"…If any disrespectful words are aimed at her, do not blame me for what happens next!"
Su Zhinian then tossed the microphone heavily on the stage. He lowered his head to whisper toward Song Qingchun, "Let's go."
As he led her off the stage, the presence around Su Zhinian was so strong that none of the more than hundred people in the hall dared stop him.
Su Zhinian could feel the girl in his embrace quivering heavily. He leaned into her ear to whisper softly and reassuringly, "It's okay, I'm here. Don't be afraid."
As Su Zhinian and Song Qingchun walked further away from the group of reporters, one of the more intrepid reporters recovered. However, he didn't have the guts to accost Su Zhinian, so he raised his microphone to point toward Song Menghwa, who until now had remained into a stunned state. "Sir Song Menghwa, I would like to ask your opinion on the fact that your two children are in an incestuous relationship. What do you think?"
Song Menghwa didn't answer for a long time. He even blinked and asked the reporter rather blankly, "You're telling me, Ah Nian and Qingchun are in a relationship?"
His lack of acuity was probably due to the anger caused by Su Zhinian and Song Qingchun.
"Yes." The reporter nodded and pulled the microphone away from Song Menghwa back to him. "Just now, your son personally admitted that he wanted to be together with your daughter, so he forced himself on your daughter. From the way he just reacted, he didn't think contaminating his own little sister is anything worth being ashamed about. What about you? Do you feel ashamed by the actions of your children?"
"Ah Nian and Qingchun are in a relationship?" Like a broken record, Song Menghwa repeated his earlier question. He looked shell-shocked like he hadn't recovered from the dropped bomb of a revelation.
"Sir Song Menghwa, after this scandal, are you still going to hand Song Empire over to Su Zhinian?"
"Sir Song Menghwa, will you stop your children from being together?"
…
All the other reporters saw this opportunity and crowded around Song Menghwa. Song Menghwa didn't seem like he even noticed their presence, and he kept mumbling to himself, "Ah Nian and Qingchun are in a relationship?"
Then as if remembering something, he turned to ask the butler beside him, "Did I just hear they say Qingchun is pregnant?"
"Yes, sir." The butler nodded and answered respectfully.
"She's pregnant… she's pregnant…" Song Menghwa continued to repeat himself again and again.
The reporters looked at each other facing this scene, and for once, they didn't dare to press any further. It seems like the old man is having a mental breakdown…
Song Menghwa mumbled for a while before suddenly raising his head to ask the crowd of stunned reporters, "Who among you has a recording of the audio just now?"
The reporters were silent before one of the younger female reporters passed him her recorder.
Song Menghwa raised it to his ear and focused closely. Then he frowned and said to no one in particular, "Abortion?'
The next second, Song Menghwa jumped up from his seat with the aid of the staff and raised his voice to yell, "Su Zhinian, get over here!"