He rubbed his forehead, looking at the disconnected call and then at the computer screen in front of him, where a whole folder of photos was displayed...
All the photos were of him and Su Xiaong...
So of the photos were digitally altered, while others used ambiguous angles during the shot.
There were photos of him bringing flowers to the Yin Group, ones taken at a banquet where they stood together "whispering," and also those snapped yesterday when they entered the sa suite in a hotel...
Such image-led discussions, without the full context, could lead anyone except the involved parties to wild imaginings.
So third-rate dia reporters attempted to create big news using these thods, and Rong Jing never expected that the batch of material he had intercepted would eventually be used by himself.
With a solemn face, he sent these photos out via email.
The large executive chair swiveled, and Rong Jing faced the window, the sunlight sowhat glaring, like a certain woman.
At this mont, what was going on in this man’s mind, what plans he was making, no one really knew.
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On that morning at nine o’clock, rumors of a marriage alliance between the Rong Group and the Yin Group spread like wildfire.
As soon as Su Xiaong arrived at the company, she was cornered by reporters seeking to verify the rumors.
The clock’s hand pointed to ten.
Su Xiaong was also confused upon hearing this news spreading outside.
She did not imdiately refute it, knowing that remaining silent was the best response when facing the dia without grasping the whole story.
"As they say, when one person stays silent even immortals can’t intervene. You’re really sothing."
Security pushed the reporters away, and as Xiao ng and Chen Lan entered the elevator one after another, Chen Lan teased Su Xiaong with a laugh just as they stepped inside.
Su Xiaong glanced at him,
"You seem quite happy, don’t you? How co you didn’t tell about this marriage alliance?"
"I’m innocent here, I didn’t know about this news either! This must be soone deliberately ssing around."
Su Xiaong took a deep breath, "It’s probably Rong Jing’s doing. This person has completely resorted to unscrupulous ans now."
Thinking of Rong Jing made Chen Lan uncomfortable all over,
"Hasn’t this Young Master Rong suffered enough losses at our hands? Why can’t he just quit?"
"Who knows what’s going on in his head, maybe he’s just bored!"
Su Xiaong sighed, unfortunately, she didn’t have the leisure of Rong Jing. From the mont she stepped out the door, Secretary Luo had already sent today’s schedule.
Looking at the densely packed schedule, Su Xiaong felt overwheld.
"I don’t understand how he used to do it..."
"...Who?"
"Shixiu." Su Xiaong murmured the na and said, "I don’t understand how he managed to extricate himself amidst such a busy workload..."
Seeing Su Xiaong’s puzzled face reflected in the elevator doors, Chen Lan smiled and said,
"Because compared to anything with the Yin Group, you, to him, are more important."
"..."
Su Xiaong’s heart felt as if it had been scalded.
Her fist slightly clenched, the confusion on her face replaced with joy and emotion.
"That’s what President Yin said."
This instant, tears welled up in her eyes.
"But I think..."
Chen Lan hesitated for a mont and added, "The fact is...work President Yin could finish in an hour, Madam, you might need a whole day..."
"..."
"Ding..."
The elevator stopped at the floor of the president’s office, and with this sound, so ended the warmth and emotion of the mont.
Su Xiaong shot Chen Lan a fierce glare before stepping out of the elevator.
Chen Lan lowered his head with a smile, following Su Xiaong into the office.
The topic of a marriage alliance between the Rong Group and the Yin Group had spread wildly, yet Su Xiaong indeed didn’t have the ti to pay attention to such baseless rumors.
However, this didn’t an Su Xiaong would let Rong Jing validate such claims deliberately.
The digitally altered photos circulating online, Chen Lan had already found soone to expose the traces and evidence of manipulation.
Su Xiaong and Chen Lan didn’t devote much thought to gossip unrelated to work.
It’s simply unnecessary to hold a press conference whenever a bit of gossip pops up, even if it involves the president of the Yin Group.
Su Xiaong found it unnecessary, and Chen Lan agreed.
Rong Jing’s thods were just child’s play.
Did he think he could forge a marriage alliance single-handedly?
Ti would debunk such gossipy rumors.
That’s what they thought.
But why Rong Jing persisted in doing so, knowing these comnts wouldn’t last long, puzzled both Su Xiaong and Chen Lan.
Still, Rong Jing doing trivial things isn’t exactly surprising.
While Rong Jing focused on these frivolities, Su Xiaong and Chen Lan skillfully used President Hua’s compromising photos and shaful videos to snatch the developnt rights in the Second Ring South District from Green Forest Group.
The land originally controlled by Green Forest Group was transferred to the Yin Group at an incomprehensible price.
The Yin Group beca the developer of the Second Ring South District.
President Hua trembled all over as he signed the transfer agreent.
Right after signing, President Hua left the Yin Group, only to faint from rage upon returning to the Green Forest Group building, and was subsequently admitted to the hospital.
Holding the land developnt transfer agreent in her hand, Su Xiaong felt a surge of emotions.
The principle of "doing no evil begets no evil" — she wondered if President Hua of Green Forest Group understood it now...
Xiao ng admitted her thods weren’t the most honorable, but... thinking of what Rong Jing and President Hua conspired to do to her, she felt being too lenient was unfair to herself.
Society is fair, and so is this desire-filled arena of fa and fortune.
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As a week passed, once Su Xiaong and Chen Lan finalized the land developnt in the Second Ring South District and looked back, they realized Rong Jing’s thods were indeed not to be underestimated.
Topics of a marriage alliance between the Rong Group and the Yin Group continued to spread widely in dia news and on social networks, garnering attention comparable to celebrity scandals.
And Rong Jing might indeed be unusually idle, sending a large bouquet of roses every day.
In the first couple of days, Xiao ng had the bouquets rejected at the front desk, but the delivery person left the large bunches at the door of the company.
After a few days of this, news of Rong Jing’s crazy pursuit of the Yin Group president surfaced as headlines again.
So even wrote analysis posts online, scrutinizing the likelihood of a marriage alliance between the Rong Group and the Yin Group.
Su Xiaong stole a rare mont of leisure after lunch.
After finishing his al, Ming Lang didn’t imdiately leave either. Seeing Xiao ng propping her chin while browsing Weibo, she coincidentally stumbled upon this analysis post and clicked on it out of boredom. Ming Lang ca over too...
Looking at the hot discussion on Weibo, Ming Lang pursed his lips and hesitated to speak up, saying,
"Aunt-in-law is truly popular now. The whole marriage alliance topic between the Yin Group and the Rong Group is hyped up so much that I’m starting to believe it."
With a tone of trial, Ming Lang’s words went unnoticed by Su Xiaong, who made a joke with a smile,
"Look at this analysis post, it actually makes a lot of sense. A marriage alliance with the Rong Group offers so many benefits. Regardless of Rong Jing’s motive, becoming one family through marriage would an one less troubleso enemy, and I’d be much more at ease."
"..."
Hearing Su Xiaong say this in such a matter-of-fact manner and appearing to seriously consider its feasibility, Ming Lang was stunned.
Su Xiaong laughed as she looked at the webpage, at those comnts online, unable to restrain her laughter.
She seed to naturally assu Ming Lang wouldn’t think a marriage between the Rong Group and the Yin Group was possible, so she didn’t intentionally consider Shan Minglang’s thoughts.
"If Rong Jing offered a very good deal, Aunt-in-law, would you really marry him?"
Shan Minglang pondered for a mont before asking the question.
He knew.
Aunt-in-law is only twenty-three this year, asking a twenty-three-year-old woman to spend the next seventy or eighty years mourning a deceased man, this is just too cruel.
But thinking that if Su Xiaong were to remarry, to soone else, she would no longer be his Aunt-in-law, no longer part of their family...
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