Chapter 23: Spirit Hall

Her daughter's words snapped Zheng Dongping back to her senses. What's wrong with her? How could she become so irritable?

Zheng Dongping immediately hugged her daughter and began to sob, "That should be yours; those are your grandmother and your older brother! Yet they never even ask you a single question! My poor daughter!"

Thinking of the old man's mention of the paternity test, she hurriedly added, "I already did the paternity test, but they just won't believe it! My poor daughter, if only your father were still alive! Sob! Heaven, why didn't you take me away back then!"

"Mom!"

"Mom, don't cry!"

"Wuwa! Brother! Grandma! Help Mom! Wow~"

The online public opinion became sharply polarized.

One group, upon hearing Zheng Dongping call her a "little slut", immediately turned hostile. They thought Zheng Dongping was pretentious and fake. They began digging public records online, analyzing Zheng Dongping.

Another group felt Zheng Dongping's daughter was pitiful. She was just a child who understood nothing. Moreover, both being three years old, the treatment of Zheng Dongping's daughter versus Su Xi's daughter was far too different.

The public relations department forwarded Zheng Dongping's remarks to Yang Zhichun and Su Xi.

"Grandma, how should we reply to her?"

Su Yu ignored Yang Zhichun and Su Xi's words; she was focused on playing hide-and-seek with Su Xi's phone.

【I'll just play a bit!】

【I already have the phone, let me play a bit, ah!】

"I'll do it."

【Yang Zhichun V】: Using swapped paternity test samples for analysis, can it still be called valid?

Yang Zhichun didn't @ anyone. But she had previously appeared in the Su Clan Group hot search, which was still lingering at the bottom of the hot search list; people clicked in, ready to claim she was biased, and then saw this Weibo post.

The netizens all exploded!

#YangZhichunResponseHasGossip# quickly surged onto the hot search.

The netizens were very curious: was Yang Zhichun's statement true or false? If Zheng Dongping's daughter wasn't a posthumous child, whose was she?

She was a high‑age mother!

Back then she shouted that, no matter how dangerous, she would give birth to her husband's posthumous child. She not only earned a wave of sympathy, becoming a minor internet celebrity, but was publicly praised by many media and even listed as a model wife. On the day of her delivery, a renowned obstetrics‑gynecology expert specially assisted her, performing surgery.

If it were false, it would be amusing…

The water army hired by Zheng Dongping kept claiming that the elderly lady detested her daughter‑in‑law, so she didn't want to give the granddaughter (who is the daughter‑in‑law's child) any shares. To that end, the elderly lady even smeared her daughter‑in‑law's reputation, misled the public, denied the paternity test, and stubbornly refused to acknowledge her biological granddaughter.

The water army hired by Su Clan Group emphasized that Yang Zhichun personally stepped forward to support Su Yu, even naming Su Yu as the next heir, and there was no such son‑preference that Zheng Dongping alleged, nor any deliberate denial of shares to a daughter. Therefore, the problem must lie with Zheng Dongping's daughter's identity, which is why Yang Zhichun refused to acknowledge it!

Neutral netizens just ate the gossip, watching other internet big‑shots dig up previously disclosed information.

Various rumors swirled online; Yang Zhichun had people pose as gossip‑eating netizens to leak some of the information investigators had uncovered. Especially in recent years, Zheng Dongping's foster brother had kept in touch with her, visiting her every few days.

Most netizens, unaware that they were foster siblings, would likely assume that one sibling took the father's surname and the other the mother's. It would seem normal for the brother to look after his sister, who lives alone and has a daughter.

But insiders know!

The Su family's commotion was probably being watched by many insiders!

After Yang Zhichun finished briefing the public relations department over an internal call, she turned and saw Su Xi holding a phone, teasing Su Yu.

"Alright, Xiao Yu, come over."

"Great‑grandma, big‑uncle is bullying me!"

Su Yu ran to Yang Zhichun's side, one hand gripping the seat armrest, the other pointing at Su Xi to complain.

"The phone isn't that fun; there's an amusement park at home. Tomorrow is a holiday, Grandma will play with you, and we'll have your big‑uncle work overtime at the company, okay?"

"Okay!"

Su Yu didn't think the amusement park would be that fun, but having big‑uncle work overtime? That's doable!

【Hmph! You're teasing me!】

"Ring ring ring…"

The phone rang, and Yang Zhichun pulled the phone out of her pocket.

"Hello?"

"Mm, got it. I'll head over once I finish handling this."

Su Yu looked up, curiously gazing at Yang Zhichun.

"Great‑grandma, where are you going?"

Su Yu also didn't want to stay at the company—so boring! If Great‑grandma goes out, she wants to follow, so it won't count as being late or leaving early!

Yang Zhichun gently patted Su Yu's head, "We'll go after work."

Su Yu nodded, "Okay, then I'll stay here with Great‑grandma."

【Don't think you can ditch me; I'm not an easy‑to‑trick kid.】

Su Xi: "Ah right, you're a three‑year‑old big kid!"

"Grandma, I'm going to get busy first."

"Mm!"

Su Xi went off to work, and Su Yu didn't know where Yang Zhichun was heading. She obediently sat on the room's sofa, then remembered she had forgotten her little snack.

"Great‑grandma, could you have big‑uncle bring over the meatball skewers and my other snacks? I'm a bit hungry."

Su Yu hesitated.

【I really want to get it, but what if Great‑grandma goes off alone?】

"Go back and get it; Great‑grandma will wait for you here."

"Really?"

Yang Zhichun smiled and nodded.

"It's true."

Su Yu replied, then walked out. She waited outside the chairman's office for a while before opening the door again.

Yang Zhichun is still handling documents.

She sees that Su Yu brought nothing and immediately knows what she's thinking.

"If you want to go, I'll take you. Great‑grandma isn't lying, I'm really leaving after work."

"Alright!"

Su Yu truly went to her own office this time. She packed her lunch box, then went to find Su Xi.

"Knock knock!"

"Please come in!"

"Do you still want meatball skewers? They're delicious!"

Su Xi, seeing the meatball skewers had already cooled a bit, said, "Put this here. If you can't finish them, don't take out so many; you may not eat cold ones."

"Okay!"

Su Yu decisively turned and went to find Yang Zhichun.

Su Yu spent an afternoon in Yang Zhichun's office, dealt with a chicken leg and a grilled sausage, and even stole a bite of the pastry that was specially sent to Yang Zhichun from the manor.

"Great‑grandma, off work!"

"Alright, wait a moment."

Yang Zhichun put the documents aside, put on a coat, and led Su Yu outside.

Su Xi happened to be at the doorway, and helped the great‑grandma walk out.

This time the driver for them was Qin Tao.

"Grandma, the memorial hall over there is already set up."

【Memorial hall? Who died? My uncle and great‑grandma aren't sad at all; it seems we have no special connection with our family.

Are we going now to attend a banquet? How much is the offering? Should I eat more, make it worth the cost? Should I invite my mom too? My mom hasn't seen a funeral banquet in our circle, could be a good experience. But funerals aren't very auspicious!】

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