Chapter 339: Her Child Died Five Years Ago!

"Ye Qingran is truly shameless! She monopolizes someone else's child and won't let him see his own mother! I never expected her to be like this!"

"Exactly! You know a person's face but not their heart! It's downright petty behavior!"

"Having her own child isn't enough; she still wants to snatch others'? Does she just love children that much?"

Each one speaks more harshly than the last.

"Xing Er, Yue Er, who just now spoke ill of me behind my back? You recorded it, right?" A clear, resonant voice came from within the Ye Residence.

"Don't worry, it's all noted!" Han Xing and Leng Yue appeared together on the wall of the Ye Residence, sneering at the crowd.

Under the astonished gazes of the onlookers, Ye Qingran walked to the gate of the Ye Residence and said, "You spout nonsense without knowing the truth... you deserve a beating!" As the words fell, Han Xing and Leng Yue shot forward like arrows into the crowd.

In the next instant...

Ah~

Awo~

Sss~

Cries of pain and wailing rose one after another.

The chatterers from earlier were each slapped by Han Xing and Leng Yue, left mute as cold cicadas, clutching their mouths as tears of pain streamed down.

Lin Xueyan's complexion darkened at the sight. These people were hired by her with money, their purpose to stir the crowd's emotions and defame Ye Qingran.

Yun Zhi saw Ye Qingran, her face stubborn, "Ye Qingran, give my child back to me at once!"

A cold hue flashed in Ye Qingran's beautiful eyes.

When did her child become this woman's?

Although she didn't know why Yun Zhi was so persistent, nor did it seem intentional, her child could not tolerate others coveting it!

"Your child? Who is your child?"

Yun Zhi gritted her teeth: "Xiao Chen! Xiao Chen is my child!"

A cold glint flashed in Ye Qingran's eyes, "Xiao Chen is your child? Do you have evidence?"

Evidence?

After a brief stunned pause, Yun Zhi spoke righteously, "The child I bore after ten months of pregnancy—what evidence is needed?"

"So that means there's no evidence?"

Yun Zhi choked.

"Without evidence, why are you shouting here?" Ye Qingran's tone took on a hint of coldness.

"I am one with the child; I can feel him here, so I came. The child is the one I gave birth to after ten months—that's a fact. You ask me for evidence; in this short time, how could I provide it? You're deliberately making things difficult for me!"

Yun Zhi knelt there, her posture soft, occasionally wiping the corner of her eye—so pitiful.

Human nature often mindlessly favors the weak.

Just as the onlooking common folk now, seeing Yun Zhi's pitiful state and Ye Qingran's imposing aura, instinctively thought Yun Zhi was right and Ye Qingran was wrong.

"Miss Ye, regardless of whether the child is Yun Zhi's, at least the National Master's child has nothing to do with you!"

"I think this Miss Yun must be the birth mother of the National Master's child!"

"As the Miss of the Prime Minister's Residence, how can you make things difficult for a girl with no strength at all? You're simply too over the line!"

Yun Zhi, hearing everyone support her, lowered her face slightly, a sharp glint flashing in her eyes.

Lin Xueyan took graceful steps forward, "Ye Qingran, I know the National Master's child gets along well with you, but you can't deny him a meeting with his biological mother because of that. Isn't that... heartless?"

Ye Qingran looked at Lin Xueyan, smiling rather than angry, "You say Xiao Chen is Yun Zhi's child?"

Lin Xueyan nodded, "Isn't that so?"

Ye Qingran solemnly nodded, "I see... then I should ask the National Master whether he agrees with you."

Lin Xueyan was startled, then her expression suddenly hardened.

"Emperor Sovereign would never agree with her!"

She bit her teeth, staring at Ye Qingran, her hatred boiling; that damned Ye Qingran actually dared to threaten her with the Emperor Sovereign!

"Miss Lin, do you still think Yun Zhi is Xiao Chen's mother?"

Lin Xueyan was forced to change her words, "Of course, there must be sufficient evidence to prove it!"

Yun Zhi didn't understand how Lin Xueyan, who had been on her side, suddenly switched sides. Panic surged in her heart.

Her gaze flashed, and she bowed to Ye Qingran, "Miss Ye, please, let me see the child!"

Such behavior first left the crowd stunned, then they showed angry expressions.

"Miss Ye, Miss Yun has bowed to you; why still refuse to let her see the child?"

"Exactly! Even if Miss Yun isn't the child's mother, she bowed to you; would letting her see the child kill you?"

"You're truly over the line. What has Miss Yun done? You actually let her bow to you! Bowing aside, you still refuse to let her see the child! You're heartless!"

Ye Qingran lowered her gaze, looking at Yun Zhi.

This woman is more scheming than she appears.

"Do you really want to see Xiao Chen?"

"Of course! Please, just let me see him once!"

"Then I'll grant you that." Ye Qingran's lips curled with a sarcastic arc.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Hu were brought over by Han Xing and Leng Yue; the two, in tacit coordination, clasped Ye Qingran's hand and affectionately called her "mother", a scene that sparked Yun Zhi's eyes, causing her jealous feelings to surge.

"Xiao Chen, mother is here to see you!" Yun Zhi displayed a gentle smile.

Fu Qianchen, hearing someone call his name, turned toward the voice, saw Yun Zhi, and raised a handsome brow, "You?"

"Yes, it's me. My child, come quickly to mother here, let mother hold you tightly!"

"No!" Fu Qianchen refused outright.

The one called Yun Zhi is not his mother!

Moreover, he doesn't like the smell on her at all, nor does he like the way she looks at him!

"Xiao Chen, she claims to be your mother and says there is a mother-son resonance between you; do you have that with her?"

Mother-son resonance?

Fu Qianchen couldn't help but recall the time before he knew Ye Qingran was his mother, that inexplicable feeling.

"I don't have any mother-son resonance with her; instead, I have it with you, Mother!" Fu Qianchen said, smiling ingratiatingly.

Ye Qingran admitted to being pleased by the flattery!

The unwilling Lin Xueyan finally found an opening to prick Ye Qingran: "Ye Qingran, is this something you taught the child to say? After all, everyone knows the National Master's adult child has no blood relation to you! Since you're not mother and son, where would this mother-son resonance come from?"

Everyone who heard thought Lin Xueyan made a lot of sense.

Ye Qingran stared steadily at Lin Xueyan and said, "How do you know I'm not the child's mother?"

Lin Xueyan's pupils constricted.

Could Ye Qingran have found out?

No, that's impossible!

Ye Qingran could never possibly know that Fu Qianchen is her child!

Her child died five years ago.