Chapter 695 - The Scammers Daughter! (4) (2/2)
There was no way she had that sort of money to cough up. And if Shen Liangchuan were to finance this, it would probably amount to half of the Shen family’s assets.
How could she possibly even ask for such help?
She bit her lip and kept silent as she entered the VIP ward with Shen Zihao.
Shen Liangchuan was still unconscious.
Xia Yehua had fallen asleep on the sofa from exhaustion.
Qiao Lian had no appetite for breakfast as well.
She took out her cell phone and followed the development of the news.
The number 1 trending topic was #Mrs.ShenAndTheSeventeenLives.
Weibo, as if part of a conspiracy, claimed that at the time, the property market had been undergoing a recession and if the Qiao family had built that building, they would have made a loss.
Hence, the Qiao family had chosen to put all their stakes in that one throw.
They had used discounted steel bars in place of normal steel bars and added more stories to the building, but the staircase could not take the strain. Finally it collapsed, killing 17 people and injuring 45 others.
Eventually, the Qiao family declared bankruptcy and the Qiao couple committed suicide, but before that they diverted all their money.
It also claimed that the diverted money had been transferred to Qiao Lian and her brother, who had been living the good life in Beijing all these years.
It went as far as to say that Qiao Lian, Mrs. Shen, was Best Actor Shen’s sugar mummy.
That was why Best Actor Shen was so wealthy!
In the beginning, after Best Actor Shen got married, they decided to keep the marriage a secret because they didn’t wish to expose Mrs. Shen’s true identity.
In the end, they had to call for a press conference because they were cornered and had no choice.
They must have thought themselves so lucky when they held the press conference, but unexpectedly someone recognized them.
Finally, the article expressed: [I wonder how they can sleep at night.]