The Ex-Wife Of A Wealthy/Powerful Family Tempts Me To Treat Her Badly/Betray Her - Chapter 50

Chapter 50:【The person who likes her is me.】

The feed on the Weibo page was refreshing almost every second.

Rong Wei looked at the content inside, and the more she read, the more displeased she became.

The car was stuck in a traffic jam on the elevated highway, and its speed had come to a halt.

Rong Wei took a deep breath, suddenly realizing that her concern was clouding her judgment and that her initial handling was inadequate.

She took a deep breath to calm down and changed her decision: “Wait, delay dealing with the trending topics for two hours. I first need all the information on the rumormonger.”

After saying this, Rong Wei pressed the phone screen dark and turned to look out the car window.

Lin City was a large international metropolis, and the urban pace was faster than Li City.

Especially at night, the brightly lit streets looked even more bustling.

She sat in the car, quietly watching the continuous flow of vehicles on the elevated bridge. The ceaseless honking usually wouldn’t bother her, but today, it felt incredibly irritating.

Rong Wei’s mind was inexplicably filled with many unnecessary thoughts, making her even more restless.

Finally, she picked up her phone again, sent a message to Jiang Nansheng, and after receiving a confirmed reply that she was home, she instructed her assistant: “Go to Jinnan No. 1.”

Xiao An quickly understood Rong Wei’s message: “Dr. Jiang’s place?”

Rong Wei hummed softly and said no more.

Because she had been out for a meeting, they were currently on the East Fifth Ring Road, which was still some distance from Jiang Nansheng’s home on the West Second Ring Road.

Rong Wei wasn’t in the mood to work, so she simply closed her eyes to rest.

The car immediately became quiet. Seeing Rong Wei close her eyes, Xiao An quickly dimmed the lights in the back seat.

An hour later, the car stopped in the underground garage of Jinnan No. 1.

Because Rong Wei had called ahead, Jiang Nansheng wasn’t working today and, having nothing much to do at home, was very considerate and came downstairs personally to welcome Rong Wei.

However, it was uncommon for Rong Wei to actively come to her place, so she asked, “I thought you were only staying in the country for a few days. Why did you think of coming to find me here?”

“It’s not because you missed me, is it?”

Rong Wei smiled and answered frankly: “I haven’t seen you in so long, so yes, I missed you a little.”

“But I actually have something I want to ask you.”

Jiang Nansheng raised an eyebrow in surprise: “About a psychological disorder?”

“Let me be clear first. We can discuss the nature of the illness, but I won’t disclose a single word of the patient’s privacy.”

Rong Wei: “I know. I’m not that indiscreet.”

“I just wanted to ask you, after a psychological disorder is cured, is the probability of relapse high?”

As she spoke, Rong Wei and Jiang Nansheng had already stepped onto the elevator.

Jiang Nansheng replied: “It’s hard to say. Psychological disorders involve changes in physiological genes, as well as trauma formed by external environmental stimuli.”

“It’s difficult to predict exactly, but if someone has previously experienced trauma, they might be triggered again when encountering a stimulating event.”

Upon receiving Jiang Nansheng’s answer, Rong Wei’s mood seemed to instantly hit rock bottom.

Jiang Nansheng also smoked, and there was a smoking area in her home. After arriving upstairs, Rong Wei immediately said, “I’m going to smoke a cigarette.”

Jiang Nansheng stared fixedly at Rong Wei’s back, feeling that something was not quite right with Rong Wei today.

Rong Wei went to the designated smoking area alone. A faint scent of jasmine and mint lingered in her nasal cavity.

Her mind felt attacked by a crisp, clear force and instantly became lucid.

Her phone vibrated.

Rong Wei frowned, opened WeChat, and saw the message from Xiao An.

She read all the contents with a furrowed brow, and the pressure around her lowered even further.

“The piece of land in Longxi that Qi Jiang also needs—tell that old man Qin Yuanshan to forget it.”

“Also, interrogate the rumormonger and find a way to send them to her company.”

“The operation for the trending topics can start now.”

The assistant replied with an acknowledgment. Rong Wei exited the message page but did not leave the application.

It was true that she had investigated Jiang Yu’s family, but she was actually unaware of some specific details.

She just hadn’t expected that Qin Yuanshan, as Jiang Yu’s father, would actually do such outrageous things to his own daughter.

Rong Wei suddenly felt a sharp pang in her chest. Almost instinctively, she tapped on the chat window that was still there and hadn’t been deleted.

【Are you okay?】

The message was sent. Just as Rong Wei was about to press the screen dark, she saw a huge exclamation mark pop up on the screen, followed by a message instructing her that she was no longer the other party’s friend and should add them again first.

Rong Wei stared intently at the phone screen, suddenly feeling a sense of dizziness.

Then, a wave of bitterness surged in her heart in hindsight.

It was true. They had separated, there was no need for contact, and naturally, no need to keep each other as WeChat friends.

Rong Wei understood Jiang Yu’s feelings perfectly, but even so, an inevitable dull ache still ran through her heart.

The small flower that had bloomed in her emotional soil seemed to have lost its nourishment at this moment, rapidly withering and falling.

Rong Wei felt a suffocating tightness in her heart.

She instinctively didn’t want to accept this reality. She raised her hand and rubbed her temples, took two deep breaths, and picked up her phone again, sending a message to Rong Shi almost against her will.

【Do you think I can try chasing her again?】

On the other end of the phone, Rong Shi was clearly watching for Rong Wei’s messages and replied quickly: 【???】

She quickly realized that Rong Wei had finally recognized how stubborn she had been in the past and that her heart had been moved.

She sighed softly and replied to Rong Wei: 【If your friend wants to chase her, of course, she can.】

【Within reason, give it a try. Don’t leave yourself with too many regrets.】

【But be careful not to be disliked again.】

A cigarette just burned out. Rong Wei extinguished the butt, looked quietly at the phone screen for a moment, and then messaged Rong Shi: 【No, it’s not my friend.】

【The person who likes her is me, no one else.】

Rong Shi stared fixedly at the message from Rong Wei. Even more shocked, she immediately shot up from the bed, rubbing her eyes suspiciously to confirm she wasn’t seeing things, and replied to Rong Wei with several large exclamation marks.

…

This was destined to be a restless night.

After the events on Weibo, Jiang Yu was disgusted by her own father. She didn’t have much of an appetite, quickly ate two bites of vegetables, put down her chopsticks, and fell into thought.

Ji Zhou saw her low mood and was about to offer comfort, but Jiang Yu spoke first: “I’m fine. When you’re done eating, let’s go upstairs and have a meeting.”

Ji Zhou nodded.

Jiang Yu silently looked at the vegetables on her plate.

Just as she had expected, Qin Yuanshan’s actions didn’t surprise her much. In fact, perhaps because it had happened so many times, her heart had long become numb.

Honestly, Jiang Yu didn’t feel much heartache; instead, she felt a sense of relief and satisfaction.

Her mother’s greatest wish when she was alive was for her to get along well with Qin Yuanshan and truly become his daughter.

Although Jiang Yu disagreed and couldn’t genuinely feel close to Qin Yuanshan, she always listened to her mother’s words.

So over the years, she had contacted Qin Yuanshan many times despite feeling disgusted.

Now, she had the opportunity.

She finally had the chance to completely sever ties with Qin Yuanshan and no longer needed to maintain that unnecessary father-daughter relationship.

After Ji Zhou finished her meal, the two returned to the office for a video conference.

Besides Jiang Yu, Lu Linqiao, who was far away in Li City, and the Director of Public Relations were also on the call.

The PR Director had, of course, prepared a public relations plan immediately after the incident occurred. Now that everyone was present, she began speaking directly.

“General Manager Jiang, the online claims lack strong authenticity. We suspect that Qin Yan is deliberately trying to gain popularity, and there is no substantial connection. So, we will simply issue a relevant statement.”

“As for that video, according to our personnel’s assessment, the probability of it being AI-synthesized is ninety-nine percent.”

“We can let the dust settle for a bit, and then, when the public opinion reaches its peak, we will completely crush it.”

The director’s idea was similar to what Jiang Yu was thinking.

However, the director’s information wasn’t entirely complete.

Jiang Yu pondered for a moment, then said: “The person in the photo is actually related to me.”

“That man is my father, and as for Qin Yan, she’s my half-sister.”

Hearing this, the PR Director looked up in shock. She was silent for a moment, then cautiously asked Jiang Yu: “Should we still proceed with the original plan?”

The air seemed to freeze at that moment.

After all, in a conventional sense, Qin Yuanshan was Jiang Yu’s father; they had an inseparable blood relationship.

There might be some hesitation, to varying degrees.

Jiang Yu caught the director’s concern. After a moment, she chuckled softly and said, “Of course we should. Since they want to be popular, we should let the father and daughter duo go completely viral this time.”

The director keenly sensed the displeasure in Jiang Yu’s words. She looked up and quietly watched Jiang Yu.

On the other side of the video, Jiang Yu sighed softly and briefly explained her history with Qin Yuanshan to the director.

“That’s about it. Director Bai, you can use this appropriately when drafting the announcement.”

“There’s no need to hold back. Our father-daughter relationship ends here.”

The director took a deep breath and nodded in agreement.

The solution to the problem was finalized, and the video conference ended.

The director monitored public opinion throughout. The corresponding Weibo hashtags were heating up more and more.

【Is that really how it is… Jiang Yu, you’re foolish. You ruined your great future for a woman.

I’m a pure bystander. I prefer the little angel Qin Yan and just want to say I hope this older sister can stop causing trouble. I really don’t want to see her on the trending list anymore.】

Some netizens also felt that the situation was strange and voiced some counterarguments: 【Doesn’t anyone else find this weird? Why is someone who left the industry so long ago suddenly on two trending topics in a row? It’s like someone is pushing this behind the scenes.】

At the same time.

Qin Yuanshan and his daughter, far away on the other side of Lin City, were sitting together.

The extremely large screen continuously flashed comments.

The content was nothing but praise for Qin Yan.

Qin Yuanshan looked at the comments with satisfaction, gazing affectionately at Qin Yan.

Qin Yan was nestled on the sofa. She had just hung up a call and excitedly looked at Qin Yuanshan: “Dad, did you know? My agent said that many top luxury brands have extended olive branches to me.”

“See? I told you that in the age of traffic being king, doing this couldn’t be wrong.”

Qin Yuanshan nodded, looking at Qin Yan with satisfaction.

He knew Qin Yan could do it.

So what if it was hype?

Didn’t she ultimately gain recognition because of her own strength?

He was sure that the daughter he had painstakingly raised couldn’t possibly be worse than that bastard child outside.

The father and daughter exchanged satisfied smiles. Seeing that the situation hadn’t changed much, they closed the Weibo page and continued to bask in the joy of their great victory.

Little did they know that on the internet, earth-shattering changes were already taking place within the next half hour.

At this moment, Jiang Yu had just finished her meeting, put down her phone, but then received another call from the PR Director.

She exclaimed, recounting what she had seen to Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu was also somewhat shocked and repeated, “The Weibo trending topics are gone?”

Jiang Yu picked up her phone suspiciously and navigated to the Weibo page.

Seeing the placid, unchanging Weibo page, she was stunned.

Someone helped her behind the scenes?

Jiang Yu wondered, lost in thought.

Her social circle wasn’t narrow, but it certainly wasn’t wide either. Most of the people she knew were in the fashion industry and definitely didn’t possess such powerful capital.

And among the few people she knew who did possess powerful capital, there was only one.

Rong Wei’s image suddenly appeared in Jiang Yu’s mind.

In an instant, her mood became somewhat complicated.