Chapter 540: Chapter 13: Parents’ “Love” (13)

During the trip, Li Shuning released the materials.

The photos taken at sea had timestamps on them.

There was a clear contrast.

Li Shuning and Jin Mengmeng sat in the inflatable boat, at a loss, in the vast ocean, like a lone boat drifting, not knowing what fate would bring the next moment.

Meanwhile, another photo showed her father, mother, and sister playing on the deck.

On their faces, there was absolutely no concern or worry.

Even the timestamp was incorrect.

According to the rescue team, when Li Xue came looking, it was during a storm.

The time was clearly not matching; in the photo, it was obviously sunny when Li Shuning and her daughter were captured.

Li Xue had claimed that Li Shuning set out on the inflatable boat to find Mengmeng who had fallen into the sea because of the rain.

The storm lasted a long time.

So during that time gap, if the daughter and granddaughter were already on the inflatable boat, why were they still playing on the sea?

And why were Li Shuning and Jin Mengmeng on the inflatable boat?

Obviously, Li Xue was lying, but why lie?

All those questions were answered when an audio file emerged.

It was a recording of Zhao Ying hitting Li Shujun, and the family discussing Li Shuning.

In their conversation, it was almost an admission that they had caused the deaths of Li Shuning and Jin Mengmeng.

Jin Yang called again to ask Li Shuning if she wanted the police to get involved.

Li Shuning refused.

Afterward, Li Shuning called Li Xue.

She explicitly told Li Xue that from now on they had no ties, and if he dared to harass her again, she would call the police.

Li Xue was relentless, apologizing in every possible way, realizing that further denial was useless.

He only said that her sister was stuck in a difficult situation, and he just wanted to find her a good place to settle, but it went astray. He also reminisced about how, when they were children, he always protected and took them out to play, trying to resonate with Li Shuning.

But Li Shuning, no longer the original host, wouldn’t listen to his lies.

Later, Li Xue and his wife went to find Li Shuning, but she called the police right away, seeing her so unforgiving, Li Xue didn’t dare go again.

The bank loans could no longer be deferred.

The villa was auctioned off, their savings were totally seized.

Li Xue and his family didn’t have a penny left, they were at the end of their rope.

They sought help from Li Shuning, but she didn’t see them, though she gave them ten thousand yuan through someone else.

Li Xue then anonymously exposed the matter online.

Claiming things like the biological daughter didn’t care if her parents lived or died, leaving them homeless, and that she only cared about her own pleasures.

Surely, there were those who bashed Li Shuning as cold-blooded, or others saying she was too heartless.

Since she wasn’t holding them accountable, after all, they were her parents, with nowhere to live, nothing to eat, how could she ignore them?

Of course, there were also clear-minded, upright netizens retorting.

They told those talking nonsense to go die first before saying such things.

A filial child, yet what about Li Xue? Parents harming their daughter multiple times, yet still wanting her to be filial?

Li Shuning ignored those comments and just lived her life with Jin Mengmeng.

Wu Yun came to see Li Shuning.

“Shuning, I’m planning to resign.”

Li Shuning was a bit surprised: “Wu Yun, aren’t you doing well in the company? Why the thought of resigning?”

Wu Yun gave a bitter smile: “Shuning, honestly, you know why I’ve been staying in the company. Shuning, may I have a chance? Without you there, staying is meaningless, right?”

Li Shuning was a little surprised, but then stood seriously and bowed to Wu Yun: “Wu Yun, I really appreciate how you’ve silently helped me all these years, but you also know, I’ve been married and divorced, along with all those distressing family matters, I truly have no thoughts about relationships.”

“I haven’t gotten my company back; I only want to accompany Mengmeng, and my future life will revolve around her, so I’m sorry, I can’t respond to your feelings.” Li Shuning declined firmly and decisively.

In the Task World, she never liked ambiguous relations with men, which is her bottom line.

Friendship is possible, but nothing else.

Wu Yun looked at Li Shuning, with a bit of sadness in his expression.

After a long time, Wu Yun suddenly laughed: “Alright, I understand. We’re still friends, right? If you need my help with anything, just tell me.”

After sending off Wu Yun, Li Shuning chuckled.

Actually, the original host had many trustworthy people around her, it’s just a pity.

Li Xue and his family had no money and had Li Shujun go out to work.

They had been down before due to bankruptcy, but not to this extent.

Now, with the ten thousand yuan Li Shuning gave, they rented a small apartment, had to cook for themselves daily.

If Li Shujun didn’t want to work, she would get beaten.

No choice, Li Shujun went to a restaurant to work as a waitress.

Such life was really hard, and the pay was low.

Li Shujun, lacking education, couldn’t do anything at the restaurant. If it weren’t for her good looks, they wouldn’t have wanted her, paying only two thousand a month.

Li Shujun did try to find other jobs, but because of what Jin Yang said about Li Shuning, nobody dared to hire Li Shujun.

Life was tough, she was often harassed at the restaurant, but Li Shujun had no way to escape her parents’ control.

Meanwhile, Li Shuning sold the villa, left Spirit City with her child, moving to another big city.

There, she bought a new home, sent Jin Mengmeng to school, and lived a leisurely life daily.

Li Xue, since Li Shujun earned too little, had other thoughts.

So their life improved a bit afterward.

However, Li Shuning discovered through some surveillance that Li Xue actually made Li Shujun entertain guests.

And Li Xue acted as the middleman.

As a father, letting his daughter do such things, it really opened people’s eyes.

By now, Li Shuning had slowly come to realize.

This Li Xue, used to smooth sailing, faced a change of heart after going bankrupt. Later when the original host didn’t obediently hand over the money to the family, send her sister to school, Li Xue felt the original host broke free from his control, dissatisfied that she wouldn’t listen to him.

Feeling sensitive after bankruptcy, he always thought people would see him as useless.

So he increasingly needed to show his authority.

The following events were even more so.

That’s why Li Xue thought of suppressing the original host.

The better the original host was, the more insecure he felt, the more he wanted to assert his status.

His so-called parental love was actually just his control freakishness acting up.

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