Chapter 151: Unable to See the Light

"What's wrong? Don't you have to accompany your mother?"

Yin Dong held his cell phone and walked lazily out of the restaurant.

Jiang Yuan forced herself to steady her heartbeat and said calmly, "I saw the trending search. You should have seen it too, right?"

"Um"

He opened the car door and got into the driver's seat, but did not start the car.

Jiang Yuan tried to remain calm and said, "I watched the video. It's so clear. I think it's best to have the trending search removed. After all, your identity is special, and it wouldn't be good for you if it spread widely."

"What's wrong with that? Haven't you always been bothered by your secret lover status? Now that it's out in the open, you're still not happy?"

Jiang Yuan's heart was pounding, like a person who was already standing on a tightrope and suddenly found that the rope under his feet suddenly broke at one end.

She forced herself to remain rational and calm. "Your mother just came to me, and now our affair has been exposed. What will your parents think of me? They must think I'm declaring war on them and making a show of force. Besides, I just got promoted, and I don't want to be gossiped about. I don't want all my hard work to become a joke. I don't want someone with ulterior motives to dig up my family background and use it as a tool or handle against you and your family."

She tried to list several reasons, but the one she was most worried about was the one she couldn't bring herself to say.

He was silent for a long time before his voice came back on the phone, "So, even having a legitimate relationship is a luxury for me."

This was the first time Jiang Yuan heard from him about the definition of their relationship.

Her tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and a sour and soft warmth suddenly flowed through her heart. Her voice sank: "I'm sorry, it's my fault. I'm not good enough to match you. Actually, you asked me to be your secret lover before, and that position is actually quite good. There is no burden on either of us."

Yes, she desperately wanted to take a step back. She was not worthy of the identity of a girlfriend, both morally and logically.

"You are quite able to let go," perhaps because the background noise was gone, his voice sounded low and solemn in the silence.

"You can be whatever you want, I won't withdraw from the trending search."

He hung up the phone right after he said that.

Jiang Yuan felt hopeless for a moment.

Yin Dong threw his phone back on the seat. Just as he took out a cigarette and lit it, the phone rang again. It was Zhou Zhi calling.

"Mr. Yin, do you want to suppress the trending video? I saw someone in the comments section asking about Manager Jiang's identity."

The license plate of the car almost revealed Yin Dong's identity, but Jiang Yuan's identity is still a mystery in the comment section.

Zhou Zhi continued, "I'm worried that if we continue to dig into this matter, it will have an impact on the company's stock price."

What he said was very obscure, but the meaning behind it was obvious. The company president was in love with the daughter of a murderer, and his future father-in-law was a murderer who had been executed. Once this explosive news was leaked, the damage it would do to the company's stock price would be unpredictable.

After Zhou Zhi finished speaking, the phone fell into a dead silence. Based on his understanding of Yin Dong, he added nervously, "If you don't want to suppress it, you don't have to. I'll have the PR department prepare for the follow-up emergency. At worst, we can just take it one step at a time."

As soon as he finished speaking, the phone was hung up. Although he didn't hear a single word of instruction, he already knew what to do.

"I'm just making a phone call, and you're hiding in the car. What's the secret you have to talk about behind closed doors?"

Liang Zhouheng came out of the restaurant door and went straight to Yin Dong's car and knocked on the window.

Yin Dong rolled down the car window, and Liang Zhouheng continued, "The old man was looking for you just now. He couldn't get through to you on the phone, so he called me and asked you to go back tonight."