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Xu Hao froze for a moment and stood up to block Zhou Ying's view.

"Yingying, Tiantian came over and said she's hungry. I'm feeding her cake now."

"Is that so?"

Zhou Ying turned her head to look at Tiantian, but Xu Hao immediately stepped forward and grabbed her arm.

"Yingying, I'm taking care of Tiantian. Aren't you reassured?"

Xu Hao gently picked up Tiantian and wiped off the smudge at the corner of her mouth.

Tiantian shrank back, looking at her mom with hopeful eyes, hoping she'd notice the slap marks on her face.

But Zhou Ying's gaze fell on Tiantian's filthy clothes, and a frown instantly appeared.

"How does your dad look after you? You look as dirty as a beggar! Don't say you're my daughter when you go out! I can't bear the embarrassment!"

"Exactly, Qin Xu is really something. You give him millions in allowance every month, yet he turns Tiantian into a little beggar. I truly don't understand where all the money goes."

Xu Hao said sarcastically.

Tiantian shook her head and opened her mouth to say, "Dad never got the allowance."

Zhou Ying's disappointment deepened: "Just like your mom, you've learned to lie."

Tiantian panicked and quickly said, "Mom, the allowance you gave Dad, and Dad's salary were taken by Xu..."

"Are you saying Xu Hao took all the allowance, is that right?"

Tiantian nodded joyfully.

But the next second, Zhou Ying glared at Tiantian.

"Just like your dad, a compulsive liar!"

After saying that, she looked at Xu Hao with a pained expression.

"You really have a tough job, looking after this little liar."

Upon hearing this, Tiantian and I were both frozen in place.

She didn't even inquire but instead branded us father and daughter as liars directly.

Tiantian, full of grievance, stubbornly held back tears while defending herself.

"Mom, I didn't..."

"Shut up! Don't call me mom! I don't have such a worthless daughter!"

Seeing Zhou Ying's look of disgust, Tiantian couldn't help but let large tears fall onto her hands.

She didn't understand why her mom, who once loved her so much, suddenly hated her.

Since Xu Hao became Zhou Ying's agent, he often abused Tiantian in hidden corners.

I took Tiantian to confront him, but Xu Hao cried and said I was falsely accusing him out of jealousy.

But Zhou Ying believed his nonsense.

To punish Tiantian's lying habit, Zhou Ying, who never hit Tiantian before, slapped her for the first time.

Wiping away her grievance-filled tears, Tiantian thought of me still asleep, sobbing as she said.

"Mom, Dad feels so cold. I can't warm him up, and I can't wake him. Could you kiss him again?"

Zhou Ying visibly changed her expression.

"What do you mean can't wake? Isn't he still recuperating in the hospital? He only donated a kidney to Xu Hao, and the doctor said there would be no danger!"

Xu Hao's face changed, and he immediately grabbed Zhou Ying's arm.

"The stylist is calling you over to change clothes."

Zhou Ying's anxious look focused on Tiantian, remaining unmoved.

"Yingying, today's interview is important to you. I know Qin Xu uses tactics like this because he's jealous I'm by your side."

"But your actress status means you must have a hidden marriage. If Qin Xu doesn't like me, I can resign and leave today."

Sure enough, Zhou Ying's familiar disgust reappeared, and she turned to scold Tiantian.

"So young, yet already so calculating; your dad has really ruined you!"

After speaking, she was about to leave, but Tiantian tugged at her clothing and said with a tearful voice.

"Mom, everything I say is true. Please, Dad is still waiting for us."

Tiantian's sobbing grew louder, and Zhou Ying impatiently pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Once my interview is over, I will go back with you."