It was a silent night.

But in Sino Hotel in city Sweda, it

was just time for a luxurious birthday banquet.

Sharon Evans, in a nice evening

dress and with the birthday crown on her head, was walking to stage gracefully.

People cheered her on, praised her,

and applauded for her.

As the daughter of the most famous

real estate businessman in this city, Sharon was blessed. She was

well-educated, stunning, and gentle. In a word, she was the kind that everyone

loved.

At her twenty-two-year-old birthday

party, her father, Marvin Evans, gave her half of the shares of his company. As

her deceased mother's will, all such shares were hers to have.

Marvin stood on the stage with a

smile on his face and an agreement paper in his hand, waiting for his beloved

daughter.

Sharon was more than excited at that

moment, but she kept the calm smile on her face and walked to the stage

gracefully.

"Cliff, I've got a surprise for

you,"

she said gently.

She met Cliff Todd in college and

had made a deal that they would get married just after they graduated. Today,

she would announce this after receiving the shares from her father.

Cliff was the second son of the rich

family in this city, the Todd family. As a man from a rich family, he was

surprisingly talented. Her father talked with him before and thought highly of

him. The two were just the perfect match from any perspective.

However, to Sharon's surprise, Cliff

didn't look happy after he heard that. He forced a weird smile and looked

bizarre.

Sharon was stunned for a second.

Perhaps he just didn't believe that

she would announce their marriage so soon.

Thinking of this, Sharon calmed down

and smiled at Cliff. Then she walked gracefully to her father.

Sharon, the brightest star today,

was praised by everyone here, except for her stepmother, Joyce Evans, and her

step-sister, Renata Evans.

"Mom, look at her smug smile.

I'm sick of that. I have been enduring this for too long, and now I can't stand

it anymore." Renata said to her mother with a snort.

Joyce comforted her daughter,

"The higher she gets, the harder she falls. Is everything I need

ready?"

"It's ready," Renata

pulled out a flash drive.

"Good," Joyce showed a

weird smile as she looked at the girl on the stage.

"Everything would be different

tonight, Sharon.

Show time."

At that moment, Sharon finally got

to Marvin.

"Happy birthday, Sharon,"

Marvin stepped forward, held her hands, and hugged her with a smile.

"Thanks, dad," Sharon was

delighted. She hugged and smiled back.

They then walked to the center of

the stage hand in hand.

"Our honored friends,

welcome."

Marvin and Sharon got to the

microphone.

"It's well-known to everyone

that my ex-wife, Irene Evans, has helped me a lot when I started my business in

Sweda. I couldn't have made it without her."

Speaking of this, his tone changed,

and he looked a little sad.

"Unfortunately, she worked too

hard since she always wanted to help me more, which caused her to leave just

after giving birth to Sharon. Before she passed away, she told me her last wish.

I must give back her shares to Sharon when Sharon graduates from college."

He suddenly paused and couldn't help

sobbing.

"Dad!"

Sharon couldn't bear to watch him

cry. She also felt sad and tugged on his sleeves to comfort him.

"I'm good," Marvin tried to

control himself.

He calmed down and then raised

Sharon's arm, announcing loudly, "Today, my beloved daughter finally

graduated from college! She's an adult now, so I should keep my words.

According to her mother's last will, I will give the shares to my first

daughter, Sharon. Sharon, my daughter, happy birthday!"

"Happy birthday!"

"Happy birthday!"

Marvin's speech lit the audience up.

Some young guys proceeded to cheer for the birthday star.

"It seems that Marvin loves his

ex-wife much," a guest said to his friend next to him.

"No. If so, he wouldn't have

married Joyce Evans. His second daughter is only two years younger than Sharon,

but when Irene Evans died, Sharon was already five years old. Can't you see

something's off?"

"What? For real?" The

guest was shocked, "But Marvin still gives the shares to Sharon according

to Irene's will."

"You never know the truth in

such a rich family. Just wait and see," another guest snorted.

On the stage, Marvin brought out the

agreement he had prepared.

"Sharon," he looked at

Sharon with a gentle smile.

"These are the stocks of your

mother, her will, and the share transfer agreement. Take it, and you'll become

the largest shareholder of the Evans group after your mother."

"Wait!"

Before Sharon took the documents, a

woman shouted loudly and snatched the pouch.

Marvin didn't expect that Renata

would come on stage and snatch the documents. He frowned and shouted at her.

"Rena! Quite that! Give it back

to your sister."

"No!" Renata raised the

pouch and snorted.

"She doesn't deserve to hold

the shares!"

"What are you talking

about?" Sharon was shocked as she heard Rena's words.

She and Renata had different

mothers, but they got along well with each other. Renata even wished her a

happy birthday this morning.

Why did she suddenly make trouble at

such a moment?

"Rena, what nonsense are you

talking about? Sharon is your sister, and what she will take today is her

mother's heritage. Why doesn't she deserve it? Get out of here. Don't make the

guests laugh at us."

Marvin was irritated and felt

ashamed. He yelled at Renata.

"You should decide after

watching this video. We are doomed to be laughed at today, but the one who will

make them laugh is not me, but my sister!"

As Renata spoke, she walked to the

computer.

She then plugged in the flash drive

and clicked on a file.

The computer was used for playing

music for the hall, so it was connected to the projector as well.

When Renata opened the file, the

content jumped up on the large screen.

"Paternity test?"

The guests were shocked and started

grumbling after they saw the file on the large screen.

Sharon thought it was just a prank,

but when she heard the discussions, she also turned to look at the screen.

"What?"

She was stupefied as she saw it.

She blinked her eyes and looked at

it once again. The words on the last sheet of the report were as follows,

"Sharon Evans is not the biological daughter of Marvin Evans."

That was impossible!

She had been Marvin's beloved

daughter since she was born.

But now the report showed that she

was not Marvin's biological daughter!

How could it be?

She wasn't the only one shocked. The

entire hall gradually went silent.

"Renata, what's this all

about?"

Marvin strode to Renata and pulled

her up by the collar.

"Dad, please open your

eyes," Sharon clicked on the last sheet of the report and sneered,

"I'm trying to show you the truth, in case you'll be cheated by an

outsider. I got a message several days ago that Sharon is not your daughter,

but a bastard of her mother and an unknown man. I was also shocked when I heard

it, so I took your hair and her hair for a paternity test. Look what we've got.

Do you still think a bastard is still worthy of so many shares of your

company?"

"Nonsense! This doesn't make

any sense! My mother wouldn't do something like that. You can't slander

her!"

Sharon couldn't accept the result.

She was no longer graceful, but crazily rushed to Renata and wanted to snatch

the mouse.

Renata's mother, Joyce, took the

chance to get on stage.

When she saw Sharon pouncing at

Renata, she pulled her aside and pretended to persuade Sharon, "Sharon, my

girl, don't be impulsive. Let your sister finish it. Perhaps it's just a

misunderstanding. Be patient. Maybe the result is not real."

"Sharon, let her finish! I wanna

know what shocking news she can expose today!" Marvin pointed at Renata

and shouted, but his tone sounded nervous.

"Good," Renata snorted and

clicked on the file again.

"Now that we have seen the

report, which is enough to prove that Sharon is not even a daughter of my

father. Perhaps you still can't believe it, so there are also some photos of

Irene Evans dating others. You'll know how trashy she truly was."

Then, loads of photos of Sharon's

mother being with other men popped up on the screen.

"Oh my! That's indeed Irene

Evans!"

"These don't look fake, though.

They do look like photos from years ago. Was Irene such disloyal?"

"Who is that man? How could

they do such things behind Mr. Evans?"

The guests were even more shocked

after they saw the photos.

Sharon was almost crazy in such a

situation.

"Renata! Stop! That must be

fake!"

She cried and yelled, trying to stop

Renata, but Joyce clenched on her.

Marvin, who was standing next to

her, was silent with a long face. He looked like a dead man at this moment.

Renata continued to expose the

shocking photos.

She showed some other photos after

the old photos.

"Now we have known what kind of

woman Sharon's mother was. My poor father has been cheated by that woman for so

many years. He loves the daughter of that woman so, but how should that bastard

pay my father back?"

After this, she sneered again.

"Sharon's behaviors prove a

biology theory."

"The adopted children always

have the same nature as that of their biological parents, not their adoptive

parents."

"Therefore, my father and

mother have been educating Sharon sincerely, and she also looks like a noble

girl, but actually, she's living a trashy life just like her mother."

"She likes gigolos. Look what

she has done! I feel ashamed of her!"

When she said this, she kept

clicking.

On the screen, there were photos of

Sharon talking and drinking with all kinds of different men. Those ambiguous

photos shocked everyone.

"No! It's unbelievable!"

"The good daughter of the Evans

family is such a trashy woman!"

"Look at those photos. How

shameless. That's disgusting."

"Children are always like their

parents. The daughter of that woman is also as shameless as her mother."

"Poor Marvin! They tricked him

all along."

The guests were discussing and felt

pity on Marvin.

"It's not real! It's all

fake!" Sharon couldn't bear to be slandered by Renata like this.

She shouted and suddenly shrugged

off Joyce's grab, rushing to Renata.

"Don't push me. Dad! Help

me!"

Just when Sharon's hand touched

Renata's body, Renata shouted out of fear all of a sudden.

Then with a loud thud, she fell on

the ground, closed her eyes, and looked lifeless.

"Rena, my girl. How are

you?" seeing her daughter fall, Joyce rushed to help Renata up, looking at

Marvin in tears.

"Marvin, please. Save our girl.

Sharon is so cruel. Is she trying to destroy the evidence?"

Marvin's body was stiff at first,

but Joyce's crying brought him back to life. He seemed to wake up suddenly and

strode to Sharon.

Then he stared at Sharon as if she

was an enemy.

Sharon had never been stared at like

this by his father for her whole life.

Looking at Marvin's furious eyes,

Sharon couldn't help but tremble.

"Dad... I didn't push her.

Those pictures are fake. Don't believe in those fake pictures, please."

With tears in her eyes, Sharon

stepped back and explained to his father in shambles.

Marvin slapped Sharon suddenly with

all his strength.

Sharon's delicate face swelled up

immediately.

"Dad! You slapped me!"

Covering her cheek, she was shocked

and couldn't believe what had happened.

She thought at first that her father

wouldn't be confused by Renata's words. As long as she had the time to explain,

he would surely be able to figure this out.

However, she didn't expect Marvin to

slap her so hard as soon as he saw the whole thing.

"Don't call me dad. From now

on, you are not my daughter anymore. Now, go. Get out of here."

Marvin yelled at Sharon all of a

sudden and then strode towards the exit of the hall.

"Dad! Dad! Please stay here. I

can explain. It's not like what you just saw," Sharon shouted to Marvin.

But Marvin left here without any hesitation.

Seeing Marvin leave, Joyce ordered

one of her men to send Renata to the hospital.

The man followed Joyce's order and

hurriedly sent Renata to the hospital.

At that moment, Joyce saw the folder

that had fallen on the ground. She ran to the folder and picked it up, and then

trotted all the way out.

After they left, all guests had

already known that there would be no banquet tonight and they were ready to

leave.

"Cliff, please wait."

Sharon cried and called Cliff, who

was in the crowd and wanted to leave.

Taking a deep breath, Cliff stood

still, and he did not look back at Sharon.

"Cliff," Sharon got up

from the ground, walked closer to him, grabbed his sleeve, and asked with hope

in her eyes, "you know those are fake. You will definitely believe me,

right? Please help me explain all this to dad. Renata framed me. Can you help

me, please?"

Getting no response from Cliff,

Sharon got anxious.

"I won't, Sharon. I'm done with

you. I don't have a girlfriend like you."

Cliff walked away immediately

without looking back.

"Cliff! Cliff!"

Sharon burst into tears as she saw

Cliff leave heartlessly. After a short while, she started to pass out.

Seeing what happened here, all

guests had no desire to stay here for a banquet anymore and left one by one.

When these people passed by Sharon,

no one cared about her and no one came to help her... After all, no one wanted

to be related to someone like her.

When all guests left, a young man

came over with an assistant. The man glanced at the big screen that was still

showing those pictures. He then looked at Sharon on the ground and sneered.

Then, he ordered someone to take Sharon out directly despite the surprised gaze

of the service staff.

When Sharon woke up, she found

herself lying in a presidential suite in the hotel. She looked at the wall, and

it was ten o'clock already.

She also found a young man sitting

on the sofa beside her bed.

The man was distinguished at first

glance. He had a handsome face and clear eyes, and his sitting looked so

elegant, too.

Tailored and fitted haute couture

suits made his slender body look particularly strong and straight.

After a while, the young man nodded

and said lightly, "Okay, that's it. In three days, acquire Hawks Group.

You can prepare the acquisition plan and send it to me tonight."

The assistant nodded, and then

packed up the documents and left. The young man was left alone on the sofa.

Looking at all this and being a

little stunned for a while, Sharon was confused.

"Hawks Group,

isn't that one of Sweda's top three

corporations?

Who is this young man? How can he be

able to acquire it so easily?" Sharon wondered.

"You are awake," the young

man had seen Sharon wake up, so he walked over to her and asked her softly.

"Yeah," she noticed that

the young man was looking at her and suddenly realized that she had been

staring at them for a long time. It seemed she had heard something she

shouldn't have heard.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean it,"

Sharon blushed and said in a low voice.

"Doesn't matter," the man

looked into Sharon's eyes. He suddenly chuckled and said indifferently,

"Anyway, even if you spread the word, it won't hinder the acquisition

process."

Being looked at by the man, Sharon

skipped a heartbeat and started to blush.

The man had a pair of star-like

eyes. Sharon couldn't help gazing into them.

In her eyes, Sharon always thought

that Cliff might be the most beautiful man in the world. He was even better

than all those boy band stars.

But compared with the man in front

of him, Cliff would easily lose all his charm.

Thinking of Cliff, Sharon felt a

pain in her head. Those scenes at the banquet just now flashed in front of her.

Her dad, younger sister, stepmother,

and boyfriend... Those who were always so kind to her turned against her

overnight. But the truth was that she wasn't guilty of any of the accusations!

"No, I have to figure it all out," Sharon told herself.