She abandoned her husband first, then her children, and was ecstatic after the divorce.

"Brother, why are you saying that too?" Lin Yuyan said unhappily.

Shen Qiyan could almost picture Lin Yuyan pouting on the other end of the phone, looking unhappy, and couldn't help but chuckle softly.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry."

"How could I not be angry?" Lin Yuyan slammed her hand on the car seat angrily.

"Mom has been acting so strange lately. She doesn't seem like the person I used to know at all. Brother, don't you think there's something wrong?"

Shen Qiyan frowned. "Is there a problem?"

Shen Qiyan knew from childhood that her parents' relationship was not good, and that they each had someone else outside the home. When they met at home, they would definitely quarrel unless they ignored each other.

Therefore, Shen Qiyan moved out of the old house when he went to university and rarely went back to live there.

Besides, he's been busy with the group's affairs lately, so he doesn't have time to pay attention to Zhou Lan.

"Why isn't it here?" Lin Yuyan asked anxiously.

“I find my mom really scary lately. Even though she always talks to me with a smile, I feel like she’s controlling me. If you don’t believe me, then secretly send someone to follow me tomorrow and see if my mom will forcibly take me back.”

Lin Yuyan has had disagreements with her family and has run away from home more than once.

Although Zhou Lan would chase after him in the past, when Shen Qiyan arrived tonight, he found that she had sent out three cars of bodyguards, which was really excessive and quite unusual.

But as for the matter of taking Lin Yuyan back, Shen Qiyan had not thought about it.

In the past, when Lin Yuyan was in a bad mood, she would travel to various places, even abroad, and Zhou Lan never said anything about it.

"Yu Yan, are you overthinking this?" Shen Qiyan couldn't help but ask.

"Brother, why don't you believe me?" Lin Yuyan's voice sounded broken on the other end of the phone.

Hearing the sob in Lin Yuyan's voice, Shen Qiyan quickly straightened up.

"Okay, okay, I understand. I'll arrange for more bodyguards tonight to protect you secretly and make sure you don't get caught by your mother. But, your mother has never treated you like this before. Why would you have such suspicions about your mother?"

"I think Mom is definitely hiding something from us," Lin Yuyan said in a low voice.

When did Zhou Lan begin to change?

It started from the day the two families agreed to the marriage, and could even be pinpointed to the exact time Fu Xiuheng arrived at the Lin family.

Before that, Zhou Lan had always indulged and spoiled Lin Yuyan, treating her like a precious jewel.

So what happened that day?

That day, someone posted online that Lin Yuyan was the third party who interfered in Lin Qingran and Fu Xiuheng's relationship. Others posted questions about what leverage the Lin family held over Fu Xiuheng.

Although the storm has long since subsided, its aftereffects keep recurring from time to time.

At that time, Lin Yuyan was only thinking about Fu Xiuheng, so she didn't have time to think about anything else.

Therefore, Lin Yuyan never asked Zhou Lan who wrote the exposé, or what evidence they had that allowed them to speak openly or secretly about the relationship between the Lin family and Fu Xiuheng.

Lin Yuyan pondered deeply and suddenly thought of Jiang Jiuge.

"It couldn't be her, could it..."

"Yanyan, what are you saying?" Shen Qiyan asked, puzzled.

Lin Yuyan gasped and whispered to Shen Qiyan on the other end of the phone.

"Last time we went through a lot of trouble to get samples from Jiang Jiuge and her daughter, but after the gene comparison, they said that Jiang Jiuge and her mother are not related by blood. Do you think that's possible, brother?"

Shen Qiyan also heard about this, but he couldn't care less about it at the time. He was busy dealing with the rumors and gossip on the internet with Shen Pei'an.

Moreover, Jiang Jiuge did not make any further moves afterward, so Shen Qiyan stopped paying attention.

“Mom found the testing agency herself, so there shouldn’t be any problem, right?” Shen Qiyan said.

But I was also a little unsure of myself.

Lin Yuyan noticed this and immediately seized the opportunity, saying urgently.

“Even you, brother, say it’s right, so why can’t it be that Mom knows the truth but doesn’t tell us?”

Lin Yuyan found it increasingly reasonable as she listened. "And it was from that day that my mother's attitude towards me changed. Who knows, maybe those posts on the internet were also exposed by Jiang Jiuge."

Lin Yuyan became increasingly agitated, "I'm absolutely certain that she is Lin Qingran."

"No way..." Shen Qiyan was still somewhat hesitant.

“I’ve met Miss Jiang before that day. Her temperament and demeanor are completely different from Lin Qingran’s. She’s only been gone for two years. Surely her personality hasn’t changed drastically? Our family hasn’t mistreated her. She shouldn’t be so upset.”

Lin Yuyan gripped her phone tightly without saying a word.

Lin Yuyan knew better than anyone whether Lin Qingran had suffered any trauma.

The reason she was so certain that Jiang Jiuge was Lin Qingran was because she discovered that many recent events were aimed at her.

Who knows, maybe Lin Qingran changed her identity and came looking for revenge. Otherwise, how do you explain all the bad luck that has happened to her recently?

"In short, she definitely has ill intentions," Lin Yuyan said.

"She must have felt resentful because her family was celebrating my birthday with her on the day she gave birth, and she wanted to come back and get revenge on me."

Shen Qiyan scoffed dismissively, "If it weren't for her habitual lying, why wouldn't everyone have gone to see her when she gave birth? Want to get revenge on you? I'd like to see if she has the ability to do so."

Seeing that Shen Qiyan had been persuaded, Lin Yuyan continued to coax him gently.

"Brother, can you find photos of Jiang Jiuge from before?"

Whether it is true or not, we'll find out soon enough.

"We can't find it," Shen Qiyan said helplessly.

"When Jiang Yuanbai announced his adoption of Jiang Jiuge, he protected her very well. Over the years, nothing about her has been circulated except for her paintings. Even when some wealthy young men asked her to be their teacher, she only met with the students and never met their parents. Moreover, she did not accept students over the age of eight."

He thought for a moment and then added.

"However, she recently held an art exhibition overseas, which was her first public appearance."

"What's the use of that?" Lin Yuyan said, somewhat discouraged.

"Whether there are photos or not doesn't matter, but don't you think this is very strange?"

Shen Qiyan raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"Although Jiang Jiuge is well-known, it is said that she has not appeared for many years. Just before Brother Xiuheng was about to find a tutor for Xingze, someone started talking about Jiang Jiuge again. Is there really such a coincidence in the world?"