I Got Together With the Fake Heiress - Chapter 41

“Two good daughters?” Wen Yunqing chuckled. She was truly curious just how shameless Li Hong had to be to say such troubling words.

To find the answer to that question, Wen Yunqing released Wen Yimeng, clenched her hand into a fist, and punched Li Hong straight across the side of her face.

Li Hong hadn’t expected Wen Yunqing to move so fast. She only managed to retreat a little before feeling an agonizing pain spread across her face. The area that was hit quickly swelled up and turned red.

“What are you trying to do? Committing assault in the street?” Li Hong seized the opportunity to fall onto the ground. “Even though I accidentally swapped you two, I still raised you when you were little! And after you came back to the Wen family, you—”

Halfway through her sentence, Li Hong suddenly found that she could not make any sound. No matter how hard she tried, she could only produce loud, harsh noises.

“Is that so? But I grew up with my grandmother. I have never seen you,” Wen Yunqing said, while taking out her phone and directly dialing the police.

“Hello, is this the Public Security Bureau? I have a person here suspected of malicious child abduction and abuse, right outside Ruihua Middle School. Can someone come over?”

Wen Yunqing’s movements were smooth and practiced. The people around had not yet fully grasped the situation, but upon seeing Wen Yunqing’s fluent call to the police and her firm tone, they immediately sided with her.

Most of the people present were drivers and housekeepers waiting to pick up students. They might not be familiar with the Wen family’s affairs, but that didn’t stop them from scrutinizing Li Hong with looks full of disdain and disgust.

No, this isn’t right! Li Hong wanted to explain. She wanted to expose the identities of the two. She was Wen Yunqing’s adoptive mother, and Wen Yimeng’s biological mother!

Even if she had deliberately swapped the children, it was for Wen Yimeng’s good. It was all for her own child, all for Wen Yimeng!

Li Hong’s plan to use her identity for moral blackmail, while not perfect, had some potential use, as most people believed that the bond of blood kinship was impossible to completely sever.

But Li Hong hadn’t anticipated that she would lose her voice before even finishing her second sentence. Having lost the ability to speak, even if she could twist the facts, it was useless.

Ruihua was a private school, and its students were either rich or powerful. The nearest police station was only a few hundred meters away, and the police arrived in less than three minutes.

“Who called the police just now?” asked the officer.

“It was me. This person just claimed to be my adoptive mother, but as far as I know, this so-called adoptive mother deliberately took me from the hospital and then abandoned me in the countryside. She never came looking for me once during that time, nor did she pay a single penny.”

Wen Yunqing continued, “Now that I have returned to my own family, she wants to pretend to be my adoptive mother and extort eight million yuan from me.”

Upon hearing the first few sentences, the responding officer frowned slightly, as domestic disputes like this were always difficult to handle, and since the matter had occurred so long ago, accountability was difficult to establish.

But upon hearing the last sentence—extortion of eight million yuan—his eyes lit up. “Ma’am, you must be Li Hong. Please come back to the station with us to cooperate with the investigation.”

The entrance of Ruihua School was not a suitable place to conduct inquiries. Since someone had called the police, they had the right to take the relevant person back to the station.

Li Hong’s throat made harsh, gasping sounds. No matter how hard she tried, she could not utter a complete word.

Seeing this, Wen Yunqing added two more sentences: “She was also threatening us just now. She might be pretending to be mute now.”

The officer frowned: “Ms. Li Hong, please cooperate with our police work.”

Li Hong glared fiercely at Wen Yunqing. Although she didn’t know what had happened, she was certain that this matter had something to do with the little brat, Wen Yunqing! Moreover, the bad luck she had been having recently might also be related to her!

Although the text messages to Wen Yimeng had been deleted, Li Hong’s phone still contained the sending records.

Wen Yunqing used some minor tricks to ensure the police saw that text message before allowing Li Hong to regain her ability to speak.

“She is my daughter! What’s wrong with me asking my daughter for money?” As soon as Li Hong realized she could speak, she began to defend herself, continually emphasizing the blood relationship between herself and Wen Yimeng.

“May I ask if you have any evidence to prove it?” the police officer asked. “Has it been registered with the relevant authorities, or do you have a paternity test certificate provided by a Class A hospital?”

Li Hong was choked. Of course, she had neither of those things. “I know Wen Yimeng’s date of birth. As for the paternity test, we can do one right now.”

“I have a question. On what grounds do you claim Wen Yimeng is your daughter? Yimeng has lived in the Wen family since birth. When did she ever have anything to do with you?” Wen Yunqing asked. “Also, you said you ‘accidentally’ swapped me. Then, by treating young me the way you did, didn’t you commit the crime of abandonment?”

“I didn’t have money at the time. I didn’t abandon her; I just let my mother raise her on my behalf,” Li Hong argued.

“Then why didn’t you give Grandma any money?” Wen Yunqing pressed.

“I told you, I didn’t have money myself! Where would I get extra money for her!” Li Hong frowned. “My mother has land and a house in the countryside. She wouldn’t be unable to survive.”

“Ms. Li Hong, your current clothes and appearance don’t suggest you lack money,” Wen Yunqing sneered. “Moreover, my grandmother suffers from a mental illness and should have been receiving treatment in a hospital, but you took her out of the hospital instead of letting her stay.”

“In doing so, you bear certain custodial responsibilities toward Grandma. As a guardian, you completely neglected her, which is a dereliction of duty. Secondly, Grandma is now over sixty, approaching seventy. You should fulfill your duty of support, yet you haven’t given her a single penny. This is unfilial.”

“From this, I can conclude that a person like you—unfilial, disrespectful of morality, and disregardful of the law—is highly likely to be attempting calculated fraud and extortion!” Wen Yunqing said in one breath. Whether she was entirely correct or not, she had already gained the upper hand in terms of momentum.

“You…” Just as Li Hong tried to open her mouth to refute, Wen Yunqing once again stripped her of her ability to speak, deriving great pleasure from seeing her frantic and jumping madly.

Realizing she was speechless again, Li Hong was truly going insane. If she had known this would happen, she should have just choked Wen Yunqing to death when she swapped her back! Then she wouldn’t have all these problems today!

“Police Officers, she seems to be trying to pretend to be mute again. Is she trying to stall for time?” Wen Yunqing paused. “We have our college entrance exam soon. We want to go home and study for the exam sooner.”

The officer in charge discussed it briefly with his colleagues. After a few simple questions, they let the two girls leave.

As for Li Hong, unable to speak, she could only grit her teeth, squeeze a pen, and very irritably use text to express her accusations.

Wanting to use writing to argue, huh? That’s quite good. After all, compared to words that vanished once spoken, the text that remained on paper was much more compelling evidence.

After getting into the car to go home, Wen Yimeng raised the partition between the front and back seats and asked, “What did you do just now? Why couldn’t Li Hong speak?”

“Didn’t I tell you? I know some strange things,” Wen Yunqing said with a smile. “Li Hong won’t be able to speak for three days.”

“Is it metaphysics?” Wen Yimeng asked, her curiosity piqued once more. If the previous instances of conjuring stones and gold could be explained by magic tricks, today’s event could truly only be explained by magic!

Wen Yunqing nodded. She hadn’t kept anything hidden from Wen Yimeng, and people who cultivated spiritual energy were not unheard of in this world.

After a small internal struggle, Wen Yimeng finally asked, “Um, is it too late for me to start learning now?”

“Of course not. You can learn whatever you want, as long as I know it,” Wen Yunqing was quite pleased. She had been slightly disappointed when Wen Yimeng politely declined to learn talismans before.

“I’ll organize the most basic knowledge in a bit. You look it over first, and then you can practice,” Wen Yunqing quickly formed a plan.

It certainly wouldn’t be a quick process for Yimeng to learn how to draw talismans. The first things she needed to learn were recognition and usage. Before she learned to draw them, she could completely act as the ‘talisman-drawing tool,’ handing the finished products directly to Wen Yimeng to use.

The incident with Li Hong happened right outside Ruihua’s gates, so it was basically impossible to conceal. Consequently, Mama Wen also quickly heard the news.

But Mama Wen did not show it in front of Wen Yimeng and Wen Yunqing. She was normal as usual, taking the two out for a stroll after dinner before letting them go back upstairs to the third floor.

“Wen Deming, the favor of saving your life was repaid long ago. This time, I want you to handle Li Hong completely!” After returning to her room, Mama Wen immediately changed her expression, her face showing unconcealed anger. “Besides, you were the one who was saved! On what grounds should the two girls bear the consequences?”

“Wife, don’t rush. I’ll investigate this matter first,” Papa Wen sighed. “Li Hong is despicable, but she is indeed Yimeng’s biological mother.”

“I don’t acknowledge that! Yimeng is my daughter. I raised her little by little, and she has nothing to do with Li Hong!” Mama Wen grew even angrier. “For the sake of her father, I will give you one last chance.”

“I don’t care if you use coercion, temptation, or any other method. I don’t want Li Hong appearing in the country,” Mama Wen stated. “Otherwise, I will handle it myself. I have friends, too.”

Papa Wen showed a helpless expression, rubbing his forehead as he said, “Alright, I will handle this properly this time. I promise to send her overseas and ensure she won’t disturb our lives.”