There was also an enlarged photo printed on the cover. Xia Ruya was horrified to find that the photo was of her losing her composure in public at Zhou Tianyu's birthday party.
She remembered that she lost her composure in public at that time, but it couldn't be described as a "sexy photo". The angle of this photo was very clever, making her crawling on the ground look very sexy, so...
Her eyes went dark, and she almost fainted on the bed. Her swollen and aching temples were throbbing.
She was photographed, and she thought she was just being inappropriate, so she didn't take it too seriously, but...
With trembling hands, she flipped through the magazine, which first reported that Black Sunday was closed down by the police, then wrote about how Black Sunday was running a pornographic business, and also took some photos of high-end call girls. Then, there was a report about her at the bottom, and a [sexy photo] of her with flushed cheeks and blurry eyes after she had a fever, but there was no explicit comparison between her and the high-end call girls.
But the same piece of news and the photos next to each other spoke for themselves and trampled her reputation into the mud.
The reputation she had worked hard to build for twelve years was destroyed in one day.
Xia Ruya's chest ached as if it was being pricked by needles. She clutched the snow-white sheets tightly, her knuckles turning blue and white. Her throat started to itch and she began to cough non-stop, her coughs were heart-wrenching.
For the first time, Xia Ruya felt panic-stricken. Her eyes were filled with tears as she looked at the burning anger in Xia Mingde's eyes, the terrifying ferocity on Xia Haolin's face, and the undisguised contempt and disdain on Chen Linfang's face. Her eyes went dark and her head felt a sharp pain as if it were being stabbed by needles.
"No, this is not true, this is not true at all, Grandpa and Dad, you have to believe me!" Xia Ruya suddenly screamed and tore the magazine in her hands into pieces. Her pale and weak face could no longer maintain the soft and delicate expression, and looked sharp and ferocious.
Chen Linfang just couldn't stand Xia Ruya's pretentious attitude, and her voice was cold with contempt: "What is it that is not true? Your photos have been enlarged and printed in newspapers and magazines. Do you dare to say that the person in the picture is not you?"
"Cough, cough, cough..." Xia Ruya coughed violently again. The words she wanted to explain were stuck in her throat because of the cough, as if she agreed with Chen Linfang's words.
She was anxious to explain, but the more anxious she was, the more itchy her throat became, and the more severe her cough became.
Chen Linfang sneered, "Why are you pretending? Do you think I don't know that this is just a way for you to gain sympathy?" Then she sneered, "You are a slutty and lowly person at heart. It would be fine if you were lowly yourself, but you actually want to throw dirty water on Ruxue and use her to get away with it. I tell you, it's impossible."
Xia Mingde and Xia Haolin felt a little soft-hearted when they saw her coughing so uncomfortably, but after hearing what Chen Linfang said, the only sympathy they had disappeared without a trace.
Xia Mingde looked at her angrily and said, "Ruya, do you know that because of you, our Xia family has lost all face? When I came to the hospital just now, reporters rushed towards us like bees seeing honey. This morning, several supermarket chains in the Xia family's capital were doing poorly. Some people even threw eggs at the door, spitted, threw garbage, and did such extreme things as spitting and throwing red oil knees."
He was willing to take her back to the Wen family at the beginning, but only wanted to get close to the Wen family through her and gain some benefits from it. However, since she returned to the Xia family, not only did she not gain any benefits or interests for the Xia family, but she also caused such a scandal. How could he tolerate this
Xia Haolin agreed, "Our Xia family is currently preparing to transform into a high-end luxury mall. With your scandal, our Xia family's reputation has plummeted to the bottom. Who among the well-known ladies and rich girls will go to our mall to buy things? You are really more of a hindrance than a help."
Previously, she wanted to use her status as the adopted daughter of the Wen family to get the Wen family to agree to enter the Transformation Shopping Mall to build momentum for the Xia family, but not only did she fail to do so, but now she has caused such a scandal.
Chen Linfang looked at her mockingly and said, "I told you that we shouldn't have acknowledged her in the first place. The Wen family is such a powerful family. Even if they found out that she is not of the Wen family's bloodline, they still raised her for twelve years. It would be fine if they kept her in the Wen family as an adopted daughter. The Wen family was willing to raise a burdensome adopted daughter, so how could they care about raising another one? She must have been broken to begin with, so the Wen family went to such great lengths to find a way to get her out of the Wen family."
Xia Ruya listened to their accusations one by one. Every word was like a needle piercing her head, causing her heartbroken pain. Looking at the scheming faces of these mean people, she felt sick to her stomach and almost wanted to vomit out the overnight meal in her stomach.
Xia Ruya lifted the quilt and walked slowly on the cold floor with her slender bare feet. A chill ran up the soles of her feet and into her heart, and she couldn't help but shiver.
Xia Ruya's weak body was shaky, like a broken butterfly with broken wings, unable to fly, but still struggling. She forced herself to come to Xia Mingde with her weak body, tears streaming down her face: "Grandpa, please believe me, this matter is completely false, I was wronged, I am innocent..."
Chen Linfang sneered, "Unjust! Innocent! How dare you say that? Let me tell you, as soon as the newspapers and magazines came out, your grandfather and father had someone authenticate the photos on them. They are all real, without any trace of synthesis. You say you are innocent, but who would believe you if you told others?"
Xia Ruya's body softened and she fell to the ground, like a pile of mud, like a flower blooming in autumn and winter, blooming to the point of decay, waiting to wither and die: "Grandpa, Dad, please believe me..."
Under that photo, any explanation she gave was pale and powerless. No matter how much she explained, it only made the situation worse in the ears of others and turned into a cover-up.
Xia Mingde looked at Xia Ruya who had fallen to the ground, his lips tightly pursed: "Hearing is not believing, seeing is believing, how can you make us believe you?"
Xia Haolin looked at her coldly and said, "Now that things have come to this, how do you think this is going to end? Do you want to save the Wen family's reputation? Where will your grandfather and I save ours? Do you still want to go out and meet people?"
Chen Linfang looked down at her, and even the deep crow's feet at the corners of her eyes curled up with pride at this moment: "Bitch is so hypocritical. Things have come to this point, and you still dare to say that you are innocent and that you are wronged. You are just a daughter born out of adultery. Who would wrongly accuse you for no reason? You think too highly of yourself..."
Xia Ruya had a splitting headache. She tilted her head back and looked at Chen Linfang's lips, which were painted red like flames and kept opening and closing. Words like "slut" and "bitch" pierced her eardrums and pierced into her soul. Her eyes went dark and she fell to the ground, losing consciousness.
(In ancient times, illegitimate children were all born out of wedlock!)