Bao Fang looked up at Liu Wan Quan's demeanor, disbelievingly asking, "Did you already know? Did you all plan this together?"
Liu Wan Quan took a sip of his wine. "It's not like she's really asking you to die. Just take a few pills to go through the motions, then your daughter can release some news, get some reporters over, and blow the whole thing up! You'll just be lying in the hospital, with someone to take care of you, not having to do anything. Isn't that good enough!"
Bao Fang said anxiously, "You... you really want to ruin that girl's life? What's the point? She's also an unfortunate child who doesn't even know who her birth parents are. Why do you have to push her to her death!"
"Then what should we do? She doesn't give us money, and she doesn't treat us like parents! Isn't that filial impiety? I'm just giving her a taste of hardship on behalf of her birth parents!"
"Wan Quan, let's forget it... I've been having strange dreams lately. Sometimes you're floating in water, or our son is in jail..."
These images sent a shiver down Bao Fang's spine. "I think that girl has finally gotten some traction with her show. Let's not target her anymore. Every time I accept an interview and face the camera to criticize her for being unfilial, I really... I wish I could just crawl into a hole and disappear!"
Liu Wan Quan scoffed. "Woman's benevolence! If she were a good person, wouldn't she have come to support us by now? That just goes to show, there's something wrong with her character! Why do you pity her?"
"But..."
"Enough."
Liu Wan Quan slammed the table. "This matter is settled. You don't need to worry about it. I'll get some medicine later."
Bao Fang looked at him, her unease growing stronger.
Liu Wan Quan's mention of the hospital earlier overlapped with one of the scenes in her dream...
Bao Fang shivered.
With matters weighing on her mind, Bao Fang was in a daze.
On the way to the market, she almost got hit by a car. Fortunately, someone pulled her back. When she came to her senses and thanked the person, she looked up and saw a very beautiful girl.
She froze.
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In a tea restaurant by the roadside, Xia Wei Liang ordered some snacks and tea, gently pushing them toward Bao Fang.
Bao Fang was too ashamed to look up at her.
Xia Wei Liang looked at her and said, "I'll still call you Auntie."
Bao Fang pursed her lips and nodded gently.
The tea restaurant was bustling with people, the outside world a constant stream of traffic. Everywhere was filled with the smoke and fire of daily life.
"Auntie, this is our first time meeting. I don't know what to say, so how about this, I'll tell you about a dream I had."
Bao Fang was startled and looked up at her.
Xia Wei Liang, as exquisite as a porcelain doll, sat there, looking out the window with a smile, open and full of vitality.
As she listened to the dream's depiction, Bao Fang's expression changed. She looked at the girl in front of her in astonishment, her lips trembling uncontrollably.
Xia Wei Liang turned back and said, "In the dream, the mother jumped off a building for her daughter, and until her last moments, she was still thinking of her biological daughter. But that biological daughter, afraid of being implicated, refused to appear... I don't know if this mother regretted it at the moment she left this world. They did change the future for their biological daughter, but it also made her lose her humanity..."
"Auntie, I believe in karma and reincarnation. If you take something that doesn't belong to you, you'll have to pay the price sooner or later. If Xia Yi Ran reaps what she sows, it's because you, as her parents, pushed her into the fire pit with your own hands."
Bao Fang's hands trembled as she picked up the cup on the table and shakily drank the water.
"Actually, it's not difficult to prove that you are fake. The reason I wanted to talk to you first is because I don't want Auntie to become a victim of her husband and daughter, like the mother in my dream, living her whole life for them, only to become their sacrifice. What's most tragic is that after her death, her husband was murdered, her son went to jail, and her daughter's reputation was ruined. This family had no good end."
Bao Fang could no longer hold back and burst into tears. "My dear girl, I'm so sorry... I'm so sorry..."
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Another interview.
This time, it was with a heavyweight male host whose social observation program was very popular.
Before going on stage, the director kept briefing Liu Wan Quan and Bao Fang on the procedure.
Liu Wan Quan seemed at ease. "Don't worry, I understand all of this."
Bao Fang's pale face indicated she wasn't quite in the right state.
The director asked, "Mrs. Liu looks so pale, is she feeling unwell?"
Before Bao Fang could speak, Liu Wan Quan quickly said, "It's nothing, it's nothing. She's just a bit nervous."
After the director left, Liu Wan Quan quietly asked her, "Did you take the medicine?"
Bao Fang lowered her head in silence.
"Alright, leave everything to me later!"
Liu Wan Quan was almost impatient.
Just then, his phone rang.
Liu Wan Quan found an empty spot to take the call. "My dear daughter... Don't worry, your mother is fine! Heh heh, you're watching the live broadcast too? Just wait for the good show!"
Bao Fang slowly closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face.
The live broadcast was about to begin.
Because the pre-show hype was built around a "final revelation" gimmick, many people knew about this program and were waiting to watch it live.
The director received a message at the last minute. "What did you say? The guest observer needs to be changed? At this hour, you're telling me you need to change the guest!"
But as soon as he heard the guest's name, the director was first shocked, then his face broke into a wide smile!
"No problem, no problem!"
He quickly summoned staff to change the guest's promotional material and immediately posted the news on the official website!
Xia Wei Liang was at home, eating the weight-loss meal cooked by Nuo Mi, waiting to watch the live broadcast.
Nuo Mi was worried, occasionally looking up at the woman sitting on the sofa. "Wei Wei Jie, blink your eyes if you're feeling stimulated."
Xia Wei Liang grabbed a bag of chips next to her and threw it to her. "Eat yours."
"Sigh." Nuo Mi sighed, tore open the packaging, and started crunching.
At this moment, a message came in on the phone on the table.
It was from "Sui Sui Nian Nv Sheng Zhi Ti," the vice president of Xia Wei Liang's fan club: [Tuan Tuan! Quick, look at the live broadcast official website's promotion!!!]
Seeing the three exclamation marks after her message, Nuo Mi knew something significant had happened!
She quickly put down her chips and raised her hand. As soon as she saw the promotion the official website had just released, her eyes widened. "Wei Wei Jie! Wei Wei Jie! The Film Emperor is going to be a guest on the show that's impeaching you!!!"