After being reborn as a rich and beautiful woman, she let herself go.

Chapter 8 Unmasking the Stepmother

Hua Wenxia's question immediately drew attention to Aunt Zhang.

A smug smile unconsciously crept onto Lin Cuilan's lips. The nanny was definitely on her side as the mistress of the house.

Otherwise, don't even think about staying in the Hua family.

Lin Cuilan is indeed a victim of today's conflict.

But Aunt Zhang knew in her heart that if Lin Cuilan hadn't bullied Hua Meimei for so long, Hua Meimei wouldn't have retaliated against her.

Hua Meimei stood up from the ground and said, "Aunt Zhang, you've seen how Lin Cuilan has abused me behind my father's back all these years. Heaven sees what people do. One can be blind, but if you keep speaking against your conscience, you'll face retribution. Don't you think so?"

Aunt Zhang looked at Hua Meimei in horror, then at Lin Cuilan.

Unexpectedly, Hua Meimei actually brought up Lin Cuilan's long-term abuse of her... into the open.

"What did you say? Lin Cuilan abused you?" Hua Wenxia caught the key point and looked at Hua Meimei suspiciously.

Clearly, the image of a loving mother that Lin Cuilan had cultivated for so long did not allow him to believe it.

Lin Cuilan glared fiercely at Hua Meimei, then turned to Hua Wenxia and started crying pitifully.

"Honey, I told you it's hard to be a stepmother! No matter how good you are to your ex-wife's children, no matter how heartfelt you are, they won't appreciate it."

Hua Meimei couldn't help but roll her eyes. Lin Cuilan had been playing this trick for twenty years and still wasn't done.

"Dad, do you know why Lin Cuilan has refused to allow surveillance cameras to be installed in our home all these years?"

Upon hearing Hua Meimei's words, Hua Wenxia frowned slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes. He looked at Lin Cuilan, waiting for her response.

Lin Cuilan's crying stopped abruptly, a hint of panic flashing across her face, but she quickly regained her composure.

She looked at Meimei reproachfully and said, "Meimei, how could you slander me like that? I didn't want to install surveillance cameras to protect our family's privacy, I've said that before!"

Hua Meimei sneered, "Protecting privacy? You're just afraid your misdeeds will be recorded. Aunt Zhang, don't be afraid, tell me everything you know, and I'll stand up for you. I'm married now and have my own career; I can arrange a better job for you."

Aunt Zhang's body trembled slightly. She hesitated for a moment, and was about to speak when Lin Cuilan suddenly raised her voice: "Sister Zhang, you have worked in our family for so many years. I have never treated you badly. You can't make false accusations and go along with Hua Meimei's nonsense!"

Aunt Zhang clenched her fists nervously as she looked at Lin Cuilan's subtly threatening expression.

Hua Meimei said sarcastically, "Lin Cuilan, if you haven't done anything wrong, why are you so afraid of Aunt Zhang's words? She hasn't even said anything yet, and you're already giving her a verbal warning. What else could this be but a guilty conscience?"

Hua Wenxia looked at Aunt Zhang and said in a serious tone, "Sister Zhang, tell me the truth, what exactly happened?"

Aunt Zhang mustered her courage and whispered, "Sir, what Miss said is true. Madam does often lose her temper with Miss, and sometimes she even locks Miss in the storage room and doesn't give her food..."

Lin Cuilan's face turned deathly pale instantly. She pointed angrily at Aunt Zhang: "You traitor, what nonsense are you spouting!"

Hua Wenxia's face immediately darkened. He frowned and looked at Lin Cuilan, asking in a low voice, "Cuilan, did you really do such a thing to Meimei?"

"I...I didn't." Lin Cuilan's face showed slight panic, but she tried to remain calm. "They're slandering me! It's because Hua Meimei doesn't like me as her stepmother and has always been prejudiced against me..."

Hua Meimei interrupted Lin Cuilan directly, "Enough! You and your son Hua An'an have done so many bad things to me together, how can you be so shameless and live with a clear conscience?"

Hua Meimei took out her phone from her coat pocket and found the video of the original owner being abused that she had secretly recorded five years ago.

Turn the volume up to the maximum and play it for them.

In the video, Hua Meimei huddled in a dimly lit corner of the storage room, her hair disheveled, her eyes filled with fear and helplessness.

Lin Cuilan stood at the door, her face full of anger, cursing and slamming a plate on the ground, spilling food everywhere.

"You disgust me like a maggot. You eat scraps from the ground; you only deserve to eat these leftovers!"

Then the door slammed shut, leaving Hua Meimei sobbing in the darkness.

Hua Wenxia's face turned extremely ugly.

His lips trembled slightly, and his eyes were fixed on the video screen, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Lin Cuilan seemed to have all her strength drained away, and her body swayed precariously.

A flicker of despair crossed her eyes, but she still tried to argue: "This...this is a fabricated video, Hua Meimei framed me!"

Hua Meimei looked at her coldly, "Hmph, do you think I have the ability to create such a realistic video? Do you think what you've done over the years has really been flawless?"

"With a mother as vicious as you, who has two faces in front of others and behind their backs, Hua An'an learned to bully others from a young age. He would even release snakes in the storage room to bite me!"

Flowerberry is terrified of snakes because she once peed her pants after a snake crawled across her thigh in a dark storage room.

It was a water snake, not venomous, and couldn't kill Hua Meimei, but it had already caused her great psychological trauma.

Aunt Zhang, who had always felt sorry for Hua Meimei, began to sob softly. "Sir, this kind of thing happens too often. Miss has always had a hard life. I want to help her, but I'm just a nanny. I'm afraid of being fired..."

Aunt Zhang's husband has been paralyzed at home for many years and has no income. Her son and daughter-in-law also have unstable jobs. The whole family relies on her job as a caregiver to support their livelihood.

Hua Wenxia took a deep breath, trying to suppress her anger and shock.

He turned to look at Lin Cuilan without saying a word, but his eyes were full of disappointment and anger.

Lin Cuilan collapsed to the ground, knowing that everything she had pretended for so many years had completely collapsed.

After letting out all the things she had kept bottled up for so many years, Hua Meimei breathed a sigh of relief and took out a wet wipe to wipe her face.

"Meimei, since you've suffered so much injustice all these years, why are you only speaking up now?" Hua Wenxia calmed her angry expression and asked her in a slightly more composed manner.

This is also what Lin Cuilan doesn't understand: if she wanted to rebel, why didn't she rebel earlier?

Instead of seeking revenge after getting married, is it because she has the support of the Luo family?

However, her new husband was the youngest and least valued in his family, and it was rumored that he was infertile.

They've just gotten married and their relationship isn't very deep yet, so what can he do to help her?

Hua Meimei gasped, the original owner's painful memories causing a feeling of sadness in her heart.

"Dad, do you remember when I was little, I told you the story of Snow White?"

"Hmm?" Hua Wenxia didn't quite remember, but upon careful recollection, she did have a vague recollection.

“I was already hinting at it to you then. I asked you, if the king knew that the queen was plotting to kill Snow White, what would he do? Would he banish the queen or Snow White?”

Hua Wenxia recalled her answer at the time and couldn't help but feel guilty.

"You said that all we need to do is criticize the Queen and tell her to stop hurting Snow White. After all, the princess will grow up and get married and leave the palace."

Hua Meimei knew from the beginning that her father wouldn't divorce Lin Cuilan for her sake in order to save his marriage.

In other words, between her and Lin Cuilan, he chose Lin Cuilan.

Young and helpless, she received no support or protection from her father. How could she protect herself?

"Dad, I want to ask you one more time. Now that the princess is married and you know the truth, will you still choose to keep the queen?"