She even blamed him for disappearing for more than ten years.

What was wrong with him disappearing?

At least his death provided her with a large compensation and pension, allowing her to remarry into a wealthy family with a generous dowry!

"Wei Lanzhi, have some shame! Don't you know who wants to pick the peaches now that your daughter is successful? How dare you question me here? If you hate my disappearance so much, then why did you accept the pension I risked my life for back then?"

Ming Zhiyun was never a gentle and polite person; he was wild and unrestrained in his youth, and a scoundrel in his young adulthood. After meeting Wei Lanzhi, he began to settle down, becoming a good, family-oriented man for her and their daughter.

Wei Lanzhi had always been pampered, loved, and protected by him. It could be said that he had never even raised his voice at her.

But now, love was completely dead.

This woman had also caused his Mingxi to grow up steeped in bitterness since childhood.

How could he still feel any pity for her?

It was even less possible for him to let her Throwing dirty water on him just because she was once his wife and the mother of his child.

He could be ruined, but he absolutely could not let his daughter bear the reputation of an unfilial child to her birth mother.

"You... how could you..."

Wei Lanzhi's shock was palpable.

Just as Ming Zhiyun had thought, after they met, he always indulged her in everything and never said a harsh word to her.

It was even less likely for him to expose her shortcomings with such a tone and attitude.

That's why she dared to accuse Ming Zhiyun so righteously just now.

She forgot.

She was remarried.

If Ming Zhiyun wasn't completely blinded by love, he would never let another man's wife stand over him and disrespect him.

Wei Lanzhi was completely overwhelmed and lost her composure by the sudden reappearance of her deceased ex-husband, who was now enjoying the prestigious treatment she had always yearned for.

"..."

Noticing the various gazes from others, the color drained from Wei Lanzhi's face.

Her lips trembled, "You... you're talking nonsense! You're slandering me! I didn't..."

"Shut up."

A calm, indifferent voice, carried by a cool breeze, spread through the room.

Mingxi, who had appeared at the auditorium entrance at some unknown point, stepped forward, followed by a group of young men and women.

She had just met with Fu Yifan and the others, which was why she had temporarily entrusted her father to the principal and Golden Yuanbao.

There was no expression on her face.

Her eyes were as calm as a bottomless cold pond, yet they contained a majesty that made Wei Lanzhi's soul tremble.

Even the air was filled with an invisible, suffocating sense of oppression.

Upon seeing her, Golden Yuanbao, who had been quietly perched on Ming Zhiyun's shoulder, quickly flew up and landed on her.

Its protection mission completed, it still preferred to be with its Beast Tamers.

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"Ms. Wei."

Mingxi's voice was not loud, but it clearly echoed through the entire lounge, carrying an undeniable sense of declaration.

"Who abandoned whom? Who is distorting the truth? It cannot be changed by your crying and throwing tantrums here."

She flipped her wrist, and her personal terminal projected a transparent light screen.

Her fingertips quickly tapped, and several clear electronic documents were projected into the air for everyone to see.

The first was a yellowed scanned copy of a national disability and death pension receipt.

The date was shortly after Ming Zhiyun was 'confirmed missing,' and the recipient was Wei Lanzhi.

Amount: 4.47 million star coins.

And this pension receipt clearly stated that it belonged to Ruan Qinghe, Wei Lanzhi, and Mingxi.

The second was an insurance policy, with the insured and beneficiaries almost identical to the names that appeared on the previous document.

The final payout for this policy was also 2.19 million star coins.

The third was a bank statement from the same year, showing that less than a week after receiving the pension and insurance payout, a large sum of money was transferred out of Wei Lanzhi's account, and the recipient was Ji Chenggang's company at the time.

The total amount transferred was 6.88 million star coins.

This ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) was exactly her original savings balance plus the pension and insurance payout.

It wasn't over yet.

There was also a fourth document.

It contained detailed records of Mingxi's medical history, tuition payments, and living expenses from childhood to the present. Not a single entry on it included the name 'Wei Lanzhi.'

"Have you seen clearly?" Mingxi's voice was like falling ice beads:

"The moment you abandoned me, you lost the right to call yourself my mother. Dad's pension and insurance payout served as a complete severance of our relationship."

If the original owner hadn't died, Wei Lanzhi might have had a chance to reconcile with her.

But now, there was the original owner's life separating them. What reason did she have to forgive on behalf of the original owner?

"It's best if you accept it. If you don't want to accept it, then..."

She looked at Wei Lanzhi expressionlessly.

"Between us, other than being strangers, the only relationship can be that of plaintiff and defendant."

Before today, she had never thought of bothering Wei Lanzhi.

Her idea was the same as her father's: a clean break, and everyone could be happy.

How good it would be to be the most dignified strangers?

If she insisted on being annoying and causing trouble, then she naturally wouldn't mind tearing off the facade and facing her in court.

She wasn't the one breaking the law.

Even if she needed to fulfill her filial duties in the future, that would only be after Wei Lanzhi turned 80.

These documents, of course, were not prepared by Mingxi, but had already been collected by the Silver Radiance Group.

The cold light of the projection illuminated Wei Lanzhi's deathly pale face.

The irrefutable evidence exposed all her hypocrisy and shamelessness for all to see.

"She transferred all the money shortly after her husband 'died.' Could this woman have been cheating earlier?"

"Maybe she intentionally wanted to harm Ming Shen's father for remarriage back then, which is why she let him participate in the Green Field Star exploration despite knowing the dangers."

"As venomous as a wasp's sting."

"I heard Ming Shen had a really hard time when she was little, working several jobs at a young age."

"Over six million, that's a huge sum for an ordinary family, yet she didn't leave a single cent for her daughter or mother-in-law. How could her heart be so cruel?"

"She didn't even leave it for her daughter, but for her illicit lover. How is that just cruel? It's simply malicious!"

"Ming Shen is so powerful now, she must be regretting it terribly."

"Definitely. Wouldn't you regret it? With a daughter like Ming Shen, what kind of glory and wealth wouldn't you have?

As long as Ming Shen is alive, the Ming Family will sooner or later become a top-tier family like the He Family!

But now? She's smug about a little bit of kindness from her stepson, it's unbearable to watch."

"This is called reaping what you sow."

"I think she deserves it."

The voices of the people around them entered Wei Lanzhi's ears, like sharp nails.

"No... it's not like that... I..."

Wei Lanzhi trembled like a leaf in the wind, speaking incoherently.

The immense humiliation and unwillingness almost made her collapse.

It shouldn't be like this!

She looked at Ming Zhiyun's disgusted yet frank eyes, and at Mingxi's cold, indifferent eyes that seemed to see through her soul.

"Ah--"

No longer able to bear this spiritual torment, Wei Lanzhi suddenly turned around and stumbled out like a stray dog.