They couldn't sleep at 10:30, so when they got home, they lingered together, taking their time to wash up.
Qi Jingchen followed the doctor's orders. As soon as Qin Zifu finished taking a bath, he took out a foot bath pack and a foot bath bucket to prepare for Qin Zifu to soak her feet.
"Start today?"
"Yes, the sooner the better. Is the water too hot?"
"A little"
Qi Jingchen reached in and touched it again; thankfully...
"It's better to be a little hot."
"Want to soak together?"
"good"
Qi Jingchen brought over a chair and sat opposite her, then put his feet in. Ouch, it was a little hot…
Qin Zifu stepped on his feet and played with them, stepping on them again and again.
"Is it fun?"
"It's fun, it looks like four fish."
"The fish is almost cooked at this temperature."
"Fish soup, haha!"
"..."
The two soaked for twenty minutes, until they were slightly sweaty.
I fall asleep quickly after soaking my feet, and my sleep quality is very good; I sleep soundly until dawn.
I woke up in the morning to a barrage of messages in the group chat. At one point, both of our phones started ringing, but Qi Jingchen's group chat only rang a few times, and then Qin Zifu's phone kept popping up with messages.
Qin Zifu picked up her phone and glanced at it, instantly waking up. She sat up abruptly, recalling what Cheng Xingran had said yesterday about doing something big—it really was big!
She looked at Qi Jingchen, who clearly already knew what had happened.
Qin Zifu clicked on Cheng Xingran's video in the group chat, and the audio came out.
She and her mother hired the company's public relations and live-streaming team, holding pink banners.
The banner read: "Having learned that the celebrity Wang Duolin is fond of my husband, I, as his wife, have come to take a concubine."
Then they started knocking on the door. It seemed to be Xiyuan, which is Wang Duolin's house. They didn't go in. After the door opened, Wang Duolin appeared in the camera first, followed by Cheng Xingran's father. In the video, we saw his father go through a series of reactions: surprise, annoyance, regret, and finally, anger.
It was noisy inside; people were trying to film the camera, but they failed and were stopped by Cheng Xingran's bodyguards.
Qin Zifu only saw part of the video and did not see the grand occasion in the live broadcast room. She could only see some spicy comments from the screenshots.
She opened social media and the first thing she saw was a video posted by Wang Duolin's team, saying that the two were friends and had some work dealings, and that they were going to sue Cheng Xingran and her daughter for defamation.
However, netizens were not convinced. They argued that no one's friends, a man and a woman, would be together so early in the morning; it was clear they had spent the night together the day before.
Cheng Xingran was well-prepared. Soon, many anonymous accounts started posting articles, providing further evidence. Some showed Cheng's father and Wang Duolin going out together, hugging and behaving intimately. Others showed Wang Duolin getting into his car. Although Wang Duolin was covered up tightly inside, it was still easy to spot her.
Then, many pictures of the two chatting were released, with intimate terms of address and explicit language, which was despicable.
Netizens were shocked; it turns out that Wang Duolin, who looks so innocent, is actually quite uninhibited in private.
During this period, Cheng's father and Wang Duolin's team tried to remove the trending topic several times, but failed, as it remained firmly at the top of the list.
Cheng Xingran's move was truly brilliant; she went all out.
I just don't know what she and her mother went through before making this decision.
After all, neither side wants to make such dirty business between wealthy families public. They wouldn't do it so openly unless they were pushed too far or their interests were harmed.
"Any messages in your group? Wang Duolin works for Ling Zhiyi's company, right?"
See for yourself
Qi Jingchen handed her the phone, and she was able to connect the dots. Looking at Ling Zhiyi's 59-second voice message, she pressed play.
"I only found out about this when Wang Duolin's team called me and asked me to remove the trending topic. Then I quickly called Xingran and asked what happened and why I wasn't told beforehand. She said I was being unreasonable and then said let's break up. I didn't know anything about it and we broke up. What does this have to do with me?"
“I didn’t mean to make trouble. I just said I was concerned about her and wanted to know why she wouldn’t tell me anything. She said I never cared about her, that it didn’t matter whether I knew about her or not, that I was never there when it mattered, and that she would warn me that if I removed the trending topic this time, we would be enemies from now on. I never intended to remove the trending topic; I just wanted to know how she was doing.”
Gu Di'an: And then?
Then she said that I would only ask what happened after everything was over, so I was useless to her and that we should break up.
Zhou Yixing: This little artist in your company is quite troublesome. After trending with you, he tried to ride on Jing Chen's coattails, and then he got kept by your girlfriend's father.
"The key point is that since this incident, I have never thought about removing the trending topic. How could I possibly go against her?"
Gu Di'an: They've already broken up, what else can you do?
Zhou Yixing: I feel like they've broken up more than ten times already, so it's not surprising.
Ling Zhiyi: Did I come here to mock me?
Zhou Yixing: Do you think we can come up with any solutions other than mocking you?
Gu Di'an: ...May I ask President Qi for his opinion?
"Here you go, Ling Zhiyi wants to ask you for advice. Will you be his teacher?"
"Ha, I can't do it."
I told him long ago to be sincere, not pretentious, not dramatic, but he wouldn't listen.
Qin Zifu returned the phone to Qi Jingchen and picked up her own phone.
fu:@Xingran, are you okay? Where are you?
Xingran: In my other house
Fairy Tang: Yourself?
Xingran: I just got home from my mom's.
Nuomi: Do you need me to come with you? I'll come find you. Is Ling Zhiyi with you?
Xingran: I need you guys. He's not here, we broke up. Come over here.
Then Cheng Xingran sent her location, which was a villa area outside the Fifth Ring Road.
fu: See you in a bit
Xingran: Don't tell anyone I'm here.
Fu: Okay, just the three of us will go.
After turning off his phone, Qi Jingchen had already gotten up to make breakfast. He was too lazy to instruct Ling Zhiyi; he'd rather cook a proper meal for his baby.
"Brother, I'm going to find Xingran in a bit."
"Let's go after we finish eating. Shall I take you there?"
"No need, I'll go myself. I'll go find Su Nuo later."
She couldn't let Qi Jingchen take her there, because then he would know where Cheng Xingran lived, and if he knew, Ling Zhiyi might know too.
Although Ling Zhiyi would have found out long ago if she wanted to, she didn't want the information to come out from her.
Cheng Xingran specifically reminded everyone not to tell anyone where she was; "anyone" likely refers to Ling Zhiyi.
"Okay, I'll go to Banxing in a bit."
Qin Zifu ate a few bites of breakfast, drank a cup of soy milk, and went downstairs to find Su Nuo.
Su Nuo was ready and waiting for her to come down.
"Your car or mine?"
Qin Zifu held the car keys
"You already have the key, just open it."
Let's go.
Qin Zifu drove her ice-berry pink Lamborghini, and the two of them reviewed the events in the car. Because Qin Zifu got up late, she only got a general idea of what was going on, so Su Nuo went over it with her again.
Fortunately, there wasn't much traffic on the weekend morning, and it took about half an hour to reach Cheng Xingran's location.
After the security guard contacted Cheng Xingran, they allowed her to pass. A few minutes later, Tang Shuyu also arrived.
Come in.
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