After Black Moonlight revealed her true feelings, everyone panicked.

Shen Baolin raised her head, her eyes red and swollen, her face pale and haggard after the high fever.

Even her voice was hoarse and unpleasant, "Of course it's true, would I lie?"

Lou Xiao's forehead veins throbbed a few times, his expression icy: "This is outrageous! What is Sheng Yunchao trying to do? Does he think he's some kind of gangster?"

No matter what, Shen Baolin is his cousin, and he can't ignore this matter.

“Even if Baolin did something wrong, it’s not a reason for him to do this. This matter cannot be left like this. I want Sheng Yunchao to give me an explanation now.”

As he spoke, he took out his phone to dial Sheng Yunchao's number.

Yao Yao said, "Let me do it."

Looking at Yao Yao's gaunt face, Shen Baolin's tears instantly rolled down her cheeks.

"Mom!" She hugged Yao Yao affectionately. "I shouldn't have disobeyed you and acted willfully. In this world, only you are the people who truly care about me."

Because of the pressure from Shen's father during this period, the mother and daughter naturally formed an alliance, and their relationship became closer than ever before.

Shen Baolin became close to and attached to Yao Yao, and Yao Yao helped her with the company's complicated business and documents.

If it weren't for this, Shen Baolin herself might not have had the courage to support herself alone.

Yao Yao patted her back reassuringly, "Okay, don't cry, let go, I'll make a call first."

Shen Baolin sat obediently on the hospital bed, waiting for Yao Yao to call and help her vent her anger.

After thinking for a moment, Yao Yao made a phone call to Lu Sijian.

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"Jian, Auntie wants to ask you, what exactly happened last night? How did Baolin end up being thrown into the pool and tortured for over an hour in this cold weather?"

As soon as the call connected, Yao Yao got straight to the point.

Lu Sijian was silent for a moment, then said, "Auntie, it was actually all my idea."

Yao Yao put the phone on speakerphone, so everyone could hear it clearly.

Shen Baolin sneered: "So it really was you who instigated this behind the scenes!"

She said that Sheng Yunchao had no reason to do that, and that he, a grown man, had no reason to make things difficult for a woman like her.

Only Lu Sijian would dislike her so much and secretly do bad things to her.

Yao Yao looked up at Shen Baolin and then asked, "Then why did you do that? Do you have anything to explain?"

Lu Sijian simply said, "I'm sorry, Aunt Yao, I have nothing to explain."

Beside her, Lian Buman leaned close to Lu Sijian, anxiously pacing back and forth, wishing she could pass through the electric current to help Lu Sijian explain herself clearly.

Sheng Yunchao walked over, took Lu Sijian's phone, and pressed the speakerphone button. "Aunt Yao, it's me..."

At the same time, Yao Yao's voice came through clearly.

"Then Auntie wants to thank you. Thank you for your hard work in disciplining my daughter."

Lian Buman was stunned. Was she angry and deliberately being sarcastic?

Shen Baolin initially thought that was what her mother meant, but in reality, her next sentence was about to completely explode and give Lu Sijian a severe scolding.

But Yao Yao's next words surprised everyone.

“Although Auntie doesn’t know exactly what happened, Baolin must have done something really outrageous for President Sheng to finally discipline her, right?” Yao Yao sighed. “For President Sheng to be so angry, this must be no small matter. So, Auntie can ask you, are you alright? You sound a little off.”

Mu Liangyue, who was waiting for Yao Yao to hold her accountable, stared wide-eyed. What kind of development was this?

Does Yao Yao no longer protect her biological daughter? Why?

Even Lou Xiao was shocked, not understanding why Yao Yao would turn around and defend Lu Sijian.

Shen Baolin snapped out of her daze: "Mom!"

Yao Yao: "Shut up first!"

She waited for Lu Sijian's reply.

"Auntie, I'm fine." Lu Sijian's voice was a little hoarse, but not nearly as hoarse as Shen Baolin's hoarse voice after her high fever, so she was surprised by Yao Yao's thoughtfulness.

Her throat was sore, of course, because of that spiked drink; she hadn't slept well all night and was a little feverish.

"That's good. I'll personally come to apologize to you another day." After a pause, Yao Yao added, "President Sheng, thank you for your help."

She knew, of course, that this wasn't Sheng Yunchao's idea, but he must have been hurt to be so furious.

"You're welcome." Sheng Yunchao was surprised by Ms. Yao's shrewdness and keenness; she had grasped the crux of the problem so quickly.

Shen Baolin was furious: "Mom! I'm your biological daughter, do you believe her but not me?"

What kind of mother would rush to grovel before others when her daughter has been wronged?

Yao Yao hung up the phone and turned to look at Shen Baolin.

"Looks like the cold water last night still didn't clear your head." Yao Yao's face was cold. "Do you think that just because someone kindly helped you cover for you, you can twist the truth? Since you think you're right, then we'll call the police, and you'll have to bear the consequences yourself."

Shen Baolin was suddenly stunned, and under Yao Yao's piercing gaze, she actually felt a little guilty.

Yao Yao was extremely disappointed and turned to leave.

“But I’m your daughter! You’ve been sick all this time, and Lu Sijian hasn’t even come to see you once!” Shen Baolin shouted.

Yao Yao stopped in her tracks: "She didn't come to visit me, but she gave me a lot of useful information and helped me protect a lot of my assets. Otherwise, your father would have emptied the Shen family and the Shen Group long ago, and you wouldn't be the president now."

Shen Baolin was stunned. When did this happen? How come she didn't know?

Yao Yao: "However, you are not entitled to inherit the property she protected for me, so I made a will to donate it all to the country after I die. As for the Shen Group, since you are surnamed Shen, you can have it. You and your father can go to court, I don't care anymore."

She joined the Shen Group to help her incompetent husband maintain order.

Later, the couple drifted apart, and she struggled to stay together for her daughter's inheritance rights, eventually exhausting herself.

She's figured it out now, why bother making things complicated? She has a good eye for investment, and over the years she's accumulated a lot of wealth, enough to live a comfortable life.

As long as she's not foolish enough to take out all her money to cover the losses of the Shen Group for Shen Baolin.

Seeing Yao Yao walk away without looking back, Shen Baolin finally panicked and struggled to get down and chase after him.

"mom!"

She accidentally fell to the ground with a thud, and tears instantly streamed down her face from the pain.

"mom!!!"

But Yao Yao didn't turn around at all.

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Lu Sijian was also surprised by Yao Yao's resolute decision this time.

System: [When did you send this message?]

Lu Sijian came to her senses. "Helping her won't affect the subplot, right? Isn't the Shen Group about to go bankrupt because of Shen's father? Isn't Shen Baolin going to become a fallen heiress? That's the original subplot."

The only difference is that Yao Yao did not suffer a cerebral hemorrhage and fall into a coma as the plot had already been set.

system:【……】

There was nothing more to say.

After finishing what she couldn't tell was breakfast or lunch, Lu Sijian started walking slowly to stretch her muscles.

The sky outside the floor-to-ceiling windows was gloomy, as if the weather was about to change again, and the wind rustled the leaves.

Sheng Yunchao knocked on the door and came in: "Ah Jian, Lu Lingjun has come to pick you up to go home."

He paused, then added, "Your father, Lu Ting, has returned from abroad."