Chapter 148: The morning after

“What!? How can you?”, Grandma Liu asked furiously, pointing her trembling finger at him.

Jing said, “And I’m already making myself clear. Don’t even think about me taking bro’s place. The CEO’s position will always belong to bro. And secondly, I’m not interested in taking over the business.”, he shrugged nonchalantly.

“Then who will run the company!? Your ancestors have shed their blood and tears in building this company from scratch. Do you want to destroy it by handing it over to some stranger?”

“That is up to you to decide. Let’s go, Jing.”

“Yup.”

“Jinhai! You cannot leave.”, Huian ran towards him shedding tears.

Jinhai signaled and two bodyguards immediately stood in front of her obstructing her way.

“What? Get aside!”, she said angrily.

They said nothing and stood rooted not moving an inch. The bodyguards solely belonged to Jinhai, and they only listen and act to his orders.

Jinhai and Jing left the villa.

Grandma Liu assured Huian, “Don’t worry child. He is just too angry now. Give him some time. He will definitely come back to you. I promise I won’t ever let him divorce you.”

Huian weakly nodded.

Watching them leave Liu Chunhua collapsed on the floor. “Hai…”, she was sobbing, “Both of our sons have left…This house already looks so cold and desolate. How will we live without them?”

Liu Hai sighed. He helped her stand up and hugged her. “Don’t worry. Isn’t your handsome husband enough for you?”

She pinched him hard. “This is not the time to joke!”

“Ouch! Alright. I’m sorry. But I have full confidence that this villa will brighten up with their presence once again. Have faith.”

He stared at their villa’s entrance lost in thought.

—

Inside a bar.

Jianyu was completely drunk. He had already gulped down one whole bottle of alcohol and was now on his second one. After leaving Liu villa, he drove aimlessly until he reached a bar.

There he ordered the strongest alcohol available to immerse himself in drinking and forgetting everything that happened.

“One more bottle…”, he said wearily.

“Sir, you are already drunk. You-“, the bartender tried to talk to him.

“Ssshh! Did I ask your opinion? I’m paying, right? So, give it to me!”,

He irritatedly raised his voice that caught the attention of the nearby customers.

One person, in particular, widened her eyes in shock seeing the source of the drama. She rubbed her eyes to confirm if she saw it right.

She slowly went up to him and looked at him, his eyelids already drooping to shut down.

“Mr. Handsome?”, a voice spoke.

He knitted his brows sensing hearing a soft voice. He summed up the strength to open his eyes to see a hazy figure before him.

“Hnn…?”

“Ah, you are indeed the same man I met that night! Do you remember? We nearly had an accident because of your irresponsible driving?”, she paused. “Ah…how could you? You are wasted right now.”, she sighed.

“W-who are you?”

“No point in telling that now. Your brain isn’t functioning anyway how it should.”, She shook her head. “Well, since you were so kind enough to drop me home that night, let me return that favor. Where do you live? I will drop you.”

He chuckled sadly. “Home? I don’t have any home now…”

She frowned.

“I have lost everything…hic!…and all because of myself. I-I did something terrible to someone. I made a huge, huge mistake…I am all alone now…”, he was muttering incoherently.

She sighed again.

Last time it was something about his ex. Is this related to her again?

For now, I will take him to my home.

“Come, get up.”

He didn’t respond so with the help of the bartender, she helped him inside a cab and drove to her apartment.

She dragged him inside and tucked him on the bed.

“Mmnnn…no…I’m sorry…I’m sorry…please…”

She felt awfully sad seeing him this heartbroken.

She patted his head and whispered, “Sleep.”

—

The next day, the headlines of all newspapers and online articles were filled with pictures of Suyin’s scandal where the banquet was held.

Not only that, from her plot to frame Nana to how she had an affair with Shen Ye behind Jianyu’s back and how she selfishly left him to prosper her own business, everything was revealed.

The video recording of her going berserk and confessing everything herself went rapidly viral in all social media. It was solid proof that nobody could deny.

The keyboard warriors were going their job non-stop; bashing Suyin and cursing her endlessly.

Naturally, the shares of her company plummeted like hell making it go on the verge of bankruptcy.

At Chen’s villa.

The guard came to inform Chen Liling and Chen Guiren.

“Madam Chen. Tang Feng and Tang Ning are outside making a ruckus to meet you. We have told them to leave, but they won’t listen. Your orders, Madam.”

She snickered. “Let them in.”

“Yes, Madam Chen.”

The guard relayed the order and both of them came rushing inside.

Tang Ning cried loudly, “Chen Liling! How can you do this to my daughter!? Everybody is cursing her, she has nothing but become a joke now! Everyone hates her!”

Tang Feng said indignantly, “This is injustice!”

Chen Liling gave a bored expression. “Well, what else do you expect after what she did? I assume you have watched her confession right? The heinous plot she planned against Nana? She hired some goons, TWICE, to violate Nana and you expect everyone to sing her praises?”

“T-that…”

“Not only that, she even had an affair while she was dating Jianyu. Infidelity. How is it anybody else’s fault other than hers?”

“No, she is being framed! She was forced to confess! Liling, you have known her since childhood. Isn’t she like your own daughter? How can you be so harsh?”, she sobbed.