Chapter 211: 203 Another blow! Scandals fully exposed [3 updates]

The words were filled with undisguised mockery.

A slap landed squarely on Zhong Zhiwan’s face, stunning her and causing a moment of deafness in her ears.

Before she could recover, Ke Huizhu raised her hand again and struck her on the left cheek.

“Don’t you see if you are worthy?”

Ke Huizhu struck with all her might.

With those two slaps, Zhong Zhiwan’s cheeks swelled and the corner of her mouth split open.

Passersby stopped to look around, people from various countries pointing and whispering about Zhong Zhiwan.

“Madam Ke,” Lady Zhong’s expression chilled as she shielded Zhong Zhiwan behind her, “you’re going too far.”

Although this matter had left her face without light and she wished to scold Zhong Zhiwan.

But Zhong Zhiwan was, after all, her daughter. How could Ke Huizhu slap her in front of her?

“I’m going too far?” Ke Huizhu scoffed. “You’re her mother, right? The daughter you’ve brought up, right?”

“Your daughter ruined our Ke family’s Luxurious Embroidery with her own hands. I didn’t kill her; I only slapped her twice, and even that is letting her off easy!”

In the capital, although the Ke family was only a mid-sized family, it could still compete with the Four Major Noble Families of Shanghai City, with numerous businesses.

In her generation, Ke Huizhu was the only daughter, along with Madam Mu.

Madam Mu, having married into the Mu family, did not take over the Ke family’s businesses, so Luxurious Embroidery came into the hands of Ke Huizhu.

The better assets of the Ke family were taken by her other brothers.

Ke Huizhu had hoped to use this fashion design contest to propel Luxurious Embroidery to great heights and become an international design brand.

But now, whether anyone would still buy Luxurious Embroidery’s products was an uncertainty!

Ke Huizhu looked down condescendingly at the mother and daughter, her expression scornful.

Lady Zhong’s face turned unsightly, filled with unprecedented humiliation.

Her chest heaved twice with anger as she rebuked, “Zhong Zhiwan, apologize now!”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry!” Zhong Zhiwan, having held back her tears all night, finally let them fall, crying so hard she could hardly catch her breath, “I didn’t know, I didn’t know anything.”

“What a joke!” Ke Huizhu found it disgusting to even glance at her, “I don’t believe you didn’t know you plagiarized. Stop making excuses. Let me tell you, as long as there’s a single person from the Ke family in the capital, you can forget about ever entering the circles of the capital in your lifetime!”

“And you’ll also have to compensate for the losses of Luxurious Embroidery,” she added.

After those words, Ke Huizhu, pulling along a young man, walked forward.

A few steps later, as if she remembered something,

She stopped, turned back, and mocked, “Zhong Zhiwan, the gown you’re wearing is priced at nine hundred thousand; we’ll include that in as well.”

Zhong Zhiwan just wept, not daring to say a word.

The young man laughed, “Auntie, why don’t you give her to me…”

“Shut your mouth!” Ke Huizhu, still fuming, smacked him on the back, “I haven’t settled the score with you over that little starlet you’ve brought up.”

At that moment, Luo Ziyue ran out, her dress in hand, looking frantic, “Young Master Ke, please help me, they’re digging up my dirt, if you don’t help me, I can’t stay here any longer.”

Hearing this, the young man lost his lecherous thoughts and immediately distanced himself, “Auntie, let’s get back to the capital quickly.”

He ignored Luo Ziyue and followed Ke Huizhu into the car.

**

In the capital, the Mu family.

Madam Mu was already resting when she received Ke Huizhu’s phone call, causing her heart to skip a beat.

She hurriedly peeled off the facial mask from her face, turned on her mobile phone, and downloaded a Weibo app from the app store.

Upon opening it, she was greeted by several trending searches.

Madam Mu’s expression changed instantly.

She called Zhong Manhua with a frosty face. “Manhua, your niece from your maternal family is quite bold, deceiving people all the way to me. I had intended to give her a chance to enter the capital’s circles. Who would have known she’d cast her disgrace across the entire world.

“Now immediately take Chenzhou into your home. No matter how poor that foster daughter of yours might be, she’s better than a plagiarist. I can’t let my son have any further contact with such a person.”

Without waiting for Zhong Manhua to respond, Madam Mu hung up the phone, full of worry.

If something like this happened to the Ke family, the Mu family couldn’t possibly be unaware.

A few days ago, as the spokesperson for Mu Heqing, Mu Cheng personally said that Mu Heqing was choosing an heir.

She feared that the incident might affect Mu Chenzhou.

Madam Mu couldn’t sleep anymore. She draped a shawl over her, stepped out of her room.

**

The next day.

The commotion on Weibo did nothing but grow.

The matter being international, netizens were highly concerned.

Soon, Zhong Zhiwan’s information was unearthed.

And with that discovery, netizens were shocked.

The young miss of the Zhong Family of Shanghai City.

The top student of Verdant Middle School.

With a family background, good looks, and not lacking in academics, why would she choose such a path?

[Doesn’t this Zhong family sound familiar? A couple of months back, didn’t they have some sort of bet with a foreign company?]

[I remember, I remember, Jade Pavilion! Yaozhi posted about the jade stone from Jade Pavilion.]

[I remember too, Zhong Corporation won the bet because of their Miss Cousin. What I’m curious about is why the younger miss would do something like this?]

Just as Zhong Zhiwan had thought, her name spread across various countries overnight.

Internationally, media outlets were all commenting on her.

A touch of pity, but mostly disgust.

Luo Ziyue was still not well-known to many, but her situation was not any better than Zhong Zhiwan’s.

Netizens unearthed evidence of her throwing tantrums and bullying fellow dorm mates on “Youth 101,” as well as evidence of vote rigging on the night of the finals.

In one night, it swept across the entire internet.

Without the Ke Family’s protection, these damning pieces of evidence simply could not be suppressed.

Luo Ziyue’s company quickly terminated her contract and distanced themselves from her.

This time, she was completely blacklisted.

Nie Chao still remembered the name, and he was quite vengeful. Now in a great mood, he said, “The Seventh Young Master, boss, what do you think? Does she deserve it or not for stealing my chair, humph!”

As he spoke, he turned around and realized that the two people across the dining table were ignoring him.

He couldn’t tell what they were busy with, but they were sitting very close to each other.

Dudu next to him puffed up his little pink nose, “Humph!”

Nie Chao: “…”

He felt that the pig was mocking him, but he had no proof.

However…

He stroked his chin, wondering if these two had finally made some progress?

What Nie Chao didn’t see, though, was a cell phone in front of the girl.

The screen displayed a voting interface with pictures of many celebrities.

“Did you finish voting?” Ying Zijin tapped to vote again, “Every hour, you can cast twenty votes. Make sure to remember to vote, we can’t be overtaken.”

“Okay,” Fu Yunshen leaned back, his handsome face as mesmerizing as ever. His gaze was nonchalant, his lips curved up, “Kid, you really just like to pick on me.”

And it was only her who dared to make him do such things.

Ying Zijin rested her chin in her hand and turned her head when she heard this, not denying it.

The girl’s eyes were misty and clear.

Like a curve of cold spring, shimmering in the moonlight.

Her beauty was striking, but not ostentatious.

Yet when she looked at you with such a dispassionate gaze, devoid of any emotion, it was utterly bewitching.

It didn’t allow anyone the strength to easily pull away.

Willing to submerge.

“When are we leaving?”

“The day after tomorrow, no need to bring anything, everything is available there.”

“What what what?” Nie Chao perked up his ears, “Where are you two going? Are you off on a honeymoon already?”

“Honeymoon? I don’t know about that,” Fu Yunshen slowly rolled up his sleeves, his voice deep, his eyes long and profound like the night, twinkling faintly, “But I know you’ll get beaten.”

“…”

**

Old Master Zhong had not checked Weibo today.

Because Shang Yaozhi inadvertently brought in a batch of goods, Zhong Corporation’s business had been very good these past few months.

At his age, Old Master Zhong should have been retired.

But for some reason, he was more enthusiastic than ever.

At noon, he returned home.

Upon his entry, Steward Zhong said anxiously, “Master, trouble has arisen. The Miss has plagiarized someone else’s design, and it’s already made its way to international websites.”

Old Master Zhong’s expression changed, “What’s going on?”

Steward Zhong handed him a cell phone while briefly explaining the situation.

Old Master Zhong slammed his hand on the table.

He was not just angry, but also worried, “Where is Wanwan now? When did she run off to Oceania? And why did she even participate in a design competition?!”

Lady Zhong had said she wanted to take Zhong Zhiwan out to relax due to the recent academic pressure, so she asked the school for a few days off.

That’s why Old Master Zhong had agreed.

“The Miss should still be in Oceania,” Steward Zhong hurried to say, “I just called the madam, but there was no answer on her side.”

Old Master Zhong’s head felt dizzy with rage, and he clutched his chest, “Tell them to come back as soon as possible.”

He was worried that, under Lady Zhong’s instigation, Zhong Zhiwan would do something to make him regrettable.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

But he did not expect it to happen so soon.

Moreover, this incident implicated the Ke Family, Chuguang Media, as well as domestic and international designers, not to mention that Zhong Zhiwan had made a grave mistake.

If it were anything else, no matter how difficult, he could protect her.

But not this time.

In an instant, Old Master Zhong seemed to age several years.

“Yes, Master,” said Steward Zhong, nodding before hurrying off.

Old Master Zhong turned on the trending searches to see the new messages.

[@TheStrongestBreakingNewsKing: A warm-hearted netizen submitted a tip-off, saying the designer from Luxurious Embroidery is a habitual offender. She had done this sort of thing before, stealing her own cousin’s work. The details are as follows.]

Below was a picture, reposted from Verdant Middle School’s campus forum.

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