Even After My Death
Chapter 146 - 120 Huo Miao is a Fake Rich Girl

Chapter 146: Chapter 120 Huo Miao is a Fake Rich Girl

Jiang Ning had just emerged from the forest when she saw Huo Miao standing in front of Qi Xingzhou, saying something.

Having lived with the Huo family for two years, Jiang Ning knew Huo Miao’s true nature like the back of her hand and surmised she might be distorting the truth in front of Qi Xingzhou. So she approached quietly, careful not to alert them, and then she heard Huo Miao’s words.

The ancestors weren’t wrong; indeed, a dog can’t spit out ivory.

Jiang Ning warned Huo Miao and Huo Ziheng before: since they had severed ties, they should stop mentioning her two years with the Huo family.

Going back with the Huo family members was the most mistaken decision Jiang Ning had ever made.

Those two years at the Huo’s were her dark past. Whether it was emotionally, physically, in time, or money, Jiang Ning had given a lot and owed the Huo family nothing.

Her unhappiness at the Huo residence was largely due to Huo Miao’s constant interference.

Huo Miao, fully aware of the situation, still dared to bring up her two years at the Huo family, which was something Jiang Ning could not tolerate. Every time she remembered the time and effort she wasted on the Huo family members, Jiang Ning felt a surge of anger and naturally showed no mercy when striking Huo Miao.

A burning pain on her cheek, Huo Miao was utterly stunned by the slap.

After hearing the words Jiang Ning had just spoken, Huo Miao’s eyes widened with panic filling their depths.

Usurping the nest...

Did Jiang Ning just openly reveal their identities?!

How dare Jiang Ning!

Huo Miao was both shocked and furious, and after coming to her senses, the first thing she did wasn’t to question Jiang Ning for hitting her, but to look around in horror, fearing others might have heard Jiang Ning’s words.

Jiang Ning watched her flustered expression and, feeling a bit bored, let go of Huo Miao’s hands.

The viewers in the live broadcast were dumbfounded. The revelation came out of nowhere, and people couldn’t believe their ears:

[What did I just hear?]

[Usurping the nest?]

[Right, right, right!!! I thought I misheard!]

[Damn, so everyone heard it, huh?]

[What does that mean? Why would Jiang Ning say Huo Miao is usurping the nest?]

[Is it what I think it means?!]

[How is that possible!]

In a short period, the number of people in the live broadcast began to skyrocket.

Mother Huo was also watching this live broadcast. From the moment Jiang Ning appeared, a bad feeling had been growing inside her, and as expected, it came to fruition!

Mother Huo stared at the screen, hoping only that Huo Miao would quickly leave, avoiding a direct confrontation with Jiang Ning and not arguing over this topic.

Because Jiang Ning had only mentioned "usurping the nest" and not disclosed any detailed information, the Huo family could still try to cover up Huo Miao’s identity with other excuses!

But seeing Huo Miao standing motionless, Mother Huo’s heart continued to sink.

Huo Miao looked around and, seeing no one else nearby, her tense mood slightly relaxed.

Covering her face with her hand, she stepped back a few paces and looked at Jiang Ning, "So what if I’m not our parents’ biological daughter? They still prefer me over you! My second brother went to the forest to find something for me to eat. These two slaps you gave me, I will definitely tell him when he gets back!"

Speaking of which, seeming to fear another beating from Jiang Ning, Huo Miao turned and ran toward the tent.

[Ah! Huo Miao admitted it herself!]

[Huo Miao is actually not the Huo family’s daughter!]

[No wonder! All the inconsistent points before now suddenly make sense.]

[No wonder Jiang Ning, despite being rich in her own right, was living at the Huo’s. Turns out she’s not some poor relative freeloading at the Huo family, she is the true daughter of the Huo family.]

[What the heck, I was just watching a variety show, and it turns out to be like a novel’s plot twist.]

[The show’s crew, you’ve really caught a massive windfall of riches!]

Not just the audience, but even the show’s crew hadn’t expected this.

The staff of the show crew immediately reported the situation to director Shen Zha and producer Chen Yan.

Shen Zha immediately messaged Chen Yan: Is this the reason you invited Jiang Ning on the show? Bro, I should start calling you big bro, you’re incredible! How could you keep such a big thing under wraps!

Chen Yan: ...No, it’s not.

He was also surprised.

The reason he invited Jiang Ning was because of various negative news about her he saw on the internet a while ago. To an outsider, it might not be apparent, but Chen Yan, who had been in the entertainment industry for many years, could tell at a glance that the methods used online to slander Jiang Ning were some typical marketing gimmicks within the industry.

After finding out that the person deliberately slandering Jiang Ning was none other than the popular starlet, Huo Miao, Chen Yan found it even more intriguing.

He vaguely sensed that there was something unknown between Jiang Ning and Huo Miao, one being a popular figure in the entertainment circle and the other being universally disparaged with no background to speak of. Chen Yan was also taking a gamble to see if Jiang Ning could mount a successful comeback. Even if Jiang Ning couldn’t turn things around, bringing her on the show would create controversy and buzz, so it was a win-win.

But unexpectedly, not only did Jiang Ning make a successful comeback, she did so in a particularly stunning manner. Since the show started, Jiang Ning’s live streams had the highest popularity, and today she contributed the highlight of the entire show!

#HuoMiaoIdentity

#HuoMiaoUsurping

#JiangNingIsHuoFamily’sRealDaughter

Three similar hashtags rocketed to the top of the trending searches!

The netizens could only hop about in the melon patches online, while those acquainted with the Huo family members curiously went straight to the source, calling and texting them, staying at the forefront of the gossip.

For the entire following day, the Huo family members’ phones never stopped ringing.

Not only Father Huo, Mother Huo, Huo Li, and Huo Minghui were affected, but even the Huo family’s twins, Huo Kaiping and Huo Kaian, who were at school, were chased by classmates asking about the matter.

Even worse, reporters and media personnel rushed to the Huo Corporation building, hoping to interview Huo Song and Huo Li.

Online, a large amount of positive news about Jiang Ning began to emerge. Even though the Huo family members bit their tongues and wouldn’t let go, some of the inside stories leaked by the media, as well as some former schoolmates of Jiang Ning speaking up for her, told another story:

[I was Jiang Ning’s middle school classmate. Every time there was a parent-teacher meeting, her seat was always empty. Throughout the three years of middle school, I never once saw her parents. Moreover, she would take part-time jobs on the weekends to earn living expenses. At that time, nobody in the class liked to play with her, and I didn’t either, because her clothes were always raggedy.]

[Jiang Ning is absolutely the most enduring, most persevering person I’ve ever seen! She graduated middle school as our county’s top student, but for the sake of a high scholarship and other benefits, she didn’t go to a key high school but chose another ordinary school with low university enrollment rates. Many people called her dumb back then, but during the college entrance exams, she once again achieved the best results in the county and, I heard, she was admitted to a 985 university in Capital City, so cool!]

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Putting together bits and pieces, netizens were glimpsing the truth they were after.

Overnight, the life of the entire Huo family was impacted, and just as quickly, the Huo family members became the laughingstock of the netizens.