Chapter 32

**Chapter 32**

But soon, Fan Qing began to worry. She knew about this matter, but she had no proof.

Meanwhile, Lin Tingyue was still unearthing more juicy details.

"Fan Tian's boyfriend was actually the Best Man? While hugging the bride, he even secretly held hands with the Best Man and kept flirting with him—OMG!"

Fan Qing: "!"

She knew Fan Tian was disgusting, but she hadn’t expected him to be *this* disgusting.

Back when Fan Qing’s father, Fan Wei, first brought Fan Tian home, Fan Qing had argued with Fan Wei and even punched Fan Tian in front of him and Fan Tian’s mother, Tang Xiao.

She and Fan Tian had been enemies from the very beginning. Later, when Fan Tian got married and sent her an invitation, she didn’t go.

Naturally, she had no idea such things had happened at the wedding.

But she had heard that Fan Tian’s wife, Tian Tian, loved documenting life. On the wedding day, she had even hired a professional videography team to film the entire event.

On camera, how could he be so bold?

Just as Fan Qing was thinking this, Tian Tian arrived, clinging to Fan Tian’s arm, smiling sweetly. "Darling, what took you so long?"

Fan Tian planted a kiss on her right there before replying, "I ran into my sister."

Tian Tian followed Fan Tian’s gesture and saw Fan Qing. Honestly, if Fan Tian hadn’t pointed her out, she wouldn’t have been able to tell which of the two young women was Fan Tian’s sister.

After all, both girls were very pretty, and neither shared any family resemblance with Fan Tian.

Tian Tian found it a bit strange. Even if they were half-siblings, shouldn’t there be some similarities in their looks?

How could Fan Tian and Fan Qing look nothing alike?

But since Fan Qing hadn’t attended their wedding, it was clear their relationship wasn’t great.

"Hello," Tian Tian held out her hand.

Fan Tian scoffed. "My sister thinks she’s too good for everyone. She won’t—"

Fan Qing shook Tian Tian’s hand. Not only that, she even asked, "Are you two here for dinner?"

"No, the videographers notified me to pick up the wedding video. Since my friends wanted to see it too, we planned to meet at this restaurant."

"Wedding video!!!"

Talk about perfect timing!

Fan Qing put on a regretful tone. "Last time, when you and my brother got married, something came up and I couldn’t make it. I was crushed afterward—I really didn’t want to miss my brother’s wedding. So…"

With fake sweetness, Fan Qing asked, "Could I take a look at the wedding video?"

The thought of Fan Tian’s coming humiliation made Fan Qing lay it on thick with “my brother” after “my brother,” without batting an eye.

Tian Tian glanced at Fan Tian. *His relationship with his sister didn’t seem that bad?*

Also, Tian Tian looked between Lin Tingyue and Fan Qing. Where did that voice in her head come from?

"Sis, mind if I do?"

Tian Tian’s heart melted under Fan Qing’s gaze. Without waiting for Fan Tian’s approval, she said, “Sure! Since you and your friend are just girls, you can give me some input too.”

“Great!”

Fan Qing called the waiter over and had their orders moved to that table, then grabbed Lin Tingyue and dashed over, like she thought Fan Tian and Tian Tian might back out.

Fan Tian: "..."

Whenever Fan Qing got this excited, it always meant trouble. What was she up to now?

Watching Fan Qing hurry away, Tian Tian smiled. “Your sister is quite adorable.”

Fan Tian gave a tight smile and followed Tian Tian to the table.

Once everyone arrived, the video started playing—Tian Tian had brought her own laptop.

It was just a special edit, about twenty minutes long. Fan Qing and Lin Tingyue didn’t blink, afraid they’d miss the key moment!

Fan Tian wondered, *Does Fan Qing know something?*

Even if she did, it wouldn’t matter—he’d made sure everything was deleted.

Finally!

It was time for the part where everyone cheered for Fan Tian to hug Tian Tian!

Fan Qing pointed at the scene that had just passed. “I’ve always loved sweet romantic scenes. Can we slow this down so I can watch it again?”

“Haha, who knew Qing Qing had this devious side?”

Everyone was startled—except Fan Tian, who stood with his arms crossed impatiently.

Fan Qing put her hands together and looked at Tian Tian. “Sis-in-law…”

Tian Tian nodded. “Sure.”

One of Tian Tian’s friends went back in the video as Fan Qing requested and switched it to slow motion.

*Caught you!*

Fan Qing pressed pause and asked, “Brother, what’s going on here?”

The paused screen showed two hands tightly clasped together—on closer inspection, they were the best man’s and the groom’s.

*How did this frame survive?!*

Fan Tian’s eyes darted nervously as he blatantly lied. “The best man has been my closest friend since childhood. Of course we’re close.”

“Mhm…

” he continued hesitantly,

“close enough to share a bed? Close enough to get... intimate?”

“You two really *are* close.”

“And how come none of the editors noticed this when they went through the footage frame by frame? Obviously, Fan Tian had already warned them.”

Tian Tian stood there stunned. The photography company *had* been Fan Tian’s choice—back then, when she mentioned wanting to record everything, he’d taken over and promised to take care of everything. They’d seemed so professional, she’d been impressed. *So this was why?*

"The editor really worked themselves to the bone. As for why this part was missed, maybe even they didn’t expect Fan Tian’s love for the groomsman would spill over like this."

"Making out in public like they’d die if they didn’t show it off—ugh, disgusting."

Tian Tian couldn’t take it anymore after seeing that frame—and this was after they cut stuff out?

Hearing this, Tian Tian finally snapped. She raised her hand and slapped Fan Tian across the face.

Fan Tian was stunned, clutching his face. "Why did you hit me?"

The affection he once had for Tian Tian was gone, replaced by barely contained rage.

"You bastard, getting so cozy with your groomsman—what do you think she hit you for?"

Tian Tian’s friends were furious. They had picked this guy with care for their friend, only to find out he was a total piece of work. Who could stand that? They went at him full force—pulling hair, slapping faces.

It wasn’t until the restaurant owner called the cops that the one-sided beatdown came to an end.

Lin Tingyue, Fan Qing, and the couple from the next table all went to the police station as witnesses to give their statements.

When Bai Yaxin and Lin Rusong heard Lin Tingyue was at the station, they rushed over in a panic. Fan Qing and Fan Tian’s father, along with Fan Tian’s mother, arrived too.

Everyone else was fine, but Fan Tian was still being held. Fan Wei and Tang Xiao completely ignored Fan Qing and went straight to the officers to ask about Fan Tian.

Fan Qing rolled her eyes.

Bai Yaxin and Lin Rusong fussed over Fan Qing and Lin Tingyue, looking them up and down repeatedly. Only when she saw they weren’t hurt did Bai Yaxin finally relax. “Thank goodness you’re okay, thank goodness.”

Fan Qing stared at Fan Wei’s back, her expression darkening.

Noticing, Lin Tingyue squeezed Fan Qing’s hand.

That hand was warm, giving Fan Qing strength. When she turned, she met Lin Tingyue’s gentle smile.

So what?

At least she had Yue Yue and Aunt Bai in her corner.

As for those who didn’t care about her—they could screw off. Fan Qing smiled softly at Lin Tingyue.

“Since everything’s settled, let’s go home,” Bai Yaxin said.

As they walked down the steps, a man hurried past them.

“Honey, are you okay?” he asked anxiously.

“I’m fine, just giving my statement to the cops. Look at you—you ran here so fast you’re drenched in sweat.”

She pulled a tissue from her bag and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

This woman was the one from the next table who had come alone and gotten caught up in that mess.

Fan Qing murmured, “Do I know that guy?”

Lin Tingyue sucked in a sharp breath. “Oh my God… isn’t that the groomsman from the wedding footage?”

The woman went rigid.

Coincidentally, Fan Wei and Tang Xiao came out looking devastated.

Wu Hai was surprised to see Tang Xiao. Just as he was about to turn away, Tang Xiao noticed him too.

Tang Xiao said, "Wu Hai, what are you doing here?"

Fan Qing thought to herself, *No way, they all know each other?*

*This just got even messier?*

Wu Hai had no choice but to meet Tang Xiao’s gaze and grudgingly said, “Mom.”

Wu Hai’s wife, Qiao Mei, frowned and asked, “That’s your mother? Didn’t you say she died a long time ago?”

“Babe, just let me explain—”

Before Wu Hai could finish, Tang Xiao cut him off, her expression turning stormy. “You told people I was dead?”

Tang Xiao immediately slapped Wu Hai across the face. “You curse me like this while I’m still alive? You’ve learned all this from your good-for-nothing father!”

Wu Hai covered his cheek and retorted, “You’re not my mom, and I don’t have a dad. To me, you’ve both been dead for years.”

The police station was already crowded, and now everyone stopped dead in their tracks, captivated by the scene.

“This is nuts,” someone whispered. “So Wu Hai is Tang Xiao’s son from her first marriage. After divorcing her ex-husband, Tang Xiao met Fan Wei, and they fell crazy in love. Fan Wei wanted to marry her, and Tang Xiao was thrilled, but she worried Fan Wei wouldn’t accept her with Wu Hai tagging along. So she cold-heartedly decided to abandon Wu Hai.”

“But who would’ve thought Fan Wei would pull a 180 and marry Qing Qing’s mom instead? Tang Xiao got completely screwed over and left town. This year, she returned to City A and reunited with Fan Wei. This time, Fan Wei was determined to marry her—and shockingly, Tang Xiao agreed…”

“This is next-level messed up.”

“Wait, if Wu Hai and Fan Tian are both Tang Xiao’s sons, doesn’t that make them… brothers???”

“Phew.”

Fan Qing: ?

She had the strange feeling that just as things were about to settle, she was being forced to take another bite of this hot mess.

“Tang Xiao only sought out Fan Tian to conspire with him to scam money. But given their relationship…”

Even Lin Tingyue, a drama veteran, was completely floored.

“Fan Tian was actually Tang Xiao’s lover. Wait, so Fan Tian is bisexual?”

“So now we have a lover pretending to be a secret lovechild to scam money, while also engaging in a fake marriage, and in the process, getting involved with his supposed mother’s biological son?”

“Looks like incest but actually stepfather situation?”

Fan Qing: …

She felt dizzy. How was she seeing double in broad daylight?

“Sigh, Qing Qing is so smart. Why didn’t her dad bother to get a DNA test?”