Chapter 160 Recording of the Seventh Episode
When Zhong Ran received the lawyer's letter early in the morning, he was completely dumbfounded. He looked at the few thin sheets of paper in his hand in disbelief, and the three enlarged words at the top of the paper made him feel terrible.
"Zhong Ran, call CEO Leng right now!" CEO Li was stunned as he looked at the evidence being posted online. The comments about their company were becoming increasingly negative, and some resourceful netizens even dug up some of the company's dark history. The company's reputation plummeted, and CEO Li felt that if he walked out of the company now, people would throw rotten eggs at him.
"Yes, Yifan, I'll call Yifan right now." Zhong Ran, as if grasping at the last straw, hurriedly took out her phone from her pocket and dialed Leng Yifan's number.
The phone was ringing with a dial tone.
"Answer the phone! Answer the phone! Answer the phone!" Zhong Ran gripped her phone tightly, her whole body drenched in cold sweat with tension.
But the call still went unanswered.
Zhong Ran dialed several more times, still not believing it, but the call still didn't go through.
Mr. Li and the others noticed a change in Zhong Ran's expression; they were wondering if the Leng family was ready to give up on Zhong Ran.
When Zhong Ran couldn't get through to Leng Yifan, she turned around and dialed his assistant's number.
This time the call finally went through.
"Xiao Zhou, where's Yi Fan?" Zhong Ran asked loudly as soon as the call connected.
"Young Master Zhong, please keep your voice down." Xiao Zhou's very nervous voice came from the other end of the phone, and he spoke very softly.
"What's wrong? Why didn't Yifan answer my call?" Zhong Ran questioned again.
"Young Master Zhong, Chairman Leng was hospitalized this morning after vomiting blood. Our CEO is talking to the doctor right now."
"What? Father vomited blood and was hospitalized?" Zhong Ran was stunned when he heard Xiao Zhou's words.
"Yes, Madam, Mr. Leng has already rushed to the hospital! Oh! My phone!" Xiao Zhou exclaimed suddenly before she could finish speaking.
The next second, it wasn't Xiao Zhou's voice on the other end of the phone, but a very sharp female voice.
"Zhong Ran, how dare you call my son?!" The woman's voice was filled with resentment.
Upon hearing the voice on the other end, Zhong Ran knew something was wrong: "Mother..."
"Shut up! Who's your mother? I shouldn't have been soft-hearted back then. Ever since you came into the family, the Leng family hasn't had a single day of peace. If it weren't for you, my husband wouldn't be in the hospital today. It's all because of you. Don't call my son again. You'll be receiving divorce papers soon!" After saying that, Leng's mother hung up the phone.
Zhong Ran looked at the phone that had been hung up and quickly dialed it back, but this time the reply was that the number he had dialed was busy.
He's been blocked!
Upon realizing this, Zhong Ran's legs went weak, and she collapsed onto the chair behind her.
Mr. Li listened to the whole story from the side, and he silently gave his secretary, Xiao Liu, a meaningful glance.
Xiao Liu immediately understood what the boss meant: he was going to abandon Zhong Ran and make him take the blame.
When Xu Wang saw the video of the chairman of the Leng Group vomiting blood and falling into a coma and being rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment, he was having lunch with Pei Yanchuan.
Pei Yanchuan was using a tool to remove crab meat from Xu Wang's crab.
Xu Wang stared in shock at the video of Leng's father, his face covered in blood, being carried onto an ambulance on a stretcher. What kind of day was this? Was it a double kill?
And is Leng's father really that fragile? Could Zhong Ran's matter really make him so angry that he vomited blood?
Xu Wang was lost in thought when suddenly he felt something poke his cheek.
Xu Wang snapped out of his daze and turned his head in confusion, only to see Pei Yanchuan slowly withdrawing his hand from the crime.
"What are you looking at so intently? Your cheeks are all puffed up." Pei Yanchuan picked up the plate full of crab meat in front of him and slowly placed it in front of Xu Wang.
Upon hearing this, Xu Wang quickly put down his phone, patted his cheeks, and wondered if they were really swollen.
Xu Wang looked at Pei Yanchuan questioningly.
Pei Yanchuan watched Xu Wang's subconscious action, a slight smile playing on his lips. He clenched his right fist and chuckled softly.
Xu Wang knew immediately that the other party was lying to him. Xu Wang narrowed his eyes: "Is my face pokeable?"
"Mmm." Pei Yanchuan hummed softly, recalling the sensation he had just felt.
"Then I'll poke you too..." Xu Wang realized something was wrong as soon as he said it, but by the time he realized it, it was too late to stop.
Xu Wang blinked: "Actually..."
Before Xu Wang could think of what to say, his cheek was gently poked by a hand again.
Huh? ??? Xu Wang didn't react for a moment. Wasn't he saying he'd poke her face? Why is he poking her now?
Xu Wang sat there blankly. The next second, his left hand was taken by a large hand, and soon his hand was pressed tightly against Pei Yanchuan's cheek.
Xu Wang felt the cool and elastic skin beneath his hand and slowly opened his eyes wide.
"You can poke me all you want." Pei Yanchuan held Xu Wang's wrist tightly.
Xu Wang did not refuse, and gently poked the other person's cheek twice with his index finger.
"Your hands feel good too." Xu Wang withdrew his hand and rubbed his fingertips together with satisfaction.
Pei Yanchuan looked at the other person with a doting expression upon hearing this.
"By the way, you still haven't said what you were looking at just now?" Pei Yanchuan poured Xu Wang another bowl of bone broth.
"Oh, right, I almost forgot, I just saw a video of the Leng Group. It said that the chairman of the Leng Group vomited blood and fell into a coma this morning and was rushed to the hospital." Xu Wang thought of the video and quickly picked up his phone from the table and moved closer to Pei Yanchuan.
The two of them watched the video on their phones with their heads close together.
"Do you think it's because of Zhong Ran's incident that he was so angry he vomited blood?" Xu Wang didn't really believe this flimsy reason, but that didn't stop him from being happy.
"Probably, after all, he's a very proud person." Pei Yanchuan lowered his eyes, turned around, and put another chopstick of vegetables on Xu Wang's plate.
“Yeah, maybe I just haven’t gotten over this mental hurdle.” Xu Wang stopped worrying about it, put down his phone, and happily started eating the crab meat on the plate in front of him.
In the afternoon, as soon as Xu Wang returned to his office, his phone kept ringing with messages, as if to say, "If you don't check it, I won't stop."
Xu Wang sat in his office chair, took out his phone and saw a message from the production team's chat group. Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan were not in this group. The director had sent them a link to join the group, but they probably didn't care about it at all. The director reminded them many times, but nothing came of it. In the end, the director got too lazy to remind them and just sent the message directly to their agents and assistants whenever there was something to say.
Xu Wang curiously opened the group chat.
Jiang Xiubai: @Director, can our variety show still be broadcast?
Jiang Xiubai: [Eating melon seeds]
Xia Yu: [Eating melon seeds]
Hou Yunqi: [Eating melon seeds]
...
Director: @Xu Wang, can our variety show still be broadcast?
Assistant Director: [Scratching head]
Xu Wang: ? ? ?
Xu Wang had just sent out three big question marks when he received a call from the director.
Xu Wang answered the phone.
"Good afternoon, Professor Xu. Have you had lunch yet? I'm calling now, is that alright?"
"I won't bother you." Xu Wang could guess why the director was calling him. After all, the other protagonist in this incident was an artist in his company, and the director definitely needed to find out the specifics of the matter and understand his and Pei Yanchuan's intentions.
Xu Wang talked with the director for almost 10 minutes before hanging up the phone.
At 6:00 PM sharp, the official account of the newlyweds' honeymoon trip released a recording announcement for the new episode.
The official account of "Newlyweds' Honeymoon Trip" announced: The recording of the seventh episode is about to begin. This time, we will take our viewers on a deep dive into the sweet daily lives of our guests. [Heart][Heart[Heart]]
Program guests: @Xu Wang @Pei Yanchuan @Qin Huai @Gu Yunlan @Xia Yu @Hou Yunqi @Yunxi @Jiang Xiubai
This live stream will officially begin at 8:00 AM the day after tomorrow. Let's meet at 8:00 AM on September 18th! See you there!
[Phew~ It's finally here! I thought it wouldn't air, I was so scared.]
[Me too. I'm not afraid of Zhong Ran's scandal breaking at all, I'm only afraid that the show might not be able to air (facepalm)]
[Sigh, did anyone notice that Zhong Ran and Leng Yifan weren't among the people tagged by the show this time?]
[This wasn't the only time; all previous mentions or related comments from the show's producers have also been deleted.]
[That's for sure. Look at all these rumors about Zhong Ran online, they're all guaranteed to be true.]
[It's too ripe, overripe, and burst!]
[Haha, the person upstairs knows how to describe it; it really exploded.]
[Judging from the program team's announcement, it seems this live broadcast will be held at the guests' homes.]
[Yes, yes, I'm really looking forward to it!]
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