After Being Reborn, Her Only Mission Is to Love Him

Chapter 135: Chapter 135 This is Unreasonable!

He was determined to grind the pride and joy of Song Keren and her daughter into the dirt!

By the time the welcome party was drawing to a close, the direction of public opinion had completely reversed.

Especially after Xia Wenyan posted Lu Zhaozhao’s beautiful photos on Weibo and tagged XNER’s designer Alice.

Online sentiment was overwhelmingly sympathetic towards the younger sister.

Xia Wenyan’s fans even blasted several super-topics related to Song Keren, and they went so far as to dig up and expose several accounts that had awkwardly criticized Lu Zhaozhao and blindly praised Song Keren.

Soon, the trending search term “Song Keren Tries to Stomp Lu Zhaozhao on Her Way to Becoming a Phoenix” climbed to the top three.

This was followed closely by “Song Keren Wears a Knockoff Evening Gown” and “Song Keren, Please Spare Your Sister.”

Nearly every topic related to Song Keren was overrun by Xia Wenyan’s and Lu Zhaozhao’s fans.

The paid trolls couldn’t even manage to control the comments.

For a while, all the topics were flooded with unflattering photos and candid shots of Song Keren.

When Song Keren saw the trending searches on her phone, she was so furious that she hurled the phone away.

“These people are targeting me! Where am I worse off than that fake heiress Lu Zhaozhao?!”

Xiao Jinglan hurriedly tugged at Song Keren and whispered, “Lower your voice! If someone hears us…”

She instinctively looked around to make sure no one was there, then pulled her aside into a nearby lounge and said, “Keren, I know you’re feeling wronged, but the guests here for the welcome party haven’t left yet. You have to hold it in, you know?”

Song Keren’s reputation was already bad; she couldn’t afford to give people more ammunition.

“Hold it in? Why should I keep holding back? That woman is already trampling on me!” Song Keren mentioned Lu Zhaozhao and ground her teeth with hatred.

Surely it should be Lu Zhaozhao who was being condemned by everyone—so why was it her?

She furrowed her brows deeply, looking up at Xiao Jinglan and asked, “Mom, do you think Lu Zhaozhao pulled some strings behind the scenes? Is that why both our dresses turned out to be fakes?”

It was their dress that they had given to Lu Zhaozhao that was supposed to be the knockoff; how had it ended up on them?

It made no sense!

Xiao Jinglan’s brow creased at the thought—it was indeed very strange.

The evening gowns they were wearing were definitely genuine articles she bought from XNER. How did they turn into fakes?

As Xiao Jinglan was pondering this, someone suddenly knocked on the door of the lounge.

Soon, a figure walked in—it was Xiao Mo.

Song Keren, who had just calmed down a bit, instantly exploded again.

She glared at Xiao Mo and stood up from the chair, surging forward to push him, “It’s all your fault! What kind of rotten idea was that, posting the news about Lu Zhaozhao wearing fakes before it even started? Now everyone is scolding me! It’s all because of you!”

As she spoke, she lashed out at Xiao Mo like she was going mad.

Xiao Mo was already annoyed by the failed plan, and now being picked on by Song Keren, he could barely contain his anger.

“Slap!”

Xiao Mo violently slapped Song Keren across the face, “Had enough?!”

Song Keren was stunned by Xiao Mo’s slap, completely disbelieving as she sat on the ground.

Clutching her swollen cheek, she burst into tears when she came to her senses, “Mom! Look at Xiao Mo! He hit me! Ah!!! I can’t live like this!!!”

Seeing this, Xiao Jinglan hurried over to help Song Keren, “Keep your voice down, the guests outside haven’t left yet. If they see you like this, do you still care about your reputation?”

Her eyebrows furrowed, she looked at Song Keren with a face full of helplessness.

“It was Xiao Mo who hit me first, why are you taking his side?!” Keren suddenly got up from the ground and violently shook off Xiao Jinglan’s hand.

“All you do is favor him! I hate you both!”

With those words, she covered her face and rushed out of the resting room.

Xiao Jinglan initially wanted to chase after Keren but was held back by Xiao Mo, “Leave her be, she’s grown so big yet she still can’t see the bigger picture!”

“…”

Xiao Jinglan watched Keren leave, only able to sigh deeply.

Although she wanted to follow her, there were more important issues to resolve at the moment.

Because of the incident at the welcome banquet, it seemed that she had completely lost Mr. Song’s trust.

If Mr. Song found out anything related to her, not only would she be unable to secure her place in the Song Family, but she would likely also be driven out directly.

Thinking this, Xiao Jinglan’s expression immediately tensed, “Xiao Mo, Mr. Song said he wants to investigate the people of the Song Mansion, what should we do? If he finds out…”

Before she could finish, she saw Xiao Mo’s sinister gaze and immediately fell silent.

Xiao Mo’s mouth was tightly set, his frown deeply displeased, “You can’t even handle small matters properly, and now you’ve fallen into chaos at the first sign of trouble. Even if they don’t find anything related to you, with the way you’re acting, it’s hard not to arouse suspicion!”

“…”

Xiao Jinglan’s eyelids drooped; she didn’t dare say another word.

Seeing Xiao Jinglan fall silent, Xiao Mo then said, “You don’t need to worry about the affair of the Song Mansion. It’s because the people under you were too greedy, they already took extra money and yet didn’t know when to stop, aiming for other things belonging to the Song Family; it’s no wonder they got dealt with.”

Hearing Xiao Mo’s tone, it seemed he had already understood the situation with Old Master Song, and Xiao Jinglan quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, thinking of what Keren had said just moments ago, Xiao Jinglan spoke up cautiously, “Xiao Mo, Keren mentioned something suspicious about the evening gown… could it have been Lu Zhaozhao?”

She had pretended to accept the evening gown, but behind the scenes, she made a new one for Song Sinian and then waited to see them make fools of themselves; it wasn’t impossible.

Xiao Mo scoffed lightly upon hearing Xiao Jinglan’s words, “Do you think I haven’t heard how it all went down? It was entirely because of Song Sinian that Lu Zhaozhao didn’t wear the evening gown you sent.”

Now that Keren’s gown has been revealed as a knock-off, does she intend to drag Lu Zhaozhao into this?

Xiao Jinglan hadn’t expected Xiao Mo to have such trust in Lu Zhaozhao. Frowning, she added another reminder, “But Keren’s and my gowns were switched for counterfeits, isn’t that suspicious?”

These two matters seemed closely related.

Usually, Xiao Mo was the most suspicious, so why was he so dismissive when it came to Lu Zhaozhao?

Xiao Jinglan’s confusion was plainly visible to Xiao Mo, who took out a stack of documents from his pocket and threw them in front of Xiao Jinglan, “If you think that I trust Lu Zhaozhao too much, why don’t you take a look at these documents?”

Xiao Jinglan’s suspicion grew deeper, but she still picked up the documents and began to read closely, only for her eyes to widen in disbelief—