novelraw Chapter 361 - 360: Events from Over a Decade Ago (2)
Chapter 361 - 360: Events from Over a Decade Ago (2)
"Ahhhh, I’m so furious I could explode!"Xia Xiyan stared at the TV, her chest heaving violently.
Her brain buzzed loudly, and she wished she could leap into the screen and beat the hell out of those people!
Clenching her fists, Xiyan stormed out, overflowing with rage.
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Xia Family.
Xiyan kicked the door angrily. "Get out here, all of you!"
The door opened.
It was Yang Shurong.
The moment she saw Xiyan, her face twisted in anger. "You uncivilized little brat! What are you kicking for? Who gave you the nerve to come here and cause trouble? What’s the matter? You think your mother’s bastard stealing someone’s husband wasn’t shameful enough, huh?!"
"Who the hell is the mistress here—deep down, you know better than anyone! To drag me through the dirt, you people will say anything, won’t you? My mother’s a mistress? Ha! Have you got no shame? Was it eaten by a dog?!"
Yang Shurong was livid from Xiyan’s words. "Lies? Who told you it’s lies? Stop blaming me for exposing the truth about what happened back then!
Xia Zhengxiong isn’t even your biological father! Seventeen years ago, when your mother married him, she was already pregnant! Xia Zhengxiong has no blood relation to you whatsoever.
Your mother? Nobody knows who got her pregnant back then! Every single word we said to the media is true. You’re nothing but a damn bastard!"
As those words hit, it was as though a massive boulder had been hurled into the depths of the ocean, stirring such chaos that even the skies seemed to shift in hue.
Xiyan froze in place, the words she had prepared to denounce them catching in her throat all at once.
Her entire body was rooted to the spot.
Just then, a panicked voice rang out from behind. "Rong’er!"
She turned her head and saw Xia Zhengxiong.
Seeing Xiyan at the door and realizing Yang Shurong had actually admitted everything, Xia Zhengxiong panicked.
Originally, he just wanted to humiliate her for Xia Shiyi’s sake—at most, make Xiyan think he’d only smeared her reputation in front of the media out of spite.
But why the hell would Rong’er admit to all this for real?
The secret from seventeen years ago could never be exposed!
If Xiyan ever learned the truth, what if she returned to claim the Xia Family’s inheritance?
Because the Xia Family’s company wasn’t Xia Zhengxiong’s...
It belonged to Xia Xiyan’s mother, Xia Zhiyun!
Seventeen years ago, Xia Zhengxiong married Yang Shurong while they were still in the countryside. After Yang Shurong became pregnant with Xia Shiyi, Xia Zhengxiong moved to the city for work.
At the time, Xia Zhengxiong joined Xiyan’s grandfather’s company.
He declared himself single and worked diligently, earning the favor of Xiyan’s grandfather.
Xiyan’s grandmother had passed away early, and her grandfather was already in the late stages of cancer. The Xia lineage only had one heir through generations: his treasured daughter Xia Zhiyun. Yet, one day, it was discovered that she was pregnant—and nobody even knew who the father was.
Xiyan’s grandfather was enraged and determined to hide the family’s scandal.
Thus, he decided that Xia Zhengxiong would marry into their family.
He entrusted the Xia Family’s company to Xia Zhengxiong under the condition that Zhengxiong must marry Xia Zhiyun, who was already pregnant with someone else’s child, and treat her and the baby well for the rest of his life.
Greedy for the Xia Family’s wealth, Xia Zhengxiong readily agreed.
Eventually, Xiyan’s grandfather passed away.
Years slipped by... A decade had passed in the blink of an eye.
Though Xia Zhengxiong married Xia Zhiyun, the two never had any kind of marital relations.
Resentment festered within Xia Zhengxiong. That woman had been promiscuous enough to get herself pregnant before their marriage, only to now play the saint and put on airs around him?
So, he brought Yang Shurong and Xia Shiyi to the city from the countryside and fully seized control of everything belonging to the Xia Family.