Chapter 682-683

Chapter 682: Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire 　 “I won’t go back!” As soon as Liang Xinyi heard Yun Xi’s suggestion, she knew that she had ill intentions toward her. She had used all sorts of methods and had finally settled down in the Yun family’s house. She would definitely not give up and go back to the countryside so easily. Moreover, she was also about to take the college entrance examination. If she failed to enter a good university, she would never be able to have anything to do with these affluent upper-class people. She didn’t want to live the ordinary life of a country girl, let alone go back to the countryside to endure hardships. 　 　 Why can Yun Xi stay here, while she has to go back to that shabby place? “If you don’t want to go back, that’s all right. If the Han family comes to the door or troubles my dad, you can take care of it yourself. I have already given you my suggestion. What you do is your own business. You caused the trouble, so there’s no reason for me to clean up the mess for you.” “I was wronged! The media is just talking nonsense. Young Master Han was just helping Young Madame Han look after me, and there is no truth in what the media said. I’m innocent. The newspapers are talking nonsense.” The media did make mistakes, and she would refuse to admit anything no matter what. Otherwise, the rest of her life would be ruined. “I don’t know if the media is talking nonsense, but this incident will have a very bad impact. Cousin, if Third Young Master Han was helping Han Wanling look after you, how did he look after you? Did you need to go to his door yourself? Not to mention come out of his villa in the middle of the night? Even if you explained this to the media, the media won’t believe it.” Yun Xi raised her eyebrows and chuckled lightly. “If someone told you this, would you yourself believe it? Although the media always likes nonsense, many people will definitely think like I do. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, isn’t it so?” “You! You just want something bad to happen to me.” “Don’t get me wrong. I can’t be bothered to meddle in your affairs. Whether or not the media is babbling nonsense and whether or not you’re innocent has nothing to do with me. I won’t interfere in this matter, and I will wait for my dad to come back to deal with it. His promotion election will be happening soon, so the Yun family must not have any scandals at this time.” 　 　 Liang Xiuqin became anxious when she heard that she had to wait for Yun Yuanfeng to come back to deal with it. If Yun Yuanfeng was soft-hearted and let them stay, she would be extremely vexed. No matter what, she must kick the mother and daughter out of the Yun family before he comes back. “Why do you think we should wait for your dad to come back? Now, the whole villa complex knows about Liang Xinyi’s dirty doings. With such a vixen-like vulgar girl in the house, if we let her stay here, how can our Yun family have the face to stay in the villa complex?” “Mom, you aren’t in charge now, so your words don’t matter.” Yun Xi rolled her eyes at Liang Xiuqin. Naturally, she knew exactly what she was thinking. It’s just that she knows that even if they decide to send them back to the countryside right now, they won’t leave anyway. After working so hard for so long to stay in Jingdu, she believed they wouldn’t give up so easily. “Wretched girl, they did such a shameful thing, yet you still are going to let them stay at home?” “So what? Dad brought them back. If you want to drive them away, you need dad’s permission, right?” Too bored to talk nonsense with her mother, Yun Xi turned her head to look at her second aunt. “Second aunt, let’s just go out and eat breakfast outside.” “Okay, I’ll get the car keys.” Yao Ying glanced at Liang Xiuqin, took the keys, and walked out. “Treacherous wretched girl!” Without decision-making authority in the family, Liang Xiuqin could only watch as such a good opportunity slipped away right before her eyes. She was so angry that she was practically fuming, but she was completely helpless. 　 *** 　 Chapter 683: No One Will Believe Their Explanation 　 The scandal was spreading throughout Jingdu’s upper-class circle. Given a new honor by the three prominent clans, the Han family had just taken over the important task of holding the Weiya Banquet, which had attracted much attention and envy. They hadn’t even had two days to rejoice at their great honor when news of this enormous scandal suddenly broke out. Almost immediately, the Han family became notorious. Early that morning, this scandal was causing a lot of ruckus inside the Han family. Old Master Han was trembling with anger after reading the newspaper, and, without even bothering to eat his breakfast, he threw his teacup directly at Han Zhongteng’s head. 　 　 With a loud crash, the ceramic teacup hit the center of Han Zhongteng’s forehead, and red blood spurted out everywhere. “Scumbag! Look at what you’ve done. How can the Han family continue to stay in Jingdu?” “Grandpa, everything the media is saying is bullsh*t, so don’t believe it! Even if I am a playboy, I wouldn’t lay hands on an underage girl. The media is just vicious.” “I don’t care whether or not the media is babbling nonsense. If you did such a shameless thing, you are going to ruin the reputation of the entire Han family. You have no brains, yet you blame the media for being vicious? Don’t you know what a critical time it is now? How could the Han family have raised such an unfilial child as you?” Han Zhongteng’s mother, Sun Ling, watched her son suffering, but didn’t dare to defend him. After all, what he had done this time really had ruined the Han family’s reputation. After her son had done this kind of thing, she also wouldn’t be able to raise her head in front of all the other society women. While everyone had been preparing for a grand banquet, he’d been fooling around with an underage girl, and the media had even photographed him. Nowadays, the media could make up anything from the slightest rumors, but who could guarantee that Han Zhongteng really didn’t do such a thing? Saying that he was fooling around was a euphemism. In uglier terms, he was raping an underage girl. If the matter hadn’t been exposed, it wouldn’t have been a big deal. They could have spent some money to cover it up privately. However, it just so happened that the media had exposed it like this, and at such a critical time also. The Han family’s image was ruined. 　 　 In four days, the Weiya Banquet was going to take place. When the seven big families gathered, there would be so many people all together, and even if the Han family was still the host, they would be considered a joke in everyone’s eyes. Han Zhongteng’s father, the second child of the Han family, hurriedly returned from the army because of the news about his son fooling around with an underage girl. He didn’t expect the matter to have blown up so large. Now, not only was his son infamous, but the Han family was also infamous. Even he, a Major General who had just been awarded the title, had had to suffer through all kinds of rumors. They really couldn’t bear the humiliation. “Dad, the most important thing now is to shut up the media, then find a way to deal with the girl. It won’t be good for anyone if the matter continues to get blown up.” The old man glared at his son and snorted coldly, “Isn’t the matter big enough now? Do you think the people in Jingdu are blind? As soon as this story was published in the Jingdu Morning Post, everyone in Jingdu saw it! How do you plan to clean up your son’s mess? How can you clean it up?” “I want to hold a press conference now...” “Press conference, my *ss! Do you think the reporters are stupid or do you think the people from the other families are stupid? Don’t you know that a guilty person gives himself away by consciously protesting his innocence?” In the living room, it suddenly became deathly quiet. No one dared to refute the Old Master at this time. After all, it wasn’t a small matter, and any explanation was futile. As for this kind of gossip, each person might interpret it in a different way, but this society, especially the wealthy and powerful people like the Han family, they do all kinds of things in private, and crazy things too. No one would believe some crazy explanation protesting their innocence. The Old Master looked at Han Yaotian, who hadn’t spoken during this entire time. He was solely responsible for the affairs of this banquet. He’d heard that he was looking for someone to inquire about the Young Marshal’s preferences. He was interested to see how this illegitimate child he had never valued would deal with such a scandal.