Slander

Fang Jintang and Qu Qianhe agreed, as they also didn't want Qiu Yiming to stay around. It was best if he could leave on his own accord. Seeing Qiu Yiming stand up and walk towards the stairs, Fang Mengyao's face instantly turned very ugly. She couldn't help but speak up to retain him, "Brother Yi Ming, can you please not leave?"

Once she said this, everyone's expression soured, including Qiu Yiming's. He wanted to know Fang Mengyao's secret but didn't want the Fang Family to misunderstand his closeness to her. He genuinely liked Fang Yuxin, and his approaching her was to avoid suspicion and also to inquire what exactly was going on with Bai Qianqian.

Fortunately, he had his back to the others, so Fang Mengyao couldn't see his expression. Qiu Yiming, holding back his anger, said, "Xiao Yao, I need to talk to your sister. I'm heading up first." Having said that, he quickly ascended the stairs.

The Fang Family was rather satisfied with his actions, but Fang Mengyao was so angry that her face turned from pale to flushed. Qu Qianhe pursed her lips, suppressing a smile, and then told Fang Yuyang, "Yu Yang, go get that document. It's time for Xiao Yao to learn about the things from the past, now that she has grown up."

Fang Yuyang answered and looked deeply at Fang Mengyao before standing up to go upstairs.

Seeing that things had developed to this point, with no room for maneuver, Fang Mengyao simply sat back down, watching Qu Qianhe with cold eyes. Instead of pretending, she made her disdain for Qu explicit as she sneered, "Go on, then. What do you want me to know?"

Fang Jintang had initially pitied her, considering she was his flesh and blood and had no one else in the world. But now, seeing her being so impolite to Qu Qianhe, his face darkened, and his gaze towards Fang Mengyao gradually turned cold. It was the first time Fang Mengyao had been looked at by Fang Jintang in such a way; it felt as if a heavy shackle had been put on her, oppressive and unbearable.

She fidgeted, seeking a more comfortable sitting position, subconsciously avoiding Fang Jintang's gaze, not daring to make eye contact. She sat there anxiously frowning, her lips tightly pressed into a straight line. No one spoke, and the sizeable living room was so quiet that the breathing of each person was audible. Having never experienced such a situation, Fang Mengyao's nerves started to fray, her breathing becoming more rapid, and her chest slightly heaving.

Finally, unable to bear the pressure any longer, she glared at Qu Qianhe and said impatiently, "Didn't you say you had something to tell me? Well, say it. Why have you stopped talking?"

Qu Qianhe, however, smiled slightly. She even leaned back a bit more, adopting a more comfortable position, and then calmly said, "No rush. Yu Yang will be down soon, and you'll understand everything once you see the document. Otherwise, no matter what I say, you probably won't believe me."

Fang Mengyao's frown grew deeper. She wanted to scream and cause a scene but Qu Qianhe's penetrating gaze fixed upon her made her heart inexplicably panic, and she found herself without the courage to voice the words she had intended to say.

Luckily, at that moment, footsteps could be heard. Fang Mengyao abruptly lifted her head, only to see Fang Yuyang descending step by step. He was dressed in light-colored casual wear, the soft fabric outlining his nicely sculpted muscles. His tall figure and handsome facial features could easily rival those of top international male models, and he was no less stunning than those actors who profited from their good looks. As he descended the stairs, his movements possessed a casual grace, as well as an innate elegance and nobility etched into his very being.

Fang Mengyao was somewhat dazed, at this moment she suddenly realized that Fang Yuyang was such an outstanding man! Her gaze was so focused and intense that Fang Yuyang quickly noticed it. He met Fang Mengyao's eyes and lifted the corners of his mouth in a mocking smile.

Fang Mengyao's face instantly stiffened, she remembered that Fang Yuyang's eyes only had Fang Yuxin in them, he never saw her, Fang Mengyao! She felt a great humiliation but couldn't help feeling jealous inside that Fang Yuxin had been loved and adored since childhood, and even after having a son, Qiu Yiming was still infatuated with her!

Fang Yuyang quickly walked over and sat down next to Qu Qianhe and then threw the document bag in front of Fang Mengyao, saying coldly, "Everything is inside, take a look for yourself."

Fang Mengyao picked up the document bag and violently tore it open to find a thick stack of photos, and beneath them, several papers. The photos were not very clear, clearly taken covertly. But the woman inside was very familiar—it was her biological mother, Zhu Wanxia. Aside from her, there were other people in the photographs.

She looked through the photos one by one, Zhu Wanxia was always in the arms of different men; besides that, there was a photo of her entering and leaving the gynecology department, and one of her being hit. After looking through the photos, the papers beneath them were revealed. It was an investigation document detailing Zhu Wanxia's movements over the years, focusing mainly on her affairs with different men.

Besides this investigation document, there were also two agreements signed by Zhu Wanxia. One was signed at the hospital during IVF, and the other was an agreement with the Fang Family. The second agreement clearly stated that Zhu Wanxia had conducted the IVF without Fang Jintang's consent, and Fang Mengyao had no relation to the Fang Family. The Fang Family had paid Zhu Wanxia one million as a settlement for raising her.

In addition to these two agreements, there were hospital receipts, test results, and information on Zhu Wanxia's bank account detailing Fang Mengyao's identity, and how Zhu Wanxia had given only two hundred thousand to her parents and kept eight hundred thousand for herself.

Clearly, Fang Mengyao was a test-tube baby done through a hospital by Zhu Wanxia, and she had no relations with the Fang Family as early as twenty-two years ago.

Fang Mengyao simply could not accept such a reality. There was no memory in her body about this matter, nor did she want to accept the impropriety of her origins. In her heart, it was clearly Fang Jintang who had deceived Zhu Wanxia's feelings, messing around and then abandoning her. If not for Qu Qianhe's interference, hogging the position of legal wife, how could she have become an illegitimate daughter? Everything of the Fang Family should have been hers!

Fang Mengyao deliberately ignored the original body's inferiority complex about her background, feeling that it was all caused by Fang Jintang and Qu Qianhe, and that Zhu Wanxia and she were just innocent victims! As for the information, she didn't believe a single word! Qu Qianhe must have prepared this document intentionally, what was the purpose? Wasn't it just to strike at her? She wouldn't let Qu Qianhe succeed!

Slamming the papers down heavily on the coffee table, Fang Mengyao took a deep breath and said coldly, "You're right, I don't believe it! I really didn't expect you to be such a person, to actually fabricate evidence, to slander someone who's already dead! You're so despicable, Qu Qianhe!"

"How dare you!"