After leaving the food court, Yang Yajing contacted Xia Changlong directly and asked him to turn on the TV.
Xia Changlong was having afternoon tea with his wife when his phone suddenly rang. It was a text message, so he took it out to check.
Mrs. Xia was displeased when she saw that the name displayed was Consultant Yang: "Saturday, and you're making work-related calls on my personal phone? You have no sense of propriety!"
"Don't be angry, Madam." Xia Changlong patted Tao Jiaxuan's shoulder with a smile, picked up the remote and turned on the TV. "Maybe it's just to give us some gossip! Doesn't Madam like these kinds of things?"
"Are the duties of employees in the Xia family to spread gossip?" Madam Xia didn't believe it.
“Madam, she’s not an employee of the Xia family. She’s Assistant Xu’s cousin, and she was recommended to me as my personal consultant,” Xia Changlong explained.
"Oh! Wenbin's cousin! No wonder he has your private number!" Since they were family, Mrs. Xia's attention was now focused on the TV, waiting to see what gossip might be coming.
Yang Yajing texted him that something he was interested in would be available soon, so Xia Changlong left the TV on as background noise. He continued doing what he was doing.
About an hour later, just when Mrs. Xia thought that Consultant Yang was just making a fuss, the news broadcast an extra edition.
[Suspected drunk driving turns into suspected prostitution raid! The private life of the Jiang family's heiress is appalling!]
"An anti-prostitution campaign? The Jiang family's daughter?" Madam Xia asked curiously. "Is it one of the Jiang family's investments that your family has?"
Mrs. Xia had absolutely no good feelings towards her husband's brothers and sisters; in fact, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say she hated them to the core.
She poisoned herself and abandoned her beloved daughter; she had cried and made a scene. For the next twenty years, Madam Xia never addressed them as "elder brother," "younger brother," or "younger sister" except in public.
She suffered from postpartum depression and spent a whole year in a sanatorium before slowly regaining her confidence in life.
From that time on, she has been searching for her daughter. At first, she would take a few extra glances at any baby girl she encountered, but later she would be unable to look away from any little girl she saw.
Later, when she encountered girls who were alone, she would take them home, which led to her being mistaken for a child trafficker and invited for questioning several times.
In the hospital and at the police station, everyone knew her and was aware of her situation.
Because of this, Xia Changlong often went to apologize to those people and explain the situation.
The bigwig's humble attitude evoked sympathy from many people: every family has its own troubles, and even the rich have their pitiful aspects!
At this moment, Madam Xia began to worry again: "Changlong, do you think our daughter might also go astray in this chaotic world?"
“Don’t worry, Madam,” Xia Changlong comforted her. “You’ve checked, our daughter isn’t in an orphanage, so she must have been adopted. She’ll definitely be in a good family.”
"Sigh!" Madam Xia sighed. "You know, if I were to live with a poor family, I would worry about their basic needs and education; if I were to live with a rich family, I would worry about being used as a social tool... My hair is about to turn white!"
"Madam is still young, with jet-black, glossy hair," Xia Changlong praised his wife, then changed the subject, "We should think positively."
"Chang Long, do you think the Xia family will be implicated since they invested in the Jiang family?" Madam Xia was the kind of person who worried about everything.
"I didn't invest, and the headquarters didn't manage it either. I'm clean! Whoever wants to invest, they'll be responsible for their own area."
"Hmph!" Madam Xia's mood changed instantly. Since it had nothing to do with her husband, then, "Let's make a big scene! It'd be best if those black-hearted devils in the Xia family were to be annoyed for life!"
"Hahaha! My wife is wise, that's exactly what I was thinking!" Xia Changlong laughed as he watched the gossip on TV.
"Changlong! Tell the truth! Did you do this?" Madam Xia tried to get information out of Xia Changlong.
"Sigh! To be honest, I also wish I could have made it happen, but what a pity! It was probably Consultant Yang who secretly reported it." Xia Changlong shrugged.
"Consultant Yang? Haha! That Consultant Yang is quite good!" Mrs. Xia immediately had a good impression of Consultant Yang.
While the Xia family elders were in a good mood, things got chaotic at the Jiang family's place.
Jiang Jucai, accompanied by his personal assistant and two bodyguards, was pushing his way through the chattering reporters into the police station.
At this moment, Jiang Xuanxuan had just woken up and was getting dressed, and was making a fuss!
What?! You blind scum, do you even know who I am? And you still claim you were framed! But she wasn't completely stupid; in order not to reveal that she was the one who set up Yang Yajing, she didn't curse her name out.
But this incident added another charge to her list: verbally abusing law enforcement officers, disobeying investigations, and resisting arrest.
Jiang Jucai had done too many shady things and was most afraid of getting involved with the police. After comforting Jiang Xuanxuan, he bowed and scraped before the officers, apologizing profusely and offering them Zhonghua cigarettes.
He kept saying: "My daughter was scared. She's never experienced anything like this before. She's spoiled, has a bad temper, is straightforward, and doesn't know how to be worldly..." and so on...
There are only two explanations for being suspected of having an improper sexual relationship: either the two are in a romantic relationship, or Jiang Xuanxuan was a victim unaware of the situation.
The news reports were awful, saying that the Jiang family's daughter was stripped naked and pulled off someone's body. You can easily imagine what that really happened!
Jiang Jucai had already lost all face, not to mention he looked down on a rich guy from a purified water factory.
Because Jiang Xuanxuan was unconscious when she arrived, a forensic doctor was asked to draw her blood for testing. The report stated that there were impurities in her blood. If they admitted to being in a relationship, wouldn't that confirm that Jiang Xuanxuan misused drugs and had an immoral private life?
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