Lu Shufen saw Jiang Conghe holding the phone with a dazed expression and couldn’t help but nudge him and ask, "What’s wrong?"
After answering the phone, you look like you’ve seen a ghost. What happened?
"Something bad happened," Jiang Conghe said, tossing the phone aside. "Let’s go, we need to get back to Beijing immediately."
Lu Shufen was shocked, "What happened? We’re leaving now? But Qi Taiguo hasn’t even come to apologize yet!"
Was her being hit, her tooth that got knocked out, all for nothing?
She came back all fired up, just to suffer such a big loss and go back in defeat? She wouldn’t accept this!
"Who has the time to care about that bastard child now? We need to get back to Beijing first, something big has gone down back there," Jiang Conghe stood up and glared at her.
"Then at least tell me what happened! What’s with your cryptic urgency, are you trying to kill me with anxiety?" Lu Shufen shouted.
"What else could it be? Besides the mess you’ve stirred up, what else could it be?" Jiang Conghe retorted in anger.
It was all her fault for being so impulsive. Why did she go to see that woman? Even if she had to see her, why did she have to touch her? Now look what she’s done, caused a huge problem.
Lu Shufen stood frozen in place from being yelled at.
"I caused trouble? Jiang Conghe, make yourself clear. What do you mean by that? Are you saying I’m the one who caused trouble? Isn’t everything I’ve done for the sake of Qingqing? Don’t you have a stake in your daughter? Now you say such things and shift the blame onto me, do you have no conscience?" Lu Shufen fell onto the sofa, crying and cursing in indignation.
"Enough with the crying, you will have plenty of time to cry later. Father-in-law just called and said it’s all over the circles in Beijing that you helped Qingqing steal someone else’s husband and even caused the woman to miscarry," Jiang Conghe said irritably, "Tell me, is this good news? If we don’t go back now, can we even maintain our positions? And you have the face to cry."
It’s spread everywhere!
The sobbing stopped, and Lu Shufen’s face turned pale with horror. How could she face anyone after this?
"Who did this, who spread it?" Lu Shufen screamed.
Jiang Conghe’s face darkened, "Does it matter now who spread it? The important thing is to hurry back and deal with it!" Otherwise, his political achievements would be tainted. After all, the one she went after was no ordinary person; the other party was also a military man, and his wife was pregnant. It was a downright scandal.
He had to think carefully about how to spin this and calm the storm. What should he do? Maybe blame it on Qi Taiguo for seducing his daughter?
No, that wouldn’t work, it was too idiotic, and it might even backfire.
Lu Shufen was also frantic. She was a prominent director, her reputation was crucial. With rumors like this spreading, how could she face the political elite again?
This was a stain!
Lu Shufen paced frantically, and upon seeing Chiang Qing’s closed door, she grabbed Jiang Conghe again, "What about Qingqing?"
Jiang Conghe’s expression darkened slightly, "Of course she has to go back with us. Why would she stay here?" Wasn’t it embarrassing enough?
"If she had been obedient, would today’s incident have happened?" Lu Shufen was close to tears, thinking of her daughter’s undisguised hatred for them, which made her feel waves of panic.
"If she doesn’t listen, we will tie her up and take her back if we have to," Jiang Conghe said coldly.
No one could stop his ascent, not even his wife and children.
"Go call her! And Xiao Tian, everyone, let’s go!" There could be no more trouble here for now. As for Qi Taiguo, there would be time to deal with him, as long as he remained in a high position.