Chapter 686: 353 Collective Judgment (Eleventh Update)_2

Granny Zhu raised Ming Xin’s hand: “At such a young age, her hands are full of old calluses and scars left by frostbite. Living in the deep mountains since childhood, taking care of several children, never attended a day of school, never had a beautiful dress, yet you had a whole wardrobe full of beautiful dresses. Just a casual dress of yours was worth half a year’s food for the children. You looked down on dresses that still had their tags on them. Since your childhood, you attended aristocratic schools, learned the violin, learned dancing, when you were hungry, the servants in your house would get up in the middle of the night to make you snacks, you had chauffeurs for transportation, countless pieces of jewelry, and every year for your birthday, your foster mother would throw a grand party for you…”

“And Ming Xin, what kind of life has she had since she was a child? Do I need to say more? What are you still not satisfied with? What have you been wronged about? It seems that the Zhus have been too good to you, so good that you feel entitled to it all. The Zhus don’t owe you anything, human hearts are never content, and you are greedy, extremely selfish, heartless, and worse than an animal. How dare you complain about injustice? How dare you complain about injustice? How dare you show your face!”

Granny Zhu took a fierce breath, Ming Xin raised her hand to pat Granny Zhu’s back.

“Granny, don’t be angry, she’s not worth it.”

Everyone was furious. Yes indeed, the Zhus had shown you endless kindness, they didn’t owe you anything, but they let you lead a life of luxury. You had no right to complain.

Their real daughter was living a truly miserable life.

You’ve taken advantage for sixteen years, not grateful enough, and you still have the nerve to complain, and look at what you’ve done.

Zhu Xiangxiang’s face turned pale, wanting to argue, but Granny Zhu wouldn’t give her a chance to speak.

“I’m not afraid of being laughed at. Today, in front of all the guests, I, Zhao Hui Lan, declare that the Zhus will cut all ties with Zhu Xiangxiang from now on. From now on, you are not allowed to act under the name of the Zhus, nor are you allowed to use the surname Zhu. Your mother’s surname is Zhao, so you will follow her surname, Zhao Xiangxiang.”

Changing surnames on the spot, Granny Zhu was ruthless.

But it must be said that this move was powerful, Zhu Xiangxiang’s face was more colorful than a palette.

Don’t hit someone in the face, Granny Zhu was striking at her heart.

Lin Ya sighed, “Xiangxiang, what have you done to yourself, sigh…”

“Don’t you pretend to feel sorry for me, it makes me sick.” Zhu Xiangxiang sneered.

Lin Ya’s face was full of grievance: “You really are unreasonable.”

Zhu Xiangxiang could see the smugness in Lin Ya’s eyes. She couldn’t fight Ming Jing, but she wouldn’t have any trouble dealing with a little character like Lin Ya, right?

“Enough, Zhu Xiangxiang, you’ve deceived me for so long. I defended you on every occasion, treating you like my own sister. In your eyes, am I just like a fool?” Zhu Shaodan jumped out and pointed at her, scolding.

Zhu Xiangxiang couldn’t believe it: “Shaodan, even you think so?”

“You’re the pretentious one, you’ve been fooling me from the start, making me your pawn to fight Ming Jing. You’re so jealous that you’ve lost your mind, and I regret helping you.”

Zhu Shaodan wasn’t a fool, after all, she wasn’t his real sister. Thinking about it, Zhu Xiangxiang’s past kindness to him was nothing but manipulation.

At this moment, Zhu Xiangxiang felt what it meant to be abandoned by all. She was utterly defeated today, but she still had one last trump card.

A crazy smile appeared in Zhu Xiangxiang’s eyes as she pointed at Ming Jing and shouted: “You’re nothing but an illegitimate daughter! Your mother didn’t want you and threw you away at Jiyue Temple. Do you know that you’re an illegitimate daughter? Do you know that you were despised and abandoned by your parents? Hahaha, no matter how outstanding and powerful you are, you can’t wash away the sins of your birth. Your mere existence in this world is a disgrace.”

Ming Jing was unmoved.

Ming Xin immediately stood in front of Ming Jing, pointing at Zhu Xiangxiang and cursing: “You’re nothing but a rabid dog. Security, drag her out.”

The scene erupted in another round of gasps.

Even now, being an illegitimate daughter was a title that people despised and looked down upon.

So Ming Jing was actually an illegitimate daughter?

Qu Feitai shouted angrily: “What is security doing? Get this madwoman out of here!”

Security rushed in to drag Zhu Xiangxiang away, but she struggled like a madwoman, biting the security guards, leaving them hesitant to approach.

Zhu Xiangxiang looked at Xiao Hong, who had been silent with her head down, “Tell me, is Ming Jing really an illegitimate daughter?”

Xiao Hong was on the verge of tears, but could Zhu Xiangxiang still give her the money she had promised, given the state she was in now?

Zhu Xiangxiang rushed over and violently shook Xiao Hong: “Hurry up and speak, hurry up.”

Xiao Hong, feeling nauseous from the shaking, quickly said: “I’ll speak, I’ll speak, just let me go.”

Zhu Xiangxiang let go of her, and Xiao Hong coughed before saying under Zhu Xiangxiang’s murderous gaze: “That day, I overheard my grandmother talking with someone. Master Ming Jing… she was abandoned by her biological mother since she was an illegitimate child. Her mother thought she was a burden and left her at the entrance of my family’s restaurant. My grandmother took pity on her and sent her to Jiyue Temple.”

After Xiao Hong finished speaking, she sneakily glanced at Ming Jing: “Master Ming Jing, what I said is true. You were four years old back then, probably about thirteen years ago in winter. My grandmother still has the clothes you wore at that time.”

Ming Xin looked worriedly at Ming Jing; she truly didn’t know about this.

Zhao Qin couldn’t help but laugh, disdainfully curling her lips: “So, she’s a bastard.”

The pasts of the five sisters from Jiyue Temple were tragic; if investigated, almost all of them were abandoned orphans.

Therefore, no one was surprised. Who would end up in a nunnery if their lives were going well?

It was just that it was hard to believe that the abandoned illegitimate child was Ming Jing, as it was difficult to associate her with such an image.

Even if Ming Jing became powerful in the future, being publicly exposed like this would leave a stain on her life that could never be erased.

Ming Chen and Ming Ti exchanged glances, feeling somewhat baffled.

Ming Chen found it strange; she remembered that her eldest sister had mentioned that she had carried Ming Jing back to the temple personally. She had also said that Ming Jing had never cried since she was a baby, had never shed a tear as she grew up, and that they had once suspected that she was congenitally deficient.

So how could this person now claim that Ming Jing was brought into the temple when she was four years old?

It was somewhat contradictory.

Ming Chen thought it was another ploy by Zhu Xiangxiang to frame Ming Jing, and was about to speak when Ming Ti gave her a glare and shook his head.

Ming Chen could only temporarily hold back.

“You’re just a bastard, admit it,” Zhu Xiangxiang laughed triumphantly, as if she finally found a sense of superiority over Ming Jing.

Ming Jing gently shook her head, a look of sorrow on her face.

“Why should an innocent baby bear the sins of the parents? What is the logic in that?”

“You mock and attack me with the same background as you, covering your own eyes, catching sparrows. You are pitiful and ridiculous.”

Yes, Zhu Xiangxiang was really insane and obsessed.

“How could I be the same as you? Your father abandoned your mother, your mother abandoned you, you’re just a bastard…”

Zhu Xiangxiang’s voice suddenly stopped, interrupted by a deep and magnetic male voice that penetrated through the crowd like a wave, clearly reaching everyone’s ears.

“Who dares to say that the young lady of the Ran family is a bastard?”

The chandelier hanging from the dome suddenly emitted dazzling, brilliant light. The sound of music became distant and blurred, as if suddenly being in a fantasy world, giving people an unreal feeling.

It seemed as if time had suddenly frozen, everything standing still, only the white-dressed girl’s skirt fluttering lightly in the air.

Ming Jing raised the corners of her lips, her dark and clear eyes like pools of dense ink, seemingly unfathomable.

The world is like a chessboard with unpredictable changes.

And in this game of chess, who is the player and who is the pawn?

You finally… still came.