The Useless Heiress Is Actually A Bigshot

Chapter 124: Chapter 124 Guilty Matters

At that moment, having returned to her own room, Zhong Mengfan was weakly slumped on the floor, her legs giving out beneath her.

Gently, she laid a hand on her abdomen, but as if she had touched a hot potato, she quickly retracted it and started shaking her head. “No, no, it can’t be. I can’t be pregnant. Zhong Nianyao was just talking nonsense. Yes, she must have been, just taking revenge because I mentioned her parents.”

Even she wasn’t sure if she was pregnant, so there was no way Zhong Nianyao could know.

Yet, although she tried to convince herself of this, Zhong Mengfan was still scared.

If Zhong Nianyao was talking nonsense, why would she bring up such a topic?

What worried her the most now was whether she was actually pregnant. She had been with her boyfriend for some time, and this month her period was many days late. That’s why she had reacted so strongly when Zhong Nianyao mentioned her pregnancy.

She couldn’t imagine what she would do if she was really pregnant.

The first and foremost hurdle would be her parents.

Her boyfriend wasn’t from a wealthy family; he was just an ordinary guy. But it was the indescribable charm about him that she had fallen for, inevitably and deeply.

Yet, she knew in her heart that her parents would never allow her to marry an ordinary man. If she was really pregnant, her parents might not even let her give birth to the child, and they would definitely make things difficult for her boyfriend.

Thinking about all these possibilities, Zhong Mengfan felt even more agitated.

After resting for a while, Zhong Nianyao left her room and directly went to the Old Sir and Old Madam Zhong’s room upon knowing they had returned.

Upon entering their room, Zhong Nianyao did not beat around the bush, and she directly spilled the beans about Zhong Mengfan.

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At first, Old Sir Zhong and Old Madam Zhong were happy to see Nianyao returning, but the first words out of her mouth wiped the smiles right off their faces.

“Zhong Mengfan is pregnant!”

That statement hit them like a bombshell, leaving both Old Sir Zhong and Old Madam Zhong utterly stunned. Once they absorbed the shock, their faces were almost black with anger.

After telling them everything, Zhong Nianyao left the room.

For the Old Sir and Old Madam, it was still hard to accept this piece of news. As for how to deal with the situation, they needed to think it over thoroughly, and naturally, she did not want to intrude any further.

After dinner, Old Sir Zhong summoned everyone in the family. Except for Li Yiqiu, who was still in bed resting to protect her pregnancy, all members of the Zhong family were present.

In the living room—

Old Sir Zhong and Old Madam Zhong sat there, silent, with severe expressions that had dimmed the mood in the room.

All persons present, except for Zhong Nianyao, exchanged looks, clueless as to what was happening. Yet, from the expressions of the seniors, they knew it wasn’t good news.

Zhong Mengfan sat on the sofa, desperately trying to make herself inconspicuous.

Ever since being accused by Zhong Nianyao of being pregnant earlier in the day, Mengfan had been like a frightened bird, terrified that she was pregnant and scared her family would find out.

She didn’t know why her grandparents had called everyone together, but she had a bad premonition, as if something terrible was about to unfold.

She couldn’t help but glance in Nianyao’s direction, trying to gauge from her face whether she had spilled the beans to the grandparents.

Zhong Jinghao, always perceptive, squinted his eyes briefly at his sister and then turned his gaze to Nianyao, a mysterious flicker passing through his eyes.

Old Sir Zhong and Old Madam stayed quiet, and nobody dared to speak.

Finally, after surveying the room, Old Sir Zhong spoke, “If anyone of you has done something to weigh on their conscience, come forward now, and I might be lenient.”

Everyone looked at each other, but nobody spoke first. They even began to suspect whether they had done something privately that Old Sir might have discovered.

Zhong Mengfan shrank a bit, then bowed her head even lower.

For some reason, she felt like Old Sir Zhong’s words were directed at her. Yet, she didn’t dare to come forward and confess.

She was gambling that Old Sir Zhong wasn’t talking about her, betting that she could get through this ordeal smoothly.

Seeing that no one came forward, Old Sir Zhong’s expression grew darker, “Very well, since you don’t wish to confess voluntarily, I’ll have to name names myself.”

As he spoke, Old Sir Zhong’s piercing gaze landed on Zhong Mengfan, “Zhong Mengfan, kneel down.”

At those words, all eyes in the room turned to Mengfan.

Zhong Minghao and Zheng Silin’s eyes widened, disbelieving as they stared at their daughter.

But Jing Hao, with an indecipherable flicker in his eyes, seemed to be calculating something in his mind.

Suddenly named, Zhong Mengfan startled and instinctively stood up, then hastily knelt down, realizing only afterward that her reaction might have been too extreme.

Seeing Mengfan kneeling, Old Sir Zhong’s expression remained stern, “Do you realize what you’ve done wrong?”

“Grandpa, Grandma, I don’t know whose ridiculous rumors you’ve heard, but I really haven’t done anything,” Zhong Mengfan’s fierce gaze landed on Zhong Nianyao. “Some people just love to stir up trouble and perhaps even use it as a chance for revenge because I tried to hurt them before.”

That statement explicitly pointed the blame at Zhong Nianyao.

Nianyao’s face remained unchanged, even sending a smile towards Mengfan.

That smile, in Mengfan’s view, was a blatant provocation. Just as she was about to explode with anger, she saw the disapproving look from her grandparents.

She quickly lowered her head again but stubbornly refused to admit what she had done wrong.

“Dad, Mom, Meng Fan is still young, sometimes her actions may be impulsive,” Zheng Silin spoke up for her daughter. “But she absolutely hasn’t done anything malicious. What happened before was just a moment of impulse, and she has already been punished for it.”