"What's wrong?"
"I have something I want to ask you." Song Nuan gripped the door frame.
"Come in and speak."
She went inside, closed the door, and sat on the sofa a few steps away from him, looking somewhat awkward.
Li Jingchen looked at her amusedly, "What is it?"
"Tonight at the bar, I saw a lot of people taking pictures with their phones. If the news gets out... I'm afraid it will affect my divorce from Qin Yuchuan."
"You want me to suppress the news?"
Song Nuan nodded.
He didn't answer immediately, leaning back in his chair, his dark eyes unfathomable. "Nuan Nuan, are you afraid of affecting your divorce from Qin Yuchuan, or are you afraid that the news will be made public and involve me?"
Song Nuan: "..."
As expected of the person in charge of the Li Group, nothing can be hidden from him.
She smiled without changing her expression and said, "Of course, I'm afraid it will affect the divorce."
Li Jingchen lowered his eyes and smiled.
Song Nuan didn't know what he was laughing about, but she knew that the laughter was definitely not a good thing.
She spoke softly, a rare occurrence for her: "Those people should all listen to you. Just tell them to keep their mouths shut and not spread the news, okay?"
His dark eyes revealed no emotion; he simply looked at her with a half-smile, as if waiting for her next move.
How could Song Nuan not see through this man's perverse sense of humor?
She gently bit her lip. She couldn't learn the coquettish ways of a little woman, but having watched Song Ningxue play the innocent and pure girl since she was a child, she had been influenced by her for many years. So, it wasn't impossible for her to pretend.
She blinked, a subconscious action while thinking, but her eyes were bright and sparkling, and Li Jingchen was unknowingly drawn into them.
Adam's apple bobbed.
He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulled her close, and gently kissed her with his slightly cool lips.
The man's faint fragrance instantly enveloped me. Perhaps it was a habit formed over many years, but the moment he pulled me into his arms, my mind, which had been wide awake all night, felt a strange sense of comfort and drowsiness.
Reason only made her lose her composure for a few seconds before she quickly regained her senses.
Song Nuan wanted to break free—after all, she was determined to sever her relationship with him, and some things should be nipped in the bud.
She did as she was told.
Noticing her resistance, Li Jingchen released her, his gaze deep as he looked at her.
"you……"
He interrupted her, "You don't need to worry about this."
Song Nuan was puzzled, and it took her a few seconds to realize that he was answering what she had just said.
So he agreed?
She smiled brightly, "Then I'll go and rest first."
"Go."
As soon as she left, the phone that had been on the table suddenly lit up, and Lin Xuan's voice came through: "President Li, do you really not need to suppress the public opinion surrounding you and Miss Song?"
He heard what the two of them were saying.
After tonight, people started posting information about Li Jingchen and Song Nuan on their WeChat Moments. The news spread so quickly that by the time they left the Long Corridor Club and returned to the Flower Garden, there were already related posts online.
But it's mostly Song Nuan.
Those in the industry know that Li Jingchen doesn't like to release any information about himself on the internet. They only dare to mention his name vaguely, and any photos of him showing his face are heavily blurred before being released.
Song Nuan is different.
Not only was their face revealed, but their identities were also almost completely exposed.
"Need not."
“But she’s not divorced yet. If these rumors aren’t dealt with promptly, it might not just involve you. If the group’s stock price is affected, the shareholders will have objections.”
The man tapped the table lightly with his knuckles and said calmly, "No way."
What can't you do?
Will it affect the stock market? Or will the shareholders have no objections?
Lin Xuan didn't even have a chance to ask before Li Jingchen hung up the phone.
He sighed deeply and relayed Li Jingchen's message to the public relations department: "Monitor online messages 24 hours a day. Report all of President Li's movements to me. If there is no notification, there is no need to handle any public relations matters."
...
In the flower garden, Song Nuan always slept exceptionally soundly.
Most of the sunlight was blocked by the curtains, leaving only a faint, soft glow on the floor.
She stared blankly for a while before subconsciously reaching out to touch the side. It was cool to the touch, and the pillow and blankets were all neatly arranged. Li Jingchen probably hadn't slept here last night.
Should I sleep in the second bedroom?
For some reason, she felt a tightness in her chest.
Suddenly, the phone screen lit up.
Song Nuan then realized that she had received more than sixty missed calls, all from Xu Yiran and Fang Yu.
This call is from Qin Yuchuan.
She hung up immediately and called Xu Yiran back, who answered almost instantly.
"Song Nuan, you've finally appeared!"
"What do you want?" If someone can bombard me with dozens of calls, it's definitely not a small matter.
Xu Yiran exclaimed, "What's wrong? You haven't seen the news online yet, have you?"
"What's the news online?" Song Nuan's heart skipped a beat. She answered Xu Yiran with a relatively calm voice, but her fingers trembled slightly as she opened Weibo.
Li Jingchen promised her, he shouldn't go back on his word, right?
On the other end of the phone, Xu Yiran kept talking, "Suddenly, a lot of new entries have appeared, saying that you cheated on your husband! The person you cheated with is the heir of one of the four major families, and some people have even dug up information that you divorced Qin Yuchuan, and the reason for the divorce is that you hooked up with a better man."
"Anyway, there are so many. Overnight, all sorts of gossip and rumors sprang up like mushrooms after rain, with all sorts of malicious speculations. It really infuriated me!"
Song Nuan listened while looking at the trending topics.
My mood gradually sank.
Marketing accounts have compiled the whole story, which is nothing more than that she was photographed with Li Jingchen at a bar last night, and the news was leaked. Because of Li Jingchen's special status, even though it was late at night, it quickly spread online.
Moreover, her engagement to Qin Yuchuan was public knowledge online. Some netizens questioned Song Nuan's infidelity, while others dug deeper and discovered that she and Qin Yuchuan were in the midst of divorce proceedings.
With various pieces of information strung together, coupled with netizens' fabricated speculations and misinformation, the online sentiment has now shifted to—
She married up to Li Jingchen, abandoning his wife Qin Yuchuan in order to marry into a wealthy family. Qin Yuchuan was unwilling to divorce, so she chose to file for divorce.
Song Nuan laughed.
"That bastard Qin Yuchuan must have hired online trolls, otherwise how could the whole internet be praising him? Didn't his affair with Song Ningxue cause such a huge scandal back then?"
Song Nuan said calmly, "I came forward with him to clarify that matter later."
Xu Yiran was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly remembered, and gritted her teeth in anger. But the matter was over, and Song Nuan was probably upset too, so she didn't say anything more.
What do you plan to do now?
what to do?
This question was a bit beyond Song Nuan's level. She hadn't thought it through and didn't know if her struggle was even worthwhile.
Because she clearly told Li Jingchen last night.
She checked her phone before going to bed and was certain that these messages had not appeared online at that time.
Since he promised her, why did he let the news leak out?
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