Chapter 62 Publicly Revealing the Truth
All eyes turned to Su Wantang.
Shock, disdain, schadenfreude, and amusement... all sorts of gazes intertwined to form a massive net, threatening to completely engulf her.
The more enthusiastic the praise had been, the colder the atmosphere became.
Zheng Kai sat at a distance, elegantly swirling the red wine in his glass, a satisfied smile playing on his lips.
He watched with admiration as Lin Zihang, this mad dog, bit at his prey that interested him.
The play was even more exciting than he had anticipated.
However, Su Wantang, who was at the center of the storm, showed no sign of panic.
She didn't even change her posture, just quietly looking at Lin Zihang. In her clear eyes, there was no anger, but rather... a smile.
Du Kangnian was sweating profusely and his face turned pale with anxiety. He was about to step forward when Su Wantang stopped him with a look.
“Sir,” Su Wantang said softly, her clear voice carrying throughout the room.
"Are you done talking?"
Lin Zihang was taken aback, not expecting her to be so calm.
"Su Wantang! You still dare to talk back! You shameless slut!" he roared angrily.
Su Wantang ignored his roar and instead adopted a curious expression, tilting her head and revealing that sly, fox-like smile on her lips once again.
"I'm just a little curious, didn't you just claim to be a representative of Hong Kong Island Hung Tat Trading Company?"
Everyone was completely baffled, not understanding what she was up to.
Lin Zihang's heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad feeling, but he still forced himself to speak.
"So what if it is! Hung Tat Trading is a well-known large company in Hong Kong!"
“Oh…” Su Wantang drawled, “Then may I ask, Representative Lin, do you know your company’s chairman, Huo San Niang?”
Huo San Niang?
Hongda Trading?
The guests looked at each other in bewilderment; they had never heard of these names before.
Lin Zihang's expression changed instantly.
He never expected that Su Wantang would suddenly ask about that name!
Zheng Kai did mention that the company's behind-the-scenes boss was surnamed Huo, a woman with immense influence, but someone as insignificant as him had no right to meet such a person.
"I...I'm just a junior employee, I just joined the company, how could I possibly have the chance to meet the chairman!"
He stammered, his eyes began to dart around, and his previous arrogance instantly vanished by half.
Seeing his demeanor, everyone in the room, being shrewd enough, could see that something was amiss.
Su Wantang smiled.
That smile, in Lin Zihang's eyes, was more terrifying than a devil.
She stood up, her begonia-red cheongsam accentuating her breathtaking curves, and walked step by step to the center of the hall.
Her voice wasn't loud, but it had a strange, penetrating quality.
"Everyone, I happen to know a little about Hongda Trading Company."
She paused, her gaze sweeping across the room before finally settling on Lin Zihang's pale face.
"The chairman of this company is indeed named Huo San Niang. However..."
Her voice carried a hint of pity and regret.
"Their company's main business is quite special. They specialize in handling funeral arrangements."
"To put it more bluntly," Su Wantang looked at Lin Zihang, speaking each word clearly and forcefully.
"They were specifically responsible for transporting corpses from the mainland to Hong Kong Island."
Transporting... transporting corpses?!
The look in everyone's eyes when they looked at Lin Zihang instantly changed from disdain to utter disgust and nausea.
It was as if he was emanating an invisible stench.
How dare a peddler, no, a corpse transporter, dress like a respectable person, sneak into one of Shanghai's top banquet halls, and spout nonsense here, criticizing others?
"Ugh... No wonder it smelled weird earlier."
"What bad luck! What terrible luck! How could General Manager Du let just anyone in here!"
Ignoring the crowd's chatter, Su Wantang walked up to Lin Zihang, pretending to suddenly realize something, and even exaggeratedly fanned herself in front of her nose.
"Oh—so that's what Representative Lin does for a living. No wonder he reeks of death; he's been stinking ever since. My apologies."
"puff--"
I don't know who couldn't hold back and burst into laughter first.
Immediately afterwards, bursts of laughter spread like a virus, echoing throughout the entire banquet hall.
Lin Zihang's face instantly went from deathly pale to liver-colored, and then from liver-colored to purplish-brown.
He was trembling all over, pointing at Su Wantang, his lips quivering, "You...you're talking nonsense! You're slandering me!"
"Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, Boss Zheng should know best, right?" Su Wantang's gaze passed over him and shot straight at Zheng Kai in the distance.
Zheng Kai's smile froze.
Su Wantang stopped looking at Lin Zihang, this clown, and snapped her fingers at Du Kangnian behind her.
Du Kangnian immediately understood, took out two documents from his briefcase, and held them high.
"Everyone!" Su Wantang's voice rang out again, drowning out all the noise. "Representative Lin just accused me of misconduct, being expelled from the family, and having an affair with a stranger."
I'm sorry to have disappointed you.
She took the copy of the document from Du Kangnian and waved it around.
“This is my household registration book. It clearly states my identity as ‘Bai Xiuzhu’s daughter’.”
"As for the Su family, they were just a business that my mother supported back then. They later became ungrateful and were investigated and punished. What does that have to do with me?"
“In addition,” she picked up another document, her smile widening.
"This is my marriage certificate."
“I was already married before I came to Shanghai. My husband is Lu Jingyan from the Lu family in Beijing.”
Lu! Jing! Yan!
The Lu family in Beijing!
These business tycoons in Shanghai may not know who Lu Jingyan is, but they certainly don't know what the Lu family in Beijing represents!
Those were the real elites, the behemoths of the military!
This woman is not only a descendant of the Bai family, but also a military wife of the Lu family!
The way everyone looked at Su Wantang changed completely. From disdain to shock, and then to deep fear and awe.
When Lin Zihang heard the name "Lu Jingyan," his last nerve snapped.
"ah--!!"
He let out a beastly roar, his eyes bloodshot, completely devoid of reason, and swung his fist at Su Wantang's beautiful face!
"I'll kill you, you bitch!"
A cruel smile crept onto Zheng Kai's lips once more.
Fight! It would be better if they fought!
"Young Miss, be careful!" Du Kangnian exclaimed in alarm.
However, Lin Zihang's fist stopped half a meter away from Su Wantang.
A hand appeared behind him without him noticing and casually gripped his shoulder.
Lin Zihang felt as if his shoulder blades were about to be crushed. He used all his strength, but he couldn't even move a single finger.
He turned around in horror.
A familiar face came into his view.
Lu Jingyan.
He didn't even bother to speak, he just flicked his wrist slightly.
With a sharp crack, accompanied by Lin Zihang's pig-like screams, his arm was forcibly dislocated.
The entire venue fell silent, save for Lin Zihang's wailing.
Su Wantang didn't even bother to look at Lin Zihang, who was rolling on the ground, again.
She picked up a glass of red wine, walked through the silent crowd, and went straight to Zheng Kai, whose face was ashen.
Zheng Kai's female secretary was so frightened that she forgot to move her enormous breasts.
Su Wantang stopped, raised her glass, and smiled at Zheng Kai with a bright yet dangerous smile.
She leaned closer to him and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear:
"Boss Zheng."
"Your dog doesn't bark very much."
After saying that.
She flipped her wrist.
Splash—
A glass of scarlet wine was splashed all over Zheng Kai's refined face.
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