Chapter 86 The Gu Family Elders Step In
Han Xi picked up her phone and examined it carefully. The person who took the photos was really cunning, as they only took photos of the front.
Not only were there pictures of her holding hands with Gu Beichen, but also photos of the two entering and leaving the storage room. The accompanying text was even more outrageous, practically calling her a slut.
Han Xi, who was initially the object of netizens' sympathy, has now become a woman they call shameless.
Yesterday she was being praised for not being afraid of powerful people and daring to stand up to her wealthy husband, but today she was severely humiliated, and you can imagine how badly she was criticized.
I saw someone in the comments leading the charge in smearing others, causing some mindless people to follow suit.
Han Xi calmly wrote down all these people's IDs and collected evidence of their insults, planning to sue them one by one later.
"Qianqian, I remember you have acquaintances at the newspaper. Can you find out who provided these photos? I need to find out who is behind this and harming me."
Zhuo Qingqian nodded: "I have a senior brother over there. I'll ask him for you, but have you offended anyone?"
Han Xi hasn't taken on any cases yet, so who could he possibly offend, except for Shen Jiheng, who he argues with all the time?
"Could it be him? That shouldn't be the case."
Han Xi shook his head. Although Shen Jiheng was despicable, he wouldn't stoop to such a despicable act. Besides, such a scandal involving himself would do him no good.
Zhuo Qingqian thought about it carefully and realized it made sense.
“You’re right. If he really did something like that, he wouldn’t be considered human. I’ll contact my senior brother first.”
Han Xi nodded and continued to check the online information. She saw that the rumors were getting more and more outrageous, and she didn't know what the situation was like with the Gu family.
Gu Beichen was still organizing documents in his office when his secretary reminded him that he had made it into the entertainment news.
When he opened the news, he was so shocked that he jumped up from his seat. He looked at it again in disbelief and quickly called Zhuo Qingqian to explain the situation.
He couldn't understand how someone as isolated from the media as himself could have the good fortune to trend on social media.
It's bad enough that he's trending on social media, but why is it related to Han Xi? Even if he had nine lives, he wouldn't dare to get involved with her.
Fortunately, Zhuo Qingqian understood the situation and didn't blame him, but asked him to find out who was behind it.
Gu Beichen had just breathed a sigh of relief when the office door was violently pushed open. He gasped when he saw the person standing in the doorway.
"Ji...Ji Heng, what brings you here?"
"Are you trying to play dumb with me?"
Shen Jiheng has become incredibly famous these past few days, with the Shen family dominating all the entertainment headlines. If you didn't know better, you'd think the Shen family was planning to debut as celebrities because of their high profile.
Gu Beichen immediately stepped forward to invite the person in and personally made him a cup of coffee.
"Heaven and earth bear witness, there is absolutely nothing between Han Xi and me. We used to be enemies, how could we be related? Don't be fooled by what's reported online."
Gu Beichen is notorious in Chongqing for being a womanizer and a playboy, and Han Xi is a rare beauty, so it's not impossible that he might be eyeing her beauty.
The important thing is that the photos of the two holding hands in the news can't possibly be fake.
"Then you'd better explain it to me clearly."
Even though he knew there was no way anything could happen between them, Shen Jiheng was still angry.
Han Xi disliked any woman who appeared around him, and now that it was his friend, he felt even more disgusted.
“My driver tipped me off, saying that my parents found Han Xi downstairs and were going to ambush her. I was worried that she would be entangled, so I took her and ran away, then hid in the storage room to avoid them.”
"That's all?"
Gu Beichen raised his hands and swore an oath.
"If I have said a single wrong word, may I be struck by lightning. But I don't understand why anyone would spread these things online. Isn't this ruining someone's reputation?!"
Shen Jiheng patted his hand down, which was a way of acknowledging his explanation.
This is definitely unusual; it's clearly aimed at Han Xi.
"From now on, don't go near her."
Gu Beichen stood up and made a firm promise: "Okay, I promise I won't come any closer. Even if we meet again in the future, I will stay at least a hundred meters away."
Shen Jiheng really needs to find out who is behind this mess.
Gu Beichen finally managed to see Shen Jiheng off, and just as he sat down, the office door opened again. He looked up and saw his grandparents, who rarely appeared on weekdays.
Gu Beichen was surprised and stepped forward to help Grandma Gu to the sofa. He asked curiously, "Why did you two come here? If you missed me, you could have just made a phone call. You didn't have to come all the way here."
The old man waved his hand: "We don't miss you, we just have something very important to ask you."
He asked the old man to put today's entertainment newspaper on the table, pointed to Han Xi in the article, and said excitedly, "We want to see this Han Xi."
Gu Beichen sighed helplessly: "Grandpa, this report is nonsense. This person is my good brother's wife. I only took her away yesterday because I was afraid of being troubled by my parents."
Grandma Gu shook her head and said urgently, "It's not because of that, but because she looks a lot like your aunt."
Grandma Gu's youngest daughter went missing when she was young, and they have been searching for her ever since without any news.
The elderly couple never paid attention to entertainment news, but they were curious to check it out because it was about their grandson.
When they saw Han Xi in the newspaper, who looked remarkably like their missing daughter, they dug out photos of their daughter as a child, and found that they were practically identical.
He immediately came to find Gu Beichen, wanting to meet Han Xi and inquire about her background.
Gu Beichen knew that his grandmother's youngest daughter had gone missing when she was young, but he never expected that she would be involved with Han Xi now.
He thought for a moment and said, "Han Xi's mother seems to have been an orphan and passed away three years ago."
The elderly couple looked at each other, their eyes filled with tears.
Grandma Gu couldn't wait to grab his hand.
"Beichen, please help us contact her quickly, or tell us where she is so we can go find her."
They never expected that the daughter they had been searching for was already gone. If Han Xi really was their granddaughter, of course they would bring her back and take good care of her.
Gu Beichen was in a dilemma. He had just been threatened by Shen Jiheng not to get close to Han Xi, and given that it was a critical time, there were bound to be many paparazzi watching them, so it was indeed not appropriate for them to meet.
But faced with the expectations of the two elderly people, he had no choice but to call Han Xi.
However, Han Xi hung up on the calls he made and then sent him a message telling him not to contact her for the time being to avoid being targeted by the media.
"So, what did she say?"
"Grandma refuses to see me now because of this scandal, and she also tells me not to contact her."
"Then let's go find her. We must find out if she is Gu Shu's daughter."
They had waited and suffered for decades, and finally, a clue appeared. No one could understand their eagerness.
Gu Beichen nodded with heartache, then wrote down what they had said and sent it to Han Xi, wanting to see what she thought.
Han Xi quickly replied: "I don't want to get involved with the Gu family, so don't bother me."
Han Xi is now in a terrible predicament. In the years since her mother achieved success, some people have come looking for her, but in the end, they all came for the secret formula her mother had researched.
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