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Tiantian was startled and immediately retorted.

"I didn't, I don't know what paparazzi you're talking about."

Smack!

Tiantian's words were interrupted by Zhou Ying's slap, who looked at Tiantian with disappointment.

"You and your father just can't stand to see me do well, do you have to ruin me today? To force me to confirm his identity, you'd even resort to such a means to ruin my future?"

I was so furious I almost lost my senses.

How dare you hit Tiantian?

How could a four-year-old child know what paparazzi even is?

But no one could hear what I was saying.

Tiantian covered her swollen face, so aggrieved she couldn't even speak clearly.

"Why do you never believe me, before and now too, you only listen to that bad person!"

Tiantian's crying didn't make Zhou Ying feel any pity; instead, it made her dislike grow deeper.

She picked up a cane and lashed it fiercely onto Tiantian's body!

"How dare you lie!"

"How dare you not tell the truth!"

The cane hitting her body was already painful, and the furious Zhou Ying had no intention of holding back.

Each strike landed on Tiantian's body.

Xu Hao watched all this, his smug expression almost unable to be hidden.

However, Tiantian, who was always afraid of pain, did not cry.

She looked at Zhou Ying with empty eyes, as if she didn't recognize her.

Seeing Tiantian looking at her with a stranger's eyes, Zhou Ying's raised hand stopped in mid-air.

After hesitating for a moment, she put down the cane.

"Xu Hao, lock her in here to reflect properly. Only when she admits her mistake can she come out."

With that, she turned around and left with a cold face.