It was late at night.
Rong Yin placed the photo on the desk and looked at the blurred words for a long time:
"Your mother's relationship with the Chi family is not just that."
A page of a diary that she had seen flashed through her mind.
The page was torn in half, but a few incomplete words could be made out:
"He said... the Chi family... can't recognize me..."
Her fingertips trembled slightly, and her throat was dry as if something was stuck.
She always thought that her mother was just an ordinary woman who was treated coldly by the Rong family and betrayed by her father.
But now, the Chi family is also involved?
She doesn't believe in fate.
But she wants to know the truth.
**
The next morning.
Chi Yuchuan just came out of the gym and saw Rong Yin sitting at the dining table with a cup of black coffee untouched.
"You didn't sleep last night?"
Rong Yin looked up, her eyes unfocused, but her tone was very light:
"What kind of person is your mother...?"
Chi Yuchuan paused and frowned: "Why do you suddenly ask this?"
"How did your father know her?"
"My father?" He sneered, "It was a business marriage. They had no feelings after marriage and each played with his own."
Rong Yin lowered her eyes.
What if... Chi Yaomin liked his mother when he was young?
Who would she be then?
Chi Yuchuan saw that she looked wrong and sat next to her: "What happened?"
Rong Yin handed him the photo.
"Look at this man, is he your father?"
Chi Yuchuan stared at him for a while, his face slowly turned cold: "This photo... was taken 27 years ago?"
He said in a low voice: "It's my father."
Rong Yin seemed to have caught something: "Do you think... it's possible that I'm not a child of the Rong family, but a child of the Chi family?"
Chi Yuchuan stood up suddenly, with a moment of horror in his eyes: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"I'm just guessing."
Her voice was very light, but very firm.
Chi Yuchuan clenched his fists: "I don't care whose child you are, you are my wife now, the only woman under my name, and this identity will not change."
Rong Yin whispered:
"But what if my existence affects your status in the Chi family?"
He looked at her suddenly.
Rong Yin looked at him, her eyes were no longer as soft as before, but a kind of determination: "Yuchuan, I'm not afraid of identity, nor the truth. I'm only afraid that I don't know who I am."
"I want to find out this matter myself, whether you are willing to accompany me or not."
Chi Yuchuan didn't speak.
After a while, he turned around and whispered:
"I'll accompany you."
**
At the same time.
Lin Zhiyuan quietly released a new wave of news behind the media:
"Rongyin's mother was Chi Yaomin's personal secretary when she was young. It is rumored that the two had an ambiguous relationship."
"Chi Yuchuan's wife's origin is a mystery. Is she the illegitimate daughter of the Chi family who "cannot see the light"? "
"The real heir of the Chi family is actually someone else?"
**
This time, there was no warning, no editing.
It was a direct attack.
That night, Rongyin was surrounded by many reporters outside the brand event.
Flashlights surrounded her in an instant.
"Excuse me, Mrs. Chi, are the rumors online that you are the illegitimate daughter of the Chi family true?"
"Is your mother really unclear about Chi Yaomin?"
"Is your marriage with Chi Yuchuan to cover up your identity?"
These questions pierced her eardrums like sharp blades.
She took a deep breath and stood still.
Then she raised her hand, took a microphone from the staff behind her, and spoke calmly:
"Since everyone cares about me so much, I am willing to answer clearly at once."
The whole audience fell silent.
"My name is Rong Yin, and I am 26 years old this year. My mother was imprisoned in her early years, and my father died when I was a child. I have never thought of relying on anyone for life, let alone trying to get close to the Chi family."
"But I will not be defined by my background."
"If my mother really had a relationship with the Chi family, I would investigate and face it."
"If I am the illegitimate daughter of the Chi family--"
She paused, her eyes as steady as water:
"Then I will personally step into that house and take my place."
"No one can decide my fate for me, including the Chi family."
The reporter was shocked.
The video quickly became a hot search, and was hailed as "the most powerful speech by Mrs. Chi."
At this moment, Lin Zhiyuan stared at the screen and sneered:
"Heh, the more she wants to prove her innocence, the more she exposes her weaknesses."
"It's time for her mother's real 'secret' to surface."