[Huh? Wan Shiliu is like that? So Wan Family parents thought the fake heiress was the real wealthy girl they raised? 23333.]
[Perhaps this is how the Wan Family raised their children; Song Miao only escaped unscathed because she grew up away from home.]
[This Wan Family is disgusting. I don't trust their products anymore because of their family upbringing and character. This is just my personal boycott of the Wan Family products.]
Public opinion quickly escalated, and everyone in the Wan Family was thoroughly investigated. Some even uncovered that Wan Corporation's products had been involved in several quality issues before, but the news was suppressed by the Wan Family's public relations team.
However, given the current public outrage, even the Wan Family capable public relations team couldn't suppress it.
Previously, only a small number of netizens boycotted Wan Corporation's because of Song Miao, but now more and more people are joining this movement, and at the same time, official departments have also begun to take action to inspect Wan Family's products.
Due to a combination of factors, Wan Corporation's stock price plummeted, ultimately leading to bankruptcy.
Song Miao was also somewhat shocked by the result; she never expected that simply publishing an article would have such a butterfly effect.
But she doesn't regret it. The reason why Wan Family went bankrupt was because their own products were substandard. Otherwise, no amount of online criticism would have had a significant impact on their offline business.
What surprised Song Miao even more was that Wan Shiliu, who had always been a dutiful daughter and a caring daughter to her parents in the Wan Family, couldn't wait to leave the Wan Family. In order to maintain her wealthy lifestyle, she even stole her former best friend's rich second-generation boyfriend.
The rich kid's parents weren't pushovers either; they knew about what was going on online recently and naturally looked down on Wan Shiliu's character. Moreover, the fact that Wan Shiliu left so hastily as soon as the Wan Family fell on hard times only further demonstrated her despicable character.
Wan Shiliu was no pushover either; she went all out and got pregnant to force the marriage, but still failed to marry into the family, causing quite a commotion.
Song Miao couldn't understand it at all. Wan Shiliu not only harmed her to maintain her status as a rich heiress for money, but now she had even betrayed her!
Based on the way Wan Family's parents had acted before, Song Miao assumed they would hate her and probably regret giving birth to her.
She had been on high alert for a long time, fearing that Wan Family parents might come looking for trouble, but to her surprise, they didn't come looking for her even after several months.
Until one day while shopping, she bumped into the Wan Family's parents at a small noodle shop on the street.
The two had completely lost their previous elegance and grace, wearing old clothes and looking much older than before.
Although the noodles tasted good, it was just a small roadside shop, something the two of them would never have dared to frequent before.
Song Miao planned to turn and leave. Although she was no longer afraid of the two of them, she didn't want to get into a fight with them in public, after all, she was now a public figure.
But just as she was about to turn around, she was stopped by a somewhat aged female voice.
" Song Miao, can we talk?"
Song Miao ultimately didn't leave. After all, she wasn't the one who did something wrong, and leaving now would make her seem guilty.
Thinking this, she quickly walked over to the table where the two were sitting and ordered a bowl of beef noodles for herself. Then she said to them, "Just say what you have to say. Make it clear that you deserve your current predicament, so don't try to pin the blame on me."
She thought that their words would enrage them, but they remained calm, and even Wan's mother looked apologetic.
" Song Miao, we've reflected a lot during this time and realized that we were truly blinded by our own biases, favoring Wan Shiliu without any regard for our own interests. We've let you down; you've suffered these past twenty-odd years."
Mr. Wan added, "We know the damage has been done, and we don't ask for your forgiveness, but we must apologize to you. As parents, we completely failed in our responsibilities and even hurt you. We're sorry, truly sorry."
Song Miao was stunned for a moment, and only came to her senses when the waiter brought the beef noodles to her.
She didn't answer, but simply lowered her head and started eating her noodles, as if what the two were saying had nothing to do with her.
She didn't look up until she had finished the bowl of noodles and wiped her mouth clean with a tissue, her face still expressionless.
Just when Wan Family's parents thought Song Miao would no longer respond to them, Song Miao spoke up.
"That's it. After all, you gave birth to me. Let's make up for the hardships I've endured these past few years with your kindness in giving me life. Let's not see each other again. It's better to be strangers from now on."
"Moreover, legally speaking, we have already severed ties."
After saying that, she decisively turned around and quickly left the noodle shop, ignoring the two men's calls.
She can't forget the past, but she has to look forward.
*
Ye Jin sighed after hearing the system's retelling.
If the novel didn't exist, Song Miao and the Wan Family might still be a happy family.
However, the world doesn't have "what ifs." Since the damage has already been done, it's impossible to pretend nothing happened. Let's just consider it the best outcome—no more debts owed and no more farewells.
Before Ye Jin could finish marveling at the system, she excitedly announced, "Ahhh! Song Miao has finished the last bit of her task! This task is complete!"
Ye Jin wasn't too excited. Even though she had been stuck for a while, she believed she could eventually complete it. After all, before the system task bar was in place, her tasks were always completed inexplicably.
"Huh? Jiang Ye's mission is already complete?!" The system exclaimed in surprise a moment later.
Ye Jin wasn't particularly interested in the mission's progress, but she was very interested in the follow-up gossip about Jiang Ye and Lu Shilan, and immediately asked, "What happened? What happened? What's going on?"