Onlookers in the front row were amused and quickly beckoned, "Brother Yi, over here!"
"Mm."
Xiao Yi didn't feel awkward at all, walking over gracefully and sitting next to Cheng Ge and Sister Hua. The two of them winked at him incessantly.
Cheng Ge: "This is truly a good Samaritan in our entertainment industry!"
Sister Hua: "But Brother Yi, you can't just do good deeds for my sister alone!"
Xiao Yi chuckled and lowered his voice, "If you need anything, just say the word."
Cheng Ge clapped his hands, "Got it!"
Xiao Yi smiled and looked at the people sitting in front.
The press conference officially began then. Xia Weiliang answered all the questions everyone was concerned about, speaking logically and coherently.
Brother Mao stood up and asked, "Weiliang, what do you want to say to the other Miss Xia? No, should we call her by her real name, Miss Liu?"
Xia Weiliang couldn't help but feel amused. As expected of Brother Mao, once he set his mind on someone, he would never betray them!
Everyone was also eager for her answer. In fact, what she was about to say was the focus of the interview, something that could be used as a headline.
"Whether she's Miss Xia or Miss Liu, I'd prefer to believe she's an innocent victim like me. But I have nothing to say to her. It's best if we don't acknowledge each other when we meet again, just act like strangers." She smiled, "I can't help it, I'm just petty and hold grudges. It was like that before, and it won't change in the future."
Laughter erupted from the audience. In fact, everyone felt her words were perfectly reasonable.
How thick-skinned would one have to be, after going through something like this, to be pushed to the brink of leaving the industry, and then still be expected to greet them with a smile?
What nerve!
"Niang Niang, are you planning to sue?"
As soon as this question was asked, the venue immediately fell silent.
Even Xiao Yi looked at her intently.
Xie Wanxi suddenly spoke, her voice not loud, but clearly audible throughout the venue, "Weiliang, do as you wish. I just need your word today, and the rest will be handled by your great-aunt."
The crowd below was filled with envy. May I ask, Great-Aunt, are you still looking for grandchildren?
Xia Weiliang smiled coquettishly at her great-aunt, "I knew Great-Aunt loved me the most!"
But she still shook her head, "They, like me, can't return to their original lives. For them, that's already a form of punishment."
Nuomi sighed softly from the audience, "I knew it would be like this! Sister Weiwei is all bark and no bite, truly soft-hearted."
Ji Huan crossed her arms and said calmly, "Actually, Weiliang is not wrong. From the moment they chose this path, there was no turning back. Even if Weiliang doesn't pursue it, will the Xia family let them off? Or will the program teams who previously interviewed them let them off? Including Miss Xia Yiran, her career is probably over too."
The reporters concluded their questions.
That day, related reports were released one after another, quickly dominating the headlines on major media platforms.
Weibo, having prepared in advance, didn't quite collapse.
Unlike the previous scandals, this was Xia Weiliang's first response since the true and false heiress incident. She either didn't speak, or when she did, it was a decisive blow. Most importantly, she had collected all the evidence, effectively labeling that family as criminals.
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At the Liu family's residence, wails of despair echoed.
"Why did you do this? Are you trying to ruin me?!" Xia Yiran grabbed Bao Fang's shoulders tightly, shaking her with force. Her eyes were bloodshot, and veins bulged on her forehead as she roared.
Bao Fang, however, remained very calm, letting Xia Yiran vent her anger without changing her expression.
"What benefits did Xia Weiliang give you that made you abandon your own biological daughter?" Xia Yiran suddenly pushed her away, causing Bao Fang to stumble back and hit the wall.
"It was you! You pushed me towards the Xia family! You lied to me, making me believe I was the Xia family's daughter! When I started getting used to this new identity, you then told me that I wasn't their daughter after all, just your tool for making money... And now? You want to destroy me with your own hands?!"
Liu Wan Quan squatted nearby, smoking, filled with hatred.
After all, she was his daughter. Bao Fang couldn't remain completely indifferent. She slowly reached out, "Yi Ran..."
"Don't call me that!!" Xia Yiran covered her ears tightly, "It's all you! It's all you! Why don't you go die? You've dragged your own daughter down, how dare you still live? Go die! Go die!"
Liu Yao Zong frowned at the scene. He put down his phone game and said, "Heh, when you were Miss Xia, why didn't you resent Mom and Dad? Now that you've been exposed, you're blaming everyone! If you want to blame anyone, it's your own stupidity! You're not as skilled as others. Losing is losing. What's the use of forcing your mother to die? Do you think the Xia family will take you back? Or will netizens stop scolding you?"
"Shut up!"
Xia Yiran's emotions had completely broken down. "I can't just admit defeat like this! Does Xia Weiliang think it's over like this? I won't let her have her way! I'll never quit the entertainment industry, not even if I die!"
Liu Yao Zong shrugged and continued playing his game, "Heh, you want to stay? But who will hire you!"
"Shut up!"
Liu Wan Quan glared fiercely at his son, "What's it to you!"
Then, he encouraged her, "That's right, you're a big star. There's no job that makes money faster than being a star! We won't quit! What else can they do?"
Xia Yiran's eyes turned manic, "Yes, I won't quit. I'm a star after all! I will never go back to my previous life!"
Bao Fang looked at the father and daughter, "Forget it. Let's not make any more mistakes. Otherwise, our whole family will be ruined!"
Liu Wan Quan glared at her hatefully, "Our daughter is right. It's all because of you that things turned out this way! You were given sleeping pills back then, why didn't you take them? Don't you have this much sacrifice for your daughter? If you had taken them, would all these things have happened?"
Liu Yao Zong really couldn't listen anymore, "Dad, are you guys even human? I'm already a mess, but I didn't expect you to be even less human! Forcing Mom to take sleeping pills, what if something went wrong? What if she couldn't be saved?" Su Dan Novel Network
Liu Wan Quan angrily said, "So what! Even if she died, it would be for her daughter! As a mother, isn't that what she should do? What's there to be wronged about!"
Bao Fang didn't expect to hear these words from her own husband. No matter how many times she heard them, they still hurt.
Her lips trembled, and she suppressed her emotions with great effort, "Are you teaching your daughter that she can disregard her own mother's life for money?"
Xia Yiran now hated her to the bone and angrily retorted, "Are you even fit to be a mother?"
"Oh, you're not done yet, are you!" Liu Yao Zong suddenly stood up and glared at her, "Say one more word to Mom, and I'll hit you!"