Inside the ward, a strange silence fell.
After a long while.
Ming Huaizhi finally spoke in a hoarse voice, "How long have I been in the hospital?"
Ming Weizhou glanced at the time. "Three hours."
Ming Huaizhi chuckled, "Three hours... a full three hours, I was unconscious, and Ming Zhirou didn't leave the hospital, she stayed by my side?"
His tone was full of mockery.
Ming Weizhou, not understanding, said, "Perhaps she knew... she had hurt you, so she wanted to confirm your condition to feel at ease."
"No, for three hours, she had plenty of time to clean herself up from her disheveled state," Ming Huaizhi laughed again, posing a question to Ming Weizhou, "Do you know why she did this?"
Ming Weizhou was about to shake his head.
But suddenly, he recalled Ming Zhirou crashing into his arms just now, her tear-streaked face, her pitiful demeanor, and her stumbling departure in a state of disarray.
His heart suddenly clenched.
"Because... her disheveled appearance could evoke our sympathy for her."
Yes, if it were in the past.
Seeing Ming Zhirou in such a sorry state, and still caring for him by the sickbed, they would have felt immense heartache and shown her even more affection.
Especially seeing the two obvious slap marks on Ming Zhirou's face.
They would have also felt sorry for Ming Zhirou and resented Ming Zheng.
Even if Ming Zheng was Zheng Yu, they would still have no good feelings towards Ming Zheng because of Ming Zhirou's state.
It could only be said...
Ming Zhirou did it on purpose.
However, Ming Zhirou overlooked one point...
That was, what Zheng Yu meant to the two of them.
And Ming Zhirou's deception had shattered all their illusions about her.
Once they discovered that Ming Zhirou was not as pure and kind, as gentle and sweet as she appeared, but rather...
A vain, insidious, and deeply calculating person.
Those small details they had never noticed before would be magnified infinitely in their hearts.
Perhaps, they had never truly known Ming Zhirou.
The two fell silent again.
Lost in their own emotions.
And they didn't notice.
At this moment, Ming Yanlun was standing outside the ward, listening clearly to their conversation.
He couldn't quite describe how he felt.
After seeing the video of the Yin Yang Mountain race, he no longer had any illusions about Ming Zhirou.
But after all, she was the sister he had doted on for so many years.
He ultimately couldn't harden his heart.
Nor did he confront Ming Zhirou.
Now, listening to the conversation between his second and fourth brothers, his heart became even more chaotic.
So...
The sister he had always cherished like a treasure had, behind his back, repeatedly taken what belonged to Ming Zheng.
Perhaps, all the misunderstandings they had about Ming Zheng in the past...
Were related to Ming Zhirou...
They were all instigated by Ming Zhirou.
Ming Yanlun had a premonition.
The Ming family...
Might truly be finished.
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The news that Ming Zheng was the Zheng Yu master quickly spread across the globe.
Countless people rushed to report on it.
Ming Zheng's background was also completely dug up.
Everyone knew that the Ming family doted on their adopted daughter and abandoned their biological daughter.
Everyone was mocking the Ming family for mistaking pearls for mere pebbles, losing the watermelon to pick up sesame seeds.
There were also countless videos edited together, showing Ming Zhirou shouting at the Zheng Yu master on stage, even kneeling and begging the Zheng Yu master to take her as a disciple.
Especially Ming Huaizhi's fans, who were furious when they learned that Ming Zhirou was only the Ming family's adopted daughter.
They felt Ming Zhirou was a vixen, being so intimate with their brother, wasn't she trying to seduce their brother?
So they took out a magnifying glass and edited together all the physical contact between Ming Zhirou and Ming Huaizhi that exceeded the acceptable boundaries for siblings.
These clips remained high on the trending charts.
They were almost driven mad by online ridicule.
In short, Ming Zhirou became famous.
Even more so than the last time when the Yin Yang Mountain race and her lily-white remarks were exposed!
However, this kind of fame...
Was not what Ming Zhirou wanted.
The Ming family had placed all their bets on Ming Zhirou.
They had only thought that after today's concert,
They could rely on Ming Zhirou becoming a disciple of the Zheng Yu master and regain the investors who wanted to curry favor with the Zheng Yu master.
As long as the funds were in place.
Their Ming family could stand up again.
But... everything was ruined.
Their Ming family had now become the target of everyone's ridicule.
Even stepping out of the house,
They were pointed at and laughed at.
Let alone going out to seek financing.
Now, Ming father and Ming mother were filled with resentment towards Ming Zhirou.
Originally, as Ming mother's hands could not be treated, they certainly wouldn't think that Ming Zheng's refusal to treat Ming mother was their own fault.
So they pushed all the blame onto Ming Zhirou.
Therefore, they naturally blamed Ming Zhirou.
Later, when Young Master Wang came to cause trouble, they were only able to appease him thanks to Ming Zhirou.
Coupled with Ming Zhirou's subtle brainwashing, they believed that Ming Zhirou was about to become a disciple of the Zheng Yu master, which made them set aside their resentment.
Who would have thought...
That it would end up like this.
Their biological daughter was a legend in the music industry, the esteemed Zheng Yu master!
And their adopted daughter, whom they had doted on so much, was a thief who stole other people's songs!
To be honest, seeing their biological daughter, whom they had always disdained, shine so brightly and be admired by everyone, was more unbearable than them going bankrupt.
It made them feel that they were truly the blind fools the internet claimed them to be.
And at this moment.
The protagonist who caused the entire sensation, Ming Zheng, was sitting on the sofa in her apartment.
She was undergoing... an interrogation from Chi Xian.
The man with fair skin, beautiful features, and long legs sat opposite her, his eyes locked onto her without blinking.
"Zheng Bao..."
He spoke, his voice soft.
But there was a captivating deepness to his tone.
His thin lips curved slightly, and his voice deepened even further, "As your boyfriend, I just found out online... that my Zheng Bao is truly amazing."
As he spoke, he reached out and took Ming Zheng's hand.
His fingertips slowly caressed her slender white fingers, "I never expected that Zheng Bao's hands... are worth billions."
Ming Zheng: "..."
She knew he was referring to the rumors that were now rampant online.
They said that the hands of the Zheng Yu master, capable of creating legends, had been insured for billions.
It wasn't that exaggerated.
At most... a few billion.
However, seeing Chi Xian's face filled with the expression of...
"Woman, how many more surprises do you have that I don't know about?"
At that moment.
She stopped herself from arguing back.
"You never asked," Ming Zheng withdrew her hand, unashamedly. "If you had asked, I would have told you long ago."