Hong Kong Island, Guo family mansion, 8:00 am.
The heavy oak door was silently opened by the servant, and Guo Jingzhu and Liu Rumeng walked into the living room one after another where the air seemed to be frozen.
Several spread-out morning newspapers lodged like poisoned darts on the expensive mahogany coffee table.
Mr. Guo Letian sat in the main seat, his hands covered with age spots, twisting the pair of walnuts that had been rubbed for a long time, but the speed was a little faster than usual.
There was a rare frost in those eyes that had seen so much vicissitudes of life.
The second son, Guo Zhiming, paced anxiously on the carpet.
His eyes kept sweeping over the two people who had just entered the room, especially Liu Rumeng, his eyes filled with uncontrollable anger.
Guo Zhiming's wife, Li Meifeng, tightly clutched a silk handkerchief, fidgeting restlessly and seeming to want to say something but stopping herself several times.
The eldest son, Guo Zhiqiang, was relatively calm. He sat on the sofa on the other side. His wife, Yan Meijuan, held his arm and looked worriedly at Liu Rumeng who had just entered.
In the third generation, the brothers Aaron Kwok and Aaron Kwok exchanged glances, and both saw the trouble in each other's eyes and a hint of luck that it had nothing to do with them.
Guo Fuzhu and Guo Jingan sat next to each other. After Guo Jingzhu came in, he lowered his head and his palms were already wet with cold sweat.
On the single sofa in the corner, Guo Linxian's face was as pale as paper.
Her eyes were fixed on a copy of the Sing Tao Daily spread out on the table.
The above photo is the blurry but suggestive one published in the report - Liu Rumeng and Kobayashi Tianwang at the entrance of Repulse Bay Garden No. 3.
The air was filled with tension. The servants had already retreated to the corner holding their breath. Knowing that something big had happened at home, they even breathed lightly.
Mr. Guo's hand, which was twisting a walnut, suddenly stopped. His deep and majestic voice broke the silence in the living room:
"Jingzhu, come here!"
When Guo Jingzhu was called out, she trembled with fear.
She took small steps like a frightened deer to the center of the living room, standing between her father Guo Zhiming and grandfather Guo Letian, burying her head deeper in her eyes out of guilt.
"Speak!"
Guo Zhiming could no longer contain himself and pointed at the photo in the newspaper, "Who is this person in the photo?
What happened that night?
What were you and Mengmeng doing at his house in the middle of the night?!
Have you forgotten the Guo family's tutoring? And Mengmeng! "
He suddenly turned to Liu Rumeng, and said in a distorted and hoarse voice, "How many days have you been in Hong Kong Island?
How many eyes are staring at you now?
How can you be so ignorant of the seriousness of the matter and get involved with a Japanese!
And you live so close?
What would happen if this got out?! How would I explain this to the Huo family?
Do you know that Mr. Huo..."
“Second brother!”
At this point, Liu Rumeng's mother Guo Linxian suddenly looked up and said, "Mengmeng is not that kind of person! She didn't even ask the truth..."
"Lin Xian! Shut up!"
Guo Zhiqiang interrupted his sister in a deep voice, his tone filled with deep anxiety, "Is now the time to investigate whether Mengmeng is that kind of person?
Instead, we should find out what happened and what the situation has become.
The photos were taken, published in the newspapers, and the whole of Hong Kong Island was watching!
How bad will this affect the Guo family, Mengmeng's reputation, and the cooperation we're discussing with the Huo family?!
Don’t you know what kind of personality the eldest son of the Huo family has?
Can he tolerate this?
Isn't it obvious that this will ruin the marriage between our two families? "
Guo Zhiming was so angry that he slapped the armrest of the sofa, making a muffled sound:
"The Huo family, the Huo family!
Huo Zhenting obviously has his eyes on Mengmeng. Isn't this a rare opportunity for our Guo family?
How many people hope for it but it never comes!
Now, look what has happened, such a huge scandal has arisen!
How could a top-notch young man like Peter Ho allow others to touch what he has?
Isn’t it obvious that this is going to fail? "
He became more and more angry as he spoke, and turned to Liu Rumeng again, his tone even sharper, "Mengmeng, speak for yourself!
What did that Xiaolin Tianwang do to you? Did he deliberately approach you and pester you?
In an instant, the eyes of everyone in the living room, including old man Guo Letian, were focused on Liu Rumeng.
Liu Rumeng raised her eyes slightly, and her cold eyes swept across the frightened or accusing faces of the crowd.
She was as calm as the surface of a lake covered with thin ice in early winter, without a single ripple.
Having experienced the hardships of working in the countryside in mainland China and the pain of divorce from Lin Huowang, the family questioning in front of her seemed to her like just a noisy background noise.
Her voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard by everyone: “Nothing special.
Mr. Xiaolin is a neighbor who lives at No. 3 Repulse Bay. That night, it was all because of Jingzhu..."
She paused, her eyes calmly fixed on Guo Jingzhu, who was trembling slightly.
His tone remained steady as he continued to state the facts, "She and two female classmates ran outside someone's villa...to spy on Xiaolin Tianwang. One of them took the lead and encouraged her to climb over the wall, and she accidentally slipped and fell in.
Mr. Kobayashi did not reprimand or blame her, but politely invited her in to be his guest.
A suppressed exclamation and gasp was heard in the living room.
The gazes of Guo Zhiming and his wife instantly shot towards Guo Jingzhu like sharp swords.
Liu Rumeng's voice continued to flow steadily: "The next day, Mr. Xiaolin called again to invite Ah Zhu to visit his home.
I was worried about her being alone there, so I had to follow her.
When we got there, we sat in the living room with Mr. Kobayashi, drinking tea and chatting.
It's that simple.
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