Chapter 112 We are husband and wife, she and I are a family.
Sang Qian watched from the side for a long time, but seeing that things weren't progressing, she couldn't help but exchange glances with Su Luoluo, signaling her to start with Manager Wu.
She had clearly seen the glance that Manager Wu and Xu Manrong exchanged.
The two didn't seem like strangers at all, so she had reason to suspect that this Manager Wu was someone Xu Manrong had bribed at the hotel.
Only someone of his rank would have the authority to give her access to this lounge.
Su Luoluo understood Sang Qian's look and immediately looked at Manager Wu:
"Manager Wu, security just checked the break room and it's working perfectly. There's nothing that needs repair or isn't working as you claim. What's your explanation for this?"
Manager Wu had been secretly thinking of a solution, and upon hearing this, he immediately voiced the reason he had prepared:
"Ms. Su, it's like this. This rest room did have safety hazards before and couldn't be used. The staff just repaired it today. I'm sorry, I was too busy today and forgot to inform you."
He distanced himself from the matter, saying, "As for why Ms. Xu went in, that was purely her personal decision, and we at the hotel have no idea."
"Since there are repairs, there will definitely be a repair list. The list will clearly record the location that needs to be repaired, the cause of the damage, and the specific time of the repair."
Jin Changyu said calmly, "If what Manager Wu said is true, then please show me the evidence."
This is the Su family's territory, and as a guest, he shouldn't have interfered so casually. But seeing that Sang Qian seemed to think the farce was progressing too slowly, he spoke up to push things forward.
"This, this..."
Manager Wu looked troubled, unsure how to respond.
"What? Manager Wu doesn't have the authority?" Jin Changyu glanced at him. "Then how about I invite your General Manager Zeng over to handle this matter personally?"
Upon hearing this, Manager Wu's expression suddenly turned to shock.
President Zeng is their chairman. If the chairman finds out about this and comes to handle it personally, then he…
"Manager Wu, I believe you understand the principle of leniency for those who confess."
Meeting Jin Changyu's sharp, hawk-like gaze, Manager Wu felt a chill run down his spine.
He could fool others, but this Mr. Jin was someone who could summon the chairman with just one phone call; he was someone Mr. Jin couldn't resist.
After careful consideration, Manager Wu gritted his teeth and decided to tell the whole story.
“Yes, this lounge is for her use.” He pointed to Xu Manrong:
“She gave me 300,000 yuan. I admit I was blinded by greed for a moment, but, but I only gave her the venue. I swear, I really didn’t know she would use this lounge to drug and rape Young Master Feng.”
The words "date rape" nearly sent Xu Manrong's soul flying out of her body.
"Stop talking nonsense, I didn't!" she almost screamed as she lunged at Manager Wu.
Manager Wu shoved her away forcefully.
You bitch, you dare to lay a hand on me?
She's going to ruin him terribly.
If it weren't for her, he wouldn't have gotten into this mess today.
Xu Manrong was thrown to the ground, her oversized suit jacket flaring out. Looking up, she saw several lewd gazes fixed on her. She quickly wrapped her jacket tighter and huddled there, too afraid to move.
A guest suddenly remarked, "Hey, the Sang family, isn't that Mrs. Jin's family? So, who is this Miss Xu to Mrs. Jin...?"
"I have absolutely nothing to do with her."
Sang Qian, who had remained silent until now, seriously responded to the person's question.
Upon hearing her voice, everyone's gaze immediately shifted from Xu Manrong to her.
Sang Qian's face was calm, and her voice was steady and cold. "My mother passed away when I was five years old. In the same year, my father, Sang Zhiming, a biologist, married this Ms. Zhang. Their son was born the following year. Ever since Sang Zhiming remarried, I have been an eyesore in their new family."
After she finished speaking, she felt the warm, large hand holding her tighten its grip.
"If you don't want to talk about it, you don't have to."
A man's voice reached her ears. Sang Qian turned her head and met Jin Changyu's concerned gaze. She smiled slightly at him to indicate that she was alright.
Then she looked at Xu Manrong on the ground and continued, "Not long after, Xu Manrong was taken to the Sang family by her aunt, Ms. Zhang, to be raised. Sang Zhiming did not treat me as his daughter, but raised this Miss Xu as his own daughter. Therefore, Xu Manrong is the eldest daughter of the Sang family, while I have no kinship with this family, including Sang Zhiming."
"Therefore, whatever their family does has nothing to do with me personally, let alone the Jin family."
Sang Qian never wanted to talk about these things.
Especially after marrying Jin Changyu, she didn't want her family's shameful affairs to be known by outsiders, so that the Jin family would lose face or be criticized.
But things are different now. The Sang family has been making a lot of bizarre and scandalous mistakes. If she doesn't take this opportunity to reveal the truth and clarify the relationship, she'll only bring trouble to the Jin family.
More importantly, she is no longer Jin Changyu's wife, and for both moral and logical reasons, she cannot allow him and the Jin family to be involved in these controversies and scandals.
"I hope everyone understands that Sang Qian is my wife, Jin Changyu's wife. She is a member of the Jin family, not a member of the Sang family."
Jin Changyu held Sang Qian's hand, his gaze gentle yet firm as he looked at her, then added heavily, "We are husband and wife, but she and I are the real family."
Sang Qian's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and as she looked into his eyes, her eyes suddenly reddened.
The feeling of being publicly and firmly acknowledged as family...
It turned out to be so warm and beautiful.
Unexpectedly, the guests were able to uncover such juicy gossip at the Su family's birthday banquet, and they began whispering among themselves.
"My God, doesn't that mean this second-marriage Mrs. Sang is abusing someone's ex-wife's daughter?"
"She even brought her niece to the Sang family to take over the identity of the ex-wife's daughter, the eldest daughter. That's too vicious."
"Sigh, Mrs. Jin is pitiful too. If you ask me, the most idiotic one is that Sang Zhiming. He doesn't love his own daughter, but he loves his second wife's niece? Isn't he out of his mind?"
"Tsk, you don't understand, this is what they call having a stepmother and a stepfather."
"This is called being blind to both sight and mind. Treating a niece with such a dissolute character as a treasure, while treating the daughter who married into the Jin family as worthless. Isn't this a case of being born with a lowly fate and not knowing how to enjoy wealth and status?"
"You know what, it's true. So many people would find it hard to even get the slightest connection with the Jin family, but he's so stupid. He doesn't even want to be a father-in-law."
Hearing the whispers behind her, Zhang Shuli's face turned ashen with anger. "Sang Qian, what good does it do you to say these things in public? The Sang family is your maternal family, and that's a fact that can never be changed."
"Madam Sang, have you forgotten that your son tried to murder my wife with a knife and is still in custody awaiting sentencing? Do I need to remind you what the facts are?"
Mentioning Sang Yulong and meeting Jin Changyu's threatening gaze, Zhang Shuli was horrified and fell silent on the spot.
But the crowd at the scene suddenly became lively again.
"kill?"
"Who? The stepmother's son who killed his sister?"
"Holy crap, they dare to mess with the young mistress of the Jin family? They're asking for trouble."
Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on Sang Qian, Su Luoluo quickly said loudly, "What we need to deal with now is the matter of Xu Manrong raping Young Master Feng. We won't talk about anything else for now."
"What date rape? I've already said I didn't, I didn't!"
Xu Manrong reacted very strongly when she heard those two words.
If the scandal of a woman drugging and raping a man, especially a mentally challenged one, were to spread, she would become the number one female pervert in Beijing.
Will she be able to hold her head high in this industry in the future?
Su Luoluo, however, acted as if she hadn't heard her cries of injustice and turned to look at Madam Feng:
"Madam Feng, Young Master Feng is the victim. Tell me, how do you intend to handle this matter?"
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