Chapter 22: He Actually Came
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“As for why Shuangshuang has such a misunderstanding about me, you should ask her in person and not ask me.” Song Wei was still smiling that harmlessly, but she kicked the landmine directly towards Lin Shuangshuang’s feet.
At this moment, many media outlets sniffed out a trace of peculiarity and turned their cameras towards Lin Shuangshuang.
“Miss Shuangshuang, your interview the day before yesterday could be said to have contributed to the conclusion of this piece of scandal. But now that Ms Song has personally stepped forward to clarify and the evidence is conclusive, do you have anything to explain about your statement?”
“That’s right, Miss Lin. You said that you and Ms Song are the best of friends, but now, it seems like your speech the day before yesterday was to help use public opinion to destroy her marital relationship with Director Jiang.”
“Is this a real misunderstanding, or did you have other intentions?”
For a moment, Lin Shuangshuang’s face was flushed red through and through from the intense interrogation. She stood on the stage as if her blood had frozen. “I’m sorry… I also didn’t expect Weiwei to think this way now either. She definitely didn’t tell me these things earlier…”
Then, she turned around and looked at Song Wei with a sobbing tone. “Weiwei, you know that I will never hurt you.”
Someone below the stage quickly strayed from the direction of the topic due to her tears and interrogated Song Wei again, “Mrs Jiang, you said that your relationship with Mr Jiang is stronger than gold so why didn’t he accompany you to this dinner party today? Obviously, as long as he is here, all the rumors would have been discredited on their own.”
“That’s right. Why didn’t Mr Jiang accompany you? Was it because this scandal caused a rift in your relationship?”
“Or should I say, the two of you were originally contracted husband and wife. Now that your reputation is ruined, is Mr Jiang already considering making arrangements for divorce?”
Song Wei smiled and said, “My husband is very busy with work. The Jiang Corporation is such a big company so there are too many things to handle. His schedule today is to fly to Japan to discuss a project. He will only return three days later.”
“That’s just your side of the story. We have colleagues who have already captured photos of Director Jiang appearing in public with a dark and frosty expression these few days. He doesn’t seem to be in a good mood. Do you think this isn’t because of the scandal?”
Song Wei seemed to have heard a funny joke. “Our Director Jiang’s expression hasn’t just turned frosty during these few days. If you can take a single picture of his smiling face, I can offer 100,000 yuan to buy the picture from you.”
For a moment, that reporter shut his mouth.
Well, Jiang Mingxu’s sour face had been happening for quite a while now, too. Hence, the nickname Grim Asura was not called in vain.
“But Director Jiang has never appeared in the same frame as you after the marriage. Your explanation just now was not convincing.”
Beside her, Lin Shuangshuang also lowered her voice and advised her, “Weiwei, stop struggling. You and Director Jiang are clearly… Why do you have to hide like this? Didn’t you always hope that you could live a candid life?”
Song Wei turned around. Although there was a smile on her face, her gaze was so sharp that it could kill people. “Speak one more word, and I’ll get the private investigator—who took the photos—to come on stage and confront him straight away. I believe they must be very interested in the mastermind behind the scenes.”
Lin Shuangshuang’s face instantly paled, and she didn’t dare to speak anymore.
At this moment, there was a commotion in the crowd, and a group of people within them suddenly made way for a path.
They saw Jiang Mingxu’s tall figure walking through the crowd with a serious expression.
He had obviously come in a hurry. His usually well-ironed suit now had slight traces of wrinkles.
His hair, which had always been styled cleanly, now had a hint of languid dishabille.
Although this type of style looked good on him in a sort of unruly manner, it did not suit his character.
A lot of Song Wei’s words were full of nonsense, but she was right about one thing. Theoretically, Jiang Mingxu should be in Japan during these three days.
His plane had flown over there this morning so she did not expect him to be able to appear at all. As a result, she had already rehearsed all the answers to the questions that would be raised by the reporters once.
Her plan was that, as long as she could survive today, all the rumors would fall apart if Jiang Mingxu appeared together with her in a public setting later on.
However, he actually came.
Furthermore, it was obvious that he had arrived—worn out from the travel—right after getting off the plane.
Chapter 23: My Wife and I are Very Affectionate
Jiang Mingxu walked up the stage and stood in front of Song Wei. He even looked like he was angry. “Why didn’t you tell me that you had made such an arrangement?”
Song Wei shrank her neck, and the imposing aura that she had released earlier suddenly dissipated. “I didn’t want to disturb your work. I can settle this small matter.”
Jiang Mingxu held her hand. “You are being questioned by a group of people with microphones pointed at your nose. Is this what you call a solution?”
“I’m on my own, and I’m on par with this group of people. I think I’m pretty awesome already,” Song Wei defended herself indignantly.
However, Jiang Mingxu only rolled his eyes at her and turned around to say to the reporters below the stage while holding onto her hand. “There is no problem with my relationship with my wife.”
Ever since he appeared, the commotion below the stage had turned into silence. All the reporters, who had been making quite a ruckus earlier, had turned into mute idiots. They didn’t dare to ask questions or even press the shutter…
Until this sentence finally woke them up. They started taking pictures frantically with ecstatic expressions.
God knew how difficult it was to get an interview with Jiang Mingxu! Not to mention getting him to talk about his own gossip!
In the past, it was simply impossible. Today was a miracle!
“So the marriage upheaval previously was just a rumor, right? Your relationship with Madam Jiang is still very good?”
“Did you come out to help Madam Jiang out for the sake of the families’ reputation?”
Jiang Mingxu’s gaze gradually turned cold and sharp, and his expression became more and more unfriendly. “I think I have made myself clear enough. My wife and I have a very affectionate relationship. From now on, if the media makes use of the photos to stir up a fuss, it means that you will be openly making an enemy out of the Jiang family.”
Jiang Mingxu was full of murderous intent when he said that. That gaze was really murderous—as though he would kill a man if he was obstructed by a man or kill Buddha if he was obstructed by Buddha.
Hence, the media—who had become restless thinking that they would be able to get a chance to reap some gossip—quieted down again.
Did they want to die? Tai Sui had broken ground1.
Right at this moment, another person walked onto the stage from the corner of the crowd.
It was Yan Zhixing.
His face was a little haggard, and his eye sockets were sunken. It was as if he had not slept for many days, and his footsteps were weak, too.
It was just like how he was photographed by the media during the prevalent period of the scandal.
It was completely the face of a victim whose lover had been snatched away. His deeply emotional character was perfectly created.
Song Wei frowned the moment she saw him. She was already rather disgusted by his affectionate performance. The reason she left them some dignity was because she didn’t want to see the two sleazeballs die so quickly. The other reason was that PARADISES was her own blood and sweat after all. She still didn’t want to ruin them completely.
At least it wouldn’t be too late to wait for PARADISES to not be implicated before she trampled them to death.
However, it was obvious that Yan Zhixing was awfully good at exploiting this advantage so he became more and more enthusiastic in his acting. It made Song Wei sick to her stomach.
After he went on stage, he first looked at Song Wei with deep affection and sorrow. After a long pause, he then said hoarsely, “Weiwei, I’m sorry. I didn’t expect that not only did I not have the ability to give you happiness, but I also caused you to be criticized by everyone. You must hate me very much.”
Song Wei smiled coldly. “I didn’t say that. Originally, you and I are just friends and business partners. I can simply clear up this misunderstanding. There’s no ‘hate’ involved.”
The contempt on her face was clearly telling him that she couldn’t even be bothered to use an ounce of her hatred on him.
Because he was not worthy!
However, Yan Zhixing smiled bitterly. “Weiwei, I understand you. The more you pretend to act detached and rational, the more hurt you actually feel inside. It’s all my fault for not controlling my feelings for you properly in this matter. There won’t be a next time.”
“…”
“I know that, from the day you got married, your happiness has nothing to do with me anymore. But I can’t hold back my love for you. It has always existed.” Yan Zhixing pointed towards his chest. “I wish you happiness… Even if I have to spend the rest of my years in solitary in exchange for that.”
If Song Wei didn’t have to control her expression, she would definitely roll her eyes up to the sky right now and vomit first out of respect.
This a*shole’s ability to disgust people was getting more and more impressive.