Me at two years old, a queen!

Zhao Jingtang, who never hits women, slammed his hand on the only table in their room in anger: "Stop pretending! You hypocrite!"

"Jing Tang~, calm down. It's all my fault. I wronged Wan Yin back then. I was irresponsible and broke up with her, causing her family to marry someone she didn't like and suffer domestic violence every day!"

"Back then, my mother didn't approve of me being with Wanyin. When I disagreed, she cut off my financial support and even tried to kick me out of Zhao's Entertainment."

"I was too young at the time and didn't realize that Wan Yin was the one I loved, so we broke up. But after she went back home, her family forced her to marry a man who was addicted to alcohol and gambling."

"This man got drunk and went gambling, got into trouble and was beaten so badly he was paralyzed. He also owes a huge amount of gambling debts. Wan Yin is a woman raising a child alone, having to take care of her husband and earn money to pay off the debts."

"She had no other choice but to contact me. I regret it so much. I wish I had married her no matter what!"

"That man is paralyzed, and there's no man to protect her. Wan Yin is also weak-willed. When she goes out to earn money, she's called a vixen by some rude women, and her windows are smashed by thugs from time to time."

"She was even forced by her mother-in-law to have a son for her brother-in-law. How could anyone be so humiliating?"

"Later, Wanyin had no choice but to ask me to take care of her daughter after she died. Only then did I realize how much these people had driven her to this point, which led her to attempt suicide."

"I wanted to bring her to live in Haicheng, away from the Shen family, but Wan Yin is too kind. She was afraid Jiang Jiu would be unhappy, and she didn't want to abandon that man and leave her child without a father!"

"All I can do is send her some money, every little bit helps, to ease her burden. Wan Yin hates trouble and has refused me several times, so I can only buy things and send them over."

"Who knew that Uncle Shen was also a gambler? Seeing that Wan Yin's life was slowly getting better, he started asking her for money. How could a woman like Wan Yin resist him? It's all my fault. I brought trouble upon myself by sending her things."

"Later, I paid for him to go to another city and never come back. Who knew that those thugs, seeing that there was no man in her house, would harass Wanyin every day."

"Some women in the village were jealous of Wan Yin's good looks, and they bullied her and called her a vixen, but she didn't care. It wasn't until Shen Yi was forced to stay away from school by the village children that Wan Yin, in a moment of despair, jumped into the river with the children."

"In the end, she couldn't bear it anymore and texted me to ask me to take care of her child. That's when I persuaded her to live well. She's just foolish. It's all other people's fault. How could she commit suicide?"

"Hmph~, evil deeds live on for a thousand years! You're the only one who believes this woman!"

Zhao Jingtang said irritably, "How did you manage Zhao's Entertainment for so many years with a brain like yours? If she wanted to die, she would have died long ago!"

"I've never seen anyone die so many times and still survive!"

"Jing Tang~, don't say that about her! She's already so pitiful!"

"Dad? Why is it that everyone else isn't pitiful, but this aunt is pitiful every day?"

An'an didn't quite understand, but she remembered that the uncle always said that her aunt was pitiful. She didn't understand why her aunt was pitiful when she was dressed so well.

"Because she makes a living by being pitiful!"

Lu Junxing realized how quickly this troublesome girl learned to imitate others, so he raised his hand and slapped her: "You can't learn from her! If you rely on men for a living like this, I'll be the first to beat you to death!!"

Seeing the somewhat annoyed expressions on Zhao Yuantang and Meng Wanyin's faces, the man's sharp gaze swept over them, suppressing any words they might utter in their defense.

"Ha~, what a joke. Even a child can see this clearly, do you really not understand?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yuantang lowered his head awkwardly, knowing that his younger brother Zhao Jingtang was truly disappointed and heartbroken.

"Jing Tang, it's all because I abandoned her back then and then took it upon myself to help her, which led to Wan Yin being in this state today. So I have to take responsibility for her."

"Since she's unwilling to abandon everything and leave, then I'll come here to help her!"

"So I orchestrated my kidnapping and faked my disappearance. I think you'll only be sad for a while, and then you'll move on with your lives."

"With the Jiang family's support, and Yu'an being sensible and obedient with servants to take care of him, they won't live too badly! I've even thought that Jiang Jiu can manage Zhao's Entertainment for me!"

"She comes from a prestigious family, so running an entertainment company wouldn't be too difficult for her, just a bit demanding. But I never expected her to..."

“But Wan Yin doesn’t have me. She’s raising a child and taking care of a paralyzed man all by herself, surrounded by bad men who still have their eyes on her. She won’t be able to survive!”

"As you've seen today, the people in the village aren't very educated; they just live off their small plots of land, and their views on women are conservative and prejudiced."

"She's so kind and doesn't argue with people, how did Wanyin survive in an environment surrounded by snakes?"

"I'm the one who wronged her! Otherwise, how could such a good woman be covered in scars, raising a child, and still being called a vixen? She's clearly such a good person."

"Damn it! She's always been a viper! You're blind and heartless!"

"Giving up the position of president of Zhao's Entertainment, you've been forced into this village as a laborer for the Shen family by this woman. Her husband isn't even dead yet. What are you? An adulterer or a sucker?"

"Brother Yuantang~, it's all my fault for dragging you down, sob sob~, it's all because I'm too soft and weak, unable to protect myself, let alone my child."

"Why don't you just leave? I'm fine here alone. It's just a little tough and tiring, but I've gotten used to it after all these years! It's just my child who suffers, sob sob~"

"Zhao Jingtang! That's enough! How could you say that? I've already told you it's all my fault. Don't target Wanyin."

"Just pretend you didn't see me. Go back and manage Zhao's Entertainment properly. Just pretend I'm dead!"

"Look at yourself now. Are you still the same older brother who excelled academically since childhood, dared to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the family, and led Zhao's Entertainment to success?"

"How could you become like this? Do you know that Yu'an is only 8 years old? What will he think when he finds out? His father was willing to be a mistress for another woman, abandoning his wife and child, causing his mother to die while trying to save you!"

"Zhao Yuantang! Do you deserve it? How could a woman turn you into this? Or is this your true face all along? We've all been blind all these years, misjudging you!"

"Yes! I'm not worthy! Do you think I want to always be number one? I don't have that much talent at all. My parents like outstanding children, so I study hard every time, and I have to get number one!"

"I'm your older brother, so I have to be outstanding! Why should you get praise from Mom and Dad without doing anything?"

"I don't want to be a CEO. Those shareholders look down on me behind my back and wish they could bring me down. I'm just a puppet who listens to my parents!"

"Yes! I am a coward. I don't want to take any responsibility at all! Why can you go to military academy whenever you want and join the army whenever you want, while I have to always be excellent and do everything perfectly?"

"I just want to live the life I like. Here, I feel like a real person! As long as they can eat mutton every day, I'm the most useful man in the village!"

"You can leave now. Just pretend I'm dead. I'm sorry, I've let Jiang Jiu down! I don't deserve to be Yu'an's father!"

Looking at his real older brother, Zhao Jingtang could no longer find a reason to forgive him!

Zhao Jingtang's parents were always busy working away from home when he was young, so his older brother, who was eight years his senior, took care of him. He was like a brother, a father, a teacher, and a friend.

He knew that only by taking on the responsibility of Zhao's Entertainment could he freely strive in the army and realize his dreams; he knew that everything he enjoyed was thanks to his elder brother's influence.

He was always grateful to him and felt incredibly proud and lucky to have such an older brother. He had boasted about it countless times to his friends.

But he had never known that the man before him harbored such feelings, and had even once resented his younger brother. Zhao Jingtang was filled with guilt.

If he had discovered earlier how depressed his older brother was, and had come back to help him sooner, would none of this have happened?

But he couldn't ignore his sister-in-law, who had died because of Zhao Yuantang's selfish desires, and his nephew, who had become withdrawn after the tragedy. He would investigate his sister-in-law's death and seek justice for them.