Transmigrated as the Stepmother of a Rebellious Heir
Chapter 305 - 171 Retribution_3

Chapter 305: Chapter 171 Retribution_3

Then, Mrs. Zhou vividly told everyone how she was deceived by Shu Wan’s beauty, to the point that her husband wanted to divorce her.

[So confused... What happened, how did these two start such a fierce fight, who should we believe?]

[I vote for Zhou Ming’s father, he looks more honest and forthright, whereas Mrs. Zhou seems a bit nonsensical.]

[Shu Wan is suspected to be the biggest victim of this incident, she was so harshly criticized before, if it really was a self-directed act by Zhou Ming’s family, then Shu Wan was wrongly accused, I’m glad I didn’t scold her.]

Mr. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou quarreled incessantly in the live broadcast room, and on the other side, Shu Wan also released a pile of evidence that Mrs. Zhou had staged the whole thing.

Whether it was from Zhou Ming’s physical condition or the surveillance videos, it was clear that Zhou Ming hadn’t been hurt at all, and all the talk of intensive care and death was Mrs. Zhou’s nonsense.

The greater the attention and sympathy Zhou Ming’s family had received before, the greater the backlash they faced now.

Feeling deceived, netizens flocked into Mrs. Zhou’s live broadcast room to berate her.

Mrs. Zhou initially tried to argue back, but after Shu Wan released the evidence directly, Mrs. Zhou could only end the broadcast in disgrace.

Mr. Zhou kept pressing her to hand over Zhou Ming, but Mrs. Zhou knew that once she gave up Zhou Ming, she would have no trump card left.

She stubbornly refused to tell anyone Zhou Ming’s location, worried about exposure, she even avoided seeing Zhou Ming herself.

Until one night, when a fire broke out in an inconspicuous apartment building in the city center, everyone saw Mrs. Zhou running towards the scene like a madwoman.

According to the recollections of those present at the time, Mrs. Zhou went crazy at the scene of the fire, laughing and crying as she tried to break through, but was stopped by firefighters.

Of the two victims encountered there, one was a high school student. Mrs. Zhou naturally assumed it was Zhou Ming and collapsed on the spot, convulsing uncontrollably, and was immediately taken to the hospital.

However, it was later confirmed that it was someone else who perished, and Zhou Ming had only suffered burns to his arm by the time Mrs. Zhou arrived, he had already been taken to the hospital.

Zhou Ming’s burns weren’t serious, but Mrs. Zhou, due to the severe shock, suffered a mental breakdown, becoming vacant and dazed.

After Mrs. Zhou went insane, Mr. Zhou stopped mentioning divorce. He took Mrs. Zhou back home and donated all the charity money they had collected. They left the country with their wife and child.

[This is karma, because of greed, she hurt not only herself but others as well, and now they’re so pitiful.]

[Isn’t Shu Wan pitiful... She was wrongfully blamed for so long, what did they do wrong, netizens always jump at shadows, really outrageous.]

[Even the marketing accounts are muddying the waters, misleading netizens every day. If it weren’t for their sensational headlines, I wouldn’t have believed them.]

Fu Yang might not care much about how others see him, but after this incident, his classmates, perhaps because of some strange sense of guilt, were particularly nice to him.

Knowing that Fu Yang was going to represent Affiliated High School in the basketball game, everyone spontaneously formed a cheerleading squad for him.

On the day of the basketball game, when Fu Yang saw a group of tall, cheering beauties running towards him, his eyebrows knitted into knots.

He ran swiftly and leaped onto the basketball court, glancing at the first row out of habit. It was empty.

A faint hint of disappointment flashed across Fu Yang’s eyes, and he laughed at himself with a hint of self-mockery, "Fine if she doesn’t come."

"Lin Yang, isn’t your stepmom coming to watch you?"

At that moment, Fu Yang’s classmate walked up, following Fu Yang’s gaze curiously.

With Fu Yang and Shu Wan’s online popularity, everyone knew Fu Yang had a beautiful celebrity stepmother and wanted to seize the chance to meet the star.

"Why would I want her to come?" Fu Yang scoffed coldly, "I’m not the least bit bothered."

With that, Fu Yang tossed a ball through the hoop, eliciting a round of screams.

A classmate watching the girls give their adoring gazes to Fu Yang couldn’t help but feel envious as he muttered, "So many girls like him, yet he looks so gloomy. The world is unfair—the flood drowns the strong and the drought the weak."

If only he could be a tenth as handsome as Fu Yang, he would be content.

Inside the gym, with the referee’s whistle, the game officially began.

With Shu Wan’s training, Fu Yang’s skills were good enough to barely compete in professional circles, let alone against these amateur school teams.

The gym was almost Fu Yang’s playground; he scored again and again, leading Affiliated High School’s team with a distant lead.

By halftime, Affiliated High School had an absolute advantage sure to win.

Everyone congratulated Fu Yang, but he didn’t seem too happy, leaning coldly to the side drinking water. He couldn’t even bother to glance at the flowers and water offered by the school beauty.