"Nuan Nuan, I am your mother! Your mother was here when you were in the orphanage!"
Du Ruo said as she took out the prepared photos, showing them to Nuan Nuan one by one.
There were pictures of Director Jiang holding Nuan Nuan, Nuan Nuan learning to walk, and Nuan Nuan walking steadily on her own.
"See, Mom has always been watching you. Mom really loves you," Du Ruo choked up.
Ye Jinghuai tightened his grip on Nuan Nuan, regretting bringing her out. He was afraid that this woman would bewitch Nuan Nuan.
Ye Jingming also felt it was inappropriate and was about to expose her when Nuan Nuan spoke.
"My first new dress was bought by Daddy for me. The first time I drank delicious milk, it was also given by Daddy. The first time I ate sweet candy, it was also given by Daddy. Auntie, Nuan Nuan has never seen you before. What did you give Nuan Nuan?"
"Auntie, Nuan Nuan is already three years old! I'm not a little kid anymore~"
Ye Jinghuai hugged Nuan Nuan tightly with heartache, then gently kissed her face, and then gently comforted her by pressing Nuan Nuan's little head into his arms.
Du Ruo froze, her mouth opening and closing, not knowing what to say. A sense of immense panic spread through her.
[I didn't realize what Nuan Nuan meant at first. After thinking about it, it's chilling.]
[Nuan Nuan is truly clear-headed! I knew there was something off about my feeling all along!]
[Yes! Even if you didn't want to reveal your identity, couldn't you have secretly sent some things to your daughter? You can't afford that?]
[I know what felt off. She kept saying she couldn't afford to raise Nuan Nuan, but look at her. Although her clothes are simple, her overall state doesn't seem oppressed by life.]
[Oh, right, right, right. Although her complexion doesn't look good, her skin is radiant, like it's been carefully cared for. And her hair looks like she just had a treatment at a salon.]
[Oh my gosh! There's a real reversal.]
[Sisters, she said she didn't want the orphanage to know Nuan Nuan wasn't an orphan. Then why didn't she pretend to be a volunteer or a caregiver to get in and spend time with her daughter openly if she missed her so much!]
[Nuan Nuan never called her mom, it's really heartbreaking. She knows everything.]
"Nuan Nuan... Mom had her reasons. Mom couldn't let the people at the orphanage find me, so, so Mom couldn't appear." Du Ruo's mind raced as she hurriedly made excuses for herself.
"Miss Du, you said you felt you couldn't raise Nuan Nuan. Why didn't you bring Nuan Nuan to the Ye family?"
"You said you thought Nuan Nuan would be better off with you than in the orphanage. Then why didn't you send Nuan Nuan to a better orphanage?"
As Ye Jingming spoke, he threw out a stack of photos. They showed Nuan Nuan's previous room in the orphanage and the interior environment, which clearly looked dilapidated.
"I... I was afraid that if I brought her to the Ye family, I would never see my daughter again. I admit I was selfish. As for the orphanage, it was because I was in very poor health at the time and didn't have the energy to choose." Du Ruo felt her palms turn cold.
"Oh? The 'lack of energy' you mentioned, does it refer to taking your child from the bustling city of C to the province of J, which has the worst economic conditions in the country? And then abandoning the child at the doorstep of the most run-down orphanage?"
"When was Nuan Nuan born? What time? How much did she weigh at birth?"
Ye Jingming held Nuan Nuan's birth record and relentlessly grilled Du Ruo, sentence by sentence. Du Ruo's face grew increasingly panicked, and her complexion turned ashen.
"Are you going to say you were in poor health back then and didn't have the energy to remember?" Ye Jingming pressed on, not waiting for Du Ruo's answer.
"Then may I ask if the woman in these photos, looking energetic while shopping with bags of purchases in different malls, is you? Or is it you over the past three years?" Ye Jingming threw out another stack of surveillance photos, and the cameraman immediately moved to capture them.
"Thump~" Du Ruo suddenly knelt on the ground. This time, no one held her up.
She looked up at the smile on Ye Jingming's lips, feeling a chill run through her to her bones.
"The photos you provided are indeed very convincing. So, may I ask, what about Nuan Nuan's photos after she turned one year old? Why are there no more? Did you disappear? Were you hospitalized again due to poor health? Perhaps you were in too much of a hurry and forgot to bring evidence?"
"Do you know what abandonment is? It means that regardless of your reasons, abandonment is abandonment. And do those reasons you mentioned really exist?"
"Nurse Du Ruo, do you need me to show your past salary slips? As a medical staff member at the most high-end private hospital in the capital, I remember that the salary should be considerable compared to most ordinary people!"
Ye Jingming exposed everything, one by one. In the past, the Ye family had deliberately let her go and didn't want to investigate. Now that she didn't care, there was no need to be polite.
[Brothers, I'm sweating behind my back!]
[My scalp is tingling!]
[Is Lawyer Ye like this in court too? Completely unable to retort.]
[I'm so angry right now. This vicious and disgusting woman has deceived all of us.]
[Get lost! Hurry up and get lost! Go sew clothes! People like her should spend their lives behind bars.]
[Liar, disgusting! How dare you claim to be Nuan Nuan's mother? I feel heartbroken every time I see Nuan Nuan now. Get lost!]
[How could an orphanage be so dilapidated? Nuan Nuan stayed there for three years, and you still have the nerve to say you were always by her side? Can you even stand it? You went shopping? I'll go shopping for your mother! You can't afford to raise your daughter but have money to go shopping? Get out!]
"No, no, no, no, no, it's not like that, it's not like that." Du Ruo slumped on the ground, only knowing how to deny, but unable to say anything.
She only took photos of Nuan Nuan until she was one year old because she lost patience afterward. She deliberately chose a poorly equipped orphanage because she was angry that it was a daughter.
Her salary and benefits were indeed very good, but her expenses were high. That's why she had been chasing wealthy men all these years.
"Dear reporters, we have already called the police. We still have family matters to deal with. I believe you have enough news content for today, right?" Kanshu Le
Ye Jingchen stepped forward to disperse the crowd. They still had other things to ask Du Ruo.
"Uncle Li, escort the reporters out," Ye Jinghuai said coldly.
The reporters were led out in a daze, still digesting the bombshell dropped by Ye Jingming.
They couldn't understand how a seemingly tragic mother looking for her daughter had turned into a major reversal.
[Ah! Don't go! Let me see the fate of that wicked woman!]
[What other fate could there be? Once the police arrive, get ready for iron bars and tears!]
[It's best if she stays there for life.]
[Her crime might not be enough, but with the Ye family's capabilities, they can make her spend a few more years in prison.]
"Tell me, who taught you to use public opinion to make such a scene? You don't have the brains for this; you can't fool me."
Ye Jingming looked at Du Ruo on the ground with an icy expression, his eyes filled with disgust.
"If I tell you, can you let me go? I promise I'll never appear again. Please, I'll go far away." Du Ruo still wanted to use her last bit of leverage to save herself.
"Heh. Whether you say it or not doesn't matter. Your future life can only be spent in prison." After speaking, Ye Jingming turned away, no longer intending to bother with her.
"No, no, no, I'll tell you, I'll tell you. I don't know who it is. They always write me notes, tucking them under the door. I really don't know anything else."
"I don't even know if she's male or female. She just said she'd help me get in touch with my daughter, and then I could rely on my daughter to ask you for benefits."
Du Ruo prostrated herself on the ground, pouring out everything she knew.
As Du Ruo spoke, the police had already arrived. Ye Jingchen stepped forward to negotiate with them. No matter how much Du Ruo struggled, she could only expect imprisonment from now on.