Faced with questioning, Liu Lin remained steadfast: "I believe in my students."
The onlookers watching the show vaguely smelled something else from the tense atmosphere. Liu Lin and Gu Yu were preparing to get married, but now, Liu Lin openly opposed the Gu family for a poor student.
The two sides were deadlocked. Liu Lin insisted that the accusation of molesting was just Lu Yunxi's one-sided statement. Without evidence, Xiao Han could not be convicted.
The Gu family naturally believed that Lu Yunxi would never sacrifice her own reputation to frame a stranger.
With Liu Lin stopping them, the Gu family couldn't do anything to Xiao Han in public, so they had to give up in the end.
Gu Zhiwei stood out from the crowd and said, "Alright! This concerns your sister's reputation, so don't make it any bigger. Let's talk about it when we get back!"
After the Gu family angrily left, Liu Lin and Xiao Han also left first. What should have been a festive reception ended in a strife. After they left, many people were still wondering who was at fault.
"Xiao Han is a talented person, but he comes from a humble family. It's hard for him to have the opportunity to attend such an occasion. Perhaps he wants to climb up the social ladder, so he chose this opportunity to approach the Fifth Miss of the Gu family. Even though they are enemies now, maybe the next time they meet, Xiao Han will be the Gu family's son-in-law."
When someone pointed it out, everyone immediately understood and smiled ambiguously.
Lu Anning secretly marveled at the terrifying power of people's words. She understood that for someone like Xiao Han, gaining a foothold in the Beijing world without any support was impossible. Even she herself was relying on the Tang family's reputation to earn even a few smiles from these people. She didn't know what they would say about her behind her back.
It will continue. The Gu family is gone, and there are other people. This is just a small episode and quickly fades from everyone's sight.
The cocktail party made Lu Anning's smile freeze, and she also deeply realized the difficulties of being a Beijing aristocrat. Tang Jingyuan looked calm, probably because he had long been accustomed to all this.
Perhaps because of the Gu family's reputation, the incident at the reception remained largely unnoticed. Seeing Xiao Han's predicament, Lu An Ning reflected on himself, an outsider parachuted into Tianhai's decision-making position. He couldn't let anyone look down on him, as he knew how many people were waiting to see him become a laughingstock.
In the following time, apart from attending banquets and social events with Tang Jingyuan to get to know each other, Lu Anning spent the rest of his time intensively studying the knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry, including all the situations of Tianhai Group and the temperament characteristics of each senior executive within the group.
After getting to know her, Lu Anning realized that Tianhai was quite large and that none of these senior executives were easy to fool. She was afraid that she would have a tough battle after taking office.
Not only does she need to understand the company's top management, she also needs to be familiar with all the big names in the circle.
After a few days, she deeply realized how difficult it was for Tang Jingyuan.
No wonder he's so busy every day, sometimes even trying to squeeze out time for sleep. Being in that position, pressure comes from all sides, and being lazy is out of the question.
After finally getting a free day, it was snowing heavily outside. Tang Jingyuan was out on business, so Lu Anning stayed at the old house to familiarize herself with the company's information. Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, it was dinner time, and Tang Jingyuan still hadn't returned. Lu Anning checked the time on his watch, a hint of worry in his eyes.
"An Ning girl, did Jing Yuan say he would come back for dinner?"
"He said he would be back for dinner that evening."
At this time, Tang Rui came into the house with a few red plum blossoms he had just picked and patted the snowflakes off his body.
"I haven't seen Dad's car yet. Could something have happened to him, or is there a traffic jam?"
Lu Anning looked out the window at the snow falling harder and harder, and couldn't help but worry. In such weather, he was afraid something might happen on the road.
She was about to contact Tang Jingyuan when the phone in her arms rang. Seeing the name, Lu Anning picked up the phone without thinking.
"Are you not done yet?"
Tang Jingyuan's steady breathing was heard in his ears: "I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time for dinner. You guys eat first."
"Is there a traffic jam? Drive slower. Grandpa and Xiao Rui said they'll wait for you to come back and eat together."
On the phone, Tang Jingyuan was silent for a while: "I'm in the hospital and won't be back for a while."
Lu Anning frowned: "What happened to you?"
Tang Jingyuan smiled lightly and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm fine."
He looked up at the red light in the emergency room and said, "By chance, I ran into Xiao Han stuck in the alley and helped him out. However, he was seriously injured and is still in the emergency room."
"Xiao Han?"
"I'll tell you when I get back tonight. I'm afraid this matter isn't that simple."
The voice of a police officer questioning someone came from the phone. Tang Jingyuan said a few simple words and hung up the phone in a hurry. He probably had a lot of trivial matters to deal with on the other end.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Anning frowned and looked up at the gradually darkening night sky outside. It took him a long time to collect his thoughts and start eating dinner with the old man and the child.
When the old man asked, Lu Anning smiled and explained, "He has something important to do and will be back later. We don't have to wait for him."
The old man saw through the worry in Lu An Ning's eyes, but didn't say anything.
The snow outside was intermittent, but fortunately it didn't affect travel. When it was completely dark, the door of the emergency room opened and the unconscious Xiao Han was pushed out of the emergency room. Fortunately, his life was not in danger, but he had injured his bones and would probably need to recover for a while.
Tang Jingyuan was planning to talk to Xiao Han about cooperation next year, but unexpectedly, he happened to meet Xiao Han coming out of the laboratory alone and was blocked in a dead end with no surveillance.
In Tang Jingyuan's experience, those people were hired professional thugs, and they were targeting people when they attacked. Although Tang Jingyuan helped, he still couldn't protect Xiao Han. His right hand was broken, and even two ribs were broken.
Xiao Han woke up and saw Tang Jingyuan beside the bed, his eyes full of shock.
"Young Master San, you..."
"Someone wants to teach you a lesson, and I happened to be passing by. However, since you're like this, I'm afraid you'll need someone to take care of you. Do you have any family or close friends in Kyoto?"
Xiao Han hesitated for a moment before saying, "Please help me contact Professor Liu. Thank you!"
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