Chapter 41: Can You Do It?

Su Yu lifted her big, watery eyes, hurried toward Ji Yan, "Go!"

【Mom is the best!】

Ji Yan squatted down, caught Su Yu, lifted her and spun around.

【Wow, being held by Mom and spun around makes me so happy!】

Su Yi: "Envy, jealousy, hatred!"

Su Yu happily followed Ji Yan and the others to the press conference. The four of them traveled together, with Su Xi driving.

The press conference was held at Su Clan Group.

From afar, Su Yu saw a group of security guards checking the reporters.

【Wow, security checks too. Makes sense, they're probably afraid those guys might splash sulfuric acid or something. No matter what field someone's in, a ruined face is a total crit!】

Su Xi silently nodded in his heart. Indeed. The Chu Family people are very ruthless, and it's hard to guarantee they won't act against Su Yu and Ji Yan.

At the press conference, Ji Yan and Yang Zhichun sat on either side, and Su Yu sat in the center seat.

"???"

【Where's big uncle? Why am I in the center seat?】

The reporters present also didn't understand.

The pre‑live audience understood even less.

【What's going on?】

【Training a kid isn't done like this, right?】

【Are they messing around?】

【What does a little brat even know?】

【Isn't Ji Yan the protagonist?】

……

Su Xi came out from backstage, "Can you do it?"

"Sure!"

【Just sitting in the center seat, how can a girl say she can't? I must be able!】

Su Xi curled his lips in a smile, "Alright, baby, I'll leave the hosting to you today."

"??? I don't have a host's credential!"

【I can do it but this seems off, whose host is a three‑year‑old?】

"It's fine, no credential needed."

【Ah, it's really a kid host!】

【What new play are they trying at their house?】

【Kid sister's not bad, she even knows you need a host credential!】

【Are they just playing with netizens? What can a kid understand?】

……

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. This press conference is to explain Ms. Ji Yan and her adoptive parents…"

Su Yu's cute, round‑toned voice read the script Su Xi gave her. The scrolling comments started out doubtful, then turned to amazement.

【She's only three, right?】

【So talented?】

【Is this just to show off the child? Fine, I admit you succeeded.】

【How can a three‑year‑old be so different? My three‑year‑old is still rolling on the floor making a mess.】

……

Online, because of Su Yu's brilliant performance, everyone's mood eased considerably. Ji Yan's issue was set aside, and people were debating whether a three‑year‑old like Su Yu could really know so many characters. Was it really not a script?

"Now is the Q&A time, please raise your cards!"

"Hold on!"

"Go ahead!"

Su Yu, hearing someone interrupt, didn't panic; she kept a small, composed face, looking at the suddenly speaking reporter like a little adult.

【You'd better not be asking nonsense!】

"What if you deliberately pick on your own people?"

【What can we do? Chill! We're all grown adults, can't we figure it out ourselves? Still asking a kid, what good is that for you?!】

"I say you're bought by us, what will you do?"

"How could I possibly be bought by you!"

"Then produce evidence that you're not bought!"

【LOL, a self‑referencing loop, she actually wasn't drawn in.】

【Hahaha, this reporter is useless.】

【I really suspect he's been bought.】

……

"Now, please raise your cards!"

Su Yu stopped paying attention to the reporter who wanted to speak; she told the reporter to raise a card, then selected according to the color.

"Red, please ask your question!"

"May I ask why Ms. Yang Zhichun is releasing news about Ms. Ji Yan so late— is it to exonerate Ji Yan?"

Su Yu flipped through the picture.

10 p. m., that's not even late!

You might still be working overtime at this hour!

Yang Zhichun also asked, "Don't you have to work overtime?"

Su Yu nodded silently.

Uh… the reporters present couldn't believe it—overtime? Yang Zhichun also needs overtime?

Seeing that, Su Yu called out, "Next, please hold up your sign!"

The one in blue!

May I ask Ms. Ji Yan how you view the later revelations that your adoptive father Wei Mantang and adoptive mother Ji Xuan were involved in usurious lending, causing countless families to be torn apart?

The law sees it as I see it; if I say I wish them dead, can they actually die? A bunch of opportunists got duped and then portrayed themselves as victims—how amusing!

Making money means you have good foresight and strong ability; losing money means you were cheated—how pitiful! Your feelings are as pure and flawless as a white flower that emerges unstained from mud. When you spend money hoping for dividends, why don't you think? How could such a good thing possibly exist in this world?

May I ask if they are adults?

The reporter thought, why does this family never play by the rules? How does he know whether they're adults? Shouldn't you answer my question?

Please answer my question directly!

Will my opinion change the factual truth? The law will adjudicate.

Next, please hold up your sign!

I feel like the auction host, but I get no commission!

The one in green!

May I ask whether you will repay the debts your adoptive parents incurred?

I must state this: legally or by blood, they are not my adoptive parents. They are only considered my parents by everyone because they are my grandmother's daughter and son‑in‑law.

Ji Yan took out her old household registration book and displayed it on the big screen. The head‑of‑household column listed Ji Huayun; Ji Yan's line indicated a grand‑child relationship to the head. The entire register contained only three people; the adoptive parents were not listed.

Back then, Ji Xuan, for her beloved husband, transferred the household registration out. After Ji Xuan discarded her biological daughter and later reclaimed her, the registration was under Ji Yan's grandmother, sharing a register with the then‑grandfather.

At that time, Ji Yan's grandfather was a very authoritative middle‑aged man, and everyone gave him some respect. Thus Ji Yan's registration fell under him.

After that, Ji Yan's guardians were always her grandfather and grandmother.

Later, Ji Yan lived in the countryside with her grandparents, while Ji Xuan's family lived in the city. It wasn't until Ji Yan became a female star and started earning money that Ji Xuan's side, using grandmother Ji Huayun, came looking for her.

Ji Yan's evidence was solid. She calculated that the only people she owed filial duty to were her deceased grandfather and the then‑living grandmother Ji Huayun. Whether it was accompanying treatment back then or the transfers over the years, all prove that while being filial, she also fulfilled her obligations.

Next, please hold up your sign!

The one in purple.

Miss Ji Yan, may I ask why you are suing your adoptive parents for fraud?

Ji Yan, trembling, took out the evidence she had found and placed it on the display stand. The crowd looked at the big screen, then at the sobbing Ji Yan; the journalists with a sliver of conscience chose to remain silent.

【Ah, the video footage from when she was discharged shows she was fine!】

【Yeah, no one could stand it! A good person just like that is gone!】

【Why didn't they let her finish that treatment?】

【If they demanded money directly, Ji Yan would have given it. They later demanded so much, and Ji Yan gave it all. Why did they then take a life? Really, Ji Yan's grandmother was so wronged! She became a tool for her children to earn money, and then lost her life!】

【Ji Yan is from our side of the family; she indeed grew up with her grandma. Everyone locally basically knows their family affairs. Originally the marriage was supposed to be a son‑in‑law, all children taking the mother's surname. But that guy swindled his father‑in‑law's money; except for Ji Yan who kept the Ji surname, the other children took the father's surname, and the old man, even when aged, refused to support them. Because of his actions, in our area, families with only a daughter no longer want to take a son‑in‑law!】

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