Leng Yichen once asked her how the scar on her arm came about, but she, not knowing the truth, chose to continue deceiving Leng Yichen because of the photos in Gu Manli’s hands. She dared not gamble with her mother’s reputation.
And then, most sadly, she even asked Leng Yichen for help with the Bai Family’s issues. Wasn’t Gu Manli’s scheme to frame her initially done to let Mr. Kang sponsor the Bai Family enterprise?
Bai Yiran had tried to contact Leng Yichen, but he wouldn’t answer her calls or even reply to a single message. If it weren’t for Bai Yiran still living in Leng Yichen’s house and working at Huamei International, she might have thought that she would never cross paths with Leng Yichen again.
The morning news anchor was articulately reporting the recent big events, "The forced acquisition of Kangcheng Real Estate by Huamei International has now been settled. In less than a week, Kangcheng Real Estate has gone from a leading company in the real estate industry to a near-bankrupt shell company..."
Bai Yiran turned off the TV, picked up her bag, and prepared to go to work. She had nothing she could do now, wanting to ask and explain clearly, yet powerless. All she could do was go to and from work on time every day, eat at home, and linger in any place where she might encounter Leng Yichen.
She originally thought that everything would be fine as long as she explained it clearly to Leng Yichen, but Bai Yiran forgot that when fate wants to torment you, there’s no escaping it.
No one knows when it started, but major news media, newspapers, and magazines began frantically reprinting a photo, a scandalous picture with eyes and critical parts pixelated.
A scandalous life of a wealthy lady, shocking indecent bed photos appeared!
The protagonist of the indecent photo suspected to be the newlywed wife of the president of Huamei International!
Indecent photos of the president’s wife of Huamei International exposed before marrying into the wealthy family!
All morning, various news about Bai Yiran’s indecent photos inundated everywhere, and at this time, Bai Yiran was on her way to the company, completely unaware of the storm of her indecent photos spreading wildly online and on TV.
Arriving at Huamei International, Bai Yiran noticed something unusual. She found everyone was peering at her, scrutinizing her, even looking down on her. Such a strong reaction was even more intense than during the Chen Lusheng incident.
Bai Yiran held back her doubts in mind and quickly walked to her workstation, only to see that someone had placed a copy of today’s newspaper entertainment section on her desk.
And in the largest block in the middle, the photo with eyes and critical parts covered pierced Bai Yiran’s eyes!
Bai Yiran’s body trembled like sifting chaff, for the person in the photo on the cover was none other than her mother, Cheng Ting!
Gu Manli had promised that as long as she didn’t speak out about it, these photos wouldn’t be exposed! During this time, Bai Yiran had been thinking about how to get the photos back from Cheng Ting’s hands. Helping the Bai Family was one of the reasons; if she could speak for the Bai Family, then Gu Manli might be slightly apprehensive.
However, from a certain perspective, Gu Manli didn’t break her word. She hadn’t made Cheng Ting’s identity public but used technology to cover the eyes and important parts and blurred the photos so that based on Bai Yiran and Cheng Ting’s seventy percent resemblance, she pinned the blame for these photos on the innocent Bai Yiran.
Nearby, whispers reached Bai Yiran’s ears.
"I told you she’s no good; she even took photos like these."
"Poor Mr. Leng, to have married someone like that..."
"Maybe the photos were taken by Mr. Leng? Who knows..."
Bai Yiran frantically tore up the newspaper and fed it into the shredder, but what use was it to just destroy this one?
It’s all Gu Manli; she must have been the one to leak the photos!
Bai Yiran turned around, grabbed her bag, and was ready to confront Gu Manli, but as soon as she stepped out of the Huamei International building, she was surrounded by a swarm of reporters coming from all directions!