âIf I want you to never be able to turn your life around, itâs not difficult.â Qiao Aiyunâs tone was firm, and her phoenix-like eyes were burning with a cold light. She tilted her head slightly to look up at Song Jingren, her eyes void of any warmth.
At this moment, in the conference hall within Huamao Hotel, the crowd and media reporters who had come to join in the commotion widened their eyes and were dumbfounded.
To them, the Song family was a wealthy family in Yuncheng. They all said that rich peopleâs families were very messy. This was the first time they had seen a couple turn against each other openly.
Previously, the disturbance at the filiation banquet had involved the Fu family. But it had only spread on a small scale among high society, and the general public knew very little about it.
But now, it was different. They had participated in the whole process of the fight, and their blood was boiling at this moment.
âHoly shit. If Song Jingren sent someone to do this, itâs too shameless.â
âHe wonât even let off his father-in-lawâs family. How heartless.â
âI knew it. How could the Jade Hall of Spring sell fakes? Thatâs simply nonsense.â
âTheyâve been married for more than twenty years, yet he used such despicable means. How vile!â
â¦
The discussions below were like a tidal wave that rose higher and higher, seemingly wanting to devour Song Jingren.
***
Being threatened and slapped by a woman in public was a great humiliation for a man.
But Qiao Aiyun ignored him and picked up the microphone. âAfter what just happened, I believe everyone knows the truth now.
âI assure everyone that all the jade works in the Jade Hall of Spring have been authenticated through quality inspections and given proper certificates. If anyone has any doubts, you can report them to the Industry and Commerce Department. If you discover a fake good, we will compensate you tenfold.
âFor this matter, Iâll go through the legal procedures to protect my personal rights and interests.â
A reporter questioned closely, âMs. Qiao, those photos onlineâ¦â
Qiao Aiyun snorted and looked at the ashen-faced man beside her. âThings happened one after another. Isnât everyone clear about this yet? Someone wants to ruin my reputation. If something happens to me, who will benefit the most? Donât you all know this?â
Everyoneâs focus instantly gathered on Song Jingren.
Song Jingrenâs heart seemed to be burning with fury and rushing out the top of his head. His face was ashen while the side of his face that had been slapped just now was faintly red and swollen. âQiao Aiyun, donât f*cking slander me!â
Since things had already come to this, there was no need for Song Jingren to pretend anymore, and he even used vulgarities.
âWhat did I say? Did I say that person was you?â She gave him a sideways look.
She looked down at him as though she was looking at her defeated.
Her gaze was full of disdain and arrogance.
âPresident Song, why are you jumping out in such a hurry?
âWhatâs the matter? Feeling guilty?â
There were immediately several low snorts of laughter below.
âDamn, he confessed without being pressed. Iâve never seen someone as stupid as him.â
âHe must be desperate. Ms. Qiao didnât name him. He even said that his secretary was stupid. Heâs the f*cking fool instead.â
âDid he post all those photos online? This person is really unscrupulous for his own benefits.â
â¦
Song Jingrenâs fingers clenched, and his knuckles turned white.
âQiao Aiyun, did I fake the photos? Did I force you to go around with him as a pair?â Song Jingren faced the camera.
âEveryone can check if the photos are real or fake.
âDonât f*cking think you can lead the life of a whore and still get to erect a monument to celebrate your chastity!â
The crowd got into an uproar.
This sentence was too malicious to describe his own wife.
No one was in the mood to distinguish the truth of his words. They only focused their attention on Qiao Aiyun.
They felt that this woman was too pitiful.
She stood there, her back straight, unmoving. But her fingers holding the microphone were white and trembling, and the corners of her eyes were dyed red with rage.
Song Fengwan was standing in the control room, and upon hearing this, she turned around and dashed downstairs.
âWanwan?â Fu Chen frowned.
Shi Fang was focused on watching the show and didnât expect Song Fengwan to run off. He wasnât able to stop her at allâ¦
***
After a short silence, Qiao Aiyun shot Geng Ying a look.
Geng Ying passed her a brown paper bag and then glanced at Song Jingren out of the corner of her eye.
Qiao Aiyun lowered her head and slowly opened the paper bag.
âI didnât intend to take these things out initially. But since things have gotten to this point, I donât have to cover for you anymoreâ¦â
She found a stack of photos from inside and placed them in front of the reporters one by one.
Almost all of them were photos of Song Jingren and various women being intimate at different periods of time. In some photos, Song Jingren was very young.
âPhotos, right? I have many hereâ¦â
âQiao Aiyun, are you f*cking crazy?!â Song Jingrenâs eyes widened as he reached out to snatch the photos.
Qiao Aiyun turned around and threw all the photos on his face.
Dozens of photos were scattered all over the floor.
The sharp edges of the photo brushed past his face, causing a stab of pain.
âMr. Song, you said I had an affair. Come and explain to me who these women are.
âI was too young back then. When you told me that the company just started out, so you needed to go out to socialize and play along, I believed you. Tell me. What kind of play requires you to climb into a womanâs bed?
âWas it because you drank too much? Were you unconscious?â
Qiao Aiyun sneered.
âDo you believe that yourself? You were able to sleep with another woman while you were unconscious? President Song, I really admire you!â
A long, thin wound appeared on Song Jingrenâs cheek, and a drop of blood rolled down.
His body was trembling, and his face became even paler as he listened to the discussions and condemnations of the crowd below.
âI knew it. These rich people have messy private lives. If they canât control their lower bodies, who can they blame?â
âMs. Qiao has endured this for too long.â
âPerhaps itâs for the sake of her family and child. Many women are like this nowadays. They muddle through their days, turning a blind eye to such things because they feel that their lives can still continue. This time, sheâs really heartbroken!â
â¦
âThese are all fake! Everythingâs fake!â Song Jingren was furious.
âWhat about this one?â Qiao Aiyun took out a slightly yellowed piece of paper from the paper bag. There were many things written on it. It was too far away, so the reportersâ cameras couldnât capture it clearly.
It was a half-page handwritten paper and even had a signature.
âYouâ¦â Song Jingren looked alarmed, panicked, and helpless.
He immediately reached out, grabbed the piece of paper, and tried to tear itâ¦
âItâs a copy anyway. Go ahead and tear it.â
âQiao Aiyun, you actually still kept this thing? Youâ¦â
âThatâs right. This is the first time you wrote me an apology letter after having an affair. Are you very surprised that I kept it?â Qiao Aiyun sneered. âAfter this incident, youâve indeed been very good to me and Wanwan. I also said that there was no need to keep this kind of thing.
âBut I still kept a trick up my sleeve. If we lived peacefully, this thing would never have seen the light of day in this lifetime. But you want to fight me to the deathâ¦
âIn that case, do I need to give you face?â
Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air.?He even wrote a f*cking apology letter before?
â¦
Song Fengwan was walking down the stairs step by step, listening quietly to the commotion at the press conference.
Every step she took felt as though she was stepping on glass, as though everything in her memory was shattering into fragmentsâ¦
She could no longer piece together a complete picture.
Her eyes were bloodshot, and her fingers were trembling so much that she could barely hold the handrail.
***
On the press conference stageâ¦
Song Jingrenâs fingers trembled as he pointed at Qiao Aiyun. âYou⦠youâre ruthless.â
He knew very well that after this incident, his reputation would be utterly ruined.
âIf you want to say that I forged everything, explain to everyone where Jiang Fengya popped out from.
âSheâs the daughter you want to acknowledge with great fanfare, isnât she? Surely, youâre not going to raise someone elseâs daughter, are you?
âHow is she older than Wanwan? Explain yourself.â
Qiao Aiyun smiled bitterly. âBack then, when I left my family and started a business with you, I would sometimes only have a full meal every two or three days. You said you didnât want our child to be born at this time and suffer with us. I even thought that you cared about our family.
âWho the hell would have known that you already had an illegitimate daughter outside?!â
Qiao Aiyun raised the microphone and smashed it at his head.
Her fingers were trembling, and she missed. Instead of hitting his head, it hit the floor with a thump.
Song Jingren hadnât expected Qiao Aiyun to reveal all these secrets of his. His lips were trembling from fury, but he couldnât find a perfect explanation under the questioning gazes of the reporters.
âSong Jingrenâ¦â Qiao Aiyun faced him and took a deep breath to calm herself down.
Song Jingren turned his head to look at her.
He didnât expect to be slapped in the face.
Many reporters forgot to take photos and felt regretful.
âDamn, well done!â
âBeat him to death! What a f*cking scumbag!â
Some indignant people itched to rush up and step on him.
The slap whipped Song Jingrenâs face to the side, and his mouth was slightly torn.
âI was young back then, and I was deceived by your flowery words. I kept thinking of giving you another chance. Actually, for creatures like menâ¦
âOnce they cheat, they can no longer be trusted for life.
âYou owe me this slap.â
Song Jingren took a deep breath and suppressed his fury. He raised his hand to wipe the blood at the corner of his mouth, but before he looked upâ¦
Qiao Aiyun flung her other hand and hit him hard again.
A crisp sound rang out.
âThis is for Wanwan. In order to deal with me, you actually used public opinion to say that sheâs not your daughter? You disregarded your relationship with your daughter. You arenât worthy of being her father.â
âQiao Aiyun!â Song Jingren was agitated from the beating. He looked up and shouted at her, âDonât think I donât hit women!â
âDidnât you hit Wanwan last time? You can even hit your own biological daughter. Of course, Iâm not an exception.â Qiao Aiyunâs expression was cynical.
âYouâ¦â Song Jingrenâs fingers clenched.
The feeling of having his misdeeds exposed was like being roasted over a fire. It was torture.
Qiao Aiyun rubbed her wrist and smiled at him. Suddenly, she raised her hand, and as swift as lightningâ¦
She slapped him hard. This time, the blow was the fiercest.
Some reporters could clearly see blood spewing out of Song Jingrenâs mouth from their cameras.
âThis is for our Qiao family. Do you think you can ruin our familyâs reputation? Do you think you even deserve to touch our family?â
Her phoenix-like eyes were intimidating as she stood proudly.
Everyone seemed to be used to calling her Mrs. Song and Ms. Qiao. They seemed to have forgotten that she was also the only daughter of the Qiao familyâ¦
The Qiao family had been truly impressive back then. As Old Master Qiaoâs daughter, she should indeed behave like this.
***
By the time Song Fengwan arrived backstage, before she could do anything, a person suddenly walked out of the shadows. He reached out to grab her arm and pulled her into a corner to avoid the reportersâ cameras.
Fu Chen, following behind her, widened his stride and reached out to pin down the personâs wrist. âLet go.â
When the lights swept past, Song Fengwan finally saw the person in the dark clearly⦠âUncle Yan?â
Yan Wangchuan glanced at Fu Chen and let go of Song Fengwanâs arm. Fu Chen immediately let go.
âMr. Yan.â Fu Chen calculated the time. He should have arrived. He had been focused on Song Fengwanâs situation and hadnât paid attention to Yan Wangchuan at all.
They looked at each other.
Yan Wangchuanâs eyes were cold.?This bratâs grip is quite strong.
Fu Chen reached out and pulled Song Fengwan backward by half an inch. He stood between the two of them protectively.
Yan Wangchuan ignored him and continued staring at the stage.?How could reputable Old Master Fu have such a childish son?
He looked down on Fu Chenâs childish action, but he didnât know that he would be even more childish and laughable than him in the future.
âMr. Yan, when did you arrive?â Fu Chen raised an eyebrow.
Yan Wangchuan looked at the stage and ignored him.
Fu Chen licked the inside of his cheeks.?Ignoring me?
How impressive.
What a big temper.
âUncle Yan, when did you arrive?â Song Fengwan helped him out when she saw the awkward atmosphere.
âIâve been here for around five minutes. Donât get involved in the adultsâ affairs. The scene is too chaotic. Previously, they still added mosaics when they took photos, but many media outlets are broadcasting live now. Donât get caught on camera,â Yan Wangchuan reminded.
âI know.â Song Fengwan nodded obediently.
Fu Chen raised an eyebrow.?Isnât this discrimination in treatment too obvious?
â¦
Meanwhile, on the stage, Song Jingren was already on fire.
Anyway, all these secrets had been exposed by Qiao Aiyun. His reputation had already been ruined, so he wouldnât let her have an easy time no matter what.
âHah⦠Youâve been criticizing me. Explain to me about those photos. Whoâs that man? Eating together and even living together?
âSince you say that thereâs nothing between you two, do you dare to tell everyone who he is? Let everyone verify your true relationship with him. Do you think itâs fine just because you say that youâre not in a relationship?
âWhat is that manâs name?! Qiao Aiyun, I bet you donât have the guts to say it!â
Qiao Aiyun really didnât dare.
She didnât want to implicate Yan Wangchuan.?This scumbag is simply despicable.
Yan Wangchuanâs eyes darkened as he slowly walked out of the shadowsâ¦