After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 675: He and His Wife Have a Great Relationship!

Chapter 675: Chapter 675: He and His Wife Have a Great Relationship!

"Ding Dong—"

Hearing the doorbell, Shi Yaoguang and Quan Jinbei exchanged a glance. As the somewhat guilty party, Quan Jinbei touched his nose and took the initiative to open the door.

Upon opening it, he saw the nervous assistant standing at the threshold.

In Quan Jinbei’s memory, there was no such person, so he immediately asked, "Who are you?"

The assistant instinctively replied, "I’m Yaoguang’s assistant, Xiaoyuan."

After speaking, Xiaoyuan was slightly confused; she had met Jinbei before and even exchanged a few words with him.

Although she might not be all that important, but...

Surely her presence wasn’t so insignificant that Jinbei, having seen her several times, wouldn’t even remember her face, right?

Harboring these doubts, Xiaoyuan kept them to herself without voicing them out loud.

She thought, perhaps the memory storage space of a domineering boss like him was particularly valuable, not enough to accommodate a minor underling like her.

Framing it this way, Xiaoyuan was able to justify the situation to herself.

While Xiaoyuan had rationalized Jinbei’s attitude on her own, Shi Yaoguang had not.

It was clear that Quan Jinbei had not recognized Xiaoyuan.

Yet, according to Xiaoyuan’s prior discussions with her, the familiarity she claimed to have with Jinbei did not suggest that she was a stranger to him.

It could either be that Jinbei was too arrogant to bother remembering a minor assistant.

Or that Jinbei simply didn’t recognize Xiaoyuan.

However... under normal circumstances, Jinbei shouldn’t fail to recognize even her assistant.

Although she didn’t know what was happening, Shi Yaoguang almost concluded there was a problem with the memories of either herself or Jinbei.

With suspicions in mind, she didn’t reveal her thoughts right away.

Instead, she stepped past Jinbei, asking Xiaoyuan what had happened.

"Yaoguang, there are paparazzi staking out the banquet, and they happened to capture your silhouette entering the private room..."

As she spoke, she began to stammer.

Shi Yaoguang furrowed her brows, urging her to continue, "And then?"

Stealing a glance at Quan Jinbei, Xiaoyuan hesitated and described the sequence of events, "After the paparazzi captured images of several dozen women leaving the private room, they claimed it was a concubine selection banquet, and that a married bigwig from the industry was playing around outside..."

"Now everyone knows that your marriage with Mr. Quan is in name only."

Hearing this, Shi Yaoguang gave Quan Jinbei a sidelong glance and asked him, "Mr. Quan, what’s your opinion on our marriage being in name only?"

Quan Jinbei felt a knee-jerk repulsion when faced with such a question.

He didn’t understand why he would feel repelled by someone else saying that his marriage, which had no emotional attachment, was in name only.

Nevertheless, he chose to follow his instincts.

He immediately said, "This is a misunderstanding, and I will clarify this with the public."

Hearing him say this, Shi Yaoguang let out a faint hmph.

This issue, presumably, wasn’t something Quan Jinbei had orchestrated deliberately.

Since he hadn’t done it on purpose, she decided to give him some face and not hold it against him.

Quan Jinbei felt an invisible pressure lift off him in an instant.

He quietly breathed a sigh of relief and decided to track down the paparazzi who took the photos and spread rumors, to give them a piece of his mind.

His relationship with his wife was very good!

This was what Quan Jinbei thought, and what he proceeded to do.

After returning, he immediately had the company’s legal department take legal action against the paparazzi.

His high-profile defense of his marriage convinced many netizens that he and Shi Yaoguang were truly in love.

However, a small portion of netizens felt that Quan Jinbei was merely putting on a show.

Otherwise, the incident with the thirty women in the Qingyun Private Room could not be explained.

In response to this, Quan Jinbei replied arrogantly.

He didn’t need the unsolicited advice of others when handling his affairs.

What he wants to do is his own business.

And he has not betrayed Shi Yaoguang.

Their relationship is very harmonious.

After responding, if any netizens tried to provoke him further, he directly passed it on to the company’s legal department.

He was determined to silence all the idle talk.

Due to Quan Jinbei’s ruthless methods, everyone shut up, but some were not convinced in their hearts.

Perhaps they felt that Quan Jinbei using such tactics to silence them was too heavy-handed and not at all gentlemanly.

"Quan Jinbei is so anxious. I think he’s not trying to protect his wife; he’s just worried that the truth about their marriage will come out and affect the company’s stock market growth."

"Exactly, it’s the age of free speech. Who is he to stop us from talking?"

"If he wasn’t feeling guilty, why make such a big fuss?"

"It’s most likely a case of the more one tries to hide, the more one reveals..."

Looking at these speculations online, Quan Jinbei’s expression was very stern.

Seeing his expression, the secretary reminded him timidly, "President, if public opinion is allowed to continue like this, it could be detrimental to the company."

Quan Jinbei narrowed his eyes at her words, "So?"

"If you and your wife could..." The secretary was a capable woman who secretly harbored feelings for him and would also like to climb the ladder if possible, hence her words had a hint of probing.

Quan Jinbei’s face darkened at once: "The company hired you, not to pry into my personal affairs."

The secretary hurriedly explained: "I didn’t mean that. It’s just that netizens are speculating like this, and even if your relationship with your wife is indeed good, you still need to present evidence to prove it..."

Quan Jinbei’s face grew darker: "Why should I explain my private life to others?"

The secretary hesitated: "But the internet..."

"Has my company already been linked with my marriage?"

Quan Jinbei seemed to ask an unrelated question.

The secretary was stunned for a moment before realizing what Quan Jinbei meant.

His point was that how he managed his marriage was his freedom.

His company would not be affected by his marriage to Shi Yaoguang.

Even if there was market turbulence, it would not affect the overall direction.

With this in mind, the secretary was slightly reassured.

Even though she also harbored a tiny aspiration to rise up, it was after all just a thought.

Before she could be sure of an opportunity to move up, she preferred to keep her job.

...

Shi Yaoguang’s situation was not much different from Quan Jinbei’s at the moment.

While Quan Jinbei was questioned by his secretary about his marital status, Shi Yaoguang was under the spotlight, answering media interviews.

After finishing an interview, the host, on behalf of the curious audience, asked a question that everyone wanted to know.

"Best Actress Shi, what do you think about the news spread online that Mr. Quan hosted a selection banquet for his concubines?"

Shi Yaoguang immediately counter-questioned, "Did the person in question ever say it was a concubine selection banquet?"

The host thought for a moment, it seemed that no one had admitted to such a thing, but that was what everyone was saying.

Since the host couldn’t get an answer to that question, she had to switch to another one.

"Your marital relationship with Mr. Quan..."

Before the host could finish, Shi Yaoguang interrupted, "Isn’t today’s interview about work?"

"It’s about your work..."

The host said weakly, "Besides your work, the audience also wants to know about your personal life. Everyone is very curious about your marital status. Could Best Actress Shi clarify this for everyone?"

Shi Yaoguang directly refused, "Sorry, it’s not convenient."

The host’s eyes flickered, and as she adjusted her earpiece, she persisted, "Just revealing a bit about your relationship with Mr. Quan shouldn’t affect anything, right?"

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